Han Dao world

Kong Rong froze for a moment. "Winter? Aren't you going back to the Central Plains this year?"

"Back to the Central Plains?" Zhou Yu laughed. "Mr. Kong, you came to northern Xinjiang to look for the remnants of the Yin and Shang. How could you turn back when you arrived at the North Sea? The remnants of the Yin and Shang are still three thousand miles north of the North Sea. It will take us two months to get there, even if we take the fastest sledge. It will be the coldest twelfth lunar month there. I’m fine, Kong Gong’s body may not be able to stand the cold.”

Kong Rong opened his mouth, but said nothing.

He just wants to curse now.

At the beginning of February, I followed Zhou Yu from Liaodong, and after traveling for half a year, I still haven't even seen Beihai.

This errand is too deceitful, worse than exile.

If Zhou Yu hadn't taken good care of him, he would have died on the road long ago.

Are there really Yin Shang adherents in this ghost place?He was skeptical.

Along the way, they did see many tribes, but almost all of them had no written language, and they couldn't see anything similar to the Chinese civilization.In farther places, there will be adherents of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and even ancient books?

Ghosts believe.

In the final analysis, it was because the Son of Heaven didn't like him and didn't want to be called a murderer, so he found an excuse to drive him away.

The same goes for Mi Heng, who didn't say a word for himself.

The more Kong Rong thought about it, the more angry he became, he flicked his sleeves and went back to the cabin to drink.

Zhou Yu saw it and sighed secretly.

If he had a choice, he would never take Kong Rong on the road.Along the way, Kong Rong did nothing useful except complain and curse.Even when I asked him some questions about Confucian classics, he was listless, perfunctory as he could, and refused as soon as he could.

Although he was born in the Lujiang Zhou family, in Kong Rong's eyes, he was just a martial artist, a young man who wanted to make a name for himself, and had nothing to do with learning, and he was not even qualified to be his student.

As time went by, Zhou Yu's desire to learn became weaker, and he focused more on his own affairs.

He came this time with more than a dozen ships.In addition to the soldiers and the necessary luggage, there were a lot of goods on board.Everywhere he went, he would trade with the local tribes, sell them exquisite products from the Central Plains, and then exchange some living materials and inquire about some news.

The most popular are silk and tea.

Originally there were iron wares, but iron wares were related to defense, and the quantity was strictly controlled, and tribes that were not particularly well-connected could not be traded.

Silk and tea are small in size but highly profitable, and they are popular among the tribes on the grasslands.Silk is the favorite clothing material of noble ladies, and tea is a favorite drink of men, women and children, comparable to gold.

In exchange for a Sipa, girls from some tribes would rather sleep with an ordinary soldier.

Along the way, almost all the soldiers enjoyed unimaginable treatment in the Central Plains, and talked about it.

Zhou Yu is undoubtedly the most popular one.Along the way, I don't know how many beautiful girls have their hearts broken for him.Some people even rode horses and followed the boat for hundreds of miles.

Kong Rong's bad mood is also related to his feeling that such a thing is offensive.

As for whether Zhou Yu kept his body like a jade, he didn't care.

In his opinion, even if Zhou Yu defended himself like a jade this time, it was just for him to see.If he hadn't accompanied him, Zhou Yu must have been licentious and flirtatious everywhere.

This is not spreading the civilization of clothes, it is simply a beast in clothes, no different from barbarians.

Zhou Yu had neither interest nor energy to explain.

"General, there are cavalry ahead." The soldier in charge of looking out suddenly said, pointing to the distance.

Zhou Yu looked around and saw a figure the size of a grain of rice on the horizon in the distance.

"Can you see who it is?"

"It's too far away to see clearly. But from the way it looks, there shouldn't be any malicious intentions. Wait, what are they holding in their hands? Clairvoyance?"

Zhou Yu was taken aback for a moment, then strode up to Feilu, and took clairvoyance from the soldiers.

In his circular field of vision, he could clearly see the figures of the two knights, and indeed saw one of them holding something, very similar to the clairvoyance in his hand.

As if feeling the same way as Zhou Yu, the two knights set up a fiery red battle flag.

Zhou Yu was overjoyed, and said loudly: "This is my big man's ranger. I just don't know if it is from the Youyan Governor's Mansion or the Yanran Governor's Mansion. Come on, take out the best wine and welcome our warriors. "

Chapter 1215 The Book Without Words

Not long after, two knights came galloping.

They belonged to Yanran's Protectorate, and their scope of inspection originally took Langjuxu Mountain as the east boundary. This time they traveled so far, they even brought clairvoyance, and they came here specially to find Zhou Yu.

Among the news from the Protectorate of the Western Regions, there was a private letter from Jiang Gan to Zhou Yu. Cao Cao, the Protector of Yanran, attached great importance to this matter and specially arranged for rangers to cruise around.They got news from the local tribe that Zhou Yu was coming, so they took the initiative to greet him.

Zhou Yu was overjoyed. After receiving the letter, he invited the two knights to drink and gave some exquisite gifts.

