When she took the strap off her shoulder, I felt that it had a lot of weight, and it looked like she was struggling. When you put it on the ground, you can hear the sound of metal hitting the ground. When Yanqiu unzipped her backpack, I saw that there were several long iron pipes inside, and there were threads at both ends of the iron pipes, which seemed to be connected together. The inside of the iron pipe is a wooden core, which is supposed to increase the toughness of the rod.

In the small pocket on the inside of the bag, there is a row of iron multi-functional interchangeable heads. These strange things have different shapes, some like a small shovel, some like a bamboo tube with a strip seal on the side, and some like a curved shovel head. Anyway, after watching it for a long time, I didn't even understand what it was.

The fat brother said in surprise: "Luoyang shovel? ”

Yan Qiu nodded and smiled and said, "Fat brother is quite knowledgeable." ”

Lu Shan asked curiously: "What is the Luoyang shovel for?" ”

I looked at the set of equipment on the ground in surprise, and hurriedly said to Lu Shan, "Tomb robber." ”

Yan Qiu patted me and said, "Can you speak better?" It's archaeological. ”

Sister Hua smiled and said: "It depends on who you dig, digging for yourself is robbing tombs, and digging for archaeological institutions is archaeology." ”

Although I have never seen the Luoyang shovel, I have heard of it more than once, and I have read about it in books.

Luoyang shovel is simply a tool, mainly used for digging graves and Taobao, and general users can master the general use method. But specifically, the traditional Luoyang shovel mainly refers to the people who use the Luoyang shovel, just like we call the chef a big spoon. These people are generally passed down from generation to generation, and in the past, in the mouths of professional tomb robbers, there was a saying about the old Luoyang shovel, referring to those experienced users. However, due to some reasons, these old Luoyang shovels, which have been passed down from generation to generation, are almost extinct in modern times.

After a good Luoyang shovel is made, it is equipped with a tough wax pole, and then connected to a special rope, which can be driven into the ground more than ten meters, or even dozens of meters deep. When the shovel is lifted, a tube of soil is brought out from the inside of the shovel head. By drilling into the different layers of the subsurface, the user can analyze the structure, color, density and various inclusions of the extracted soil.

If it is cooked soil that has been touched by later generations, there may be tombs or ancient buildings underground. If the inclusions include the discovery of ceramics, iron, copper, gold, and wood, it is possible to infer the nature and layout of the underground collections. Experienced tomb robbers can judge the situation underneath just by the different sounds made by the Luoyang shovel and the sensation of their hands, such as the tamped walls, the hollow burial chamber and the nature of the tomb road.

What Yan Qiu told us was the origin of the Luoyang shovel.

The Luoyang shovel was invented in the early 20th century by a villager named Li Yazi in Mapo Village, near Luoyang. Li Yazi is a tomb robber who makes a living from tomb robbing. Around 1923, Li Yazi came to a place near his house, called Mengjin, to catch a market, and when he was tired, he squatted on the side of the road to rest. At this time, he saw that not far from him, there was a steamed bun shop, and the person selling steamed buns was preparing to make a small hole in the ground, and the tool used to make a hole in the ground aroused Li Yazi's interest.

Because of his profession, he often thinks about tomb robbing. When he saw it, every time this thing poked into the ground, it could bring up a lot of dirt. Li Yazi, who was experienced in tomb robbing, immediately realized that this thing was easier to probe the ancient tomb than the shovel he usually used. So he was inspired, compared the tool to make a paper pattern, found a blacksmith to make a real object according to the paper pattern, and the first Luoyang shovel was born.

And the blacksmith who made the first Luoyang shovel, named Chen Yinwa, is Yan Qiu's grandfather's father, who is now deceased.

I didn't expect Yan Qiu to have this life experience, this Luoyang shovel has been popular in the history of tomb robbery for a while, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is the illegal act of tomb robbery, which has played a role in fueling the flames.

If the Luoyang shovel was built by their predecessors, then I can deduce that the person who created this thing is also inseparable from the tomb robbery.

