Fulu Rubik's Cube

Chapter 841 Calendar
After the beast tide in spring passed, nearly 3000 people of the Xiawan tribe were killed or injured.

It sounds like a lot, but if it is distributed among [-] villages, the casualties in each village are less than four.

Compared with the past, this is an extremely incredible thing. You must know that even if the Xiawan tribe in the past hid in the cave in spring, there would be no less than dozens of casualties.

This time, thanks to the weapons provided by Zhang Ke, not only the casualties were very small, but also a lot of resources were harvested.

Among them are not only the corpses of various ferocious beasts, but also many beheaded monsters, and even many wounded beasts were captured.

Countless clansmen were overjoyed by it, but wild beasts can also be domesticated.

Not only can it provide meat, but the clansmen who have awakened the relevant supernatural powers can also drive wild beasts and make them become hunting assistants.

In the past, the invasion of beast hordes symbolized suffering and danger, and even if there were gains, they would eventually be taken away by the tribe.

But now it is different. The establishment of private ownership makes it the first time that the clansmen have their own items.

A large number of corpses of wild beasts and monsters were taken away by the sergeant who contributed the most, but as long as the clansmen who had contributed to the beast tide also distributed a lot of prey.

Once the Dangwan people had their own prey in their hands, the transaction happened naturally.

I exchange the wings of a certain bird monster for your pair of beast fangs.

He traded several brightly colored pelts for me for the limbs of some kind of beast.

In addition, some gems, spiritual herbs, ores and other items containing spiritual energy gradually appeared in the transaction.

Flame Red Silkworm and other high-level tribesmen witnessed the birth of the trading market with their own eyes. When they saw the bustling clansmen there, they finally realized how important "business" is to the development of the tribe.

A year later, Flame Red Silkworm made the calendar perfected by Zhang Ke and Bu Chan public.

In fact, there are vague calendars in this world, but they are not accurate enough, and most of them are judged according to weather changes.

Based on the winter solstice, Zhang Ke deduced the year, month, day, and hour from the winter solstice after a return year.

For this reason, he put forward the term "Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches" in the calendar.

The so-called "Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches" are laws derived from the observation of celestial phenomena.

The ten stems refer to Yanfeng, Zhanmeng, Rouzhao, Qiangyu, Zhuyong, Tuwei, Shangzhang, Chongguang, Xuanyi, and Zhaoyang.

The twelve branches refer to Kundun, Chifenruo, Shetige, Shanyan, Zhixu, Dahuangluo, Dunyu, Xieqia, Yitan, Zuoyi, Xiomao, and Dayuanxian.

The simplified Heavenly Stems are 'A, B, C, D, E, He, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui'.

And 'Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai' are the twelve earthly branches.

The ten celestial stems and the twelve earthly branches are matched in turn to form sixty basic units, and the two cooperate with each other in a fixed order to form the epoch of the stems and branches.

According to this calendar, Flame Red Silkworm set this year as the first year of the lunar calendar.

The word 'nong' in it represents the advent of the farming era and people's simplest and most ardent expectations for food.

The abolition of public ownership, the learning of writing and arithmetic, the promulgation of the calendar, the strengthening of the farming system, the emergence of ore smelting, the birth of commercial activities, the establishment of an administrative system, and the formation of professional soldiers.

All kinds of changes have promoted the rapid growth and development of the Xiawan tribe.

Spring goes and autumn comes, time flies, and thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

July of the 33rd year of the lunar calendar.

millet city.

After more than 30 years of development, today's Sucheng is no longer what it used to be like a village. A solid city built of bluestone stands like a mountain.

The square city is more than three times larger than when it was first established, and row upon row of stone and wooden houses are neatly distributed on various streets.

The bustling flow of people shuttles through the streets.

After development, the population of 'Sucheng' has exceeded 20. In addition to the more than [-] people scattered in the surrounding villages and towns, there are about [-] clansmen living in this city alone.

Only a very small number of pedestrians in the city still wear animal skins, and most of them wear cotton and linen underwear, or carry farm tools or weapons such as bows and arrows on their backs.

There is a stall every few steps on both sides of each street, and some vendors are shouting loudly.

Pheasants and wild goods, jade and rhino horns, elixir and elixir, linen and ironware, everything you expect to find.

Attracted passers-by linger in the market, stopping from time to time to check items for trading.

As early as ten years ago, under the promotion of Zhang Ke, the Xiawan tribe cast copper and issued currency for money.

The way of bartering is very inconvenient. After all, you can't carry a wild boar or a large amount of grain to trade with people every day.

The unit of currency is divided into three types: one coin, ten coins, and one hundred coins. The specifications are simple but the shape is extremely exquisite.

Its shape is similar to the copper coins in Zhang Ke's dream, with a hole in the middle of the outer circle, which is convenient for carrying on a rope.

The denomination is marked on the front, while the date of issue and the name of the tribe are etched on the back.

