Chapter 14 The Will to Pass on the Torch
The tall trapezoidal earthen platform was built up, and a circle of stones were placed around it, and in the center of the earthen platform, the huge stone pillar was erected by Yu Zai himself, and the brass axe engraved the words that Yu Zai had said on the stone tablet, so every member of the Akafang clan, when they passed here, would stay for a moment.
It's rudimentary, but will make it look better later.
It will be taller and bigger.
The teenagers looked at the monument, and they couldn't help but chant it, and a fire burned in their hearts.
Ancestors, you will protect us.
Friend, you will help us.
The reason why he erected this simple earthen platform was not just for the purpose of rectifying the funeral.
This is actually erecting a monument of hope, the descendants will continue to live in place of the deceased predecessors, and the glory created by the descendants is also the ancestors who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die in exchange, which cannot be forgotten, and this is the memory and monument of the tribe.
It is a noble faith.
When you have faith, you have motivation and hope, but you don't put your faith in the gods, it's funny to say, after Emperor Zhuan split the relationship between gods and people, and after Chong and Li opened up the sky and the earth..... Many people suddenly remembered, and they finally remembered that a long, long time ago, Fuxi, Nuwa, Emperor Yan, Emperor Huangdi, Chiyou, and many others, the leaders of the earlier clans, they did not rely on God in the first place.
It was they who first stopped in this mountain and sea, and then the gods followed.
The fire was not given by God, it was drilled by the flint themselves.
The house was not forged by God, but built by Chao himself.
The sword was not given by the gods, but was created when the Yellow Emperor and Chi You fought against each other.
Including Yu Zai himself, he looked at the monument that was erected by his own hands, and he also felt a shock in his heart.
Brilliant and ancient, how magnificent.
Although it is barbaric, people have a strong spirit of fighting against heaven and earth.
That's the power called "thrive".
"Yu, do you know why we have always known how to use fire and utensils, and why do you know why the rituals and virtues of the Central Plains, the North and the East, surpass those of the South and the West?"
Yu Yu scratched her head.
Yu Zai smiled and pointed to the monument: "It refers to being poor for salary, and the fire is also transmitted, and I don't know the end." ”
"The form is exhausted and the spirit is not extinguished, the firewood in front has just been burned, and the firewood in the back has been burned.... In this way, the fire will never be extinguished, and the memories of our ancestors will become a means of our struggle against heaven and earth, and they will remain immortal. ”
Yu Zai took them away, and the young people cast their most sincere respect for the monument, and among the clansmen behind, the old patriarch looked at the monument, his eyes reflected blood and fire, and the familiar faces who died in the battle with the Long Di clan seemed to have come back to life at this time, and they came to this field, and were buried in that tomb.
"The torch is passed down from generation to generation, and there is no end to it. ”
The old patriarch's eyes began to become cloudy, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, but he quickly erased them.
There are still many things to do, just like Wu said, not only to live for the tribe and themselves, but also to live for the dead forerunners, if the tribe is destroyed, then what kind of face do they have to meet those forerunners after death?
The sun is setting, it is a busy day, Yu Yu saw Yu Shu on the way back from the wasteland, he followed Yu Tu, carrying a medicine basket on his back, the basket is almost the same period as the fishing net, belongs to the product of the Fuxi era, people know how to use rattan to weave into a net, the basket naturally came into being.
Yu Shu saw Yu Yu, he lowered his head, didn't dare to look at him, and hurriedly followed Yu Yu away.
Yu Yu stood in place and looked at it for a long time, he didn't speak, and on the side, the tall Yu Yu walked over, carrying a stone axe, looked at Yu Shu, the direction where the two of them returned, and patted Yu Yu's shoulder.
"It's not a good thing, I heard Wu say, Yu Shu was because he saw that you found taro, so he had the idea of fighting, and he also wanted to get some food for the tribe, but he failed. ”
"He has a good heart, but he is too impatient, this time, following Yu Tu to collect medicine, he will understand a lot of things. ”
Yu Yu nodded as if she didn't understand, and Yu Yu suddenly became happy: "Yu, you are much younger than me, there are some things you still don't understand, you have to learn more!"
As he spoke, he held his head high and was in great spirits.
Yu Yu said strangely: "Wu is about the same age as me." ”
Yu Yi choked, dudu grace twice, and scolded: "That's a witch, can it be the same, since I was a child, I have been learning all kinds of knowledge with the old witch, if the witch is not wise, then we are all finished." ”
Yu Zai's ears moved, and he looked back at the two people who had fallen behind, and beckoned to them.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the field ahead, and the temporary settlement of the Akagatta clan could already be seen, and a temporary circle had been formed outside with the wood cut down in the past few days, and these wooden walls could be removed.
The painting of the land as a wall in the Central Plains to indicate the scope of one's own residence has been an act since the Shennong era, so never underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.
"Hanshu Food and Goods Journal": "The teaching of Shennong said: There are ten stone cities and a hundred steps in the soup pool. ”
The appearance of the complete city was in the period of Emperor Shun, "Wu Yue Chunqiu" said: "Kun built the city to defend the king, built Guo to guard the people, the beginning of this city." "Huainanzi" also has the saying that it is a city of three people.
However, the rammed earth technology has not yet been mastered, but there is the predecessor of the rammed earth technology, that is, the raw earth technology, and the rammed earth technology began to mature, and it was in the era of Emperor Shun, but it has not yet been passed on to Henan.
Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that all the laws in the world start from the time of Shun.
The dog's bark was to welcome the people returning from the wilderness, and the dolphin squatted next to the wagging tail, and the lamb went out to look for the game's game for the day, but unfortunately, it seemed that wild vegetables were not everywhere.
The old patriarch put down the stone hammer and chisel in his hand, and Yu Zai stood at the threshold, feeling the makeshift walls, the front of the wood was sharpened and uneven, which could effectively resist the wolf-like beasts.
"That's it for now, we still don't have enough manpower to build too high walls, there is no way to mine stones....."
The old patriarch sighed, and Yu Zai said: "The wall is a necessary thing to resist the beasts, although the wooden wall is full of sharp wood, but it can only resist small animals such as wolves and leopards. No, the Spiral Turtle approached the Earth Beast, and it should be said that even the Primordial Beast that had just undergone a change, which was only higher than the ordinary beasts, and the lowest proto-beast, could tear down these wooden walls. ”
"Tomorrow, a group of people will be divided to at least ram the earthen wall with this wooden wall as a benchmark. ”
"Only when the people are safe, everyone can search for food, cut down trees, and collect herbs energetically, without a safe gathering place, it is in vain to say anything, since we know that there are extremely powerful beasts around us, we can't help but prepare in advance. ”
This mentions the natural tortoise, the plan to make changes, the wooden wall is not enough, and the earth must be rammed.
The old patriarch said: "Yes, Wu, what you said makes sense, I will ask them to shovel the soil tomorrow and build up this place." ”
Yu Zai corrected: "It's rammed up.... No, the board building. ”
"Ramming?"
The old patriarch was a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Yu Zai said: "You'll know tomorrow." By the way, patriarch, you also have to have people prepare some stone tools, round, liftable, not too fine, not too heavy, but not too light. ”