C10 A Book of Good Whiteness and Good Whiteness
Shi Dakai had never been this shocked in his life before, even when he had just broken through the Heavenly Capital City s back then, he wasn't this excited. The few thin pages of paper in his hands were actually like a heavy burden that weighed down on him like a thousand gold coins. He was unable to lift them up.
He never thought that the book Xiao Letian wanted to write would turn out to be … To think that it would be like this … It was so plain that Shi Dakai couldn't bear to look at it directly.
"Ming Yongle has existed for sixteen years. In the distant west, southwest of the Europa, there was a weak Country called Portugal called Prince of Enrique who dispatched a fleet to sail for the first time. He also found the Santos Island of the Madre Islands that year, and then the Madeira Island the following year. After that, the convoy he sent out discovered the various islands s, and thus, he activated the Europe s … "
The articles written by Xiao Letian had exceeded the limits of Shi Dakai's imagination. There were no ancient characters, no poems, nor neat lines. There was only bluntness, just like how a peddler in wharf told you stories about the seas.
However, Shi Dakai knew that what he saw was not a legend, but real history. Military Advisor and Xiao Letian had guaranteed that the story here might be wrong on some data, but it was definitely true.
More importantly, how could he hold up such a simple essay like this? He had to read it all in one go before he felt satisfied.
The article begins with Yongle's 16 years, Prince of Enrique's exploration activities, European's desire for Oriental porcelain, spices, silk was vividly depicted.
The article begins to show Chinese a completely different western world with Zhang Hui's novel as its structure. Before the Great Geographic Discovery, the Europe was a terrifying Middle Ages, and Popular was a poor Country with a very low level of education. At that time, the China was just a country of gold in European's eyes.
Along with Xiao Letian's pen, Shi Dakai seemed to have experienced a journey through time and space. He knew that while Prince of Enrique was desperately searching for the west coast of Africa, the Great Ming Dynasty's Fleet had already started to head towards Africa's East Coast. At that time, the Technology of the China was much more powerful than that of the West.
When Portuguese's sailing career reached its peak, Spaniard started to rise. In the first five years of the Ming dynasty, which was the year 1492 of the Western calendar, the Italy's Columbus began his journey to the west of the Atlantic Ocean with the support of Spaniard. Finally, they discovered the new Mainland, which was the current USA.
After that came the great worldwide adventure that Magellan started in Mingzhen for 14 years. It was also due to Magellan's hard work that European finally understood that the earth was really a sphere, and the sea was much larger than the land.
In these stories, Xiao Letian did not just use the method of lecturing. In the article, he also included a lot of grudges and disputes between Europe and other countries, and even some wild stories and anecdotes. He introduced the politics, economy, and culture of the entire Europe in detail.
A chapter with three thousand words. Each chapter was made up of several stories, and at the end of each chapter Xiao Letian would leave behind a bundle. Until the next chapter, Xiao Letian would definitely not unravel it. A few times when Shi Dakai saw the words "If you want to know what happened next, please listen to the second half", he was so angry that he slapped the Table's eyes. He really wanted to tear Xiao Letian's head off and see the later part of the story ahead of time.
However, every time he saw Xiao Letian writing by the window, the words in his mouth would no longer come out.
What kind of people were there in the Western Country? What is their origin, their development, and their present fate? This knowledge is recorded in Xiao Letian's book. Which Europe were the stronger ones, which were the weaker ones, and what was the reason for the stronger ones, and what was the reason for the weaker ones?
Sometimes, Shi Dakai even wanted to write a novel for Xiao Letian. He felt that if such a shocking book was not written in noble characters, it would be a crime. But Xiao Letian's one sentence had pushed his thoughts back into place.
"Prince, are there many illiterate people in this world or are there many literate people? "Since there are many people who can't read, it means that the strongest power lies between Popular and the others. If one wants to become strong in China, it is necessary to wake up Popular from the lowest level.
Shi Dakai's eyes filled with tears as he listened to Xiao Letian's words. The heavens are merciful! To think that Military Advisor had such a magnanimous heart. He could actually think of the unreadable Popular. Just this magnanimity alone was already superior.
How could Shi Dakai know? Xiao Letian didn't understand any ancient language at all. Other than reciting a few ancient poems "Bright Moonlight in front of the Bed, Two pairs of Shoes on the Floor", he couldn't even write well with a brush and looked like a child who had just awakened.
Shi Dakai now completely believed that Xiao Letian was just Alone overseas. In order to make it easier for Xiao Letian to write his essay, Wing King had actually used his secret network in the Capital, using gold ingots to buy pen, ink, pocket watches, toothbrushes, glass and other precious Western goods for Military Advisor. Just a small bag of foreign goods had cost him a whole ten taels of gold.
When Xiao Letian saw the bag of foreign goods, he was in a good mood and actually told the village's Soldiers the evaluation paper. The contents were exactly the stories he had written. Unexpectedly, the first story was exchanged for a full hall prize. Soldiers, who was at the bottom, was as excited as if he was listening to Journey to the West as he was excited over the new year.
