Chapter Thirty-Six: Out of the Cold, Towards Warmth
Chapter 36 Out of the Cold, Towards the Warmth
The brewing technology of the Qin Dynasty was in a state of fermentation, but due to the imperfection of raw material selection and purification process, the taste of the wine produced was very complex.
The taste is very similar to the solid milk of later generations, it is a little viscous, and the taste is more complex than to describe, but the rotten taste of fermentation is very strong.
"The Emperor has a good amount of wine." The Zhu family praised Wang Xu when he saw such a heroic appearance.
"There is a chance for you to taste the real wine." Wang Xu waved his hand, "But on the first day, you drunk my people, you are a bit of a bully." β
"It's not our fault for this, it's the ink wolf himself who said that the wine in the Central Plains is not good, and it is not as good as the fruit wine they brew." Wang Li laughed.
"It's really not as good as our fruit wine." The ink wolf blushed and argued, if there is enough rain next year, I will definitely brew it for you to taste.
"What does wine have to do with rain?" The Zhu family asked suspiciously.
"There is no water source near Guzhu Country, and usually drinking water depends on rainwater." Wang Xu smiled.
The Zhu family and the others had a stunned expression, they didn't know what to say, they had seen a lot of poor people, but it was the first time they had seen them even if they couldn't drink water, except for the great drought, of course.
"But it doesn't matter, we will soon have our own water source, let alone drinking water, it will be no problem to soak in hot water every day." Wang Xu smiled and patted the ink wolf on the shoulder.
The ink wolf grinned.
"I was going to give clothes to those in the clan who have no clothes, but I was refused." Wang Li yawned.
"Although the country of lonely bamboo is poor, it also knows the truth that no merit is not lost." Wang Xu smiled, "Besides, if you send it to them, they are reluctant to wear it, so it is better to hunt more animal skins." β
Wang Li snorted lightly: "Poor. β
"This will be cured soon." Wang Xu looked up at the sky, today's moonlight is very confused, half-hidden in the clouds and mist, it is a good day.
Wang Xu, who was in a good mood, sat on the stone seat in the square, opened the mobile phone player, and put on a song "Big Fish".
Familiar and unfamiliar electronic synthesized sounds slowly flowed out of the stereo, disturbing the quiet air, and even the crackling sound of the campfire was much softer.
The drunk people in the square instinctively and subconsciously curled up, which was the physiological fear response to fear in the wild for many years, and the awake people looked at Wang Xu sitting on the stone seat with a frightened face.
If it were a square like this in the future, if there was music, maybe everyone would have danced in the square.
The silver glow of the moonlight sprinkled on Wang Xu's body, integrating him with the ancient stone seat, the whole person was like a god's mansion, quietly commenting on all of them, the mysterious voice that did not seem like the world made them creepy, but they were intoxicated, and everyone's bodies froze in place uncontrollably, and the atmosphere did not dare to breathe.
As the sound of fairy music gradually reverberates, the blood stimulated by the alcohol also cools with the night wind.
The ink wolf struggled to get up, and knelt before Wang Xu, followed by the other clansmen.
There was no doubt that this was a miracle brought by the Emperor, to appease them and guide them to the future, and although they could not understand what Xianle was singing, they felt an incomparable sense of stability and comfort.
It's as if the whole person has been evolved.
Not only the people of the Lone Bamboo Country, but even several of Wang Li's retainers couldn't help but bend their knees.
The Zhu family's teeth were chattering, "This is, witchcraft?" β
"No, it's Xianle." Wang Li squinted, his handsome face was full of intoxication, "Zhu family, what you heard is witchcraft because you have a ghost in your heart." β
"If there are gods, then there must be ghosts." The Zhu family's eyes flashed with fanaticism, "Childe, is he really a god?" β
"Don't know?" Wang Li shook his head in confusion, "But it doesn't matter, as long as he can help us, it doesn't matter if he is a god or a ghost." β
The Zhu family turned his head stiffly to look at Wang Li, showing a relieved smile, "Childe, you've grown up." β
"Master, people can't be naΓ―ve forever." Wang Li's eyes suddenly became clear, "This fairy music is circular." β
"Everything in the world has traces to follow." The Zhu family also breathed a sigh of relief, "Since it is a human thing, there is no need to be afraid." β
"No, human things, it's even more terrifying." Wang Li sat up straight and chuckled, "It is terrifying in the dark, but it is unknowable after all, and the things in the world can be seen and touched, and they can bring real harm." β
The Zhu family frowned.
Happiness can be spiritual, because this is the first fire that belongs to civilization.
Ancestors perceived the world by listening to the sounds of nature, and transmitted various messages through their own invented roars or musical instruments, which were inherited along with human genes, so that human beings were born with a sensitive perception of music.
The role of music in conveying emotions has an extraordinary effect, so in religious and theocratic culture, music ranks first, architecture ranks second, and classics rank third.
Religious music uses music and musical instruments to convey ancient and shocking emotions, aural and aural devotees into a small persona, and then amplify the power of the gods.
Religious buildings are visually suppressed by human beings through a huge system, exquisite decoration and special cultural connotations, and the tallest and most solemn buildings in both Eastern and Western civilizations are religious buildings.
The classics are composed of subtle artistic conceptions through words to guide people, and these three aspects are indispensable.
