Yu Zai was immediately surprised, but think about it, in the long history, in certain periods, there will indeed be such pioneers who are incompatible with other people, but most of their actions in ancient times failed and were
The nobles surrounded and suppressed them, and were eventually overthrown or killed.
There are similar people everywhere, but it will take a long time for them to succeed.
"A wise man, as a noble king, thinks about the common people at the bottom, and even promulgates this kind of law? Just by relying on this kind of awareness, we can already call him a sage, or a semi-saint.
"
"Moreover, the reason for the reform is to ease social conflicts. This ancient king indeed has great wisdom to see this."
Gudiya could only laugh awkwardly at Ruzai's words, so the two of them briefly skipped the topic outside. At this time, Priest Nankam was still making a fuss, and his face became even more ugly after seeing Ruanzai ignoring him.
Already.
Gudiya also looked at Nankam at this time and signaled him to stop jumping, like a crazy donkey:
"If you have anything you want to ask now, let me convey it to you."
Nankam saluted Gudiya, then calmed down his ferocious expression, and began to question Yuzai. The first thing was about the map. Yuzai went back to the palace, fetched the big backpack, and the map fell into Nankam's hand.
When they were on the map, the surrounding priests couldn't help but exclaimed subconsciously. They were shocked not only by the material of this map, but also by the detailed markings of various city-states and villages on the map.
And Nan Kam’s face looked even worse!
"This must be the result of careful observation of our land to draw such a sophisticated painting!"
"You still say you are not a foreign spy?"
"There is also something like this. I heard that you have a few similar ones. This kind of sheepskin-like thing must be made of sheepskin!"
"You must only have these few, you can't have too many!"
He held the map up high and wanted to tear it off, but he thought that this kind of thing was too precious, and the material was indeed something he had never seen before. It was also hindered by the gaze of Yu Zai and his king.
The horrible oppressive feeling still lingered in his heart, preventing him from taking action and could only throw the map on the ground.
But my eyes kept glancing at the map.
So, he started to continue preaching about the Nergal Star, but Ruzai just laughed twice and said to Gudiya beside him:
"This year a disaster star appears, and next year a war breaks out. This is a successful prediction. This year a disaster star appears, and next month a war breaks out. This is still a successful prediction. Today a disaster star appears, and tomorrow there will be a war.
If a war breaks out, this is still a successful prediction. Anyway, as long as you see the star of disaster, any unlucky things that happen in the future will be attributed to the celestial phenomena."
"Wars originate from human greed, not the stars. If others don't attack you, how can there be wars and disasters? This is a random event, but I can understand the mood of this priest. The fear of me comes from others.
The mediators of the city-state are also thinking about Lagash."
Yu Zai understood the priest's behavior of attacking him very well. Although part of the hostility of the other party came from the threat to his status, he was generally just and righteous. He kept saying that he was thinking about Lagash. There was nothing wrong with him.
.
I always feel like I have become the villain in some stories, bewitching the good king.
"This story is not going in the right direction and must be reversed."
Demonstration of divine power was not enough to convince them. They were given maps and telescopes and considered to be the result of illusions and spying on intelligence. After all, people always believe in what they can see with their own eyes and will question what they cannot see.
"But questioning is a good thing. Only with doubts can we have the motivation to explore the truth."
So, give them something that will shock them.
Some things can be counterfeited and disguised.
But some things are not allowed.
Yuzai's magnanimity and compliments were something King Gudiya had not expected, which surprised him. However, if he thought about it, if the other party was really the King of the East, and he was not exaggerating, then based on what he had experienced,
Things and people I have seen rule such a vast area. It is normal to have such a big heart.
At this time, Yuzai took out something new from his backpack.
A book made entirely of paper.
There was a weird atmosphere surrounding it. The previous map was no longer enough to attract everyone's attention, and what Nankam said was made of sheepskin, there could not be too many valuables, but now a thick map appeared.
A whole thick volume.
Yu Zai just gave the book to the other party, and Nan Kam was dumbfounded.
This book is enough to explain a lot of things. At least in the surrounding countries, I have not heard of anyone who can produce this kind of material on a large scale. Moreover, after opening the book, the words on it do not look like handwriting, they are neat and uniform.
Even Gudiya was surprised: "The characters are so neatly carved. The person who wrote this thing must be very skilled in writing."
But Yuzai waved his hand and told Gudiya: "This is called a book. The words on it are printed, not written by people. The neat words are because when printing, the intervals between the molds are arranged and carved by
The master carved it on each square."
"Books? Printing? What are books and printing?"
Gudea was very confused.
After Yu Zai explained it briefly, King Gudiya understood that it turned out that the clay tablets were coated with mineral pigments and then copied on this kind of paper, so that they could be quickly formed. This thing was a book, and this was probably the process.
However, the text on the clay tablet must be written upside down, and it cannot be carved in, but must protrude, which is slightly more technically demanding. And when he heard that this kind of printing is just ordinary printing, Gudea
He fell into a brief period of contemplation.
The spread of culture within a small area may also be broken by the arrival of this technology.
I don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, but Gudea didn't want to make the same mistake as King Ulukakina. When other city-states attacked his own city-state, the nobles in the city opened the city and surrendered.
Uniting the nobles is still very important. As for the people to open up their wisdom, it will not be of much benefit to the current self, nor will it bring much benefit.
Nankamu, on the other hand, couldn't understand this book at all, but the dense text in it was enough to make his head swell into a ball.
"So, what kind of book is this? Is it some kind of precious book?"
King Gudea asked Yu Zai.
Yu Zai responded: "No, this is just a big Chinese dictionary."
"Mature writing is the best and most powerful evidence that represents the authenticity of a civilization!"