Chapter 86: Kikige
The Shennong River reflects the morning sun. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Sun Yi was feeding the ducklings while pondering things in his heart.
Since the issuance of the military order system, in Yang Ritian's words, one soldier can now be used as three soldiers in the past. The soldiers are eager for Lord Lidel to launch a communication system as soon as possible.
The air quality of Langshan River is good, the visibility is extremely high, and it should be a good choice to use two-handed flag language during the day and light language at night. However, the problem is that Sun Yiyi has reserved a total of 45 codes from 51 to 99, and in order to use these 45 codes to express the commonly used content of military communications, it is also necessary to train a group of specialized communication personnel to memorize the meaning of these 45 codes.
Yang Ritian tiptoed in, saw that the master came back to his senses a little, and said in a low voice: "Master, don't dare to feed these little ducklings anymore." These little things don't know how to be hungry, how much to feed and how much to eat, and if they don't do it well, they will die. ā
These ducklings were picked up by the orphans and hatched by themselves within a few days, and no one was willing to eat them. A dragon said that the little wild duck would not fly two months ago, and Sun Yi planned to bring it back to Yang Milk Baby to raise.
"Something?" Sun Yi asked Yang Ritian.
Yang Ritian nodded, "Hmm." In order to practice the new military order, there were several times when our rafts went to the other side for training without flying flags, and as a result, we ran into bandits. I guess the bandits used to have secret sentry posts, and when they saw the high flags on our rafts, they hid for a long time. ā
Sun Yi agreed.
Yang Ritian continued, "Our raft ran into bandits, but there was nothing we could do about them. The bandits relied on the familiarity of the terrain to get rid of us by turning around in the reed ditch. We have too few rafts to intercept them. ā
Sun Yi asked, "How many rafts do we have?" ā
Yang Ritian replied: "Six sheepskin rafts, one cowhide raft, the cowhide raft is too cumbersome, and six sheepskin rafts scattered into the reeds are not useful at all." ā
Sun Yiyi: "Battle is here on a straw raft, you can also try the straw raft." ā
Yang Ritian sighed and said, "That's why I came to invite my master." Battle had a good relationship with us a few days ago, but for some reason there was a sudden awkward break these days, and the camp was moved upstream. I sent a few people to learn how to make their rafts, but they were all pulled back. Sullen and Battle have a good relationship, I want the master to send a message to ask Sulkey to run. ā
Stuffy guy, except for Sun Yi's words, he usually doesn't listen to anyone's orders. Yang Ritian was afraid of committing taboos, and he didn't dare to instruct the head nurse of Lord Lidel.
"Where's the stuffy one?" Sun Yi asked a few orphans around him.
"I went to the nomads' camp to eat and drink." A child returns.
It seems that the stuffy guy really has a good relationship with Battle.
Sun Yi stood up and said to Yang Ritian: "That's it, I'll give you a run myself!" ā
Yang Ritian hurriedly got up, "I'll gather a team of people to escort the master." ā
Sun Yi waved his hand, "No." If you want to go, come with me, I don't think they have any bad intentions in Battle. ā
The two of them rode to their camp in Battle, but no one stopped them. The two of them went straight to the camp tent, where they heard Battle and the stuffy man shouting in the tent.
"Brother sullen, you have been here for several days, training every day without fighting, are you afraid of bandits!"
"You talk nonsense, if you want to say that others are afraid of bandits and hungry and still believe it, Lord Lidel will not be afraid of bandits!"
"You've drunk all my mare's milk! If you brought it, did you bring it? ā
"What's that? When did you talk to you? ā
"Sullen, are you a bully! Want to get beaten, don't you? ā
"Hit it, whoever is afraid of you, I'll fight you when I'm hungry and drink this wine!"
