Chapter 11: Murowei

Altan picked up a bottle of wine and gestured for Du Dalei to open it for him. Du Dalei unscrewed the cap of the bottle with a smile, and Altan immediately took a big sip, his eyes widened instantly, he hit his chest with a hammer, and his mouth made a 'ho-ho' sound. It took him a while to get back to normal, and the other natives were staring at him. He handed the bottle to a man beside him, and the natives each took a sip and passed it on, and in a few moments the bottle was drunk.

The natives, who had never drunk a high degree of alcohol, were a little drunk, some fell asleep, and many danced, and Altan took the lead in singing, which was desolate and distant, and very beautiful.

Wei Hongye listened for a while and said: "Their singing voice is a bit like the long tune of the Mongolian people, and I used to listen to Mongolian herdsmen sing when I was in Chifeng, and it was similar to what they sang. ”

"Old Wei, do you know how to sing Mongolian songs, sing one for us to listen to."

"It's a pity, I can only listen to and not sing, then Zhe, you are studying music, can you sing Mongolian songs?"

Na Zhe replied: "I can only have a few Mongolian songs with Chinese lyrics, but I can't speak Mongolian." ”

"It's okay, sing it."

Na Zhe thought about it, got up and took out a harmonica from his backpack, cleared his throat, and began to play, it was Tengger's version of "The Mongols". The sound of the piano was melodious, and everyone listened carefully, and the natives stopped singing and dancing, and sat down quietly to listen.

At the end of the song, the crowd applauded, and the natives clapped their hands, and some of them shouted loudly, as if they hadn't heard enough. Altan came over and pointed to the harmonica, which meant to let Na Zhe continue to play, and Na Zhe began to play again, "Hong Yan", "Moni Mountain", "Heaven", "Ao Bao Meeting".

One song after another, the lips of Zhe were wooden, and everyone was still unsatisfied. Na Zhe said: "No, I really can't blow it, let everyone let me go." ”

Du Dalei volunteered: "Let the little master rest for a while, I'll sing." Then he walked out, pretending to be the emperor's superstar, and waved to the crowd, "Audience, the forest version of "I Am a Singer" has officially begun, and I am the singer Michael, Du. Sing a song "The Sun That Rises on the Prairie" to everyone, I hope you like it, support me a lot, those who have money will have a money field, and those who have no money will have a personal field. ”

"I'll hold you up, hurry up and sing! If you don't sing, get out of here. Wei Hongye hit him with a small stone.

Du Dalei shrunk his neck and began to sing. This thing has a good voice, and the singing voice is high-pitched and loud, which causes bursts of applause from the natives.

Then everyone went up and sang a few songs, and even Boris sang a few Russian folk songs from his homeland, and the natives responded enthusiastically, singing one after another, and some even danced to their heart's content.

The sun sets on the horizon and the concert ends. Altan led the group to a shack, gestured for everyone to rest here, and then left.

Look at this shack, the area inside is about five or six square meters, and the ground is covered with thick hay, so that five people can sleep.

Na Zhe said: "Boss, this shack is too small, let's set up a tent." ”

Zhao Zizhong shook his head: "No, try not to let them see things in modern society, lest the natives become greedy, let's squeeze it." In addition, we can't let our guard down, tonight is the same night, and everyone takes turns to sleep. ”

Everyone entered the shack, folded their clothes and lay down, Zhao Zizhong said: "We will follow the natives into the mountains to hunt tomorrow and prepare more food." Old Wei, don't go, you try to communicate with Altan and Batu Gardo, it's best to get their help as soon as possible, and send a guide to guide us south. ”

Wei Hongye agreed, "Okay, leave it to me, but there is another problem, if we go south, our clothes are out of place with this era, and we will be regarded as monsters." My idea is that we can sew clothes from animal skins, and we can also ask the natives to teach us how to make shoes, and I think the shoes worn by the natives are made of animal skins, which is very beautiful. ”

"Then what about our clothes, we can't burn them, right?"

"Give it to the natives, they will wear it for a few years at most, and it will all rot, and they won't cause us trouble."

"Okay, that's it, go to bed early."

The next morning, Zhao Zizhong and the four followed the natives into the mountains to hunt, and Wei Hongye found Altan and Batugar and talked to them about chickens and ducks.

Five days passed, and Zhao Zizhong and the others caught a lot of prey, except for some of them that everyone ate some, they were all dried into dried meat. At night, he sewed clothes and learned how to make shoes with the natives.

That night, when everyone returned to the hut, Wei Hongye said: "I have communicated with them in the past few days, and I have gained something, Altan said that there is a strong tribe in the south, and the ethnic groups in the north are all subservient to this tribe and make offerings to them every year, and this tribe is called 'khitay' in their pronunciation, and I analyze that it is very likely to be 'Khitan'. ”

"Really?"

