Chapter 179 Eloquence

Everyone in the account knew about this, but now, it was the first time someone from the Song Dynasty came to declare sovereignty, and everyone couldn't help but make a big fuss.

Su You bowed his hands and saluted the people around him again, signaling everyone to be quiet: "Since this is the land of Song Dynasty, then all of you are from Song Dynasty. Since we are people from Song Dynasty, there is no difference between us, why can't we

As a guest of the ceremony?"

This statement made most people in the big tent very satisfied. The first thought of many people was that this kid was right, I am from Song Dynasty now!

The prosperity and wealth of the Song Dynasty, and the leisure life of the Song people, especially the life of the Song people in Bashu, are still very desirable to the southwestern Yi people. Now someone suddenly tells them that you are also from the Song Dynasty, and most people's reaction is that I am proud.

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Looking at the reaction of the crowd, the great witch couldn't help but feel disappointed: "Twenty years ago, I saved a Song Dynasty person. It was probably the biggest mistake in my life."

There was another "coaxing" sound in the tent. Everyone knew that the person the big witch was talking about was Mr. Fan. This was a clear sign that they were ready to break up.

"He is very knowledgeable. He told me that people in the Erlin tribe can also live like the people in the Song Dynasty. As long as we work hard, open our eyes and find the right path."

"He said that the Erlin tribe is poor and has no production, but as long as we find mineral deposits, we can smelt metals. We can go to Dali and Song Dynasty to exchange for what we want."

"I believed him and showed him the location of the Erlin Department's mineral deposits, but what I didn't expect was that what I released was a devil."

"Twenty years have passed, what do the mines look like now? When everyone is holding the food exchanged for those mineral deposits, have you ever turned around and looked at what the forests and mountains that once nourished us have become?"

"However, this is not the most terrifying thing. What is terrifying is the changed human heart."

"In the previous tribe, everyone lived a difficult and simple life, but everyone was very happy."

"In spring, we sing songs in the mountains and forests, surrounded by the fragrance of flowers and plants; in summer, we fish in small rivers, and the fish are so crowded in the river that people can walk to the other side of the river by stepping on the backs of fish; in autumn, cattle

The sheep are fat, so we offer sacrifices and pray to the gods; winter... winter is the most leisurely day, everyone gathers around the fire pond and listens to the old people singing the ancient stories of the tribe..."

"What a beautiful past...but what about now?"

"Nowadays, everyone's eyes are only interests! They are all cold silver and copper coins! You have forgotten singing, you have forgotten happiness, you have forgotten the land that gave birth to you and raised you, and you have asked for it for your own greed.

too much!"

"You have destroyed the forest and the mountain, and taken away the soul of the mountain! You have fallen! You have insulted the gods!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone prostrated on the ground, with their foreheads touching the ground and palms up, trembling with fear, not daring to take a breath, except for a group of Han Chinese who were watching the ceremony.

The great witch pointed at the only group of Han Chinese who did not kneel down: "You have brought all this. You have led the tribe onto the road of greed. You have led them to run wildly on the road to hell. You have destroyed the tribe's tradition.

, even trying to sabotage our sacrificial ceremony!"

Su You bowed his hands and saluted: "Great witch, what is said is that the truth is unclear. You are the wisest person in the entire southwestern barbarians. I wonder if you can listen to the truth I know?"

Seeing that the great witch didn't speak, Su Youcai continued: "There are gods in mountains, rivers, heaven and earth. On this point, both we and you agree."

"But to say that when we extract minerals, we are stealing the soul of the mountain, I don't agree with this."

"In our legend, there is a great god who created the world. His name is Pangu. He is the incarnation of the dying people. His energy becomes wind and clouds, his voice is thunder, his left eye is the sun, his right eye is the moon, his limbs are the four poles, his five bodies are the five mountains, and his blood is the rivers.

The tendons and veins are the geography, the muscles are the soil, the mustaches are the stars, the fur is the vegetation, the teeth and bones are the gold and stone, the essence is the pearls and jade, and the sweat is the rain.”

