"Wait a minute." Chen Si hurriedly grabbed Luo Youcai's arm and said, "Didn't we agree to wash our hands of this? Why are we going again? You're breaking the rules."
"Not going?" Luo Youcai turned his head to look at the two.
These two guys were quite interesting, both looked at the sky and said, "Not going. Since we've said we'll wash our hands, we can't go back to our old ways."
"Whether you go or not is up to you." Luo Youcai glanced at the two indifferently, "If you don't go, I'll go alone. But I must tell you, it's overseas, and it's a king's tomb."
"What?!" The two were stunned.
At this point, Luo Youcai had already walked away.
"Damn, wait for !" Chen Si shouted.
"Luo Youcai, slow down, kid." Li Zhao hurriedly ran, his canvas bag swinging from side to side.
Don't ntion it's overseas, just the thought of a king's tomb has completely drawn them in. For a tomb robber, if you can dig up a king's tomb in your lifeti, it's an exciting, crazy event. If you could get into that place, it would be a monuntal achievent.
In a cheap restaurant outside the train station.
The four squeezed into a small private room.
"Old Luo, is it really a king's tomb?" Chen Si asked excitedly.
"Of course!" Luo Youcai nodded imdiately, "But, you should ask this kid for the specific details."
Only then did the two shift their attention from Luo Youcai to Luo Guoqing. The two looked curiously at Luo Guoqing, who finally felt acknowledged. Awkwardly, he said, "Uncles, look..."
Chen Si chuckled, then said, "Kid, quickly tell us everything you know."
Upon hearing this, Luo Guoqing quickly recounted the events from start to finish. The two also judged from Luo Guoqing's expression and the logic of the story that the matter seed genuine. The corners of their mouths raised in a mischievous smile, and then they said, "It seems there's no mistake about this."
"Definitely no mistake." Luo Guoqing nodded hastily.
"When do we set off?" Li Zhao asked.
"We can set off anyti." Luo Guoqing replied quickly, "As long as you uncles are available, we can leave this afternoon."
"Alright, get ready then." Li Zhao said hurriedly.
Luo Guoqing quickly asked, "Do you... have passports?"
"What's a passport?" The group asked curiously.
"I..." Luo Guoqing was suddenly at a loss. Helplessly, he said, "Then we'll have to leave tomorrow afternoon. I'll arrange your passports."
Luo Guoqing wasn't capable of getting passports in a day. He hurriedly called Lin Chuan, who then called Miss Lan. With Miss Lan's capability, getting passports for three people was a piece of cake. By the next morning, soone drove to the Jiangbei City Committee's guest house to deliver the passports.
Luo Guoqing, holding the passports, imdiately took the group to Afghanistan.
............
Lin Chuan and the Song family brothers were still in Kabul.
The large seafood supermarket in Kabul was bustling insanely. There was almost no decent seafood product supermarket in the whole of Kabul. Lin Chuan's was the only one. So, in terms of price and competitive advantage, it was definitely in a leading position. Moreover, the sizable supermarket attracted attention from the surrounding crowds. Not only that, half a month later, the seafood supermarket opened its doors to common folk, further boosting its popularity to an unprecedented level.
Lin Chuan and the Song family brothers were drinking tea in the office.
"Lin Chuan, Olam's side has already begun supplying canned goods." Song Wen said, "Their first batch of 'white powder' has been delivered, around two hundred kilograms. What do you think we should do with this stuff?"
"Find a place to store it first." Lin Chuan said.
"Where's suitable to store it?" Song Wen asked hurriedly, "After all, the quantity is so large, and this stuff is illegal anywhere. It might attract unwanted attention."
"Temporarily store it in our seafood warehouse." Lin Chuan took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Luo Guoqing will arrive tonight. I'll et with them tonight, and tomorrow we'll go to Russia."
It's not far from Afghanistan to Moscow, just a few hours by plane.
"Why go to Russia?" Song Wen asked curiously.
"To talk to them about weapons." Lin Chuan's lips curled slightly, "I estimate they're already desperate. I looked at their military spending this year; the second quarter has just started, and most of it is likely going to cover first-quarter debts. So, it's the perfect ti to approach them."
"Oh!" Both brothers nodded, though they didn't fully understand Lin Chuan's words, they grasped parts of it.
In the evening, Luo Guoqing entered the office of this seafood supermarket with three dusty uncles.
"You finally arrived." Lin Chuan hurriedly stood up and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long ti."
