Chapter 45: How Many Cows?
"Yuanyuan. Qin Chao's voice was low, "You said that if I threw out my ideas and theories like this now, how many people in the world would really agree with and attach importance to it?"
Guo Yuanyuan's body trembled.
Gao Tianlai also raised his eyebrows slightly. Feng Xiaowan was stunned for a moment and then chuckled: "Qin Gongzi is thoughtful, that's right, now the world has already been occupied by Interpretation, Taoism, and Confucianism, no matter how perfect and clever the doctrine is, even if the doctrine of the immortals is taken, no one will pay attention to it, of course, the great hero here is naturally the first credit of the sect of the high fairy." β
As soon as the Qin Dynasty reminded them, although Ah Zhu, Ah Bi, Mu Wanqing, and Mrs. Wang were ignorant, they were experienced in this area, and Guo Yuanyuan, Gao Tianlai, and Feng Xiaowan, who were more able to cross the line on their own, had already realized the real key.
Don't talk about outsiders.
As far as they are concerned, when every new idea of the Qin Dynasty is thrown out, how can they support it? It's just that the Qin Dynasty insisted, and the Qin Dynasty did perform better than them in some aspects, and more importantly, the aura was about to collapse, and the helplessness of reality forced them to die as a horse doctor and fight hard, so they barely supported the Qin Dynasty.
"You swore to the heavens, and you told a big lie regardless of the heavens, just to let the world accept your doctrine?" Feng Xiaowan glared, "Gongzi Qin, with just such a book, they can accept ......it?" You ......"
Gao Tianlai also looked at the Qin Dynasty deeply.
"A book, I want the world to change their minds, Qin Gongzi, it's the first time I've seen you so naΓ―ve. β
"Naive?"
The Qin Dynasty was speechless in his heart, and "Marco Polo's Travels" was indeed written absurdly.
For example, Marco Polo said that the Song Dynasty used 'jiaozi' (i.e., paper money) as silver, and paper was equivalent to silver, which was simply impossible in Europe at the time.
So in the Middle Ages, the book was even considered a myth by Europeans, as a 'Arabian Nights', but it was after this 'Arabian Nights' came out. It was circulated and reprinted by others, and became a very popular reading material at that time, known as 'one of the world's great wonder books', which stimulated the curiosity of Europeans about the mysterious world of the East, and only then did Columbus, da Gama, Ebenedict, Cabot, Anthony Jenkinson, Johnson, Martin Robicher and other cattle break the confinement of Western theocracy in the Middle Ages and open up a new era for Europe.
Books are ridiculous. But the effect is indeed bearable, and the huge impact of the book "Marco Polo's Travels" on the world is recognized by Western scholars no matter how harsh they are.
"Sheng Chao, you may be a little thankless this time, but ......" Guo Yuanyuan shook her head, the matter has been made, the oath has been issued, what is the use of being harsh?
Everyone shook their heads in their hearts and walked out of the Qin Dynasty house.
The Travelogue of the Immortal Kingdom was only serialized in the first chapter in the newspaper. And this chapter only writes that Qin Xianao's ancestors came to that fairy-like country and entered a small village, and they didn't even see anyone.
However, the absurd and bizarre descriptions in the book still caused a sensation.
"Do you say that what Qin Xianao said is true?"
"The walls of the house are more beautiful than the finest lacquerware, the finest porcelain, and the windows are made of the finest crystal. Such a large and small piece could bankrupt the old rich man Zhou in Dongcheng, but it was suddenly used as a window. β
"Hmm. Crystal is used as a window, and even my Great Song Palace can't afford it. β
"And the crystal window patterns are so beautiful, and the colors are so ingenious, I have a feeling of dreaming. β
"Except for the windows of the house, you have all forgotten a little, the road surface that Qin Xianao talked about in the book. Do you see, that kind of pavement, tsk...... Clean, hard and nice. There are also patterns, and those stone paths made of pebbles, and I want to lie on the ground and sleep when I walk up. β
"Yes, not only the road surface, but also the flowers and plants on the side of the road that he described, either neatly or in beautiful patterns. β
"With a hundred flowers as a paintbrush, that's not a fairy, who can do it?"
"But what I'm most interested in is that the railings and chains on the side of the road, according to Qin Xianao, are made of silver, but they are brighter and more beautiful than silver. β
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Shocked, shocked, excited, doubtful......
Especially the Qin Xian Ao recorded in the "Travels to the Immortal Country" came to the first family, the worst family, a dog wearing gold and silver, a gold collar studded with diamonds around his neck, eating fragrant and spicy food, eating better than some officials in the Great Song Dynasty, this impact is huge, this contrast is shocking.
"Don't be stupid, none of that can be true. β
"Impossible? Didn't you read the back of this article, Qin Xianao swore a curse, if it couldn't exist, would Qin Xianao dare to swear a curse?"
"But this is obviously unreasonable, how can there be a dog that eats better than a human?"
"Well, how can a mountain village afford to raise so many cows to eat?"
......
After the initial shock, countless people who thought they were smart began to doubt, even if the Qin Dynasty gambled and swore an oath, they still doubted, in addition to doubts, countless people also looked forward to it.
"Seven days!"
