The "Qin Gaotai" recorded in the "Fangwai Tuzhi" is the whole world in the eyes of the local aborigines, and they call it the "Kingdom of Heaven", which obviously carries the shadow of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in those years. However, the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has long been blurred, and it is even just a myth and legend that is difficult to verify for a long time, and they have lived and multiplied here for tens of thousands of years.

The story of "Worry-free Township" that Ding Qi told to the three disciples was actually confirmed by some kind of coincidence. The speed of time passing on the high platform is indeed different from that of the outside world, and only more than one hundred and fifty years have passed outside.

Ding Qi and other four masters and apprentices were called Brother Tian by the local aborigines, and the place they came to was called Dongdaying, which contained a total of four villages and more than 700 residents, which showed that the scale of each village was not large. There are five great camps in the whole heavenly kingdom, eastern, western, southern, northern, and central, distributed on five plains suitable for settlement, and the population of each large camp is about the same, and the total population of this world is about 4,300 people.

From a biological point of view, this is also a number that can barely maintain genetic diversity and keep the population from degrading.

The area of the whole world is limited, if the direction of the rising sun is east, from east to west is about 120 li, from south to north 100 li, roughly estimated, the area of the Qin Gaotai or the Kingdom of Heaven is about 300 square kilometers. Tintzi and the others were unlucky, and the first place they arrived was close to the easternmost point of the world.

If they had gone east, over the mountains, they would have reached the edge of the world a few kilometers away, and the scene there would be like a fog of the unknown. A large part of the eastern part of the kingdom of heaven is covered with mountains, and most of the places they have traveled have been inaccessible for 3,000 years.

Due to the darkness of the night, the scope of the activities of the aborigines in most cases is limited to the places they can travel to and from during the day, which has been a habit formed in historical traditions. In the entire kingdom of heaven, there are several places that are so far away from the villages, inaccessible, and inaccessible, and the area that Ding Qi and the others have reached is the largest of them.

Such places are even deliberately depicted in the map of the kingdom of heaven and are prescribed as "reservations" by local law. Interestingly, the term reservation crashed. I think that the European colonists arrived on the American continent and occupied all the good places, and the Indians were almost extinct, and finally carved a few pieces of land in the barren mountains and mountains to the remaining Indian indigenous tribes. This kind of place, translated into Chinese, also happens to be a reservation.

However, the meaning and reason for their formation are different, and in the books of the Kingdom of Heaven, the word "bao" in the reservation is incorrect. The Chinese character Bao is a single person next to a dumb, stay is the upper mouth and lower wood, and the Chinese character used here Bao, the right is the upper mouth and the lower ten, missing a skim and a pinch of those two strokes.

A few students analyzed how this "typo" was formed? There must have been literate people among the Taiping army who had taken refuge in this place, so there was a written word handed down here, and if the person who left the text at the beginning had written the character Bao wrongly, then it would have been used by future generations.

Dan Dingqi told his disciples that in the earliest oracle bone inscriptions, the character bao was written like this, with a person on the left and a cross on the right, which also looked like a person with long arms. Therefore, it may be that the Chinese characters have undergone a re-simplification in the circulation of this place, and of course, it is also possible that the earliest people wrote it incorrectly.

Many of the characters used in local books are still traditional characters, but many of them have been simplified, and most of them are almost the same as the simplified characters used in the outside world today. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there was no movement to simplify characters, and the implementation of simplified characters in the mainland was carried out after the founding of New China, along with the literacy campaign.

Many people may have the misconception that simplified characters are forcibly created in that era, but this is not the case. The abbreviation of Chinese characters has existed since ancient times, and can even be traced back to the Han Dynasty, and in the following two thousand years, with the development of calligraphy, simplified fonts have continued to appear, and the simplified character movement after the founding of New China is a large-scale comprehensive summary on the basis of history.

For example, a large part of the simplified characters we use today come from the cursive script of the ancients. The development of Chinese calligraphy has long been at its peak, cursive is by no means a graffiti, it has an internal artistic expression paradigm, but also formed many conventional fonts, and then became the source of simplified fonts used by the people.

Chinese characters have been circulating in this world for tens of thousands of years, and must have undergone a certain evolution, and it is interesting to note that most of the simplified characters are the simplified characters used by the outside world.

There are also a few fonts that have been changed, although they are not quite the same as the current simplified characters or the original traditional characters, but they are easily recognizable to those who are familiar with Chinese characters, and it is not difficult to tell which character it originally corresponded to by its glyph and its position in the text.

They may have been simplified or written incorrectly, but as long as the entire language system has been passed down, they are correct characters here and can be understood at a glance, which may be the uniqueness of Chinese characters.

