Rebel Demon King

Chapter 539 Exploring the Qin Mausoleum (2)

(Thanks to the leader of "Ye Nianling" for the reward, three in one, one chapter is updated, two chapters are updated normally, the number of words is slightly less, and the next chapter will be completed. man who owes more)
Cheng Mo swept away the tiles, and what appeared in front of Cheng Mo's eyes was a piece of golden bronze, which formed a sharp contrast with the black tiles beside it even at night.

If someone else were here, they would not react at all when they saw the bronze roof.Even Cheng Mo, if he hadn't read Professor Yang's book, if it wasn't for his father, he might have studied the architecture of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, and he might have ignored it, so he wouldn't be so surprised.

After all, bronze can be seen everywhere in Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, so it's not surprising that the roof is made of bronze, right?Bronze "elevators" have appeared, and the bronze roof is not magical at all. What's so surprising?
No fuss.

After entering the ruins, Cheng Mo, like most people, will take for granted all the "strange" things that happen around him because he is in the ruins. The moving pottery figurines will reproduce history In the maze room, you will chase the cockroaches, because this is the other world.

But his father's investigation made Cheng Mo vigilant, so he had a little doubt about the appearance of a metal roof above Xiangtang. You must know that the situation in front of you is completely inconsistent with the description in the book about the construction process of Qin Dynasty buildings.

Logically speaking, what he saw should be a gray back made of hemp slag and lime, not such a shiny bronze back.
For those who do not understand ancient architecture, they will not know that Huaxia has played the mortise and tenon structure to the peak, and they will not know that ancient Chinese architecture is mainly based on wooden frame structure, which is in sharp contrast with Western stone structures. Compared.

There are many reasons why the East and the West developed in two completely opposite directions. One of the reasons is that the Chinese people are so smart. The ancient Chinese architects were able to make full use of the principles of mechanics and break through the inability of wooden materials to support tall buildings. In addition to the limitations of objects, there is another point that causes the difference in the development of Chinese and Western architecture-that is, waterproof.

Whether for the West or the East, waterproofing is a difficult problem that must be solved in architecture.

Especially in Huaxia, most areas are relatively rainy, and the house structure is still a wooden frame structure. If the waterproof problem is not solved, there will be no room for the development of Huaxia's wooden structure.Therefore, the waterproof technique of Chinese ancient buildings is also at its peak, and it is still used by design architects all over the world until today.

The most important thing about waterproofing is the roof construction. Roof construction is an important part of Huaxia architecture. Cheng Mo read today "The Series of Ten Thousand Times——History of Ancient Chinese Architecture" mentioned this. It can be said that the foundation of Huaxia architecture [-]. The roof is made for waterproofing, and there is a strict hierarchy on the roof. It is not the kind you want to repair, and you can repair it.

When it comes to Chinese roofs, we must first say "tiles".

The thatched roofs built by the late Homo sapiens from the ancient stone age cannot prevent leakage, let alone build roofs with small slopes and long spans. Therefore, new waterproof materials must be created to make it possible to build higher-level buildings.

The birth of the tile brought about a huge change in the construction of houses in Huaxia, and brought Huaxia architecture into a new era.Judging from the unearthed cultural relics, tiles first appeared in China in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and copper tiles, iron tiles, and glazed tiles were also developed, and these did not appear in Europe until the 17th century.

At this moment, beside Cheng Mo, there is a pile of black tiles engraved with Benlu, Lima, Four Beasts, and Three Cranes. They are as dense as stones and knocked like a chime. Xiaozhuan and serial number.These tiles are divided into plate tiles, tube tiles, and half tiles (panel tiles are laid on the roof, tube tiles are covered between two rows of panel tiles, and tile heads are the tile heads of the tube tiles in front of the eaves).There are tile nails and tile rings on each tile to fix the position of the tile. The tile nails and tiles are still separate, which is completely different from the tile nails and tiles that Cheng Mo saw in the museum. .

In short, it can be said that the craftsmanship of Xiangdian tiles is not outdated today.

However, this is not the focus of Cheng Mo's attention. The point is that tiles cannot completely block water leakage, so a matching roof construction method has been produced. Cheng Mo did not look at the specific methods, but he knows that there is absolutely no bronze or bronze in it. A roof made of flakes defies common sense.

