Chapter 723: Brewing and Setting Sail
Looking at the two huge pillars hanging down from the city wall in front of them and almost blocking the city gate, a look of helplessness suddenly flashed across the faces of the fairies who came with the guard of honor.
Although they had long known that their king was still young and had an unpredictable temperament.
However, the sudden behavior of overthrowing many previous promises and sitting on the city wall with the magic and celestial phenomena unfolded still left people a little at a loss.
The key point is that the king and the princess are mutually exclusive. They were supposed to be seated in the square outside the city, but when Zhang Ke suddenly arrived, should they still follow the original plan?
Let's proceed as planned. The king and the princess are separated into two parties. There is a lack of etiquette.
But if we open up the Dharma, Heaven, Elephant and Earth together with the former, it will be difficult for people to accept.
Even if they are wearing classical attire at this time, gorgeous and solemn, with nothing exposed except the middle of their faces, when their bodies are enlarged year-on-year, the original floor-length skirts, loose sleeves, etc. can easily become Become the source of disrespect.
After a while, Hualin sighed helplessly and caught Yao Ji who was about to make a move. With the help of several others, he still went ahead as planned.
Just like her father and elders in heaven.
Even those powerful men with reputations throughout the Three Realms are helpless against this occasional outrageous behavior. What can they, "weak women", do?
What's more, looking at the crowd cheering because Zhang Ke unfolded the law of heaven and earth and sat high on the city wall, the slight melancholy that had condensed on Hualin's face dissipated a lot at this time.
She leaned close to Yao Ji's ear and whispered: "The king cannot judge based on common courtesy. We will just do our best."
"Don't disturb, don't nag, as for the rest."
Maybe the result will be better?
With such thoughts in mind, the princesses passed through their legs, which were like giant pillars, from the hem to the square outside the royal city and sat down.
Behind them, Zhang Ke, who had only indulged a little bit of his essence and turned into a giant of a hundred feet, looked at the majestic city in front of him, and looked at a lane full of people, and his emotions were turbulent and could not calm down for a long time:
"I am a stupid person, but it is because of your trust, my destiny, and the support of my teachers that I have reached this point."
"Although he shoulders the position of human king, he is limited by his own recklessness and stupidity. He is not as brave as the three emperors, and not as smart as the five emperors. For official affairs, he relies entirely on the diligence of the princess and the gods and gods, who can only kill with one hand. However, I am also causing constant troubles, affecting a wide range of people. I have implicated many innocent people in my ups and downs.”
Hearing Zhang Ke's self-effacement and even self-deprecation, Wang Cheng, who was originally quiet, suddenly became full of people.
Meng Zhou, who was also dressed in attire, knelt down fiercely, tears dripping from his old face between the cracks in the bricks, and said intermittently with a choked throat: "Don't say this, if the ancestors didn't come forward, we would have been killed long ago." He died in a mountain of 100,000, his corpse was eaten by demons, and his bloodline was even more difficult to pass on!”
"If there were no ancestors, how could the Shaoyou tribe be so prosperous? If there were no kings and monsters, barbarians would still live everywhere, and the survival of the human race would have many twists and turns. You have lost your reputation and ruined it for our descendants. The image is barbaric, not to mention the Kyushu people, but the Emperor and Shaoyou only owe you, but you do not owe us anything.
What's more, who has said that as a human king, you can only be a holy king if you work hard and keep the records? You can resist the enemy and protect yourself from wind and rain. You are not weaker than others! ”
"Your Majesty!"
"My king!"
Just like the old Meng Zhou who was in tears, when he spoke sincerely, countless sobs were added to the rustling royal city.
Among the old people in the Shaoyou tribe, who has never suffered the hardship of being locked up in a mountain of 100,000 yuan?
The village passed down from generation to generation is coveted by demons. Whenever night falls, there will be strong winds and demonic shadows floating around. Lost children who see the sky can always find the skeletons of old, weak, women and children, and the remains of young girls around the village after the sun rises.
