Chapter 857: The Emperor is the Most Greedy
Just when Osman was feeling down, his men discovered another burial chamber somewhere in the pyramid, and, moreover, a new coffin.
This news made Osman very excited, and he remembered what Ang Lee had said, he believed that there must be treasure in the pyramid, and since the coffin found earlier was empty, then the coffin found later must not be empty, and there must be a large amount of treasure in it.
"Quick, take me to see it."
Osman said eagerly, followed behind his subordinates, and went to the next tomb, because he was too eager to go, he didn't greet Li An, and Li An was not in a hurry to follow, because according to Li An's impression, the second tomb was also empty, there was nothing in it, what was there to see.
It's better to stay in the secret room to rest and take a good look at the situation in the tomb, it is not in vain, and after returning to Chang'an City, there is also the capital to brag.
"Little beauty, what do you think of the environment here? Isn't it cool. ”
Ang Lee asked with a smile.
Li Xiaolu nodded and said, "It's cooler, otherwise, let's stay here for one night!" It's so hot outside that even if you put ice cubes in your tent, it's not much cooler. ”
Obviously, the environment inside the pyramid is very comfortable, completely different from the hot desert, the temperature here has always been more suitable, very suitable for human beings to live inside, and the desert outside, hot to death during the day, hot and then cold at night, the temperature is just the right time is very little, very unsuitable for rest and life, far less comfortable than inside the pyramid.
"Spend the night inside the pyramids, you're crazy!"
Ang Lee said with a smile.
Obviously, Ang Lee is very aware of the dangers of the pyramids, and knows that the pyramids are extremely dangerous, and if you stay in the pyramid for a long time, it is very likely to cause death.
Therefore, Ang Lee will definitely not spend the night inside the pyramid, just come in and have a look, or go out to rest.
"Why not? Isn't it cool? ”
Li Xiao said really in the open air.
Li An opened his mouth to explain: "The pyramid is a tomb, and if you sleep in the tomb of the pharaoh, are you not afraid of nightmares?" Also, it's more dangerous, once you fall asleep, it's very likely that you won't wake up, so be afraid! ”
After speaking, seeing that Li Xiaolu was scared, she smiled faintly, held her little hand, carefully observed the walls in the pharaoh's tomb, and touched the pharaoh's sarcophagus with her hand to feel the craftsmanship of thousands of years ago.
Anxious, Osman soon arrived at the second discovered burial chamber and saw a huge sarcophagus, much to his excitement.
"What are you waiting for, hurry up and open the sarcophagus, hurry."
Osman commanded.
The subordinates immediately set to work and began to try to open the huge sarcophagus, because the sarcophagus is very large, and it will take a long time to open it.
Osman couldn't wait any longer, and kept urging his subordinates to speed up.
After some time, the sarcophagus was finally opened, and Osman slowly walked towards the sarcophagus with a greedy glint in his eyes, hoping to see the treasure he had always dreamed of.
The moment he saw the inside of the sarcophagus, Osman's whole body stiffened, and what he saw this time made him even more disappointed, because he came with greater hope this time, but did not find the treasure he wanted, which made him very disappointed, he was so disappointed that he wanted to die.
"How is this possible, why is it still empty."
Osman was a little angry and shouted.
The subordinates were so frightened that they didn't dare to say anything, and no one dared to provoke the Ottomans at such a time.
"What's the matter, it's still empty."
Li An unconsciously walked to the second burial chamber, and when he saw the atmosphere in the burial chamber, he knew that it must be an empty coffin again.
"Hey! It's an empty coffin again, it's so disappointing, where is the real burial chamber? ”
Osman frowned.
Li An didn't know if there was really a treasure in the Great Pyramid, so he could only comfort: "Pharaoh is worried that someone will disturb his peace, and he will definitely not let people find his real tomb easily, just take your time, don't worry." ”
Although comfort may not have an effect, it is better than no comfort, who let Ang Lee get so much benefit? The entire pyramid was given to Ang Lee, who was the biggest beneficiary.
