Padmanaba Swamy Temple, Trivandrum, Mysore.
Destroyed by years of war, this splendid temple has long been turned into a pile of charred rubble.
The temple, which looks like a tower, has lost its splendor and only remains in ruins.
The gold foil and inlaid gems that were originally attached to the exterior have long since disappeared, and even half of the roof has been lost.
The statues that were originally high above have fallen into dust, and the remaining statues that are still in place are missing arms and legs.
A team of Chinese workers wearing hard hats and overalls were working intensively on the ruins.
They used forklifts to clean the masonry ruins of the temple and used cranes to lift the collapsed beams.
A group of locals were helping.
Let's start.
There was also a team of heavily armed security guards standing guard outside, and several armored vehicles and off-road vehicles with machine guns were also parked outside.
After years of war, famine and plague, this originally prosperous city has left locals running to death.
Now there are very few people left.
Anyone with some wealth has fled to nearby cities such as Bangalore and Cochin where conditions are better. , the people who stayed in place were poor people who could not afford to run away.
Due to this year's famine, these people were already half-dead from hunger.
After the Chinese arrived, they used food to hire them to carry supplies, clean up ruins, build camps and other tasks.
The local poor finally survived by relying on these food as wages.
Several local-style pergolas were erected next to the dilapidated temple.
A group of Chinese people sat inside to drink water and rest.
The locals consciously did not crowd with them, but ran outside the pergola to find some shade.
Someplace to rest.
From time to time, they looked at the Chinese people who were talking with awe and respect.
If these distinguished Kshatriya men had not arrived in time, they would not have survived.
These local people are all believers of Tianzhu religion, and many of them are lower castes and untouchables.
In their concept, these people from China are Kshatriya-level nobles.
This is also the case in the future generations of the original time and space.
According to Indian tradition, Foreigners are regarded as equal to Kshatriyas. .
Not long ago, the local grass roots and bark were almost eaten up.
If it weren't for the food and medicine brought to them by the Chinese, most of them would have starved to death.
The weather here is too hot, and the temperature in February is often above 30 degrees Celsius.
In order to prevent heat stroke, a shift system is implemented, and workers take turns to rest after working for two hours.
Several cold drink machines were humming, containing several types of iced drinks, including sour plum, salt soda and herbal tea.
Many of the people taking a break were drinking cool drinks, and some were smoking, playing cards and chatting.
The Chinese doing archeology here are all staff of the Special Examination Committee, and the workers working on the site are not ordinary workers.
They are engineers and combat engineers who have changed their clothes.
On guard at the periphery were active-duty officers and soldiers wearing security uniforms, including a special operations brigade.
The full name of the Special Examination Committee is the "Special Archaeological and Cultural Relics Protection Committee".
Its operations belong to the Ministry of Culture, but its establishment is an agency directly under the Ministry of National Defense.
In its work, it also accepts the guidance of the Ministry of National Security, the National Intelligence Agency and the Central Social Investigation Department. , specializing in various special archaeological and cultural relics protection work.
The Special Examination Committee has gathered hundreds of special archaeological experts recruited from all over the country, including the elites in the industry such as Colonel Mojin, General Faqiu, Taoist Banshan, and Xiling Lishi.
In addition, it is also equipped with a large number of experts in various fields such as history, archaeology, ancient writing, physics, chemistry, civil engineering, materials, geology, biology, etc.
In 1910, when the Special Examination Committee was established, it carried out fruitful archaeological work on the imperial tombs of the Qing Dynasty and the tombs of princes and nobles.
Wen Desi first asked the army to seal off the imperial tombs of the former Qing dynasties and the tombs of princes and nobles.
Then the engineering and combat engineering troops used various modern means such as construction machinery and directional explosives to carry out a comprehensive launch with the assistance and guidance of these industry elites. dig.
All the corpses in the tombs were cremated and spread on the fields to make fertilizer.
