Chapter 80 Qing Brick - "At the beginning of the 1970s, I made a fortune by buying goods for zero yuan"

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On the 51st day of digging, the western section where Wang Jianxin was located took the lead in digging the hard layer.

That afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, and the light on the construction site began to dim.Wang Jianxin stood at the bottom of the pit and shoveled down. What he encountered was no longer soft soil, but hard masonry.He squatted down and used his hands to remove the floating soil, revealing a layer of blue-grey old bricks.The bricks were larger than today's bricks, thicker, and densely laid together. The gaps were filled with white lime, which was as hard as stone.

"Stop." Wang Jianxin straightened up and shouted.

People from class three stopped and gathered around to watch.Liu Xiaodong squatted down, touched the green bricks with his hands, and knocked again. The sound was muffled, but when one brick was knocked up, the sound was different. It was hollow, like beating a drum.

"Captain, there seems to be nothing behind this brick." Liu Xiaodong said.

Wang Jianxin also squatted down and tapped lightly with the handle of the shovel.Indeed, there are several bricks that sound noticeably different.He scanned it carefully with his spiritual consciousness - there was a closed space behind the blue bricks. It was not big, but the things inside were densely packed.Gold bars, gold ingots, silver ingots, and jades are arranged neatly layer by layer.

He stood up without saying anything and said to the people around him: "Don't move. This may be the foundation of the old building. Don't destroy it. You go up first, and I'll go find Cadre Han."

He climbed out of the pit, patted the dirt on his body, and walked quickly to the temporary office at the construction site.Cadre Han was sitting at the table drinking tea when he saw Wang Jianxin come in and put down the teapot.

"What's wrong?"

"Cadre Han, we dug out a layer of old blue bricks. The location is very deep. It doesn't look like an ordinary foundation. There is a cavity behind the bricks, and there may be something there. I suggest we stop the work first and ask the cultural relics department to take a look."

Cadre Han was stunned for a moment, put down the tea vat, and followed Wang Jianxin to the construction site.He squatted by the pit, looked at the blue bricks, knocked them again, and listened to the sound.Although he doesn't understand archeology, he still has some judgment after working in administration for so many years.The shape and construction method of this brick do not look like they were made after the Republic of China, at least in the mid-Qing Dynasty.

"Stop work." Cadre Han stood up and patted the dirt on his hands. "Everyone evacuated the construction site and stood by. No one is allowed to touch that area anymore. I'll make a call."

The news was reported to the public, and within two hours, people from the school's revolutionary committee, street, public security, and cultural relics departments were all here.First came the director of the school revolutionary committee, then the cadres of the street revolutionary committee, the police from the police station, and finally two experts from the Cultural Relics Bureau. One was in his fifties, with gray hair, wearing thick-soled glasses; the other was in his early thirties, tall and thin, carrying a canvas tool bag.They went down to the pit and squatted in front of the blue bricks, looking at them for a long time.

The old expert touched the lime in the cracks of the bricks with his fingers, then picked up a broken brick and weighed it in his hand, turning it over and over.He whispered something to the young expert. The young expert nodded, took out his camera from his bag, and took a few photos.

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