Episode 46 Ancestral Love
The old witch glared at me fiercely, whistled, and pointed at it, and a small cyan snake about a foot long swam out of the grass, and the old witch drew two circles with her hands, and the green snake followed her gesture and posed an Arabic numeral "8" on the ground with her body.
None of us had ever seen such a scene, and of course we were stunned all at once!
Because we live in Red China, the education we have received since childhood has repeatedly instilled that our world is godless, and those so-called gods are mostly created by people with ulterior motives. It turns out that many of the surviving religious beliefs have been exploited by the ruling class as accomplices in the exploitation of people.
In fact, as soon as the old county king mentioned the so-called snake spirit, I vaguely knew that it was referring to an ancient local god. When shamans and gods practice, they often like to use conscription animals to show miracles. First, the skill of taming beasts is relatively easy to master, and secondly, the impact on the hearts of ordinary people is also the greatest. Some animals have very high IQs, and highly trained kittens and puppies can even fiddle with an abacus to demonstrate addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Although I know all of the above, I have also studied it carefully in order to write a book. As the successor of the proletariat and the successor of atheism, we can read our world more clearly.
But the scene at this time still stunned me. You must know that taming animals often requires trained animals to be smart enough, how can a reptile with almost no brains like a snake understand people's intentions? In other words, being able to fiddle with such a low-level animal is no longer something that can be done by simple animal taming techniques. My reaction was quick, and almost instantly, I thought: this old witch must have used some extremely special method to train this green snake to make such jaw-dropping movements, how long does this grandmother have to train......
Just when everyone was stunned, the dead fat man suddenly shouted: "Oh, it's not good, there are snakes!" A tiger jumped, jumped up, "snapped" a kick, and trampled the green snake to a halt.
The poor green snake is only a foot long, and its whole body is coiled into an Arabic numeral 8, how much area can it occupy? The dead fat man is not very tall, but the soles of his feet are very large, and he is still shouting and squeezing his feet in shoes of size 44. Coupled with his weight of 200 catties, when he stepped on it, the green snake that stepped on it broke out of his stomach, and he couldn't live anymore.
The old witch was furious, pointing at the dead fat man's big nose, foaming at the mouth, it seemed that she was scolding her mother, I think it is no wonder she is so angry, this green snake estimates that she has been training for a long time, and has spent a lot of energy, and suddenly it is gone, of course she will be very angry.
The dead fat man asked with concern, "Old woman, are you okay?" Were you scared by a snake? Don't worry, you see, this little snake has been trampled to death by me. As he spoke, he lifted his feet, made up two more feet, and completely stepped on the green snake into an insole before he stopped.
The old witch was so anxious that her eyes were red, and she was still carrying a dark staff in her hand, and she was about to give the dead fat man a look, but the county lord of Yourong hurriedly stopped her, and said a few words, as if to explain to the old witch, that the dead fat man was also a good heart. What's even more infuriating is that the dead fat man actually put on a generous appearance of learning from Lei Feng to do good deeds without asking for repayment, and the old witch finally rolled her eyes in anger and fainted.
Although my psychological face blossomed, but I knew that the dead fat man had done a little too much, so I quickly apologized to the old county king, but I didn't expect the old county king to just smile and order the two elderly women to carry the old witch down, and he didn't blame us for anything. Sun Changce, who was standing next to him, even bent the corners of his mouth slightly, and there was actually a smile hanging there. But as soon as he noticed that I was paying attention to him, he immediately changed to a plain and serene appearance.
However, I noticed that most of the onlookers looked at the fat man angrily. It seems that this old witch has a lot of weight in the eyes of the locals, and we have offended such a powerful person at once, and it seems that we should be more careful in our actions in the future.
After greeting each other for a few words, Sun Changce left Sun Changce to arrange for my people to rest in place, and the old county king led me to a big house. After arriving at the living room, the guests and hosts sat down, and someone brought fragrant tea. In addition to a Thai-style table and chairs, there is also a gilded Buddha statue in the center, which looks resplendent and exudes a strong religious atmosphere.
Buddhism is a traditional religion that has been passed down from generation to generation in Thailand and is the focus of Thai life. Of the 47 million people, Buddhists make up 95 percent. At present, more than 95% of the people in Thailand believe in Buddhism, and it is said that there are more than 30,000 temples in the country; Bangkok, the capital of the "City of Angels", is known as the "City of Buddhist Temples". Buddhism became the state religion of Thailand, and monks were highly respected and had a great say in all levels of society. Even royal ceremonies, national education, and daily life are all regulated by Buddhism, and it is stipulated that when a man reaches the age of 20, he must be a monk for at least three months, and go out every morning to take the alms and not eat for lunch. Most of the young monks are students, and there are about 9,000 Buddhist colleges in Thailand that teach Pali and Buddhism, and two Buddhist universities that teach only Buddhism, with elder monks guiding meditation and spiritual practice, or working on evangelism, church administration, and psychological counseling. In Thailand, temples are the main social education and charity institutions, so it has many social functions, such as worshipping monks, worshippers, displaying historical relics, receiving foreign guests and tourists, and even accepting widows, widows and lonely people who are unable to live in society to provide for the elderly.
