Except that there are more poor people, more hills, more woods, more bugs, more fools, and the weather is hotter, everything else seems to be going well.
There are spices, as long as there are people to collect them, ivory, as long as you can hunt them, tortoise shells, as long as you can catch them in the sea, pearls, as long as you can catch big clams, well, basically there are mountains and seas, forests and animals, and there is no land.
Even if it's bad, it seems to be pretty good.
What a shit!
Mr. Zhang was a little angry.
This is a village with a majority of indigenous people. About a hundred miles away from this village is the sea.
When Mr. Zhang saw the sea for the first time, he was excited. Well, it was like Erha seeing a muddy puddle. He jumped into the sea so fast that he couldn't hold it back and rolled around happily. Not to mention how happy he was.
Second master?
The big ala next to it is soaked in the sea water.
Liu Bei?
Of course, he always wears a gentle smile, just like the Samoyed who always heals people's hearts.
San Sha was so happy when he saw the sea for the first time, but when he was covered in salt and alkaline seeds, he gradually stopped being happy.
Most of the indigenous villages in Jiaozhi are made up of mud-legged people who cannot read a word. Their ancestors have lived in Jiaozhi for generations. Some of them have never even gone out to the surrounding forests. It is impossible to imagine that there is a so-called culture or the inheritance of knowledge.
When these natives saw Mr. Zhang, they had no intention of resisting at all. Without saying a word, they knelt down on the ground with a clean cry...
Mr. Zhang was quite happy at first. After all, he thought it was the great power of the Han Dynasty, and the natives were watching the wind. Later, I realized that these guys didn't understand anything at all, it was just a conditioned reflex. Because the original lords of these natives, whether they were the Zheng family or
Well, maybe the Ou family disciplined these local people in this way.
Nowadays, in this land, as long as there are people wearing clothes and shoes, they are the upper class.
What Mr. Zhang saw were low bamboo buildings, an environment where humans and animals were indistinguishable from urine and urine, roads that were trampled on to be muddy, uneven and unkempt, as well as these indigenous people who had no clothes to cover their bodies, and even men and women had naked bodies.
When it comes to nudity, some friends who have sex every day may light up their eyes, but in fact, in ancient times, those skinny bodies had flies and lice on their bodies, their hair was stuck with fleas and lice, and their teeth were black and yellow.
Basically speaking, even the most stubborn people in later generations would soften immediately after seeing Mu Gu's naked body.
To put it simply, it can be divided into three words: dirty, messy and poor.
And it was extremely dirty, ridiculously messy, and extremely bad.
Mr. Zhang felt that he was already informal enough to tolerate the mess, but when he truly realized the gap between the living culture of guys like Hinami Kyūma and the big men, Mr. Zhang was still close to
collapsed.
When Mr. Zhang was roaring, no one could stand firm. Almost everyone in the village was kneeling on the ground. The man put his head on the ground and shivered. The woman looked pale and held the child tightly, covering her mouth and nose.
In their arms, some people forgot to leave a room for their children to breathe, and when they saw the indigenous kid, they gradually kicked their legs and rolled their eyes...
"Third brother..." Liu Bei looked at his mud-stained boots, feeling a little distressed and worried. He took them off and shook the mud off, "Get rid of the fire, they... they really don't understand..."
"Get out!" Zhang Fei roared angrily.
A group of natives "swiped" and fled.
In the Han Dynasty, if the boots are broken, they must either be repaired or replaced with new ones. Isn't it very simple? But here, if the boots are broken, they are broken. If the craftsmen in the army are not available, Liu Bei must repair them himself!
The natives don't know how to repair shoes at all. Some of these natives have never seen a pair of shoes in their lives! How can such people know how to repair a boot?
Therefore, Liu Bei is considering whether to return to his old profession...
When Zhang Fei was angry, it was the boots that lit the fire, but in fact, it was because of the accumulation of emotions during this period of time.
The difficulties facing the three brothers are not limited to boots.
