"big baby?"

"In our eyes, everything in this tomb of the Nanyue King is a treasure!"

Deng Xueliang, a researcher at the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology, said with longing as he put food into his mouth.

really.

For the Guangzhou Archaeological Institute, there is nothing in this tomb of the Nanyue King that is not a treasure.

Every item is a cultural relic from the early Western Han Dynasty.

For Guangzhou, which is extremely short of Qin and Han cultural relics, this is an immeasurable treasure.

“Copper, iron, jade, agate, turquoise, and pottery are all available!”

"There are more than ten jade swords alone!"

"There are a lot of various iron weapons, including dozens of iron spears and iron halberds!"

"It turns out that there are not many iron weapons in the Xi'er Room, but it doesn't mean that South Vietnam has not entered the Iron Age."

"And there are also many practical tools made of iron, including hoes, chisels, and nails."

"These iron tools all have traces of use, including weapons."

"This shows that these iron tools are not specially made for ceremonial purposes, but are practical tools used by the tomb owner during his lifetime."

"It seems that the popularity of iron tools in South Vietnam needs to be re-judged."

"The advanced iron culture of the Western Han Dynasty should have spread to South Vietnam without much hindrance."

"The Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty did not take strict precautions against the outflow of iron weapons to South Vietnam as it did against the Xiongnu."

Don't underestimate the ancients.

After experiencing the struggle for hegemony during the Warring States Period, people in the Qin and Han Dynasties knew very well how important technological monopoly was.

The Huns did not know how to make iron tools, so the Western Han people naturally strictly controlled the outflow of iron tools.

In some mutual trades between the north and the Huns, large-scale transactions generally involved the exchange of grain, cloth and other things with the Huns for livestock.

The most they can do is sell salt to the Huns.

Iron weapons, especially weapons made of iron, were only allowed to be used in the military, and it was absolutely impossible to sell them to the Huns casually.

As for craftsmen who can make ironware, they need to be protected even more closely.

They could only manufacture weapons for the Western Han Dynasty military day and night in the weapons workshop under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.

It will even be subject to strict monitoring and restrictions.

Absolutely no craftsman who can make iron tools is allowed to be acquired by the Huns.

The Huns attacked the border counties of the Western Han Dynasty all year round. After burning, killing and looting, they could only take away some people and some iron farm tools.

Even during the reigns of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, iron farm tools were not yet popular across the country. Farm tools made of bronze or even wood were the real mainstream.

In the slow-moving society of BC, it would take up to a hundred years to complete the transition from bronze to iron.

In the military of the Western Han Dynasty, some elites took the lead in replacing iron weapons and trained elite cavalry.

After sixty years of sharpening a sword, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing went out to defeat the Xiongnu and sealed the wolf as Xu.

I just didn't expect that the Nanyue Kingdom, which is far away in the south, can actually have such exquisite iron tools.

Although the iron artifacts unearthed from the inner coffin were severely corroded due to poor preservation, they were even stuck together.

But being able to create standard iron weapons is enough to show that South Vietnam should have a group of professional "blacksmiths".

Perhaps he inherited the steel smelting technology of Wu and Yue.

Or maybe it was technology borrowed from the Central Government of the Western Han Dynasty.

In short, the iron level of Nanyue Kingdom is no worse than that of the Central Government of the Western Han Dynasty.

This also shows how powerful Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was.

The Nanyue Kingdom, which also had iron weapons, had almost no ability to resist when faced with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who was looking to the south, and was easily destroyed.

The good sons of the Western Han Dynasty, eating the sauce from their hometown and singing Liu Bang's wind songs, easily crossed Lingnan and crushed all the way to Panyu.

The army under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was truly invincible in the world!

"But compared to ironware, the jade craftsmanship of South Vietnam is truly top-notch."

"I'm afraid they are even better than the craftsmen of the Western Han Dynasty at the same time."

"We have the jade articles you found in the head box, the foot box, and the inner coffin. They are in the shape of bis, huangs, and jade pendants. They have hooks, seals, angular cups, lid boxes, lid cups, and plates and feet.

Cups and other jade ornaments.”

“The patterns carved on jade include grain patterns, swirl patterns, cattail patterns, cloud patterns, linked thunder patterns, pedicle patterns, scale patterns, noose patterns, string patterns, dragon patterns, phoenix patterns, parrot patterns, animal face patterns, etc.

.”

"The engraving techniques for patterns include line engraving, low relief, high relief, hollowing, round engraving, double-sided engraving, etc."

"The jades in the main tomb room are simply the pinnacle of jade craftsmanship in BC!"

"I am proud to say that not only the Western Han Dynasty, but also all civilizations and countries in the world at that time probably did not have such exquisite and comprehensive jade carving technology!"

"Especially a group of jade pendants composed of open-carved jade bis, jade huangs, beauties and gold, jade, glass beads and many other small pieces, it is even more exquisite!"

"This group of jade pendants is about 85 cm long and 50 cm wide from east to west. It is composed of thirty-two jade articles, including double wind scroll wall, dragon and phoenix scroll wall, and double dragon and cattail wall. Taken individually, each piece is

A rare treasure."

"No such exquisite jade has been unearthed from any tombs of Western Han nobles before."

"And the jade cup with a tall foot and a serving plate is also a rare treasure. Among all the jade cups unearthed in the country, it is the most exquisite and beautiful."

"The jade manufacturing technology of South Vietnam is indeed very impressive."

"This is definitely not something that a country that has only been founded for a few decades can master."

"Nanyue Kingdom definitely inherited a group of craftsmen from Wu, Yue, and Chu countries, and continued to cultivate them carefully, so that it can have so many exquisite jade articles."

Craftsmanship is not something that can only be cultivated through training.

Just like how modern people engage in art, they can’t just do it if they want to.

This thing requires talent.

And it also needs the support of a long heritage.

The Nanyue Kingdom was established as a country by the descendants of the Qin Kingdom's Southern Expedition Corps. When they went on the expedition, they definitely did not bring any jade craftsmen with them.

However, there are a large number of immigrants from the six countries in the Southern Expedition Corps.

At the beginning, Qin Shihuang asked the Southern Expedition Corps to go to Lingnan to conquer Baiyue with hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the six countries.

On the one hand, moving immigrants from the six countries to unfamiliar places can reduce the risk of rebellion in the Central Plains.

On the other hand, the Southern Expedition did require the support of a large population in order to gain a firm foothold in Lingnan.

Zhao Tuo also relied on these immigrants from the six countries to gain a foothold in Lingnan. Finally, while the Central Plains was busy fighting for hegemony between Chu and Han, he unified Lingnan and established a country.

South Vietnam was not really founded from poverty.

There were hundreds of thousands of immigrants from the six countries in the Central Plains, plus the basic base of hundreds of thousands of Qin troops.

Therefore, in terms of art, craftsmanship, and culture, they all have a rich heritage and the heritage of the Six Nations.

Immigrants from Chu, Yue, and Wu were able to provide iron smelting technology and jade manufacturing technology to South Vietnam.

Immigrants from Qi and Yan can undertake the task of building sea ships and establishing a navy for South Vietnam.

The soldiers from the Qin State were responsible for protecting everyone and expanding the territory.

In a sense, the entire South Vietnam Kingdom is a colonial group composed of the people of the Six Nations + the Qin Army.

They came to Lingnan to colonize. They are not the native ethnic group of Lingnan. They brought their own advanced craftsmanship and culture!
Chapter completed!