After New Year's Day, Sun Yuanqi began to count day by day with his fingers to see when people from Yale University and MIT would appear in front of him with $180,000. Think about the time when the Jingshi University Hall was being organized, the annual budget was 300,000 taels of silver. When I came to them, I was completely insignificant, and now I can only wait for dollars to come to the rescue every day. It seems that in order for the school to have sufficient financial guarantees, it is necessary to learn from the creativity of later generations and set up several school-run enterprises.

As a result, people from Yale University and MIT did not expect to come, but Lao Zhao brought a group of people, men, women and children, back with a large group of carriages. Lao Zhao conscientiously implemented the principle of "quietly" explained by Sun Yuanqi, and did not even enter Beijing City, and directly brought people and carriages to Jingshi University. When Sun Yuanqi found out, he immediately went out to greet him.

I haven't seen him for three months, Lao Zhao is obviously much darker and thinner, but he is very energetic, and when he saw Sun Yuanqi from afar, he shouted: "Mr. Sun, I'm coming back-" When he got closer, Lao Zhao respectfully knelt down and kowtowed to Sun Yuanqi, and many of the ones behind looked like the remnants of the former Boxers.

Sun Yuanqi immediately stepped forward to help Lao Zhao: "Lao Zhao, you are out of sight!" Oops, it's a lot of black and thin, and it's a lot of hardship on the road, right? ”

Lao Zhao's eyes turned red: "Sir, what are you talking about!" I was originally black and thin, you don't know, as soon as I went back, the people in the village said that I met a noble person and enjoyed happiness, and I was a lot fatter. I heard that I just eat and don't work every day, and even the old man Zhang in the town is envious, saying that I am a blessed person! Where is the black skinny? ……”

In the middle of the chatter, the old Zhao family, as well as Zhao Jinghui, Zhao Jingxing, Zhao Jingfan, and Song Jingyao all came up. I haven't seen you for a long time, the old Zhao family, Zhao Jinghui, and Song Jingyao are all a little tearful, and Zhao Jingxing and Zhao Jingfan are now some cultural people, and they come up to ask their father for peace. When Lao Zhao saw it, his eyes were bent with joy, but he didn't forget to give each person a slap, and said, "Bastard, didn't cause trouble to Mr. Sun, right?" ”

When he saw Song Jingyao, he hurriedly beckoned to the crowd behind: "Second Song, come here, look at your daughter, can you still recognize it now?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a dark and thin middle-aged man came over with tears in his eyes. Sun Yuanqi was still puzzled, Song Jingyao was already crying and shouting "Dad" while catching up. The affection was that Lao Zhao brought Song Jingyao's father.

Seeing their father and daughter hugging and crying, Lao Zhao's family was also crying beside them. Lao Zhao snorted and introduced: "This is Jing Yao's father, the family was separated when he fled the famine, Jing Yao followed me, and then I met you, Mr., and I didn't suffer much." Alas, Jing Yao's father has suffered a crime, his daughter-in-law and son are dead, and he is left alone. When I went back this time, I met him, and saw that he was alone, and thought that he still had a daughter here, so I brought him ......."

Sun Yuanqi patted Lao Zhao on the shoulder: "You did it very right!" Wait a while, you can arrange it, there is still a vacant house over there, and settle down the old Song family. If Lao Song doesn't want to go back, just stay in school! ”

"Thank you so much Mr. Sun!" Lao Zhao hurriedly made a gesture and patted Song Lao Er on the shoulder, "Second child, don't cry!" It's a joy to see a family, why cry? Look at your daughter, white and fat, she didn't suffer a little sin, can't you thank Mr. Sun? ”

Song Lao Er accepted his cry, took Song Jingyao to Sun Yuanqi, and knelt down with a plop: "Mr. Sun, I, Song Er, thank you for your great kindness!" I am a donkey and a horse, and I want to repay you! ”

Lao Zhao said on the side: "Nonsense! What to do as a donkey as a horse? Tell you, Mr. Sun is the best person in the world! Just now, Mr. Sun said, if you are happy, you can stay here and enjoy happiness every day! You've met a nobleman! ”

When Song Lao Er heard this, he kowtowed even more. Finally, Sun Yuanqi pulled their father and daughter up.

