Chapter 1186: Dead is not worse than alive
The metal detectors used by the company's treasure hunters have always been the latest high-end products, which can distinguish the different metal materials found from the different sounds emitted by the headphones, and even the approximate volume and depth of buried objects can be judged by the sound.
Alexander was clearly not an experienced treasure hunter, even if he had previously studied mine clearance.
But these are not big problems, this is not a minefield, since there is a reaction, the sound is not small, it is unlikely to be a small object such as a small iron nail to throw off his arms and dig up.
During World War II, the army of the Third Reich planted a lot of mines on its own soil, and now there are all left, but it will not be boring enough to bury mines on this side of the mountain, otherwise it will blow up ghosts!
There is a large construction site nearby, and the most important thing is all kinds of excavation tools, even the 200 excavator.
There is no need to use a knife to kill chickens, and the excavator is not necessary, and Alexander picks a shovel and places it nearby before he starts his search, a piece that is not very handy, but it is the only tool he will be used to in the pile of prepared tools.
This is a construction site dominated by Chinese people, and most of these tools with wooden handles are also of Chinese style.
To tell the truth, in the invention and use of manpower excavation tools, the Chinese ancestors absolutely threw off the ancestors of the Europeans more than eight streets, especially in the face of this kind of soil mixed with a lot of gravel.
Even now, the vast majority of Europeans don't know what a hoe is!
The shovel is slightly stronger than the waste in the face of such a lot of gravel and slightly frozen soil on the surface, and the efficiency is really not good!
Soon, a Chinese worker who was watching the excitement on the side couldn't stand it anymore and took the initiative to help with a hoe.
Well, soon Alexander had to marvel at the magic of the hoe, a traditional Chinese labor tool: not only was it efficient to dig, but it was also very flexible.
Throwing off the arm can lift a large piece of soil, a small amount of flexible force can deal with gravel, this angle change is just a fine adjustment of the hoe handle...
After digging a few times, I tried again with a detector, and in just a few minutes, I dug up a black iron object more than 10 centimeters long from a place about 30 centimeters below the original surface.
One end is pointed, and the other end is perforated, resembling a shrunken spearhead.
After Zhang Nan heard the sound of discovery, he stopped what he was doing and went over to look.
Seeing such a thing, he took it from Alexander's hand and looked at it, and said, "This should be an arrowhead, such a length and shape... It should be an armor-piercing arrowhead. ”
Bows and arrows have appeared since the late primitive society, and are still used for hunting or as a tool for competitive sports.
In medieval Europe, bows and arrows were very popular with the crossbows introduced from the Arabs during the Crusader period, and the materials of arrows were also varied: the Middle Ages had already entered the Iron Age, but the arrowhead as a consumable material, the material was a bit behind.
In the early Middle Ages, arrowheads in Central and Western Europe were generally cut and polished flint or obsidian, and there were also a lot of bronze, and cast iron and a small number of steel arrowheads appeared later.
According to the different installation methods between the arrow and the arrow shaft, the ancient arrow can be divided into two categories: solid round collar type and hollow chisel (poor) type, the latter is also called hollow chisel type.
The solid round collar type is to insert the arrow shaft into the hollow arrow shaft for fixing, and the hollow hammer type is to insert the arrow shaft directly into the hole at the tail of the arrow shaft for fixing.
In ancient China, there were more solid round collar arrowheads, while in medieval Europe, hollow hammers were more used: like a small spearhead pressed on a wooden pole, the arrow that Alexander would find belonged to the latter.
It's hard to say who is good or bad in these two types of arrowheads, and they can shoot people to death anyway!
The arrowheads of the European Middle Ages can also be divided into two categories in terms of purpose: the arrows are narrow and sharp for armor piercing, and the flat ones with flanked wings are used for hunting or against unprotected targets.
"Such an armor-piercing arrow, ordinary chain mail can't stop it, maybe..."
Zhang Nangang wanted to say that maybe it was left behind when another group of forces attacked the castle, but when the hillside was near the southeast side, someone was shouting and discovering.
"Let's go, let's see. ”
It was Jiang Wangfeng and Wangqiu, two brothers who also didn't choose to go home a few days ago, and they found something special: where the grassland meets the woods, human corpses were dug up from forty or fifty centimeters underground!
Not modern, but ancient, perhaps buried deeper, but because of soil erosion, this corpse is not far from the surface: the bones of the dead are seen so much that they can be distinguished at a glance.
