.Fan Wubing was also very surprised by Gan Zhong's new appearance. He did not expect that there were so many things in Xuan, some of which were really unheard of.

There are also many domestic experts who come to take the exam, especially many of them are old experts in the domestic archaeology industry. They are not the kind of fake experts who just post a name for a book and come out to cheat.

Fan Wubing warmly received these people and visited various unearthed artifacts that had been sorted out.

The wooden chess pieces unearthed from sea ships attracted everyone's special attention. This is a witness to the cultural life of ship workers. There are more than 60 chess pieces unearthed, one is carved with a round frame and filled with red, and the other is ink or double-hooked red book, with names such as generals, soldiers, elephants, chariots, cannons, horses, soldiers, etc., which belong to three sets of chess of different shapes.

Chess pieces appeared in the sea boat, which shows that chess was established in the Song Dynasty. The trend of chess games was popular in the palaces and markets, and even ships. They were entertainment products for crew members.

Another very interesting thing is that people sifted out thousands of shells from the sea mud in the cabin. There are also several pieces of coral, including ring-shaped shells, fence phoenix snails, crystal phoenix snails, silver-mouthed four-snails, milk jade snails, etc., which are dazzling and lovely. The colorful shells mark people the route of the ancient ships. They are also the benefits and decorations for the crew members. From the analysis of the types of shells, you can roughly infer where the seamen have been.

An expert who can be called a Su Lao in the domestic marine ship archaeology industry said to Fan Wubing, "The ocean-going cargo ships in the Song Dynasty mainly sailed on routes from the South Ocean to the Indian Ocean. The tropical high temperature climate is burning and burning fire, which makes people speak loudly. Whenever the boat is about to pass the ocean, it must set up a water cabinet to store sweet springs widely for food and drink. It is not very worried about wind in the ocean, but the existence of water is not enough to make life and death. Due to the high demand for fresh water, the ship has a water cabinet, and the seventh warehouse of the Houzhu ancient ship is filled with fresh water for drinking. Drinking water is extremely precious, so it is necessary to adopt a planned rationing method to allow individuals to keep some in case of damage, leakage or other accidents in the fresh water cabinet.

The reason why old experts say this is because dozens of labels with "Water Records" were unearthed from ancient ships in Hengshan Port. Some labels such as "Some Water Records" are tied with small ropes, which may be the marks for crew members to store fresh water. Many jars and bottles with lids may be containers used for personal water storage, such as octagonal small wooden signs with the words "Water Records". It is likely that they also double as wooden lids for this kind of water tank.

In fact, because of the long time of sailing on the sea in the past, various living facilities were fully considered in terms of marine equipment. Zhou Qufei, a native of the Song Dynasty, recorded in "The Ridge Appointment" that hundreds of people in a boat were accumulated in one year, and Qin Cheng made wine.

The relics unearthed from this Song Dynasty sea ship vividly show people a life scene: small checkered sack braided sacks were filled with rice and other food. The pig bones, sheep bones, fish bones and bird bones in some cabins are obviously the remaining bones eaten by the crew, and the bird bones in them also reveal the long sea journey of green water rising from the waves and flying birds flying with each other.

Small-mouthed pottery bottles should be used for wine. Boat workers who have been dealing with wind and waves for many years, and aged wines are a must-have beverage.

There are also some peach kernels, lying technic cores, lying technic cores, lying technic cores, ginkgo cores, olive cores, coconut shells, etc. scattered in each cabin. They clearly show that hundreds of years ago, these summer fruits produced in the southern coastal areas enriched the seamen's water life and increased moisture and nutrition.

Although Hengshan Port may not be like Quanzhou Port during the Song Dynasty, it is dedicated to taking the Nanyang route. However, judging from the various cargo carried on the ship, or the destination of the ship is not only one. After all, the routes sailed by sea ships in the Song Dynasty were developed by navigators of all dynasties after all difficulties and obstacles.

At that time, the ships at Quanzhou Port were loaded with silk, porcelain, copper and iron, medicinal materials and other items, and then transported spices, jewelry, ivory, rhinoceros horns, and tortoiseshells from Arabia, India, Southeast Asia and other places to wait for production.

More than 2,000 kilograms of spices were also unearthed on this newly-appeared Song Dynasty sea ship, including sandalwood, agarwood, scented true fragrance, **, ambergris, as well as Hu Ji, tortoiseshell, betel nut, etc. Most of these items were produced from the Spicy Horns of Sanfoqi, Chameng, and East Africa, and were important physical evidence of imported goods sold by sea merchants in the Song Dynasty.

"It seems that during the Song Dynasty, we started to conduct cross-border trade, transporting goods from Southeast Asia to the East Asia to make money, haha." Fan Wubing couldn't help but laugh after hearing the comments of these old experts.

