The workers installed the pump and started pumping water.

Zhou Jinyu's heart immediately began to tighten.

The people were immediately attracted by the water pump.

"This thing is great! There's no need to fetch water manually, it will suck it up in no time!"

"Isn't it? It's best to use it to irrigate crops~~"

There are also craftsmen who are wondering how this machine is made and what power it relies on to operate?

The emperor and his ministers were all focused on the Nine Cauldrons.

As the pump ran at high speed, the black riverbed of the stream was soon exposed.

The crowd chirped:

"Oh my, there's so much garbage!"

"That's right, no wonder our neighborhood always smells bad. It should have been cleaned up long ago!"

"After the park is built, we will have a place to dance square dance~~Everyone remember to join us~~"

The discussions of the people around her did not affect Zhou Jinyu at all. She was only thinking about Jiuding: Why hasn't it appeared yet? Is there something wrong with the system?

The system firmly denied: "Impossible, it's not happening!"

The excavators here started to clear the silt. A large amount of silt was dug out, mixed with various domestic garbage.

Zhou Jinyu didn't blink, afraid of missing something.

Suddenly, with a "bang", the excavator hit something and made a metallic sound.

Zhou Jinyu hurriedly shouted: "There's something! Look quickly! There's something in the mud!"

When the people around heard it, they gathered around immediately.

"what's that?"

"It can't be a corpse."

"It's so dark that I can't see anything!"

"Look, there's something where the excavator is digging the trench!"

The excavator operator was shocked: I hope we won’t dig out a dead body!

When the person in charge saw it, he immediately put on a rubber jumpsuit and jumped down. He walked carefully to the place where the excavator made the sound, reached out and touched it, and it was very hard.

There was a metallic sound when I knocked on it. Could it be a big iron box?

"Master, bring down a water pipe!" the person in charge shouted to the people on the shore.

The water pipe was quickly thrown down, and the person in charge poured water on the metal object. The dark silt was immediately washed away, revealing mottled green and ancient and mysterious patterns. The water continued to splash, and a huge bronze tripod appeared in front of everyone.

The person in charge's heart began to beat wildly: Cultural relics! They actually found cultural relics!!

He quickly took out his phone and called the police.

The people around were suddenly excited.

"Bronze artifact! It's actually bronze artifact!"

"Looking at that shape, it's a tripod! It's probably a bronze ware from the Shang and Zhou dynasties." Someone with some knowledge analyzed.

"Oh my god, it looks so big! It must be... about 1.5 meters tall!"

People took out their mobile phones to take photos and posted them on social media. For a while, a small county town like Sishui suddenly set the Internet on fire.

More people came here.

The emperors and ministers of various dynasties who had been concentrating on the scene only saw a black mass and were disappointed: This is not clear~~

The police arrived quickly, set up a cordon at the riverbed, and notified the provincial archaeological team.

Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

"A bronze artifact was found at the bottom of a tributary of Sishui?" The director was incredulous: "How big is it? How big do you think it is? 1.5 meters high? Are you sure?"

After getting the other party's affirmative answer, the curator was still a little confused. As everyone knows, the largest bronze ware in China today is the Houmuwu Ding from the Shang Dynasty, which is 1.33 meters high. And this one is actually taller than it?

Immediately afterwards, the police officer at the scene sent photos over. The director took a careful look and immediately took the experts to the Si Shui tributary without saying a word.

On the way, he even called the police at the scene: "Wait for us to come over, don't touch the cultural relics without permission, everything will be discussed after we arrive!!"

After rushing all the way, the archaeological experts finally arrived at the scene.

Both sides of the river were already crowded with people who came to watch the excitement, as well as reporters from various places who had heard the news.

It was the first time that Zhou Jinyu saw an archaeological site with his own eyes, so he sat down on the ground and watched it carefully.

The director and the archaeological experts put on jumpsuits and went down to the riverbed. They came to the bronze artifact.

The director's eyes widened in shock: "This is more than 1.5 meters..."

Another bronze expert stepped forward to take a closer look: "This pattern is not the same as the Zhou Dynasty's... We need to check that there is no inscription on the body of the vessel. The specific age test needs to be conducted in a laboratory."

The director nodded and said excitedly: "We must be careful. This bronze vessel is definitely bigger than the Houmuwu Ding."

However, more surprises were yet to come, as other archaeological staff discovered nine bronze tripods of the same size at the bottom of the river!

"This... nine..." The director looked at the bronze expert excitedly, and the other party was equally excited: "Could this be the nine tripods cast by the legendary Dayu?"

"It's very possible! Do you still remember what the "Historical Records: Fengshan Book" said? Yu collected the gold from the nine herdsmen and cast nine tripods!" The director's hands were shaking with excitement: "If it is really the Nine Tripods cast by Yu the Great, it will be the most amazing discovery in the archaeological world!!"

The expert tried to calm down: "Even if they are not Dayu's Nine Cauldrons, the scale and shape of these bronze vessels are unprecedented!"

The director nodded and continued to clean the bronze artifacts under his command.

At this time, one of the archaeologists shouted: "I found words!"

Everyone walked over and saw that on the bronze tripod, in addition to the usual animal patterns, there were also patterns of the sun, moon, mountains and rivers engraved on it. This was a style that had never been seen before!

There were two pictographic characters carved in the middle of the sun, moon, mountains and rivers. The oracle bone script expert hurried forward to carefully identify them: "This is...Gun...Zhou...Yes, it is Gunzhou!"

The director clapped his hands and said, "Yes, it is Gunzhou, one of the Nine Provinces! The Nine Cauldrons! It really is the Nine Cauldrons!!"

Everyone was pleasantly surprised, as they witnessed for themselves the symbolic artifact of Chinese civilization, the Jiuzhou Ding!

The sound of the reporter's camera reminded the director: "Quick, call more people over! Seal all the bronze tripods and load them back to the laboratory!"

He called his superiors directly and informed them of the matter.

When the leader heard this, he was shocked. What? The Nine Cauldrons appeared?

He came over immediately in person.

As soon as we saw the scene, we quickly packed the boxes and took them back to the laboratory. If any damage happened outside, it would be irreparable!

However, trouble arose during the installation because the bronze tripod was too heavy and could not be lifted by an ordinary crane.

There was no other choice, so the archaeological team called for a crane with a larger tonnage, and only then was they able to lift up the sealed bronze tripod.

The leader breathed a sigh of relief, but this was just the beginning. The other eight bronze tripods were still deeply stuck in the mud, and it would take at least a week to clean them all up and pack them.

Moreover, any other cultural relics at the bottom of the river must be checked one by one.

The residents on both sides of the river were also very excited. After living here for so long, this was the first time they saw an archaeological site!

Moreover, such a large-scale cultural relic was unearthed. Maybe their county will become a tourist city in the future~~

County leaders also rushed over. In order to better carry out archaeological work, they asked workers to build a simple shed overnight to prevent heavy rain and other weather conditions from damaging the cultural relics.

Moreover, Typhoon Bebejia is about to land in the coastal areas, and strong winds and heavy rains will occur at that time.

So the bronze tripod must be moved into the laboratory as soon as possible!

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