Sun Yi picked up the curtain and came in by himself, "Don't finish drinking, leave me a sip." ā
This is a typical yurt, called "Geer" in Mongolian, and you have to take off your shoes and sit cross-legged on the kang when you enter the door. Sun Yi was very familiar with this kind of Geer in later generations, and even stayed overnight. Geer's door generally opens to the southeast, and the northwest is dedicated to the Buddhist shrine. On the left side is the position of men's belongings, horse harness, horse poles, knives and guns, the tip of the knife or the muzzle of the gun to the door; On the right is a place for women's chests, pots and pans, and low tables. There was a fire in the center of the tabernacle, and smoke drifted out of Gehr's skylight, so that anyone who first entered Gehr would not be able to get used to the smell inside. The felt of this top Geer has obviously been used for too long and can no longer be seen in its original color.
Sun Yi kicked off his travel shoes and sat down at the table. Only then did I find out that in addition to Stuffy and Battle, there was also a little girl dressed as a nomad in the tent. Sun Yi knew that there were not so many nomads who had different rules for men and women, and the guests who came to the house were all men and women who sat together, and there was no distinction between the main and guest seats, who was older and who sat at the upper table. If the guests don't leave, the young daughter-in-law of the family can't rest, and she has to pour wine and renew the dishes at any time.
Battle and the stuffy guy had a draw, and the stuffy guy didn't stick to it for a round in front of this Lidel, so Battle respected Sun Yi very much in his heart, and hurriedly poured Sun Yi a bowl of mare's milk wine in person, and handed it over with both hands raised.
After Sun Yi received the wine, he dipped the wine with his right ring finger and lit it in the direction of the heaven, earth and fire furnace to show his respect for the gods of heaven, earth and fire, and then drank it all, this kind of mare's milk wine has an alcohol content of only 1% to 3%, which is really not as good as the beer of later generations.
Battle took the bowl with the gesture of toasting, and touched his chest with his right hand to express his gratitude, but ignored Yang Ritian, who came in later.
The little girl dressed as a nomad poured Sun Yi full of mare's milk wine, and sang in Mongolian to Sun Yi with a bowl in both hands.
This bowl of wine is according to the rules, and Sun Yi has to say auspicious words or sing wine songs while drinking. Sun Yi's Mongolian could barely understand a few words, Sun Yi let go of his voice and sang in Chinese:
"Blue sky,
Green lake,
green grassland,
This is my home.
Galloping horses,
White flock,
And your girl,
This is my home.
I love you my home,
My home, my paradise. ā
Perhaps it was the melodious rhythm that moved the little girl, and the little girl's eyebrows and eyes were crooked to follow Sun Yi's melody and swayed from side to side. Perhaps Battle understood the lyrics, and Battle slapped the carpet with excitement.
Sun Yi wiped his mouth after drinking and got straight to the point. He knew that the people on the grassland were accustomed to seeing the vast blue sky and white clouds, and their minds were simple, so it was best to say what they had directly. "I heard that you and we have been having trouble lately, why?"
Battle's face immediately turned from a bright smile to a cloudy one, and he turned his eyes to Yang Ritian, who had been neglected, "You guys are bathing in the river!" You have violated the laws laid down by Genghis Khan! You have stained the clean waters, you have blasphemed the noble god of water! ā
Yang Ritian's mouth was open, but he didn't expect that the two sides would be estranged because of this.
Battle said angrily, "How much water you stain today, how much dirty water you will drink tomorrow!" ā
When it comes to gods and Buddhas, it is always a dead knot that cannot be untied.
Sun Yiyou changed the subject, "Battle, are you forty years old this year?" ā
Battle replied, "No! ā
Sun Yiyi, "Genghis Khan stipulated that men should not drink casually until they were forty years old, have you done it?" ā
It was Battle's turn to open his mouth and not answer.
Because there was not enough mare's milk for people to make mare's milk wine in the era of Genghis Khan, after Genghis Khan unified the various tribes of Mobei Mongolia, he once formulated some rules for drinking, such as drinking only on major festivals, men can not drink casually before the age of forty, young people who do not have a family can not drink, young people can not drink in front of their elders, and so on. It was only after Mongolia entered the Yellow River valley that it began to have large-scale contact with grain and wine in the Central Plains, and this regulation was relaxed. In the Ming Jin Kingdom, which is a mixture of half-herding and half-farming, this kind of wine ban is useless. In later generations, Sun Yi had a few Mongolian buddies, and when they got drunk, they moved out of the ancient Genghis Khan to talk about things, and Sun Yi used the prohibition law to fight back against them, and they hit a quasi-son.
