Prologue Chapter 54 Civilization Emerges Overnight

When the fat man heard this, he made a gesture of contempt to Su Wen: "Brother, don't be so joking, be careful that I flatten you." I'm a fan of Lao Pu. People are over 70 years old, what do you tell me to sell fame and reputation? What honor does he need? Do you know how many awards he has won in his life? How much money has he donated? You didn't go to the hospital in those days, and his prestige among those Mongols can't be pretended. I heard that it was the Chinese government that opened the mine, and people were enthusiastic and helped mediate throughout the process. He didn't take a penny from us, not because he didn't give it, but he asked me to give it to others. At that time, I admired this man. Jenny also said that there are a lot of shady things in academia now, but there are still many people who are silently concentrating on research, otherwise how can there be so many mainstays in the achievements of Huaxia Science and Technology?

Su Wen thought of the experience of a certain master in the medical world, and found words that he could not refute. Looking back, I really haven't seen Lao Pu consider self-interest. Hearing the fat man say this, he couldn't help but have a lot of good feelings for Przybubatel. The two talked a little far, and Su Wen couldn't come back to his senses. Asked a stupid question: "Okay, even if Lao Pu is highly respected, what does that have to do with our company?"

When the fat man heard this, he laughed and scolded: "Are you stupid? The scientific and technological world exploded on the day the paper was published." Jenny says you're the inventor, and she's helping you and your company with the research. It's not that you and the company will become famous in an instant. A group of big people immediately flew over to stare at several experiments, and jointly confirmed the academic results. I wasn't lazy, and I helped Lao Pu throughout the whole process. ”

The two of them returned to the house while talking.

Puribartel heard the two chatting happily, took a sip of wine and said: "The fat man knows everything, your mother and I are thinking, you are always not there, and someone in the company has to help you cover it up." There is also the matter of weapons, there is nothing we can do, this has to be fat Zhang Luo. That's right... How long are you going to stay when you come back?"

Only then did Su Wen let down his guard and said, "Stay for a short time, two days at most." Things over there are a bit of eyebrows, but I'm in other troubles, and I'm coming back this time to give you ideas. ”

Su Wen sat down and talked about the formation of classes and the use of weapons and tools by demon beasts in a short period of time, and finally added: "I forgot the definition of civilization, I just remember the use of tools and the generation of classes." Doesn't evolution say that it took millions of years for humans to evolve from monkeys to humans, why did these orangutans become civilized overnight, and can they continue to evolve at a constant rate?"

Su's mother also sat down, and after listening to Su Wen's description, she obviously had no idea. The fat man wanted to speak and stopped.

Przybubatel said slowly: "We don't have a biologist, I'm afraid we can't answer it." Since there is no scientific authoritative explanation, we might as well talk about it from another angle, the process of human evolution is indeed long, but civilizations are different, some people say, civilization is ......"

"It just happened overnight. The fat man followed him and said this in unison...

"Hmm, why do you say that?" Sue's mother wondered.

Przybubatel glanced at the fat man, obviously wanting to hear what he had to say first.

The fat man was encouraged, this was to express his opinion in front of the scientists, and he couldn't help but get excited, and cleared his throat and said, "Ahem... Let's start with the definition of civilization, a British scholar Glynn Daniel wrote a book called "The First Civilization" and proposed three criteria. The first criterion is to have a city, the second is to have a written language, and the third is to have a complex ceremonial building. However, the Inca civilization, the successor of the Mayan civilization, did not have a written language, but the ancient capital Machu Picchu once prospered and amazed the world. There is also a complex ceremonial building, and this one is even more difficult to judge. After the fat man finished speaking, he looked at everyone, obviously he didn't have a bottom in his heart.