The former Shaoyoubu was like a terminally ill patient. He could only watch helplessly as the corpses of his parents, wife, children, and childhood sweethearts were carried back by the elders in the village. In order to prevent evil spirits from infiltrating and causing demonic transformations, they even Even these mutilated corpses could not be preserved and could only be burned, leaving relatives at home to take two handfuls of the ashes back as comfort.
And even before Zhang Ke appeared, the entire Shaoyou tribe only had less than 10,000 people left. If there was no change, according to the ill will of Shiwandashan towards them, maybe more than ten years, maybe less, the entire Jiuli bloodline would be I have to be swallowed up by this cruel forest.
This is a life-saving grace, and it is also a feeling passed down by blood.
The symbol of Dayou's direct lineage, like the sun, saved them in despair. As the whole family walked out of Shiwan Mountain, the crime of being beaten to death was overturned. Youmiao changed his name to Shaoyou, and a group of people who couldn't survive People have homes to live and work in peace and contentment, a stable living environment, good weather, blessings from gods, prosperous descendants, and other good things that only come after the ancestors came.
No one knows better than them what the ancestors were like before they came and what they were like after they came!
Official business?
wisdom?
It may be important, but none of this is more important than an ancestor who will avenge his enemies and protect his calf.
For Shao Youbu, Zhang Ke is like a light in the cold night, warm and bright, dispelling the darkness.
And for the native human race of Shang and Zhou world, it is not that bad.
After all, the world of Shang and Zhou was already at the point of changing times. The change from the human king to the emperor was not simply the loss of the human king's authority. It also meant the compromise of the human race with other living beings, the chaos of ghosts and gods, blood-eating sacrifices, and the princes and nobles. 's appearance on stage is undoubtedly the worst of bad news for mere mortals.
Before that, Dashang was not friendly to them.
Except for Emperor Xin who really wanted to change something, before this, the human race under the command of King Shang had to be divided into three, six or nine grades, not to mention the mortals living in the territories of the princes.
Nowadays, they have no worries about food and clothing, and no sacrificial rituals. The nominal lords, princes and nobles have settled down and kept to themselves. At least they no longer attack the bloodline of the Nine Provinces. Those who enslave and dominate are either barbarians from all directions or barbarians plundered from other lands.
The changes in life are obvious, and the popularization of various magical powers and techniques, as well as the universal availability of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, are unprecedented benefits. Not to mention that the selection of personal guards and the gods of heaven and earth has given mortals the opportunity to break free from the cage. hope.
There is no need to say more about the Diyu tribe.
The hardships and hardships experienced in the dungeon for more than ten years of wilderness and darkness, as well as Zhang Ke's experience of killing the gods and ascending to the throne in a high-profile manner, are even more deeply rooted in everyone's heart.
No one would want to go back to that dark, barbaric era, and no one would think that they, who were born outside the wilderness and Kyushu, would still have someone to protect them after they left the protection of the source of their blood.
And even if you are lucky enough to be protected, if you end up like Emperor Shun, it would be better to live in the darkness and struggle to survive!
Thousands of years later, the change and inheritance of blood from generation to generation may cause some changes in this sincere emotion, but as long as these old people exist for a day, Zhang Ke's actions will be remembered in their hearts and passed on continuously.
Yes, Emperor You is not as good as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. He does not know how to balance or be resourceful. He knows nothing about official affairs and is difficult to see in daily life. He is reckless, mentally retarded, and notorious. It is difficult to list a few advantages in his body. But he has On a day like this, there is no need to worry about anyone being bullied, let alone the human race becoming the food of aliens, and no need to worry about the resentment of the dead being left undiminished, and the perpetrators being at ease
Piece after piece, line after line. Countless surging crowds crawled down like collapsed building blocks. Weeping and chaotic dissuasion, comfort and noisy tones filled the sky above the entire royal city and lingered in Zhang Ke's ears.
This made Zhang Ke, who originally wanted to say something, feel at a loss.
God shows mercy.
He simply wanted to support Yao Ji and the others, and then pointed out his shortcomings, expressed his ambitions as if he wanted to express himself, and let the old people who were paying attention silently see his growth, but who would have thought that Just a few words made a whole city cry.
Is he really that good?
Zhang Ke was not sure, but before that, the whole city had to be quieted down.
