Chapter 192

——【Got it. From now on, I'll call my girlfriend 'mare' every day. Haha, she probably won't even know I'm calling her a 'she-tiger'. Every time she bullies me, I'll shout it with all my might. Just thinking about it feels great! Fellow men, this is a godsend for us!】

——【Wake up, you upstairs, get up and go move bricks. Where would you even get a girlfriend, let alone call her a 'mare'? You're more like a toilet bowl.】

——【How come I feel like if Fang Yang were our teacher, I'd never skip class? His lectures are just too interesting. I'd be dying to pee and still wouldn't want to move, just for fear of missing something. If our university history teachers were even half as vivid as him, I wouldn't fall asleep in every class!】

——【Did Fang Yang become Teacher Fang again? That makes sense, he is a guest professor at a university after all. I suddenly remember how many people were scolding him online a few days ago, questioning if he was qualified to be a professor. Are those people getting slapped in the face now? Does it hurt? This lecture is so good that even someone like me, who has no interest in history, is listening with great relish.】

——【Holy crap, I just thought of a get-rich-quick scheme: compile Fang Yang's recent explanations of the artifacts he dug up into a collection, turn it into an artifact lecture video, and post it online. It'll definitely go viral, no doubt about it! Damn, I feel like I'm about to get rich!】

Fang Yang looked at the enthusiasm of the audience on-site, his mood becoming very pleasant, and he continued.

"By the Tang Dynasty, since the tiger tally could no longer be used, there still had to be a military tally. So Li Yuan changed the tiger tally into a fish tally. Because in the Li Dynasty, the character 'Li' is a homophone for the 'carp' in 'carp fish'. We Chinese people love playing with homophones; it's not something that just started now—our ancestors were already doing it!"

"So this carp naturally became the mascot of the Tang Dynasty later on. As for the common people, they couldn't eat or catch carp, and they even had to make lanterns and flags in the shape of various carp!"

"The kind of carp streamers popular in Japan now were all passed down from the Tang Dynasty. Furthermore, the fish tally was not just a military tally; it was also an identity badge for noble officials."

"The fish tally was also split into two pieces. On the inner side of the two pieces, there was a 'same' (same) character engraving—one concave, one convex. Every time it needed to be used, they were joined together! This is called a 'contract' (contract), which is the same 'contract' we still use today—a contract in duplicate!"

Everyone was stunned!

How did a talk about military tallies lead to contracts?

So the word 'contract' came from here?

Not to mention the audience being dumbfounded.

Even Director Chen was stunned listening to it.

Who would have thought that the word 'contract' actually came from ancient times?

Logically speaking, shouldn't a contract be a modern product?

One can only say that everyone here had their eyes opened today.

Fang Yang listened to the noisy sounds below and maintained a faint smile.

If he didn't have the system, he wouldn't know these things either, but saying them out of his own mouth now, he had to admit it felt a bit secretly satisfying.

It felt like he was giving them a popular science lesson.

After the crowd gradually quieted down, Fang Yang explained again: "After Wu Zetian became Emperor, she definitely couldn't continue using the Li family's fish tally. She had to use a homophone for her Wu family. So, what animal is a homophone for 'Wu'? Who knows?"

The scene immediately erupted in noise, with everyone discussing and thinking.

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly.

"Parrot!"

"Hahaha~~~"

A burst of laughter erupted all around.

Seeing no one answered, Fang Yang said calmly: "One of the four holy beasts of China—Xuanwu (Black Tortoise)!"

Everyone suddenly realized, it really did carry the character 'Wu'.

"Xuanwu is a tortoise and snake intertwined, so later the fish tally became the tortoise tally!"

"Moreover, the material of the tortoise tally worn by officials of different ranks was also different. For example, those above the third rank could wear a gold tortoise tally, and below that, it was silver or copper."

"So in that era, if you walked down the street and saw a young man wearing a gold tortoise tally, he was definitely a rich second-generation, an official second-generation, a noble youth—the best choice for a spouse!"

"That's why a term appeared among the people: 'Gold Tortoise Son-in-law'!"

Wow~~~

There was another burst of laughter below.

Everyone was laughing so hard they were almost gasping for air.

So that's how 'Gold Tortoise Son-in-law' came about.