"I'm exhausted, the flight was five or six hours late," Chen Si said, "I almost suffocated; others say flying is enjoyable, but I found it uncomfortable."
"Hahaha..." Luo Guoqing laughed heartily.
"Old Luo, didn't you arrange first-class for these uncles?" Lin Chuan asked.
"No, we managed to make it in economy class," Luo Guoqing chuckled, "First-class costs thousands, you know."
"You brat, making us suffer for just a few thousand bucks," Li Zhao glared at Luo Guoqing and quickly asked, "By the way, where's the King's tomb? Hurry and tell so I can see whether it's the King's tomb or not?"
"Right now?" Lin Chuan was taken aback and said, "You guys have been on a grueling journey, shouldn't you rest first? Do you really want to go now?"
"Yes, yes, yes, we have to go now, we need to judge whether it really is the King's tomb first," Chen Si also replied urgently.
"Alright then!" Lin Chuan nodded and said, "I'll take you there."
Then, Luo Guoqing drove, with Lin Chuan in the front passenger seat. The others cramd into the back seats. The car sped north-east towards Afghanistan. Afghanistan borders Pakistan, and a small part of its northeastern region borders China.
After driving for nearly two hours, the three in the back couldn't withstand the oncoming drowsiness, so they quickly fell asleep. They practically slept through the entire journey, thoroughly exhausted.
Just as they were about to reach their destination, Lin Chuan slamd on the brakes.
"Halt!" A few soldiers imdiately blocked Lin Chuan and his group in the darkness.
"We are guests of General Olam," Lin Chuan replied, producing a pass. This pass was valid within Olam's jurisdiction. Upon seeing it, the soldiers imdiately lifted the barrier, saluted, and allowed them to pass.
After the commotion, the others finally woke up.
"Are we there?" Luo Youcai asked.
"Where are we?" Chen Zhao rubbed his eyes.
After driving for a bit more, Lin Chuan stopped the car and said, "We're here, this is the place. Co down and take a look."
Getting off the car, this ghostly place was in the middle of nowhere, with no signs of life. Moreover, it was pitch black all around, with a cold wind blowing over the desolate land. They couldn't help tightening their clothes, fearing they might freeze to death.
"This is it," Lin Chuan said.
Imdiately invigorated, the group hurriedly got their tools from the car.
Luo Youcai grasped a long Luoyang shovel and said, "Watch ."
The Luoyang shovel penetrated the soil.
"What's that thing?" Luo Guoqing asked, confused.
"It's a Luoyang shovel!" Chen Si grinned, "This tool is incredibly powerful, especially for seasoned experts; it's simply the best tool to determine if there's an ancient tomb."
"Really?" Luo Guoqing was astounded.
In simple terms, the Luoyang shovel is rely a tool primarily used for tomb excavation. General users can grasp the basic usage, but traditionally, the term 'Luoyang shovel' refers to a specific application by certain skilled users. These experts are usually part of a lineage, known among professional tomb robbers in the past as 'old Luoyang shovels,' referring to these experienced users. However, due to various reasons, such skilled 'old Luoyang shovels' have all but vanished in modern tis.
If a good Luoyang shovel is completed and fitted with a resilient waxwood handle and attached to a special rope, it can penetrate tens of ters deep. When the shovel is pulled up, the inside of its blade carries a tube of soil. This way, continually drilling down, tomb robbers analyze the soil strata structure, color, density, and inclusions from different layers to decide. If the soil indicates human interference, there might be tombs or ancient structures underground. If the inclusions show ceramics, iron, copper, gold, or wood items, they can infer the nature and layout of the underground artifacts. Experienced tomb robbers rely on the various sounds produced by the Luoyang shovel's impact with the ground and the feel in their hands to assess what lies beneath. For instance, a solid wall and a hollow chamber or passage naturally feel different.
After nearly half an hour of work, they changed locations several tis.
"Got it!" Suddenly, Luo Youcai shouted excitedly.
The flashlight beam illuminated the bottom of the Luoyang shovel, revealing a heap of dark soil.
"How is it?" Others gathered around eagerly.
"There's a secret passage below," Luo Youcai said urgently, "Judging by the soil's composition, it's been so years. It's very hard below, likely a tomb passage or sothing similar. However, I need to confirm from a few more spots!"
Subsequently, the group began to dig in.
"Found sothing."
"I found sothing here too," they exclaid one after another.
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