The knight was very satisfied, and besides thanking him again and again, he also mentioned some news that he had just heard from the mansion newspaper.

The Son of Heaven toured the south and went to Changsha. The conquest of Jiaozhou may be accelerated.Everyone is guessing that after Jiaozhou is pacified, the Western Expedition may be put on the agenda, and the Yanran Governor's Mansion may also provide some cavalry.

The most active of these is wolf riding.

The wolves have been sweeping the grassland for several years, and they have almost killed the nearby tribes. The rest either fled or surrendered, tame like lambs.There was no place for the wolf riders to be used, and Lu Bu was too idle to panic. After returning from Nanyang last year, he was talking about going west with the emperor.After hearing that her daughter Lu Xiaohuan had given birth to a prince, this idea became more and more vigorous like grass on the grassland.

Some people said that Lu Bu was born too poorly and had a bad reputation, so it was meaningless to stay in the Central Plains. He would not only have the opportunity to fight with the emperor, but also be with his daughter and grandson. It would not be a problem to become a king in the future.

The Western Region is so big, anything is possible.

Zhou Yu couldn't help but be moved when he heard this.

He has traveled twice in northern Xinjiang, and he knows that the living conditions here are too poor, and the population is even more sparse. For the Central Plains, it will always be a frontier and cannot become the core.It is different in the Western Regions, where there is a large area of ​​land and a household registration that is almost the same as that of a big man.After the conquest, it was a matter of course for the prince and clan to be named king, and the officers and soldiers to be named marquis.

After seeing off the knight, Zhou Yu immediately opened Jiang Gan's letter.

Strictly speaking, although this letter was written by Jiang Gan, most of the opinions in it came from Shen You.

Shen You explained the situation of the Kebineng Department, focusing on the introduction of several nearby large lakes called seas, and believed that the navy is very useful.Ke Bineng neither has this ability nor is he reliable, and the navy can only be dominated by the Han people.The candidate he is most optimistic about is Zhou Yu. He hopes that after Zhou Yu completes the task assigned by the emperor, he will rush to the Western Regions as soon as possible to preside over the preparations for the navy.

After reading the letter, Zhou Yu thought about it for a long time.

From the eagerness of Jiang Gan and Shen You, he could feel that the situation in the Western Regions was very good.Even if the Son of Heaven hadn't set off yet, with the strength of the Protectorate of the Western Regions and Ke Bineng Department alone, he was able to make a name for himself in the Western Regions, so much so that Shen You had enough energy to consider the establishment of a navy.

This is not only an opportunity for the big man, but also an opportunity for Yangzhou people.

Especially considering that Yu Fan presided over the martial arts lecture hall and the emperor visited Jiangnan again.

As the weather gets colder, the center of the Central Plains will move south, and the entire south of the Yangtze River, including most of Yangzhou, will usher in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This may be the consensus of people of insight.

Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou will be the three states that benefit the most.

Jiang Gan and Shen You obviously realized this, that's why they were so eager to send him a message through Yanran's Protectorate.

A gentleman does what he sees, and does not wait until the end of the day.

Early the next morning, while having breakfast, Zhou Yu said to Kong Rong, "Is Duke Kong really in a hurry to return to the Central Plains?"

Kong Rong glanced at Zhou Yu, and instead of answering him in a hurry, he took a sip of wine in an orderly manner. "I heard that someone sent you a message yesterday, may I ask what kind of message it is?"

Zhou Yu took out the letter and pushed it directly in front of Kong Rong.

Kong Rong was taken aback, looked at the letter on the case, then at Zhou Yu, stroked his beard and pondered.

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, Duke Kong. It's not a secret, it's just some news from the Western Regions."

Kong Rong thought for a while, then opened the letter and read it.Halfway through, he laughed. "It turns out that you wanted to go to the Western Regions earlier, not for my sake."

"My mission was to find waterways, not the survivors of the Yin and Shang Dynasties." Zhou Yu smiled. "Escorting Duke Kong to the north is not part of my mission. I was entrusted by the elders and had to do it. If Kong Gong is reluctant, he can stop here and don't have to go to the ice and snow to be frozen. Anyway, those people have already survived there. Hundreds of years, not bad for these few years."

Kong Rong took a deep breath and let it out slowly, hesitating.

Zhou Yu said again: "Forgive me, with Kong Gong's current state of mind, even if he meets a real Yin Shang survivor, it may be difficult to achieve anything. Rather than this, it is better to wait for scholars who are interested in this in the future..."

Kong Rong's expression changed. "Boy, do you know what you're talking about?"

Zhou Yu's expression remained unchanged. "of course I know."

Kong Rong stood up and said angrily: "Then tell me, what kind of mentality I am, and why it is difficult to achieve anything."

Zhou Yu stared at Kong Rong for a while, then nodded. "Since Kong Gong is so straightforward, I will open my heart and say a few words of my heart to Kong Gong. If there are any deficiencies, please ask Kong Gong to teach me."

"Hmph!" Kong Rong sneered. "If you can't explain why today, I will go back to the Central Plains in the future, and I will have to ask Zhou Jiamou to clarify."

