Chapter 52: A Rapidly Rising Civilization

Having lost his clues, Hado searched blindly on the European continent, and finally he gave up on continuing to search for the whereabouts of the Iger clan and began to return to the grasslands. www.biquge.info In general, Hadu was somewhat disappointed that he had been busy for months in the freezing environment, but he had not been able to achieve what he had promised. The journey back to the grassland was not short, but since he didn't have to keep his eyes open to find the ruins, Hado had plenty of time to think about how to add new rune extensions to the existing rune system.

In fact, it is not too difficult to get the people of the grassland camp to accept this new set of new and further simplified symbols - but it is not so easy to promote for the tribesmen of other regions, which are not only widely distributed, but also most of them no longer live in the camp, and it is even more unknown where to find them.

And this is still the information from 200 years ago to the present, not to mention the backwardness of the information itself, now the people in other regions are dead or alive can not be known, and the further promotion of this symbol seems to be a matter of no need to think about. As for whether the people of the grassland camp will accept this new change in the rune system, Hadu expressed absolute optimism: how can such a useful thing be refused. ๏ผŸ

Such optimism is a good thing, but we can all foresee what will happen: the tribe has already developed a certain antipathy to Hadu, and now Hadu has to change the language and script that the tribe has been accustomed to for thousands of years, what kind of situation this will cause, and what kind of situation it will bring to Hadu, it is still difficult to make a conclusion.

On Hado's way back, a battle that would have a profound impact on future generations was taking place: the battle of the three city-states of Knossos-Faeste-Gournia, which took place when the Cretans established their early state. Due to Hadu's role, the Cretans did not complete the plundering of Asia Minor, so that the ancient Sitians living at the eastern end of Crete did not have enough resources to build a grand city and participate in the struggle for island rights in Crete. The Cretans were only one of the most aggressive people, but they were also very fond of art, and few of their contemporaries had painting and design skills above them (ancient Egypt had not yet developed to the Seventh Dynasty in the First Intermediate Period, and the relevant painting skills had not been fully improved), so their artistic contest was also one of the highlights of the battle - and the inhabitants of the eastern tip of Crete were not qualified to participate in the battle because they did not have enough foreign art.

At the same time, without pressure from Hado, the ancient Egyptian dynasty began to grow suddenly, conquering not only the Sinai Peninsula in a matter of months, but also large swathes of land on the southern shores of the Mediterranean. In the first month of Hado's trip, the steppe tribe was harassed by the ancient Egyptians here, but this time the other party learned wisely: the tribesmen of the steppe tribe are indeed strong, and a head-to-head confrontation will only consume too much of their own troops, and cannot cause substantial damage to the steppe people. After the last battle, the "Shin'ne-Nu" did not recover quickly, as some of the hunters who had acquired the craft were also killed in the conflict, and the young hunters who were in their prime and took on the main fishing and hunting duties also suffered heavy casualties in the encounter. In response to this, the ancient Egyptians came up with various ways to limit the rebuilding of the steppe tribes, whether it was sending people to light the forest at night, or using poison sacs to kill river fish, or splitting rocks and rolling down the mountain to block important roads. Either way, the ancient Egyptians did it skillfully without being noticed. And this kind of trick did bring a lot of trouble to the grassland tribe, and the grain in the tribe was once below the warning line, which also aggravated the situation of the tribesmen's exodus.

In the case of internal and external troubles, Hadu's implementation of the new rune project has also suffered great resistance. The clansmen were already able to see Hadu's face clearly: this so-called leader did not care about the lives of his clansmen at all, and only thought about his own longevity, but did not bring even the slightest benefit to the clansmen. And most of those who have such thoughts are young people, and they are all ordinary people. At this time, the "Shin'ne-Nu", which had already stepped on the brink of secession, finally broke out with a vigorous internal conflict: ordinary people were unwilling to continue to accept Hado's leadership and said that they wanted to set up their own door, while the craftsmen, guards, assassins, and ritual researchers who had been handpicked and inherited by Hadu firmly demanded to stay in the tribe and would never agree to any act of splitting the tribe.

When the conflict broke out, the two groups of clansmen must be fighting each other, but Hadu was a cold bystander and did not make any adjustments to the contradiction - he was extremely angry in his heart, he was unwilling to take thousands of steps to bring back more advanced knowledge and ideas for the clansmen, but these people rejected his kindness mercilessly, and even the original elders and relatives did not recognize it, such a move completely angered Hadu. Of course, he didn't show any anger immediately, not because of how deep his city was (he wasn't such a person himself), but mainly because the long years had made him a little lazy...

