Chapter 474: A Deformed Society (Part II)
So far, it can be determined that there are four earths, according to the number drawn up by Yang Xiaoqian, of which the first, second, and third earths are all walking on the same trajectory, from primitive society to slave society and then to feudal society, and then each goes to a different fork in the road, the second earth was suddenly drastic in the embryonic period of capitalism, and since then there have been wars and disputes, and the third earth rewrote the ending of World War II due to the appearance of suspected traversers during World War II, and then suffered an asteroid impact at the beginning of the 21st century, and finally destroyed civilization.
The human civilization of Earth 4 has been on a completely different path from the very beginning, forming a kind of fantasy society, which makes Yang Xiaoqian have a strong interest in its social form.
On the one hand, it is to satisfy his curiosity, and on the other hand, it is also necessary to understand the composition of other worlds, after all, through the giant spider dream observed by Su Yue, it is now basically certain that in addition to the four known earths, there are other worlds, and there are many of them. Since it is possible to come into contact with humans from other worlds in the future, there is no harm in enhancing one's ability to understand different worlds before different civilizations collide with each other.
"You said that only the family can preserve a relatively complete knowledge system, and gradually enrich the knowledge system of using runes in the process of passing it on from generation to generation, so the family is high?" Yang Xiaoqian asked, "But the earliest families and clans all originated from the Tianhuan tribe, didn't they?" So the starting line of the family and the clan should be consistent, at least not too far apart. Moreover, the family is mainly based on accumulation, and the tribe is mainly attacking, so the force of the tribe should be above the family, right? Why do more powerful tribes have a lower status than the family? ”
"When the Tianhuan tribe disintegrated, the tribe and the family did not have much understanding of runes, and the overall strength of the tribe was higher than that of the family. In the beginning, most of the clans were attached to powerful clans, undertaking the work of understanding runes and developing runes, and wars often broke out between tribes due to discord of interests or ideas, and the defeated clans would die, but the families attached to the tribe would not die, but would only be attached to another tribe and become a lower-grade family. ”
"Because they were in the same situation, the early family had a harmonious relationship with the family before, as long as there was no blood feud or conflict between the clans, they would not make a big move, and if they saw that the family they had befriended was in trouble, they would take the initiative to help. And between the tribes, there will always be only temporary alliances and eternal strife. Over the years, the power of the family has grown stronger, and the power of the clan has been consumed in the struggle with demons and each other. ”
As the head of the Mo family, when talking about this relatively inglorious family history, Mo Huan has a frank face.
"So in the early days, the family was just a tool of the tribe, or an arms dealer who wandered between the various tribes, and started by making war money." Yang Xiaoqian was even more puzzled, "Isn't there a tribe that has ever thought of accumulating knowledge like the clan school of the family?" ”
Mo Huan thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "The internal competition of the clan is more fierce than that of the family, the main components of the family are several core bloodlines in the family, as long as a new path is opened up on the rune avenue, it will never hide from the juniors or the same clan." However, the members of the clan are always intriguing with each other for more interests. In general, the family is more united and more restrained than the clan, which is probably one of the main reasons why the family prospered and the clan declined. ”
"Well, what about later?"
After that, the great families devoted their main energies to exploring the mysteries of the runes, often communicating with each other, and gradually forming invisible alliances. In order for the gifted Grandmasters and Grand Masters to concentrate on the Path, many families agreed to work together to keep the flames of war away from the Family, and from then on, the Family had a transcendent status. As long as a new family is recognized by other families, the clan cannot do anything against it, otherwise all the families will unite and exterminate the tribes that dare to invade the family. ”
"Even at that time, although the clan lagged behind the clan in the accumulation of knowledge, the overall combat power was still higher than that of the clan, but the clan could be united, but the clan could not be united. On the contrary, in order to win over the family, the clan leaders will openly recognize the inviolability of the family, and encourage the members of the clan to intermarry with the children of the family, in exchange for the support of the family, in exchange for more talismans and charms that can improve combat power. ”
Yang Xiaoqian said suddenly: "As a result, the family that is free from war and has mastered knowledge can maintain the rise of population and advanced productive forces, and start a virtuous circle." However, the tribe often has a knowledge gap, a broken inheritance, and backward productivity due to wars, and due to the backwardness of productivity, they cannot meet the needs of their own expansion after supplying the needs of the family, so they have to continue to wage wars to plunder, falling into a vicious circle. In the eyes of the clan, the clan is a fairy who has mastered the power of runes and is transcendent, and in the eyes of the clan, the clan is not much different from the barbarians who drink blood. This continued for hundreds of years until the strong rise of the Ming Dynasty. ”
It took Zero One ten minutes to translate and explain this passage to Mohuan, who took nearly ten minutes to understand the meaning of this passage, and finally nodded in affirmation, "Exactly." ”
Yang Xiaoqian was silent, judging from the description of the ink ring, the human civilization of Earth No. 4 is going wrong and going wrong after going astray, and gradually drifting away on the wrong road.
To make a crude analogy, the direct line of the family is the nobles who are high, and the side line is the ordinary commoners, being born in different families is equivalent to being born in different countries, and the tribes are barbarians struggling to survive.
The nobles possessed the sacred knowledge that determined productivity and combat effectiveness, the commoners were responsible for the production for the nobles to continue their studies, and the barbarians used each other's blood to irrigate the nobles' grain fields and gardens in the process of fighting each other. This kind of underworld civilization is simply a fantasy or magic template that is alive and well.
What makes Yang Xiaoqian feel even more unreasonable is that in the case of far surpassing the tribes, the major families have never thought of absorbing the tribes for their own use, but let the tribes continue to fight and conquer, and continue to exploit the tribes that have declined from fat sheep to a group of ants in this inefficient blood-sucking way.
It is no wonder that the Ming Dynasty, which has an unstable foundation, can also sweep the family into the dustbin of history with the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping the leaves.