The place where Zheng Zheng met with Anna this time was still inside the winery, but to be precise, it should be in the open space of the winery, a temporary warehouse built with shipping containers.

Environmentally, this is a bit miserable, but it has an advantage over the wine cellar, that is, the light conditions are better, the place is a little larger, and it is easier to open.

In the warehouse, there is a rather large desk and a boss chair that looks like a local tyrant. On the table were pens and paper, as well as a laptop, which appeared to be used by Zheng Zheng for drawing or recording.

In the middle of the warehouse was the pile of sphinxes.

"Because of the time constraints, there was some rush. ”

Anna and Zheng Zheng stood in this temporary warehouse, and Anna said a little embarrassed: "If Mr. Zheng is willing to wait a few more days, I can provide a better office space for Mr. Zheng." ”

"No, that's fine. ”

Zheng Zheng is not too picky about this environment, as long as there is a place. Besides, this is also his own anxiety, but it is no wonder that Anna.

Anna was still a little reluctant: "There will be a phone installed later, if Mr. Zheng needs anything, as long as he picks up the phone, there will be someone to serve Mr. Zheng." As long as it is not illegal, it can be found for Mr. Zheng. In addition, there will be refrigerators and water dispensers and other things to put in later, so as to facilitate your daily needs, Mr. Zheng. ”

"Thank you very much. Zheng Zheng smiled.

Anna nodded and said to the winery director who was standing not far away, "Let them in." ”

The winery director nodded and went out, and after a while, he walked in with a few sturdy white men.

"These are the manpower allocated for Mr. Zheng. Anna pointed to the big men and said to Zheng Zheng, "If Mr. Zheng needs to actually pile up these stones, these things can be done by them." They all understand English, so don't worry, there will be no communication barriers. These are all men I have hired for a long time, and they are very loyal and conscientious. ”

This is the most satisfying arrangement for Zheng Zheng. Although this sphinx is many times smaller than the one in Egypt, just looking at the number of stones, this sphinx will not be smaller. If Zheng Zheng really did it himself, it would be a lot of physical work. Now that someone can help with this, Zheng Zheng is still very happy.

After introducing these big men to Zheng Zheng, Anna Dao said to Zheng Zheng: "If Mr. Zheng has any other needs, please just let me know, and I will do my best to do it for Mr. Zheng." ”

Zheng Zheng smiled: "I'm already satisfied, Mr. Anna. Personally, I don't need anything more. If there's anything else you need for pre-restoration, I'll let you know. ”

"Okay. Anna raised her wrist to look at the time and said, "I won't disturb Mr. Zheng's work, goodbye." ”

After Anna left, Zheng Zheng stared at these big men for a while, but there was no place for them for the time being. After pondering for a while, Zheng Zheng asked these big men to rest on the side first, and Zheng Zheng himself came to see the stones.

Among the piles of stones, dozens of stones have been marked with sticks in conspicuous places. In this sense, these separately marked stones should be those meteorites that Anna said, which are not in the same category as the Sphinx of Egypt.

picked up a marked stone and looked at it, Zheng Zheng casually picked up another stone without a marker, and compared it, Zheng Zheng didn't find any difference between these stones on the surface.

"It looks the same, but one is a meteorite, and the other is a stone on the earth......" Putting down the two stones, Zheng Zheng felt strange in his heart: "Is this appraiser found by Anna reliable or not...... This meteorite can't be the same as the stones on earth from the outside, right?"

The stones, identified as being of the same stone as the Sphinx, are all earthy-colored. Although it is still a little far from the loess yellow, the color is also more yellow. And those meteorites, just by appearance, are no different from these stones.

But this is actually quite problematic, because if these "meteorites" are really meteorites, then the meteorites will have to produce violent friction and burn when they pass through the atmosphere. Not to mention the shape of the meteorite, after all, meteorites can also be carved. However, after the meteorite burns due to friction with the atmosphere, it is basically impossible to be earthy yellow, and most of it is black. Depending on the minerals contained in the meteorite, the color may change in one way or another, but it will be the same color as the stones on the earth...... It's a bit of a coincidence.

