Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Haiwen took a look, this guy was a street vendor, dirty, and he didn't seem to have a good handicraft, so he ignored him and walked forward.The man continued to chase, shouting while chasing: "My lord, my lord! I really have a craft, I have learned it for more than ten years!"

Haiwen was really annoyed. He turned around and stomped his feet, pointed to his nose and asked, "You have been studying for more than ten years, and you just messed up like this? Don't you embarrass your master?"

The man was dumbfounded by Haiwen's scolding, and said: "I... I have studied carpentry for more than ten years. This, this is a temporary change..." After saying this, the man's tears fell, and it was over. He slapped himself in the face with a slap, and cried: "I am really ashamed of my master! I am really ashamed!" After the incident, he sat on the ground crying, beating his chest and stamping his feet.

Haiwen's ears perked up when he heard the word "carpenter", and he thought to himself: Could it be such a coincidence?So I asked him: "Brother, don't cry, let me ask you, who is your master?"

"I have no face to say!"

Haiwen simply asked: "Is it the old bark?"

The man stopped crying when he heard these three words, stared at Haiwen and asked, "How do you know?"

Haiwen pointed at the tailor and shouted, "Hey! Catch him!"

Chapter 98: Chris is too happy

Chapter 98: Chris is too happy

The tailor was caught before he knew what was going on.King Kong on the left and Fasnat on the right grabbed the tailor's arm one by one. The tailor screamed quickly, and many people came at once.The town guard also came after hearing the news, shouting loudly and rushing into the crowd.

It was only then that Haiwen realized that his order was wrong, and he quickly said: "Misunderstanding! King Kong, Fasnat, let him go first." The two attendants got the order and let the man go.

Haiwen first explained it to the town guard, and spent a few more money to get them to disperse the people. Then he hurriedly apologized to the tailor, saying: "Master, I was too anxious just now. In fact, I have something to do with you." beg."

The man was startled, and then said hesitantly, "I... can't sew such fine fabrics."

Haiwen quickly apologized and said, "This time I invite you to do carpentry work." Then he roughly told this man, and the man immediately laughed, and said loudly: "My lord! If I had this job two years earlier , Am I going to switch careers to become a tailor? Isn’t it just a car overturn? It’s easy to handle, my master has taught me that people in the northern mountains use this to water!”

ah?Has the world actually turned over?Hearing this, Haiwen was taken aback. Judge Haiwen didn't have such a thing in his memory.From this point of view, the former Ambside was really short-sighted.

Having said that, communication in this place is backward, and knowledge is spread mainly by word of mouth, and most people are ignorant.Thinking of this, Hai Wen suddenly became excited: Why don't I engage in movable type printing?The technical content of movable type printing is not high, just get some molds, and this place is phonetic, with twenty letters, books and newspapers can be printed casually?With these things, I can spread knowledge and even control public opinion!

Sometimes it's either that you can't do it, or you can't think of it.It's also because Haiwen is so busy these days that he doesn't have time to think about these things. Today is also a coincidence.

However, overturning the carts and clearing the fields is the top priority now, and the printing process has to be postponed until everyone is full.So he stayed here for the night, and set off for Mustang Town the next morning.Apart from the tailor—or the carpenter—the people who followed him were the owner of the Oasis Inn.The owner of the Oasis Hotel came out with his family. He had already prepared for it. He carried the luggage, put it in the car, and hired a groom.The carpenter followed Haven and the others on horseback, and everyone set off like this.

After getting on the road, Haiwen realized that he still didn't know the names of the two accompanying people, so he went to ask.I learned that the innkeeper's name is Harry Wuhan Dangumengtu, which is a very awkward name from the Western Regions. The owner said that for the convenience of doing business these years, he has given him a nickname, "Harry the Cigarette".You can call him Harry, or Old Smoky Pipe.

The carpenter's first name is a local common name, and he has no surname, just Chris.

After asking the name, Haiwen continued the conversation. He wanted to chat casually to avoid boring travel, but he didn't expect that this would arouse the carpenter's heartache.Almost the whole way, the carpenter named Chris was complaining about his grievances, such as the downturn in the industry, how hard the carpenter was, how he was scolded by others when he was an apprentice, how difficult it was to find a wife later, how hard he was. Poor, lonely and without family.At first Haiwen was comforting and consoling, but later he stopped comforting him, leaving only annoyance.Thinking that this grandson deserved to die of poverty, he just talked to him like this, and no one asked him to do business.

