Chapter 14 Walking Together
When the bass finished, there was silence in the room again.
The King of Shu thought for a while and said to the bass: "Could it be that the two distinguished guests are from the distant western world outside the western sky?" This king has long heard that if a person walks on the ground, it will take half a year to reach our Shu Kingdom from the Western world. How long will it take for you to fly from the sky?"
Bass immediately realized that the outer world he stated was understood by the King of Shu as different regions of the earth world, and the other listeners in the room probably understood it the same way.
However, to get them to change their preconceived notions and understand the stars, planets, galaxies, the universe, and other human worlds that exist in the starry sky, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it for a few days and nights, but it will have a huge impact on their religious beliefs, and turn the love they have built up for themselves and Rag into a kind of inexplicable hatred.
So Bass had no choice but to push the boat down the river and say, "The honorable king can understand it this way, because we have flying objects that can fly in the sky, so we can get here in just a few days." ”
"Yikes!" The king of Shu, the prince, and the high priest let out an exclamation at the same time.
Bass looked at the princess and saw that she smiled at herself and nodded her head to show that she understood.
"Since the two distinguished guests are from the realm of the Western gods, they are veritable messengers of the gods! I have heard that the priests of that world are learned and revered by the world because of their service to God. The priest said in a serious tone, "However, I waited until last night at the top of the city to see two messengers flying in the night sky, and it seems that there is a flying object under them, is that what the messenger is talking about?" ”
Bass replied, "No, we flew a small flying object last night, and it flew a short distance and not very high. The flying object I am talking about is as large as the interior space of this meeting room, which can fly high in the air with a dozen people, and the people on the ground can hardly see it. ”
"Yikes!" The audience exclaimed again.
"So, the messenger hid the giant flying object in the woods outside the city? But last night the princess sent people to search for a long, long time, but did not see it. The priest continued to ask, and from this point of view, he had no scruples about speaking in front of the king of Shu.
Bass honestly replied, "Our flying object is not in the woods, but on the top of a high mountain in the northwest beyond the trees. ”
At this time, Rag lost his patience, he thought that the content of the meeting had already deviated from the topic and must be corrected, and said: "King Shu, once we have repaired the flying objects on the top of the mountain, they can drive into your palace for you to wait for a closer look, so now we should complete the deal we reached between us as soon as possible." ”
The King of Shu said repeatedly: "Okay! Our bronze smelting and processing plant is at the northern end of the capital, only two miles from here, and the king will order that the factory area be open to the two distinguished guests, and that you can take whatever you need, and what you need our craftsmen to do. ”
As soon as the King of Shu finished speaking, the princess spoke: "Father, let me be in charge of the activities of the two guests in the factory, and I will definitely convey my father's password to every craftsman and guard." ”
Princess Yang only took Daorong with him to accompany the guests to the factory.
Walking out of the palace compound, Bess saw that the open-top carriage and cavalry guards that had brought him and Rag were still waiting outside the gate, and that he wanted to walk with the princess to see the sights in the city, so he said to the princess, "Let's go to the factory, and Rag and I can enjoy the city." ”
Without hesitation, the princess accepted Bass's suggestion, and she ordered the waiting soldiers to withdraw on their own.
Bass's mood was as clear as the sky overhead, and it was his best hope that the princess would personally accompany them in the factory to work on the copper plates, so that he would have more opportunities and time to spend with her. To his delight, he did not use his mental power to intervene in the princess's emotions because of this, and the princess herself volunteered to bring it up, so that Bass believed even more that he and the princess of Shu were born with a heart.
The road leading from the palace to the factory was a straight and wide avenue paved with bricks and stones, and tall trees were planted on both sides of the avenue, and walking on such a verdant avenue, Bass felt as if he was walking on the campus of Moluoxing, and he was not only surprised by the civilization of the Shu people.
In the beginning, the princess walked in the front, Bass and Rag walked in the middle, and Dorong walked last.