Thinking about it, Lu Shan's grandfather taught history, and Yan Qiu himself studied archaeology, and he really inherited the mantle of their family, but from the tomb robbery of the predecessors to the archaeology of the later generations, this should also be regarded as a kind of reform.

Anyway, the correct way to use the Luoyang shovel, if you want to say that Yanqiu ranks second among young people, no one should dare to say that you are first. At least people are ancestral skills, and no matter how familiar others are, they can't compare to Yan Qiu's ancestral perfection.

Jiang Li didn't seem to care about this thing, but about Yan Qiu, she asked: "Sister Yan Qiu, you are carrying this thing, I think you have forty or fifty pounds, aren't you tired?" Looks heavier than my bag. ”

After listening to Jiang Li's words, I also curiously went to carry the bag, at least more than fifty catties.

Yan Qiu smiled and said, "As a soldier, can you still not carry your own gun?" I've been carrying this thing up the mountain since I was 14 years old. ”

Lu Shan answered, "Huh? You started robbing tombs at the age of 14? ”

Yan Qiu was so angry that he said sharply at Lu Shan: "Bah, who robbed the tomb?" Don't talk nonsense, you have to be killed, I'm going up the mountain to learn how to use this thing. This Luoyang shovel is really a good thing, with it the archaeological excavation work will not take a detour, but unfortunately there are really not many people who can use it. I am also going to write a textbook specifically for students studying archaeology to teach them how to use this Luoyang shovel. The method of shoveling, the choice of shovel head, how to look at the soil quality, and how to distinguish the underground structure through guò feel. ”

I asked Yan Qiu, "In your archaeological community, how many people use this thing?" ”

Yan Qiu said: "Some of the older generation can use it, they all did tomb robbery when they were young, and after liberation, when they are older, the law is standardized, and the sanctions are increased, they turn to archaeological protective excavation services." It's my size, and it's rarely used. However, now there is an electric Luoyang shovel, which does not require manpower, and can be brought up with soil by just hitting the ground with the machine. ”

The fat brother said: "That's right, science and technology must keep pace with the times, everyone has an electric one, what are you still guarding your old antique?" ”

Yan Qiu said angrily: "This Luoyang shovel distinguishes the soil layer and the inclusions, it is only a small function, and it can only judge whether there are tombs underground, the depth of the tombs and the approximate age." And the most important function is to determine the direction of the tomb through the guò Luoyang shovel, which must have a feel, where does the electric feel come from? Have you ever heard of the three-shovel drawing method? ”

The fat guy shook his head.

I had never heard of it, so I asked, "What is the three-shovel drawing method?" ”

Yan Qiu said proudly: "The three-shovel drawing method is to use this Luoyang shovel to make three holes in the ground, and these three shovels can draw a sketch of the underground tomb on paper." ”

This is a miraculous realm, with this shovel alone, digging three holes in the ground, you can draw a sketch of a building buried underground, I'm afraid infrared detection can't do it, right? The legend is still not credible.

I smiled and said to Yan Qiu, "What are you kidding, you will become a myth when you talk about it." How is it possible to detect underground buildings with three shovels? ”

Yan Qiu said disdainfully: "What do you laymen know, the old Luoyang shovel that used to visit the tomb is talking about this technique." The tomb robbery gang invited them at a high price, and the three shovels couldn't find out why, so they had to carry the tools home, and their jobs would be smashed in the future. The sketch was out, and the tomb robbers managed to get in according to the map, and the tomb visitors only had to take the money and leave, without having to do any work. In the circle of this profession at that time, they were all Taishan Beidou-level figures. At that time, they called tomb robbery an inverted bucket, poured those small buckets, Mao buckets, and other experts who explored the tomb with three shovels did not go at all. However, the tomb robbery gang is not a big fight, and they will not spend a high price to hire people, otherwise the goods poured out will not be worth the wages of hiring people. ”

After listening to Yanqiu, I'm even more curious, I'm afraid that the three shovel drawings can be regarded as a mastery in the tomb robbery business, right? Yan Qiu is right, she must understand this method. I asked, "You must be able to say so much, right?" Did your grandfather teach you all these three shovel drawing methods? ”