Chapter 14: From the Stone Age to the Age of Electrification

On the afternoon of that day, when he returned from his father-in-law's house, he was shocked to find that his village had achieved an unprecedented leap in the stage of civilization developmentβ€”from the Stone Age in the morning to the Iron Age in the evening, but he had accidentally missed the entire Bronze Age. And there is a tendency to continue to skip the steam era and run straight towards the electrification era......

His wife, Marca, was happily squatting in the shade of a tree at the moment, playing a tinkling musical greeting card; The sister-in-law Tia was wrapped in a bandage on her buttocks, but she was not afraid to sit next to Wang Qiu and be coquettish, and she still had a large lollipop that Wang Qiu gave her as an apology;

A dozen young hunters, armed with various watermelon knives and kitchen knives, were excitedly trying to chop trees with their new weapons; A group of well-built girls are competing for all kinds of small mirrors, and shouting at their own images in the mirrors from time to time;

In addition, there are dozens of villagers kneeling around an electric tricycle with the headlights turned on, kowtowing in panic, while Senior Sister Ma Tong is sitting on the tricycle vividly, holding the handlebars, honking the horn from time to time, so frightened that the villagers lie on the ground and dare not move.

Faced with this situation, Wen Deji couldn't help but feel a sudden dizziness in his head, and he only felt that he was under a lot of pressure......

It's so full of a strange feeling of time and space!

The most critical question is, why is your house gone?

So, when he learned what happened from his wife's mouth, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils to the size of a pinpoint for a while, and he was completely angry:

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Wang Qiu! Look at the good things you've done! Not only did I have no house to live in, but I almost lost my wife! ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Alas, I'm really sorry for this......" Wang Qiu scratched his hair a little embarrassed, "...... But, didn't we say before that you should move the wormhole to a place that is as empty as possible? Why do you still keep it at home? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Well, I specially vacated the largest thatched hut in the house to house this wormhole......"

Wen Deji finally understood his misunderstanding, "...... Who knew you could send so many things at once! It only took one time to collapse the entire house...... Well, but it's really hard for you, in order to purchase so many goods, you must have advanced a lot of money! ”

-- He looked around and found that his home had been transformed into a huge grocery stall, and he could see almost everything from bicycles to fruit knives, from toilet paper to plastic stools, which gave him the illusion of being in the small commodity market of later generations.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ It's okay! Wang Qiu smiled a little embarrassedly, and decided not to tell the senior that these things were all raided by the police and chengguan patrolling the streets, "...... In total, we have brought you more than 4,000 knives of all kinds, enough for each of you in the village. There are many more groceries, as well as fertilizers and seeds, which can be used on your side. Why don't you try it later......"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ It's, it's so gratifying......"

Faced with these modern daily necessities that he hadn't seen for a long time, after recovering from the annoyance of the destruction of his house, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say, "...... Uh, I'll pay you ......."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ You don't have to trouble this, my sister-in-law has already paid all the money! Hehe, seriously, she's so much more generous than you! ”

Wang Qiu smiled again and stuffed Tia Lori with a few pieces of juice gummies, then patted the dust on his body and stood up from the ground, "...... Political Commissar Yang Wenli and Head Cai Rong have already returned to modern times with these gold and gems to sell for money, and I believe that when the next time comes, there will definitely be more and more goods to be shipped...... However, in order to better help you expand Shili and establish a more stable base, I have been entrusted by Professor Yang to stay here and work with Senior Sister Ma Tong to conduct a field investigation of the situation in the Kingdom of Hongshu Tizgan.........,

- Only then did he notice that his wooden box, which had been used to hold gold nuggets and precious stones, was now empty, and there was nothing left. And the gold necklaces, gold bracelets and gold anklets on Princess Maca have also been turned into strings of glittering artificial crystal jewelry......

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From the afternoon to the evening, all the Indians of the entire village were immersed in the commotion of the leap and leap of civilization.

As if in an instant, this Stone Age Indian fishing village flew from a primitive communist society with extreme material scarcity to a new type of scientific communist society with great material abundance by photon rocket.

Under the auspices of Wen Desi, more than 100 young men in the village all wore cotton vests and beach pants, and were armed with iron rulers, triangular thorns, switchblades, watermelon knives and nunchucks, and their feet wore plastic slippers of various colors. Coupled with their bizarre hairstyles, as well as those hideous and terrifying oil paint patterns on their faces and arms, they look like a bunch of crazy boys.

Uh, so calculated, the village chief of Wendesi is Brother Haonan? I wonder how many streets he can fight with a watermelon knife in his hand?

