Chapter 64: Hardcore Bait
Chapter 64: Hardcore Bait
“What are we digging up?” Lin Li asked in shock.
“A city!” Huang Ji replied firmly. “The Ruins of Zhuhong!”
Lin Li felt a little dizzy. What? Digging up a city? Just the two of them?
“Big Bro, are you serious?”
Huang Ji nodded and explained, “To the east, there’s an abundance of Yangshao culture and Xia Dynasty ruins. To the south, there are early Shang ruins like Fangcheng and Ligang. To the west, Dengfeng City even has the Wangchenggang Ruins, which are believed to be the capital Yangcheng of Great Yu.”
“One could say the area within a few hundred kilometers is filled with ruins from pre-Shang and pre-Xia periods. And yet, New Zheng (Xinzheng) is the only exception. The only site found here is the Peiligang Ruins, which date back 8,000 years to the Neolithic era. Later in the Western Zhou period, the city of Kuai was established here, and during the Spring and Autumn period, it became the capital of Zheng and Han states. This clearly shows that this area is suitable for building cities. So why was it left as wilderness during the Xia and Shang periods?”
“All around are the ruins of Yao, Shun, Xia, and Shang, yet this area was conspicuously avoided. There’s even a time gap of three to four thousand years during which there’s no record of anything here.”
“I’ve spent yesterday combing through historical texts and today surveying the terrain. I finally figured it out—four thousand years ago, this area was flooded. It became a giant swamp, stretching over a hundred kilometers!”