"Then aren't we in the Song Dynasty?"

"It is also possible that it was in the last years of the Tang Dynasty or the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period."

Zhao Zizhong casually folded a few blades of grass, "Let's go south as soon as possible to know what dynasty we are in, Old Wei, do you have anything else to discover?" ”

"I've also heard them call their tribe 'sirvi', which is probably the ancient 'Murwei' tribe, which is an ethnic group in the northeastern region of ancient China. and as a loss of circumference, or of a siege. It was first recorded in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Originated from Donghu, similar to the Khitan; In the south is the Khitan, in the north is the room Wei. The residence is on both sides of the middle and upper reaches of the Heilongjiang River and the Nenjiang River Basin. Hunting as a profession, hunting more mink, raising cattle and horses, eating meat and clothing. From the end of the 9th century, due to the Khitan attacks and other reasons, some tribes migrated westward and southward, adopted new titles, and embarked on a new path of development. ”

"I'm bad, these natives are the ancestors of the Mongols, and the Mongols are fierce enough."

"No wonder they speak like the Mongols, and they love to listen to Mongolian songs."

Wei Hongye continued, "Altan also told me that in a few days he will take people to a big city in the south to make offerings to the Khitans, and he will also use his furs to trade goods with merchants, mainly in exchange for salt, and also want to get some grain and iron tools. Our chance has come and we can go south with them. ”

When they heard this, they all became excited, and said,

"Old Wei, is it true?"

"We can go south, that's great."

"I'm finally going back to civilized society, flower girls from the south, I'm here."

"We sold our watches, small mirrors, liquor or something, and we will become a monopoly immediately, and I want to be a local tyrant."

Zhao Zizhong said thoughtfully: "It's okay for a few of us to pretend to be natives when we go south, but Boris is white, so we don't pretend to be natives." ”

Boris raised his head and said a little depressedly: "I'd better put on makeup, put on black all over my body, put on more clothes, and cover my skin."

Zhao Zizhong nodded helplessly: "For the time being, I can only do this, and I will find a way in the future." ”

Du Dalei suddenly said at this time: "Lao Bao, you are so white, tall and handsome, when you go to the big city in the south, those big girls, little daughters-in-law, half-old, all old ladies, and son-in-law, rabbit Xianggong, must love you so much." After speaking, he raised his orchid finger and threw a charming look at Boris.

Boris shivered with a chill and shivered involuntarily, and ducked back. And Na Zhe rolled around on the ground with his stomach in his arms, laughing out of breath.

Wei Hongye pressed Na Zhe: "Okay, don't make a fuss." There's still something to discuss. He paused, "We will definitely have to contact the Han people when we go south, how can we introduce the identities and origins of everyone?" ”

"It's simple, don't all the time-travelers in those novels say that they are businessmen from overseas, some say they are from the Americas, some say they are from Europe, and some say they are from Oceania."

"As long as we don't say we're from Africa, that's too low."

"Why don't you say you're from Antarctica?"

Wei Hongye looked at these boys getting farther and farther away, "We can't say that we are from overseas, otherwise people will ask: 'You are maritime merchants, how did you come to the northern forest in the hinterland of the continent?' ’。 We simply can't justify ourselves. I have the idea to say to others that we are descendants of the Tang people who were exiled to the West after the battle of 'Talas' during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, and Boris is a friend we met in the West, and he came to the East with us because he was interested in the culture of the East. ”

Na Zhe asked: "Old Wei, what is the battle of 'Talas' you said, tell us about it." ”

"It was a battle caused by the encounter between the army of the Tang Dynasty and the forces from the Abbasid Dynasty (i.e., the Black Clothes Great Food) in the Central Asian countries during the reign of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The location of Talas has not yet been fully determined, but it should be west of the Green Ridge, close to the vicinity of Taraz in Kazakhstan. In this battle* in the face of 200,000 Arab coalition troops, they calmly responded to the battle, killing and killing more than 70,000 Great Food Soldiers, causing heavy losses to the Arab coalition army, and among the 20,000 elite troops of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, about 10,000 people were lost, of which nearly half were killed and captured, but more than thousands of people were still able to survive. The Arabs, preoccupied with quelling the rebellion and satisfied with the preservation of Central Asia, were unable to expand further. Therefore, we can say that we are the descendants of the captured Tang Army, who were exiled to the West, because they missed their homeland and wanted to return to their hometown, and then traveled thousands of miles through the vast grasslands before they came here. So that no one can doubt it. ”

Du Dalei leisurely yearned: "It turns out that the Tang Army is so fierce!" 20,000 people dare to go to war with 200,000 Arab troops, what a man! ”

Wei Hongye said: "The Tang army is strictly disciplined, extremely strong in combat effectiveness, and their weapons and equipment are also very sophisticated. ”