It was a day and a half away from Mustang Town, and on the first night they stayed in the same village as before.At night, Haiwen said to Little Hammer: "Do you think this guy can do it?" Haiwen trusted this "little bark" at first, after all, his master is amazing.But hearing him keep talking so frustratingly along the way made Hai Wen worried, so he wanted to try him.But Haiwen himself didn't know how to do carpentry, so he had to find the little hammer and let the little hammer come up with an idea.

Little Hammer thought for a while, then said: "How about this, I broke the wheel of our carriage and asked him to repair it, just to see his ability. It is best to repair it well, but even if it can't be repaired, I am the one. If you break it, you can install it yourself."

Well, the kid is pretty smart. "Then it's up to you."

The little hammer got the order, so I went to do some errands. I had nothing to say all night, and the car broke down when I woke up the next morning.Hai Wen invited the master carpenter and said to him, "You can fix it."

"Small idea!" The carpenter casually borrowed some hammers and other gadgets such as saws, and with a nail hanging from his mouth, he lay down under the carriage and beat it.Picking up the hammer, three times, five divisions and two divisions, the wheel was repaired in the blink of an eye. Afterwards, everyone sat in the car and said: It is better than before, and it is stable!

Haiwen asked Little Hammer and said, "What do you think of this guy's craftsmanship?" Little Hammer nodded repeatedly and said, "Coincidentally, at least no one in Mustang Town is better than him."

With such a return, Haiwen finally felt relieved.Then everyone hurried back, until they arrived at Mustang Town.After returning, Haiwen immediately arranged accommodation for several guests. There was a hotel next to his house, and Haiwen rented a house to house these people.However, when the boss saw that the mayor was renting the house, he refused to accept the money no matter what, so Haiwen had no choice but to thank him, and then gave him a bottle of wine, which was regarded as opening the house.

Then it was time to cleanse the dust, and he called the housekeeper and his wife out to accompany the wine, everyone ate and drank, and said some scenes and then passed.However, the carpenter named Chris was of a very high nature. Not only did he drink a lot of wine, but he even boasted about it afterwards.He said that he followed his master to the castle of Lord White Bird, and the Lord invited him to dinner.Everyone knew that this was Haiwen's guest, so they all listened seriously and praised him.

Later, this guy became drunk again and went to the street to dance and sing, but he couldn't stop him.

"Oh, I'm happy!" he sang as he undressed, "Tailor, carpenter, and cobbler, drink a lot of wine happily; after my lord invites the mayor, I can sleep with the princess too!"

The grandson was happy until midnight, and finally was arrested by the police team, and the police slapped him twice on the face.

"This guy sings so badly! Howling like hell! I wouldn't beat him if it sounds good!" said the police member who sent him back.

Haiwen has needs for others, so he can only bear with it.But the next day he asked the master to start work. This Chris is also diligent, so he made a simple model for Haiwen to show on the same day. Haiwen saw that it was indeed the case. It could turn and lift water, and the workmanship was exquisite It's cumbersome, much better than the one before Little Hammer.Immediately after that night, this master started to do the real car rollover. He was lighting a lamp to boil oil, and kept beating and beating in the middle of the night. Haiwen was very happy, thinking that he had invited a capable person.But on the surface, I still want to persuade him to slow down and pay attention to rest.

But the master was so happy that he couldn't sleep. "My lord, just look at it! With my skills, I can finish it in three to five days! I made the overturned car into four components, and you can install it after it is finished. Let me tell you, I contracted all the overturned cars in Mustang Town! "

Haiwen was also very touched, and said with his thumb up, "Okay! Let's do this, you make one and I'll give you ten gold coins. I'll order ten first."

"it is good!"

Thinking of this, Haiwen went to bed first, but the carpenter was still full of morale and couldn't stop working.Haiwen slept well that night, woke up the next morning and went to practice as usual, but when he opened the door, he saw Fassnut standing at the door.He asked the blue-eyed boy, "What's the matter?"

