Straight man of steel

Chapter 390 Teaching
"Brother Chu, look at the distribution of water in this desert.

Although you and I don't know where the Huns stayed for a long time, you and I can be sure that they will definitely be active near the water source. "

After being silent for a while, Zhang Yuan also had a plan in his heart, so he opened his mouth and began to talk to Chu Da.

Except for the Aries King Loufan in the Hetao area, who was born on the water source of the Yellow River, the rest of the Xiongnu tribes actually swim near several major water systems.

The Zhiju River, Anhou River, and Yuwu River should all be within the scope of Xiongnu Shanyu tribe's activities.

These three water systems all originate from the North Sea, but they are divided into these three major rivers when traveling from north to south.

In addition, there is a Gongnu River to the east of Langjuxu Mountain. If the Gongnu Water is not blocked by the Langjuxu Mountain Range, it should be integrated with Yuwu Water.

The Xiongnu Shanyuting's position recorded on the map is in the middle of Langjuxu Mountain and Guyan Mountain, and also between Gongnu Water and Yuwu Water.

Looking at the terrain on the map, it should be in a valley with abundant aquatic plants.

Going southwest here should be the range of activities of King Hunxie and King Xiutu.

There are also three water systems here, but they are not as good as the three water systems that the Xiongnu Shanyu was active in.

The three water systems backed by the North Sea are not worried about drying up at any time, but the three water systems of King Hunxie and King Xiutu have no roots and no bounds.

Xiongnu River, Guqi Water, and Que Nu Water.

To the south there is a Junji mountain range and a Longle River.

They are also separated from the Xiongnu tribe by the Yanran Mountains.

Living by water and grass should be the normal life of Hunxie King Xiutu's tribe, and the Xiongnu Dashanyu tribe is much more relaxed than other tribes because of their unique conditions.

All of these can be seen from looking at the map. Many place names were actually named later, but there is no way to mark them all.

Fortunately, everyone didn't suspect anything. That's what they called it when they were the Huns, or they were called by the merchants who drew maps.

Facts have proved that what is called is not very important, what is important is to be able to understand the map thoroughly.

After Zhang Yuan explained it to Chu Da in detail, Chu Da also drew a human map in his heart.

The map in his mind is no longer a map with only a few place names, but a map that marks the activities of various Hun tribes.

"Ayuan, is there any way you can let me send out the news and keep it secret even if I get caught?"

Chu Da is still particularly interested in this.

People are always curious about unknown things.

"Brother Chu, take a look at the characters I wrote, and see what they mean."

As he said that, Zhang Yuan wrote a string of Arabic numerals on the paper, letting Chu Da guess the meaning by himself.

"Eh, this is one?"

Chu Da touched his head for a long time, and finally he could only point to 1 and ask Zhang Yuan if he guessed correctly.

"It's one, what about the others?"

"Can't it be one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety?"

Even if Chu Da regarded 0 as ten, the answer was all based on guessing, and he didn't have any bottom in his heart, so he was smart.

As soon as Zhang Yuan confirmed that the first number was one, although he was somewhat interested in joking, that was basically the correct answer.

"It's not one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety, the last one is zero.

Putting one and zero together makes ten. "

"Hey yeah."

Chu Da swears all of a sudden, not because of his own cleverness, but because of Zhang Yuan.

"Ayuan, you're too silly, you mean if it's a hundred, then add two zeros after one?"

"Yes, Brother Chu, take these characters and write 150 and show me."

Zhang Yuan handed the brush to Chu Da and asked him to try it himself.

As a result, Chu Da wrote 100, 50, 6 on the paper.

Zhang Yuan almost didn't vomit blood after watching it, which is not to blame for Chu Da, Zhang Yuan also made a mistake when he introduced it at the beginning.

On the contrary, Chu Da followed what Zhang Yuan said.

"Brother Chu, if there are other numbers above zero, it can replace zero.

Isn’t there no zero? We don’t need to write it if we have other numbers. 156 is the correct way to write it. "

"Uh, oh, oh."

Chu Da's tone began to change slowly, as if Zhang Yuan opened a window in his head.

There was no abacus in the Western Han Dynasty, but the abacus appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Although the algorithm already exists, Zhang Yuan does not understand the ancient algorithm, and does not intend to bring the modern algorithm to this era.

