Why an owl-shaped bronze was found in the tomb of South Vietnam King Zhao Hu is something that is difficult to understand for a while.

In fact, the archaeological researchers at the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology did not pay much attention to this matter.

Because there are really too many funerary objects in the West Room.

Just for the utensils used for barbecue, there is a set of "square copper oven", "iron fork", "copper dyeing furnace", "copper ginger", "copper spoon" and other utensils, which are completely built for barbecue.

The discovery of this set of barbecue utensils also surprised researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology.

Generally speaking, these daily necessities, or kitchen utensils, used in the kitchen, judging from the burial customs of the Western Han Dynasty, are usually placed in the back room.

The rear storage room is generally used to place kitchen utensils and cooking food, and other things related to the tomb owner's daily diet.

Of course, only those who can afford to build such a large tomb can arrange it so carefully.

For example, in Tomb No. 168 of Fenghuang Mountain excavated by the Academy of Social Sciences Archeology, Mr. Sui's various condiments, kitchen utensils, etc. could only be placed in the coffin.

That is the "concentrated coffin room" that created the head box and side box.

But a vassal king like the King of Nanyue, and a vassal king who arrogated the title of emperor in the country, must not wrong himself and directly build an underground palace without condensing it.

In this way, it is a bit strange for this set of kitchen utensils to appear in the Xier room filled with ritual utensils, silks, smokers and other daily necessities.

But again, this matter was quickly forgotten by the people at the Guangzhou Archaeological Institute.

The truth is still the same.

There are really too many funerary objects in the Xi'er Room, so much that everyone has no time to think about the origin of these funerary objects and the significance of being placed here.

It is not too late to clean up all the funerary objects first, and then study them slowly.

After sorting out this set of barbecue equipment, they soon discovered another big treasure.

Four-piece smoker made of copper!

This kind of four-piece copper smoker is very rare. The furnace body consists of four small boxes that are not connected to each other and can burn four different spices.

And the workmanship is very complicated.

As for the incense burner, the lid must be hollowed out, otherwise the fragrance will not come out.

It is worth mentioning that spices have been high-end luxury goods since ancient times.

Especially the incense used for smoking.

There are actually not many natural incense in China, at least not during the Warring and Han Dynasties, which include traditional cinnamon, Duheng, agarwood, sandalwood, and musk.

Moreover, the birthplace of Chinese incense culture should be the State of Chu.

Because most of the above-mentioned fragrant materials are from tree species in the Lingnan area.

Even many precious incense ingredients can only be obtained in Southeast Asia.

At that time, Westerners made great voyages and came to Southeast Asia for spices.

The "spices" here are not just seasonings used for eating, but also include various aromatic materials used to make perfume.

For some well-known reasons, Westerners did not like to take baths in the Middle Ages and for hundreds of years after that, and they even only took baths three times in their lives.

Birth, marriage, death.

Because after experiencing the Great Plague and the Black Death, the West felt that a thick layer of mud on the body could block the invasion of diseases.

Therefore, perfumes and spices were very popular hard currencies in the Western world at that time.

After all, no one wants to be smelly all the time even if they don't take a shower.

Most of the raw materials for perfumes and spices used by Westerners at that time came from Southeast Asia and the Arabian Peninsula.

The East Indies were known as the "Spice Islands" back then.

The spices grown here at that time included pepper, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon, as well as a large amount of frankincense, camphor, myrrh, balsam and sandalwood.

Located in tropical Southeast Asia, it has been the natural habitat of aromatic plants since ancient times.

Before being colonized by the Western world, various spices from Southeast Asia, especially sandalwood, duheng, and agarwood, were already supplied to the Chinese region in large quantities.

The Nanyue Kingdom of the old Zhao family dominated the transportation routes from the Western Han Dynasty to Southeast Asia, which not only made it convenient for them to obtain various spices in large quantities.

Moreover, they could also use this to start hugely profitable trade with the Central Government of the Western Han Dynasty.

You must know that incense was something that all nobles must use every day during the Western Han Dynasty.

"Look, there are four conjoined copper incense burners that are very rare in the Central Plains. Five of them were buried in the tomb of the King of Nanyue!"

A researcher from the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology, holding a newly cleaned exquisite incense burner in his hand, said with some regret:

"It's no wonder that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to conquer the South Vietnam Kingdom."

"Although there was a domestic rebellion in South Vietnam, it gave Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"But it's strange that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who had a trade channel with Southeast Asia and was very short of money, couldn't be tempted."

Although it is said that the Central Shu region of the Western Han Dynasty could also conduct trade on the Southern Silk Road through the trade lines in Central Shu.

But the Sichuan side is heading towards the Indian Peninsula, and you have to go over the mountains and ridges from Sichuan to the west.

How can it be so convenient to go from Lingnan to Southeast Asia?

Even this researcher was still thinking secretly in his heart.

Maybe the merchants in Changsha and the Chu State of the Western Han Dynasty would have made a lot of money from border trade with the South Vietnam State as their backing.

With the character of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was always trying to deal with businessmen, he might have been eyeing this area for a long time.

It can only be said that the demise of South Vietnam is destined.

Many scholars even believe that the civil strife among the upper classes in the late Nanyue Kingdom was probably caused by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty secretly behind the scenes.

And it’s still an honest conspiracy!

Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not as powerful as his grandfather Emperor Wen of Han in managing people's livelihood.

But the foreign war is really fierce, there is nothing to say.

Whether it is a frontal war, or secretly causing some civil strife, and then taking the opportunity to send troops to quell the rebellion, this is his specialty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very professional when it came to hunting rabbits.

Even if there was no civil strife caused by the last two monarchs and the prime minister, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would sooner or later find a famous excuse to kill the South Vietnamese.

The old Zhao family was able to rule South Vietnam for more than ninety years. It can only be said that they caught up with the good times. There was civil strife in the Central Plains. The Western Han Dynasty, which later unified the world, from Liu Bang to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was busy resisting the Xiongnu in the north.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally dealt with the Huns in the north and turned his attention to Lingnan again, the Nanyue Kingdom, which had proclaimed itself emperor behind closed doors, became an eyesore no matter how you looked at it.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not the emperor of the Song Dynasty, so he could accept it. There were other emperors in the world who could even give him coins.

With the violent temper of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after freeing up his hands, he had to deal with the South Vietnam Kingdom.

The old Zhao family has enjoyed living in Lingnan for more than ninety years. They are four generations of powerful people, so they are very lucky.

"Looking at the number and exquisiteness of the funerary objects, at least when Zhao Hu was in power, South Vietnam was still very wealthy."

Putting down the copper fumigator, the researcher looked around at the scene in Xi'er's room.
Chapter completed!