From Chief to Ball

The discussion below also gradually tended to support Chen Jian. They may not have seen the sea, but many people have seen things like meteorites and bonfires.

Chen Jian took advantage of everyone's moment of confusion, and seized the opportunity to say: "That is to say, the size of the sky and the earth is beyond what we can guess. We don't even know whether the sun, moon, and stars that we see every day are round. Are they round? Are you qualified to comment that a guest star that you rarely see is a harbinger of disaster? Since you say you respect the ancestors of heaven and earth, but you draw conclusions without knowing what heaven and earth are, isn't this the greatest disrespect?"

"If you know and understand, you can comment; if you don't know, you don't understand, but you comment on what you don't understand. Is this what a sage should do?"

Chen Jian yelled a few words, frightened everyone with the momentum of his mouth, clapped his hands, and several Xiacheng people immediately brought silk and brushes, as well as a small toolbox of Chen Jian.

He took out a ruler and drew two circles of the same size on the silk, and then drew a small circle around one circle, and a large circle around the other circle. Four people pulled up the silk Pulling apart, people were surprised to find that two circles of the same size drawn with a ruler turned out to be one big and one small in their eyes!

Chen Jian didn't ask them what they saw, but only heard the sound of their breathing, so he knew the result, so he said sadly: "This silk is only a hundred steps away from you, but you can't tell whether it is the same size. The creation of heaven and earth So vast, how dare we say we know and understand it all?"

After everyone was silent for a while, the person who stood up again was no longer as confident as before, and asked Chen Jian again after saluting: "Ji Xia, you mean you don't know whether the sun, moon and stars are round, Right? That means the sun, moon, and stars may be round. But our ancestors said that the sun, moon, and stars are round. This is the wisdom left by our ancestors. Does Jixia think you know more than all the ancestors? ? Since you don't know, why don't you follow the wisdom left by your ancestors?"

After Chen Jian returned the gift, he said in a deep voice: "How dare I disrespect my ancestors? But must the ancestors be right? The souls of the ancestors are immortal after death. They went to another world to guide us. As time goes by, It's what they learned to grow in another world that guides us, not what they learned to grow in this world, that's what they told me when I heard my ancestors guide me in my dreams. That's what's most important to us Asylum is like my ancestors tried countless plants many years ago to know what can be eaten and what can’t be eaten. Could it be that they didn’t need to risk being poisoned to death to try, so they can leave me with so much Command? Isn’t that the greatest disrespect for the sacrifices of our ancestors?”

"Now that I'm talking about ancestors, I'll say one more thing. My woman, Red Fish, came from another tribe. At that time, they didn't know how to build pots or use pottery wheels, so they couldn't burn big clay pots. Tao Li can only be squeezed out with hands to the size of a palm, not as big as a cow's hoof."

He changed the subject, and what he was talking about was not those mysterious worlds, but common things in life. Everyone suddenly became interested, and they just wanted to listen to a story.

But the people who listened to the story had different thoughts. Yuemei, who had been smiling and staring at Chen Jian, felt a little sour when she heard the name Hongyu, feeling very uncomfortable.

There was some conflict in my heart, I wanted to cover my ears and stop listening, but I was also curious about what Chen Jian was going to say, so I had to force myself to listen with the feeling of a kitten scratching my heart.

After Chen Jian said a few more jokes about the backward clan, everyone laughed with pride, and then said: "Later, when she came to Xiacheng, Xiacheng always ate fish at that time, and every time she cooked fish, she Cut a small fish in half and only cook half at a time. I thought it was a special way of cooking, but after eating it, I found it was normal, so I asked her why she did this.”

"She said that this is the wisdom left by the ancestors, and this is how you cook fish. I thought, since it is the wisdom left by the ancestors, there must be reasons I don't understand."

Everyone's curiosity was also aroused, guessing in a low voice what it was for, Chen Jian said with a smile: "But after a few months, she suddenly didn't cook it that way, but put the whole fish in the pottery pot. Li. I asked her, why is this? She said... She dreamed about her ancestors, who scolded her in the dream. This wisdom came from the fact that the clay pots of their tribe used to be very small, and a fish was put in them It can’t be boiled, but now in Xiacheng, Tao Li is so big that he can cook a deer, and he has to cut open the fish, shouldn’t this be scolded? Then you say, is the wisdom of the ancestors wrong?”

Only then did the people below understand what Chen Jian was going to say. Seeing that Chen Jian still respected his ancestors, the slight objection in his heart dissipated, and he said with a smile: "Of course it is right. At that time, clay pots were small and couldn't hold such a big fish." .And the wisdom of the ancestors actually said: When the clay pot is small, the fish should be cut open and cooked. But your woman only remembers the second half, but not the first half."

