Chapter 232 (2/2)

The so-called River workers are completely different from the workers who pull fibers on both sides of the Strait. Although the fiber puller is tired, his salary is high. But the river workers are not only tired, but also can't get a few bites of food after a hard day.

But at that time, the war was in chaos, and it was the greatest luck not to starve to death.

The weather was dry that year. The water level in the Yangtze River was surprisingly low. It was a good time to dig sediment.

One day, in Gu Laoqi's group, a group of river workers ran to the middle of the river that could not be exposed at ordinary times and desperately dug sand and stone on a riverbed.

Harnessing rivers and preventing floods are the main work of river workers.

If you don't want waterlogging every year, you should take advantage of the bottom of the water level to dig away the sand and stones accumulated on the river, so as to avoid the siltation of the river sand and stones carried by the river water after the flood.

This year's water level is too low. Gu Laoqi and his workmates hoed up, constantly digging the sediment into the dustpan and transporting it to the shore.

Suddenly, an old river worker said, ”brothers, I seem to have dug up a hard thing.”

It was hot and the mud on the riverbed smelled. Many mechanical River workers were shocked when they heard this. The ancient Yangtze River Road is one of the main life rivers that gave birth to ancient humans. It has a long history and countless anecdotes. Although it's hard to be a river worker, you can often dig out some old things from the river. With good luck, you can sell some small money.

Hearing the words of the old river worker, Gu Laoqi, not far away, hurriedly surrounded him.

The old river worker knocked on the mud below with a shovel, and sure enough, he heard a bang. It was the sound of metal collision, which was different from the sound of hitting a stone.

”Gold?” Don't be a river worker.

Gold is not gold, but a general term for metal cultural relics. Before entering the modern era of industrialization, metal, even a piece of iron wire, was valuable and could be exchanged for half a steamed bread.

If you can dig out old gold, you will be rich.

”Dig quickly. Maybe you can dig out good things.” Another river worker urged, and the saliva in his mouth was almost flowing out. I haven't had a good meal for a long time. Maybe I'm lucky to have some meat in the evening.

Gu Laoqi, a group of about 17, quickly dug the silt on the riverbed with a hoe. Not long after digging, they didn't let them dig out the gold ware, but dug out a large piece of bronze.

The bronze block has a round arc, which is very large and heavy. The Yangtze River is soaked in water and covered with filthy copper rust.

”Wow, what a big piece of copper. I'm going to sell waste products, but it's always valuable. ” One of the river workers was very happy.

River workers are poor people. If they take one more copper plate, their children can lick porridge for a few more days. Seeing that there was really valuable goods, all the river workers were excited.

They ploughed the sand harder. Finally, the whole copper block was dug out.

At a glance, everyone took a breath of air conditioning.

Where is this copper block? It is clearly the end of a bronze chain, and it also shows signs of fracture. The copper chain is as thick as the waist of two adults. The chain went straight into the mud. I don't know how long it is.