I informed the old county king of my coming, and finally said: "Now the focus of the problem is on the demon temple of your country, so we have traveled thousands of miles to rush here, hoping to get useful information and prepare for our complete defeat of the enemies in the dungeon in the future. β
The old county king nodded and said, "So that's how it happened...... It's really unexpected. He picked up the tea, took a sip, pondered for a long time, and said: "The situation is so critical, it is a disaster for all mankind, of course we Thais will not stay out of the situation, help you, in fact, it is to help ourselves......" I listened to the old county king's voice getting quieter and quieter, and couldn't help but wonder: "Do you still have any difficulties?" β
The old county king pondered for a moment and said, "Mr. Hua...... "I quickly told him that my surname is Ning, not Hua." The old county king nodded and continued: "Mr. Hua, you have already seen that Thailand is very chaotic now, and the outbreak of the doomsday virus is almost a devastating blow to us in Thailand. I've done my best, but as you can see, we've barely managed to save more than a hundred. A few days ago, the old man sent people to contact the remnants of the country, and now except for the messenger in the northern mountains who did not return, everyone else has brought back the depressing news, and according to statistics, the surviving population of the entire Thailand, even the most optimistic estimates, will not exceed 10,000, and the worst thing is that this number is still declining every day. "I only understood half of this passage, and the other half was translated by R. Yourong, but the old king didn't seem to mind, and still finished saying it in Chinese.
I will say that our China is actually similar to here, your country has a relatively small territory, and it is easy to manage, but our country is tens of thousands of miles from east to west, north and south, and there are no exact statistics yet, but we tend to count the survival rate of 1 in 10,000, and it is estimated that we can finally gather close to 300,000 people. In fact, strictly speaking, inside our Fulto base, it is generally believed that we can survive less than 150,000 people in China at most, and I deliberately doubled the number to give the old county king a hint: our family is thick.
Of course, the old county king obviously did not tell the truth, although the attack power of the zongzi in Thailand is not satisfactory, but it can be immune to the sun, so that the survivors in Thailand are far less comfortable than our Fulto, anyway, we can still rest peacefully during the day, they can't, they must be 24 hours a day - 24 hours of strict combat is easier said than done, if you really put it into action, it can simply drag down people's will, especially when there is not enough manpower, it is like a mourning examination. So I estimate that the number that the old county king said will probably be more reasonable if it is divided by three. When I thought of the huge Thailand, with only 3,000 people left, there was a cold war all of a sudden.
The old county king smiled bitterly: "Our Thailand is no longer your Chinese subject country, there is no reason to ask you to help us, but Mr. Hua ......" The old county king took my hand and said sincerely: "But we really need help now, our country also has strategic reserves, and there is no shortage of conventional guns and weapons, but we can't get it in our hands at all, and a large part of the things have been destroyed by fire...... Now our base is even more problematic in terms of supplies, and if things drag on like this, the Thai people may suffer from extinction. β
When the old county king said this, he seemed a little excited, I quickly arched my hand, and said: "I sympathize with your plight, in fact, we are in great trouble...... I thought about how to shirk the rhetoric, and the old county king has already said angrily: "As you said, two hundred years ago, we were a family, isn't it now?" β
I was stunned by the old king's question, and I didn't know how to answer him.
The relationship between China and Thailand is really very long.
Thailand first began to form a relatively unified state in 1238. It has experienced the Sukhothai Dynasty, the Ayutthaya Dynasty, the Thonburi Dynasty and the Bangkok Dynasty, and was originally known as Siam. In 1652 (the ninth year of Shunzhi), Siam sent envoys to the Qing Dynasty to pay tribute, and the exchanges between the two countries began. In 1767, the Burmese army invaded Siam and captured the capital of Siam, Ayutthaya. The Dafu of the Ayutthaya Dynasty was too shou Phraya? Marshin organized the Siamese people to repel the invading Burmese army, reunited Siam, and was proclaimed king. In 1768, Dashin sent an envoy to the Qing Dynasty to ask the Qing court to make him King of Siam, but the Qing government rejected the request for usurpation.
However, Marshin continued to make friendly gestures to the Qing government, and after ten years of hard work, the Qing government finally recognized the dynasty established by Marshin in 1777 and allowed Siamese envoys to pay tribute to the Qing court. In 1823 (the third year of Daoguang), the Qing government presented the Siamese king Rama II with a plaque of "Eternal Dian Haibang". In the 19th century, colonialists such as Portugal, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France invaded successively. In 1855, the British representative and Governor of Hong Kong, Pauling, forced Siam to sign the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of Commerce (Bowling Treaty), and since then, France, the United States, Germany, Italy and other countries have followed the British example and forced Siam to sign similar treaties. Siam became a semi-colony of Western colonial powers, and in 1896 Britain and France signed a treaty stipulating Siam as a buffer state between British Burma and French Indochina, and the suzerainty relationship with China gradually ended. At the end of the 19th century, King Rama IV began to open up to the outside world. King Rama V drew on the experience of the West to carry out social reforms. In June 1932, during the reign of King Rama VII, the Kuomintang staged a coup d'Γ©tat and changed the monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. In 1939, it was renamed Thailand, and after several changes, it was officially named Thailand in 1949.
