Volume 1 Beacon Fire in Troubled Times Section 2 Coming to Peace
When he woke up, Luo Yu opened his eyes, and what caught his eye was an old face, his head was wrapped in a large circle of gray cloth, his face was full of wrinkles, but his eyes were very bright, his flat mouth was covered with a long white beard, and he was dressed in coarse linen, like an ancient dress he had seen on TV. The old man's thin left hand was holding an open pottery bowl, and in his right hand he was holding a wooden spoon slowly turning in a circle to stir the ink-colored juice in the pottery bowl. At the beginning, my parents fed themselves to drink Chinese medicine, but now in this strange place, my relatives are not around, and it is unknown whether I can see them again in this life.
When the old man saw Luo Yu wake up, he hurriedly put the medicine bowl on the stone bench next to him, and said a few words with a smile, which was a nice tone, but he didn't understand what it meant. Seeing Luo Yu's confused eyes, the old man smiled again and said, "Housheng, are you better?" Why are you still crying? "It sounds a bit like Sichuan, but I can understand it.
Luo Yu was stunned, wondering in his heart, why did I come to Sichuan? Also, there seems to be such a jungle in western Sichuan, but now is not the time to pursue this. Covered with a patched linen quilt and thick straw underneath, wearing only a woolen sweater and trousers, and a hard pillow on his head, his neck ached, and now he seriously suspected that he had been woken up.
The bed is not big, leaning against the log, and there is a small window not high above the ground, and the sunlight shines in from this small window, which happens to fall on the thin old man, so Luo Yu can see it so clearly. His big backpack was placed on the ground under the head of the bed, and his coat and trousers did not know where to go, thinking that the smell was too strong and unpleasant, and it was discarded by the old man, and he was relieved to see that the backpack was in good condition.
At this moment, the old man is sitting on the edge of the bed, a meter behind him, is a half-person high small table, on the table is lit a wide-mouth oil lamp that has only been seen on TV, nothing else, two steps behind the table is the wooden door, closed tightly at the moment.
Luo Yu came back to his senses, stretched out his hand to wipe his eyes, and wanted to struggle to sit up, but found that his chest was stuffy, and the old man saw that he wanted to sit up, so he hurriedly reached out to support Luo Yu's back, and helped him hard, and took away the hard pillow with his left hand, let Luo Yu's back against the wooden wall, and pulled the quilt up and down to cover Luo Yu's belly.
"Housheng, you have slept for a day and a night, when I saw you, you fell at the door, your limbs twitched, and your mouth was foaming, fortunately I know a little medicine, otherwise you may not wake up......" The old man saw that Luo Yu did not speak, so he asked again in Sichuan accent.
Luo Yu looked at the old man gratefully, stretched out his hands and hugged his fists: "Thank you, boss, I was chased by wild beasts in the depths of the forest, and I don't know how long I ran, so I would have fallen to the ground with all my strength. "It's the standard official language of the later generations, and now I don't know who this old man is, so I only said the things that followed, as for how I came here, I was confused, or treat it as a secret and hide it in my heart forever.
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again: "How did you end up in the vast forest?" There is the place of death, tigers and leopards are rampant, snakes and ants are everywhere, the bravest hunters in our village dare not enter it, you can come out alive, God willing! Come, drink the medicine first, your injuries will not heal so quickly. As he spoke, he picked up the pottery bowl and fed Luo Yu medicine.
Luo Yu has a lot of questions in his heart, it is inconvenient to ask the old man now, the medicine is very bitter, it is difficult to swallow, and he wants to vomit it again, the old man saw this, stretched out two fingers and tapped it on the heart of his chest, thinking about what secret technique was used, and suddenly felt that the medicine was bitter and sweet, and it was no longer so unpleasant.