In order to distinguish them, the colors of the three copper coins are completely different. They are displayed in red, white, and gold. They are all made of a special metal mixed with red copper that is unique near Wufeng.

The shape and proportioning technology of the coins and the coinage equipment were all provided by Zhang Ke.

As the earliest currency issued in this world, copper coins not only have a special meaning, but also carry the luck of this world.

Therefore, Zhang Ke kept the first of the three kinds of copper coins after they were refined.

The birth of currency has brought great convenience to the tribe.

This measure not only made the tribe more recognized by the tribe, but also improved the credibility of the tribe.

Some strong sergeants with helmets and armor were patrolling the market back and forth in groups of three or four. Whenever there was a dispute or a move, these sergeants would step forward to stop it.

Originally, there were no sergeants patrolling the market, but some people always argued that the transaction was unfair.

In the past few years, a large number of clansmen fought violently because they were dissatisfied with the transaction. After discussions with the high-level clansmen, they deployed soldiers in the market to maintain order.

'Shanhaijie' has extreme winter and summer seasons, extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter.

It's still in the morning, and it's not too hot. After noon, there are basically no people on the street.

"Sucheng" has undergone many repairs in the past 30 years. The walls as high as ten feet are all made of huge stones, and there are densely packed huge crossbows on the top of the walls.

This is a giant city defense weapon adapted by Zhang Ke based on the style of the 'Eight Bull Crossbow' to be used by the human race in this world.

And this ballista was completely made by the craftsmen of the Xiawan tribe. Apart from the blueprints, Zhang Ke did not provide any assistance.

It can be seen from this that the craftsmen of the Xiawan tribe have reached a very high level in the creation of utensils.

This world is not a peaceful and prosperous world, and the mottled bloodstains and various cracks, large and small, on the city wall fully prove this point.

Outside the city is farmland that can't be seen at a glance, and nearly [-] villages and towns to which it belongs surround the 'Sucheng' like satellites.

The [-] villages of the Xiawan tribe are basically distributed in this way, but the population in the villages is increasing rapidly, and there are rumors that the tribe is preparing to open a new city.

In the fields outside the city, people could be seen working vaguely, and singing and laughter could be heard from time to time.

The sky in July is like a child's face, it changes as soon as it changes.

The sun was still shining brightly a moment ago, but a moment later, a large number of dark clouds quickly gathered in the sky.

Seeing the change in the weather, countless pedestrians rushed to their homes.

The dark clouds gathered extremely quickly, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the entire sky was covered by rolling black clouds.

In the clouds, there are faint flashes of lightning one after another, and the dull sound of thunder is like a herd of animals running across the field in autumn.

Flame Bay City.

On the top of the highest peak among the five peaks in Xiawan, Bu Chan, who was hunched over, frowned and looked up at the sky.

His right hand is leaning on a long green staff, and the five fingers of his left hand are flexing and stretching uncertainly, secretly deriving calculations.

After a while, Bu Chan, who was covered with age spots, murmured hoarsely.

"Strange, shouldn't there be wind and rain at this time?"

In the past 30 years, the wise man of the Xiawan tribe is like a burnt candle, reaching the point where the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dying.

Behind him, two burly clansmen accompanied him, and not far away was a palace specially built by the clansmen for Bu Chan.

Since the tribe grew, Bu Chan no longer participated in the affairs of the tribe, and devoted himself to studying some classics given to him by Zhang Ke.

These classics record knowledge about astronomical phenomena and changes in the four seasons.

The derivation of the lunar calendar is the result of the joint efforts of Bu Chan and Zhang Ke.

At this time, the celestial changes in the sky did not conform to the laws of nature at all, and Bu Chan had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Go! Take me down the mountain."

Bu Chan gave an order, and walked towards Zhongfeng with the support of two clansmen.

As he was old and frail, it was impossible for him to walk as fast as in the past. When he came to the entrance of Zhongfeng Cave, he happened to see a small figure walking out of the cave.

It is Ruyi Layman who attends Vientiane!
Bu Chan greeted Vientiane with a smile.

"Vientiane, go and play with the children again."

Before the words fell, Bu Chan felt something was wrong.

30 years of getting along will always deepen mutual understanding. Through asking, Buchan actually already knows that Vientiane is much older than himself.

But because of Vientiane's body shape and appearance, and because he likes to play with children in the tribe, he always subconsciously regards Vientiane as a child.

Wanxiang does not live in seclusion like Zhang Ke, who only imparts knowledge in the school, but helps every seeker as much as he can.

She enjoys everything from putting out fires to eliminating disasters, to helping the clansmen take care of their children.

Although his dazed state always makes jokes, he is still loved by many clansmen.

At this moment, Bu Chan saw that Vientiane was no longer in the usual dazed state, and suddenly noticed something strange.

Vientiane looked up at the endless dark clouds in the sky, and said casually:

"The vibration frequency of vitality is wrong, there seems to be a monster, I'll go and have a look."