When I read the above historical records, I was deeply shocked, but the reason for the shock at that time was not because the people of China and Thailand have been friendly for generations, but because I was shocked that our country had been so bullish!
No one in this world wants to be born a little brother, everyone wants to be a big brother. The same is true for countries, whether large or small, each country has its own dream of becoming a strong country, even if it is a small country as small as Japan, it once dreamed of dominating the world and put it into practical action. But there is an old saying: "Narrow Mount Tai to fill the North Sea, you have to do it, you can't do it." "In the face of such a behemoth as China, the surrounding countries seem too small. In Asia, there is no such balance of power as in Western Europe, and in fact, if there is no external intervention, even if the small Asian countries are united, they will not be China's opponents.
In such a situation, after thousands of years of experience, all Asian countries have always regarded China as their suzerain. Of course, this is related to the Chinese's benevolent style of loving the world, in fact, no matter which king goes north to the Central Plains to pay tribute, he will be received by the emperor of Middle-earth, and the gifts offered by the tributary mission will definitely be doubled by the emperor of Middle-earth. Therefore, for a long time, the lords of the vassal states never forgot about the tribute...... It is said that if you bring a large number of treasures to give gifts, and when you come back, you can bring back double or even more than ten times the things home, who would not want to?
It is precisely because of the generosity and benevolence of the Chinese that the vast majority of vassal states have great respect for the Chinese, which is especially evident when the Central Plains Empire changed dynasties. Generally at that particular time, the vassal states will often hold out until the death of the current king and the new king ascends the throne, and then continue to worship the new emperor of the Central Plains.
If what the old county king said above was said to the dead fat man, I think the dead fat man would probably get angry at that time and ask them why Thailand keeps running with the Americans.
But I won't.
I can't be so honest as to blame others, after all, they are only your vassals, not your little followers, and you have no right to accuse others of sovereignty when you are not able to protect them. Since ancient times, weak countries have no diplomacy, and small countries have never had the right to speak, and it is the problem that people have to face to survive in the situation of great power games. Of course, now that the time has come, they can no longer count on the Americans, and naturally look back and think that there is still an old suzerainty to rely on.
I pondered for a moment and said, "I can't reply to you directly to this question, first, we can't represent the Chinese government now, and second, even in our Dalian base, I'm not the boss...... But I will report this matter to Brother Jiu truthfully. β
The old county king nodded again and again when he heard this, it seems that he also knows that this matter belongs to opening his mouth and making three profits, and he has no great hope, after all, it seems too long ago to move out of the friendship more than two hundred years ago. He said with a smile: "China is a country of etiquette, Chinese will not let us down...... R. Yourong paused next to him and said: "Dad, aren't you persecuting people...... Now the flower leader has brought his teammates to Thailand, just to find out the root cause of the current crisis in the end...... "I immediately told the old king what I said.
The old county king was suddenly surprised, and said in amazement: "I didn't expect things to be like this!" Mr. Hua, your mind is really admirable to the old man. β
I listened to the words of the old county king and felt that my head was full of black lines, and the old county king saw that I was slightly embarrassed, so he smiled and said: "Mr. Hua, you can rest assured, no matter whether we can get your help or not, we will help you in the current matter." I will send my best men to activate all the resources at my disposal to help you find the Shemale Temple. β
When I heard this, I was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.
The old county king laughed and returned the salute and said, "We are our own people, so Mr. Hua should not be polite." He glanced back at the Buddha statue in the hall and sighed, "This crisis has taken the lives of many people, even my wife...... Ay! He sighed and asked, "Mr. Hua, is your wife okay?" β
I was asked by the old county king, and said in amazement: "My wife? Where did I come from, madame? I'm not married! When the old county king heard this, he became even more happy, looked back at his daughter, and said, "It's getting late, go and prepare food, we have to entertain our friends from the north." β
Yourong's pretty face suddenly turned red, glanced at me, quickly avoided her gaze, and said, "Yes, Dad, I'll go and bring someone to prepare." "He saluted me and withdrew. Thai beauty is really very special, but in my barren mind, I can't find an adjective to describe the cuteness of R. Yourong, it seems that all the words are not enough to write her cuteness.
In other words, I am a person who writes books, and what I am best at is judging the situation, and I can't help but feel a move in my heart at this time...... Obediently, what is this old man's idea? Do you want to recruit me as a son-in-law?