At this moment, in front of Cheng Mo's eyes, the shingles used to hang tiles across the roof are not the traditional wooden shingles in ancient times, but bronze shingles. Just for this alone, it can only be said that Qin Shihuang was rich and self-willed, but if we say It would be incredible if the entire roof was cast in bronze.
Cheng Mo stood up from the roof full of doubts, and couldn't wait to lift off a whole piece of roof tiles. As expected, the whole roof was made of a one-piece bronze roof, which was connected to the bronze ball at the top of the spire. Cheng Mo was a little dumbfounded.

You must know that the fully enclosed metal coil "lead-tin back" did not appear until 500 years ago, but it was just a lead-tin alloy melted and cast into a plate about one centimeter thick, welded into a whole, and it is also called "tin pull back". "or "tin back", the Qin'an Hall in the imperial garden of the Forbidden City is using this waterproof technology, which is already rich enough, has technology (metallurgical technology) willful, did not expect that 2000 years ago, China built a A more willful building.

Standing on the top of the spire, Cheng Mo looks down. Through the bronze tiles on the top, the entire bronze roof is as smooth as a mirror, and even a blur of moonlight can be seen. This is really beyond recognition. Modern people see such a large area. I don’t think there is anything wrong with the copper sheet, but in ancient times, especially more than 2000 years ago, it was not an easy task. If the casting level was not high, it would be difficult to control the flow of copper liquid. A little carelessness would cause the roof to be out of shape, especially This is still a slope.

This alone can instantly kill other civilizations at the same time.
Incredible.

Cheng Mo squatted down again and knocked on the bronze roof. To his surprise, it was not a piece of copper. Fifteen centimeters higher, such a heavy roof, how did the wooden frame bear it?
This is a building with triple eaves.

No wonder my father wanted to find Professor Yang.

Cheng Mo jumped off the roof of Xiangdian, and quickly ran to Xiangtang to check the wooden pillars in the room. In a house with a wooden frame structure, the walls are not load-bearing, and all the weight of the house is concentrated on the pillars through the beams. The heavy roof cannot be supported by ordinary wooden columns.

Cheng Mo knocked hard with his knuckles a few times on the red-painted wooden pillar at the entrance of Xiangtang. Listening to the sound carefully, it seemed a little weird. With the carrier's current grasp of sound waves, Cheng Mo could easily hear it two frequencies.The pitch that reached his ear first was relatively high, and the second pitch was relatively low, which meant that the cylinder in front of him was composed of two kinds of objects, one with low density and the other with high density.

Thinking of being kicked by Bai Xiuxiu last time and leaning against the pillar, the pillar was actually tattooed, which was beyond his expectation. Cheng Mo was even more puzzled. Looking around, he saw a lot of bronze swords and crossbows falling in the corridor. , ran over to pick up a bronze sword from the ground, returned to the pillar, waved his hand and slashed at the red-painted pillar, and immediately the bronze sword slid deeply into the wooden pillar.

Cheng Mo pulled out the bronze sword, chopped it randomly a few times, splashed sawdust, and soon heard the sound of metal and iron clanging, Cheng Mo threw the bronze sword under his feet, peeled off the thick wood, and saw The wood is wrapped with a golden "bronze core".

Cheng Mo was stunned. It turned out that this Xiangtang looks like a traditional Chinese wooden structure on the surface, but in fact it is an out-and-out bronze hall, or "golden hall".
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Cheng Mo checked several pillars surrounding the Xiangdian one by one, all of which were bronze pillars, which proved that this was the idea of ​​the Bronze Hall, and these bronze pillars were still buried very deep.

After figuring out that the Xiangdian in front of him is the Bronze Hall, Cheng Mo also used a pulsed laser beam to cut open the bronze roof, and checked the starting method of the bronze elevator. As expected, it was a winch driven by "manpower" to connect the pulley block device.Each set of elevators requires four or two people to push the handles and wind the ropes onto a vertical axle.There is a rope between the winch and the "cage", and this rope is wound to the main wheel over there, which is the most basic principle of the transmission system.