After drinking the medicine, his energy was better, and after the old man put away the pottery bowl and sat on the edge of the bed, Luo Yu said: "Hard work, old man, what about the clothes I wore when I was unconscious?" ”
The old man seemed to like to laugh very much, and his wrinkled and kind face was rippling with a smile: "Housheng, your clothes are so strange, I have never seen such good fabrics and styles, the things in your pocket have been put into your backpack, the clothes have been washed, and the smell is too rushing, you just relied on the smell of this clothes to come out of the forest!" Otherwise, you would have been gnawed into a pile of white bones by ants, who taught you this method? ”
Luo Yu wants to say that it was taught by Bei Ye and De Ye, you old man shouldn't know who they are! But the mouth said: "Uncle, the kid is made of local materials, mashed with green algae by the river and added a little mosquito repellent, it becomes that kind of taste, at first I wanted to try, I didn't expect it to work, I didn't meet snakes and ants along the way, I think it's the credit of this thing, if I don't meet a tiger, I won't be so embarrassed." ”
The old man was surprised: "You met a tiger?" Alas, life is great, the tiger in the jungle is huge and fast, I also encountered it when I was young, fortunately I hid in a small cave, and I escaped by luck......" I think it was recalling that moment of life and death, his eyes showed a look of fear, and his hands shook unconsciously. After a while, it was back to the same old way: "How did you escape the tiger's mouth?" ”
"I was so hungry that I roasted fish by the river to eat, I don't know if the smell of grilled fish led the tiger over, fortunately there was a gorilla fighting with the tiger, I escaped by the gap, picked up a life, panicked, came to you, saving my life, I am grateful." Luo Yu picked up the important thing and thanked the old man with a fist, and the old man smiled and pressed Luo Yu's hand: "We people in the mountains don't talk about this, you can come here, it's fate, you're hungry, right?" I'm going to cook something for you. With that, he stood up. It wasn't until now that Luo Yu found that the old man was very tall, looking like a meter nine, wearing a pair of tight gray linen trousers on the lower half of his body, with several patches of different sizes on them, the hem of his shirt pinned into the waistband of his trousers, and a pair of thick black cloth shoes under his feet, which should be the only thing he didn't have patches.
He was just about to get the clay pot next to him, Luo Yu hurriedly stopped him and pointed to his backpack: "Uncle, don't be busy, you can help boil some boiling water, I have food in my bag." After speaking, he asked the old man to open the backpack and take out the dozen taro pieces of different sizes, and the backpack suddenly became a lot lighter. The old man lifted the backpack in front of Luo Yu, turned around and poured water in a half-meter-high wide-mouth clay jar at the end of the bed and poured it into the clay pot, covered the lid, and there was a small earthen stove on the right side of the door.
Luo Yu was stunned for a moment: "Uncle, don't you have a lighter?" When the old man heard him ask, he said blankly, "Hit the turkey?" Can chickens still light fires? ”
Luo Yu has always wanted to figure out where he is, what era, to see that this primeval forest has not been developed, if he had not arrived in the Amazon rainforest, the era and region in which he lived would never have this kind of primeval forest. Even in the Yama Rainforest, he wouldn't just run into this old man in Chuanyin, so he was a little prepared in his heart, now the old man uses stones to make fires, and he doesn't even know what a lighter is, and he is 100% sure that he was brought back to the past by the white light, as for which time period, it is still uncertain.
I think I will never see my kind grandparents and strict father again, my wet mother, my obedient brother, and all my friends...... Will they be saddened by my disappearance, and their eyes are wet again at the thought of this. However, the main task now is to heal the wounds and then live. Listening to the words of the old man, the vocabulary is not small, the era should not be too early, the possibility of the Ming Dynasty is very high, with their own knowledge, they should be able to live a wonderful life and live a good life.
The old man saw Luo Yu in a daze again, so he asked again, Luo Yu came back to his senses, took out the lighter from his bag at the moment, and demonstrated it, the old man was so surprised that he couldn't speak, he didn't know what to do with this thing when he was washing clothes just now, there was a colorful film on the outside, and there was a small hole at one end, which turned out to be a machine used to make a fire, and he was busy taking the lighter, and tried it, and immediately lit the fine hay, and then put the thin branch up, this small stove was not known how it was built, and the smoke was sucked out, There was not a single smell of soot in the house.
The old man lit the fire and waited for the water to boil, Luo Yu did not give up, in order to verify his idea, he took out two boxes of instant noodles, and asked while putting the seasoning: "Uncle, who is the current emperor?" The old man saw him holding a round bucket, tore the thin paper on it, there were beautiful patterns on it, the font was strange, and the contents were very similar to the noodles he ate, and then he tore open a small bag, squeezed the black things inside into the bucket, and a stream of oil fragrance drilled into his nose, he had never seen such a thing, nor had he smelled this fragrance, and he forgot to answer Luo Yu's question at the moment.