In the area close to South Vietnam, the influence of the Han people, or Han civilization, can still be seen to some extent, but the further south, the more outrageous it becomes. Slash-and-burn farming is still very popular, and there are even almost primitive tribes that focus on the matrilineal lineage.
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Of course, if Liu Bei had read more books, he wouldn't be surprised about this matter. Back then, the Jiuzhen Rinan rebellion was led by two sisters...
Although the cause of the incident may be that the two sisters' father and husband were bullied and framed by the officials of the Han Dynasty at that time, coupled with the long-standing anti-Han sentiment of the local indigenous people, the two sisters gathered a crowd and raised troops to conquer Jiaozhi Fucheng in one fell swoop.
They also killed the prefect Su Ding and other Han officials. Subsequently, the natives of Jiuzhen, Rinan, Hepu and other counties also rebelled and attached themselves to the Zheng sisters. More than 60 local cities fell at once.
Later, one of the two sisters proclaimed himself a king, and the other a general, and no one objected. This shows that in the area of Nichinan Jiuzhen at that time, not only were there no objections to women leading troops in war, but there was not much aversion to women taking power.
, coupled with the fact that walking marriages still existed to a certain extent in later generations, it proves that the Jiuzhen Rinan area still had a certain matrilineal tribal custom during the Han Dynasty.
This also means that after the Liu Bei trio arrived in Jiaozhi, the situation they had to face was very complicated. There were not only civilized people, but also semi-civilized people, and completely uncivilized people. Some were mainly men, and some were mainly women.
Mainly, there are tribes and villages that are like barbarians, and there are also towns and villages that are more similar to Han Xinjiang.
It is not difficult to regain these places, and there is not even the battle that was originally expected. Many times, when the natives on the other side see the equipment and numbers of Liu Bei's trio, they immediately surrender without saying a word. Guan Erye and Zhang San are suffocated.
My strength is of no use, and I have no place to run wild, so I have no choice but to demolish the house.
Liu Bei now somewhat understands why Shi Xie is only willing to stay in the South Vietnam area for a long time, and does not have many generals or soldiers to advance to the Jiuzhen and Rinan areas. Perhaps the most fundamental reason is that it is too difficult.
.South Vietnam has some foundations of civilization, but the people in this area are like savages who have just walked out of the mountains and forests. They can't communicate. If they want to do something, it's just...
What? Conscription? Recruit them to be strong men?
Don't be kidding, even in later generations, farmers in Africa will have a terrible headache. What's more, in the current era of the Han Dynasty, these indigenous people have no concept of advancement, and they do not have high material needs. They only have some food every day.
He would just drink it, lie down on the ground and pretend to be dead when he did a little work, and he would do the work crookedly if he wasn't paying attention. Either the building collapsed or the ditch was tilted, and he couldn't even cut wood well.
And if you look at the soldiers of Shi Xie before, who only have one move "pig attack" from beginning to end, you will know how thankless it is to recruit these natives as soldiers. Just practice one
How to distinguish left and right clearly can make Mr. Zhang completely collapse and let out a thunderous roar, not to mention how to read the flag, listen to the golden drum, and know how to advance and retreat.
This is like a person who has not even completed nine years of compulsory education and is not even qualified to work in a factory. There is no way, the level of knowledge is there, and he can't even understand the requirements of the instructions and drawings. How can he make crooked waste products?
Don't you want to trick a bunch of people to death?
These natives can only do some rough work at most.
And what Liu Bei and others need is not just menial work.
This is very contradictory.
Regardless of whether it is a political power or a foundation, it is necessary to have a certain amount of mulberry farming. But how can we ensure a stable mulberry farming if we rely on slash-and-burn farming to survive? Water conservancy is also necessary, but it is laborious to dig a full-shaped canal, let alone
The waterwheel is grinding. Anyway, I don’t have what I want, and it’s difficult to do anything.
The population is not too small, but taxes are basically zero.
There are some wealthy noble families, but the education system is basically zero.
Worse than in Xinye...
"Well..." Liu Bei pondered.
"Brother!" Zhang Fei shook his beard like a steel needle, "I said...that damn hussar general, did he really know that this is what happened here, and then he pretended to be generous and let us come here?"