Chen Jian nodded and said: "That's it. So you need to know why the wisdom left by your ancestors, otherwise, if you just follow it all, isn't it as stupid as a woman who cut open a fish?"

"It's just being stupid, and it's nothing more than slowing down when eating fish. But if you don't think about why your ancestors left such wisdom in other matters, but directly follow or even misinterpret the wisdom of your ancestors, it will be a mistake." It’s not a matter of starvation, it will bring disaster to the tribe and the city.”

"I heard that there is a rumor in some clans that the souls of animals will be in the blood after death, so you can't eat blood; but in some more backward clans, I heard that drinking blood is easy to get sick and die, so Can’t eat blood. The wisdom of our ancestors told us that it’s better not to eat blood, but because of fear of getting sick? Or is there really a soul in it?”

"Isn't it ridiculous to misinterpret the wisdom of the ancestors like telling a child: stay away from the fire, or you will be drowned? It is the wisdom of the ancestors to stay away from the fire, but the reason in this wisdom is not the fear of being drowned Death, but fear of being burned to death! Isn’t this something that every priest and leader should think about? Why did the ancestors leave such wisdom? Is that wisdom applicable to the present? In order to save these thoughts Directly tell everyone what not to do, so the ancestors will not call us stupid like in the red fish dream?"

"The world is vast and the wisdom is infinite. Those who know know it, and those who don't know learn to think so that they know it. This is the reason why our ancestors can take root and multiply on both sides of the river. Today, some descendants don't know it, but they want to know it." Thinking that you know, this is the reason why we wiped out the weak barbarians. This is what we should be vigilant about."

"So the priest asked me before if I knew the world? I said that the world is vast, how can one person know it? The world is everything. If anyone can know the world, he will know all the rules between the world. Spring and summer Autumn and winter, four seasons of cold and warm, spring blossoms and autumn fruits... All of these can be changed by hand. How can there be such people nowadays? Those who talk about the world at will are not exactly the kind of people I mentioned who just explain and guess at will without understanding person?"

"The way of heaven is the most difficult answer to know. Although we don't know it for the time being, it will not affect our pursuit, nor will it affect our basic necessities of life. Let go of what we don't know, and wait for future generations to understand; ponder what we know To pass through, leave wisdom for future generations, and tell them why and why, this is what we have to do! Obviously ignorant of the world, but lying about the vision of the world, this is exactly what we want to put an end to!"

"Our ancestors gave us a warning, saying that if we do not keep our vows and betray our relatives, we will bring disasters. Instead of reflecting on whether we have done something wrong, we think it is better to just give up the vows. What's the difference between choking to death and not eating?"

"The rules between heaven and earth cannot be changed. People should follow this rule. This is right. It's like planting in spring. If you plant in winter, you will have no harvest. This is because we know a little rule about the four seasons between heaven and earth. So this is the right thing to do. But nowadays, many people don’t even know whether the guest star is round or square, whether it is a warning or a bad omen, but they think they have everything about the guest star. This is not following the rules of the world.”

"Before we figure it out, we shouldn't worry and be afraid for no reason. If the guest star comes, it's just a reincarnation once in hundreds of years, it's a normal thing like a tree blooming, and it won't affect us ;If it is a warning, then we need to keep our oaths and reflect on ourselves; if it is a bad omen, then we need to hold hands, dig dikes and ditches to prevent drought and flood, and prepare our troops for conquest. This is what I mean by warning and A bad omen does not necessarily mean a good thing. As for whether the guest star is reincarnation? Is it a warning? Is it a bad omen? We have to at least figure out whether it is square or round before we follow the rules of heaven and earth, shouldn’t it be like this?”

After Chen Jian finished speaking, he bowed to the people on the stage again and again.A few words can't change people's thinking, but at least they can plant the seeds. In the history measured by thousands of years, any change is accumulated little by little.

The dialectic of alternation of misfortunes and blessings, opposing dogma without blind faith, respecting heaven without fearing heaven, taking the way of heaven as the greatest rule in the world, but this way of heaven was actually changed by him. It is not the way of heaven in mysticism, but the way all things run rule.

In the short term, it may only make people think, but he believes that these words will be recorded in history, and will be used by future generations when necessary.

When it is completely denied, it can be said that he has the limitations of the times; when it is completely affirmed, it can be said that he has a simple scientific view.How to choose, only depends on the needs of the ethnic group.

Is it the need to catch up when you are behind, and push all the bad responsibilities to one person in order to improve?Or does ascending require cultural expansion, putting all the good in one man for self-confidence?