All grave goods were removed and their value was assessed by a cultural team.
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Those with cultural relic value will be sent to the renamed National Museum for preservation and exhibition, and those with scientific research value will be sent to various research institutes; the second-level jewelry, antiques, art, etc. that are not considered cultural relics and have no research value, but have collection value, will be placed in Auctioned on the international market; the remaining gold, silver and other precious metals are naturally included in the national treasury as a reserve for issuing currency.
Even the construction materials of those mausoleums, such as various precious woods, stones, statues, etc., are auctioned off if they can be auctioned, and recycled if they can be recycled, without any waste.
Eventually even the site of the mausoleum was used to build military camps, factories and farms.
Later, all the business elites in the field of infighting lamented that the ultimate, most effective, and highest level of "special archeology" was indeed the state machine presiding over the full-scale excavation by the army.
This speed and efficiency were beyond what they could achieve alone before.
Far beyond that.
Naturally, these business elites became official national staff of the Special Examination Committee.
After completing the archaeological work on the tombs of the former Qing Dynasty, they began to conduct special archaeological work on ancient tombs such as the Yuan, Jin, Xixia, Tubo and so on.
China is almost done, and has begun special archeology in new territories and foreign countries.
In recent years, they have excavated and fished out ruins and sunken ships such as the Egyptian pyramids, Angkor Wat, Mayan ruins, and Spanish shipwrecks, and the results have been extremely gratifying.
This time, they were conducting archaeological work on the Padmanaba Swamy Temple.
In the history of the original time and space, there was an astonishing amount of treasures in the underground chamber of this temple.
In June 2011, the Indian government found a frightening amount of treasure in the secret chamber of this temple.
India has not announced how much treasure there is.
However, according to a government official, just a preliminary estimate of the treasures in three of the secret rooms puts the total value at more than 500 billion rupees, or about 11.2 billion U.S. dollars.
Wen Desi from later generations will naturally not forget this treasure.
Today's government is indeed very rich, and Mr.
Wen himself is also very rich.
The living standards of the Chinese people are also in the first echelon in the world, but who in this world Do you think you have too much money?
Money is not everything, but money is absolutely impossible.
According to the information in Mr.
Wen's hands, this treasure contains more than 200 tons of gold alone, as well as countless gems and other treasures.
This is a huge amount of income, and no fool would want it.
Besides, Mr.
Wen has a lot of income and a lot of expenses.
Not to mention other things, just the mass projector, controllable nuclear fusion and other black technologies are big money burners, such as the mass projector and its accessories.
The supporting facilities have already cost more than 10 billion.
If they are fully completed, more than 20 billion will be spent.
Some people say that after credit currency is issued, money can be printed at will, and real money and silver are useless and can be given away.
There is no doubt that those who say this do not have any economic common sense.
In the later generations of the original time and space, the whole world was in the era of credit money, but the United States still retained the largest share of gold.
It also asked other countries to also deposit gold in their homes.
As a result, Sidezi deposited more than a thousand tons of gold in the United States.
But I can't even look at it.
There is no doubt that this is being hacked.
If the gold is useless, the Americans will not be so shameless.
Moreover, gold not only has an irreplaceable role in the economic field, but it is also a very useful material.
In the future, the "Stars and Seas" and many black technologies will use a lot of gold.
Therefore, Wen Desi would never be dissatisfied with too much gold.
A pergola with the highest position and the best view is the location of the command team of this operation and also the temporary headquarters.
A middle-aged man wearing the same work clothes as the surrounding workers was observing the scene.
This man had a slightly bald forehead and a neatly trimmed mustache.
He stood with his head held high and his body as straight as a javelin.
He is the commander of this operation, Major General Sun Dianying, director of the Special Examination Committee.
He was looking at the working people of the subcontinent with an indifferent expression.
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Although he was not wearing a military uniform at the moment, his unsmiling expression and raised eyebrows clearly revealed the unique arrogance of an officer.