Seeing his appearance, Luo Yu put the instant noodles with seasonings on the side of the bed, used more than half of the seasoning bag in his bucket to grill the fish, and evened it out a little from the other bucket, and asked: "Uncle, this thing is called instant noodles, you only need to pour boiling water and wait for a while to eat, it is a delicacy from my hometown, for you to taste." After a pause, he said, "Can you tell me who the current emperor is?" Or what dynasty is it now? What is this place? ”
The old man came back to his senses and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Old, old, I can't see anything new, the next generation, it's now the fifth year of the Sui Dynasty, how can I know the name of His Majesty the Emperor and other mountain villagers?" We call it Shuzhou Jiandongdao. As he spoke, he looked at the clay pot, saw that the water was not boiling, and said, "Your hometown is not in the Great Sui Territory?" Don't know this? ”
Luo Yu was prepared, he really came to Sichuan, but he didn't want to come to the Sui Dynasty, hundreds of years earlier than he expected, now is the peak of the historical national strength of China's feudal dynasty, he grew up watching "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" since he was a child, "Book of Sui" has also been watched, and he has also seen a lot of TV movies, so he is still relatively familiar with this history.
Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty has a bad reputation, because he is a sinner who died in the country, and was arbitrarily arranged by later historians, and his hat was denied, but it is undeniable that he was an emperor with achievements, five years of great cause, in 609 AD, under the rule of Yang Guang, the Great Sui Empire was incomparably strong, the eastern capital of Luoyang, the first and second phase of the Grand Canal project has been completed, the central library has a collection of 170,000 volumes, open a branch to take scholars, the rule of culture is gangster, the great cause is three years, Yang Guang drove the expedition, the Qinghai into the territory of the Chinese Empire, set up a county, four years of great cause, He also sent Liu Fang to lead 300,000 Guanlongfu soldiers to the south to conquer Jiaozhi, expand the land for thousands of miles, and his martial arts were not inferior to the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
It is now the fifth year of the great cause, Li Yuan should be the king of Tang in Shanxi, and the wise and martial Tang Taizong Li Shimin is only eleven or twelve years old, if he can meet Yang Guang, will he have the ability to change all this? The answer is no, the current Yang Guang is dreaming of an emperor in Luoyang, he wants to unify the map of Chinese civilization, Goryeo is naturally a part of Chinese culture, and the central government of China is incapable of managing it due to the chaos of the Jin Dynasty, so that they can establish the country independently. During the reign of his father, Emperor Wen, he set a strategy to conquer Goryeo and unify the world.
Yang Guang's life was smooth, he was the commander of the Southern Dynasty, compared the eldest brother Yang Yong, became the prince, successfully inherited the unification, fought Qinghai like a divine help, a million troops swept through the Western Regions, the enemy fled from the wind, he did not experience setbacks, so that later several expeditions to Goryeo were defeated, self-esteem was frustrated, and when he returned to China, the smoke was everywhere, and the people also rebelled, he realized that what he had done had been angry and resentful, alas, it is a pity that a generation of British lords ended like this.
Yang Guang's mistake was that he was too eager for quick success, he wanted to do the most things in the shortest time, coupled with his strong self-esteem, unwilling to admit defeat, and repeatedly sent troops to the east, and the nobles and the people could not survive, which led to the historical tragedy of the eighteenth road against the king and the seventy-second road against the Sui and heavy casualties.
In the face of such Yang Guang, Luo Yu thinks that he has no ability to change all this, and the only thing now is to heal his injuries, find a paradise to hide, sit and watch the wind and clouds, and wait for more than ten years later Zhenguan Shengshi to come out again, although he was in his forties at that time, but no matter whether he was out of office or farming, he could always live a happy life. Or after the injury is healed, immediately go north to find Li Yuan, the king of the Tang Dynasty, with his familiarity with this period of history, I don't believe that I can't help the Li Tang Dynasty, and it is not bad to get a founding hero to play at that time.
Luo Yu thinks beautifully, you don't know, people are not as good as heaven, the next thing is incredible, he not only met Yang Guang, but also met Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhu Di and many historical figures who do not belong to this era, this world is very different from what he knows, this is a later story, put it aside for the time being.
The water was boiling, and the old man got up and brought it over: "Hou Sheng, just pour the boiling water down?" Luo Yu nodded and said, "It's okay to meet without meeting." Waiting for the old man to pour water, he buckled the lid: "I have been living in the mountains with my grandfather, my grandfather is an old hunter, very powerful, our grandfather and grandson depend on each other, so I don't know anything about the outside world, a few days ago grandpa went out and didn't come back, I was worried about my grandfather's safety, so I came out to find him, and before I knew it, I went to the depths of the jungle, and you know the rest of the things," It's not that I don't want to tell the truth, if I say that I live alone in a dangerous jungle, I guess no one will believe that there is an experienced grandfather to take care of, It's in line with people's imagination.