Lao Zhao introduced: "Sir, you let my fellow villagers take them back, but when the big guys went back, they saw that the fields were all deserted, the houses were also collapsed, collapsed, and the family couldn't live, so they had to come back." I thought, sir, you have explained before leaving, and said that if you are willing to come back, you will come back. In this way, I dragged my family over with me. ”

Sun Yuan nodded his head in agreement. Looking at the weathered faces of the men and women in the crowd, and then looking at the intimate appearance of their two families, he knew that they must have something to say, so he said: "Lao Zhao, Lao Song, you big guys go home first and settle these people." ”

When Lao Zhao heard this, he was not happy: "What is there to see at home?" This one isn't all like this! In the house, Jing Hui, Jing Yao-" Speaking of this, Lao Zhao turned back to Song Lao Er and said: "By the way, Song Lao Er, your daughter's name is now 'Jing Yao', what a beautiful name, Mr. Sun gave it!" I can write it down later, don't call it 'hearts' and 'hearts', it's not good, isn't it? ”

After listening to Lao Zhao's lesson, Lao Song nodded again and again while smoking.

Lao Zhao was satisfied at this time, and taught the three women again: "What are you three standing here doing, go back and clean up and cook, don't you see so many people!" Jing Xing, Jing Fan, the pestle is like a stake there, why don't you come to help? ”

After reprimanding all the family, Lao Zhao made a gesture to Sun Yuanqi: "Sir, I did what you explained." This thing has to be cleared up while it's hot now! ”

Looking at Lao Zhao's stubbornness, Sun Yuanqi could only agree. At the moment, let the women and children in the team follow the old Zhao family together, it is time to rest, it is time to cook, and it is time to clean up the house. Only the young man was left, and he drove the carriage to the museum.

Lao Zhao pulled Sun Yuanqi to walk in front, and whispered to Sun Yuanqi to report on this trip to Henan. As for the discovery of the oracle bone inscription, it was introduced in the middle school textbook before, and Sun Yuanqi vaguely knew something: Many years ago, in the farmland near Yinxu in the north of Xiaotun Village and south of Huanshui in Anyang County, Henan Province, farmers often found oracle bones engraved with pictures and texts when they ploughed the fields. The peasants did not know the origin of these oracle bones, thinking that they were ancient and could cure diseases, so they collected them and sold them to the medicine store, called "keel", and the medicine store transported these keels to Beijing to sell. It was not until 1899 that Wang Yirong, an expert in gold and stone, took medicine because he was sick, and first discovered that the bone armor was engraved with ancient characters, which were very valuable ancient documents. So he sent someone to the pharmacy to buy all the "dragon bones" and began to study them.

At the same time as Wang Yirong, Wang Xiang and Meng Dingsheng of Tianjin were also collected. After Wang Yirong's death in 1900 during the Gengzi Revolution, part of his oracle bones was transferred to Liu E, who continued to collect them, and in 1903, he selected 1058 pieces of his collection and compiled them into "Iron Cloud Hidden Turtle" and published it, which was the first book to record oracle bone inscriptions, which provided valuable information for the study of oracle bones. The following year, Sun Yirang wrote the "Examples of Inscriptions" based on the materials of "The Iron Cloud Hidden Turtle", which was the first work to study oracle bone inscriptions.

After Wang Yirong found the oracle bone, he spared no expense to search for and buy it. Subsequently, Liu He, Luo Zhenyu and others also tried their best to acquire them, and found out that the oracle bones hidden by antique dealers were from Anyang rather than Tangyin. As a result, the merchants gathered in Xiaotun Village became more and more day by day. Collectors of early oracle bone inscriptions include Wang Yirong, Meng Dingsheng, Wang Xiang, Liu He, Duan Fang, and Luo Zhenyu. Foreigners include Taisuke Hayashi from Japan, Method Convergence from the United States, Ku Shouling from the United Kingdom, and Akiyoshi from Canada. Since then, the oracle bone inscription has gradually attracted the attention of Chinese and foreign scholars, and for a hundred years, the atmosphere of collecting and researching has flourished, and the oracle bone inscription has become a specialized science.

At this time, in addition to the deceased Wang Yirong, only Wang Xiang, Meng Dingsheng, and Liu He collected oracle bones, and the oracle bones have not attracted the attention of the world.

Of course, Lao Zhao, as the main person in charge and witness of this procurement, naturally said more kindly: "It took us nearly ten days to return to Shandong. Go to the grave at home, worship the ancestors, and string relatives. Seven or eight days later, our group went straight to Anyang Mansion in Henan......"