These Arabic numerals are limited to a few people who know what they mean.

Fortunately, Chu Da's undercover work does not require some calculations.

"In the future, these characters will be used to mark the number of the Huns' army and how far the Huns' army is from where."

"Since you mentioned the location, Ayuan, what about the other things?"

Zhang Yuan didn't write or draw on the paper with the brush, but started writing directly on the map.

He began to compare the place names on the grassland one by one, and began to write in simplified characters.

The font on the map is Han Li, which is actually not very different from simplified characters. This is why Zhang Yuan chose English letters instead of simplified characters for the four directions.

The east, west, south, north, and south characters in the Han Li are not much different from the simplified characters, and anyone with a discerning eye will know what the characters are when they look at them.

Zhang Yuan also did the same for those place names. If the simplified characters are too close to Hanli, then use the initials instead.

This is a pain for Chu Da, but it can guarantee its safety and confidentiality.

For example, the Xiongnu River, the place name.

The writing of the two characters of Xiongnu and Hanli is relatively close to the simplified characters.

In Simplified Chinese characters, Hung is a cross, but in Han Li, it is a person. There is no big difference.

As for the slaves, in the Han Li, the upper and lower sides of the female characters are connected together.

Some people will always say how modern people can understand characters as soon as they travel to ancient times, and it's not that modern people want to understand. It's hard not to understand when they look so similar.

The only thing you need to worry about when you travel to the past is the accent, that is, the dialogue. As for the text, as long as you don't travel to the Qin Dynasty or an earlier dynasty, the text is relatively easy to read and understand.

After all, Hanli is just a simplified Chinese character for the ancients.

Because the two fonts are too similar, Zhang Yuan used a lot of the initials of Pinyin, and only used the second one to distinguish the four letters of the east, west, north, and south, or when there are Chinese characters with the same initials like Gu and Gong. letter.

Of course, if it weren't for the distinction, Zhang Yuan would be able to understand the initials in pinyin.

But Chu Da couldn't understand it.

Each word corresponds to a character, and Chu Da can memorize them all by rote, but he has to really confuse some of the characters.

For example, Gu and Gong Zhangyuan both use G instead, and Chu Da easily confuses these two characters when writing.

Because there are still many place names that contain the words Gu and Gong.

It may have some special meaning, but Zhang Yuan doesn't quite understand it.

Just as Zhang Yuan finished writing the replaced place names, Zhuo Wenjun had already come to invite Zhang Yuan and Chu Da to eat.

Chu Da was still pondering over the ten Arabic numerals one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and when eating at the dinner table, he kept dipping his fingers in the wine in the wine bottle and making gestures on the desk.

That earnestness really moved Zhang Yuan a little. This is because he really has an extreme desire for survival, and of course it also contains a mentality of wanting to serve the big man.

Who is not afraid of death, if you can not die, then of course it is good to not die.

Zhang Yuan was also moved by this point, which gave Chu Da hope that he would try his best to catch that little light and climb up with all his strength.

This is what a normal person should look like.

For some suicides, Zhang Yuan actually doesn't have much admiration.

If those who committed suicide throughout the ages were generous in righteousness, Zhang Yuan had nothing to say, he could only give a thumbs up and praise the national hero and the backbone of the country.

If it's for personal selfishness, Zhang Yuan really doesn't think there is anything good about it. You don't even cherish your own life, so why do you want others to respect you.

It may be because the literati have almost advocated such things as suicide to the sky, but many people think that death is useful, at least it can gain a long-lasting reputation.

Except Zhang Tang's suicide directly took away the lives of several enemies of life and death, the suicides of other people are only literati's pity and the kind of emotion that satisfies their hearts. In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are desires.

Hope to be recognized by others, but I don't agree with myself. I don't have any self-confidence at all. It's desire.

"How come today's food is not as good as in the past."

Chu Da frowned and complained to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan shrugged and didn't say anything. He didn't focus on eating. Naturally, he felt that all the delicious food had lost its original taste.

Pulling Chu Da back to the main building, Zhang Yuan made Chu Da start to remember the place names and the ESWN representing the southeast and northwest.

First of all, he stuffed all these things into Chu Da's head, and then slowly connected them all together.

That is to say, memorize the full text first, and then learn how to solve the problems.