When the rope on the winch is wound to the big wheel, the small wheel on the axle will wind and pull up the rope on the "cage".
Considering that the Qin Dynasty could hoist huge stones so deep into the ground, it is not surprising to create this kind of "human elevator". There is such a hand-cranked cage device in Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall".The reason why this kind of system is not popular is probably because it is not necessary. Except for the Qinshihuang Mausoleum, which is buried hundreds of kilometers deep, other buildings really don't need this kind of elevator, because it is thankless.

And these deep wells must be filled in after the mausoleum is built. The reason why there is no record is that Cheng Mo guessed that it was because Qin Shihuang and Qin II killed all the craftsmen who built the tomb.

After figuring out what he wanted to figure out, Cheng Mo took a lot of effort to return to the fifth underground floor of the mausoleum, reset the activation point, and returned to the main body.

The discovery of the Bronze Palace let him know why his father came to Professor Yang. Whether it is for historians or anthropologists, it is a shocking event that a building with craftsmanship beyond the times appeared more than 2000 years ago, but it is a pity. The Bronze Palace only exists in the ruins of the inner world. In reality, it should have been demolished by Xiang Yu long ago and become his own property.

However, although the Bronze Palace is very miraculous and unbelievable, it is within the scope of imagination. It is not so unreasonable for the Qin Dynasty to be able to cast such exquisite bronze carriages, bronze tripods, and bronze weapons to build a Bronze Palace.
But why is his father as obsessed with the words engraved on the "Calling Soul Banner" like him?
The reason why Cheng Mo went to ask Professor Yuan was because of his thirst for knowledge, and also because he had the habit and hobby of getting to the bottom of things.In addition, Cheng Mo has always believed that the cognition of a thing is accumulated by some trivial things. Most people do not have the ability to see through the essence of things at a glance. They can only explore by observing the "appearance". Find the "root" path.

Some appearances may seem insignificant, but they may be crucial; some appearances may seem important, but they are insignificant.All of these must be answered in practice, not just based on feelings and impressions.

So does my father think the same as me?
Cheng Mo, still unable to figure it out, ran to Professor Yuan Zhongyi and asked him a lot about Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, and asked Professor Yuan what books he needed to read to understand Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum.

However, there are not many books in China that specifically introduce the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. Except for the "Archaeological Discovery and Research of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum" written by Professor Yuan himself, there are not many other books that can be referred to. Compared with the unexcavated Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, it is only the Terracotta Warriors And the bronze wares have been written by Professor Yuan, and there is no need for other people to publish a book separately, including Professor Yang, who has not published a book for the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

So Yuan Zhongyi recommended "Tombs of Chinese Emperors" and "Ancient Tombs" to Cheng Mo, and gave Cheng Mo a full version of the CCTV documentary on the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, saying that many interviews were not broadcast on TV. .

Cheng Mo was very grateful, and bid farewell to Yuan Zhongyi. Before leaving, Yuan Zhongyi told Cheng Mo that it was okay to write novels about tomb robbery, but remember that the property must be handed over to the state.
Cheng Mo was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether Professor Yuan Zhongyi was joking or serious, so he could only nod in agreement.

Holding the full version of the documentary that Yuan Zhongyi gave him, Cheng Mo went to the Gulou Bookstore to replenish two books, and bought a laptop with an optical drive, then went back to the hotel and began to frantically replenish his knowledge about the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang .

After watching the documentary given by Yuan Zhongyi, especially the part where the reporter interviewed Yang Hongxun, and hearing Yang Hongxun's description of the underground palace he imagined, Cheng Mo felt more and more that things were not so simple. It seems to be just a part of this huge mausoleum.

However, Cheng Mo felt that this was just his own unconstrained conjecture. His idea was too crazy and unrealistic. If it wasn't for the existence of the Chosen System, he would definitely think it was a joke. Only after entering the underground palace will we know if there is such a slight possibility.

Although Cheng Mo had no hope, he was looking forward to the moment when he arrived at the underground palace.
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Finally, the day to reach the underground palace is getting closer and closer. Cheng Mo and the others spent two days on the fifth and sixth floors, but when they reached the third floor, there were fewer and fewer rooms in the maze, and each room became more and more difficult. Cheng Mo and the others cooperated skillfully, but they were still stuck here.

