Chapter 49, the Eight Directions Wind and Rain Meeting Qiongya (3)

And what makes Xu Xiake feel even more creepy is that even this so-called "Hua America", who claims to have inherited the former Song Dynasty Yufeng, is clearly so vulgar and uncivilized, reckless in military force, and indiscriminate in killing, greedy and cruel comparable to the ancient tyranny Qin. However, even such a brutal and iron-blooded Huamei was ridiculed by another Eastern Coast country, which was also a remnant of the Great Song Dynasty, as a group of soft-hearted and indecisive scholars, believing that they lived a luxurious life, were cowardly and timid, and were not as good at fighting as themselves...... So, where did this eastern coast country come from?

-- According to some rumors that Xu Xiake has sporadically investigated in the past few days, it seems that the population and territory of the East Coast Country are slightly inferior to those of China and the United States, and the land does not seem to be as rich as Huamei. However, the barbarians around the East Coast Country are far stronger than the neighbors of China and the United States, even if it is just to survive, the soldiers and civilians of the East Coast Country have to be enemies of the strong, and they are at war with the evil neighbors of the Quartet every day.

Under such severe military pressure, the East Coast State almost frantically threw all the country's people and goods into the battlefield, and got Cheng Dù, who "all the people are military households, all men are soldiers, and women also carry knives", and even the villages and towns in the country are mostly named after "XX Fort", which shows the prosperity of its martial style.

If it is said that although China and the United States are light on literature and heavy on military force, and are despised by the Ming scholars, but there are still some remnants of Tang and Song Dynasty literature and ink in their country, and they know a little about the etiquette of the sages, then in addition to not forgetting the Chinese language, the ferocious and belligerent atmosphere of the East Coast State has reached the level of Cheng dù that is no different from the bloodthirsty barbarians - although because of the inheritance of the Song Dynasty's Ruoyu code system, there are also imperial academies similar to those of the Guozijian in the East Coast Kingdom, but they do not teach people to read the poetry and books of sages and sages, and to be sensible and honest, but to teach children the art of killing people from an early age. When you grow up, it's good to go into battle and kill. Therefore, the teaching materials for children to enlighten are not only "Three Character Classic" and the like, but also a poem "Men's Walk - Murder Song" that is soaked in blood between the lines, which makes Xu Xiake's eyelids jump:

Men should kill people, and kill mercilessly. Immortal karma is all in killing. In the past, there was an alliance of assassins, and righteousness was renewed.

When you get on the horse, you kill people, and your body is lighter than a feather. There are also heroes and tyrants, killing people like hemp, galloping around the world, only boasting about swords and guns.

If you want to find this kind of now, you will fish for the moon shadow in vain.

You don't see it, the erection of the Confucian bee raises the strong man to die, and Shenzhou has praised benevolence and righteousness since then. Once the Central Plains was chaotic, the scholars ran to the cowardly people and wept.

I want to learn from the old style and regain my heroic spirit. Fame is the same as dung, and those who disdain benevolence ridicule. Wearing an iron sword, he kills in a fit of rage.

Cut the shares and drink wine, talk and laugh. Kill the enemy for thousands of miles, and be willing to spend ten weeks. Specializing in the light of the field, and the knot of the dark love.

Heading out of the outpost, Twilight turned his head back. The god was tired and slept, and the battle horn suddenly blew. Simon said goodbye to his mother, but his mother was not sad.

The body is sweaty, and the boy will not return. Killing the world, the tragedy shocked the underworld. Kill one person in three steps, and your heart stops.

The blood flowed thousands of miles, and the corpse pillowed Qianxun Mountain. The strong man fought and slept with the corpse of the enemy. In the dream, there is still murder, and the smile is bright.

Daughter Mo Xiang asked, why is the man fierce? In ancient times, benevolence and virtue were exclusive to people, and morality was never true

You don't see, the lion and tiger prey has gained prestige, who has pity for the poor elk? The world has always been strong and weak, even if it is reasonable, it is in vain.

Jun Xiu asked, men have their own men. Men should be violent. Things and benevolence do not stand.

Men are in the killing arena, as bold as a bear and as a wolf. If you are born as a man, you will kill people, and you will not teach a man's body to wrap a woman's heart.

Men never show mercy to themselves, and they laugh at their opponents. There are 100 battlefields in the field of revenge, and there are weeds everywhere.

The boy does not tremble, there is a song to listen to:

Killing one is a crime, and slaughtering ten thousand is a hero. Slaughter 9 million, that is, the male of the male.

Xiong Zhong Xiong, the Tao is different:

See through the name of benevolence and righteousness for thousands of years, but make this life heroic. Good name does not love bad name, and murder is not punished.