The person who left his name in the long river of history is just a symbol, all the collections of good and bad, praise and shit will be deducted, he doesn't care.

After three prostrations, no one stood up and said anything for the time being.Most people may not agree, but people just want an acceptable explanation, especially when faced with fear, people instinctively hope that what they fear will not happen, and that is enough.

He didn't explain all of this with Xia Cheng's falsifiable ancestor's sheltered world view, he just said that he didn't understand, the days were still long, and it was absolutely impossible to reform people's minds within a few days.Those dramas, stories, and myths are long and effective methods. The way Xiacheng people understand the world will one day be imposed on other clans.

As for those who opposed Su Yue's becoming the leader, Chen Jian naturally offended them, but he also gained Su Yue's favor.

And Su Yue, already nearly forty years old...will always die before him.

Come to Japan.

Square length.

Chapter 19 Two Flowers in the Snow

In the coming day, there will be snow.

The people in Xiacheng are cleaning the snow, and the small roads extending in the snow converge on the streets of Sucheng. The people living in Sucheng need to clean the snow near their residences. This is morality and law, and they have been responsible for a long time. People check house by house on the road.In addition, they also have to clean some public places, which is not mandatory by law, but there is an endless stream of people cleaning, and not everyone is qualified to clean.

There have been various footprints on the snow, Sucheng has already had words like goose feather heavy snow, and naturally there are a few more maple leaves on the snow.

A white goose stands on one leg on the snow, with its orange beak inserted under its wings, it is not cold in the cold wind, and it is integrated with the white earth.

The other goose swayed its plump body that could no longer fly, and walked towards the other side's dry grass in the distance, where the sun was also very warm, and it seemed that it didn't need to stand on one leg.

More geese quacked, not knowing whether to stand in the snow or lie down in the haystack, it was difficult to make a choice.

Chen Jian pushed open the door, took a breath of cool air that made his lungs tingle, and looked at the group of geese in a trance.

What I said yesterday made Xia Cheng stand in the team ahead of time like those two maverick geese. Except for those seemingly meaningless explanations, the most important point is that all the clan leaders knew one thing. Fact: Ji Xia, the leader of Xia City, is clearly on the side of supporting the clan alliance, and clearly does not object to Awayake becoming the leader of the clan alliance.

This was the first city other than the initiators of the alliance such as Suyue to make a clear statement, which naturally caused some shocks.

Opposition to clan alliances can be divided into two situations.

Against the alliance itself; or against an alliance in which one's own clan is not dominant.

The starting point is different, but what Chen Jian said yesterday has turned these two clans with different starting points into temporary enemies. Of course, they have gained many temporary friends in advance.

Chen Jian didn't want to stand in line so early, but the sudden appearance of the comet disrupted his plan. At this time, standing in line was like sending charcoal in a timely manner to Su Yue. He needed the support and approval of the other clans too much.Originally, he wanted to be a good person with Xi Ni, but now he has cut off this choice.

After looking at the door for a long time, the flock of geese on the snowy ground has been divided into two parts, half of which are independent with one hand, and the other half are lying on the haystack, not far apart but neighing at each other. The artificially swept snow road is like a moat. Pass over.

Sighing, he said to himself that after all, he thought this matter too simply, and he was too impatient. If he gave himself more than ten years, even if he couldn't be a strategic chess player behind the chessboard, he wouldn't be able to be the master of the rush. The fastest river pawn.

The lingering sound of the sigh made those Xiacheng people who were still sweeping the snow turn around with smiles on their faces.

"What laughing?"

"Laughing at Changxue, Jixia, you said that snow is the quilt of wheat, so many new lands have been opened today, it is always a good year."

After the snow sweeper finished speaking, he turned towards the footprints on the snow and whispered, "A lot of people came here early in the morning to look for Ji Xia. They probably didn't listen to your lecture, but they wanted to ask about the sun, moon and stars yesterday. When picking peaches last year, Ji Xia said that sweet peaches would be picked spontaneously under the peach tree without saying that they were good; Can't leave human footprints. These people all know you are Tian Taozi, right?"

The peaches and plums don't say anything, and they are self-made, which always sounds very proud, so the Xiacheng people are also happy because of this pride, and boiled hot sugar water early, only saying that Chen Jian is still sleeping and has not woken up. Those people wait in the house.

After the fierce debate yesterday, many people gathered around Chen Jian to discuss what they wanted to know, and Chen Jian's voice was a little hoarse.In the evening, a banquet was prepared to entertain these people with copper pots and steamed wine from Xiacheng, and many of them were hungover.