However, judging from the kill list, the progress of the four teams is about the same. Only the first team's Jin Jinhan is far ahead, and he has lost a lot of stats to Du Leng, who is currently No. 2.

This also cast a shadow over Cheng Mo's plan.

At this moment, the five of them had completed today's monster spawning plan, and when they were about to return to the main body, they were stopped by Guan Bojun's "wait a minute".

Seeing that everyone was focusing on him, Guan Bojun said, "The problem now is that there are not many monsters on the first and second floors, and if there are five people to share equally, Du Leng may not be able to catch up with Jin Jinhan, can we?" Should we find a way to solve it?"

In fact, everyone knows this question, but Du Leng, who is ranked second, Zhu Lingqi, who is ranked third, and Cheng Mo, who is ranked fourth, have deliberately ignored this matter. Because I don't want to mention it, and Du Leng is inconvenient to mention it.

"Then how about we also concentrate our resources, change the output order, put Du Leng at the end, and let him complete the kill?" But Xu Jiyun, who was ranked ninth, didn't care. Compared with his ranking and experience points, She wanted to see Gu Feifei and Jin Jinhan suffer more, so she said it directly without hesitation.

Xu Jiyun's proposal is not difficult for Cheng Mo and the others. The monsters in the nine-story labyrinth, except for the small boss, are mostly the same. Now Cheng Mo and the others are accurate enough to know which set of skills to use to clear out what monsters directly , naturally can also control who is killed in the end.In the first few floors, mobs take turns to spawn, and the BOSS depends on luck, and the distribution is relatively even.

Because Cheng Mo had to brush the maze for an hour every day, he also relied on the extra hour to make up for the original low number of kills, so he took the initiative to say: "I have no problem, as long as you agree, I don't care." .”

However, Zhu Lingqi didn't want to. He had suffered a lot more humiliation than Du Leng, and he needed to prove himself with rankings more urgently, so he shook his head, "To be honest, I don't think the chance is too big even if I let it go, unless I snatch it from the first team." Du Leng is responsible for all the blame, and Du Leng also performed very well when passing the Golden Man Formation and fighting Qin Shihuang, so he has a chance."

Du Leng naturally heard from Zhu Lingqi's tone that he was unwilling. Although Du Leng hoped that everyone could help him get the first place, he could only pretend not to care and said at the moment: "Actually, it is very good to be the first place. It doesn't matter if you don't get the first place, as long as you can wipe out the monsters of the first team, it's fine to let out a bad breath."

But Guan Bojun wanted to slap Gu Feihua in the face completely, and said a little angrily: "I'm afraid you haven't read the WeChat group! Recently Gu Feihua has been too MD, and his words are crazy."

Recently, Gu Feifei often made jokes about Guan Bojun, saying that Guan Bojun not only upgraded the tail of the crane, but was betrayed by his teammates without farting. In addition, he also praised Zhu Lingqi for his courage. , the others are too inferior in comparison.

Gu Feifei completely pissed off the members of the fourth team at once. Naturally, the momentum of the fourth team spawning monsters has been a bit fierce recently. Not to mention that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th are all from the fourth team, even Guan Bojun has been promoted to No. 11, so deliberately creating contradictions.

Guan Bojun also regrets that he didn't shut up after he was resurrected that day, and scolded Cheng Mo and Du Leng on the public screen, but now he can't explain that they are carrying out the secret plan of "snatching monsters", and he can't explain it. ridicule.

But when a few people with good relationships got together in private, everyone advised him not to worry about anything, saying that Gu Feifei was just a bird of virtue and asked him to calm down, but Guan Bojun couldn't bear it anymore. Put it bluntly: Gu Feihua will definitely make Gu Feihua look good, and he will definitely not make Gu Feihua take the number one place just because he wants to make Jin Jinhan the number one
A few people are used to joking, and they teased Guan Bojun that he would destroy her if he didn't get Jin Jinhan.
Unexpectedly, these jokes reached Gu Feihua's ears again, so Gu Feifei directly lashed out at Guan Bojun in the WeChat group, and directly @ him, saying that he only speaks behind his back, kind of betting face to face, and even scolded Guan Bojun to die An otaku, who will masturbate, lick the screen and so on, is really disgusting.

