Chapter 439: The Beginning of Civilization
After Alex left his world, time didn't stop there.
The defeated tribes fled, thousands were driven by the victors, killed or captured, and many stubborn resistors were looked at and then built into a small slope. The rest were taken back to the tribe as slaves and animals, and then merged with a sorcerer, who soon forgot about the old tribe and became part of the new tribe.
It was a matriarchal society, and after the war, the victors received the women and children of the defeated tribes. That night, the screams of the women rang out over the entire tribe, and it was the victor exercising their mating power. All kinds of uncivilized behaviors are being staged, but in the society of primitive times, it is so natural and harmonious.
The next day, the women who had been forced into the tribe accepted their fate, integrated into the new tribe with peace of mind, and gradually gained status and power in the tribe by relying on their status as women.
In primitive tribes, the power structure was very simple, with tribal leaders, shamans, and elders, and the combination of this trinity became the highest ruling class of the tribe. Then they led all the tribesmen downwards, and the leader of them controlled most of the force, equivalent to the leader of the tribe's warriors.
The shaman, on the other hand, has mastered the knowledge that has been passed down from generation to generation of the tribe and is responsible for communicating with the heavens and leading the tribe in its development.
As for the elders, they are actually the grandmothers of the tribe, they are all mothers who have given birth to many children, and most of the so-called tribal warriors are their children, just imagine. These grandmothers can mate with hundreds of men in their lifetimes, and they are in the process of giving birth all year round.
In primitive societies, the more children a woman had, the higher her status. When she reaches a certain level, she automatically becomes a grandmother and joins the Council of Elders, responsible for adjudicating tribal affairs. Just imagine, behind every grandmother with many children and grandchildren, there is a powerful army, and she relies on the natural privilege and blood relationship of childbirth to establish an unbreakable tribal status.
Sometimes. A particularly powerful grandmother elder also doubles as a wizard. At that time, her power was the greatest, and she was usually mythologized by later generations of people who were in charge of a tribe, and she became the prototype of characters like the Queen Mother of the West.
Knowledge and bloodline are constantly accumulating and transmitting, and the World Tree is also in the process. Enough information has been gathered. Gradually, it grows from a sapling to a small tree.
When it grows to the height of a man. The planets in the World Tree have also been promoted, gradually developing from a primitive society to a slave society.
The tribal power structure soon disintegrated and was replaced by a monarchy. At first, the reality of the tribal leaders wanted to wage war around and seize the lands of all the tribes in the river realm, and then his personal prestige reached its peak and he took the opportunity to dissolve the Council of Elders, and then tried to fight for power in the hands of the wizards.
Thus, the monarch became God's spokesman on earth, or simply called himself God! In Earthly parlance, he is the "Pharaoh".
This change occurs naturally, and whenever a civilization is no longer able to provide more fresh information, the World Tree will consciously or unconsciously lead to changes in the structure of society. Some changes succeeded, others failed.
This social change has led to the diffusion of knowledge of civilization, and the accumulation and inheritance of civilization have been improved. If one person's lifelong knowledge accumulation is not streamlined, there is no way for another person to learn. It is even more impossible to record them with things, and they must be condensed before they can be passed down to the world.
With the development of social technology, there are more ways for human beings to grasp the knowledge of civilization, and various disciplines have been further refined, gradually becoming the cornerstone of civilization development.
Knowledge is power, but when the development of human society reached the feudal era, there was a certain problem: "The nobles of various countries treasured knowledge and did not let the people at the bottom come into contact with it." ”
To a certain extent, this will make the country more stable and long-lasting, and the ruling class will be able to govern the people more easily. However, it has led to the stagnation of the development of social civilization, and if there is no way to solve it, it is likely to fall into a situation similar to that of the Dark Ages in Europe.
The World Tree has reached another development level, stopping its rapid growth.
Seeing this happen, Alex said to himself, "It takes a person like Confucius to do it!" ”
In normal times, he would probably pick a spokesperson from among the humans. However, this time he plans to go out in person. An idea came to him, and Alex descended on a clearing somewhere on the planet. He is not content to continue to observe civilization, but wants to change the civilization of this world with his own hands.
Standing on the barren land, looking at the white clouds above the firmament, and smelling the smell of earth and grass emanating from the loess mountains, Alex had an indescribable mood.