It is better to teach 10,000 people to grit their teeth and hate them, and not to teach them to scold me. Looking at the world for 5,000 years, where heroes do not kill

In the eyes of a Confucian scholar like Xu Xiake, it is simply an evil thing that only a cannibal demon king can write...... It can be inferred from this that this Laoshzi East Coast Country may no longer be described as vulgar and insulting, but has almost become a lion camel country in "Journey to the West", and the people of the whole country are possessed by evil thoughts and turned into human skin demons. And the rulers above the court are even more hellish devils

“…… Alas, the former Song Dynasty had the shame of Jingkang and the death of Yashan because of its emphasis on literature and light on military force and its weakness for a hundred years, so the descendants of the Song Dynasty learned the lessons of their ancestors and hoped to re-establish the style of martial arts, which may still have some truth. However, the United States of China and the East Coast countries are so perverse, overkill in one breath to such a field, they are no longer martial arts, but murderous people, this not only completely loses the benevolence and compassion of the saints, but also destroys the Taoist concept of China, which is equivalent to being in the company of barbarians and wild beasts, even if they expand the land for thousands of miles and destroy the country, it is just for the sake of harming the world, what glory is there? ”

――Looking at the various military flags flying on the giant ships of foreign countries in the harbor, Xu Xiake couldn't help but sigh long.

After such a comparison, relatively speaking, these "Australian people" entrenched in Qiongzhou Mansion, although they also have criticisms such as "not knowing the road of saints", "emphasizing things and ignoring Confucianism", "not courteous enough to treat the gentry", but compared with the butcher murderers of the East Coast and China and the United States, these "Australian people" are already the most normal and acceptable group of "Song Dynasty Miao descendants" that make Xu Xiake feel the most normal and acceptable.

At least in the eyes of the Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty, even though there were many apostasy in the behavior of the "Australian people", they were barely within the "salvage range...... Looking at the majestic "Australian national giant ship" and "COSCO Star" in the harbor, he couldn't help but think so.

Just as Xu Xiake was sitting in the gazebo and pondering, he heard a commotion from behind, turned around to take a look, and saw that in front of the "Wuweiju" tavern dozens of steps away from the pavilion, a Taoist priest was clamoring for a way to ask Erlang Zhenjun to go down to eliminate the disaster for this store.

Speaking of which, this "Wuweiju" tavern in Bopu Port was also very unlucky this year, and less than an hour after the opening of the New Year, a large group of drunken sailors ran to the store to gather a crowd and beat up, breaking a large number of tables, chairs, benches, dishes, chopsticks, cups, and lamps, and even the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper, and three of his fellows were injured in the chaos, and one of them broke a leg and has not been able to get up so far......

Although these troublesome sailors were later arrested by the police of the Senate, and the unfortunate shopkeeper with a blue nose and swollen face also received a compensation, this year's black opening still made him, who has always been superstitious, feel that he seems to be tainted with some bad luck. It happened that a Taoist priest from Guangzhou came to Bopu Port to solicit business, and blew his own Taoism to the gods, but he was soon invited by the tavern owner who was "not bad for money" to eliminate the disaster.

A moment later, accompanied by the suona of a Taoist boy, this Taoist priest who was obviously from the wild road was distributed, holding a peachwood sword and chanting words, and began to dance around a fire in front of the "Wuweiju" tavern - although he deliberately made the expression on his face very strange, and it was also very hard to dance around the fire on Hainan Island, which was like summer all year round, but he was very proud in his heart: Lingao, the nest of the "thief", was really very rich, and even a small village shop in the countryside could take out so much silver, Just to dispel bad luck...... I took a boat from Guangzhou to eat mixed rice, and I really came to the right place...... It's just that the eyes of those onlookers seem to be a little strange?

For these strange eyes of doubt, the Taoist priest quickly got the answer - then, just as this wild road Ziyou Fang Taoist priest skillfully foamed at the mouth and performed the upper body of Erlang God to everyone, he heard a burst of shouts in the distance: "Someone here is inviting God again, copy the guy quickly."

Immediately, a large group of short-haired "wigs" wearing official uniforms ran along the street and surrounded the Taoist priest and his Taoist boys. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Taoist priest hurriedly put down the magic weapon, squinted his eyes, and saw that these "wigs" were both men and women, but they were all carrying big sticks, with fierce faces, and there was a big word "tax" on the placket on the chest. But why should they be embarrassed by me, a poor Taoist priest?

Just when the Taoist priest was confused, the leading thief tax collector stepped forward and shouted, "...... Dare to ask if the person who came is Erlang Zhenjun? When the Taoist priest heard that there seemed to be a play, he hurriedly straightened his face and replied arrogantly: "...... It is the true king, who is coming? ”

Who knew that the tax collector leader didn't eat this set at all, and he was not shocked and angry, and immediately pointed to the Taoist priest who performed the "god upper body" and scolded loudly: "...... Erlang God, why did you enter the country illegally again? I've told you a few times, you have to report in advance when you come to the Senate to do things, get the approval slips, and how come you have already gone down to Lingao more than 20 times to pay taxes, and you dare to ignore the laws and regulations like this? Come on, hurry up and take this 'sin god' who knows the law and breaks the law, and blame the thirty boards heavily, so as an example, you strange forces and gods dare not come to play smuggling."