There are books, of course, there is paper, and there is printing technology. Only a few classics were printed in engraving, most of the other books were handwritten, because the population was small and did not need to be issued as much, and the stereotypes were mainly for the preservation of content. There are two kinds of paper here, one is bamboo paper, which is thicker, and the other is mulberry paper, which is similar in texture to shengxuan.

Jingyang County was an important paper-producing area in ancient times, and there should have been local paper-making craftsmen who joined the Taiping Army, and later followed the remnants to this place and brought the papermaking process in. The high-grade rice paper is made from the bark of the sandalwood tree, while the low-grade rice paper can also be made from the bark of the mulberry tree.

There is obviously not enough sandalwood here, but artisans can still make paper from mulberry skin. Of course, the yield of paper here is not high, it is a very precious material, and mulberry paper is much more precious than bamboo paper, and it is kept in a special place together with books, and only bamboo paper is available in the aboriginal homes.

Ding Qi and the others were welcomed into Dongdaying in a sedan chair, and on the way they passed through a village, directly arrived at the most central village, and lived in the most beautiful and comfortable three-story building in the village. This is the tallest building in Dongdaying, and it is also the shrine of the aborigines, where the gods and books are stored.

The shrine has two cross-courtyards in front and back, there are wings on both sides of the cross-courtyard, and the attic at the back has three floors. The hall on the first floor of the back pavilion and the main hall is also a school for all the children of Dongdaying. All school-age children in Dongdaying are regularly educated here, and education is divided into two stages, known as primary school and university.

The three disciples were arranged to live in the wing room of the back courtyard, while Ding Qi lived on the second floor of the back pavilion, which was originally inhabitable, and was a place to collect books and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and was a sacred place, and only the "Heavenly Brother" had this qualification.

Brother Tian is the name of the aborigines here for Ding Qi and others, and it was set when Zhuang Mengzhou and Shang Ni arrived. At first, Zhuang Mengzhou didn't like this title, but later Feng Guoxin, the marshal of the Zhongda Battalion, said: "The title of Brother Tian is known in ancient mythology." Distinguished guests come from outside the world, and the world is all brothers, and it is okay to call Brother Tian, which is also a respect for the emperor and God. ”

What he said seemed to make sense, and Zhuang Mengzhou reluctantly recognized this title, and set it as a general term for all visitors from outside the world. After Brother Zhuang Tian arrived at the Zhongda camp with Brother Shang Tian, a "decree" issued was a prophecy that seven more Heavenly Brothers would arrive one after another, and asked the Zhongda Camp to notify the major camps in the east, west, south, and north to prepare to greet them.

Zhuang Mengzhou and Shang Ni were the first to "come", they entered the camp on the same day, and were offered by the brother who ate and drank well. Tan Hanchuan arrived at Beidaying two days later, and Beidaying had already received the order at that time, so Brother Tan Tian was also respectfully welcomed into the village. Three days later, Brother Zhu Tian and Brother Xian Tian arrived at the South and West Camps respectively.

After waiting for almost a month, Brother Tian finally came, and there were four of them, more than the two in the middle camp. This made the people of Dongdaying very happy, and the four villages celebrated together that day.

Ding Qi was also a little confused at the time, because the other party spoke too fast and his accent was a little special, so he didn't understand, and then he slowly asked carefully to understand what was going on, and then he got on a sedan chair and was carried into the East Daying.

When he learned that there were still four Heavenly Brothers who had not yet come, he specially made a new sedan chair, because there were only three sedan chairs originally. The armrests of the original three sedan chairs were decorated with dragons, phoenixes, and tigers in gold, and finally the sedan chairs were decorated with clouds, which were finally done before Ding Qi and them came.

After Ding Qi and the others were settled in their accommodation, Xiao Bozhi, the marshal of the East Daying, took out a batch of books for Ding Qi to read. This is also an edict issued by Brother Shang Tian, specifying several classics that each camp has a collection, and requiring the major camps to provide them to the coming Brother Tian for reading as soon as possible.

The first book was the Bible. This is the Bible of the world and not the outside of the Bible, also known locally as the True Testament, and it consists of two parts, the Old Book of the True Testament and the New Book of the True Testament. This has to do with the belief in the kingdom of heaven and history, and it needs to be read against historical sources to figure out what is going on.

The second book is the History of the Kingdom of Heaven, which is the simplest version of the local government and records the most important historical events. Many things must have happened in the 10,000-year-long history, and some less important details may be recorded in other ordinary books, and this "History of the Kingdom of Heaven" is a classic inheritance.

Both texts were printed on mulberry paper, and the entire Heavenly Kingdom used a uniform standard version for each camp, and its carved plates are said to be made of gold and kept in the shrine of the middle camp.

The third book is a set of nine volumes, hand-drawn on bamboo paper, which records almost all the products in the entire kingdom of heaven and how they were produced and processed. It is also the best technical information to understand this world, and its name is "Chronicles of the Heavenly Kingdom".