Guan Yu squinted his eyes aside, as if he was falling asleep, and never spoke.
"That must be it!" Zhang Fei slapped his thigh, yes, he slapped the wrong thigh, "This cunning guy! He must know something, but he just didn't tell us!"
Liu Bei smiled and did not answer. He was as gentle as a Samoyed, but the white teeth he showed seemed to prove something.
If Jiaozhi really wants to be run, it will take less than twenty or thirty years, or three or four generations, to see any special effects. This is also the case with the officials sent to South Vietnam in the Han Dynasty. Almost every one of them only thinks about it.
Make money, and then find some way to jump back.
Perhaps not all of those Han Dynasty governors were born corrupt and only wanted to scrape land. Perhaps when they came to Jiaozhi, each of them had some ambitions, but had to fail in the face of the cold reality.
Come, be beaten until you lose your armor and finally raise your hands to surrender.
Later, the so-called going to the frontier of the Han Dynasty became an attitude and a kind of gold plating. I shouted loudly, but I didn’t really want to devote my life to such an area and then die in a foreign land. So.
In the later period, basically speaking, every Han Dynasty governor who came to areas like Jiaozhi and South Vietnam tried to seize as much land as possible, sending people regardless of life or death to collect local specialties, and then presented them to the central government, treating Jiaozhi as one of their own.
Pedal, as for what the future will be like after pedaling, these people don't care and don't care.
For more than a hundred years, the situation on the frontiers of the Han Dynasty has been like this.
The Northern Desert of Liaodong, the Western Region of Longyou, and South Vietnam's Jiaozhi are all the same.
If Shi Xie had not encountered turmoil and frequent wars in the Central Plains, he might have been like other Han prefects, taking over territory and then looking for opportunities to run away.
Now, a very real problem is facing the three Liu Bei brothers.
Although Liu Bei had some plans in mind when he went south, when he actually arrived in Jiaozhi, left South Vietnam, and arrived in the Jiuzhen and Rinan areas, he realized that he had thought too easily.
If you really want to get down to it, you will find it very difficult.
How to choose?
This is a very difficult choice.
"My whole life..." Liu Bei said slowly, "Until now, I feel that it has been a bit futile, like the moon in the water or the flowers in the mirror. It looks very beautiful, but it is empty..."
"Brother!"
"Brother..."
Liu Bei waved his hand, "It's not that I feel sorry for myself... It's true... I first attached myself to Lu Gong, because Lu Gong was well-known in the world at that time. By following him, I could make friends with some people... Later, I really
I made friends with Brother Bogui... and later on, I met you guys..."
Liu Bei smiled and said, "Below the Taoyuan, I said I wanted to pacify the Han Dynasty and help the country... Haha, think about it now, I was drunk at the time and I was talking big words..."
Zhang Fei leaned forward slightly, "Brother!"
"Brother!" Guan Yu frowned slightly, his eyes condensed.
"But this is also my lifelong wish!" Liu Bei did not look at Guan Yu, but just patted his chest, "I have been displaced, fighting in the north and south, living and dying in the yellow sand. This wish has always been here..."
"Brother!" Zhang Fei smiled naively and scratched the back of his head, "Me too!"
"Hahaha..." Liu Bei patted Zhang Fei's arm, then smiled and pulled Guan Yu's arm.
Guan Yu stroked his long beard, nodded and smiled.
"I have already walked from Liaodong to Jiaozhi in the territory of the Han Dynasty... Haha, I never thought I would go so far..." Liu Bei laughed, "I went out to study when I was fifteen years old, and now I am in my forties...
…At that time, you know, my face was always shiny. Others said my face was like jade, moist and lustrous. Now look at this skin and these wrinkles..."
"Brother is not old yet!" Zhang Fei said bluntly.
Guan Yu kicked Zhang Fei.
Liu Bei laughed again, "I used to think that the place I saw was the Han Dynasty, the world, and this world! Haha, it turned out not to be... I went to Guanzhong and read the book, the map, and the one in the Cavalry Hall.
