"Is it peanuts?"

"Looks like it!"

"real or fake?"

"Did local peanuts really be cultivated in the Western Han Dynasty?"

The archaeologists present had different opinions.

Everyone could not conceal their shock and excitement.

The location of Haihunhou’s tomb is in Jiangxi!

It’s far away from Chang’an in Guanzhong!

If what is placed in this bronze vessel is indeed peanuts.

This has proved that the Chinese cultivated local peanuts during the Western Han Dynasty.

South America is not the only place where peanuts originated.

Although it is said that this kind of peanut native to China has long been extinct.

But that doesn’t mean it should be erased from history!

Peanuts have been found in Chang'an and Nanchang at both ends of the east and west, and they were used as funerary objects. This is enough to show that people in the Western Han Dynasty already knew that this was a kind of food and consciously cultivated it on a small scale.

Perhaps due to differences in yield per mu and varieties, this local peanut is not enough to replace the mainstream millet and become the staple food of the Western Han people.

It may only be cultivated on a small scale among a few upper-class nobles.

Therefore, in the long years that followed, it gradually became extinct.

The promotion of a new crop is not that easy.

Especially in ancient times when the output of fields was extremely important.

High-yielding crops like wheat have also been cultivated since the Neolithic Age, but it was not until the Western Han Dynasty that they were cultivated by farmers on a small scale.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that millet basically replaced millet and became the staple food of northerners.

Wheat is such a staple food suitable for human cultivation and consumption. It took nearly a thousand years in China to become popular in the northern land.

What's more, peanuts are not a suitable food.

Especially for this kind of local peanut, the yield may not be satisfactory.

"Whether it's peanuts or not, I'm not sure yet."

"It has to be sent to a botanical archaeologist for genetic sequencing and comparison to know the result."

Kong Jianwen said calmly, cooling down the excitement of everyone.

"However, this bronze vessel is filled with chestnuts, water chestnuts, water chestnuts and other root foods. Those put together with these must be peanuts."

"In addition, there are many well-preserved grains..."

Touching his chin, Kong Jianwen murmured: "Is this really a distiller?"

"Used to make fruit wine or liquor?"

The previously unearthed wine stills first appeared in ancient tombs of the Yuan Dynasty.

If later research results can prove that this artifact was used to distill wine, then the history of distilled wine will be directly advanced by a thousand years!

This is big news!

"Go and send this set of bronzes to archaeologists and experts for research!"

Kong Jianwen enthusiastically directed two archaeologists to clean out the three bronze suites, put them in hypoxic preservation cabinets, send them out of the tomb, and directly send them to the archaeological base next door.

There are currently hundreds of experts and scholars gathered there, waiting to conduct follow-up research on the cultural relics unearthed from the tomb of Haihunhou!

After a brief arrangement, the gathered people returned to work and continued to clean up other cultural relics in the kitchen utensil warehouse.

Soon, Chen Han cleaned out another lacquered wooden box.

This is due to the fact that the tomb has been soaked in groundwater for a long time.

The lacquerware in the tomb is in the best condition.

It is different from the situation in the tomb of the King of Nanyue where the lacquered wood and even the wooden floor were all decayed.

The lacquered wooden box that Chen Han cleaned out from the mud, and even the black and red paint on it, are still moistened by water and are extremely bright.

This is a pull-top box.

The lid on the box is not opened directly, but like a drawer, you need to open it to see what is inside the box.

Chen Han took a deep breath of the fragrant air and carefully opened the lid.

The box is full, a bit like an insect chrysalis, but at the head of the chrysalis, there is something like a dead wood branch, lying quietly in the box.

"Cordyceps?!"

"Did the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty already know about eating Cordyceps two thousand years ago?!"

Chen Han Gaoshen exclaimed!

No wonder he was so surprised, it was actually the "Cordyceps sinensis" unearthed in the lacquer box in his hand. From the appearance, it was very similar to the Cordyceps sinensis used by modern people, basically exactly the same!

This may be the first time Cordyceps has been discovered during the excavation of ancient tombs in Jiangxi!

You know, the probability of preservation of something like Cordyceps is very low. After all, this thing is wrapped in a protein-rich worm!

This box of Cordyceps can last for more than two thousand years and is still so well preserved. It should be the first time it has appeared in Jiangxi archeology and even in the history of Chinese archeology!

In my country, the origin of Cordyceps sinensis is mainly distributed in high-altitude areas between 3,500 meters and 5,500 meters.

It is absolutely impossible for a place like Jiangxi to produce Cordyceps!

In China, only the plateau areas, specifically, only the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, have Cordyceps!

There is only one reason to explain the discovery of Cordyceps sinensis in the tomb of Marquis Haihun.

That is the country of Haihunhou where Haihunhou was located during the Western Han Dynasty. It may have had more trade relations with the origin of Cordyceps sinensis.

Moreover, the Haihun Kingdom also has relatively frequent cultural exchanges with foreign countries.

"What? Cordyceps?!"

"Cordyceps sinensis?"

The restlessness in the kitchenware warehouse had just calmed down, but it was immediately ignited by Chen Han again.

According to historical data, the earliest document recording Cordyceps Sinensis can be found in the "Yuewang Medicine Clinic" of the early Tang Dynasty.

This is the earliest existing Tibetan medical classic in my country.

"Yuewang Medicine Diagnosis" is the earliest extant ancient Tibetan medicine work.

More than a thousand single medicines and prescriptions have been recorded, which are classified into two categories: cold and hot.

Most of the prescriptions are based on traditional Chinese medicine in traditional Chinese medicine books.

It can be understood that this is a Tibetan medical book written by the Tubo people by combining the traditional Chinese medicine knowledge they learned from the Tang Dynasty and some Tianzhu medical knowledge.

As the medical books of the Tibetan people who founded the country on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, they naturally also recorded some medicinal materials native to Tibet.

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Among them, there are records that Cordyceps sinensis can treat lung diseases!

This is the first actual documented record of Cordyceps sinensis!

Before this, there was still an uncertain statement about Cordyceps Sinensis.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty in my country, Wang Jia, a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, recorded in "Shi Yi Ji": "There are ice silkworms in Yuanqiao Mountain."

The Yuanqiao Mountain mentioned in the article is one of the legendary five fairy mountains, located in the east of the Bohai Sea.

This place is certainly legendary.

But later someone speculated that the ice silkworm he was talking about was today's Cordyceps sinensis.

However, this speculation is not corroborated by archaeological evidence.

If the "Cordyceps" unearthed from the tomb is indeed the Cordyceps we know today.

So, it doesn't matter whether this guess is correct or not.

Because, the time of application of Cordyceps as a valuable nourishing medicinal material will be rewritten!

And far from being rewritten to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was rewritten to the Western Han Dynasty!

At least during the Western Han Dynasty, the nobles of the Western Han Dynasty already knew that there was such a nourishing medicinal material as Cordyceps Sinensis!

And through trade, Cordyceps was obtained from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau!

There are quite a few!
Chapter completed!