Chapter 215

first and continue when it's daylight. We've already come this far, so there's no need to rush these few hours.""> "Okay, then let's rest for now and recover our energy.">I beckoned to the woman who...Seeing his boss value him so much, Xia Ke was filled with excitement. Returning from Sichuan to Yinchuan, he managed to complete the journey in less than seven days. Considering the speed of transportation at the time, this was incredibly fast, as if riding a horse at top speed.

Back in Yinchuan again, this time Xiao Ke spent money to increase his staff. He hired over twenty local farmers who grow crops, promising each person half the usual wage.

(The release date of silver dollars will be several years later.)

The honest and straightforward farmers didn't understand anything. After receiving the money, they only followed orders to dig earth and sand. This time, they expanded their investigation area. On the two previously discovered burial chambers, they extended outwards for ten miles or so, and three more hidden underground tombs were newly discovered.

Xiaoke may have deduced at the time that there were too many treasures in Xixia's Heishui City. Because the Mongols were advancing rapidly and time was pressing, they didn't have time to collect and organize them, so they were simply scattered and buried around.

Here comes the problem.

Did he dig up the remains of the Blackwater City's lord's city from 800 years ago at that time

Regarding this point, there are two opinions about it.

One is that they dug up the Blackwater City under the sand, and the other is that they didn't dig it up, he only found the treasure chamber scattered near the ruins.

Xiao Ke was born in 1863 and died in 1935, living for over seventy years. Due to the special requirements of the Royal Geographical Society, he did not leave behind any autobiographical books himself. The few available today were not written by him.

He tends to believe the second explanation more.

That being said, there's reason to believe he didn't find Blackwater City. The fact that his men only dug for less than three months supports this theory. Finding Blackwater City and cleaning it out within two or three months would be impossible. It would likely take at least two or three years.

From 1900 to 2001, just a century and one year, it's possible that Uncle Aji dug up the stone carving plaque from somewhere within Hei Shui City's structures....

That night, after dinner with mutton, the village elder went back to rest early because he was old and not in good health.

After we sent Lao Zhang away, the rest of us were all our own people. At this time, Douzi excitedly said: "We made it, we made it! Are we going to get rich When we dig into Black Water City, I'll be the first one to go in and grab the treasures!"

He shook his head, not very pleased, but rather worried.

Qin Xingping was the same, with a grim face and smoking sullenly.

Dou Zhazi asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you all Why are you all looking so downcast and unhappy Did I say something wrong again"

"The sprout said, pointing to himself, "

"Sigh..." he sighed, then spoke: "Yazai, at first I was just like you, very happy. But later I thought about it, we've gone astray."

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"What do you mean, we're lost" Douzi scratched his head. "We haven't even started yet!"

Rubbing his temples, he said to Yunfeng, "You tell me."

I nodded and said to Dou Zai, "Dou Zai, how could you be so foolish Have you forgotten why we came from Handan to Yinchuan in the first place"

"I didn't forget, how could I" Douzi pointed at Qin Xiping and said, "Didn't Brother Qin say that there might be a large Western Xia tomb here in Yinchuan Wait...a tomb..." At this moment, Douzi finally reacted.

"That's right.... " I glanced at him and said, "Our original plan was to find tombs, the treasure chambers, not the Black Water City Lord's City. To put it simply, it's like we were originally looking for a sesame seed that dropped on the road, but someone else swept it away. Now there's a watermelon on the road instead. Isn't that a deviation"

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Looting tombs and digging for ancient cities are two different concepts. If you decide to do it, if you're unlucky, with just a few of us, we might end up digging for ten or eight years....

"Forget it, it's late tonight. Let's not think about it anymore," he said, getting up. "I'll take some time to consider this matter carefully and see if there are any feasible solutions. You guys should go to sleep first. The elder asked Ajie to prepare rooms for you."

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It was said to be a room, but it was actually a cave dwelling. My bean sprout and I shared a room, while Head and Qin Xingping lived in another. Xiaoxuan, being a girl, couldn't share a room with us boys, so she had her own room.

This evening, something funny happened.

Because she had been rolling in the sand for several levels, everyone was covered in dirt. The older gentlemen didn't mind, but Xiao Xuan felt uncomfortable. She fussed and whined about wanting to wash herself, asking Ajie to help her find water.

Ajie reluctantly said, "No, we haven't fetched water these two days. We usually wash our faces and hands with sand."

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Xiaoxuan widened her eyes and said, "How do you take a bath with sand Do you just rub it hard with sand"

I thought I was just joking, but Aji nodded and said: "Yeah, use dry sand to scrape it back and forth, rub it back and forth, the mud on your body will fall off, and you'll be clean.

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">s been a long time, the wind is getting weaker and weaker.I strained and shook my body, struggling to get up from the ground.Looking around, all I saw was sand as far as the eye could see. I couldn't...