"It seems that this can only be the case, this damned pharaoh has hidden his treasure so deeply, I must find his treasure, and besides, I will have to chop up his body."
Osman yelled angrily, obviously, Osman was really angry, and he was not angry, after all, no one wants to make a loss-making deal, Osman paid a lot in order to find the treasure in the Great Pyramid, and got very little in return, how could he not be angry.
Li An smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth, he just thought it was funny for the angry Osman, what use could be impatient, it was just a waste of energy.
"It may take some time to find Pharaoh's treasure, but the Sultan will have to be patient, so let's go out!" The air conditioning in here is too big, and staying for a long time is not good for the body. ”
After speaking, without waiting for Osman to respond, he left the interior of the pyramid with Li Xiaolu.
After visiting a circle, Ang Lee still gained a lot, at least, he saw many details of the inside of the pyramid, which was more clear than when he visited it in later generations.
After walking out of the pyramid, Ang Lee felt the heat outside, but because the sun had already set, the temperature was not very high, but it was much lower than the temperature inside the pyramid.
Osman didn't leave the pyramid, he was still inside, maybe he was still holding on to the treasure that he could discover soon!
The huge searchlight illuminates the entire pyramid, which is so beautiful from a distance that people feel very comfortable to look at, and in order not to make the pyramid lonely, a searchlight is also set up under the sphinx to illuminate the building.
Looking at the pyramids, Li An thought a lot, in order to build the pyramids, Pharaoh spent too much manpower, material and financial resources, which can be said to be a waste of money and labor.
But this is only the direction of the problem from one angle, and if you analyze it from another angle, the Egyptian pharaohs built the pyramids and had great benefits.
Because in ancient Egyptian times, the lower reaches of the Nile flooded every year, flooding the fields for three or four months, and the farmers and laborers could not cultivate the land, so they found a job to build a mausoleum, and the project of building a pyramid may take thirty years, which greatly alleviates the food problem of many people, which is equivalent to a win-win situation.
Many countries in later generations will also carry out large-scale construction for the sake of people's livelihood, because if they do not carry out large-scale construction, many people who have lost their land will not be able to make a living, and once a large number of people cannot support themselves, the social security environment will become very poor, and even a dynasty will be overthrown.
Since ancient times, Huaxia has known the power of the displaced people, and understood that once the common people lose the chance to survive, they will explode with powerful destructive power, thus overthrowing a dynasty.
For example, the Ming Dynasty was overthrown by peasants who had nothing to eat, and there were many unsuccessful peasant uprisings, which also dealt a very heavy blow to the ruling court.
Therefore, many imperial courts have learned a lesson, and will carry out some projects during the disaster year, or directly expand the conscription, so that many people who have lost their ability to survive can have a way to support themselves, and after the disaster year passes, the military camp will lay off the temporarily conscripted disaster victims and let them go back to farming.
This also has the advantage of having more troops, which can better deter those who want to take risks, thus greatly reducing the possibility of a peasant uprising.
Egypt's pyramid project can also give many people who have no land to grow a way to live, although many people will die because of the construction of the pyramids, but most of them can survive, and their families can have something to eat.
Of course, there must be a degree to carry out the project, and it is very good to carry out some projects in the disaster year, so that the victims can eat together, but if the project is too big and too urgent, it will be counterproductive, and once the national strength is consumed too much, there is no way to deter those who want to rebel.
And the hard labor will also make the rulers lose the hearts and minds of the rulers, so that they are unwilling to serve the court, and thus launch a great peasant revolt until the court is completely overthrown.
It is very good to build a large scale within the scope of national strength, and it is tragic to exceed the scope of national strength.