To be honest, he is not afraid of people being evil, nor is he afraid of being scolded. After all, he has been used to seeing the evil people in his later generations. He has experienced being randomly slapped on the face by user accounts due to a mistake in a game, and has also experienced even more viciousness. An unreasonable disaster.
He has seen too much, so-called high quality, and has seen the almost crazy and wanton people's hearts under the Internet. When he first came into contact with the game and entered the extraordinary world, he also had his already distorted psychology overflowing and indulged himself. He forcefully declared over and over again that this was just a game, and NPCs were just NPCs.
However, lies cannot compete with the truth.
Later, he saw the Tang Dynasty's expedition to the Western Regions. He could vividly remember the bravery of the Tang people. The good and evil of the people were intertwined before his eyes. The chaos of the Qing Dynasty and the helplessness of mortals. He couldn't explain. He was originally like a stupid dog. When did it change, but even if it changed, the concepts of later generations still profoundly affect Zhang Ke's daily life.
Therefore, he does not regard outsiders as human beings, nor does he regard barbarians as living creatures. All copies and all experiences can be summed up in one word: kill.
Arrogance will naturally have to pay a price, but someone like Zhang Ke is lucky enough to have the support of heavenly and wild elders. Just like a child learning to talk, there will always be adults behind him to protect him, argue with others, or apologize with a smile. .
Today, Zhang Ke, who had always felt that he was more lucky than capable, was overcome with emotion when he saw this rare creature that was so crowded with people and so trusting of his wealth. However, unexpectedly, his little complaints ruined his life. This should have been a peaceful and complete atmosphere:
"I was wrong. Don't cry. Since I have gained your trust, I should cheer up and act. Please don't be partial. If you are biased in the future, please speak out and warn me face to face."
"Okay, don't cry anymore, tell me something happy."
Zhang Ke is not good at this, but fortunately there are people among the crowd who are good at comforting people.
He no longer belittles himself in an attempt to reset the mood, and people no longer continue to spoil everyone's interest.
Within a moment, the royal city returned to its previous atmosphere. Countless fireworks took turns to blast off into the sky. The scattered fireworks burst out in front of Zhang Ke's eyes. He looked down at the old and young chatting and playing with each other, including those who were engaged but not yet married. Zhang Ke inexplicably feels like a father?
A strange feeling spread in his chest. He held up the half-bitten dragon leg for a long time. Zhang Ke's eyes flashed with inspiration, and he sent a message to Meng Zhou: "I was looking through official affairs before, and at home it seemed that I was interested in Raiders of the Outer Territory." Very interested? ”
"That's true!" Meng Zhou, who was holding a jar of high-quality alcoholic beverages as he didn't have to be on duty tomorrow, wiped the corners of his mouth when he heard this and said: "We humans have always been digging around for things in the ground, but now we don't Worrying about food and clothing, and the cooperation between the spirits and the water tribe allows the people to have daily meat, and they can get some for their practice every ten months, but the land always only has this, and the population is endless. "
"Although having fewer children can relieve temporary worries, our human race has relied on large numbers of people since ancient times. Only when our descendants are prosperous can we compete with all the races in the world for living space, and only then can we survive for generations. If every family has only one, two, or two or three Son, I don’t have to worry about the barbarian demons causing chaos if our ancestors have suppressed it, but this trend is still worrying.”
"In this case, it is better to carry on with business as usual. If we cannot reduce expenditures, we can only increase revenue!"
As the deputy of the princesses in handling official affairs, and also the direct handler of most of the official affairs of Shang and Zhou Tiandi, no one is more familiar with the data changes of Shang and Zhou Tiandi than Meng Zhou.
Originally, there was only the Shaoyou tribe, and the Shang and Zhou worlds had enough inheritance for more than ten generations, so it was not worth worrying about.
However, with the integration of the Diyou tribe, the basic base of Shang and Zhou heaven and earth expanded, but the explosive increase in population also brought worries about the closer proximity of heaven and earth.
That is to say, a household can range from three to five couples to as many as seven or eight. This is still based on the old custom of most mortals leaving the daughter and leaving the son. In this case, it only takes three generations to fill a whole house like a rabbit. Villages, not to mention the fusion of two tribes, the population quickly climbed to trillions as the basic unit of calculation.