Only two leg bones were exposed, and Zhang Nan's mood became a little bad: now he really wants to get some cinnabar to pave the ground, which is only about two hundred meters away from the gate of his dream castle.
"Dig it all up!"
It's not good that there is an ancient cemetery near the front of his door, but it doesn't matter if he digs it up, just like this residential development community, there are many houses built on top of the original cemetery group.
In particular, it is normal for some dwellings on sloping land to be cemeteries underneath, and it is even more common for there to be cemeteries nearby.
If everything is taboo, then the proportion of people who do not have a house to live in is large!
It didn't take long for two corpses with many of their bones to decay and disappear.
At this time, Zhang Nan's face was gloomy, and he said to the project manager who stayed behind: "When the weather permits, in addition to the old castle and the excavated part on the top of the mountain, there are still those trees that do not move, and all the grass parts are turned over by an excavator for me to a depth of at least one meter." ”
After hearing this, Wang Fangming hurriedly said: "Yes, boss, I know how to get it." ”
It is to increase the amount of work, and the boss's instructions are about to be completed, and the manager knows what he is going to do.
As for the destruction of the turf, it doesn't matter, if you have money, you can just cultivate it after the land is compacted, anyway, according to the design plan, the hilltop part will have to build a large private garden with a lot of work.
The remains of the dead, except for those that may be found in the forest, the top part of the mountain should be completely cleared!
The remains would be found by the Jiang brothers, apparently with metal objects on them: not burial weapons or copper belt buckles, but on the skull of one of the remains.
"This guy is unlucky. ”
It was Chariz Theron who spoke, and she wasn't scared at all.
Zhang Nan pursed his lips, "Not necessarily, it can only be regarded as unlucky, the most unlucky than those who broke their arms and legs and were treated by medieval doctors..."
The dug up was obviously the remains of two people who had died in the war, one of which was hit directly by some kind of heavy weapon, and the front of the entire skull collapsed, killing with one blow!
But Charlie wasn't talking about the disfigured hapless bastard, but about another corpse: three armor-piercing arrows stuck in the skull!
This luck...
Obviously it couldn't be worse!
Now that the two unlucky ones are likely to have died in the battle against the castle, the defending side is more likely.
Hearing Zhang Nan's words, Charlie paused for a moment, and Jerry on the side explained: "Miss Charlie, in the Middle Ages, it was possible to be more miserable to be injured in battle than to die quickly, and the treatment at that time was probably more fatal than trauma!"
I have seen a record of an Arab doctor practicing medicine in Western Europe from about the 10th century, and it is possible that a European invited him to go.
At that time, there were already regular hospitals in the Arab Empire, but Western Europe was dark, especially in terms of medical skills, and it was very terrifying!"
Zhang Nan glanced at Jerry and asked, "What did that Arab doctor say?"
Jerry seemed to think about it, and then he said, "The account says: They asked me to see a soldier with pus on his leg and a woman with tuberculosis.
I gave medicine to the warrior, the pus came out, and the condition improved, and as for the woman, I prescribed medicine to her to restore her health.
Then a Frankish doctor came to stop me from practising, saying, 'This boy knows nothing about medicine. '
Then he asked the soldier, whose condition had improved: 'You have a decision to make a one-legged living person or a two-legged corpse.' '
When the warrior said that he was going to be alive, Dr. Frank said, 'Well, find a strong warrior and bring a sharp axe.' '
The Frankish doctor put the patient's leg on his leg and told the big warrior who had been summoned: 'Just an axe, clean and clean!'
The Arab doctor and I who had come with me watched as the warrior picked up his axe and cut it down, but it was not cut in place, and the stump was about to be severed, so the man added another axe.
Bone marrow splattered out, and the patient died of exhaustion on the spot!
And so, after one of her deaths, the Frankish doctor cherished the woman again and said, 'This woman has a demon on her head, and the devil has possessed her, and she must shave her hair.' '
After the woman had shaved her head, she was given 'medicinal food', garlic and mustard, and her condition worsened.
Then the Frankish doctor said, 'The devil must have entered the head.' '
He took a razor, cut a cross in the woman's skull, and the skull was exposed, and then he rubbed salt on the wound, and the woman died as well.
At this point, I asked the Franks: 'Do you still need me?'
They replied that it was not necessary, and my companion and I went back to Arabia.
This trip to the far side was the great view of the Frankish medical skills I saw. ”
It's a classic record, it makes people itch to the bones!