The fourth book is a very thin booklet, which is printed on bamboo paper, which is the local almanac.

These four texts are very well chosen, allowing outsiders to understand the world in the fastest time. This "edict" was issued by Shang Ni, probably from Zhuang Mengzhou's guidance, and it also made her addicted to issuing an edict.

Xiao Bozhi, the marshal of the Eastern Battalion, respectfully presented the four classics and the three edicts to Ding Qi, and told him that all the books in the Eastern Camp were next door, and that Brother Tian could access them at any time, and he could summon everyone at any time if necessary. Dongda Camp sent a group of people to live in the front courtyard wing of the shrine, just to listen to the call of your heavenly brothers at any time.

In addition to the four classics, how can there be three edicts? They were all sent by other battalions. The first edict was issued by Brother Zhuang Tian, which not only informed the major battalions to prepare to welcome the Heavenly Brother who came one after another, but also formulated a complex set of etiquette-

1. Do not touch the body and skin of the heavenly brother.

Second, without the permission of the Heavenly Brother, he shall not touch anything outside the heavens that he carries.

Third, when interviewing Brother Tian, you must be four feet away and must not receive his breath.

Fourth, Brother Tian's residence, when Gao Xuan is spacious, with wide windows facing the sun, bright and ventilated.

Fifth, when the heavenly brother comes, prepare a soup bath.

Sixth, what Brother Tian eats and uses, others are not allowed to eat and use again.

The second edict was promulgated by Brother Shang Tian, which stipulated that as soon as Brother Tian arrived in the village, the major battalions should present the four classics she had designated.

The third edict is even more strange, it was promulgated by Brother Tan Tian, and he actually prescribed a prescription for the soup bath, and designated the major camps to prepare it, and it was best to serve the soup bath as soon as Brother Tian arrived. If you don't prepare it at the first time, then you should also prepare the prescription as soon as possible after receiving the order for Brother Tian's soup bath.

When Brother Tan Tian promulgated this edict, in fact, Brother Zhu Tian and Brother Xian Tian had already arrived at the South Camp and the West Camp, and this prescription soup bath could only be made up afterwards, and only Ding Qi and the other four people could enjoy it at the first time. Looking at the prescription prescribed by Tan Hanchuan, many of the medicinal materials on it, Ding Qi and others don't know each other, maybe the outside world doesn't have it or the name is different, you may be able to understand it by comparing it with the "Chronicles of the Heavenly Kingdom".

The four masters and apprentices were all looking at these things in Ding Qi's room, Ye Yanxing frowned and said: "Master Zhuang took advantage of other people's religious beliefs and came here to pretend to be a heavenly brother, but the set of etiquette formulated is too complicated, is the shelf too big?"

Ding Qi shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Brother Tian naturally has the prestige of Brother Tian, Mr. Zhuang has set a set of etiquette on the surface, but in fact he is protecting the locals, afraid that we will bring a plague here." It has been isolated from the outside world for 10,000 years, and the microbial environment is probably different, and we may carry some bacteria and viruses that were not available here.

Meng Hui said: "No wonder the people here are so far away when they speak, and if they want to get closer, they will retreat." When I entered the village, I saw the children next to me and wanted to give them a few pieces of cherry paste candy, but the children were immediately pulled away by the adults...... Master, will this avoid the danger we pose?"

Ding Qi: "It's impossible to avoid it completely, but you should also try to avoid it, this medicinal bath prescription prescribed by your Uncle Tan should also be the intention." ”

As soon as he said this, he heard someone outside the door say respectfully: "Brother Tian, the soup medicinal bath is ready." ”

Everyone boiled four large wooden barrels of hot water, and also prepared melons and large cloth towels to wipe their bodies, Meng Huiyu bathed alone, and her own women waited. When you see this kind of melon, you know that loofah is produced here, and when you see this kind of cloth towel, you know that cotton is not produced here, and everyone does not know what the texture of the cloth is, anyway, it is not the most suitable cotton towel for water absorption.

I took a hot bath comfortably, and the hot water in the wooden barrel exuded a very good medicinal fragrance, and I had cooked the prescription prescribed by Tan Hanchuan in advance. After taking a shower, the meal was already set in the front room.

Before I came, Ding Qi was thinking, what do people here usually eat, are there any staple foods and vegetables outside? As a result, the staple food is rice, which tastes very good, and seems to be much more fragrant than the rice outside, maybe it is because he hasn't eaten rice for many days. The dishes are also very rich, with chicken, fish, meat and eggs.

The texture of the chicken is similar to the wild bamboo chicken they hunt in the mountains, but it feels a little more tender. Salt is produced here, and there are even cinnamon, peppercorns, and wild garlic, as well as an unknown root that is spicy because it is eaten in the dish. The fish is very fresh, the egg should be the kind of bamboo egg, and as for the other meat dish, it is actually a plate of frogs.