"I also heard a lot of legends during this trip. In Dali's mythology, two gods created the heaven and the earth. They used a weaving method, one to weave the sky and the other to weave the earth. When the sky became smaller, the earth became larger, and then they joined together.

At that time, the ground had to be shrunk, and as a result, the ground became wrinkled and uneven."

"In your mythology, the God of Creation turned into four people: Bago, Dianni, Zhigealu and Jiejigaru. Dianni opened the eastern sky with a copper pillar, and the sun rose from the east.

He then used a second bronze pillar to knock open the heaven and earth in the west, holding up the sky in the west, so that the sun would set from the west at night. Then he used a bronze pillar to knock open the sky and earth in the north and south, so that heaven and earth

And they were separated, and heaven and earth were created.”

"So, it is said that the world and the mountains and rivers have always had souls. No matter which clan's story they are in, there is no such thing?"

"Mountains and rivers are under the jurisdiction of gods, but we cannot say that mountains and rivers themselves have souls."

"We took out the mineral deposits from the mountains, and the gods did not send any punishment or warning, which means that we did not violate the will of God. The mineral deposits in the mountains are just like the fish in the water, the deer in the woods, and the cattle and sheep on the grassland. They are all given by the gods.

Our reward."

"You said we destroyed the mountains and forests. In the past, when the Second Forestry Department used slash-and-burn cultivation, how much forest had to be burned every year to grow the little buckwheat and highland barley that could only make a living on the barren land? What kind of method?

, are there more forests destroyed?”

Everyone is nodding, yes, what the kid said makes sense...

"Mr. Fan came and asked everyone to trade between Dali and the Song Dynasty. They exchanged their tribe's mineral deposits for silver and copper coins, and used the silver and copper coins to buy farmland outside the mountains, Zhuangzi. Let this grassland,

Today, all the ministries are gathered together, the warehouses are abundant, and the cattle and sheep are everywhere."

"Everyone can think about it. In the past, when people reaped what they sowed, were they really happy? Is it really the life we ​​want to live?"

Everyone fell into deep thought.

"The great witch said that people's hearts are bad, but is it really caused by prosperity?"

"The road that your people have walked has actually been walked by my people; the road that you will take in the future is also the road that Mr. Fan wants you to take, and my people are walking now."

"In spring, we can still sing in the mountains and forests, and we are surrounded by the fragrance of flowers and plants;"

"The difference is that we also have musical instruments made of silk and bamboo to accompany us, and we have poems recorded thousands of years ago to sing;"

"In summer, we can also fish in the small river, and we will also open a pond to raise the small fish in the spring, and harvest a pond full of big fish next year. We will also raise ducks and geese beside the pond; in the pond

, we will plant lotus roots.”

"Sister Adun likes to eat lotus roots from our Meishan Mountain most. In summer, the entire Meishan City is surrounded by beautiful lotus flowers."

"In autumn, your cattle and sheep are fat, and our rice is golden. Everyone is the same, using the best things to offer sacrifices and pray to the gods."

"But our rituals have written records of the process, steps, and rituals. Even if thousands of years have passed, they have generally remained unchanged;"

"Winter...winter is also our most leisurely day. We are led by the elderly at home to thank heaven and earth, worship our ancestors, and reward the gods."

“Then we pick up gifts and go to relatives and neighbors’ homes to give them to each other. We invite them to our homes to have dinner together, and everyone enjoys the happiness of friendship and relatives. Throughout the New Year, every day has different customs and different activities.

…”

"Our lives are richer than yours, but are our hearts broken? Not really."

"When the warehouse is full, people will live calmly, confidently and generously, and have more time to study. Only when the stomach is full and the clothes are warm, can you have the energy to think about other things such as using

Ore is smelted to produce precious gold and silver, and windmills are used to grind snow-white flour and rice flour."

"The Erlin Department is guarding such a good outlet, why didn't they build a windmill? Because before, you were struggling with hunger every day. How could you have time to think about this?"
Chapter completed!