Chapter 1055: Coincidence?
In the face of absolute strength, Shak succumbed completely. After leading the people back to the village, he answered all the questions.
And Shak's answer also refreshed everyone's perception of the world of charms.
There is a kingdom of the Terrans in the world. The country name is Xia. This is not the point, the point is that the name of the royal capital of the Xia Kingdom is called 斟鄩.
It's not the first time Li You has heard the name. The Wind Gallop King in the Xunfu world seems to be called this as well.
But a country is called Xia, and there is a capital city called Xia. That's kind of interesting. Because in the history that Li You knows, the first dynasty in the history of China, the Xia Dynasty, the national capital is called the Xia Dynasty.
"Is this just a coincidence?" Li You thought to himself. He didn't follow up on the question. He knew that there wouldn't be just one problem.
The Xia State has been in power for more than 1,000 years and has implemented a sub-feudal system. Since the beginning of the founding of the country, hundreds of feudal countries have been sealed. But the Xia Kingdom was not overthrown by the powerful princes like the Zhou royal family. The royal family has always been on the side of absolute superiority. It's just that there are only a few dozen vassal states left now. Some of them were recovered by the royal family, but most of them were destroyed at the hands of foreign races. In this world, there are also kingdoms established by other intelligent races, and the blood feuds that are intertwined with each other are incalculable.
The Xia Kingdom occupies the most fertile land in this world. Almost all the land that could be cultivated was included in the territory of the Xia Kingdom. The rest of the ethnic groups can only survive in the harsh environment of deserts, ice fields and forests.
Of course, the Terrans are not the true rulers of this world. The truly powerful alien races actually live on the other side of the Endless Forest. The Endless Forest is the name of the forest that Li You and the others left.
The reason why the Xia Kingdom was able to stand for thousands of years without falling was precisely because it had mastered the method of sacrificing to these powerful alien races. In the battle with other intelligent races, if they encounter an irreparable defeat, the king of Xia will sacrifice to these strong people in exchange for great strength to repel the strong enemy.
This is also the most powerful means for Xia to deter the feudal state.
The place where Shak is located is the edge of the territory of Xia Kingdom. Although the Xia Kingdom claims that the entire forest is owned by the Xia Kingdom. But except for a very small number of strong people in the high-level of the Xia Kingdom, who occasionally get involved in it, for thousands of years, there is basically no sign of the activities of the people of the Xia Kingdom.
Shak and the villagers are here because their ancestors committed a felony and were exiled here. While in exile, they were also tasked with going into the Endless Forest to collect a precious medicinal herb. Every three years, an envoy from the royal family would come and take away a specified amount of medicinal herbs.
But over the years, this barren place has gradually become unpeaceful. There are many outlaws who go deep into the mountains in search of precious medicinal herbs and spirit animals. Some people have gained a lot, but many more have died in the mountains. Of course, there are also people who return empty-handed and try to loot Shak's village, but there is Shak, a second-rate totemic powerhouse, in charge. Outlaws often drop their lives here and are dragged to the fields to fertilize the fields.
Not long ago, however, Shak encountered a precious beast at the edge of the forest. The beast itself is not weak, and it is definitely not the object that Shak can provoke. But the beast was seriously injured, and the person who seriously injured it had already been killed by the beast.
It didn't take much effort for Shak to kill the beast and drag it back to the village. But I didn't expect to get into trouble. The strong man who was killed by the strange beast actually has a partner. It's just that when he encountered a counterattack from a strange beast, this guy was timid and took the lead in escaping. When he finally turned back, the corpse of his current companion had been buried, but the alien beast had been taken away. So he searched for traces, found Shak's whereabouts, and finally found the door.
This strong man is obviously stronger than Shak, but he has injuries on his body, and Shak is a snake in the ground, and there are many strong people in the village, so he beat such a strong man who came to the door to provoke him to the ground, and fled in panic.
But the strong man did not give up, and soon gathered a group of outlaws in the vicinity, and came to invade the village from time to time. This is also the source of the tension that the natives show when they see Li You and others. They also thought that Li You was the helper found by the strong man.
After roughly straightening out the geographical distribution of this world, Li You began to ask Xia Ke in detail about the questions he had accumulated.
But Shak has lived in such a remote village for generations, and many things he doesn't know are clear. In the end, he had to move out of the village and let the old people answer Li You's questions. Of course, the answers that these old people know are also handed down from their ancestors, and it is impossible to say whether they are true or not.
However, who the founding king of the Xia Kingdom was, these old men knew.
"Naturally, it's Xia Hou's, Xu." An old man who was already blind replied to Li You.
"Crawling ......"
Li You and Linglong looked at each other.
It's normal for Chiyou and Yaoyu not to know this name. But for those who have read history, there may be very few people who know about it. But he has another title. That's Xia Ji.
Historically, the last king of the Xia Dynasty. Xia Wei is a businessman, but a famous tyrant in history, everyone knows about it.
Xia Guo, 斟鄩, Xia Ji.
When the three names are put together, it is impossible to believe that even a three-year-old child would not believe it.
"Xia Wei ran into the world of talismans?" Linglong was the first to digest this information and looked at Li You.
"It's not surprising." Li You took a deep breath and said, "According to the historical records, Xia Wei was banished by Chengtang to Nanchao and did not kill him. Moreover, Xia Wei is a tyrant, but he is not a faint king. The strength is infinite, it can give birth to cracked tigers and leopards, and it is not a problem to wrestle with eight or nine cows, and it also has the strength of a totem powerhouse if it is not good. Besides, no matter how Xia Wei says, he is also the king of a country, and it is not surprising that he has mastered some secrets of a small world. Perhaps after he lost to Yin Shang, it was not impossible for him to lead his troops to retreat to the small world and start another dynasty. ”
Listening to Li You's analysis, Linglong nodded yes. She thought for a moment and said, "He even made some secret agreement with the powerful ancient demons or totems in the small world, and obtained the protection and support of the strong in order to open up a new kingdom in a strange world. ”
The exquisite addition also made Li You feel like he was suddenly open.
"Patriarch, it's not good!" One of the natives hurriedly ran in, trembling and saying, "The messenger of the royal family is here!" scolded in front of the gate of the village, asking us to hand over the green scale beast! ”
"What?" Shak's face suddenly fell. The Scaly Beast was the beast he had harvested. He couldn't understand why the royal family knew that he had this strange beast in his hands, and this was not a city, but the edge of the civilized world.