Later generations of China's large-scale civil engineering projects are very large, known as the infrastructure madness, which is built on the basis of strong national strength, if there is no sufficient national strength, there is no sufficient funds, it is absolutely impossible to build such a large number of buildings, which will bring down a country, so that the country falls into a dangerous state of collapse.
The construction of the pyramids in Egypt, although the manpower, material and financial resources consumed, are very huge, but after all, it was completed in 30 years, and in the lower reaches of the Nile, there is indeed a large number of idle labor, which is the basis for the smooth construction of the Egyptian pyramids, otherwise, the pyramids will never be built.
Of course, Pharaoh did not think about the working people to have something to eat, he sought his own eternal life, and he hoped that he could live forever, or that he would be able to have everything he had in life after death.
People are selfish, rich people, when they die, they would rather bury their treasures with the earth, and never give them to the poor, this is human nature, the poor people have become rich, and they will not help the poor people who have been together.
Pharaoh must have been a selfish man, and he built such a huge pyramid so that he could have all the resources of his life after death and enjoy the absolute glory of this life in the next life.
In addition, the ancient Egyptians had a faith, they believed in the sun god, believed that the sun rose from the east every day and set from the west, just like every day born in the east and died in the west, so the pyramids were built on the west bank of the Nile, the construction of the pyramids reflected the consciousness that people gained from the cycle of seasons and the cycle of life and death of crops in the era of pure agriculture, the ancient Egyptians superstitious that after death, the soul is immortal, as long as the body is protected, it will be resurrected and immortalized in Elysium after three hundred years, so they attach special importance to the construction of mausoleums.
And because it is very difficult to keep the corpse, the ordinary ancient Egyptians seem quite helpless, and only the pharaoh with absolute power can calmly build pyramids for himself, so as to preserve his body well, so that his body will not decay after hundreds or even thousands of years.
Of course, in Ang Lee's impression, these are meaningless, even if a person's body is preserved, it is just dry meat, and the rebirth of a person is something that cannot happen at all, after a person dies, the soul is gone, how can it continue to exist?
It's just that in backward times, the ancient Egyptians believed in this, especially the pharaohs, who had extremely high power, and they were even more convinced of this.
This is also a common disease of emperors, hoping that they will always be alive, and the emperor of China is called long live, which means that he hopes that he can live for a long time.
It is very difficult for a person's lifespan to exceed 100 years, let alone 10,000 years, and the emperor is just wishful thinking.
And since ancient times, the emperor wants to live forever, so there are many examples of being deceived by warlocks, the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, in his later years, dreamed of being able to live forever and let himself rule the Great Qin Empire forever, but he still died, and many emperors behind, even including many Ming monarchs, could not escape this desire, and even took the poisonous elixir refined by warlocks because of the pursuit of immortality, but not only did not live forever, but let his body become worse and worse, and even, died much earlier than expected.
There are many emperors who are obsessed with eating elixir and immortality that cannot be counted on two hands, almost every dynasty has such emperors, and the more Ming Jun has, the more he has this strong desire.
For example, Qin Shi Huang, who was able to unify the six kingdoms, saw a man with great talent, but he was afraid of losing everything he had gained, so he believed in the words of the warlock and pursued the art of immortality, and as a result, he wasted a lot of money in vain.
After that, the rise of alchemy hurt many people even more.
It is said that the first person to eat the elixir was Cao Cao's righteous son, that is, He Yuma, who ate fifty scatters, which was very toxic, and later the alchemist refined arsenic, which was more harmful.
Even in the great Tang Dynasty, many people died because of eating elixir, and the emperor alone ate six to death.
The greatest Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty to eat the elixir and die, followed by Xianzong, Muzong, Jingzong, and Wuzong of the late Tang Dynasty, which shows how afraid the emperor is of death, how much he likes to eat the elixir, and wants to live forever.
Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the emperor who liked to eat elixir, many famous poets also liked to eat elixir, such as Li Bai and Bai Juyi, who had eaten poisonous elixir.