At that time, Zhang Tianyuan did not understand tomb robbing at all, because he studied archaeology, so he asked his old classmates with some indignation: The national archaeological team has special advanced equipment, and compared with the national archaeological team, is the technical means of the tomb robbers too backward? The old classmate laughed when he heard this: "The level of our tomb robbers, the national archaeological team can't catch up at all." Although we don't have any advanced equipment, our experience is closer to the real tomb than advanced equipment. If we were to compete professionally against the National Archaeological Team, I would be most certain that the first place would be none other than our tomb robbers. Speaking of this, the old classmate's eyes lit up and he looked proud.

I still remember that in the year 2,000 and 4, when the eyes of the whole world were paying attention to the excavation of the tombs of high-ranking nobles in the Western Zhou Dynasty by the national cultural relics and archaeological team of Shaanzhou Province, when the media publicized this "astonishing discovery" over the past 100 years, some tomb robbers in Tongzhu County secretly laughed below: They had already discovered the tombs here! They even used the method of firing cannons to excavate several tombs, set up tents on the slopes of the ditch, and generously engaged in tomb robbery like the staff of the national geological team, but they did not find anything. My old classmates told me that the tomb robbers knew far more about the relics than the national archaeological team. And they always dig ahead of the national archaeological team.

At that time, Zhang Tianyuan felt a burst of discomfort, or humiliation, unhappiness, unwillingness, his mind came to the large fields of black holes, and asked the old classmate: "Is there any pattern to find these robbery holes?" The old classmate said: "We found in the tomb robbery that the tombs of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were arranged in a zigzag pattern on the ground, precisely because of the regularity. So if we find an ancient tomb in one place, then go to the left or to the right. Go up or down and measure with your footsteps. The goal of the next burial can be determined, and the excavation will be accurate. It can be seen that the tomb robbers not only dug up the treasures in the tomb robbers, but also accumulated a set of effective experience, found out the distribution law of the ancient tombs, and used it repeatedly in practice.

Why is Zhang Tianyuan not afraid of trading with Mo Xie?

That's because Mo Xie is the leader of the gang in Tongzhu County, and in our country, there is a saying that "the law does not hold the people accountable".

Although I don't want to admit it, such a thing is real. For example, those heinous villages that buy daughters-in-law and children, those people are obviously breaking the law, but the police often do nothing about it, which makes people angry.

In fact, tomb robbing is sometimes similar.

At night, a procession of grave robbers emerges from the ground like moles, and sometimes several groups of grave robbers will quarrel over the same tomb, and even fight and bloodshed. The composition of the tomb robbers is more complex, mainly farmers, but also laid-off workers. Gangsters in society, village cadres, ex-prisoners from re-education through labor, and people who are forced to be unable by life. Most of the tomb robbers are lean. The eyes are bright, and most of them are men between the ages of 30 and 40. Tomb robbing, a highly rewarding profession, has made a big difference in their lifestyles.

Some people still have land contracts. But they all hired people to farm, and some of them not only built small western-style houses at home after they became rich. He also bought a house in the city and raised a mistress. Some tomb robbers have obtained flying money and have gone in and out of dance halls and high-end restaurants. Eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, and even taking drugs. In Tongzhu County, there are several tomb robbers who took drugs and went bankrupt. But they didn't give up on tomb robbing. As long as there is a new point, they will also set out in the dark to explore and excavate. Most of these people have a certain level of education, most of them have graduated from junior high school, they are relatively active, smart, and have the courage to fight. Old classmates say that people with inactive brains can't do this business.

According to an old classmate, the large-scale tomb robbery in Tongzhu County began 15 or 6 years ago when the people of Zihu and Nannan robbed the tombs of Ganhe and Yuanxianggou in Tongzhu, and the people of Hunan not only stole a large number of precious cultural relics from the ground, but also taught the techniques to the locals.

Since then, many villages in Tongzhu County have begun to get involved in the theft of ancient tombs.

Chang Sha Tufu must have heard of it, that very famous tomb robbery novel many people may have read, this Tufuzi is a tomb robber, Chang Sha said that, it is these people who taught the people of Tongzhu County how to rob tombs.

The old classmate told Zhang Tianyuan that as far as he knew, there were so many people in Tongzhu County who had participated in the theft and excavation of ancient tombs over the years, but none of them had been sentenced for tomb robbery. Most of those caught by the police were caught by the police when they were connecting with others. As long as a tomb robber is caught, the tomb robbers around him who have a good relationship with him will gather together, pay for the money, find connections and find connections, and do everything possible to get people out; their motorcycle team will stop in the street where the police station is located, waiting for the tomb robbers who have spent money to be released from inside, so as to take his place to suppress the wind. This has contributed to the rampant use of grave robbers in one way.

