The Fisherman Who Never Catches Fish-Chapter 447 - 260: Revealing Clues about the Nuclear Submarine (Subscription Request)

After Fang Hao had spoken, Captain Han was slightly surprised.

He had not expected that Fang Hao would actually confirm the identity of the tomb’s owner.

Unfortunately, Fang Hao did not find any trace of the nuclear submarine or any more torpedoes and Mushroom Eggs after inspecting the area where the torpedo had exploded.

"So, whose identity does this tomb belong to?" Captain Han asked, very curious.

He was quite intrigued.

"It’s the undersea tomb of Lu King Zhu Yihai of the Southern Ming."

Fang Hao said.

Although he wasn’t clear why there would be two tombs for the same person, one being this undersea tomb that was discovered, and another one in Jinmen.

Captain Han, however, was unfamiliar with this and did not recognize the name, so he did not have much of a reaction to Zhu Yihai’s identity.

To him, it was probably like... wow, it’s a Prince’s grand tomb.

Nothing much different otherwise.

Seeing his expression, Fang Hao roughly knew what was going on and did not continue on this topic.

After a brief exchange, Fang Hao went to change his clothes.

The next thing was to wait for relevant archaeological experts to arrive.

After a long wait, finally, a group of people arrived.

Those were the archaeologists and figures from the cultural relics circle.

The discovery of the large undersea tomb had attracted a lot of interest.

Undersea tombs were quite rare.

Especially since this was a Prince’s tomb, the value was immense.

Therefore, these arriving archaeologists were prominent figures in the archaeological community with high status.

And it seemed that they all recognized Fang Hao.

After arriving, they all greeted Fang Hao.

Indeed, Fang Hao’s reputation had already spread within the cultural relics and archaeological spheres.

It felt as though even though he wasn’t here, his legends filled the place.

After some idle chit-chat.

"What!"

"This is actually Lu King Zhu Yihai’s tomb!"

Upon learning that this undersea tomb belonged to Zhu Yihai of the Southern Ming, the archaeologists were all very surprised.

Clearly, they hadn’t expected it to be his tomb.

These archaeologists were not like Captain Han; they were professionals in this field, thus were very clear about Zhu Yihai’s identity.

Besides, he had been a regent during the Southern Ming period and fought against the Qing forces.

He left a significant mark in history, not just a character to be mentioned in passing.

"How could this be."

"Could there be a mistake?"

These experts couldn’t believe it.

Just as Fang Hao had considered before, these experts were also pondering this.

"Isn’t Lu King Zhu Yihai’s tomb supposed to be in Jinmen? How did it end up in this sea?"

Clearly, one of the two tombs was meant to mislead others.

Fang Hao then shared what he had seen on the stele he encountered underwater, recounting the records to everyone.

"A stele?"

"Could we take a look at that stele?"

Upon hearing that the stele contained such information, the experts immediately became interested.

"Of course."

Fang Hao took out the stele he had brought up with him and presented it to the archaeology experts.

Upon seeing the stele, all the experts examined it closely, each scrutinizing the text carefully.

They were worried about missing even a single character.

As they studied every single word, they finally gained a preliminary understanding of the tomb below.

"It turns out that in addition to Lu King Zhu Yihai, his seventh son is also buried here."

"This small bronze coffin belongs to that child of his."

"I remember that Lu King Zhu Yihai only had six sons."

"So this seventh son might have been born later and went unrecorded."

And by the looks of it, he probably died young.

"Perhaps there are secrets here we are unaware of."

"The discovery of this tomb is truly crucial."

"Hahaha, indeed it is."

The group of archaeologists laughed, feeling very pleased.

The discovery of this undersea tomb allowed them to gather much information that could overturn some previous assertions.

This is where the real value of archaeology lies.

Archaeology is not about tomb raiding and obtaining treasures from tombs.

It is more about restoring as much as possible of the era, obtaining more information from the tombs to verify some conjectures.

Like, is our civilization five thousand years old? Or three thousand years?

Why do foreign entities refuse to acknowledge our history of five thousand years, always feeling we lack evidence, unable to find relics and artifacts from the Xia Dynasty?

This is where archaeology needs to find strong evidence to prove.

Fortunately, in recent years, some artifacts from the Xia Dynasty period have been found continuously, proving that our civilization has a history of five thousand years.

For instance, the discovery of the Green Turquoise Dragon and bells at the Erlitou Xia Dynasty Ruins witnessed these.

This is the significance of archaeology.

The discovery of Lu King Zhu Yihai’s tomb might also restore some aspects of the Southern Ming period, overturning some historical foundations.

For example, information about Lu King Zhu Yihai—whether the undersea tomb contains his real body or is just a cenotaph—will be known once it is excavated.

And he also had a seventh son later, which wasn’t recorded in the official annals.

If they find Lu King’s body under the sea, then it could prove that the Jinmen tomb is just a cenotaph.