Fassnut still had that paralyzed face, and he just said:

"Chris, the carpenter, is dead."

Chapter 99: Happy to Die

Chapter 99: Happy to Die

died?

Haiwen felt dizzy when he heard this, and immediately shouted: "Hey! I just got a carpenter, I haven't warmed up yet, why did I die?"

"I reckon I'm happy to die." Fassnut's frosty expression became a little subtle at this moment, "My lord, go and see for yourself."

"it is good."

So Haiwen went to the carpenter's temporary workshop.

This temporary workshop is located next to an old well behind the hotel. There is a shed there. He lit a fire and worked here.It is a few hundred meters away from the urban area, so even working at night will not disturb the people.Although the air was cold in the morning, the place was already bustling with activity. The police team had patrolled in the morning, and they had already arrived there to maintain law and order, and some sleepy people came out to watch the excitement.Hai Wen walked there, and when people saw him coming, they hurried out of the way, saying, "The mayor is here!"

Haiwen went through the crowd, looked forward, and saw Master Chris's corpse lying here. The master held a gavel in his hand, with a grin on his face, obviously he was still happy before he died.

What the hell is this called?Hai Wen also couldn't laugh or cry, he called the doctor in the town to see how this guy died.The doctor was a middle-aged monk in a white robe. His clothes were patched but clean.After squatting down, he made a general inspection, and then said, "I guess it's...a sudden death from staying up late."

Haiwen sighed, and said helplessly, "Look again! You can move the corpse away, take a good look, and don't make a mistake."

After finishing the work, the doctor took the body away and went back to do the autopsy.Haven dispersed the crowd and went to work as usual.He thought in his heart: If this guy is really "deadly happy", that's all. If there is something else wrong, I have to investigate and find out.

Then at noon, the friar in white came back, "My lord, he is so happy!" The friar made a list for Haven, explaining clearly what was going on.The monk deduced that Master Chris was already tired after traveling a long distance, and then he was overexcited and stayed up all night. As a result, his heart failed, so he was overjoyed.

Hearing these words, Hai Wen couldn't stop complaining—do you dare to think that my car rollover is useless?

At noon, he had dinner with the people in the Yizheng Hall, and everyone was discussing this matter during the meal.King Kong and old Ramon advised him.

"My lord, tomorrow I will go to the castle in the north to find you the best craftsman." King Kong said firmly, "You can rest assured, without an old bark, our things can still be made."

Old Ramon also said to him: "Sir, there are plenty of skilled craftsmen, as long as you are willing to treat them with courtesy, you can have as many as you want."

However, Haiwen is anxious. Now that December is already halfway through, if the rollover is not started, next spring may not be able to catch up.Thousands of acres of fields to the north of Mustang Land are waiting for it to divert water!

Either there is no river in this wild horse land, or the river is low, and if a canal is dug to divert the water, the water will not come up.If you want to lead the water from the low place to the high place, you must have this overturned car.

Haiwen chatted with the people next to him, absent-mindedly cutting up the fish steak until the fish was chopped into pieces.At this time, he suddenly heard a childish voice saying: "My lord, I think I can try."

He saw that the man was the little hammer.

"Son, I'll let you try." Haiwen didn't have much hope in his heart, "but the task of overturning the car is too much, not to mention...you said yourself that your skills are not good enough. Sigh, if you have the heart Well, do as much as you can, it’s better than nothing.”

Little Hammer shook his head and said, "My lord, this time is different."

Hai Wen raised his eyelids and asked, "Why is it different?"

"Master Chris has already completed a small part, and left the model and drawings; as long as I can make the rest, I can make a rollover. With a finished product, imitation will never be possible later. Too difficult."

Haiwen was overjoyed when he heard this, "Okay! I'll leave this to you! If you can fix this, I'll call all the carpenters in Mustang Town to help you!"

"It's not suitable, my lord!" Little Hammer said hastily, "In this case, I'll go to work first, and try to get the finished product out for you within two days."

"Okay, let's go quickly."