Sun Yuanqi shook his head: "It's rare to go back once, you should stay a few more days!" ”

"What's there to stay at home? There are few people in Zhuangzi, and if you don't think about going back to burn paper and go to the grave, it's not worth going back. Lao Zhao was deeply touched, and continued: "When I arrive in Anyang, find a few reliable people, according to what Mr. said, go to the pharmacy to buy keels first, and buy those with many patterns." There are not many pharmacies, and there are few people who use that thing, and it is not expensive, and it costs six wen per catty. I bought some, and according to Mr.'s instructions, I found the Xiaotun Village on the edge of Huanshui. ”

Sun Yuanqi thought to himself, this is clearly written in the book, so naturally it will not be wrong.

"That place is really rich in keels, and if you dig deeper into the ground, you can dig a lot. Strangely, the keels there are different from other places, they have been carved with small knives and have been cracked by fire. We found a few honest people and pretended to be medicinal herb merchants in Shandong to collect medicinal materials. Every household in the village has a lot of keels, saying that the pharmacy in the city is three or four yuan a catty, and asks us if they want it? We were afraid of revealing the stuffing and delaying Mr.'s affairs, so we hesitated back and forth a few times before we reluctantly accepted it for a pound. ”

Hearing this, Sun Yuanqi only smacked his tongue: The oracle bone of the national treasure level only costs three pennies a catty, which will damage the glorious image of the national treasure! asked Lao Zhao: "Isn't it a little cheap for three pennies a catty?" ”

"It's not cheap!" Lao Zhao replied categorically: "The keel is porcelain, and some pieces are several catties. Xiaotun is rich in this thing again, and you can dig a lot of it in the ground! Sir, you don't know, there is a family dug a pit in the ground, there are thousands of keels in it, how can there be tens of thousands of catties, three pennies a catty, that is dozens of taels of silver! How much land can this buy? ”

Sun Yuanqi smiled bitterly in his heart: How can there be such a reckoning!

Lao Zhao was a little proud: "The people in the village know that we collect keels for three cents a catty, and we don't even want crops in the field, and we are digging everywhere." We saw that there were too many dug up later, so we first collected the ones with many patterns, and the last ones with no patterns were also cheap. After two months of harvesting, the village was dug up and down, and no new keels were dug up, so we were ready to go back. ”

"You guys are so focused on keels that the locals don't say anything?" Sun Yuanqi had some doubts.

"We are collecting medicinal herbs, what can they say?" Lao Zhao didn't understand what Sun Yuanqi meant, "The people in the village saw that we were leaving, and asked: Will you come to collect it in the future?" I said, "Take!" Each family gave a silver tael as a deposit, so that they could dig it up and save it first, and we will collect it next year! ”

Go again next year? I'm afraid it won't be the price if I go again. Moreover, with such fanfare, who doesn't know that the keel is produced in Xiaotun, Anyang? Who doesn't know that this keel has a cat?

Sun Yuanqi turned his head, looked at the thirty or forty carriages behind him, and asked, "Lao Zhao, how many keels have you bought?" ”

"I bought a total of 118,613 catties before and after, and in the city it was 6 wen per catty, and in the village it was 3 wen per catty, and a total of 325,2090 wen was spent." Lao Zhao seemed to be familiar with these numbers, so he casually reported them, "Excluding hiring carriages, lodging, eating and drinking, there are still four thousand one hundred and thirty-one taels of silver left." We have found someone to keep an account of our expenses on the road, and we will send them to Mr. in a while. As he spoke, Lao Zhao untied the cotton robe outside and took out an envelope from his close place: "This is four thousand one hundred taels of whole money, and the change will be sent to you later." ”

After Sun Yuanqi took it, he took out a hundred taels of silver tickets and handed it to Lao Zhao - why not give a thousand taels? First, the school's funds are really tight, and second, if you give too much, it is estimated that Lao Zhao will not accept it. - and then said to Lao Zhao: "Lao Zhao, you take this bit of silver first, and don't give me those odds." Those who have just arrived, new arrivals, have to spend a lot of money to settle down, and you can help anyone who is in trouble. ”

Lao Zhao thought about it and nodded.

