Chapter 701 (1/2)

The next morning, O'Connor and his party came to the construction site at the foot of Lishan Mountain, which had been protected by Feng Yuxiang. The British Council in Wuhan sent someone to contact Feng Yuxiang. Before that, Yan Xiangwen suddenly committed suicide when he was the Shaanxi supervisor, and Feng Yuxiang, the division commander of the 11th division of the Zhijun army, took over the Shaanxi supervisor.

Feng Yuxiang was the head of the Northern Warlords in Shaanxi. When he met O'Connor at the Shaanxi governor's house, he wore a soldier's uniform. Because he was a soldier, he always liked to look hard-working and simple. However, he was also devout in Christianity. When he met foreign ”religious friends”, he also wore a cross hanging on his chest, which looked like an alien.

In fact, at this time, believing in Christianity once became a trend in China. Warlords were proud of believing in Christianity. If you think deeply, it was nothing more than fawning on foreigners. In this stall of the scuffle between Chinese warlords, foreigners spoke more effectively than the great president of Beiyang.

Not to mention anything else, the British people have a loose hand and give Feng Yuxiang some cheap interest on arms and loans, which is worth his flattery.

Feng Yu Hsiang's hospitality to ”archaeologists” from abroad was very warm. He politely invited O'Connor and Laura to pray in his family's chapel. In the name of discussing doctrines and the Bible, it made him familiar with these foreigners.

At this time, although Britain suffered a heavy blow, first, Feng Yuxiang may not know. Second, even if Feng Yuxiang knows, the family background of the British Empire is still so much. Neither the French nor the Germans dare to look down on Great Britain, which is in charge of sea power, not to mention the Chinese warlords? Although the British family business has failed, it is always a bit more noble than the lower Yellow people. O'Connor and others think so.

In their opinion, most of Europe has culture and civilization, Christianity is a universal value, the British are first-class civilized people, Europeans are second-class civilized people, the Americans are obscene civilized people, the Japanese are civilized barbarians, and the Chinese are better than those African aborigines at best. They belong to semi civilized barbarians and religious Chinese, It is a completely civilized species among civilized barbarians, which is more noble than others.

Therefore, when Feng Yuxiang revealed his religious identity, they still had a bit of high opinion and favor.

But when the two sides discussed the division of specific interests, this goodwill was immediately forgotten. The British Deputy Director who led the way looked cold and said with a hint of order: ”we ask Beiyang to protect our archaeological team, suppress local thieves and rebels, and facilitate our activities here as much as possible.”

Feng Yuxiang laughed and said: ”We must protect the legitimate interests of your country, but we can't betray China's interests... Right? Now on the streets, there is a bad reputation for your archaeological activities! Qin Shihuang is a great emperor in China, and his tomb is also an important property and treasure of the Chinese government. If your country forcibly takes over its archaeological activities, I'm afraid it will stir up public opinion The debate against Britain, you know, is also haunted by the rebels in the south. ”

”If we Beiyang give in to Britain! The rebels in the South will besiege Beiyang in public opinion, and the cultural and educational circles will strongly oppose such acts of infringing on Chinese treasures and reselling Chinese cultural relics...”

The deputy director looked cold and said faintly, ”the British government has no intention of stealing and excavating Chinese cultural relics...” as soon as he said this, Feng Yuxiang scolded in his stomach: ”you are lying to ghosts! It seems that Gansu Dunhuang scriptures were not displayed in your British Museum more than ten years ago? The Chinese people gave you so many treasures in the Chinese Museum?”

”... but with all due respect, the Chinese government simply does not have the conditions for the excavation and preservation of cultural relics. Your country has no archaeology at all. Only under the development and protection of Britain can your country's history and culture be recognized and recognized by the international academic community. If you give it to you, these valuable cultural relics will only fall into the international cultural relics market, causing inevitable damage and loss Lose. ”

”This archaeological operation is of great importance. China hopes to have a battalion of Embassy guards to protect our archaeologists at archaeological sites and work normally. At the same time, general Feng also needs to provide reasonable help, such as guides and excavation workers. For the sake of the friendship between our two countries, general Feng should carefully consider our suggestions.”

In order to force Feng Yuxiang to agree in the shortest time, the deputy director had to violate the exquisite shit stirring technique of the British diplomatic community and use a hard threat to make Feng Yuxiang relax. Sure enough, when the deputy director's tone implied a threat, Feng Yuxiang agreed to all the requirements of the UK despite his ugly face.

The Vice Consul knows that the matter of giving Feng Yuxiang benefits and bribes can be left to them. Now the top priority is to let O'Connor and others start work.

At the foot of Lishan Mountain, Laura saw an orderly excavation site. Laura was surprised to see several people dressed in hemp shoes and dressed as ”local masters” inserting a semi cylindrical shovel into the ground. The head old man had gray hair and kept the whip of the former Qing Dynasty. He coiled his braid on his head and carefully looked at the soil brought up.

O'Connor went behind Laura and said in surprise, ”what are these Chinese doing?”

”Shh!” Laura interrupted, whispering: ”I've heard Chinese archaeologists mention in archaeological documents that Chinese explorers and grave robbers use an archaeological tool called 'Luoyang shovel' to bring out tens of feet of underground soil for analysis and inspection. They will observe the color and smell of the soil and determine its age, geological characteristics and tomb sealing.”