A single military tally actually revealed so many unknown terms.

The more they listened, the more interesting it became; the more they listened, the more they felt they couldn't stop.

Fang Yang looked at the crowd, who were still wanting more, and smiled: "Alright, I've basically finished talking about this. This Du Tiger Tally in my hand, if I'm not mistaken, should be the earliest tiger tally of the Qin State. I believe you can all hear its historical value without me needing to say it!"

"Is it an exaggeration to call it a national treasure?"

"No exaggeration!"

Everyone answered in unison.

The atmosphere at the scene was pushed to its peak at this moment.

No one regretted coming here today; at least this kind of on-site atmosphere couldn't be felt in the livestream room.

Even if they came to the scene and watched the livestream on their phones, it was far better than being in the livestream room.

As for the netizens in the livestream room, they were incredibly sour at this moment, unable to answer loudly on-site.

So they could only vent their impotent rage in the livestream room.

"No exaggeration!"

"No exaggeration +1!"

"No exaggeration +100!"

The comment section had completely fallen at this point, filled with 'no exaggeration', and the speed of scrolling up was too fast to even read.

It was like flipping pages with a mouse, scrolling up with a 'whoosh', even when gifts were being sent, it had never been this lively.

The audience at the scene shouted at Fang Yang: "Fang Yang, the netizens in the livestream room all say it's no exaggeration!"

Everyone burst into laughter!

Even Fang Yang couldn't help but laugh out loud!

He had to say, he was quite happy about this scene today. Interacting with his fans was something he had never thought about before, but now it didn't seem so bad.

Of course, except for taking group photos!

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At this moment, Captain Wang also rushed to the scene. When he saw the large circle surrounding the site, he immediately gasped.

He had already taken the situation here very seriously, but only upon arriving did he realize the situation here was far more severe than he had imagined.

For a gathering of this size, at least a hundred or more police officers would be needed to maintain order.

The main thing was that this wasn't like a large venue with dedicated passages; this was just an ordinary rural village entrance where anyone could walk anywhere.

Fortunately, no one was growing vegetables here, otherwise there would be quite a few more disputes.

A glance across the scene showed at least 2,000 people, which gave him a sense of powerlessness. The ten people he brought were just a drop in the bucket and couldn't solve the problem at all.

It took a lot of effort to lead his people through the encirclement to the inner circle where Director Chen was.

Fang Yang saw Captain Wang arrive and immediately greeted him: "Brother Wang! Why are you here!"

Captain Wang smiled bitterly: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've stirred up such a big scene. You might need police cars to escort you whenever you go out from now on, otherwise, something will happen sooner or later!"

"Uh... this... I can't just never go out, right!"

Director Chen immediately interrupted their chat: "You only brought ten people?"

"There's no way around it, Director Chen. There aren't enough people over there either. Think about it, the Zhang Xianzhong treasure, how big is that whole river? You need at least hundreds of people. The Wang Mang treasure also needs over a hundred people, the ancient tomb cluster also needs hundreds, and the museum needs at least a thousand. There are just too many tourists!"

Fang Yang was stunned hearing Captain Wang's complaints.

The cameraman was a bit excited: "Damn, brother, you've become this popular!"

Director Chen rolled his eyes at Fang Yang: "Right, your brother is popular, the whole city is happy, only our police station has the biggest headache! It looks like our police station must expand recruitment this year, otherwise, with him tossing things around like this, today's situation will likely be the norm!"

Captain Wang also felt deeply: "That would be great. The workload recently has almost caught up to a month's worth in the past, and many people in the team are almost exhausted!"

After saying this, he also glanced at Fang Yang.

Fang Yang could only smile awkwardly; this wasn't his intention either!

At the same time, the video of Fang Yang explaining the artifacts on-site today was posted online, sparking intense discussion.

In the past, people paid more attention to what Fang Yang dug up, and were very interested in some strange things.

But as time passed, many people had lost their initial curiosity.

They were already a bit aesthetically fatigued, but Fang Yang's other side had recently made him completely go viral.

Now, the way Fang Yang is addressed on major short video platforms and Weibo articles has changed.

It's no longer Fang Yang or various nicknames, but Teacher Fang!

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