If Chu Da hadn't already been forty, Zhang Yuan would probably have wanted to take on another apprentice.

"Ayuan, it's not appropriate for my brother to live there, is it?"

After assigning the task, Zhang Yuan will definitely usher in a relatively relaxed period of time. Leaving Chu Da alone in the main building to slowly recite the full text, Zhang Yuan went to Zhuo Wenjun's small bamboo building.

"There's nothing inappropriate, it would be nice if he could remember all these things overnight.

I guess Brother Chu has been unable to fall asleep at night these past few days. It would be the same even if he didn't sleep. "

"You're not afraid of exhausting your brother, even if it's for government affairs, don't wear yourself out."

"Well, life is more important than fatigue.

A few nights without rest for a future, even I would do it. "

Speaking of this suddenly, Zhang Yuan felt a little sad again.

Zhuo Wenjun didn't know about these confidential matters, and he thought Zhang Yuan was complaining.

This woman immediately scolded Liu Che, that slave owner, countless times in her heart.

Zhang Yuan wanted Zhuo Wenjun to move into the main building, but he couldn't do it now, so the two of them could only live in a small building.

Seeing the critical moment, Zhang Yuan cannot be criticized by others because of his words and deeds.

This is also Zhang Yuan's compromise for this era.

Fortunately, Zhuo Wenjun also understands that it is not easy to change.

However, Zhang Yuan has already made up his mind, if Liu Che does not grant him the title of Marquis on the day he returns from victory, then he can directly marry Zhuo Wenjun.

If he becomes a marquis, he will definitely treat Zhuo Wenjun as an equal wife.

In the absence of a second woman, Zhuo Wenjun is Zhang Yuan's regular wife.

No matter what dynasty or generation, things between a man and a woman, or things between two people, although everyone says that as long as two people are willing, they still have to accept the test of others or etiquette.

It is not so important to get the approval of others, but in this kind of matter, the Chinese seem to have never changed, and they seem to hope to be recognized by others.

For example, both Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan were made marquises, and neither Wei Qing's wife nor Zhang Yuan's wife Zhuo Wenjun could enter the palace to greet Wang Zhi.

However, as long as the family members of other princes' families are well-matched, they can be summoned by the Queen Mother.

Wei Qing is the wife of dross, and Zhang Yuan is the daughter of a merchant.

Prejudice is like an insurmountable mountain, even if you have the ambition of Yugong to move mountains, you can't move this mountain.

No human being has done it for thousands of years.

With some sighs and sorrows, Zhang Yuan hugged Zhuo Wenjun and fell into a deep sleep.

After waking up, it was the morning of the next day. Zhang Yuan went to see Chu Da after washing, and found that his eyes were red and he was still lying on the desk, his mouth and hands never stopped.

A large pile of waste paper has accumulated beside it.

Leaving other feelings aside, Zhang Yuan felt a little distressed. He shouldn't have brought some paper and ink at that time.

Wouldn't it be good to write directly on the ground or on the table for such meaningless writing?

Waste, it is a bit wasteful.

"Brother Chu, what's the matter?"

Zhang Yuan raised his volume and called Chu Da.

Surprised, the writing brush in Chu Da's hand suddenly fell off.

"Oh, Ayuan, you're back, it's already dawn outside."

"Yes, Brother Chu, do you remember?"

"It's almost there. I have engraved these characters in my heart, and I will never forget them in my life."

Chu Da said sincerity, Zhang Yuan knew that he had completely remembered it.

"Okay, just remember it, and then I will teach you how to express it.

250 miles southeast of Daze, 360 miles northeast of Juyanze, you write it down on paper. "

This is a more precise positioning method that Zhang Yuanxin came up with.

Since there is no definite angle such as a compass, you can rely on two reference objects to determine the angle of azimuth.

Both lakes are a point. Draw a line on the map representing 250 miles and 360 miles. Then the two points of the two lakes do not move, and the other end moves. The place where the two ends of the two lines meet is Chuda The location information you want to express.

When Zhang Yuan came up with this method, he wondered if his brain was mentally retarded. He almost forgot all the things he learned in the nine years of compulsory education in his previous life.

In fact, a lot of knowledge has a great effect on Zhang Yuan now.

(End of this chapter)