He looked at the two groups of clansmen in the struggle, but did not make any moves. It is also interesting to observe the behavior of the two groups of people: the old hunters are experienced in many battles, and their fighting skills and awareness are not comparable to those of the younger hunters, while the younger hunters are more agile and powerful, and can not fall behind when they are entangled with their predecessors.

The civil war finally began to tilt: the old hunters gradually became physically exhausted, and began to suffer heavy casualties under the siege of the younger hunters. At this time, Hadu no longer sat still, and the first action he made together was to plunder.

Now for him, the clansmen who are willing to accept his leadership and the new thinking of the character system are in line with his current definition of wealth. As for those who did not meet his definition of wealth, of course, there was no need to continue to exist in this world. It's just that if Hadu is asked to destroy the part of the clan of the uprising, he still can't do it, and this most basic psychological barrier to protect the clan still can't be passed, but it doesn't mean that he can't take other actions.

Definition: "plundering the gap between the young and the old".

Hadu knew that it was useless to simply tame the young hunters in order to solve the current problems in the tribe: the old hunters still looked down on the younger ones, and the next generation of the young hunters might still have the same type of conflict with the old hunters in other ways. But Hado himself always likes to wander around, and it is impossible to stay in the tribe for a long time, and if the same fire and merger appear next time, it will not be something he can solve in a hurry. In this way, it is necessary to plunder both groups of people in order to fundamentally resolve the problem of contradictions between the two groups of people on the ideological level.

It's just that this kind of plan is actually a symptom rather than a cure, but we still need to wait and see what the final result will be. Let's start with the current situation after the completion of the plunder, which is of course that Hado will be able to smoothly implement his rune extension strategy. Add punctuation to your usual conversations and notes', and then add a new word order to bring a wave of rhythm, and this promotion is easily completed. As for the tribesmen of the other camps, it is not within the scope of Hadu's consideration for the time being, if these camps will have any communication with the grassland camp in the future, then it will not be too late to pass it on to them at that time.

Having solved the problem of the progress of the runes, Hado felt a sudden relaxation, and then returned to the "Falie" cave and decorated the other cave corridors with the gold he had just brought from the Valley of the Kings. After thousands of years of expansion, the original uneven walls of the cave have been leveled out by this time, and many additional stone chambers have been extended to the interior, and they are all lit with permanent lamps (oil lamps made mainly of animal fat, and then plundered the state that the oil lamps will go out). ), so that the cave is well lit, and it is no longer dark at night like before.

Idle, Hadu began to sort out the intelligence information that the tribe had gathered from all over the country, that is, reports from other tribes and camps. Most of these reports are vague, but they give Hadu a glimpse of what's going on lately, and in one sentence: civilizations everywhere are rapidly rising.

On the continent of Africa, South Africa and Eastern South Africa, large cannibal natives are building cities, they are generally aggressive and savage, and even then writing and language are beginning to appear;

In Central Europe, mainly in the north and west, barbarians with iron and bronze tools were found, who called themselves "Zermon'ne", and there was a language, but there was no writing, and the clan system was practiced, but the contradiction between the top and the grassroots of the clan was very large;

In the Asian continent and Northeast Asia, civilizations that are good at building large pavilions have appeared, and they have used relatively simple hieroglyphs, and have begun to appear in writing;

On the American continent, on the east coast of North America, the number and size of the indigenous people who worship birds are unknown, but there should be no less than 20,000 people, who are also aggressive and cruel by nature, possessive of territory, but at the same time very righteous and will do anything for their people;

In mainland Australia, it was found that the aborigines of small settlements without writing may have been unable to expand their reproductive needs due to the environment being too suitable for survival.

Seeing the emergence of relatively backward civilizations in various places, Hadu was very happy: the "Shin'ne-Nu" was no longer a single tribe, it also had a foreign race of the same level that gradually became able to get along with each other - but for now, it was still more advanced and avant-garde than other civilizations.

After opening up the key language narratives, "Shin'ne-Nu" also began to enter a period of rapid development, and after the study of logical vocabulary into the character system, a large number of "researchers" soon emerged. These early researchers were so annoying to Hado that they would come and pester Hado all day long with all kinds of questions, many of which he hadn't even thought about himself.

In terms of the establishment and improvement of the rune system, which words are inefficient and can be improved; whether the complexity of the meaning of words can be increased by extending the number of syllables in the vocabulary, so as to increase the efficiency of expression; whether the rune grammar used now can be specially compiled into a book to facilitate the teaching and use of the next generation; whether it is necessary to further simplify and standardize the pronunciation of runes, and the impact that may be caused by future use.

