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Chapter 54: Viking Armbands

After taking out the moisture-proof cloth from the backpack and laying it out, Li Ming didn't talk nonsense and tried it cleanly with a shovel.

He used a little force to the shovel and went down. Li Ming felt that he would be relaxed soon today, so he turned around and said to the camera.

"The soil under my feet is relatively soft. No wonder those two foreigners have dug so many pits in two or three days!"

“Galloway has been part of the Anglo-Saxon Northumbria since the early eighth century, known in the Irish chronicle as the Saxon coast until the end of the tenth century….

Li Ming explained some local humanistic knowledge while digging. The soft soil greatly saved him time. In just half an hour, he had already dug nearly half a meter of depth.

In the middle, he repeatedly used the okm metal detector to monitor his excavation direction several times.

Just as he was about to dig down again, he felt that his shovel seemed to have encountered something hard. He felt that it was not a stone. Besides, there were no big stones in this wasteland at all.

Li Ming quickly put down the shovel, took out a small brush from his backpack, and then squatted down and used his hands to pull away the floating soil that had just hit hard objects.

At this time, you could probably see a long strip of metal underneath. He used the small brush in his hand to sweep away the fine soil on it.

The audience in the live broadcast room was already very excited when Li Ming squatted down and took out his brush.

Now looking at the irregular strips of metal objects in the camera, I was so excited that I turned into various speculations from Sherlock Holmes.

【Damn, is this little thing a key?】

【Finally shipped, what is this?】

[From the appearance, there is no rust, black and gray, this is something silver!]

When Li Ming saw it at first, he didn't know what this thing was. As the barrage said, this thing was obviously a rectangular silver bar, but he felt that the thing was wide in the middle and narrow on both sides, which was obviously not an ordinary small silver block.

He said his own thoughts, and the audience immediately urged him to turn over and take a look.

In order to find out, Li Ming gently turned the thing in the soil with a small piece of wood.

Then he took out a towel and wiped it carefully. When he saw the design of the St. Andrew's Cross carved on it, he immediately understood that this was the Viking treasure he was looking for.

"Brothers, have you seen these runes above? If I guessed correctly, this should be a Viking arm ring!"

Suddenly, there were a lot of question marks in the live broadcast room, and I had no idea what Li Ming was talking about!

"The silver bar with wide middle and narrow sides in one side, and a rune engraved on one side is a typical silver arm ring. This thing has been found on the coast of Ireland, but most of the arm rings on the coast of Ireland are in the 10th century!"

"The appearance of silver arm rings usually indicates that there is an important sign of Vikings' activities nearby, because arm rings are very important for Vikings!"

"Many Viking Arm Rings are not exquisitely decorated, some Viking Arm Rings are just ordinary or simple twisted pair wires, and the pattern on them is like the cross of St Andrew is the characteristic of a typical Viking Arm Ring.

【Damn, the more I listened, the more I became confused, what the hell is St Andrew's Cross!】

[Just just say the x symbol directly, I feel uncomfortable with too much knowledge!]

[St. Andrew's cross is a cross symbol in the shape of "x". According to legend, Andrew, the disciple of Jesus, was martyred on this cross]

Seeing the barrage feedback from the live broadcast room, Li Ming knew that he was too profound, so he simply chose the key points and explained it directly.

"I try to put it simply, this Viking armband plays an important role in Viking society! Because when a Viking boy can receive an armband, it means that the boy finally becomes a real man."

“And when married Vikings men prepare for months sailing trips, they usually make an armband for their wives to show their love.”

"What is important is that these armbands are regarded as more of the oath bonds of loyalty and dignity in the history of the Nordic people! Adult Viking warriors swore allegiance to the lord, and once they swore allegiance, they would die. The armbands are a symbolic bond of unbreakable oaths, which means that the warriors are willing to pay all the price to fulfill their oaths."

"So the Viking lords would also make exquisite armbands to those who gave their soldiers and loyal subjects."

After listening to Li Ming's explanation, the audience in the live broadcast room suddenly felt a sudden realization, and all kinds of gift special effects in the live broadcast room began to dominate the screen!

[Panda Man who eats Guokui gives the anchor 50 cards to apply for! Come on, Brother Ming]

[Fengyun Wuji gave the anchor 100 fish balls! There must be something else, so dig it quickly!]

The water friends sitting in front of the computer saw Li Ming carefully put the arm ring that had been going through thousands of years on the moisture-proof cloth, and many people even wanted to touch it in person on the scene.

After packing up, Li Ming picked up the metal detector and scanned it again. The good guy in his hand, who had a maximum detection depth of more than ten meters, was still making alarm sounds!

This shows that there are still many things below. Now Li Ming dares not use engineers to shovel it. He is afraid that he will accidentally dig the things in the soil. Things like gold and silver are soft. If they leave some marks or something, they will probably feel distressed.

He decisively took out a small shovel from his backpack and began to continue his homework.

Soon, more silver arm rings were found, some of which were the same stripes as the one I just discovered, and some of which were semi-curled;

Finally, he counted and found that there were about five arm rings in total. Each arm ring had different styles. Some had very exquisite patterns, some were just simple patterns, or even simple symbols.

With the unearth of one arm ring after another, the atmosphere in the live broadcast room became increasingly high.

Under the ultra-high-definition picture supported by the system, the water friends who saw unexpectedly found a handful of words engraved on an arm ring.

【Damn it, look, there seems to be words on the one on the right!】

【Damn, I saw it too.】

【What is written above?】

Li Ming, who was continuing to carefully dig open the soil, also noticed the prompt from the live broadcast room's water friend. He picked up the silver arm ring and found that there were indeed words on it, with a few words engraved with ecgbeorht!

Li Ming was suddenly excited, and he smiled and said, "Wow, your eyes are very sharp. The words on this are actually people's names. Let me tell you about the more modern name of ecgbeorht engraved on it: egbert!"

"It means Egbert in Chinese, which is a common name for the Anglo-Saxon people in England! This is very interesting, which means that the treasures I have discovered now may be the spoils of these Viking pirates, or it may be that the locals engraved their own names after killing the Viking pirates to share the spoils and bury the things here in advance!"

Next, under these silver arm rings, another silver Christian cross was found.

At this time, Li Ming judged that the things he had excavated must have been buried here by the pirates who robbed a monastery.
Chapter completed!
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