Chapter 165 So barbaric that even Chunyu Yue shook his head
For such a good place to be occupied by such ignorant and backward people is simply a waste of natural resources. This place should be taken by Great Qin, and it should be enjoyed by Great Qin!
Even Chun Yuyue, who felt that the barbarians should be treated with some benevolence, did not want to speak out for these cannibals.
Rubbing hair, drinking blood, cannibalism, being so barbaric and ignorant, how is it different from animals?
Even in Chunyu Yue's mind, it would be good if Da Qin really went to Yingzhou in the future. It was not an invasion or seizing other people's land, but civilization was driving away barbarism and ignorance, and was transforming Yingzhou from Rescued from the hands of a cannibal who drinks blood.
Although Chun Yuyue and other Confucian scholars always thought about restoring Zhou rites and establishing enfeoffments, sometimes their ideas were not lacking in advanced ideas. Unlike many later Confucian scholars, they attacked domestic compatriots hard and were generous and kind to foreigners and foreigners.
Li Nian continued: "Compared to Xuanzhou, Yingzhou has the second longest river in the world and the largest tropical rainforest in the world. The tropical rainforest is..."
For Rang It was easier for the ministers to understand. Li Nian thought about it and then said: "The climate is hot all year round, but the amount of rainfall It is a dense forest with plenty of rain almost every day. There are many birds and animals in it, and flowers, plants and trees are in full bloom.” It is lush and has many birds and animals. Doesn’t it mean that the insect miasma is more prevalent than in the south?
“Just now I said that the place where rice can be grown and harvested three times a year is the same place. Yingzhou is rich in resources, and the people living here can get enough food to survive without having to work hard.”< br>
"But there are also disadvantages. A large area of land is located in the tropics. Most of the areas are jungles and mountains. There are very few places suitable for settlement. Therefore, many tribes can be scattered, but it is difficult to gather into a country."
" If a tribe wants to unify other tribes and establish a country, the other tribes cannot defeat it, and at worst they will just burrow into the dense forest and be done with it because of the lack of food. Being so easy makes the people here quite lazy, content with the status quo and not wanting to change.”
Although the European colonists were not a good thing, if they had not broken the closed environment of the Americas, they would have used the local indigenous people’s culture. At present, especially in South America, it is estimated that in 10,000 years, they will still be foraging in tropical rainforests and will not make much progress.
There is no way, it is too easy for them to survive. Every day when they wake up and go into the forest, they will be full of food. When they are full, they go to sleep again, and when they are full, they eat again, even if enemies from other tribes come. , and there are dense forests where you can hide and defend.
And what are the other tribes doing to conquer them? Is it to rob them of wild fruits in the forest, or to rob them of their hunting territory?
There are countless fruits, and the territory is vast and sparsely populated, so there is almost no need to fight for it.
If there is no existential crisis, then why make progress?
Progress is not just about eating and drinking well. Now that we are full and well-fed, there is no need to move forward.
After listening to Li Nian's words, the ministers also had an idea in their minds. It seems that Yingzhou is not all good, but also has its disadvantages. Sure enough, everything in the world is never perfect, and there are advantages and disadvantages.
If Da Qin enters Yingzhou in the future, I am afraid that the first thing to solve is not the local indigenous problem, but the environmental and climate problem. A group of lazy indigenous people who do not know how to move forward will not have as many difficulties as Yingzhou’s climate and geographical environment. .
After briefly talking about the situation of Yingzhou and Xuanzhou, Li Nian moved the wooden stick to Rongzhou again and said: "The situation of Rongzhou is somewhat similar to that of Yingzhou. There is no unified country, only local tribes, but in appearance, They are different from the people in Xuanzhou and Yingzhou."
"They are different from the people living in Rongzhou. The appearance is not uniform, but has many kinds. The main one is dark brown skin color, short and wide face, broad forehead, curly hair, and well-developed facial hair."
Just from Li Nian's words, everyone has already guessed. Understand that the people in Rongzhou are different from them, not like the people in Xuanzhou and Yingzhou.
If there are obvious differences in appearance, then it is obviously more difficult to govern this place than to govern a place where there is not much difference in appearance.
After all, you can tell at a glance that you look different from us. We are not from the same clan, and the saying "If you are not from my clan, your heart must be different" has been around for a long time.
Li Nian continued: "The climate in most areas of Rongzhou is warm, with abundant sunshine and moderate rainfall. Although most of the land is not suitable for planting, the grassland and grassland cover are extensive, but it is very suitable for grazing." "Therefore, the people of Rongzhou Live by herding, hunting and gathering, their culture The Ming Dynasty was very backward and lived in pursuit of water and grass. When a certain place was no longer suitable for grazing, they would migrate."
But at this time, there were no cattle and sheep in Australia, and there were no floods in later generations. Rabbits, so what are the natives grazing?
It was the kangaroos that numbered in the tens of millions in later generations.
It is said that kangaroo meat has a strong smell of urine. However, for the Australian aborigines of this era, there were no cattle, sheep, or even rabbits. It would be good to eat kangaroos. Is it possible to go to barbecue Australia? Spicy strips?
"The customs of the people of Rongzhou are also different from those of the Great Qin. For example, when boys reach the age of adulthood, they need to hold a rite of passage."
It sounds like the crowning ceremony of the Great Qin, but this foreign barbarian will All the officials were curious about how to hold their crowning ceremony.
Just listen to Li Niandao: "The rite of becoming a young adult roughly has the following steps, circumcision, tattoo..."
When it came to circumcision, Li Nian paused for a moment, and then he said it again. Everyone listened. His expression was strange, and his mind was indeed that of a foreign barbarian.
“Tattoos are carving patterns on the body. Their carvings are not ink torture, but sharp shells are regularly cut out on the boys’ hands, legs, feet, shoulders, backs, chests, etc. Wounds, and apply charcoal powder to leave scars when the wounds heal.”
After listening to Li Nian's story, even Chunyu Yue shook his head. It was barbaric, too barbaric. In comparison, Da Qin's ink punishment was nothing.
Under this kind of cultural customs, it is really amazing that Rongzhou people can still survive and continue!
No wonder no tribe is strong enough to annex other tribes and unify them into a country.
It’s good to be able to survive this custom. Do you still want to grow stronger?
But it also made the ministers more vigilant. If the people of Rongzhou can use these barbaric and cruel customs, they themselves must be extremely barbaric and cruel. If the Qin Dynasty comes to Rongzhou, they must not be careless.
In fact, at this time, there were definitely not many indigenous people in Australia. In 1788, when the British first exiled prisoners to Australia, it was estimated that there were only 750,000 indigenous people. Now, two thousand years ago, the number of local indigenous people is only 750,000. One hundred thousand is not bad.
With such a small number of natives scattered across a huge land, it is truly a vast land with few people. If someone from Da Qin passes there, the chance of encountering large-scale resistance from the natives is extremely small.
Li Nian also pointed out this point: "You don't need to worry too much. Rongzhou is a vast territory and sparsely populated, and there are not many natives. In my estimation, there are probably less than 100,000 of them."< br>
How much?
Everyone stared at Rongzhou. The place was probably bigger than the two Great Qins, but it only had less than 100,000 people. In the past, the Great Qin did not seize the local indigenous land at all, but it was already an unclaimed land.
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