Xiao Letian spoke for a total of three days, and he couldn't stand the enthusiasm of the Wu steelers anymore. After dinner, they brought their stools and gathered outside Xiao Letian's wooden house, looking at Xiao Letian with longing eyes. At that moment, Xiao Letian felt that not talking about these two chapters was like a crime.
From that day onwards, Xiao Letian became a book critic in the village and contributed to the amateur cultural life of the Taibai Top's bandit Nest.
It wasn't until half a month later, when the spies at the foot of the mountain brought Xiao Letian the latest information, that Xiao Letian was forced to stop the daily evaluation.
"Prince, I have to go down the mountain immediately. Now that Caravan's Manager Fan is in trouble, I can't just watch idly by the side?" Xiao Letian said nervously.
"There's no rush, I already know what Military Advisor said, isn't it just trouble for the 110 thousand silver? They, the Fan family, do not care at all, for one of the eight great clans of the Jin Shang to not even be able to pay out 110 thousand silver, that would truly be embarrassing … " Shi Dakai didn't even know Xiao Letian's plan. He was still drinking tea with a relaxed expression on his face.
"Aiya, my Prince, Manager Fan is a very important part of my plan. Without his help, my plans would never work. Now is the time to show my gratitude to him. Whether we can get old shopkeeper under our control depends on this …" Wu Tie was so angry that the room started to spin.
Originally, Xiao Letian didn't know the danger old shopkeeper was facing, so he took the time out to write two private letters. One was for Manager Fan, and the other was for Reverend Lewis, written in pure English.
When the Taiping Army in Yi County City handed the letter to Liu Yisi, not even two hours had passed. This foreigner, who took photos of the entire world, did not even bid farewell to Manager Fan, and directly rode towards the Northern Capital City on his horse. From the looks of it, the contents of the letter were extremely urgent.
After sending the letter to Americans, the messenger turned around and went to the Fan family's Guangde Station to find old shopkeeper. However, once he arrived, the messenger unexpectedly found out that old shopkeeper was already bedridden after encountering a cold in the mountains. When Manager Fan finished reading Xiao Letian's private message, the old man actually struggled to get up. In the end, it was tiger chick who forcefully persuaded him.
"I only understood the whole story from Miss Fan's mouth. Now, Manager Fan is about to be forced to death by his brother, Fan family Liu Tie. There was nothing Miss Fan could do. She asked me to bring a message to Military Advisor. She said that she was afraid that she would never be able to repay your kindness to them in this life … "I'll just wait for my next life to repay you then …"
F * ck, Xiao Letian exploded at that time. The first girl Laozi picked up after he transmigrated, someone actually wanted to harm her? He was already on the verge of death? If I didn't come out, would I still be a man?
"Prince, whether you agree or not, I must go down the mountain. Either you kill me, or send someone to protect me down the mountain. There is no other way …"
Shi Dakai looked at the indignant Xiao Letian and suddenly became angry. He patted the Table and stood up, "mister, what are you saying? Since you are already our Military Advisor, you can enjoy your freedom. How can I stop you? Who do you think we are? "Do you really think we are useless scum in your eyes?"
Xiao Letian's face turned red when he heard that, but Shi Dakai didn't say anything else. "If mister wants to go down the mountain, then everything needs to be arranged. How do you plan to enter the city?" How do I hide in the Guangde? Why didn't they alarm government? All of this needs to be prepared in advance. Please don't worry and give me one night's time, I'll arrange everything properly for you … "
The next morning, when Liu Tie pushed open the door, he found that there were more than twenty silver box s in front of the yard. Soldiers and General Liu Lang were putting on an act on the back of the toma while gray beard was helping out from the side.
"General? What are you doing? " Xiao Letian asked in confusion.
"Prince said, since Manager Fan is very useful in Military Advisor's plan, then you can't be stingy, it should be based on kindness, isn't that the difficulty of the 110 thousand silver s? "I don't want the village, send them back …" gray beard was a little unconvinced with Xiao Letian before, but when he listened to Xiao Letian's review a few times and read a few of the original drafts, she was completely convinced.
Xiao Letian laughed bitterly, "Aiya, my Prince, the silver is good stuff, how can you give it away? Not only can you not give it to me, you should also keep it in the village. Stop pretending, put it down …" With that, Xiao Letian directly went to look for Shi Dakai.
"Prince, open the holy treasury. We can send Gold, send jade, send pearl and agate all the way, but we can't send silver. The future of our village lies in this pile of silver …"
Shi Dakai stared at Xiao Letian in confusion. However, when he saw Xiao Letian's serious expression, he knew that this was definitely not a joke. It seemed that Military Advisor already had a detailed plan in mind.
"Can you reveal it to Little Wang first, mister?" Good guy Shi Dakai even shouted Little Wang's name because he knew this was Xiao Letian's first offer. An inexplicable excitement that came from the bottom of his heart made him tremble.
"Let's go to the treasury first. We can pick whatever we need from Military Advisor …"