After all, the wax that bees secrete when they build their nests is called beeswax because bees feed on pollen.

And the unknown creatures that Wu Liang found now that live underground and are closely related to a large number of corpses are very likely to live on corpses, so the wax they secrete is ...... Isn't it corpse oil wax?

Although Wu Liang knows, in essence, the main component of this substance is wax.

But there is still a strange feeling in my heart.

After all, even in later generations, there are still no less terrifying legends related to corpse oil, and even a small neighboring country near the Celestial Empire has developed a related black industry chain......

Therefore, this kind of candle made of wax may be used by Wu Liang when he goes to the tomb, but if it is at home, he would rather use the current animal oil lamp that burns with black smoke and a strange smell.

I want to have peace of mind.

However, if you don't state the source when you dedicate it to Boss Cao, Boss Cao shouldn't mind, and the royal family of the scholar clan who traded with Boss Cao shouldn't mind, maybe you will get a treasure......

Thinking about these.

Wu Liang immediately sent someone down the mountain to gather more "hives" for himself.

He planned to make a few candles on the spot and use them when the Hsmiling Army dug up the tomb of the Marquis of Haidu.

Even if there is already a "Suihou Zhu" as a lighting device, candles, which consume little oxygen and burn for a long time, are still indispensable tools for tomb robbing.

Among other things, at least the air quality in the tomb can be monitored in real time, especially the oxygen content on which humans depend.

And he himself removed three one-foot-long twine from the linen, and came to Bai Jingjing's side with a smile: "Miss Jingjing, you should know how to braid your hair, right?" ”

"What are you doing?"

Bai Jingjing looked at the three hemp ropes in Wu Liang's hand in confusion.

"I'm sorry for you to braid these three hemp ropes together, I'll be useful."

Wu Liang said with a smile.

"Hush."

Bai Jingjing rolled her eyes at him, but still took the three twine and did it.

In the past two days, she has been a little dissatisfied with Wu Liang in her heart, and Wu Liang didn't fulfill the good "call Huashui Bird" Wu Liang didn't fulfill it at all, but just asked Yang Wanli to roast it casually and eat it, causing her to look forward to it in vain.

The most important thing is that Yang Wanli's barbecue level is really not good, those water birds are either scorched or half-baked, which is far from Wu Liang's barbecue level, it is simply a waste of the water birds she worked so hard to deceive, and she couldn't help but feel guilty when those water birds sacrificed to the Five Organs Temple.

However, Wu Liang did not deliberately release her pigeons.

Since he inquired about Yu Ji's "Eight Yellow Springs", he has been restless, how can he still have any mind to do anything "called Huashui Bird".

A moment later.

Bai Jingjing angrily braided the hemp rope for Wu Liang, and asked angrily while handing it to him, "What are you going to do with this hemp rope?" ”

"Guess."

Wu Liang smiled mysteriously.

This is a candle wick method that was created only in later generations.

The three ropes are braided together, and when the wick is burned, it will automatically disperse, and the end is just on the outside of the flame, which can not only burn completely, but also avoid the trouble of "cutting candles" in ancient times.

The Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin has a verse "He should cut the candles in the west window", which is "cutting candles".

At that time, the wick of the candle was still made of cotton thread, standing upright in the center of the flame, and it was charred because it could not be burned out, so the end of the remaining candle core had to be cut off with scissors from time to time, otherwise the candle would automatically extinguish, which was undoubtedly a troublesome thing.

"It's going to be a ghost!"

Bai Jingjing said disdainfully.

"Hehe, I am the true God."

Wu Liang just laughed dryly, still didn't say much.

It's just that the candles of this era are so precious.

It's not that I can't believe Bai Jingjing and Dian Wei, mainly because there are still Yu Ji and many soldiers nearby, and he must not show his extremely simple candle method in front of so many people, let alone let so many people know that this "hive" is the main raw material for making candles.

Otherwise, if someone is greedy, it will not be a good thing for him and the entire Wanren army, so it must be kept secret, at least not publicly until he returns.

Fortunately, the people here have never even seen wax, so they don't have to worry about what they will notice after seeing these beehives for the time being.

Then.

Wu Liang quietly instructed Dian Wei to wait for the soldiers to bring back the "hive" and send it directly into the military tent.

Then he took some firewood and fire and went into his improvised tent, and ordered that no one should enter without his permission.

……

The next week or so.

The Hsmiling Army is cleaning up the dry bones buried in the ground, but Wu Liang's main purpose is actually to collect the "beehives" hidden under the dry bones.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted his labor so much, and just continued to dig down, wouldn't it be good to dig to the mausoleum?

This cleanup doesn't matter, one acre of land was directly cleared, and the bones dug up reached at least 1,000!

And the "hive" he obtained, even if the useless and space-taking part of the upper part was removed, the primitive wax block at the bottom alone could fill seven or eight carts.

It seems that you have to ask someone to go to Yuzhang County to buy a car and a horse to transport it back......

That's it.

It didn't matter how much gold was stolen from this trip, the wax blocks alone were a lot of money to be reckoned with.

The only problem is that gold, cloth and grain are now the monetary standard, and candles are alternative consumables, even if they want to be turned into grain, grass and horses, they need some means.

However, this is not a matter that Wu Liang needs to care about, he is only responsible for bringing back valuable things, and then it depends on Boss Cao's broken hand.

And so it went on for a few more days.

The Hsmiling Army finally dug up the mausoleum, which was located below the side.

It is a standard vaulted tomb of the Han Dynasty, except that the tomb door is blocked by several huge stone slabs, and the top and sides are built using a mixture of masonry and glutinous rice mortar that was used to build the city wall at this time.

Glutinous rice mortar was the best material for building in ancient times.

Even the Great Wall of China, which has lasted for thousands of years, uses this material, which is not only stronger and more resistant to water than ordinary lime mortar, but can even withstand earthquakes.

Wu Liang knows how to decompose and soften this glutinous rice mortar.

However, since it is a "protective excavation", Wu Liang will naturally not easily destroy the tomb structure if it is not necessary.

Moreover, the door of this mausoleum does not seem to be so difficult to open, as long as you order someone to remove the huge stone slabs, you should be able to enter the burial chamber at the back.

"Let's go."

After checking the situation, Wu Liang quickly gave an order.

That's when it happened.

"Childe and slow."

Yu Ji hurriedly walked to Wu Liang's side, and persuaded with some worry, "This mausoleum is already guarded by the Yellow Springs of the Eight Evils, and it has absorbed the Yellow Spring Qi of thousands of shadow corpses, I am afraid it has become a murderous tomb, even if it is the ancestral tomb of the Gongzi family, I am afraid it is not appropriate to open the tomb rashly." ”