Fang You and Li Zhijun immediately sat together, looking at the white paper in front of them with dense fonts.

On this piece of paper, I couldn't help but write the name represented by this line of words, and the character information of this name was also written, and it was more detailed, but when I saw the back, Fang You understood.

The translation of those African characters into the Chinese language was completed by Gedi in the thirteenth year of Ajulan, this line of text made Fang You feel a strong Chinese historical atmosphere, with the fame of Africa at that time, it was impossible to sign the carving, let alone write this kind of number that may be the name of the dynasty, this kind of thing was only brought by Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty when he went to the West.

Seeing the following, Fang You learned that Aguiran was a dynasty that ruled for three hundred years from 1400 to 1700 AD, and ruled over what is now Somalia and the surrounding vast area.

Before, Fang You was still a little puzzled that although Nigeria was close to the sea, it did not follow Zheng He's route to the West at all, and when he saw the word Somalia, he understood, it turned out that this wood carving came from Somalia, and the person who sold it to the owner of the wood carving shop was probably a descendant of Gedi from Somalia.

Zheng He had twice come to the wooden bones of the African coast when he went to the West seven times, which is in the area of Mogadishu in present-day Somalia, if the text on this Guan Gong statue is really the text of the Somali area, then it can be basically determined that this Guan Gong statue is indeed due to Zheng He's dissemination of Chinese culture in the West.

In addition to these, the bottom is some information about the sculptor of this Guan Gong wood carving, Gedi, who was a famous wood carver who was active hundreds of years ago, and has carved countless fine wood carvings in his life, especially for the mysterious patron saint of African tribes, which is lifelike and deeply loved by the leaders and people of various tribes in Africa at that time.

He is most famous not for carving these African things, but by chance, he exchanged some cultures with some people on the big ship from China, although the language is different, but they each gave each other some books, and the illustrations of the characters on these books made Gedi see the opportunity, but he did not know the Chinese characters, he could not understand the meaning of these characters at all, and he could not carve works that satisfied him, which made Degedi depressed, but he did not give up hope, because he had heard the people in the palace say, these Chinese people will come again.

On Zheng He's second visit, Gedi found another opportunity to get on board to communicate with the Chinese, and exchanged his own carved black wood carvings for some books, and this time, to Gedi's great delight, some of these books were written in the Arabic language of Islam, perhaps because the Chinese had come here once and learned that most of the people here were Muslims and used the Arabic script.

In the following time, he devoted himself to research, and after studying the characters and their meanings in these Chinese books very thoroughly, he devoted twelve points of energy to the carving of these Chinese characters.

The carved Chinese characters have no deviation from the illustrations on the books, and even surpass them, because of the great effort invested, so that Gedi died after carving a very small number of Chinese wood carvings.

However, the Chinese wood carvings left behind, all of them are masterpieces, especially those loyal and brave warrior wood carvings, one by one murderous, not only make the leaders of the major tribes scramble, even the king of the dynasty was shocked by it, ordered to retrieve a few, the same extremely loved, so, issued a decree, Fan Gedi carved the Chinese things, in the future are used by the royal court, anyone who owns, will destroy its whole clan.

There are also other woodcarvers who want to learn from Gedi, but unfortunately their utilitarian and carved objects are very rough, and they do not reflect the spirit of Chinese characters at all, and the things they carve out are also uncared for.

Gradually, the Chinese culture transmitted by Zheng He was lost in the war, and since then, no one has carved Chinese things, only the very few wood carvings of Gedi prove that Zheng He once spread Chinese culture to Africa.

Gedi has also become a well-known master of woodcarving in Somalia and even in Africa, and is admired by all woodcarvers.

Fang You slowly raised his head from the white paper in front of him, with an incomparable sigh in his heart, what Fang You really didn't expect was that this information was simply extremely detailed, and it could be said that it answered all his existing doubts.

As for why Gedi carved such a fine Chinese thing, it is just that he studied the carved Chinese characters very thoroughly, and did not understand the benevolent character of Second Brother Guan, and what he carved was just a puppet similar to Second Brother Guan, and he could not have the spirit of Second Brother Guan that made the ghosts and gods retreat.

What shocked Li Zhijun and others was the popularity of this Gedi, judging from the data, the fame of this Gedi in Somalia and some parts of Africa is simply like the status of the masters of calligraphy and painting in the history of China in the minds of the Chinese people.