Battle couldn't bear Sun Yi's "sharp" questioning, and lowered his head.
Sun Yi felt that he might be talking too much. In later life, his Mongolian buddies would only laugh and drink when asked; In the five years of Chongzhen, Battle was really struggling inside.
Sun Yi hurriedly handed over the steps again, "I know, you only drink once in a while because you are entertaining guests, so you have to enjoy yourself as soon as you drink." ā
Unexpectedly, Battle replied bluntly: "Genghis Khan did not stipulate that guests can drink when they come." And I don't have a family, so I'm not allowed to drink. ā
Instead, it became Sun Yi who persuaded Battle, "When Genghis Khan formulated this law, it was because mare's milk was very precious at that time, and now the situation is different......"
Battle looked up, "Riddell, you're right! ā
Sun Yi continued, "Genghis Khan didn't let him bathe in the small river for fear of polluting the water source, but the Shennong River is so big ......"
Battle interrupted Sun Yi, "Lidel, you're not right!" The god of water is still the god of water, and bathing in the river will offend the god of water. We can make a step, you can fetch water and bathe on the shore, but you can't go down the river! ā
Sun Yi sighed, this kind of cultural conflict is afraid that one side will admit death.
Sun Yi changed the topic again, "The people of the Ming Dynasty had a rule, the paper with words cannot be desecrated, and it must be respectfully collected and burned, otherwise it will be punished by God!" ā
The little girl dressed as a nomad giggled, it turned out that she could understand Chinese.
Battle commented contemptuously, "That's the Han Chinese scholars talking nonsense!" ā
Sun Yiyi, "But the people of the Ming Dynasty don't think it's nonsense, they revere the god of words as you revere the god of water." ā
Battle was silent.
Sun Yi also said, "In some tribes in the west, their women must go out tightly wrapped and only show their two eyes to see the road, otherwise they will be beaten by their elders." ā
The little girl giggled and rolled with laughter.
Sun Yi continued, "Ao Oudu, if in the Ming Dynasty, you laugh like this in front of strangers, you can only marry strangers!" ā
(Ogado, Mongolian, little sister.) ļ¼
The little girl got up from the low kang with a bone, "Really? ā
Sun nodded, "In the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, girls don't go out of the door, and men and women pay attention to accepting and not kissing. If a man and a woman touch hands, it is a loss of moderation, and if the girl does not marry this man, she will be starved to death by her family! ā
The little girl's eyes sparkled, "Lidel, I'm willing to marry you!" Then he quickly touched Sun Yi's arm with his hand.
Sun Yi was so frightened that he almost screamed!
This little girl is only thirteen or fourteen years old, with beads on her head, and she is dressed in a typical grassland dress, but Sun Yi really can't keep up with this rhythm.
Sun Yi hurriedly didn't provoke her, turned his head to Battle and said, "Battle , it is their own choice for the people of the Ming Dynasty to drink dirty water in the future, can you not worry about them?" I promise that the people of the Ming Dynasty will not come to worry about your disrespect for the gods of words and the coexistence of men and women, how about it? ā
Battle thought for a long time.
The stuffy man opened his mouth on the side, "What Ming Dynasty people, what Genghis Khan!" The hungry are the dead who can't survive in the Ming Dynasty, and you were destroyed by Genghis Khan's Mongol grandson. The big guy hid in this place to survive, he couldn't eat enough, and he still had the heart to fight for bathing and writing, he deserved to starve to death! ā
Battle let out a long sigh, poured a bowl of mare's milk wine, and pushed it to Yang Ritian, "Please drink!" ā
The little girl also poured Sun Yi full of wine, and personally brought it to Sun Yi's side, staring at Sun Yi with a hot light in her eyes, "Lidel, my name is Qiqige, I invite you to drink!" ā