After walking not far away, the princess turned around and smiled: "Two celestial messengers, since you are from the distant western world, you should know the Sumerian kingdom in the west, right?" ”
"The kingdom of Sumer?" Bass was surprised to say that he had never heard of such a kingdom, so he looked at his transformed intelligent companion, and Rag shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.
Puzzled, Bass stepped forward and walked alongside the princess and asked, "You mean there is a Sumerian kingdom in the West?" How do you know? ”
The princess looked at Bass with a look of surprise, "It is said that the Sumerian kingdom has existed in the Western world for more than a thousand years, how could you not know?" Our city was built by the Sumerians to help the ancestors of the Bai family, and the bronzes were also made by the Sumerians who taught us to be made by the Shu people, and the gold armor and masks you have seen were given to our ancestors by the Sumerians. ”
Bass was amazed in his heart, he had only heard Raco say that there was a Babylonian civilization four thousand kilometers west of this Shu country, and he had never heard of a Sumerian civilization.
"Bass, if the princess is right about the kingdom of Sumer, just ask Raco and she'll know what's going on." Rag, behind the bass, reminded.
"Wait a minute, princess, and I'll ask another companion to verify what you call the Western Sumerian civilization." Bass said.
Then he turned on the intercom on his wrist as he continued to walk forward, and soon Raco's voice came out of the intercom: "Hey, Bass, is your deal with Rag complete?" ”
Yang hurried to follow the bass, witnessing the incredible scene in front of her, although Raco was speaking Moloxing and she didn't know what to say, but the small machine on the bass's wrist was able to speak human words that shocked her.
Bass thought to himself that in order to make the call more dramatic, it was better for the princess to understand the conversation, so he said into the intercom in Shu Chinese: "Rako, Lag and I are walking to the copper processing factory in Shu, and the princess of Shu will personally accompany us to complete the transaction." The princess just mentioned that the Shu civilization has a close relationship with another Sumerian civilization in the earth world, please check whether there is an investigation report of the Sumerian civilization in the records of the Russ people. ”
Rako then changed to Shu Chinese and said, "Okay, you guys wait a minute." ”
The call paused, and Bass took the initiative to explain to the questioning princess: "The little machine on my wrist is a wireless communication device that you don't have yet, and the voice of me and my companion has been transformed from this intercom into an electromagnetic wave that can travel quickly in the air..."
Bass stopped at this point, and he realized that if he continued to talk about it, it would only make the girls around him even more confused, so he immediately changed the subject: "Princess, how did the Sumerians come to you to help you build a city?" ”
"Legend has it that they migrated all the way from west to east in order to escape the war, and some Sumerians came to our Shu country, because our Bai ancestors were very good to them, and they especially liked the silk of our Shu country, so they were willing to help us build a city in Shu in exchange for our silk, and then they continued to migrate east with a large amount of silk to the Central Plains Xia Kingdom in the east." Yang said.
At this time, Rako's voice came from the intercom on Bass's wrist, and this time Raco spoke in Shu Chinese: "Bass, the Sumerian civilization is the predecessor of the Babylonian civilization, and the two civilizations are in the same area. The Russ said that the Sumerian civilization was one of the oldest civilizations in the earth world, and the origin of the civilization was the intervention of extraterrestrial advanced humans, and then gradually declined because of the long-term strife between the Sumerian city-states, and was finally occupied by a local human called Semitic, and established the kingdom of Babylon. ”
"Understood, thank you!" The bass said, and then turned off the intercom.
He said to the princess: "You understand, the Sumerian kingdom is no longer there, it is now called the kingdom of Babylon, and we have planned that our spaceship, that is, the big flying machine I just mentioned, will go to Babylon after it is repaired." ”
"I want to go too!" Yang blurted out, and then felt that he was too abrupt, and hurriedly explained: "I've always wanted to go to that mysterious Western world to see, you Westerners are amazing, of course, if..."
