50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 54 Treasure Hunting Boy
"At this time, what everyone needs to do is to take the items and place them on the middle table, waiting for the staff to come and identify and deal with them. We would rather make a mistake than let it go."

"Everyone remember, we're just doing basic cleanup, we're not here to cause any damage, understand?"

"I understand." Everyone answered in unison.

"Okay, everyone, proceed as planned and disperse." The students clapped their hands and dispersed.

As the crowd dispersed, a group of people appeared behind the classmates. Some of them were wearing suits and some were wearing long gowns. They all looked very elegant.

Sun Zhiwei looked at them for a moment longer, then was about to leave to help clean up, but was stopped by an elderly man in a long robe in the middle.

"My dear classmate, what you just said was really good. Have you learned it?"

Sun Zhiwei didn't know who they were and didn't say much. He just said modestly, "I know a little bit." Then he nodded and picked up the broom to go to the inner room to clean.

The elderly said to those around him, "You are not even as good as a child. People can see clearly that this is our cultural undertaking. We are here to protect it, not to destroy it."

"You are right, that's why I asked you to come and take charge of the situation."

"Well, I'm nothing, I just helped out a bit. Remember, I have only one requirement for cultural relic restoration: to restore it to its original state."

"It's like the gold bricks on the ground. We find a craftsman who can make gold bricks, remake them, and then replace the broken bricks on the ground. This is called repair."

"If you're just going to cement the cracks and gaps between the broken bricks on the floor, that's vandalism, and you might as well not come."

As they were talking, they saw Sun Zhiwei coming out from behind with a pile of books in his hands.

It turned out that he had just entered the back hall to clean and found a lot of papers and books scattered on the ground in the corner.

He flipped through it roughly and found that it recorded some events related to the emperor in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, which should be the daily records of the palace.

He had no idea how a document like the daily records, which should be kept in the Hanlin Academy, ended up in the Qianqing Palace.

However, they were all precious documents, so he quickly picked them up from the ground, and then simply sorted them in chronological order, and then brought them into the hall.

Seeing that the group of people had not left yet, he thought they must be staff members, so he walked forward with the things.

The old man in the long gown had sharp eyes. He knew it was a good thing just by looking at the size and style of the paper.

He immediately said, "Classmate, what are you holding?"

"Oh, I just found a few diary books in there. I plan to hand them over to the relevant departments."

"Show it to me quickly, I am the relevant department."

Sun Zhiwei also knew that this thing only had cultural value. If he really wanted to sell it, he wouldn't get much money. Only those who liked it should be true cultured people.

Moreover, with so many people watching, what this person said must be true, so he handed over several daily records in his hand.

The old man took the diary and immersed himself in the book, ignoring him. Sun Zhiwei didn't care either and turned back to the inner room to continue cleaning.

When the old man in the long gown finished reading a book and looked up, he found that the classmate who had just given him the information was gone.

He stopped a passing classmate and asked, and only then did he learn Sun Zhiwei's name.

The students spent the entire afternoon just giving the main buildings a rough clean, and they encountered quite a few stains that couldn't be wiped off. Everyone heeded Sun Zhiwei's advice and simply recorded the stains, which would be reported to Sun Zhiwei.

Before leaving, Sun Zhiwei handed over the work to the responsible staff, and handed over the records of difficult-to-clean locations that everyone had compiled to the staff before leading the team away.

The work ended today, but he led the team here many times in the following 9 months.

Almost every time, he would find some forgotten or even hidden cultural relics in the place he was cleaning, and later he was nicknamed the treasure hunting boy by the staff.

It was not until the end of 50 that the cleaning work in the Forbidden City, which lasted more than nine months, was finally completed.

During the entire cleaning process, more than 7 people were mobilized, 25 cubic meters of garbage were cleared, and thousands of various cultural relics were found.

There are also about ten items here that were contributed by Sun Zhiwei. When he was cleaning, he was able to find the secret compartments in every corner with the help of the ring space.

Therefore, he really deserves the title of treasure-hunting boy.

It's a pity that most of the cultural relics unearthed here are cultural treasures. If they were to be sold, they would not be worth much, so he did not keep any of them.

What he didn't know was that although he didn't get any real benefits in terms of money, his name did become famous within the Palace Museum.

This is not because of how many cultural relics he found, but because he can clearly report the source and origin of each cultural relic he found.

Moreover, when the staff checked afterwards, they found that it was exactly as he said, which is very rare.

There are thousands of cultural relics of various kinds in the country. Many people return empty-handed after seeing the treasures, and there are many people who do not recognize the treasures they encounter.

The thousands of cultural relics found during the cleaning of the Forbidden City were also sorted out from the tens of thousands of items handed in by workers. Not everyone handed in cultural relics.

Sun Zhiwei can accurately identify various cultural relics, which shows that he has a deep foundation in cultural relic identification.

The first person to remember his name was naturally the old man in the long gown.

The old man in the long gown saw with his own eyes that he handed him several large books of paper without even covers. He noticed at that time that these papers had been sorted in chronological order.

Moreover, Sun Zhiwei said it very naturally at that time. These were from several diaries. This kind of knowledge is not something that ordinary people can have.

There is a shortage of talent in the Palace Museum now, and many ancient artifacts have not been authenticated. Lost cultural relics are still being recovered, so the workload here is huge.

The old man in the long gown is now the head of the Forbidden City, but due to his advanced age, he can no longer bear the burden. He is applying to the higher authorities to transfer a young and strong head to take over.

Appraisal talents like Sun Zhiwei are the ones he has prepared for the next person in charge.

There are many other talented young people like him, and once they grow up, they can become pillars of a field of antique appraisal. Although they may not be as comprehensive as Sun Zhiwei, they will also become experts in their field.

Sun Zhiwei is the talented person among these people who has the greatest hope of becoming an all-category expert.

Of course, he himself doesn't know that he has been noticed by someone, and he is now preparing for the exam.

This is the skipping grade test he applied for. If he passes it, he can go directly to the next grade.

Because of the replacement of new textbooks, many courses needed to be remastered. He was mainly busy with this in the first year of study, which really took him a lot of effort.

(End of this chapter)