As for the girls of the village, they were also given small mirrors and all kinds of modern small jewelry that they loved (in fact, most of them were mobile phone pendants, but they hung them around their necks), as well as some needlework, table salt and sugar, and when these refined salts, which were as white and delicate as snowflakes, were poured into a plate by Wang Qiu, and the villagers dipped their fingers in their turns to taste them, the Indians of the whole village were so excited that they seemed to go crazy; And when Ma Tong took out bags of sugar and distributed them to everyone, the atmosphere in the village was even more enthusiastic!

As for the rest of the goods, they were all properly stored by the Wendesi and his wife, waiting for a later decision on how to use them.

On the other hand, in order to obtain these many novelties, the villagers also had to hand over all the gold and silver ornaments on their bodies, as well as their treasured pearls, gems and jadeite, to the two "god men" Ma Tong and Wang Qiu...... But except for Wen Dehei, who always had a stinky face, the others did not feel the slightest displeasure, but showed a look of self-righteousness and embarrassment - just from the visual point of view, although the gold and silver ornaments and natural gems of the villagers were valuable, they certainly did not look as gorgeous and charming as those cheap pendants in later generations.

So, in this good atmosphere of singing and dancing, joy and harmony, Wang Qiu and Ma Tong walked out of the courtyard of Wendesi's house for the first time and conducted a preliminary field survey of the entire village in the midst of the hugs of many villagers.

The village is built on a small peninsula in the middle of the bay, and the village chief's house is located at the very tip of the peninsula, and the blue ocean is seen in three directions. Where the peninsula connects to the mainland, a clear stream flows slowly into the sea, providing a clean source of water for the entire village. The strong and refreshing sea breeze often blows through the village, driving away the unbearable heat for the villagers.

The peninsula on which the village is located, as well as the entire bay that surrounds the peninsula, is covered in lush tropical jungle. The peninsula is surrounded by cliffs on one side and a vast flat beach on the other, with villagers living mainly on flat land near the beach, while the house of Moonson is located on a high place.

On the beach outside the village, there are many canoes and rafts, tethered to straw ropes under coconut trees on the edge of the beach. Next to the canoe, there are also some dried fish, dried shrimp and edible seaweed, and you can smell a strong salty smell from afar. …,

The houses in the village are not very tightly built, and each house is separated by a short distance. Between the houses, there are tall coconut trees, palm trees, and scattered vegetable patches with tomatoes, beans, pumpkins, and many red peppers.

Before this, Wang Qiu originally thought that the thatched huts of Wen Desi were primitive enough, but after walking around the village, he was stunned to find that even the thatched huts that were worse than the livestock sheds could already be regarded as super mansions in this village - only a small number of "nobles" with relatively high status could live in thatched huts!

Moreover, except for Wen Desi's house, the rest of the thatched huts are very low round spire structures, like the common straw stacks in rural China, and it is estimated that two or three people can get into them. In this kind of round thatched hut, except for a few rough wooden posts, the walls and roof are not made of hard materials, all kinds of grass blades are braided, and the thatch on the roof is generally a little moldy, and even mushrooms and grass grow.

Even such a simple thatched hut has only about 30 in the whole village. Many of them are still used for corn rather than for people. Most of the villagers' so-called houses are to carve out a flat land in the woods, and then take local materials, fix the thick branches on the ground one by one, form a large circle, and then pluck some large leaves of palm trees and loosely put them on top...... Then, a "house" is considered to be built.

This kind of simple shack that leaks wind on all sides is obviously very unsturdy, and in the event of storms and heavy rains, it will either be blown away or collapsed. Fortunately, this kind of house is very light, even if the roof collapses, it will not kill anyone, and it is easy to rebuild and repair. Therefore, the houses of the villagers always collapse and build and collapse every year, and they are happy to go back and forth.

What made Wang Qiu feel even more speechless was that there were still some "lazy people" in the village, who simply refused to build such a shack, and slept directly in the tree hole...... Should it be said that they have not yet escaped the obscurantist nature of the Stone Age?

At the base of the small peninsula where the village is located, the only part of the fishing village that connects to the mainland, the villagers built a simple stone wall that runs from the beach at both ends, and crosses the entire peninsula, as if to defend it against foreign enemies. However, according to Moon, in the 20 months since he arrived, the village has never been invaded by any enemies. Only the warriors of the Aztec expeditionary force, who had come here a few times before being ordered to retreat, had arrogantly extorted some food, salted fish, and cloth, but that was all.

Outside the stone wall is a vast cornfield, the village's main source of food besides seafood.

In general, it is a small village that is basically self-sufficient, because it is surrounded by water on three sides, the sea breeze is fresh, and the most annoying mosquitoes and flying insects in the tropics are rare here, thus suppressing the occurrence of diseases, and the overall environment should be relatively suitable for habitation.

And through the sea in all directions, this fishing port can also be more convenient to connect with distant places. Whether it is agriculture, fishing or commerce, there is a certain potential for development here.