After leaving from that military base, Fang You did not go back to the headquarters directly, but wandered around the eastern district, now that the eastern district has been calmed down, there are few battles, and there are dragon war mercenaries constantly patrolling the streets, which also makes some ordinary residential areas in the eastern district dare to go out of the door, or set up stalls to sell things, or go to the market to buy some daily necessities.

When he was wandering around, Fang You did not have a fixed route, where he thought about it, where he went, along the way, he could no longer see the phenomenon of the members of the Dragon War Organization doing mischief in the Eastern District before, with the ruthless means of Li Zhijun and Wang Zhijun, all the members of the Dragon War firmly restrained their hearts.

And with the inspection of these dragon war members, some lawbreakers in the eastern region do not dare to act recklessly, when Wu Feixiong was in the past, as long as he paid some protection money, it was not to do whatever he wanted.

However, he once took out some money to bribe the mercenaries of the Dragon War Organization, but he was slapped to the ground by these mercenaries, "What are you with all this money, Lao Tzu is treated very well in Dragon War, and he received your money, if your matter is discovered, Lao Tzu will not only leave the Dragon War Organization, but may be shot dead." ”

Most of the members of the Dragon War were patrolling the situation in the Eastern District, and he didn't dare to guarantee that what this outlaw who bribed him with money did would not be discovered, once he found out, his life would be over, thinking about Li Zhijun and Wang Zijian's thunderous methods, he was a little frightened in his heart.

Originally, he thought that Africa without good education was a cultural desert, but along the way, he was a little emotional, although Africa's culture is not as brilliant and dazzling as the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization, but it has also burst out of a splendid civilization.

Needless to say, Egypt naturally has the Sphinx and the pyramids that have been the objects of study by scholars from all over the world, and in the city of Gazaka, Fang You has also seen many ancient African tribe buildings, which have different flavors from the ancient buildings of China.

On the streets of the East End, there is also a local African resident who runs a wood carving shop specializing in all kinds of wood carvings, especially black wood carvings.

Fang You naturally won't miss this opportunity to Taobao, and when he went in, he was a little shocked, in this store, on its shelves, there are all dense wood carvings, of which black wood carvings occupy a large part.

Over the years, Fang You has read a lot of books, and he has never stopped absorbing knowledge for a moment, so that he can see at a glance that the wood in the hands of Nabu Siren is the rare Qi Nan agarwood in the small island country.

Black wood, also known as ebony, ebony, although black wood is everywhere in Africa, but due to excessive logging, there is very little forest scale existence of black wood, but also makes this African native cultural specialty, like Chinese porcelain, bulk export to foreign countries.

It is said to be one of the hardest and most precious species of wood in the world, and it is an extremely dense and heavy hardwood. The outermost is yellow-brown bark, the outer layer is soft white wood, and the innermost is ebony, which is hard, fine-grained, and dark in color.

Almost all of Africa's black wood carvings are hand-carved without the use of any modern instruments, making these wood carvings full of natural atmosphere.

In this shop, Fang You has a slight look, and most of the wood carvings here are exaggerated animal and human figures, and there are also a few wooden musical instruments.

This pitch-black tree, which closely resembles the skin color of an African, carves a figure that is layered and lifelike, as if a real black man is standing in front of you.

Since the East End had just stabilized, there were very few customers in this woodcarving shop, and a middle-aged man with the same dark hair and body was holding a piece of black wood at the door, carving something with a knife.

Fang You smiled, picked up a statue of an African girl, and said to the middle-aged man, "Boss, how much is this." ”

The middle-aged man looked at the statue in Fang You's hand, and then raised five fingers, "Sir, fifty dollars." ”

Fang You nodded and smiled, this statue is not too big, and its color is not the best in black, fifty dollars, it is already extremely expensive, although the black wood is due to excessive deforestation, there are still a lot of it in Africa, and it is not as scarce as Huaxia rosewood and yellow rosewood, I am afraid that this price is also due to the high price in Africa, and then it has risen.

Putting down the wood carving in his hand, Fang You walked towards the store, and launched a retreat along the way to find out if there were any cultural relics left in the long history of the wood carving in this store.

These wood carvings do not seem to have been carved for a long time, most of them are empty, and only a few pieces have a faint trace of aura appearing.

Fang You smiled and shook his head, African culture is not barren, but due to the perennial war, the long-standing cultural relics have become very rare, and I am afraid that only some can be seen in major museums.