With so many gains in front of him, a large part of them will be earned by Fan's Investment Group. He couldn't help but feel bad, which is a considerable income.

The most rare thing is that the ambergris that are found are well preserved and are white.

The earliest country in the world to appear ambergris was ancient China.

During the Han Dynasty, Wang Min caught some wax-like drifts in the sea with a grayish white fragrance. This is the finished ambergris that has naturally degenerated for many years. From a few kilograms to dozens of kilograms, there is a strong fishy smell. After six dryness, it can produce a long-lasting fragrance. When it is lit, it is even more fragrant, which is more fragrant than the first day of the day.

Some local officials contributed to the emperor in the form of treasures after acquisition, and used them as spices or as medicines in the palace.

At that time, no one knew what treasure this was. I asked the alchemist in the palace. They believed that this was the saliva flowing out of the dragon in the sea when they were sleeping, dripping into the sea water and solidifying. After a long time, it became ambergris.

Some people also said that during the Shang Dynasty, people had mixed ambergris and plant spices and made sachets and hung them on the head of the bed or on the body.

The secret of the real dragon fragrance is the fishermen on Cotra Island, Saudi Arabia. The island's Danmin mainly lives by catching sperm whales. Ambergris is actually the excrement of sperm whales. Once, an old fisherman discovered an ambergris when he was cutting open the intestine of a sperm whaler.

At that time, the fishermen thought it was swallowed from the sea and did not take it seriously, but the news spread like wildfire and attracted the attention of marine biologists. They immediately conducted in-depth research and finally solved the mystery of ambergris.

It turns out that the big squid and octopus have tough keratin and tongue teeth in their mouths, which are difficult to digest. When the sperm whales devour large mollusks, the teeth of Gu and tongue teeth accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, stimulating the intestines, which secrete a special waxy substance, wrapping the residual core of the food. Slowly, ambergris forms.

Scientists once found a condensation of intestinal fluid and foreign objects in the intestines of an 18-meter-long sperm whale, believing that this was the beginning of ambergris. Some sperm whales would vomit out the condensation, and some would excrete it out of the intestines. Only a small number of sperm whales left ambergris in their bodies.

The ambergris discharged into the sea initially turned light black, but under the action of sea water, it gradually turned gray, light gray, and finally became white. The white ambergris has the best quality. It takes a hundred years of soaking in Shanghai water to float all the impurities out before it can become the best among ambergris.

Ambergris taken from the intestines of the killed sperm whale is of no value. It must be floating and soaked in the sea for decades to gain a high status. Some ambergris pieces are soaked in the sea for more than a hundred years.

Since ancient times, ambergris has been expensive, almost equivalent to gold. If you pick up white ambergris, it is even more priceless.

However, to identify ambergris, you must have relevant biology, ecological knowledge and chemistry knowledge, and have long-term experience in dealing with the ocean, which is not something that ordinary people can do.

Nowadays, all kinds of ingredients in ambergris can be artificially synthesized, but they cannot completely replace the ambergris given to humans by the sea, because human technology currently cannot reach the wonders and harmony of nature, especially the ambergris flute in natural ambergris. After being added to perfume, a thin film will be formed on the skin, which can prevent the fragrance from dissipating for a long time.

For example, today's international market of Ranlong Danxiang is completely controlled by France, a major perfume country. The purchase price per kilogram is about 50,000 francs, and the price of spice companies after processing is over 100,000 francs. However, with the large-scale killing of sperm whales by humans, the resources of ambergris have decreased year by year. Now the world's annual trade volume has decreased to less than 100 kilograms, and its quality is declining year by year, completely not reaching the level it was originally.

It is really hard to estimate how valuable it is to preserve the white ambergris for nearly a thousand years, and it is ambergris with this history.

However, Fan Wubing never had the idea of ​​auctioning this batch of ambergris, so it would be best to keep this thing for yourself. Since the whole world can't find this thousand-year-old ambergris, then if you have nothing to do, it's an emperor-like enjoyment.

Some more cultural relics were found from the shipwreck one after another, such as some lacquerware from the Song Dynasty. The exquisitely made of archaeologists who came here were amazed. Fan Wubing was very generous about these things. As long as he recognized the national treasure level, he would give them to the National Museum directly.

In fact, Fan Wubing knew very well that pure resource-based things, such as these thousand-year-old ambergris, are precious, but difficult to define them in cultural relics, so he could take them for himself without hesitation. However, those cultural relics that archaeologists would be jealous of when they saw them, which could awaken the memory of an era, would not have to compete with others for ownership.

The shipwreck excavation was in progress, and most of the time was basically cleared out on the eve of National Day. However, judging from the current situation, they probably planned to salvage the entire ship, restore it as much as possible, and put it in the museum for a display.

Such a large thousand-year-old ship is itself an important physical evidence for studying the marine transportation culture of the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!