In the midwinter month of the 36th year of Qin Shi Huang (11th month of the lunar calendar), a large ship slowly sailed from the direction of Huiji County and docked at the port outside Dongye City.

Hundreds of Qin soldiers and Minyue people who surrendered to Qin met at the dock, and everyone worked together, shouting trumpets, to carry down the huge bronze artifacts on the ship, and transport them all the way to the newly built "Snake King Temple" in the center of the city, and then reassemble them.

At this time, the Yue Wu found that this bronze colossus was actually eight "big snakes" intertwined with each other, two by two, facing four directions, although the workmanship was not exquisite, but it was majestic, far better than the wood carving of the Fujian people.

I also heard that this is what the general of the Qin Dynasty said, the "snake god" worshipped by the Qin people, so they all shouted and worshipped.

"It's clearly a dragon."

Lu Jia glanced at it and muttered secretly, of course he knew what this was, after Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, in addition to collecting the world's weapons and concentrating them in Xianyang, casting twelve gold people, and then collecting them one after another, they were concentrated in the nearby counties and county governments, casting bells, placing them in the court, three zhang high, and the small ones were all thousands of stones, and there was one in Yuzhang County, Lu Jia saw it when he went to Nanchang with Heifu, and there were also Huiji and Jiujiang.

And the base of this bell is several intertwined bronze dragons - the shape is quite similar to the treasure of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum in later generations.

Heifu actually sent a letter to Huiji County, asking for this base, and stuffed it directly into the temple, saying that it was the "snake god" worshiped by the Qin people.

However, the Min people really believed it, because the dragon of the Qin Dynasty was not the same as that of later generations, and the paintings on the bricks had claws, but the bronze dragon cast, I don't know if it was the negligence of the craftsman or how, the four-legged cut corners, but the body was painted with lines, so it looked more like a big snake.

Let's take a look at Heifu's banner: the red and unliterary Jiaolong Zhizhi, because it is an abstract Jiaolong pattern, so it looks like two big snakes are entangled with each other, for a while, many people believe Heifu's nonsense: "I also worship snakes."

"It's normal for Min people to not be able to distinguish between dragons and snakes."

Heifu smiled: "Don't talk about them, even our Nanjun people can't tell the difference, in the "Book of Days" in Anlu County, when it comes to the twelve zodiac signs, that's what they say, son, rat also; Ugly, cow also; Yin, Tiger also; Mao, rabbit also; Chen, already, insects are also ......"

The villagers in Nanjun were also confused about these two things, so the Japanese who visited the villages called them "worms" in dialect.

Well, the invaders who were originally "infidels" have been transformed into guardians of faith, and Heifu even made up the story of "no snake gods are disrespectful, so snakes are not cultivated", and "poisonous snakes do not eat Qin generals and hover and dance".

He explained to his subordinates: "The common faith can reassure this group of Min people, and I will at least not destroy their temples......"

Heifu paused slightly, looked at Mei Kai, and said with a smile: "Or like the South Vietnamese people, they stewed all the gods they worshiped to make snake soup." ”

This was a helpless move by Heifu to allow the Qin army to gain a firm foothold in Dongye City, using this as a water base to attack South Vietnam, and at the same time putting an end to the Fujian people's resistance to the extended.

Even if this matter reached Xianyang, it would not be a big deal, because in the Qin Dynasty, the status of the dragon was far inferior to that of later generations.

Heifu once heard Zhang Cang talk to him about dragons in ancient times, and heard that in the Xia Dynasty, the image of "dragon" mainly appeared on jade, most of the dragon's heads had no horns, and the ears were fat, it was simply the image of a pig's head, but there were already dragon patterns on the body. Although it has a strong pig color, it has already stepped into the threshold of a dragon after all.

However, at that time, the status of the "dragon" was not much different from that of the pig, and it was said that there were two dragons flying to the summer capital, but they were not worshipped, but they were raised, and finally they were killed to eat meat, and the summer queen praised the taste very beautiful, and asked if there was a ......

In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the dragon finally got rid of the status of "meat animal" and upgraded to "walking animal". ”

The Qin people's use of the image of the dragon has two more places: cushioning ritual vessels, watching the gate, or being pressed under heavy bells, or separated from the left and right outside the palace, similar to turtles and lions.

The emperor's robe is not a dragon robe, but twelve chapters, and the dragon only occupies an inconspicuous corner.

Therefore, as a "prince", Heifu is qualified to deal with the dragon as a banner, and is not regarded as trespassing.

Although people have begun to say that Qin Shi Huang is the "ancestral dragon", the emperor himself has never recognized this title.

"Even if Qin Shi Huang changed his mind, it doesn't matter if the dragon really becomes the emperor's exclusive object, or even the official totem of China."

Heifu was full of confidence, first fooled the Min people, and after they accepted the setting of "Qin and Min all worship snakes", when the time was ripe in the future, they would come up with a "snake dragon" statement, so that Min Yue would also become a "descendant of the dragon" It is not difficult to do it.