"Seven days later, the first volume of "Travels in the Kingdom of the Immortals" will be released. β
One by one, they were looking forward to the arrival in seven days, because according to the newspaper, the first volume of "Travels in the Fairy Country" was not very expensive, and most people could afford it.
Time passes.
During this period, the newspaper issued another issue, and this issue also serialized "Travels in the Kingdom of the Immortals", which caused a sensation among people, and in a blink of an eye, the official release day came, and countless people rushed to the book sales points early in the morning.
Ikawa Academy.
"Teacher, your old man is also in a lot of interest today?"
"Uncle He, the first volume of "Travels in the Immortal Country" will be bought back soon, you come and talk to me, how do you read the "Immortal Country" uploaded in the newspaper?" Cheng Yi asked Lu Dalin with great interest.
Lu Dalin smiled slightly: "I don't believe in that thing at all." β
"Oh?" Cheng Yi smiled, "Why don't you believe it?"
"Teachers don't often tell us that there is a certain amount of wealth in the world. Lu Dalin said that the most important theoretical basis for Cheng Yi, Sima Guang and others to oppose Wang Anshi's reform is that there is a fixed amount of wealth.
The wealth of the world is not in the officials, it is in the people, and if it is not in the people, it is in the officials. Wang Anshi's reform of the law increases the state property, and then the private property will decrease. The life of the people will not be easy.
"There is a number of wealth, and there is also a quantity of copper and silver buried underground, which is why the Great Song Dynasty lacks copper for money all year round, and even has to use Jiaozi for the sake of gold, silver and copper buried underground, but crystal. Lu Dalin shook his head. "I have been studying the science of gold and stone all year round, the preciousness of crystal, few people in the world have I know, how many crystals have been found in all dynasties combined, why is the price of crystals high? is because it is too rare. In his book, he talks about a dog using a gold collar, which is inlaid with diamonds, and diamonds are even rarer. A dog uses these, and the windows of a poor family use crystal, so many thousands of families have to use how many crystals. How much gold?"
"Qin Xianao wrote "Travels in the Immortal Country", and the things recorded in it are just to deceive the people, which one of the real people of insight will believe it?" Lu Dalin said with a smile.
"Really?" Cheng Yi's face was indifferent, "There is a fixed number of how much grain can be produced in a piece of land, and how much wheat can be produced, and it is impossible to exceed this number, the mountain villa mentioned in Qin Xianao's book." If all dogs eat beef, how many heads of beef are needed? Anyone with a little common sense of agriculture will know. That mountain village can't raise so many cattle for them to eat......! Is Qin Xianao really such a stupid person?"
Lu Dalin was stunned, yes, Qin Xianao wrote novels in the newspaper and reread history, which shows that he has a very wide range of knowledge. It is impossible to say, 'Why not eat minced meat', a nerd like Emperor Jin Hui who doesn't know the suffering of the people.
How could such a person not know such an obvious loophole in "Travels to the Kingdom of Immortals" written by such a person?
"Then what does he mean?" Lu Dalin looked at the teacher.
Cheng Yi was slightly silent: "Actually, I also yearn for the immortal country he said." If there really is such a place on earth, how good it would be if people could really live in such a country?"
So, the teacher was also curious about how he would fulfill this lie. β
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Soon the servant sent the first volume of the newly bought "Travels in the Immortal Country", Cheng Yi and Lu Dalin couldn't wait to read it, skipping the first chapter and the second chapter that had been serialized in the newspaper, and looked directly from the third chapter, and it didn't take long for Cheng Yi to raise his eyebrows slightly.
"Crystals make not only windows, but also cups, basins, tables, doors, and even walls...... Isn't that the crystal palace of the Dragon King of the East China Sea?"
"It's not crystal, it's something called glass. β
"This glass is the medicinal jade we are talking about, the reason why it is more beautiful and clear than all the medicinal jade we have ever seen is because they have mastered the highest technology of refining medicinal jade, and this Qin Xianao also wrote in the book that it is a kind of stone called quartz dug out of the sand, gravel and soil, like steelmaking and porcelain burning, and quartz contains different substances such as iron and copper, and the color will be different?"
"The beef wasn't slaughtered by yourself, it was bought from afar?"
"When you go to buy beef from afar, you take that kind of iron car?......"
"The iron car is faster than the Maxima, and if you want to be fast, you can be faster, even dozens of times faster than the Maxima? They call cars, or electric cars, or nuclear cars, or motorcycles, and ......."
Cheng Yi took a deep breath.
In the book, it is written that Qin Xianao was warmly received, but within half a day of that family, he was picked up by a plane, and was sent to a shelter called 'Overseas Visitor' to receive assistance, where he met five people who also came to this country by chance from overseas, and they were treated like heaven together, and they also began to learn the language there, and gradually as the language progressed, they began to understand some things that seemed incredible before.
For example, crystal windows, crystal daily necessities are not crystals at all, but medicinal jade, which is also rare in the Great Song Dynasty, but there is because people have mastered the production method of medicinal jade, that is, it is made of a special clay that is fired at a higher temperature than porcelain and steelmaking.
And beef, lamb, all kinds of fresh, a wide variety of vegetables, or all kinds of food are bought from the store.
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This first volume undoubtedly explains some of the things that seem incredible in the first and second chapters of the text, but what slowly unfolds is a dreamy picture that is even more shocking than the first and second chapters, and the civilization is incredibly rich. (To be continued......)