C3622 (2/2)
”This place is an important trading road between ancient China and Europe. All caravans have to take this ancient road …” And along the trade road came not only wealth and goods, but also religion and art... ”
”The identity of the owner of this tomb could be a merchant who died on the way. It could also be a tomb of a believer after the Fire Worship had spread to this place …”
”I really want to see it for myself!” ”This illness of mine is too troublesome …”
Samuel was indeed an expert in the cultures of Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia, and these cultures were all inextricably linked to the Western Regions.
That was a profound insight into their conversation, especially when Samuel told the story of how Silk was first passed to the Ancient Rome Empire, it made all the other Chinese present even more moved.
”The records of silk in European history date back to the time of Caesar the Great, and that period seems to be the Han Dynasty of your Chinese people …”
”Once, Caesars came back victorious from a war. The Roman senate, parliament, and all the citizens of the city were waiting to celebrate for Kaiser. They thought that Kaiser would return to Rome gloriously clad in armor …”
”But no one would have thought that Caesar would appear before the Romans in the robes of a god. That was the first time silk had appeared in Europe!”
”Soft and smooth as a young girl's skin. A charming ray of light could arouse the deepest desires of people. The Romans of that time were only wearing linen. Even the nobles could make drawings. In essence, he was still linen …”
”There's no way to say it in the same breath. Silk immediately conquered all the nobles in Rome. At that time, a kilogram of silk actually required twelve ounces of gold to buy …”
”The windfall has made it difficult for many merchants to travel across Eurasia. History has recorded that many European merchants could successfully travel across Europe once in their lives. The amount of money they earn is enough for them to open a good shop in Europe and live their entire lives there …”
After listening to Samuel's story, the left hurriedly pulled out some dried silk fragments. ”That's right, there's a lot of silk unearthed in the graveyard, the climate here is too dry, a lot of silk fabric hasn't rotted yet. We can still see the patterns and luster of the past …”
”Too beautiful, I really want to take a look …” Can you let me collect a few of these pieces? ”
There were a lot of fragments of silk that he had found from the tombs, the left side did not care about giving him a few pieces, but Sai Mouerbeike carefully opened his notebook and placed the fragment of silk inside.
When he saw the notebook on the left, his eyes lit up!
The Ghost Eye Zuo Chao did not stay in Europe for long. He only knew a few simple words and a few simple daily conversations. He could not understand the contents of Samuel's thick notebook.
However, as a lifetime of revered antiques, he only needed to glance at it to know that this notebook definitely had a lot of Samuel 'archaeological records.
Maybe some secret treasure, the location of the tomb, was hidden in the notebook!
The left side smiled and said, ”I still have some sketches of the tomb here. Would you like to collect a few of them?”
”Of course! ”Thank you very much, really thank you very much …”
The sketches from the Guizhou Ancient Tomb were also kept away. The little left eye greedily stared at the illustrations in the notebook, the more he read, the more he found it interesting.