Deception and without changing the face, this is what makes a qualified politician.

After stabilizing Dongye City, it was already the beginning of November, and the 30,000 army of land and water gathered in Dongye, just waiting for Wei Yang and others to take Fujian as a guide, go to the South China Sea to explore the road, find a safe channel, the army can take a sea ship, go straight to Panyu, and Wuchang to exchange defense with the new army to attack the north and south, and hit the South Vietnamese by surprise!

However, when Heifu was holding a banquet and celebrating his achievements with all the soldiers, Ji Ying, who was responsible for transmitting military information throughout the Southern Military Region, sent a letter from Xianyang to Heifu.

"It's Zhang Cang's letter."

Heifu hadn't been in contact with the dead fat man for a long time, so he let everyone drink slowly and took it apart.

The people who were drinking were drunk when they heard a loud noise, but it was Heifu who fell back and knocked down the lampstand candle, and hurriedly ran over and stepped on it, and then looked at Heifu with surprised eyes.

Changnanhou, who was not shocked when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, how could he be so out of shape? They were all very nervous, thinking that something terrible had happened.

"Could it be that the emperor died?" Lu Jia beat a drum in his heart.

"Could it be that Madame is imprisoned?" Dongmen Leopard gritted his teeth, and Li Cang also clenched his fists.

"Could it be that the two little gentlemen are seriously ill and dying?" Xiao Tao was sad in his heart, his eldest son also died at a young age.

"Drunk, drunk."

Heifu just shook the letter, and Yun smiled lightly: "It's not a big deal, Zhang Cang told me that the Queen Mother of the West has found it, and Your Majesty is expected to live forever, two or three sons, and drink another cup to congratulate Your Majesty!" ”

Behind the smile, there was a heart full of surprise and scolding.

"The Queen Mother of the West is Athena? What an international joke! ”

……

Things have completely gone out of their minds, and they are running wildly into the unknown distance, and this is how Heifu feels.

On the ship to the South China Sea, Heifu read Zhang Cang's letter again and sighed:

"It's really unintentional......

The Queen Mother of the West, when he was twenty-seven years old, he conspired with the frustrated Great Witch of Chen Baoci, using the long-standing legends of the Central Plains and the strange dreams of Qin Shi Huang.

The original intention was to prevent Qin Shihuang from investing in the other warlocks, so that these human and financial resources could be used to hollow out the Western Regions and connect with distant civilized countries, so that the Chinese could realize the size of the world as early as possible. Regardless of the advantages and disadvantages of Eastern and Western civilizations, the stones of other mountains can attack jade, and I hope that Huaxia can join the LAN in the future, instead of staying in East Asia to play stand-alone.

At that time, Heifu thought to himself, anyway, the people of the Central Plains didn't even understand where Kunlun Mountain was, and I was afraid that by the time Qin Shi Huang died, he would find nothing, but he couldn't falsify it.

Heifu's original intention was basically achieved, Zhang Cang described to Heifu the sensation caused by the entry of the Great Xia envoys into Xianyang, judging from their dress, maybe it was the Hellenistic state left in the East after Alexander's expedition?

The first dialogue between the East and the West was realized, and Zhang Cang even discussed the astrological knowledge with the other party, and there will definitely be more in-depth exchanges in the future.

This is a good thing, but what makes Heifu have a toothache is that the people of Daxia don't know what they are thinking, and they actually said that the "Queen Mother of the West" that the envoys of the Qin Dynasty were looking for was Athena, and they also sent a statue of the god.

What's even more ridiculous is that Qin Shi Huang didn't know for what purpose, but he also readily agreed to this setting.

Heifu couldn't help muttering: "Could it be that Your Majesty's taste has changed after reading all the fandel of the Six Kingdoms, like trying a Yanma?" ”

This process is really absurd and bizarre.

This is the butterfly effect, whether Heifu likes it or not, the huge storm has coalesced in the distance, and it will bring profound and permanent changes to this era......

"I'm just behind this empire, with a slight push, just a bit."

Standing on top of the ship, looking at the vast blue South China Sea, Heifu explained weakly.

After all, he underestimated the effect of the traverser, not to mention pushing, even if it was just a light touch, it would cause endless waves......

For example, if you kill Heifu, you would never have thought that a joke of "I also worship snakes" would lead to thousands of years later, he would actually become the right protector of the snake god who beat gongs and drums and carried the snake god on the street when he traveled to the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh month of the seventh month of Fujian: "Black Snake Langjun"!

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PS: "The Book of the Days: The Thief": Son, Rat also; Ugly, cow also; Yin, Tiger also; Mao, rabbit also; Early morning; Already, insects also; noon, deer (idiom "refers to the deer as a horse" or related to it) also; No, Ma also; Shen, Huan (pronounced 猨, i.e. ape) also; unitary, water (read pheasant. i.e. pheasant) also; 戌, the old sheep also; Hai, pig (i.e. pig) also.

The second chapter is in the evening.