Chapter 292: King Arthur, a Roman Loyal Servant (Asking for a Monthly Pass)

Regarding Guo Kang's narration, Xiao Jeanna and Zhu Wenkui didn't say anything for a while. But Monk Daoyan heard the implication and asked, "Guo Gongzi has been deliberately discussing this country, does it have something to do with the strategy in the future?" ”

"Yes." Guo Kang saw what he saw, and simply said directly: "We have actually been paying attention to the entire Mediterranean world. The situation in each region needs to be examined for future planning. ”

"Master Dao Yan should also be able to observe that manpower on our side is actually very short. In order to participate in trade in the future, a large number of people will need to be put into the work. It all has to be planned in advance. ”

"So you chose England?" Jeanne asked curiously.

"Of course. For this kind of thing, you must choose a place where the locals are most docile. Guo Kang explained.

"Huh? yes......" Little Jeanne suddenly realized.

"It's too far away." Zhu Wenkui commented: "If you don't say it, I can't think of anything that has to do with you over there." ”

"It's not far." Guo Kang said: "Moreover, it is indeed very related to us over there. ”

"The ancient name of the island of Britain is Albion. According to local records, the name is derived from a Greek princess named 'Alpina'. Guo Kang introduced:

"It is said that at that time, the king of the city-state, Diocas, had thirty daughters. The king arranged marriages for everyone, but the princesses were so arrogant that they refused to allow their power to be subordinated to others, and decided to join forces in the murder of their husbands......"

"Isn't this the thirty Empress Wei...... Zhu Wenkui was speechless for a while: "The Greeks are terrible." ”

"That's how Greek princesses are." Jeanne Jr. meant something.

"It's a story, after all." Guo Kang heard what she meant, and hurriedly continued: "Although the conspiracy was carried out, the youngest princess was unwilling to continue and leaked the conspiracy. The king was furious and ordered the twenty-nine daughters to be loaded onto a rudderless ship and left to drift. Eventually, however, the boat drifted to an island. ”

Princess Alpina was the first to land on the island, claiming the land and gaining the approval of her sisters. Later, these people gathered fruit on the island and gradually learned to hunt, so they survived. ”

"But their evil nature has not changed, and they have since mingled with a local demon known as 'Nightmare'. The giants who came after them were their heirs. ”

"But in the end, these giants, including the 'Brother Mao', were all wiped out by these Roman relatives. So all these strange things are gone, and after that, it's the age of human beings. ”

"It's weird. What is this nightmare? How can a man give birth to a giant? Zhu Wenkui obviously didn't understand.

"I don't know, it's just a story." Guo Kang himself doesn't know how this setting came about.

"The giant understands that nightmares are ghosts in dreams? Can this be killed too? Zhu Wenkui continued to ask.

"Okay...... In the case of nightmares, it is probably the mourning ghosts or demon dogs that the Qin people said. It's the kind of ghost that can confuse people and tease women. According to "Blame", just beat it to death. Guo Kang thought about it and forcibly explained.

"What is this?" Little Jeanne didn't understand it either.

"In ancient times, it was the official exorcism manual of the Qin State." Guo Kang told her: "This title means to ask, and the blame is the disaster, which is the skill of inquiring about the handling of the disaster." But there is also a saying that it is Ze's fake word, which means to ask the mythical beast Bai Ze how to deal with monsters. ”

"At that time, everyone believed in ghosts. Therefore, in view of the rampant use of ghosts and the scourge of the people, the government deliberately recorded and distributed these methods of identifying and disposing of ghosts to teach everyone to avoid disasters. ”

"The imperial court doesn't even care about this......

"The court is also responsible for the work of the church. You see, the church also does some exorcism or something. Guo Kang said: "And the Qin State has a soft spot for making rules, and they even have national standards for how many seeds to be sown in each field and how to adjust different seeds." I feel that if there is no regulation in any area, they will not be comfortable. ”

"And how do they deal with nightmares?" Jeanne asked curiously.

"If it is in human form, it is called 'mourning ghost', which means a ghost related to love. This thing is clearly the same type as Nightmares. ”

"It has been recorded that such spirits will intermarry with human women and have fun with each other. Because it tempts people, they are still very harmonious with each other, and it will take a while for a while to show that they will be in trouble, and they are a special kind of ghost. When encountering this, you can use thorn wood as a cone and peach wood as a handle, pierce its face, or strike its heart, and you can destroy the ghost, and you will never come again. ”

"If a goblin in the shape of an animal is harassing a woman, it's easier to kill it and eat it. After the ghost is eaten, it will no longer be troubled. ”

"The Qin people will, and the Great Qin people probably will. Anyway, the principle is simple. It can be seen that it is not very difficult to destroy the nightmare. Guo Kang actually forcibly rounded up the mythical story.

The Qin people's exorcism mode is actually two steps: the first step is to use special props or rituals to make the ghost shine the blood bar; The second step is to kill the girl - if you can't beat it, call more people.

According to their legend, in order to deal with some big monsters, they will even directly send troops to attack. In short, it is very simple and crude, and you can basically learn it at a glance......

Of course, in this story, the name Albion must have nothing to do with Greek princesses or anything.

The word is supposed to come from the local Celtic language for "alba", meaning "white", referring to the white cliffs on the shores of Dover. Later it became "Albania" in Latin, and later "Albion" in Norman. In fact, it and Albania in the Balkans are indeed etymology. Both of them, and even the "Alps", may be the same kind of place names left by the Celts when they migrated.

However, this was originally intended to be a forced argument for the relationship between the Greek region and the locality, as a basis for ancient times. Falsifying evidence documents, and even directly making claims based on legends, are very common things in this era, after all, everyone really has no reliable history and research tradition.

"Since the English themselves have ready-made stories to circulate, of course they can be used directly." Guo Kang pointed out: "From the perspective of ancient mythology, they are closely related to us from ancient mythology to the development of civilization that can be traced later. ”

"The other barbarians have their own myths and stories to call on and unite everyone, and the English simply don't even have their own myths."

"Now there's only the story of King Arthur, which is relatively local. But King Arthur himself was a Roman remnant, and his story was also passed down from generation to generation by the Celts who were oppressed by the Anglos and exiled to Brittany, and finally formed on the side of the Normans and the French. That's why there are a lot of French elements in Arthurian stories, and they were very popular with the Norman rulers. ”

"I reckon they're doing this propaganda entirely to counter the cultural influence of the Anglos, but that's good for us, right?"

Zhu Wenkui looked interested. And Monk Daoyan originally seemed to want to say something, but when he heard his words, he also thought about it.

(End of chapter)