Przybubatel adds: "There is also a saying: the use of tools, the creation of monogamous families and classes. That is, Su Wen, you remember this definition. But this is not comprehensive, and Islamists can now marry up to four wives. In other words, the group of monsters you see, no matter what kind of classification you use, can only be regarded as a prototype. It can even be said that it can only be regarded as culture. ”

Su Wen said: "Although I haven't spoken to the demon beast, I do feel that the demon beast leader is communicating with me, I can understand what he wants to express, is this considered a language?" I've seen them use the houses and furniture of Su Xiancheng. If Su Xiancheng suddenly disappears, I believe they will build a city on their own. ”

The fat man was a little surprised, looked at Su Wen and said, "Alas, are you sure you have nothing wrong with your head?" ”

The fat man sighed with emotion, and his thinking was also released: "Anyway, I said it casually, then let's sort out the civilization of this earth first." Atlantis aside, let's just talk about the four recognized civilizations: Chinese civilization, Indian civilization, Egyptian civilization, ancient Babylonian civilization is also called Mesopotamian civilization, and I have to add ancient Greece, after all, I am familiar with it. Let's start with the words. ”

Su's mother said: "I've been to Yinxu, China should be oracle bone inscriptions, right? hieroglyphs, like one or two thousand years B.C." ”

Suvin also remembers some: "Ancient Babylon, cuneiform, probably the third millennium BC.

Lao Pu has a lot of experience in these things. : "India, seal writing and Sanskrit, seal writing appeared around 2,500 BC. Egypt, hieroglyphs, 3rd millennium BC"

The fat man added: "Ancient Greek writing should have appeared in the first or two millennium BC. After all, in the ninth century BC there were Homeric epics such as the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Su's mother was full of patriotism: "That can't be counted like this, there are 4,600 characters unearthed in Yinxu, and there are 1,700 words that can be recognized." It is impossible for so many words to be made in a day. At least a few thousand years, right? No matter how little it is, it can't be later than Babylon. ”

Su Wen looked at his mother and wanted to laugh a little, you are an alien earth hybrid, why is the national mood still so high? I couldn't help but add fuel to the fire: "Isn't the Longshan culture the third millennium BC? There are also oracle bone inscriptions." ”

Lao Pu helped everyone to conclude: "Then let's assume that the writing appeared between 3,000 and 5,000 B.C. These civilizations also have big cities, and they all have cities. And what about before these civilizations appeared?"

The fat man said: "It should be primitive people, right? There is a movie called 10,000 years before history, and there is a movie called Alpha Wolf." It's all about primitive people. The point in time should be around 10,000 BC. ”

Su Wen has watched these two movies and is also very impressed. He asked, "Did dogs also start domesticating at that time?"

"Not just dogs, but archaeological evidence everywhere suggests that humans have domesticated all kinds of livestock since then. Mesopotamia began raising cattle, sheep, and donkeys. Lao Pu ate a bite of food and touched a cup with the fat man. These two people have a tacit understanding when they ask and answer.

The fat man slipped a glass of wine and said with barred teeth: "After that, the Mesopotamian civilization began to grow grain barley, wheat, and grapes. China is similar, and has begun to grow millet, millet, millet, and rice. Other civilizations also started farming. ”

Su's mother also felt strange: "Isn't that still back to that sentence, no warning, no reason, human beings have become farmers and herdsmen overnight?"

The fat man simply flipped out his mobile phone, directly checked the information more accurately, checked for a while, touched his head and said, "Yes, China and Mesopotamia are like suddenly opening the plant gene pool, not only suddenly found a lot of crops, but also carried out a large number of genetic improvements." The wheat in the valley of the two rivers is first a grain wheat and Timofivir wheat, and then wild einkorn, which is said to have been naturally crossed with coarse goat grass, and its hybrids were naturally doubled by chromosomes to produce common wheat. Our agriculture in China is even more strange, the ancestors of millet are which kind of weeds have not been determined, and the matter of rice can not be said, not only did a variety of rice varieties appear at that time, but until now we have also gone to find the ancient rice varieties left over to improve the modern rice genes to cultivate super rice. ”

Su Wen felt that this matter was a bit in conflict with the theory of evolution in his impression, and he didn't know what Mendel, who was engaged in genetics, said. I also took out my mobile phone and checked it, and found that what the fat man said was really right. couldn't help but complain: "According to what you said, you really built a plant gene laboratory, and a bunch of primitive people Hulala created a bunch of new plants!"