As the peak of Chinese theocratic culture, the Yin Shang theocratic culture has been very mature in religious ceremonies, and naturally has a wealth of sacrificial methods and songs, even if the Yin Shang has been extinct for almost a thousand years, the Lone Bamboo Country has preserved a large number of sacrificial songs.
Wang Xu had seen Mo Kui lead the people before, using percussion instruments made of leg bones of various animals, as well as his own thighs and belly, but he could play a strange music that made people's scalps tingle.
But he never imagined that there would be someone here who could play with the music on his phone.
When the kraken-like chant was completely in line with the music of the mobile phone, Wang Xu was so shocked that he almost threw the mobile phone out, and turned his head in astonishment to look at the direction from which the chanting was transmitted.
Mo Lian's thin body sat on her knees, and the light of the fire and the moonlight illuminated her beautiful face, but made her penetrating eyes shine like jewels.
In an instant, Wang Xu's goosebumps rose all over his body, and he felt that his hair was standing up.
Because it's so weird, an ancient person can play his own music seamlessly, and this woman seems to have an inexplicable connection with her own crossing.
Wang Xu turned off the music and walked towards Mo Lian.
As soon as the music stopped, everyone instinctively began to panic and began to worship Wang Xu, as if they had collided with the emperor.
Mo Lian was even more nervous and overwhelmed.
"You've heard this song?" Wang Xu stared at Mo Lian with burning eyes.
Mo Lian shrank her shoulders in fear, pursed her lips and shook her head, "I haven't heard it, but it feels very familiar, and I sang along unconsciously." β
"Singing is generally the work of the king." Wang Xu frowned and asked.
"The monarch is old, and a few years ago, I sang in place of the monarch." Mo Lian fell to the ground, "Please forgive the emperor." β
Wang Xu sighed and pulled out a smile, "What a crime, you sing very well, tell the clansmen that I have obtained blessings from the gods, and in two days, we will go to the real holy land of our clan, so that everyone can get ready." β
After hearing this, Mo Lian raised her head happily and apprehensively, "The Great Emperor has already divined?!" β
"The emperor and the gods will lead their people out of desolation and cold, and towards warmth and happiness." Wang Xu laughed softly.
Mo Lian looked at Wang Xu's little face, and felt stunned.
It wasn't until Wang Xu tilted his head to look at her suspiciously that he suddenly woke up, and ran like a rabbit to the tribesmen who were still kneeling down in a panic, issuing the emperor's oracle.
Two days passed quietly, and with the efforts of all the clansmen, basically everyone was assigned a wooden 'armor', as well as an iron axe and hammer, and a pair of rough shoes made of animal skins.
Forty carriages carried the tribesmen, like a long dragon walking towards the deep forest, all of them were full of excitement and anticipation, because this was probably the first time in their lives that they walked out of this desolate tribe and into the unknown and terrifying forest.
If it weren't for the 'blessing' of the king that day, the tribesmen would have nothing but fear of this forest, because they had heard from the mouths of the older generation since they were children that this forest was like a man-eating devil, with not only ferocious beasts, but also man-eating barbarians, and a labyrinth that could never be escaped.
But now it was different, they had the guidance of the Emperor, as well as sturdy weapons and armor, and plenty of food, and they were more expectant and excited about this forest than fear.
Counting Wang Li's people, the convoy of less than 200 people divided Wang Xu into three parts, the front was the young and strong, the middle was the children, and the back were the old people and women, and the carriages were linked by rattan ropes to avoid getting lost in the forest.
And this can effectively ensure the safety of the convoy, because the road in the forest is too narrow, two cars walk side by side is very reluctant, forty cars stretched the convoy to 25 meters.
Wearing a moose antler hat on his head and a moose cape, Mo Ren shuttled back and forth in front of the convoy like a small moose.
"Can you get that thing to take the hat off? I've almost shot him with a bow several times? Wang Li, who was riding on horseback, put down his bow and arrow with the corner of his mouth twitching, and turned his head to Wang Xu and said helplessly.
"I also regret it, since I made him that equipment, he thinks he might really be a moose, and he won't take it off when he sleeps." Wang Xu looked under the trees on both sides, wanting to pick a little more hazelnut mushrooms and stew chicken soup at night.
"It's good that this guy is short, otherwise it's really annoying." Wang Li rolled his eyes, turned to the Zhu family and asked, "Erniu, they won't get lost when they go out, right?" β
"Probably not, I didn't hear the whistle, and besides, Modin was following them." The Zhu family changed his fancy brocade robe, dressed in a light blue short fight, carrying a Zhu Mu treasure bow, and a long knife at his waist, with blood oozing from the scabbard.
I saw the Zhu family out of the knife with my own eyes, only to know that he is not only a good-looking thinker, but also a chivalrous man with strong martial arts, listening to Tu Tan's introduction, he is also a well-known chivalrous man in the rivers and lakes, but he is not famous by force, but by virtue of righteousness and wealth, and befriending the world's heroes and famous.
This guy is a noble in the Lu State, the Lu State has been destroyed for more than a hundred years, and his family is still a local tyrant in the Lu State, but later he was saved by Wang Jian and entered the Wang family in order to repay the favor, but because of his special status, and looking at the relationship between him and Wang Li, it is not just as simple as a retainer.