Chapter One Thousand and Fifty-three
When everyone talked about the "dullness" phenomenon on the island, Chu Qing couldn't understand it: "dullness? What kind of dullness?"
So, everyone performed it, looking like the elderly were slow to move, and the movements were not smooth enough like puppet shows.
It’s just that this kind of performance, influenced by everyone’s body, personality, language, etc., not only did Chu Qing not feel immersed in it, but he couldn’t even hold it in and wanted to have fun: it’s so funny!
"When will that situation happen?" Chu Qing asked.
This question is not easy to answer, everyone talks—
"I don't know!"
“It can’t be said that it will happen at any time.”
"Anyway, there is no sign at all, so I have fallen a few times!"
"I can only say that every few days? We can't figure out the Taoist method."
There is no rule to follow, so Chu Qing naturally couldn't give any suggestions. He could only wait for the opportunity to experience it personally. Now he will first look at the map drawn by everyone.
In the light and darkness of the fire, the earth image will move, which is very dreamy.
This map is so precious!
This is not only a topographic map, but also a property map and population distribution map. Although the drawing is not detailed enough, it is definitely of reference value.
Just like now, Chu Qing can only learn the following based on this picture and everyone's description: "It seems that this is a mainland island, nearly 600 miles long and 360 miles wide
, much larger than Linyang County;
The local population is less than 10,000, and is concentrated in the southwest mountainous areas. They mainly hunt, rarely farm, rarely fish, and live extremely hard;
But why? There are obviously rich products here;
Do you say, seeing that they have knives but not finding blacksmiths? Where did their knives come from?"
No one cares what mainland island means, because Chu Qing often says something that makes them wonder, and because people always make it easier for them to remember the last words, such as the iron issue.
The answer to these questions was speculated by everyone: "According to their gestures, it should be that the ancestors had produced blacksmiths, but after their death, their skills were not passed down, but only those knives were passed down;
As for how they died, I can’t understand it. We really can’t guess what they said.”
Speaking of communication with the natives, everyone expressed their embarrassment. Xiao Sining said: "We have shown our strength and scared them, but we can't give them any benefits!"
To put it bluntly, the "Six Team Spirit" means "one hand candied dates and the other hand has a big stick". Of course, in Xiaobao, who is "full of poetry and books", it is: "The use of etiquette is the most important thing."
Xiaobao has always believed in Confucius. He has applied what Confucius said in various scenarios, including "one hand candied dates and the other hand big stick" as "the use of etiquette is the most important thing, and harmony is not feasible without etiquette".*, which is truly "
The Master said "as a theoretical basis, people who "practice" Confucius' thoughts.
It is much better than those officials in the court who just "knowing harmony and being harmonious". They don't know how to "use etiquette" when facing the people of Vos who are commonplace in "grass-burning valleys".
Not only that, he also paid special attention to the "near information" about Confucius, such as the description of Confucius' appearance in "Xunzi·Faixiang" as "the appearance of Confucius, with a face as if it were Mengni".
In Xiaobao's opinion, Confucius is a "big brother" who can play both black and white.
Xiaobao hopes that he can be like Confucius, two meters tall and extremely powerful. He holds a sword in one hand and a book in the other, and follows three thousand younger brothers (disciples) behind him.
If you meet someone who can listen, Confucius will reason with you; if you meet someone who can't listen, Confucius will talk about physics directly with you.
The coolest image of Confucius in Xiaobao's heart is: a tall old man in his sixties, who was rushing to the chariot when he had nothing to do, and he was holding four horses with one man, holding his bow like a full moon, and the arrow went like a meteor to look for people everywhere to "reason".
When you encounter someone who is reasonable, you will talk about "The Analects of Confucius" to you. When you encounter someone who is unreasonable, you will talk about "The Shuangyu".
If you can reason, be reasonable. If you can talk about physics, don’t be polite. You have to obey one of the principles and physics, right?
But the current situation is that the power of the big stick is demonstrated, but the candied dates cannot be taken out. Even if Confucius comes, it should not be easy to be "reasonable", right?
"Boss, we have nothing to give to them." Xiao Sining concluded: "We want to give them some rice, but we don't have enough to eat."
Now these people’s ideas are limited to land reclamation and planting sweet potatoes, because most of the coastal land is saline-alkali land and is not suitable for cultivating rice.
Chu Qing: "I remember, the last time we bombarded wild boars, wasn't there the rice they planted?"
"One acre of land can only cost dozens of kilograms, otherwise can they be so precious?" Xiao Sining said: "It is better to die of malaria and fever than to weed the rice fields. It is far worse than the rice in our Daxuan!"
Xiaobao said: "This is not a problem. Mom. I have sent someone back a few days ago to bring some grain and farm tools. After the New Year, I will help them divert water and open terraces."
As for those "glass slags", there was no need to find someone to identify them, so Chu Qing recognized them: "Sapphire?"
"What?" Xiao Sining was shocked: "What a gem? I thought it was a flint! It's quite useful!"
As he said that, Xiao Sining took out a sapphire the size of a goose egg, rubbed it with a fire sickle and said "click" on it. Chu Qingyouyou said, "The piece in your hand is worth more than 8 million kilograms of rice!"
The sapphire rough stone is not very beautiful, with black and gray, and only a little worn out can be seen with a slightly shiny place, which is similar to the flint by the river.
Some of them also expose the face of gems, but they look like they are dirty and dirty glass lumps in their home glass factory.
Xiao Sining was not optimistic about these sapphire rough stones from the beginning, and thought that Xiaobao and the others had to dig this so hard, so the purpose of making it bigger was to be flints.
According to the price of Daxuan at this time, a cent of sapphire is worth at least 80 taels of silver. What does one cent mean? One pound is equal to sixteen taels, one ounce is equal to ten coins, and one ounce is equal to ten coins.
You can buy 10,000 kilograms of affordable rice for eighty taels of silver. Just the sapphire in Xiao Sining's hand is more than half a kilogram, which is enough to buy 8 million kilograms of rice.
Eight million kilograms of rice are enough for three years to eat by this 10,000 people on the island!
Xiao Sining's hands trembled, they were really trembling!
He stroked the worn-out area and almost cried: "How much food am I was wasting? I am a sinner!"
Xiaobao glared at him: "It should be! If you don't let it be used, you will use it!"
Xiao Sining snorted: "This piece is big enough, easy to pick up, but it's easy to ignite..."
This is the limitation of knowledge. No wonder Xiao Sining didn't know that even though Xiao Bao and Chu Qing were from the same world, they still didn't know that they had never been exposed to gemstones.
Chu Qing changed the topic: "You said that there are only more than 10,000 indigenous people on the island?"
Xiao Siningba had to worry about the sapphire problem anymore and quickly answered: "We estimated that there was a very large mountainous area in the southwest. We did not go deeper, but only visited the low-level places."
Xiao Sining gestured on the map that the goose egg-shaped islands are almost less than a quarter of the top of the northeast, and the rest are mountainous areas. The southwest, the more concentrated the mountains.
Since he has arrived, Chu Qing plans to stay for a few days and go to the mountains to take a look.
*Note: The original saying is: Youzi said: "The use of etiquette is the most important thing. The way of the previous kings is beautiful, and the small and big ones are based on it. If something is not done, knowing harmony and harmony, and not being polite with etiquette will not be done.
also."
*This statement is said by the seventy-two wise men of Confucius (name, name, and student of Confucius). Youruo's temperament and appearance are very similar to Confucius. After Confucius died, he was deeply respected by Confucius' disciples.
Chapter completed!