The tax collectors immediately got up and agreed, and then they swarmed up with their sticks, and struck the Taoist priest on the head, and immediately beat the goods and screamed: "...... Ahhh ”

But he was met with a sneer, "...... God Che Erlang, how many times have you come to our heights? When was it not because we didn't pay taxes? Now you dare to be shameless? Sue you, under the rule of the Senate, it is strictly forbidden to invite the gods to go down to the territory of the Senate, and the gods have to pay taxes obediently, so don't kill him. Just beat you half to death......"

-- As the Senate of the Travelers became entrenched in Lingao for a long time, there were more people from the three religions and nine streams in the Lingao market, which once caused some miasma in society. In order to crack down on cults and purify beliefs, the Senate of the Travelers expanded the source of taxation by the way, and ordered the introduction of a religious tax in the territory, also known as the "fairy tax": This is not like the religious tax of later generations, deducting money from the salaries of believers and handing it over to the church, but just the opposite, specifically targeting all kinds of "immortals" -- setting up an altar to pray for rain requires paying 600 circulation rolls at a time, and all possession needs to pay 300 circulation scrolls at a time, showing that the supernatural power has 200 circulation rolls at a time, and even ordinary missionaries need to spend 1,000 circulation rolls to apply for a monthly license, which is valid for only 30 days, overdue still need to be reissued......

At present, under the rule of the Senate of the Travelers, only the "new Taoism" created by the Lingao Catholic Church and the fay Taoist thief Quanzi has been specially approved and can be temporarily exempted from taxes, and the rest of the minor gods want to develop their influence in the Lingao land, and this excesses and miscellaneous taxes are still collected - in fact, true Christians basically do not ask God to descend to earth, and the thief tax collector has become more and more famous, claiming that God will be covered with a layer of skin when he comes

-- This thief and cool official have all collected taxes on the heads of the gods, how can they not let the Ming gentry who have been accustomed to tax evasion for generations have a concern?

Looking at the Taoist priest who "illegally invited Erlang God to go down to earth without paying taxes and approval", he was beaten by a vicious thief tax collector and made his nose blue and his face swollen, and his head was bleeding, Xu Xiake, who was sitting in the pavilion on the side, couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, "...... Although most of this Taoist priest is not of good origin, he will only defraud money from foolish men and foolish women. But the people are so greedy, in order to exploit the goods, they have hit the gods with their ideas, and they don't know how to respect the heavens and ancestors, I have heard that 'the dragon gave birth to nine sons, each has its own advantages, but why are these descendants of the Song family in the diaspora so different from Middle-earth? Even if it's Annam and North Korea, it's more like a Chinese Miao in Middle-earth than them."

At this moment, Xu Xiake suddenly smelled a strong aroma of food, and immediately saw his brother Xu Zhongzhao with a burden on his shoulders, holding two steaming coconut shell bowls in his hands, walked into the pavilion, greeted him and said, "...... My brother has already called for lunch, so let's eat it while it's hot."

“…… Oh, thank you, Brother Zhongzhao. ”

Xu Xiake hurriedly put away the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the stone table in the pavilion, put it back in his small bookcase, and hastily wiped the desktop with his sleeve a few times before taking the coconut shell bowl from Xu Zhongzhao's hand. Rao is a donkey guest like Xu Xiake, who is accustomed to sleeping in the open and does not pay much attention to food, and he couldn't help but move his index finger for a while, "...... Brother Zhong Zhao, I don't know what this is? ”

“…… This is a special curry rice of Tianzhu, and it is said that it is a favorite thing of both Tang Sanzang and Shakyamuni."

Xu Zhongzhao sat down at the stone table and introduced to Xu Xiake, "...... Brother Wei looked at the novelty in a restaurant in the bazaar, so he bought two bowls. Hey, I'm not afraid of your jokes, brother, I originally wanted to go and see the song and dance of the Zhu Dancing Lady that day, and feast my eyes. Who knew that the past look, this morning's show has been finished, and the next one will have to wait until the afternoon. So I thought that since I couldn't watch Tianzhu singing and dancing for a while, it would be better to try Tianzhu's food first...... Uh-huh, it tastes good, albeit a little spicy...... Taste it while it's hot."

Seeing that his brother Xu Zhongzhao was already snoring and eating, Xu Xiake smiled, and also took out a pair of bamboo chopsticks in his sleeve, and was about to feast. Unexpectedly, I accidentally swept my eyes, but found that a wisp of black smoke was rising in the sky above Bopu Town in the distance......

“…… Huh? Brother Zhong Zhao, what do you see going on over there? Could it be ...... Fire? ”