Sun Yuanqi said again: "By the way, there are some things that have to be said in advance, otherwise everyone will be unhappy in the future." All the land on the campus belongs to the school, and no one is allowed to build a house on this site. The school can only use the house where the big guys live, not for themselves, and cannot be passed on to their children and grandchildren. In other words, whoever works in the school can have a house; If you don't work at school anymore, you have to leave school. Got it? ”

Lao Zhao nodded: "I understand!" Sir, what you said is also reasonable, for example, we used to work for the master's family, and we can't say that in addition to working for food, drink, and money, we even gave away the house we lived in. There is no such thing in the world, is there? I'll tell them to go in a moment. ”

Sun Yuanqi explained: "However, out of our Jingshi University, it is all wasteland, and the land is cheap, if any of you want to go out to live, you can go outside to buy land and build a house." ”

In the past six months, because of the construction on the campus of Jingshi University, I often ask the nearby mountain people to help me work, and I have come and gone, and there are already several families building shacks on the opposite side of the official road at the school gate. It is conceivable that in the near future, it will definitely be prosperous.

Lao Zhao said gratefully: "I wrote it down!" ”

While talking, I arrived at the Chengqi Pavilion. There was only one class of students in the school at the moment, and most of the building was empty, so I found a few empty classrooms and told everyone to start moving into the house. Fortunately, the distance is close and there are many people, and more than 100,000 catties of keels moved into the house in half an hour, filling three rooms. Sun Yuanqi looked at these treasures, and his heart was full of complacency.

Zhao Jingxing and Zhao Jingfan were very curious, why did Mr. Sun buy so many bone pieces and came back, is there any mystery? After moving, one person looked through a few oracle bones in his hand and discussed with each other. Lao Zhao saw the two boys playing there, and when he went up, he slapped one person at a time: "Bastard thing, is this what you are playing?" ”

The two boys put down the oracle bone in their hands in a daze.

"Don't chew your tongue everywhere, or you'll break your dog's legs!" Lao Zhao shouted, "Why don't you get out yet?" ”

The two brothers, like rabbits, ran out of the house. walked around outside for half a circle, avoided Lao Zhao and came back again, saw Sun Yuanqi standing at the door, and hurriedly went up. After bowing down to say goodbye, Zhao Jingfan was young and bold, and asked straightforwardly: "Sir, what are those bone fragments in the house for?" ”

Sun Yuanqi saw Lao Zhao Xun and the two of them just now, so he had the heart to tease: "What do you say? ”

"Is it an animal specimen?" Zhao Jingfan has studied the course "Nature".

"Not a specimen!" Zhao Jingxing retorted, "These bones are all scattered, most of them are from the same part, and there is no skull, cervical vertebrae, or spine in sight. Sir, it's a fossil, right? ”

Sun Yuanqi shook his head and said, "No! ”

"What's that?" The brothers asked in unison.

Sun Yuanqi rolled his eyes and said nonsense to the two brothers: "This is a traditional Chinese medicine, called 'dragon bone', which was used by ancient wizards for divination, and there are traces of knife carving and fire burning on it. For some reason, it was buried in the ground. Now scientific experiments have shown that this kind of Chinese medicine can enlighten wisdom and make people smarter. Therefore, the school purchases a lot and prepares to give it to students once a week from the next semester onwards, so that you can learn and progress. ”

Looking at Mr. Sun's serious appearance, there is no doubt that these two guys believe it. Their eyes widened and they made a sound of surprise, as if they were shocked by this great "discovery".

Sun Yuanqi laughed: "I lied to you just now!" These bone fragments, commonly known as 'oracle bones', are remnants of the Yin Shang culture. The carved symbol on the oracle bone, called 'oracle bone inscription', is the earliest written material of the era found in China, and has high historical value. ”

After listening to the latter explanation, the brothers looked at each other, but felt a little confused. In their minds, it seems that the former statement is more credible than the latter.

Sure enough, within a few days, the saying that "keels make people smart" began to spread, from Jingshi University to the capital, from the capital to the whole country. It is estimated that in this turmoil, countless oracle bones suffered from knife filing, fire, boiling, and frying. When Sun Yuanqi learned about it, he couldn't cry or laugh, it seems that lies are always more marketable than truth.

According to later statistics, there are more than 120,000 oracle bones in the collection of Jingshi University, accounting for more than 80 percent of the total number of oracle bones in existence. Soon after, Jingshi University built a museum on the second and third floors of Tong Wen Building, named "Jia Tianxia", to collect these oracle bones. The name "A World" means that this is the world of oracle bones, and the other means that the oracle bones here occupy the top of the world. After the rise of oracle bone research, "Jiatianxia" has become a sacred place in the hearts of oracle bone scholars around the world.

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