With such a vast number, no matter how vast the Shang and Zhou worlds were, there would be a day when they would be completely occupied. What would the human race do then?
Could it be that the brothers are fighting against each other, starting another war, using the battlefield to consume the excess young and strong, leaving behind a bunch of orphans, old and young, and then licking their wounds and recovering silently until the population expands again?
Let’s not talk about whether the ancestors can allow it. Meng Zhou and the others alone cannot accept this cruel future.
What's more, the wealthy life of the human race today is still based on cooperation with the spirits and aquatic tribes, who provide them with daily necessities other than food.
Since it is cooperation, it is necessary to leave enough place for them to thrive, and at the same time, the living environment of those kind spirits and aquatic tribes must be ensured
The land is one aspect, and the inspiration and various connections and powers between heaven and earth are another aspect.
In addition, the newly arrived relatives from later generations, although few in number, are still very powerful. With their current momentum, it may only take more than a hundred years (in Shang and Zhou times, it is equivalent to a thousand from later generations). years), the native soil they brought will be used up.
By then, my little brothers will definitely have the ability to fight in foreign lands, but in a hundred years, how much can they win no matter how much they fight for?
It is already quite good to defeat the high-demon plane with a complete divine system on your own, but this is only possible if you rely on the intimidation of Kyushu and your ancestors to prevent the multiverse and even the civilization system behind the opponent from directly participating in the war.
And things like fighting in foreign lands often affect the whole body.
Except for worlds that are completely isolated and helpless, in other systems of the world, even if the upper plane cannot directly participate in the war on the lower plane for some reason, other worlds under the same system will join the war in order to repel the invasion. What's more, there are not only two sides of survival and survival in the void.
Civilizations that were originally chaotic and evil, such as the Abyss and the Undead Realm, will also launch attacks on various worlds. In chaotic battles, there will inevitably be losses and even major defeats.
If they haven't captured the material world of the outer realm, and if they fall into losses, they can't just watch their little brother struggling in the quagmire because they are both of the same bloodline, right?
But the two tribes of Shaoyu and Diyu, now without the supervision of their ancestors, only themselves and the local gods and gods dare to touch the high demon plane. It is amazing to find some lonely multiverse, or... A broken world, and this is already the limit.
Not to mention that even if you win the war and get the material world of the outer domain, you still need to purify it after that, waiting for the gods to adjust and lay the earth veins, and the heaven and earth to nourish these new soils to fully integrate into the Shang and Zhou heaven and earth, and inherit all the effects of heaven and earth.
Compared with a simple and crude war, this is a long and complicated project. Even for the high-demon plane that is weaker than the nature of the Shang and Zhou worlds, the progress of completely conquering it will take hundreds of years to calculate, and this will take a hundred years. If there are enough immortals and gods, it will only last for a few hundred years. If the situation changes, time will also change drastically.
Therefore, it seems that the future is still far away, but for Meng Zhou and some far-sighted beings, the war against foreign lands has reached an imminent time. If they do not want to be limited in the future, they must take action now and let the people move in a rhythmic manner. He continued to eat, and then worked with his descendants and the superior gods to manage the environment at home.
True, they could ask their ancestors to intervene in their difficulties.
But as a child, who doesn’t have the idea of reliance on their own, especially when they reach adolescence or even after they grow up, and understand the hard work of their parents and elders in the past, as long as the family is not too bad, young children will find ways to take over the burden of life. Then he took his new report card and handed it to his parents and elders for comment as if showing off!
This is true for families, and this simple truth cannot be separated from the whole world of Shang and Zhou dynasties.
And precisely because of this, while answering Zhang Ke, Meng Zhou felt a little bit excited and showing off.
As for Zhang Ke, although he is stupid and not good at scheming, he can directly read minds?
Just like those old men who lurked secretly to peek into their own hearts after inheriting the bloodline, Zhang Ke did not hesitate to take the wrong path when he could not get the answer. After a simple reading, he Meng Zhou made an expression of approval and emotion as expected.
(End of chapter)