"The people of the subcontinent are really well governed.
You see, we only paid a little bit of aged grain to make them work so hard and be so obedient."
Looking at the locals working hard, the expressions on their faces were still showing.
With heartfelt awe and obedience, Director Sun Dianying could not help but express heartfelt emotion.
He couldn't help but think of China in the late Qing Dynasty.
At that time, there were also large areas of starvation in the country, but that was already a long time ago.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, no one has died of hunger in the country, especially children and adolescents.
The nutritious meal plan and child care subsidies implemented nationwide have not only left them hungry, but they also have milk, soy milk, chicken, duck, and fish every day. .
After World War I, because they were too weak to make money during the war, the Chinese people no longer paid attention to having enough to eat, but began to pay attention to eating well and tasting.
Sun Dianying feels that China's changes over the past two decades are like a dream again.
"Director Sun, these are the real Indians."
A young assistant next to him said jokingly: "The people of this subcontinent have become accustomed to being ruled by others.
Their history of being ruled by foreign races can probably be traced back to their ability to write.
Before records, from the Aryans, Greeks, Persians, Turks, Afghans, Mongols to the British, there have been at least a dozen owners, including the former Travancore royal family here.
It’s said that they are also aliens.”
This brother's face was full of fanaticism, and his eyes were almost on fire.
The left eye said "ambition" and the right eye said "expansion."
He said excitedly: "Director Sun, this subcontinent has vast high-quality cultivated land and rich resources.
If it falls into their hands, it will be in vain.
Anyway, Indians are born to be ruled by others, and they have been used to it for generations.
Being ruled by others, so they won’t mind changing the master to us again.”
This young man's name is Bai Mo, whose courtesy name is Zishu, and his native place is Zhuoxian County, Hebei Province.
My father was a Beiyang bureaucrat.
After the surrender, he failed to pass the inspection and was not reused.
However, he did not enter.
He used his savings from years of eunuchship to purchase Xingke's equipment and technology and set up a lighter factory.
Bai Mo himself grew up in New China.
Seeing the rising national power and improving life, he has a high affection for New China.
After more than ten years of school education, he became a scientific socialist.
A die-hard believer who has different views from his parents.
Bai Mo attended Hanking University in college, majoring in international relations and studies.
After graduation, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
His mission this time was to help the archaeological team coordinate relations with the local government and handle some foreign affairs.
This guy is a fanatical big-power chauvinist, and his imperialist sentiments are no less than those of diplomats from the old powers.
When Sun Dianying heard Bai Mo's words, his heart moved slightly, but he quickly calmed down.
He is in his forties this year, has long passed the age of second grade, and has worked in the intelligence department for a long time.
He is very sensible about this kind of problem, so he smiled and said: "Agent Bai, this problem is not what we should Discussion.
Our mission this time is to excavate the ancient ruins here and bring them back to the country to protect them."
He said with compassion: "Hey, the local people are no longer able to protect these ancient cultural relics.
Look, even this temple has become ruins, so it is our bounden duty to protect the ancient cultural relics here from damage."
During the domestic revolutionary stage, Sun Dianying initially worked as a field agent under Fan Han, the head of the Beijing Intelligence Station and now the head of the Central Social Security Department, and also participated in the arrest of Wang Zhaoming.
In order to find cover identities for his men, Fan Han established connections in several universities in Beijing and gave some of his young agents the identities of college students.
However, most of the agents only used this as a cover identity and did not take it seriously at all.
Things, don't even go to school.
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Only a few people really took advantage of this opportunity to study, and among them was Sun Dianying.
He was at Peking University at the time, and he used that cover to study archeology.
He was a real archaeologist, and he also participated in many on-site excavations.
Later, on the eve of the victory of the revolution, Sun Dianying was recommended by the Beijing Intelligence Station to study at the Wuchang Revolutionary Army Command College, the predecessor of China National Defense University.