After listening to this, the old man nodded: "It's no wonder, your grandfather will be fine, he won't leave you, my granddaughter is my lifeline, fifteen years old this year, the same age as you, she likes to make friends very much, when you are healed, we will go back to the village together, you and her will become good friends,"
Luo Yu was stunned, he was almost thirty years old, and his granddaughter was only fifteen years old, how could she be the same age as herself? After coming here, I haven't seen my face, although my hands can see it, but I run all the way, I don't know where to scratch several places, in the late autumn temperature, there have been cracks, itchy from time to time, how can I not see the youth, there should be no mirror here, busy open the backpack, take out the mobile phone, turn on the front camera, a childish face appeared on the screen, white and handsome, big eyes, double eyelids, thin lips, three or seven minutes of hair inch long, where is almost thirty years old self?
It is a happy thing to become younger, Luo Yu is very satisfied with the current appearance, although he is a little feminine, but he is at peace when he comes, now it seems that he can't go back to the 21st century, with this good-looking face, he may receive unexpected results, I don't want to, put away the mobile phone, and saw that the old man was looking at his mobile phone, so he said to the old man: "Uncle, this is the mirror of our hometown, your noodles can be eaten." After that, he opened the lid, and the unique smell of instant noodle seasoning spread. He opened the fork, held the noodles to the old man with both hands, and when he took them, he opened another bucket, stirred them with the fork, scooped up the noodles and ate them.
The old man had a good taste, smelled the taste, took a bite, maybe it was very good for his taste, the more he ate, the faster he ate, and he was not afraid of being hot. Although Luo Yu's mirror is so strange, the instant noodles are too fragrant, and the two of them "snort" and sucked the noodles, drank the soup from time to time, and ate happily.
Being able to eat instant noodles in this era, absolutely unique, Luo Yu imagined in his heart that he would open an instant noodle workshop in the future, maybe he would make a fortune, this thing can be sold to ordinary people, and it can also be used as field military food. It's just that this packaging is a bit brain-consuming, the packaging of military rations can't be like now, the space is too large, and the things can't be put much, the only advantage is that it's light. Let's find a way when the time comes, Luo Yu never doubts the IQ of the ancients, and there will always be people who think of a way.
The first important thing Luo Yu came here to think about it like this, this is the basic condition for survival, when reading books, I seem to have seen that the Sui court has an encouraging attitude towards business, perhaps, I can be Mr. Ma in this world.
A bucket of instant noodles bottomed out in fantasy, and he didn't even let go of the soup, so did the old man, the two of them burped together, looked at each other and smiled, the old man took the instant noodle box handed over by Luo Yu and threw the instant noodle box into the fire. This is what Luo Yu requested, this thing should not be seen first, otherwise it will cause an uproar, although it is sparsely populated here, but who dares to guarantee that there will be no other hunters to come to the cabin to take shelter from the rain and rest, this wooden house was originally built by the hunters.
Luo Yu originally wanted to take out cigarettes to smoke, but he thought that there was no tobacco plant here, and if he wanted to grow tobacco leaves, he had to go to the distant Americas to bring back the tobacco seeds, where sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn were ...... Now it seems that it has not appeared in the land of the Central Plains, the yield of grains and grains of the Han nation is not high, and the records of starving people are endless, and when they get rich, they must form an expedition team to bring back all these good things, so that China will no longer have hunger worries, and it can be regarded as a little help from their descendants to their predecessors.
I want to sleep when I am full, my body has not returned to normal, and I said so many words today, and said to the old man: "Uncle, I'm a little sleepy, do you want to rest?" So saying, he moved inwards to make room for the old man to rest.
The old man waved his hand and smiled: "People are old, sleep less, you go to sleep first, I'll clean up these black balls, and eat this at night, so much, enough for the two of us to eat for two days." ”
Luo Yu was really sleepy, nodded, took out a pair of thick pants from his backpack as a pillow, and now he won't be woken up, so he put his phone under the pillow so that he can watch the time at any time. With the old man here, he can sleep well, and after completely relaxing, he fell asleep in the sound of the old man tapping the taro.