After hearing this, Haiwen finally felt relieved. He ate the minced fish, drank some wine, and then went back to work normally.In the afternoon, little Ramon brought some farmers into the city to pick manure, and he met with little Ramon.The child has been away for half a month and has been living in the farm, working hard day and night.Haiwen saw that he seemed to be much darker than before, but his spirit was better than before.The two chatted, and Haiwen found that although little Ramon was only fourteen or fifteen years old, he was already orderly in commanding the people below, and many old farmers believed him.Hai Wen was very surprised, thinking to himself: How does such a child command these adults?

Later, he talked about this matter with some serfs he knew, and only then did he know that little Ramon could write and calculate accounts, and allocated the resources on the farm very well; There are more than [-] "boy scouts". With this strength, the people below all trust him.

Haiwen was very surprised, so he asked little Ramon about it, and little Ramon smiled and said to him: "Where is the army? It's just a group of ignorant children. They don't work all day and make trouble everywhere. I simply organized them, distributed some sticks, hoes and other things, and played games of war. Once they came and went, they all followed me, so that’s what I said.”

It's a good job of uniting all who can be united.Haven praised little Ramon, and believed that the boy would have a bright future.Afterwards, they talked about digging the ground and burning straw. Little Ramon said that everyone else in the council hall was doing this. He handed Hewen a list, which clearly stated who was responsible for which piece of land.Hai Wen was overjoyed, and couldn't help asking: "Where did you learn this skill?"

"Of course it was taught by my master!" He smiled, showing his white teeth, "Actually, my master is amazing!" Little Ramon said in a whisper, "He studied with Master Tang Deen for three years when he was young, Know astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom, and know everything.”

Master Tang Deen?Oh, the wise man Tang Deen, seems to be an old scholar in Bear Mountain County, very famous.Haiwen had vaguely heard of this person.This man is highly respected, even the Earl of Xiongshan should treat him with courtesy.

"Where is this master living now?" Haiwen wondered if he could have a relationship with this person.

Chapter 100: The Courage of Children

Chapter 100: The Courage of Children

Little Ramon thought for a while, and said, "This person should still be around Bear Mountain Castle. He is so famous. You should be able to find out if you go to the local area."

Hai Wen silently remembered this matter, thinking that if he had the opportunity to visit in the future.He is willing to make friends with these capable people. Since this person is old Ramon's master, he must not be wrong.

After saying this, they talked about some things in the peasant association, and Little Ramon said to him: "My lord, there are very few farm implements, and the household items in everyone's hands are not enough. The cattle are still enough, no matter how bad they are." Getting some mules and horses can do it, but the problem is that there are not enough plows for plowing the land, and there are other complete sets of equipment...Let me put it this way, my lord, the farmers are motivated, and everyone is so active that they can't wait to dig the ground with their hands! But it’s not a thing after all, right?”

Haiwen nodded and said, "Don't worry about this. Big Charles is going to run a business in the next two days, and I'll ask him to buy it together."

After sending little Ramon away, Haven went to look for Big Charles. The guy said he was going to the north for a trip, but he never went.It is said that they have to wait until the blood river freezes to cross the ice.The weather has gradually cooled down in the past two days, and it is estimated that the river should also freeze.Charles’ trip to run a business is of great importance. On the one hand, many things produced by the landlord’s house need to be cashed out. On the other hand, Haiwen urgently needs steel to make farm tools, supplies for the winter, and money to pay the people below. ...

When he went, Charles was discussing with his housekeeper about running a business in the future.Seeing Hai Wen coming, he said to him: "My family's caravan will leave in two days. If you need to buy anything, sir, please write it down for me."

After having a drink with Big Charles that time, Haven became a little closer to him.They did verbally say that they want to make friends, but making friends is not just a matter of lip service. Haven can trust him.

After explaining this matter, Hai Wen returned home.He asked the housekeeper about the recent affairs in Mustang Town, signed several documents, and then went back to rest.After Little Hammer's overturned car yielded results, Haiwen had to leave Mustang Town. He was going to the Farmers' Association to inspect the work one by one. Walking around could also increase the cohesion of the people below.Although Little Ramon and the others are capable, Haiwen is still worried about leaving it all to them.In addition, he also took Yisruite and others to visit the paddy fields in the south - the dry fields can increase production by relying on fertilizer and overturning, but there is no way to do it in the paddy fields.