The masses also adopted a resigned attitude towards tomb robbery. No matter how rampant tomb robbery activities are in a locality, because these activities have no immediate stake for the masses, the masses never report the case to the police and participate in the struggle to ban the theft and excavation of ancient tombs.

Even the local people are still the umbrella of the tomb robbers, and they can get some benefits from it, or their relatives and friends are also doing this, so naturally they will not help the police.

Of course, the most important thing is that the cultural relics unearthed in this place are of high price and high grade, such as the local unearthed Tang Dynasty pastel products, which are 30 centimeters higher and will generally be sold for 15,000-20,000 yuan. If it is glaze, it will be sold for 4-90,000 yuan each, as for white marble, the green glaze and red glaze of the Han Dynasty, and the Song porcelain are more valuable. A plum vase in the Song Dynasty could be sold for 10-300,000 yuan if it had handicrafts on it.

The emergence of a sound underground black trading network has also emboldened the activities of tomb robbers. When a tomb robber steals a valuable artifact, they are quick to contact an intermediary. The antiquities dealers are also very well-informed, and as long as the tomb robbers get their hands on an artifact that night, the antiquities dealer will come to the door the next day. As soon as the price is right, the cultural relics dealer pays the money, the tomb robber delivers the goods, the money and goods are cleared, and the cultural relics dealer leaves. If the antiquities dealer comes in a few days and talks about the recent black deal, the tomb robber will firmly say that he did not know about it.

Zhang Tianyuan still remembers that his old classmates took him to see a bronze mirror from the Han Dynasty that had just been unearthed the night before, so that he could "gain some knowledge", but when their motorcycle arrived at the place, a tall and fat man walked out of the house with something wrapped in newspaper in his armpit, and he did not see the bronze mirror of the Han Dynasty because it had been sold by tomb robbers.

The team of tomb robbers in Tongzhu County has now embarked on the road of specialization, grouping, and technology, and because most of them are knowledgeable and good at management, their success rate is quite high.

Therefore, the transaction can really be carried out, and it must be done quickly, because I don't know when, these people will sell things to foreigners, and once they get it abroad, it will be more difficult to get it back.

Zhang Tianyuan now has a big advantage, that is, his auction house abroad has opened, and he can temporarily store these things in his home, and then go through some formalities and become his auction back from abroad, even if it is found to be dirty goods, then he will not only not be responsible, but will be considered to have saved the cultural relics.

In fact, it is true, if he doesn't do it now, if he wants to transport a heavy weapon like that out of the country, it must be smashed, which is definitely a huge destruction of cultural relics.

He thought so in his heart, but he warned the old shopkeeper very seriously not to get involved in this transaction.

You can call him hypocritical, but he feels that this is cautious, and he is more responsible for the people around him, and this matter must not be mixed with anyone around him, only strangers can do it.

"Oh, Lao Yu shopkeeper, it's not too late to see today, so I'll close the store in advance, I'm finally coming back, I may not have time to come over in the future, so, in order to celebrate the profit of our store's pù, I'm in for a treat today, you can eat whatever you want, Feixue, Sissi, you heard?"

Zhang Tianyuan felt that it was necessary to remind him ceremoniously about this time, and there are many restaurants in this Pan Jiayuan, so invite the big guys to have a meal, and by the way, say what should be said, which is also easier to make people care.

"Great, I called Grandpa Li and said that I wouldn't go back to eat today. Qin Feixue said excitedly, it's not that she doesn't have money to eat, she just likes to join in the fun.

"Brother, do you want to invite the seal masters to go with you?" asked Gao Qianqian as she put down her work.

"Of course, don't worry, brother is not short of money here, you can go wherever you want, everyone has a lively meal. Zhang Tianyuan invited this meal, not on a whim, on the one hand, he wanted to say something, on the other hand, he noticed that Mo Ye's subordinates were still patrolling around the antique store, probably monitoring the antique store, afraid that Zhang Tianyuan would call the police after he went out.

In this case, just make a show, go out for a meal, and let the other party cancel their vigilance, it doesn't matter if they want to spy or eavesdrop, as long as they don't drool.

For the person who is watching, watching others eat and drink is simply torture.

"Boss, I'm not going, let's stay here and watch the store. "The shopkeeper is a sincere person, because it is not yet time to close the store, so he feels that it is not good to leave now.

"That's not good, if you want to go together, then go together, no one is allowed not to go, otherwise I will turn my face." Zhang Tianyuan said with a smile.

"Well, well. "As soon as the shopkeeper heard Zhang Tianyuan's words, he couldn't shirk it anyway, so just go. Anyway, this meal is invited by the big boss, and you don't have to pay for it yourself, besides, after so many busy days, it stands to reason that as the shopkeeper, you should invite everyone to eat, and now the big boss is in front, and there is this opportunity, and it is okay to get together.

Even if it's just an antique shop, it's important to gather popularity. (To be continued......)