There are two plates of greens, one plate should be the tender tip pinched from the pumpkin vine, and the other plate is unrecognizable, but it is crisp and refreshing. Originally, I thought that this place might lack such an abundance of condiments from the outside world and would not make anything delicious, but it turned out to be unexpected, and several people felt that they had almost never eaten such a delicious meal in their lives.

Ding Qi also specially instructed before eating: "According to the edict issued by your Uncle Zhuang, the things we have eaten are not allowed to be used by others, and if these meals are not finished, they will be wasted, so try not to keep them." "When I really ate it, I found that I couldn't keep it without orders, and I even drank all the soup, how many days had I not eaten seriously like this?

After eating, they all went back to Ding Qi's room to read the classics, and several people took one to watch each, and then exchanged them to understand the situation of the world as soon as possible. Ding Qi first took the Bible, and after opening it, he found that it was very different from what he imagined, the core of this classic is the "Old Ten Heavenly Rules" and "New Ten Heavenly Articles", and most of the other content is the annotations made by the generations.

The traces of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can be clearly seen in the old ten heavenly strips, and there may be some words and phrases that are different from those in history, namely-

First, worship the Emperor God.

Second, it's not good to worship the god xie.

Third, it is not good to presumptuously call the name of the emperor and God.

Fourth, every week.

Fifth, be filial to your parents.

Sixth, it is not good to kill and harm others.

Seventh, it's not good to be treacherous.

Eighth, it's not good to steal and rob.

Ninth, it's not good to tell lies.

Tenth, it is not good to be greedy.

If anything, it is mainly in Article 4. The seven-day week is a tradition that originated from Christianity and later developed into a secular weekly system, so Sunday is also called Sunday. But here, it has become the 1st, 11th, and 21st of every month, and Sunday has also become a public holiday.

According to the "Almanac", it can be seen that the calendar used here is the solar calendar, which is the same as the Gregorian calendar or the Gegao calendar in the outside world, but at the same time the Ganzhi year is used. The changes in spring, summer, autumn and winter here are the same as those in the outside world, but there are big and small years. A small year is an ordinary year, while a big year refers to a 60-year cycle of heaven and earth.

The climate here has its own unique pattern, although there are spring, summer, autumn and winter throughout the year, but the changes are not very obvious. In most cases, the river does not freeze at its coldest and is not too hot at its hottest. However, there is a cycle of 60 years between heaven and earth, and every 60 years there are always more than 10 years when the river is the coldest, and there are always more than 10 years when the river will freeze in winter, and there are always more than 10 years when the temperature is relatively high in summer.

Ding Qi and the others entered here at noon in May, and when they arrived at Dongdaying, it was already mid-June, the early summer of the year. This year is the year of the second unitary, which corresponds to the great year and is equivalent to early summer, which is the best time in the kingdom of heaven.

And the new ten heavenly rules at the back of the "Bible" were dumbfounded, and they turned out to be-

First, red bricks are not allowed to be burned, and all bridges and houses that need bricks are made of green bricks. Cherish the pottery, and those who break the pottery should be punished, and those who deliberately break the pottery should be punished.

Second, the kingdom of heaven is divided into five camps: eastern, western, southern, northern, and central. Each large camp with a population of more than 600 can have three sons, and each large camp with a population of more than 800 can have two sons, and if the population is less than 600, there is no limit to the number of children born to each household.

Third, the annual output of copper in the Kingdom of Heaven shall not exceed 100 catties, and the output of tin shall not exceed 50 catties.

Fourth, where the field is cultivated, the continuous cropping of a single species shall not exceed three years, and the rotation of the same species shall not exceed five years. Where sloping fields are sown, there shall be no less than five kinds of crops, and no barren plants shall be eliminated. Every storehouse must keep enough of the seed of the crop, and there shall be no food for famine.

Fifth, to cook the things that are burning the fire, first use straw, straw, vines and other fields to collect the remaining materials. These things and ashes are under the control of the major battalions and are not to be disposed of at will. Cut down the trees in the mountains. Where the material is taken, ten years off.

Sixth, in July, August, and September, it is forbidden to fish with nets.

Seventh, cherish the protection of the department, frogs can be eaten but not sold.

Eighth, the first city, in the middle of the camp. 11. Twenty-one small cities, in the major camps.

Ninth, all battalions are equal, men and women are equal, and all men in the world are brothers. The marshal bishop, the military division is the main library, and the Sima master is the third duke. The three public are promoted by each battalion, and if not, they should be replaced.

10. Angels descended from above, not from heaven. Anyone who was born in heaven declares that his brother is possessed, he is not respecting the emperor and heaven, and he will be beheaded by demons and evil spirits.