The sand table... then I realized that the world I thought was actually... just a corner of other people's sand table..."
"Just now... To be honest, I wanted to back down for a while, and I felt regretful..." Liu Bei smiled, openly and naturally, "Isn't it good to enjoy yourself? I'm already this old... Sit down,
Lie down, feel tired, stop working hard, do whatever you want, live as long as you can, eat and drink, find a few wives, give birth to a lot of children, when the time comes, close your eyes, no matter what happens behind you... But suddenly I
think……"
"Where has my youth gone?"
"Where has my courage gone?"
"Where have my dreams, my glory, and the vows we made to heaven and earth in the peach garden gone?"
"Where have they all gone?" Liu Bei slowly put his hand on his chest, "I searched for a long time...and then I found it. It's still here...it still reminds me, so that I have never forgotten...my heart
Still beating, my blood is not yet cold..."
"Some things are not something you think about or do only if you like them. If they are right and correct, they are worth trying! They are worth doing!" Liu Bei sighed, "Everything in this world can be done."
If everything goes as you want, you can be happy with everything. If you like things among the right things, you will naturally be happy, but if you don't like the unsatisfactory things, if it is correct and right, you have to do it even if it is difficult! Is it difficult to become what you want?
If you want, you can do the wrong thing, and you can ignore right and wrong and destroy your conscience?"
"Difficulties reveal your true colors! Fire is the way to refine true gold!"
"We are Han people, our big Han people. We Han people were once so glorious... fearless, open-minded, tolerant of the world, and eclectic..." Liu Bei raised his head, looked at the sky, and said slowly, "Three or four hundred years ago.
, the road was even more difficult to walk than it is now. The Han people had already been here, established Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan. They also went to the Western Regions and reached Haixi... I just thought, were there any Han people at that time?
He said that the journey is too far, too difficult, too tiring, and too dangerous...so he can’t walk it, he can’t do it, there’s no hope at all, so he doesn’t need to go? He doesn’t need to do it?』
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei couldn't help but also began to think deeply.
"...Our ancestors, no one set an example for them, no one opened the way for them, no one showed them the direction, no one told them what they should do and what they shouldn't do, but they just did it and just walked on.
Just like that, we created the world, just like that we fought all over the world, just like that we conquered the whole world!"
"Because the former governor of Jiaozhi was greedy, lazy, treacherous, and cruel, so can we be as greedy, lazy, treacherous, and cruel as those guys?"
"No!"
"It has great etiquette, so it is called Xia! It has the beauty of attire, so it is called Hua!"
"We come with the glory of China, we come with the majesty of the Han Dynasty! We want to tell these people of Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen Rinan in South Vietnam that although there are greedy, lazy, cunning and cruel people in the Han Dynasty, they also have courtesy, justice and integrity.
Loyalty, filial piety and righteousness! There are Chinese etiquette and the splendor of the Han Dynasty!』
"Let's tell them what is the real China and what is the real man"!
"How majestic China is, how glorious the Han Dynasty is!"
"Even if...he cannot return to his homeland in this life..." Liu Bei stood up, took two steps forward and pointed at the Han banner not far ahead, "But as long as this Han banner is there, under the banner,
This is the hometown of the Han Dynasty!』
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei couldn't help but get up together and stood beside Liu Bei.
"Here in Jiaozhi, there are almost no scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, agriculture, mulberry and water conservancy are in ruins, soldiers and equipment are difficult to maintain, all these are difficulties..." Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, then looked at Zhang Fei, and put the two men's hands together.
Pulling up, "But it doesn't matter...because I still have two brothers here!"
Guan Yu cupped his hands and bowed his head, and bowed with a straight face, "Guan follows your brother! We work together with the same heart, and we will not swerve to the death!"
"Me too!" Zhang Fei opened his big round eyes.
Liu Bei looked up to the sky and smiled, "Hahaha, come here! Get some wine!"
Thin wine, slightly sour.
Like an idealist who refuses to bow his head.
"Here's to the big man!"
"Respect the great Han people who are striving to move forward in this world!"