After graduation, she worked in the Military Intelligence Bureau.
Later, the Special Examination Committee needed to add an on-site person in charge.
The requirement was that he should have experience in intelligence work, be highly loyal, preferably an old revolutionary, be familiar with the archaeological business, and have strong adaptability.
Comrade Sun Dianying stood out.
He fully met these conditions and was transferred to the Special Examination Committee to serve as on-site command.
Comrade Sun has served as on-site command for many special archaeological missions.
The largest operation so far was the excavation of Spanish treasures on Masatiera Island in Chile in 1912, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.
Work.
On that occasion, the Special Examination Committee found 864 barrels of gold, 160 boxes of gold coins, 200 gold ingots, 21 barrels of Inca Empire jewelry, and hundreds of handicrafts from the island's underground chambers.
Among them were the treasures plundered by Spain from the Inca Empire. , and some were put in by pirates later.
Although the weight does not match the legendary record of thousands of tons of gold, there is still a total of 350 tons of gold, as well as 21 barrels of Inca Empire jewelry whose value cannot be estimated for the time being and hundreds of ancient handicrafts, including dozens of Song Dynasty porcelain.
In the history of time and space, this treasure was unearthed in 2005, and the total price is estimated to be more than 10 billion US dollars.
The currency value of this batch of gold alone at the time was 465.2 billion Chinese yuan, or equivalent to more than 232 million U.S. dollars.
This does not include the 21 barrels of Inca Empire jewelry and hundreds of ancient artifacts whose value is hard to estimate.
However, according to the information given by the above, today's vote may not be less than the one on Masatiera Island.
Sun Dianying enjoys the sense of accomplishment of discovering countless rare treasures, so although he is now the leader of the Special Examination Committee, he still often fights on the front line.
At this time, a staff member ran over and reported: "Director Sun, the road to the secret room has been cleared and vehicles can enter."
"Okay, let the locals withdraw.
They are not needed for the subsequent work.
Order Battalion Commander Su to clear the city immediately."
Sun Dianying said, and said to Bai Mo beside him: "Agent Bai, this matter is troublesome.
You, let all the locals go outside the city to chop down trees, dig stones, and dig sand, Just do anything.
Just say that we need a lot of construction materials to expand the camp.
We must not let them idle.
It is best to give them the wages during this period.
Double the amount and give each person an extra can of lunch meat per day.”
Comrade Lao Sun was already very familiar with this set of procedures, and he casually came up with a bunch of ideas to distract people.
"Okay, I understand."
Bai Mo agreed quickly and said a little embarrassedly: "Director Sun, can I come and see the scene then?"
"Oh, this is no problem.
You have also contributed.
According to the old rules set by President Wen, you also have a souvenir, hahahaha."
Sun Dianying patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You arrange those people well."
Come over here.”
Three hours later, the last ruins outside the secret room were cleared, and Sun Dianying and the others were already standing at the door of the legendary secret room.
It is said to be a doorway, but you cannot see the door at all, because it was originally a platform for placing the statues in the temple, and it was carefully carved from a huge rock.
A wretched-looking old man led a group of colleagues around the platform several times, knocking, listening, and using various instruments several times.
Finally, he said with a happy face: "Director, this is It’s empty below, so it looks like this is where it is.”
This old man was recruited by the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with special skills from among the people.
He came from a wealthy family and his ancestors had been fighting for more than ten generations.
He was very famous in the industry.
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After being absorbed by the country, he discovered that it would be so frustrating once the state presides over this business.
He can dig as much as he wants, need people, money, and all kinds of things that he can't even imagine.
Advanced equipment and tools, and military protection.
Compared with the previous small-scale operations where a few people worked alone or in partnership, it was completely different and incomparable.
Of course, the most important thing is that these people are now officially established state workers and can walk uprightly in the sun, and future generations will not be left without a way out
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