Zhou Yu waved his hand to signal Kong Rong to take a seat.He picked up his chopsticks, dipped them in some wine, and wrote freely on the case.

"Dong Kong traveled all the way north. He neither intended to understand the language of the local tribes, nor did he have any intention of inquiring about their customs. It was already rare to be able to listen to them tell the legends of the tribe. In my opinion, you probably think that these have no words and no classics. It is impossible for the tribe to have any culture, let alone Yin and Shang classics, so it doesn’t matter if you don’t listen to it.”

"Is not it?"

"Kong Gong, is the enlightenment of the saints only on the bamboo slips? If you think so, I don't think you need to go any further. Because even if there is a Yin Shang suicide note, it must have been hundreds of years ago. Rotten. Have you seen Jianbo from hundreds of years ago?"

Kong Rong's gray brows were tightly frowned, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in his eyes. "According to what you say, isn't the Yin Shang suicide note just empty talk?"

"If you're talking about Jianbo, it's indeed empty talk."

"It's not Jianbo, what else could it be?"

"If there is a Yin Shang posthumous book handed down to the present, it must record the eternal Dao. The Dao is simple, and the people use it every day without knowing it. Naturally, it is the daily necessities of the people. Language, customs, and sacrifices may all be carried. The wordless book of the teachings of the sages cannot be perceived by anyone who has a heart."

Kong Rong sneered. "Then tell me, you caring person, what did you find out?"

Zhou Yu thought about it. "I don't know if Duke Kong noticed it. Most of the tribes we saw along the way had fair skin, golden hair, and blue eyes. And the further north we go, the whiter the skin, the more golden the hair, and the greener the eyes."

"so what?"

"This shows that they are probably local people who have lived here for thousands of years."

Kong Rong pondered, thoughtful.

"However, some tribes have black hair and black eyes, similar to people from the Central Plains. I asked them, most of these tribes migrated from the Central Plains, and the oldest one was only a hundred years old. After intermarrying with local people, their skin color did not change much. But the hair color and eye color are obviously different from those of the Central Plains people."

Kong Rong understood a little bit. "So, those Yin Shang adherents you saw..."

"They all have black hair and black eyes. There is only one possibility. They are from the Central Plains, and they do not intermarry with foreigners."

Chapter 1216

Kong Rong was silent for a while, hesitating.

He understood what Zhou Yu meant.

Those people must be from the Central Plains, and there are a large number of them, which are completely different from the local tribes.But it is almost impossible to see documents such as Jiantou silk from their hands.

Even if it ever existed, the Yin and Shang Dynasties have long since perished for nearly a thousand years.

If you want to get these ancient books, you can only find them from their language and customs, especially the prayers and stories sung by the priests.

Does he have the patience and ability?

Zhou Yu said that it is difficult for him to achieve anything, perhaps because of these two points, especially the latter.

Even though it was true, it still made him very hurt.

All his life he was conceited about learning, but now he is being questioned by a junior.

But he had to admit that for him, understanding those barbarian languages ​​was really difficult, not an easy task.He was old, his energy was failing, his memory was not as good as before, and it seemed too late to start learning the language of the barbarians.

If it was an ordinary ancient book, he would choose to give it up now.

But that is the Yin Shang suicide note, it may even be the legendary Three Graves and Five Classics, Eight Suo Jiuqiu.If you just slipped away from my eyes like this, how could you be reconciled?

"I... think about it." Kong Rong sighed, and said with a wry smile, "I'm old, and I'm 30 years younger..."

He smacked his lips, but stopped talking.

Zhou Yu nodded understandingly. "Don't worry, Mr. Kong, you can think about it slowly. If you want, you can live here for a year and learn their languages ​​by the way. In fact, these languages ​​sound very different from those in the Central Plains. In fact, the difference is not as big as you think. It only took me more than half a year to get a rough grasp of its meaning. With Duke Kong's intelligence, it will surely come true."

Kong Rong was skeptical. "So easy?"

"In front of Duke Kong, how dare you speak nonsense?" Zhou Yu smiled and toasted. "If Duke Kong really complained to my uncle, would I dare to return to the Central Plains in the future?"

Kong Rong laughed and raised his glass too. "Okay, you go to your Western Regions, I will live here for a year. But, there is one thing, you have to promise me first?"

"what's up?"

"I have to keep my tea. I eat meat and cheese every day, so I can't do without tea."

Zhou Yu laughed. "Don't worry, I will arrange someone to serve Konggong here, but everything you need will be guaranteed." He thought for a while, and then said: "I have another suggestion, just for Konggong's reference."

"tell me the story."

"Since you live here for a long time, you might as well teach some children to read. Firstly, it is convenient to learn their language, and secondly, it can also relieve boredom. As a descendant of Duke Kong and the sage, educating the barbarians here is not only to fulfill the will of the emperor to educate the world. , It is to follow the legacy of the saints who teach without discrimination. The imperial court should reward him, and the Confucian school should also be proud of Kong Gong."

After hearing this, Kong Rong beamed with joy and nodded again and again.

These few words of Zhou Yu have reached his heart.

That's how things settled.