"Is this the world I created?"
In the past, he spent more time observing the world from a bird's-eye perspective, and what he saw was something big. More often than not, it's when time flies and glances at it. Never before has the whole world been so visible from such a close distance.
The glare sun hung over the sky, emitting a hot light. Looking at the sparse and scattered small trees around him, it seems so lonely and lonely, and the barren grassland on the side of the road is half a man high. The wind kicked up the dust on the ground and blew it head-on, forcing Alex to cover his mouth and nose with his palms.
At this time, in order to integrate into the civilization of this era, he did not appear in the form of blonde hair and blue eyes. Nor did they use the power of the true God, so as not to make others aware of the difference. You know, even small animals can sense the proximity of powerful creatures, let alone humans.
Alex reverts back to his pre-time appearance, with black hair, dark eyes, and yellow skin. Dressed up as a student, even if you meet other people, you won't be particularly surprised.
Carrying a pile of wooden tablets engraved with words, he came to a remote village, where he was soon discovered and invited to come over.
"Students, can you give us a lecture?" The old village chief said to him.
Alex calls himself "Li Cheng" and is a student of the Jin Kingdom. Soon, he became a guest of honor in the village and was entertained by the village chief. You know, the knowledge of this era is very valuable, and every experience is very important. If someone can impart knowledge, even worshipping him as a father is not excessive, which is why the ancient people attached great importance to the master.
Alex agreed, and he sat on the big rock in the middle of the village, which was plentiful of the village. I saw mud-brick houses, thatched roofs, shuffled branches and hedges, dusty dirt roads, village girls and farmers dressed in homespun clothes, and slaves who didn't even have a complete set of clothes.
"That's how the standard of living is in this era!" Alex sighed inwardly, feeling as if they were living in a slum, full of ruined scenes. There is no way to do this, social development is getting better and better, and we can't compare the times thousands of years later.
Thousands of years of knowledge blockade have made these civilians or efforts frightened and frightened by those who have knowledge, you know, in primitive society, people who master knowledge are people like wizards, even in the feudal era, knowledge is not something that ordinary people can grasp.
Alex couldn't tell them anything about these people who couldn't read a single word, so he thought about it for a while, so he told them a story. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good, and they all liked to listen to it, and gradually gathered around Alex, quietly listening to the stories told by the students.
Suddenly, Alex felt like an ancient storyteller. His efforts are just to make these people feel a little ripple in their boring lives, and have more entertainment and stories.
Of course, there are also people who want to hear the news and current affairs of other countries. This is difficult for Alex, as a true god, it is easy to know any kind of information.
So, Alex began to talk about the gossip news of the upper nobles of various countries, such as who had an affair with the prince's daughter, who was an illegitimate child, or some bloody stories that happened on the battlefield.
Looking at the brighter and brighter eyes of the people below, Alex suddenly realized: "Not only does the World Tree need new information, but even the human beings who create information themselves also have the need to obtain other people's information!" ”
Let's say there is a person who is hit by a car and is in a vegetative state. He couldn't feel what was outside, he couldn't hear, see, speak, etc. It was as if he was in a dark cage, but if he himself could still think, I am afraid that it would not be long before such a person gradually lost himself, and then went crazy or even died.
Alex didn't stay in the village for long, and he was going to leave the next day. When he was about to leave, an old man hunched over, with a few sweet potatoes in a clay bowl in his hand, walked up to him and respectfully offered the food.
"What is this?" Seeing the old man kneeling down as if worshiping his ancestors, Alex was a little surprised.
It turned out that the old man wanted his grandson to worship Alex as a teacher, and it was best to follow him on the road to study, but the old man's family had no extra money, so he had to take out the only food to worship, hoping to get Alex's permission to let his grandson follow him.
"That's right, that's fine!" Alex agreed, and he was planning to recruit apprentices anyway, but there might be some trouble on the road in the future.
"Thank you! Thank you! ”
After learning that Alex agreed, the old man was overjoyed and hurriedly stuffed the sweet potato.
"Old man! I don't need your sweet potatoes, so you might as well take them back! ”
Alex smiled and pushed the sweet potato back, and to everyone's astonishment, the sweet potato and the clay bowl turned golden. (To be continued......)