At this moment, Fang You suddenly felt a thick aura entering his body from the place he had passed, and he suddenly stopped and took a step back. I returned to the place just now, and carefully probed with the escape technique in my body.

After a while, he looked at the black wood carving in his hand, a little incredulous, if this wood carving was still like the unknown statues and animals in the room, it would be fine, even if he didn't know it, he wouldn't be so shocked.

However, the figure shape of this wood carving, in the eyes of the Chinese people, can be described as famous, and now the wood carving in Fang You's hand is the statue of Guan Gong carved from African black wood.

This statue of Guan Gong, the black wood used is not the completely dark wood before, but a kind of brown black wood with red in the black, Guan Gong holds the Qinglong Yanyue knife in one hand, and the other hand is placed on the sword carried at his waist, wearing battle armor, and his beard is fluttering, which can be described as a heroic state.

At the foot of Guan Gong, there is also a round backing, which is not carved with some flower ornaments that are common in China, but some mysterious patterns unique to Africa that Fang You has seen on the carvings in the store before.

Feeling the strong aura coming from the portrait of Guan Gong and the bottom of the support, Fang You was even more shocked in his heart, if this Guan Gong portrait had a faint aura, he would not be so shocked, after all, this may have been brought by the Chinese people when they came to Africa to pan for gold.

However, the aura on this was extremely strong, Fang You took out the magnifying glass he carried with him, put the magnifying glass into his eyes, and suddenly, the statue in front of him completely changed into the shape of Guan Gong composed of orange light.

Even the bottom of the base is composed of orange light, Fang You took down the magnifying glass in some surprise, although this orange light is very weak, but the orange light, what does it represent, he is clear, it represents the age of this wood carving, reaching the Ming Dynasty.

However, during the Ming Dynasty, science and technology were not developed, and there would be no Chinese people coming to such a distant barren land in Africa.

Even if it is as strong as Tie Lijian, it was only at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty in China that the independent founding of the country was declared, and the development of science and technology in Tie Lijian was only carried out after the founding of the country.

Fang You also thought that this might also be the same African gold digger who came to Africa to gain benefits with antiques.

But thinking about the particularity of the black wood, he shook his head and rejected the idea, African black wood is found in the tropical primeval forests of the African continent, and there is no such species in China.

In the distant Ming Dynasty, the Chinese people, who had no ability at all, came to Africa and brought black wood back to China for carving.

Moreover, this Guan Gong overall carving is no stranger, because the carvings used in these African carvings in the room are basically very similar to Guan Gong, and they will never be carved by Chinese people.

This is the main reason why Fang You is unbelievable, in the distant Ming Dynasty, how did the African locals know the famous Guan Gong in China.

After holding this Guan Gong and watching it carefully for a while, Fang You finally gave up and continued to think, because in the absence of information, he had no way of knowing the specific origin of this Guan Gong, but what he could be sure of was that it would never be brought by the Huaxia people.

"Boss, how much are these three wood carvings in total?" Fang You thought about it, took two statues of characters with African characteristics next to him, and then put one in front of the boss.

The middle-aged man put down the object he was carving, glanced at it, and then pointed to the statue of Guan Gong with some surprise and said, "Sir, you got this wood carving from **." ”

Fang You smiled slightly, "Right next to these two statues, this character is unique to our Huaxia, I think I'm very surprised, I want to buy it back and study it, boss, what's the matter, is there a problem." ”

"Oh no, no one has asked for months since the last time that black guy from another country bought me this wood carving, and I forgot about it, and I thought it was missing." The middle-aged man hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile.

Fang You suddenly asked a little strangely: "Boss, this wood carving figure is unique to our Huaxia, how could it be that you Africans bought it for you." ”

"Sir, don't you know, according to the black young man who bought me the wood carving, one of his ancestors once saw the big ship of the Chinese people, and had obtained a few Chinese books, so in addition to the things they carved from Africa, there were also Chinese characters from the books, and they also said that this thing was their family heirloom, and they came to Nigeria to wait for money and were ready to sell it to me cheaply, I thought all this was fake, how could his ancestors see the Chinese people, at that time, there were no steamships made of steel, How could the Chinese people come to distant Africa? ”

The middle-aged man said with some disdain, then shook his head and smiled, "At that time, the young man insisted that he was a family heirloom, and he would bet here for some money first, and then he would exchange it back, and the young man begged me here for a long time, so I saw that he was pitiful and gave him a little money, and it has been half a year since I bought this wood carving, and now half a year has passed, and this young man has not yet come, I think he is probably fooled." ”

(To be continued)