Lao Pu added: "Strictly speaking, it is not made suddenly, but cultivated or selected. It is cultivated on the basis of primitive plants. It's just like all the good varieties and hybrid rice we have now. This period is not considered primitive man, at least it has entered the Neolithic period. Mesopotamia was during the Sumerian civilization, and if Chinese archaeology can advance further, it is probably the Yuxia period. It is a pity that there is no archaeological data of the Xia Dynasty, let alone the Yu Dynasty. ”

Su Wen checked the information and said: "I'm afraid I can't even recognize his mother of this newly cultivated new crop, right?

Su's mother said: "Pull it down, don't talk about it, I don't know Su from your mother." ”

When Lao Pu heard this, he choked on his wine with a smile, and spoke while coughing: "Cough... Ahem, this millet is a northern crop, ahem... Cough... Not much is planted now. ”

The three of them laughed when they saw him embarrassed.

Now that a consensus has been reached, Su's mother made a simple summary: "That is to say, human beings suddenly became farmers, human beings suddenly became herdsmen, human beings suddenly created writing, and human beings suddenly established civilization." From the point of view of archaeological history, these are the materials at present... Do any of us know sociologists? Would you like to consult and see what sociologists think?"

The fat man glanced at Lao Pu and said, "Isn't this your current major? Doesn't your encyclopedia name say sociologist?"

Lao Pu waved his hand again and again: "That's all written by others, I am concerned about the protection and continuation of Mongolian culture in Tibetan areas, what kind of sociologist am I? At most, I am a volunteer for the protection of folk culture." However, you really have to ask someone about it. ”

Su Wen was quite happy, since these things did not violate scientific common sense, then the problem was solved. Although the process and participants are a little weird, a housewife, a retired scientist and two young people in society. Drinking wine and eating side dishes, I made this matter clear. No matter how you look at it, it's unreliable, and I can't help but complain: "It's all about archaeology, and next time there will be a problem... Do you want to find the answer in mythology?"

Several of them looked at each other and laughed. The fat man laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes.

Su Wen was depressed by laughter, and couldn't help complaining: "I'm afraid it's not you guys who are fooling me, right?"

The fat man couldn't help laughing: "You're unreasonable, aren't you? Tell me, which piece of evidence we said is unscientific? Which one I made up nonsense? Why did I fool you?"

Su Wen tilted his head and thought about it, but he didn't find a flaw, and sneered: "That's the same." In fact, even if you fool me, I can only believe that there is no other choice. ”

Lao Pu looked at Su Wen in a daze, and he couldn't see the seriousness of a scientist at all, and Nuo Yu said: "You may really want to bring a few mythological stories to study on the road." Myths and stories also come from life, depending on how you understand it. We've found that the two worlds are very different, maybe we can learn a thing or two from the myths, and I'm about to ask you to bring some history and mythology over there, and I want to see if there are any clues. ”

Su Wen was quite strange, how could this person fall in love with mythology? Isn't it Alzheimer's or something? So he asked him: "What can I find out from mythology? Is it really looking for a dragon to come out?" As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a drum in his heart, he had seen so many gigantic animals, and there was a 20-meter-long four-legged snake, what did you say that thing should be called? I couldn't help but weakly added: "I'll get a few when I go back, and do I still want to bring religious books like the Bible?"

When it comes to the Bible and mythology, the fat man is more interested: "I also think the Bible and mythology are good, and some prehistoric things really need these books to be interpreted." ”

When it comes to that world, the fat man tells Su Wen adventure stories. Seeing that everyone was eagerly waiting, Su Wen began to tell the experience, although there was no flowery rhetoric, but everyone listened with relish. Mother Su heard him talk about the details of the imperial doctor and the treatment, and couldn't help but shout to take a look. The fat man heard about the martial arts exam and the bow and crossbow battle, and he couldn't wait for him to pass. Lao Pu heard him talk about Su Mei's immortal art, his expression immediately became serious, and without waiting for Su Wen to finish speaking, he interjected: "Can you describe the power of this immortal art in detail?"

Su Wen was difficult to describe exactly, and the fat man simply found a few videos of high-explosive aerial bombs. Su Wen chose one for the fat man.