Even Jin Jinhan, who never talked in the group, came out and asked Guan Bojun, how did she offend him?
Although Guan Bojun really wanted to stand up and say "gambling is a gamble", and wanted to tell Jin Jinhan aggressively that this is a matter between men, but he also knew that he should not startle the snake, so he forcibly held back, and there was no eruption.

Watching Gu Feifei making fun of him in the group, he didn't reply a word, but Guan Bojun was still holding his breath in his heart, waiting for the time to snatch the monster from the first team and break Gu Feifei's plan to win the gold medal , then laughed back.

However, assuming that Gu Feihua's plan to win the first place in Jinjinhan does not come to naught, and he just snatches a few monsters, the effect of the slap in the face will be greatly reduced. The matter was brought up, but he didn't expect that not everyone thought like him.

Zhu Lingqi said with a cold expression: "I have closed the group, and I have never checked the WeChat group."

Du Leng smiled wryly, "I saw it, but what can I say? He's not the same as me, please bear with it! No matter who said that he is strong and has a strong background, there is a reason for his arrogance."

Xu Jiyun sneered and said, "Forbearance? Then I won't bear it. If Zhu Lingqi doesn't want to give in, I can give mine to Du Leng."

"I let it go too." Although Guan Bojun has no insight into matters between men and women, he is not without emotional intelligence. Seeing that Zhu Lingqi's performance is so obvious, he immediately said to Zhu Lingqi: "Old Zhu, don't think that we We are forcing you, we are doing it voluntarily, mainly for Gu Feifei, not for you, I also know that you are in a bad mood when you are defeated, and you are in a hurry to upgrade your level, so you should continue to brush you according to the rules."

Zhu Lingqi stood aside and did not speak.

Seeing Guan Bojun and Xu Jiyun looking at him, Cheng Mo said indifferently: "I can also give up mine." He didn't care, anyway, he could make up almost half of his experience by brushing for another half an hour, so there's no need not to do this kind of favor.
"Then it's settled!" Guan Bojun said impatiently, with a hint of excitement on his face, as if he had seen the scene of slapping Gu Feihua in the face two days later.

Du Leng pretended to smile bitterly, "Actually, there's really no need to let it go. When we clear the monsters of the first team the day after tomorrow, one will fade away, and I don't think we won't be able to catch up."

"We have to make sure everything is safe!" Guan Bojun said hastily.

Xu Jiyun also nodded, looked at Du Leng and said, "Du Leng is relying on you this time! When the time comes to fight the Twelve Golden Men and Qin Shihuang, we will cooperate with you, you have to work hard! Don't let us down!"

Du Leng saw that the posture had been made, so he no longer refused, nodded and said: "No problem, I will not let you down. I am also trying to find a way to borrow a more powerful skill recently. C-level high-frequency Electromagnetic waves. The other party hasn't responded yet, but there should be no problem."

Xu Jiyun said: "Did you borrow it from Xie Minyun?"

Du Leng didn't answer directly, but said with a smile: "It doesn't matter who you borrow from."

Guan Bojun smiled "haha" and bumped Du Leng's shoulder, "I must have found Xie Minyun. Don't be embarrassed to admit it."

At this time, Cheng Mo interrupted the chatting of several people with a blank face, "You gossip and talk back to the main body? Don't waste time here."

Everyone turned their eyes to Cheng Mo who suddenly destroyed the atmosphere, but Cheng Mo turned and walked directly to the maze.

"It seems that ZERO is a little unhappy? Is it because we think we forced him to give up his experience?" Guan Bojun said inexplicably.

Du Leng spread his hands, "No one forced him. He himself said it doesn't matter at the beginning!"

"Maybe I really think we've wasted too much time!" Guan Bojun rubbed his head and said in puzzlement.

Only Xu Jiyun looked at Cheng Mo's back thoughtfully, and felt that Zero's mood was a little strange, it didn't seem like he was trying to get angry about the experience.
(End of this chapter)