"We can take you with us!" The bass said in a firm tone.
"Welcome the princess to our tour around the world!" Rag said happily, then looked at Daorong beside him and asked, "Would you like to go with us to Babylon in the Western world?" ”
Daorong had already worshiped the two messengers of the gods to the extreme, and she said without hesitation: "As long as the princess and my master let me go, I will definitely go!" ”
Yang jumped up with joy and cheered, "Great! I can make my dreams come true! Then he turned to Dao Rong and said: "Rong'er, I will definitely persuade Dao Ye to let you go to the west with me, it is said that the priests there can call the wind and rain and do anything, you can learn a lot of skills when you go there, and you will come back to be the high priest of Shu in the future." ”
Rag said happily, "Bass, we have two more companions in this world. ”
The bass has already blossomed in his heart, and with two girls with special identity in Shu as his companions, his long-term existence in this world will at least not be lonely.
He smiled at the princess and said, "Since we will soon be companions, you and Rong'er will call us by their first names in the future, my name is Bass, and his name is Rag." ”
"Okay, don't call me princess in the future, my name is Bai Yang, you can call me Yang, Dao Rong is one year younger than me, you can also call her Rong'er." At this point, she stopped and whispered to the bass, "However, I think it's rude to call your master by his name, after all, he is an old man. ”
Yang's whisper was clearly heard by Rag, and he immediately changed to a young voice and said loudly: "Hey, I'm not the master of the bass, this is for the trade disguise, I am a companion with the bass, you and Rong'er can call me Lag!" ”
The two girls were shocked when they heard this, and the bass couldn't help but "Hey, hey!" Laughing.
Yang looked at the giggling bass with a puzzled expression, and the bass stopped laughing and said, "Rag's beard and hair are all fake!" Don't ask, just call him Rag in the future, another of our companions is guarding the ship, his name is Rako. ”
Yang is very intelligent, and she can't help but laugh when she looks at Rag's appearance again.
While she was laughing, she suddenly remembered an important question and asked the bass, "Is the purpose of your trip to the Western world just to finish?" Are you going home? ”
Bass sighed and said, "Our home is actually more distant than the Western world you said, and the main purpose of our visit to Babylon is to get enough gold, and it won't take long to repair the hull of our ship with copper and replace it again, because copper alloys rust easily." ”
Yang Dao: "Legend has it that there is a lot of gold in the Western world, what are you going to exchange for the gold of Westerners?" ”
Bass was speechless for a moment, he hadn't thought that far ahead.
"We can also help the Babylonians fight in exchange for their gold." Rag Dao.
"What if the Western world doesn't go to war?" Dao Rong asked.
"Then other trading methods have to be considered." Rag said, his tone visibly weak.
"I have an idea!" Yang said with full confidence, "The Western world likes the silk of our Shu Kingdom, as long as we bring more silk to Babylon, we can exchange it for a lot of gold!" ”
The bass was overjoyed and praised: "Good!" , but then the excitement dropped sharply, "But the terms of our trade with your Shu this time did not mention silk. ”
"Haha!" This time it was Yang's turn to laugh, "I am the princess of Shu, since I am with you, are you still worried that there will be no silk to bring to the West?" Besides, you saved the Shu people in our whole city, what do you want, as long as we have Shu, my father will definitely give it to you. ”
Both Bass and Lag were very happy, and with the companion of the princess of Shu, there would be no worries.
"However," Yang suddenly changed his tune, "if we leave, the Shu Kingdom will be very dangerous, because our Wenling Border Pass Castle is still occupied by the Yuyuan tribe, and they will come back to capture this city at any time, and it will take some time for my father and brother to heal their arrow wounds." ”
Bass said without hesitation: "Then we will make another deal with your Shu Kingdom, I and Rag will help you recapture the border castle, and you will give us enough silk in return, so that you can go to Babylon with us with confidence." ”
"I agree with the bass's suggestion!" Rag said loudly.