The fat man said: "250 kg of aerial bombs, with a charge of about 100 kg." Equivalent to 0.1 tons of T*NT equivalent. There are no shrapnel and steel balls in this immortal art, and the shock wave is not very strong, and the lethality obviously depends on temperature and high current, and the killing radius is twenty or thirty meters, which is not big. The fat man was stunned for a moment after speaking, and asked Su Wen urgently: "How much energy has been released?"

Su Wen was scolded by Su Mei because of the demon pill, of course he knows this. "The full power of an ordinary demon pill. ”

The fat man looked at Su Wen in shock, and Przybubatel couldn't sit still, so he stood up with a bang and said, "I think I understand." Let's talk briefly about Jenny's experiment, the current understanding of the demon pill is still in an extremely primitive stage, and this thing is completely outside our existing scientific and technological system. It is not clear how the energy is stored, but there is a way to discharge it with very little power. But according to her estimates, an ordinary demon pill contains extremely high energy, and in layman's terms, it contains at least hundreds of millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity. ”

Mother Su understood, and said a little nervously: "The demon pill is not very powerful in the Su Dynasty, if a few immortal masters run over from the Su Dynasty and discharge on the earth?"

Su Wen was still puzzled: "Why is there such a big difference? There is another thing, they said that the thing "Yi" is used to control the discharge, and I didn't respond at all over there, but I succeeded on the first day of returning to the earth. After speaking, he looked at the fat man with palpitations.

The fat man was also a little afraid: "You mean that the battery collapsed in no man's land? Fortunately, you have no talent? Otherwise, we will be blown into slag?"

Su Wen nodded.

Mother Su hurriedly said: "Don't try it on the earth in the future, it's too dangerous." Don't release an atomic bomb, right? But this thing is so small, it shouldn't have the power of an atomic bomb, right?"

Of course, Lao Pu has the obligation to help everyone popularize science: "The energy released by the fission of 1 kilogram of uranium is equivalent to 20,000 tons of T*NT explosives. The one that was blown up in a certain country contained 64 kilograms of uranium. Theoretically, the explosion should be very powerful, but in practice it is only 150,000 tons of T*NT equivalent, which means that less than 1 kilogram of uranium is involved in fission. There is also nuclear fusion, that is, hydrogen * bombs, which are theoretically more energetic. To put it in layman's terms, there is not much difference in the energy contained in the hydrogen * bomb and the jade pendant at the same mass. ”

Su's mother was startled and looked up in the direction of the upstairs windowsill.

Lao Pu was not worried, and said with a smile: "Aren't we okay if we wear it for so long?" I think this is some kind of reaction within the demon pill, similar to fission or fusion. The reaction takes place to release energy. The "meaning" that Su Wen said is the control command of the reaction device. "Meaning" like radio, Bluetooth. It is through the "will" that the information is transmitted. I don't know what "meaning" is. Guessing is a kind of brain wave"

When everyone saw that what he said was the Tao, it was obvious that they didn't know it at all. They were all staring at him, their faces clearly showing distrust.

Lao Pu could only tell the truth: "I'm studying this, it's all speculation at the moment, and there is no progress, besides... You know, it's no good. After speaking, Lao Pu suddenly fell silent, and his eyes were full of loneliness.

The fat man has always thought that he has long looked down on everything in the world. I didn't expect him to have something on his mind. I'm just a junior, and some things are hard to say, so I look at Su Wen's mother.

Su's mother saw the clue, and said to Lao Pu with a smile: "Alas... What do you have to worry about at your age? If you don't say it, if you don't say it, you're sad, I'm afraid you'll have to take it into the coffin. ”

Lao Pu smiled: "Alas... Speaking of which, I think of a few old people, and I am a little sentimental. Give me some time, and I'll sort it out, this is not one thing after all, but the hard work of two generations. Before, it was a theory, but the experiment was not successful, but gave birth to a bunch of social chaos. Even I lost the confidence to continue. Now that I have the evidence, I think I'll have to go there and do some more research. If you have eyebrows, I will tell you. Maybe you'll be able to keep researching. ”

Since Lao Pu said so, it is difficult for everyone to continue this topic.