In terms of intra-family technology, some researchers have proposed "mining-transportation-smelting" The theory of integration, which holds that smelting can be carried out in the mining area, can directly transport the finished product to the tribal camp, greatly reducing the unusable components of the ore that need to be transported during the transportation process (it is also a problem to come up with this theory, the components that cannot be used in the ore are used to produce concrete, and once implemented, it will only increase the cost of transshipment); โ€•โ€•What are you kidding, you don't know that there are fewer people in the clan now, of course, to meet the living needs of the clan first... The upgrading of weapons and armor presents two completely different voices: some people think that they should continue to miniaturize, using smaller weapons to inflict more tricky and difficult injuries and increase the number of carriables, while others think that the size of the weapon should be increased, and the damage capacity of the weapon should be increased through the weight and quality of the weapon.

In terms of foreign policy, there are many of them, and a large number of various arguments have emerged among the tribesmen, some of them talk about conquering ancient Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, some talk about opening up shipping routes to conquer the two major Americas, some talk about destroying all those who are satisfied with the strategy of attacking Europe, and of course there are also those who talk about peaceful coexistence, but in this era, this kind of argument is not very marketable.

However, even though all kinds of advanced ideas and theories have emerged in the tribe like an explosion, the system with the tribe as the core has not been adjusted. It's not that Hadu doesn't want to build a city-state, call himself a country, and create a civilization like other civilizations, but it's mainly because he doesn't need to: the steppe is not as troubled as other regions, and as long as he can deal with the internal affairs of the people, there will basically not be too many twists and turns-even if it is like the last time the ancient Egyptian slave army attacked the door, it did not really hurt the steppe tribes.

Building civilization for the sake of building civilization is actually a thing that outweighs the cost: as Hado himself said, he doesn't want to be a so-called leader at all, he prefers to roam around freely and do what he loves to do. And to establish a civilization, it is necessary to sit in the city with a so-called leader who does not have any more benefits, and this is the root of Hado's long-standing reluctance.

But the absence of a civilization is not a good thing for the development of the "Shin'ne-Nu", which bears the brunt of not being treated and recognized by any other civilization - in the case of ancient Egypt. For a long time, the pharaohs regarded Hado and his steppe tribes as a major problem near Upper Egypt, and there were many times in history when they tried to conquer them, either by force or by economic means (as a result, because the steppe tribes simply could not carry out because they had no economic concept), and the pharaohs wanted to annex this annoying tribe. It was not because the "Shin'ne-Nu" were expanding or preaching, but because they were on the path of the pharaoh's conquest of the entire continent.

Similarly, the Sumerians of the Two Rivers Valley, as well as the Akkadians, who now largely occupy the entire territory, have little respect for the steppe tribes. No matter how many years Shin'ne-Nu has been or how glorious it has been, the other party only depends on what the tribe has achieved now. After many temptations, all everyone knows is that this tribe is close to falling apart, but it is still hard to top, if it weren't for Hadu's plundering ability there, the steppe tribe would have been unknown how many times it has been annexed by the civilization in this vicinity.

At first, when the tribesmen had endless arguments, Hadu also felt that it was relatively new. And once he stayed in the noisy argument for a little longer, he couldn't stand it anymore and went back to his cave, leaving a bunch of "scholars" who couldn't make a decision to do so.

Just as Hadu ran back to his cave and secretly congratulated himself on his quick reaction, the sentinels outside the cave reported to Hadu the not-so-good news that the campers of West Africa had returned to the tribe, and that a dispute had arisen over the sigil system.

Hadu was so annoyed that he couldn't stand it, and after he ran directly over and plundered this West African tribe, he picked up the information and information played by all parties, and embarked on a journey to search for the outside world. In his intelligence, the highly efficient algorithms invented in Northeast Asia caught his attention. For a long time, he has only wandered around Europe, America and Africa, and has never been to the East to see what it is, and he still has a great longing and yearning for how different scenery there will be.

Since the last time the Northeast Asian tribe transmitted information, it has been a long time since they received any new news, but the other Asian tribes have reflected the current situation in Northeast Asia: it is obvious that the other side also has relatively strong predatory capabilities, but the other party's expression method is very special, and there is no way to describe it clearly in words alone.

After thinking about his destination, Hadu could set off without saying goodbye to his people, otherwise these scholars would not be annoying him to death if they asked about foreign exploration. He took out the map sent back by the Asian tribes, and the main route was from the Iranian plateau to the east, along the coastline and finally to the destination.

It's just that Hado was not able to travel to Northeast Asia after all, because in the Iranian plateau, he encountered a new situation that he did not expect.