After dinner in the evening, he held Mirsalu in his arms and told her stories.Yisruite was also listening at the side, while making some female reds.There was a fire behind them, and the room was warm. Isrit was wearing home clothes and sitting cross-legged on a bench with bare feet, her side face was illuminated by the fire; When I came here, I was much healthier, no matter in terms of body shape or complexion, I was not as malnourished as before.

Haiwen told some fairy tales of his time, and occasionally remembered some ancient poems, and translated them into the language here and read them to them, and then talked about the meanings, allusions, etc. of those poems by the way.Little Mir listened with gusto, and Isrit later put down her needlework to listen to his storytelling.

Estelle asked him: "My lord, are you making up these stories?"

"Of course not, it's all in my previous life..." He glanced at Mirsalu, thinking that he didn't have to hide anything from his daughter, "What I heard and saw in my previous life." Mir sat opposite him, looking up at He asked, "Last life? What do you mean?"

Hai Wen stroked her head and said, "It's a distant place called 'Previous Life', and it's my hometown."

Mirsalu nodded thoughtfully, and stopped asking.At this time, Estherite continued: "My lord, if you have many such stories in your mind, you can write them all down, and you will definitely become a well-known writer in the Gulf!" She laughed as she spoke, " Maybe the nobles will receive you and make you a lot of money."

Haiwen also smiled, and said: "Sounds good, but that story is not original by me. Those stories have masters, such as Andersen, Dumas, Pu Songling, Shi Naian... It's their stuff. I copied it like this and said it was my own, wouldn't I become a thief?"

"But no one here knows."

"You know, I know, God knows." Haiwen smiled, "Little Mir also knows, right?" He gently pinched his daughter's cheek, and Mirthalu giggled.

"But it's a pity that you don't publish it." Isrit shrugged, "These stories are so interesting."

Haiwen stroked his daughter's hair and said, "If the book is really published, I will also indicate the author of the original work. I don't want any money from the sale, and I don't enjoy any honor. I will erect a stone tablet for the original author and tell the world that this is the book. Their masterpiece; any money left over goes to the poor."

"You are great," she said with a smile.

Hai Wen said: "It's just doing things according to conscience, it's not great."

It was getting late, and Haiwen took a rest after blowing out the oil lamp.Mill was going to sleep with them today, so the three of them huddled together in one bed.Haven's bed is quite big, and it doesn't look crowded.

After a night of nothing to say, Haiwen woke up the next day and went to work as usual. About three days later, Little Hammer came to him.

"My lord, I've done this, come and see?"

When the little hammer came, Hai Wen was eating, he was chatting with the housekeeper about the worm medicinal wine, he brought the medicinal wine, and urged the housekeeper to drink some.However, as soon as he heard that the overturned car was fixed, he stopped drinking and eating, put down his glass and ran out of the restaurant.

The two of them crossed the streets and alleys, and came to a small wooden house on the corner of the street, which was the workshop of Little Hammer.Looking at the house, it is very clean, painted with white paint, square and square, it is estimated that every rivet and rivet were made by the little hammer.There are some flowers and plants around, which at first glance seem out of place with the dirty old streets.As soon as he approached here, Haiwen could smell the smell of paint and sawdust. He saw several overturned car accessories neatly placed in the yard, such as blade keels, runners, chains, pedals...the things were divided into six groups. Then, Little Hammer introduced them one by one, explaining how these things are installed and how they work, clearly.By this time, Haiwen finally understood that the carpenters in Mustang Town combined might not be as good as this child.

Well, young people are talented!Haven praised him a few words, and then said: "I think you are almost as good as Master Chris!"

Little Hammer blushed and said, "My lord, I'm sorry. Oh, speaking of Master Chris, I have something to tell you."

"what?"

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ps: Starting to hit the update list today, everyone has money to hold a fortune, but no money to hold a personal field.

with the courage of a child

with the courage of a child

"The master left a notebook after his death, which recorded many things the old bark taught him. I want this, but according to the law, if the relics have no relatives or friends to inherit, they will be confiscated. My lord, I think Please bring me this."