However, Zheng Zheng thought about it and felt that this was a bit difficult to say. If you ask ordinary people to look for it, they will definitely not find a meteorite with such a similar color. But the one who ordered the Sphinx was not an ordinary man, but the pharaoh of Egypt. It's a little unclear which pharaoh it is, but it must have been ordered by the pharaoh to build it, and it didn't run. If Pharaoh had first obtained such a meteorite, and then ordered to find a stone of the same color as the meteorite, then that would have made sense.

But then there is another problem. According to Anna, the Sphinx was the model used to build the Egyptian Sphinx, and more than ninety percent of it is likely that the builder made it himself. If this meteorite was really something that the pharaoh cherished, how could it be given to a builder as an accessory for a model? It would be a bit unreasonable not to receive it from the pyramid......

In ancient times, no matter which country or nation, they worshiped and respected "things from heaven", and basically regarded them as "God's gifts". Meteorites were regarded as sacred stones in the ancient West, and were regarded as gifts from the gods, and it was not exempt from the common people who thought of ancient Egypt. If a pharaoh had been given a piece – or a large chunk of meteorites that would not be small when stacked up – meteorites, he would not have made such a rash decision.

Thinking about Zheng Zheng, he had a little headache, and secretly said in his heart: "Oops...... Can't think. After all, it's not your own country, so you can't figure out how the ancients figured it out. Since those appraisal agencies dare to say that it is a meteorite, it should not be a big mistake, anyway, it can't be from the same stone as the Sphinx......"

Thinking of this, Zheng Zheng thought of the shield on the back of the Sphinx in the plan made by Berg. Looking at the number of fragments of the meteorite, and looking at the shape, it seems that Berg is using these as shields on the back of the Sphinx.

Zheng Zheng secretly said in his heart: "Since they don't come out of the same stone, it makes sense that these stones and the Sphinx are not one." What should this be used as an accessory...... In that case, then these stones should not be meteorites, otherwise Pharaoh would have gone crazy and used this as an accessory......?

After thinking back and forth, Zheng Zheng was in chaos. However, Zheng Zheng wisely did not continue to entangle with himself on this issue, because Zheng Zheng knew that if he continued to dwell on this topic, then he would have to sort out the whole issue again from the question of who ordered the Sphinx to build it.

Since he couldn't figure this out for the time being, Zheng Zheng put this problem aside for the time being. It doesn't matter if these stones are meteorites or not. Whether it's accessories or anything else, it will have to wait for Zheng Zheng to finish building the entire stone statue. At that time, there should be an idea of where to put this thing.

Turning around, Zheng Zheng began to look at the other stones. These stones were piled up in a pile, and it was too difficult for Zheng Zheng to look at them one by one. Fortunately, there were a few strong men, and Zheng Zheng beckoned them to move the pile of stones away and place them one by one in the open space in the warehouse.

The strong men laid out the stones, and Zheng Zheng looked at them one by one.

After looking at it for half an hour, Zheng Zheng looked at all these stones. After reading it, Zheng Zheng clearly understood why so many people had not been able to restore this stone statue before.

Without him, just because there is nothing on the surface of these stones that can be used.

Although Zheng Zheng has not been able to see the sphinx in Egypt up close, he has seen it nearly 100 times just by looking at the pictures. Although the Sphinx doesn't have any patterns on it, but the "human face" is very clear, right? Although the nose of the Egyptian Sphinx is missing, you can still see the eyes and mouth, right?

But Zheng Zheng couldn't see these things on the stones in his hand at all. Even if you are playing a puzzle, there are still some traces on the pieces of the puzzle, which can be put together little by little along these traces. And on these stones, there are basically no traces of value, which can make people find the logic of splicing.

"Natural weathering?"

Zheng Zheng took a cigarette in his mouth a little upset, looked at the vast large stone in front of him, and pondered in his heart: "This is because of weathering, so there is no original carving trace on the Sphinx......?" Isn't it enough to be able to do this with natural weathering? And the cracks of these stones are really a bit exquisite, and it's hard to say how they broke apart......

Zheng Zheng noticed that among these stones, nearly eighty percent of the stones have extremely neat cross-sections, and only about 20 percent of the stones have uneven cross-sections. If there is a stone with this kind of cross-section, it is very unreasonable to say that it is naturally cracked, and if there is no artificial in it, it will be really hell.

After roughly calculating the era in which Anna's grandfather lived, Zheng Zheng had some other thoughts in his heart: "Could it be that this stone statue is ...... Smuggled from abroad?"