A very small number of Chinese things carved by Gedi have become the exclusive objects of the local royal court, just like the dragon robe worn by the Chinese emperor, only the royal family can wear it, and they know that this will make the things carved by Gedi become extremely precious.

Looking at this Guan Gong wood carving, their eyes revealed a deep shock, a wood carving that Fang You picked up casually, it involved so many things, the famous wood carving master in ancient Africa, a very small number of wood carvings, they have never heard of such news in China, it can be imagined how valuable this wood carving will be, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a priceless treasure.

"Brother Feng, what did this mercenary do before, and why did he know so much about Gedi." Thinking back to the dense and astonishing information on it, Fang You couldn't help but ask with some confusion.

If he only knew Gedi's name and some basic information, he wouldn't have been so surprised, but now the information on it has almost dug up the eighteen generations of Gedi's ancestors.

Feng Wenzheng smiled, "The person who wrote so many words on this piece of paper is a black mercenary named Likalu, and when I saw the information on this paper just now, I was also a little surprised, so I asked the management of the military base to ask Likalu, what Licaru said can explain why he knows so much." ”

"Likalu was born in a family of woodcarvers in Somalia, learned the carving of woodcarving from an early age, and his father often instilled in him the story of the famous woodcarver Gedi, gradually, more and more narrated, he firmly remembered some of Gedi's stories, and a few years ago, there was a large-scale war in Somalia, his parents died in the war, he was determined to avenge his parents, so he became a free mercenary, thinking that one day he could make a name for himself in the mercenary world, and then take some people, Kill the officer who killed his parents in the war. ”

"He has not undergone systematic military training, his combat ability is not particularly high, we accepted him in, only because he was a temporary mercenary before, he had killed the enemy desperately, and made a great contribution to us, here, he has no other friends except a friend named Abdullah, and according to what he said before, that line was thought up by him and Abdullah, but from the actual situation, it should be his own idea, but it is his best friend to pull up." Feng Wen said with a solemn face.

Fang You nodded, looked at the piece of paper, and a smile appeared on his face, "After so many changes, when there are benefits, you still won't forget your friends, even if you share the rewards and our guidance with your friends, this kind of character is extremely rare, two senior brothers, when you train Bertaman in the future, let him join in from time to time, Likalu helped us find the foundation of this Guan Gong statue, we must always help him realize this small wish of revenge, as for his friend, see what his character is, and then make plans." ”

"Yes, little junior brother, you sold the two of us again, let's say okay first, we have accepted Betaman, an apprentice, and we have been scolded by the master, we will not accept the second one, not to mention, Bertaman's pure heart is incomparable to everyone here." Li Zhijun shook his head and said.

Fang You rubbed his forehead, "Senior brother, I just asked you to guide him from time to time, and didn't let you teach the whole process, don't forget who you handed over to for the rest of your life, I am responsible for supporting you, but you sold yourself directly." ”

"No, I thought I had taken a big advantage, but I didn't expect to pit myself, second junior brother, I'm really sorry, I pit you in." Hearing Fang You's words, Li Zhijun's face changed, and he said a little uncalmly.

Wang Zijian glanced at him and didn't speak, but he was quite relieved in his heart, they had fallen into self-blame every day because of the matter of the master, and seeing that the master was fine now, and the senior brother had returned to his previous active personality, his heart couldn't help but be full of happiness, and all this was completely given by the little junior brother in front of him.

Not to mention instructing a person, even if they really accept them as apprentices, they will not refuse.

Looking at the statue of Guan Gong in his hand, a thick smile appeared on Fang You's face, this time the task of coming to Africa to rescue the master was successfully completed, and he also directly controlled the Eastern District, discovered the huge diamond mine in the forest, and even got this Guan Gong wood carving that can be said to be a priceless treasure and has great historical significance, it is really worth the trip, and I can let the old men of Chu Lao play for a while when I go back.

The next day, Fang You did not forget the mercenaries who lent him money, even if it was only two hundred dollars, since he had promised, he would do it, in addition to these mercenaries, he also specially asked Likalu and his friend Abdullah to join in and give guidance and teaching.

With him, there were also Li Zhijun and Wang Zijian and others, which made the dragon soldiers who were watching from a long distance very envious, jealous and hateful, hating how they didn't have such luck, and they borrowed money from the Flying Dragon God of War, hating why they didn't have rich knowledge and could recognize the literacy tasks issued.

(To be continued)