Chapter 245 Can you teach me?

Dozens of people were crowding the entrance to the makeshift hospital.

The group of experts looked at each other with strange expressions.

Signing, sterilization, changing into a full set of protective clothing, including gloves, shoe covers, and sleeve covers... it felt like they were going into a biohazard chamber, not an archaeological site.

Think back: when was the last time someone blocked the door like this and made you sign documents one by one?

In 2006, the Qijia Culture cemetery complex in Mogou, Lingtai, Gansu Province.

Although both are Neolithic cultural sites, Lingtai Mogou covers nearly 500,000 square meters, while this one is only a little over 2,000 square meters, a difference of more than 200 times in area alone.

The Lingtai Mogou site was submitted for excavation last year and is a shoo-in for this year's Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China. Meanwhile, the Guduo Village site has only just begun excavation and is still in the application stage.

Moreover, that time the excavation was led by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, with the director-general personally leading the team. This time, however, they are providing guidance as a higher-level unit…

But since the leaders have already signed, how can they not sign?

Wu Hui and Sun Jiamu signed their names with a flourish. Then, while wiping their hands, they glanced back.

Behind the expert team were local leaders, but whether they were provincial bureau chiefs or municipal and county party secretaries and mayors, they all moved quickly and their expressions were quite natural. They didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with Lin Sicheng blocking them there.

What does this mean? It means that the leaders come frequently, and this procedure has been followed many times. It also shows that Lin Sicheng treats everyone equally and has strictly adhered to the relevant procedures from the very beginning.

Suddenly, the experts felt much more at ease, and Wu Hui and Sun Jiamu nodded in unison.

There were only about twenty sets of protective suits, just enough for the leaders and experts. Those wearing lower-level suits could only wait outside.

After they had changed, Lin Sicheng pushed open the heavy hatch and led them into the cabin.

Two large cranes were parked behind the warehouse, their booms extending straight in, with rectangular baskets hanging below, capable of accommodating at least five or six people working at the same time.

Upon closer inspection: shovels, brushes, tweezers, hoes, rulers, plates, instruments—everything is there, neatly arranged… Isn’t this a mobile suspended operating platform?

The top of the container has ventilation ducts, and humidifiers and dryers are placed around it. It's relatively simple, but it has all the necessary functions:

It can purify the air, filter dust, and maintain a constant temperature and humidity. This not only prevents secondary pollution but also prevents cultural relics from deteriorating after being unearthed.

The walls of the pit were covered with dustproof blankets, and further up, the panoramic rooms were arranged one after another.

Portable testing, data collection, emergency response, temporary storage of cultural relics, temporary testing, as well as fire prevention, theft prevention, and security linkage.

Even the exterior walls are double-layered, filled with insulating rock wool.

A group of experts looked at each other in bewilderment: the protection zone, the testing zone, the processing zone, the temporary storage zone, and the experimental zone—they didn't lack a single one?

It has relatively few intelligent and automated devices; otherwise, it could definitely be called a laboratory-level precision operation platform.

In particular, this systematic excavation process—isn't this exactly the "protection upon excavation" principle that the ministry only started advocating last year?

The problem is that the bureau only started preparing for the trial at the beginning of this year, and the documents have just been finalized. The supporting equipment, cabin planning, and internal layout are still under design.

As a result, a local company was established first?

Wu Hui and Sun Jiamu examined it carefully, looking it over several times, and finally looked at Lin Sicheng again: "This was designed by Xiao Lin, right?"

"It wasn't really a design; it was just copying the ideas from the Cultural Relics Bureau, which is why the two leaders found it familiar!"

Lin Sicheng smiled. "Before New Year's Day, my teacher went back to Beijing and came back saying that the State Administration of Cultural Heritage was planning to build a laboratory-level precision operation platform. So I asked him to find the documents and I thought about it for a bit..."

Then, after some thought, they managed to build one?

At first glance, it seems quite rudimentary; the control panel uses a crane instead of a large automated boom. The environmental stabilization equipment is also not an intelligent temperature and humidity control system.

The testing and analysis equipment is even more rudimentary, with most of it being old relics from the 1980s and 1990s.

It wasn't that Lin Sicheng didn't want to do it, but rather that the conditions didn't allow it: many of these items needed to be imported, and without the approval and cooperation of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, he couldn't buy them even if he had the money.

The key is his thinking: Wu Hui has spent half his life in cultural relic protection, and Sun Jiamu has spent half his life in archaeological excavation. They can see at a glance how reasonable and practical Lin Sicheng's design is.

They felt that the bureau didn't need to spend any time and energy on any design; they could just copy it directly.

But then another problem arises: it was Lin Sicheng's first time going out into the field and his first time doing something like this, so he had no experience at all, right?

The bureau only held two meetings, explaining why they should do it this way, but not how or to what extent.

There was no clear idea behind it, so how come it turned out so perfectly?

Is it really true that you can learn it instantly and become self-taught without a teacher?

After a moment of thought, Wu Hui and Sun Jiamu exchanged a glance, their eyes gleaming: Why wait until campus recruitment?

The saying goes, "special cases require special handling." If Lin Sicheng is willing, the two of them can dig a hole for him right now...

Wang Qizhi was even more puzzled than the other two: Yes, Lin Sicheng had asked him to help find a document, but it only contained a proposal, at most pointing in a direction. Even if Lin Sicheng wanted to figure it out, he wouldn't know where to begin.

How was this mobile laboratory area created?

If you were to ask Lin Sicheng, the answer would be: of course it was plagiarized.

In 2018, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage planned a comprehensive excavation of Sanxingdui. Considering the problems of "deterioration of cultural relics after excavation", "secondary damage during the movement", and "difficulty in cleaning small fragments", an automated archaeological cabin integrating functions such as "automatic operation", "environmental monitoring", "in-situ protection" and "in-situ research" was developed after research by an expert team.

That's about all the functions. Of course, the equipment is more advanced and intelligent than this one, but it was first used in 2019.

It's like Lin Sicheng brought his mature ideas from eleven years later to the present, made practical improvements, and used local materials. Naturally, Wu Hui felt that it was both reasonable and practical.

In a flash, the expert team toured the site, including the temporary storage room, laboratory, and restoration room.

Even though they were mentally prepared, the group couldn't help but sigh: even if they were to explore it themselves, this was all they could do.

So how can we provide guidance under these circumstances?

The experts all felt it was quite difficult, but Director Wu and Section Chief Yang thought it was easy to handle: they had traveled thousands of kilometers to get here, and they couldn't have come for nothing; of course they should provide guidance.

But it didn't say who would provide guidance?

After the visit, it was nearly 11 o'clock, and the municipal reception office prepared lunch at the county hotel.

As the person in charge on site, Lin Sicheng accompanied him as usual.

Zhao Er was driving the Grand Cherokee, and just as Wang Qizhi was about to get in, Wu Hui waved him over: "Come on, Professor Wang, take my car!"

The teacher and student exchanged a glance, and Wang Qizhi nodded slightly before walking over.

The brand-new Audi, just transferred from the city, got into the car, and Wu Hui took the cigarette case.

With a sharp tap, Wu Hui cut to the chase: "Did you tell Xiao Lin?"

“He did say so!” Wang Qizhi sighed. “But he thinks that while he’s young and his mind is still sharp, he should read more books!”

Wu Hui was taken aback: "Isn't he graduating next month? Why is he still studying?"

"Of course, I'll pursue a master's degree!" Wang Qizhi exhaled a puff of smoke. "My advisor is me!"

A strange look appeared in Wu Hui's eyes: Wang Qizhi, put your hand on your heart and ask yourself, can you teach him?