Just about to fly away while speaking, Bu Chan hurriedly asked:
"Does the layman know about this?"

Vientiane shook his head and said:

"Master's cultivation method has reached a critical moment. The cave was completely sealed off two years ago, and the inside and outside were isolated. Even I couldn't see him."

Bu Chan is still clear about this matter, as early as two years ago, Zhang Ke had notified Yan Hongcan and others that they were going to retreat.

Fortunately, Zhang Ke has trained tens of thousands of disciples for the school in the past 30 years, which is enough to promote the normal development of the tribe. Even if he retreats, it will not have much impact.

After Wanxiang finished speaking, he shook his shoulders and turned into a golden red flame and flew up.

Looking at the stream of light going away in the sky, Bu Chan's eyes flashed with envy.

No matter how many times he had seen such a scene, he could not suppress his desire.

'Ugh!It would be great if I could also learn this kind of flying technique. '

Putting away his scattered thoughts, Bu Chan pondered for a moment, turned and walked towards the city's meeting hall.

Since Layman Ruyi has not left the secluded retreat, there is no need to tell Yanhongcan and others about this matter.

The meeting hall is located in the middle of 'Flame Bay City'.

This hall is three feet high, rectangular in shape, with a flat roof, forty feet long and ten feet wide.

There are sixteen stone pillars standing at the entrance, and the polished light of 33 white stone steps can be seen.

This is the place where the high-level officials of the tribe, such as Flame Red Silkworm, discussed important matters, and all the decrees of the tribe came from here.

When Bu Chan came to the door of the meeting hall, a tall and burly guard walked over.

The guard is covered in armor, holding a spear in his right hand, a short blade in his left waist, and a huge bow and arrow on his back.

When he came to the front and back of Bu Chan, he clasped his fists and saluted.

"Elder!"

Bu Chan let out an 'hmm'.

"Is the patriarch here?"

"The patriarch is in with several chiefs."

The guard responded, and Bu Chan nodded, and with the support of the two people behind him, he stepped up the steps and entered the meeting hall.

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The wind is different in ten miles, and the rain is different in a hundred miles.

Although there are also dark clouds gathered around the 'Yanwan City', they are only second in number, but near the 'Sucheng', it is already pouring down with heavy rain.

All the Xiawan people hid themselves.

Since the beginning of summer, this is already the sixth large-scale rainfall. Although the rainfall is much stronger than the past few times, it has not attracted people's attention.

The wind was raging, the rain was like locusts, and there was darkness between the sky and the earth.

The sudden sound of thunder was like countless giants howling in fury, and the lightning bolts were like thunder gods waving long whips, and there were only blue and white rays of light bursting out in the sky.

As time went on, the rain not only did not weaken, but intensified.

Too much rain fell too quickly, and it was impossible to divert it in time, and some low-lying terrain was quickly submerged.

Water gathers on the ground to form depressions, and thousands of streams gather to form pools of water below the feet.

The human race in this world is tall, if it is in the Azure World, the water level at this moment is enough to reach the calf position.

The name of the Xiawan tribe comes from the lower reaches of the "Land of Water Bay", which originally lived by the river.

The river is named Shuiwan because of the many bends in the river course. It is less than ten feet wide and less than two feet deep, and it has nurtured countless creatures along the river.

In the past hundreds of years, there have been heavy rains in summer. Although the river has surged, it has never brought too much harm to the tribe.

But today is different. With the sharp increase in the population of the Xiawan tribe, coupled with the reclamation of farmland, the tribe's gathering place continues to extend outward.

Now there are several villages in 'Sucheng' that are only a few hundred feet away from Shuiwan River.

'Sui Village' is one of them.

In the village, the accumulated water on the ground has mixed with the soil and turned into a muddy paste, and the water level of this turbid accumulated water is constantly rising.

Seeing this situation through the doors and windows, some quick-response clansmen felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly called their family members to leave the house, and walked to higher ground despite the heavy rain.

The human race in this world is in a dangerous environment all year round, and they are very sensitive to danger.

Despite the heavy rain outside, there are still many villagers running on the street with their families.

From time to time, people could be seen falling in the muddy water, as well as some families crying urgently after being separated from their family members.

Lin Shi carried his father with disabled legs on his back, and ran quickly in the rain holding his five-year-old girl with his left hand.

Next to him is his mother, who is also carrying one on her back and hugging the other.

'Sui Village' is very close to 'Shuiwan River', and the terrain in the village is low in the east and high in the west. What Lin Shi wants to do now is to send his parents and younger siblings to the 'Yan Shifeng' in the west of the village.

'Yanshi Peak' got its name because of the geese and birds staying on this pillar. It is said to be a peak, but it is actually just a stone pillar, but this pillar is more than five feet in diameter and tens of feet high. It is the highest place in the vicinity. place.

Although the road was extremely muddy, Lin Shi was traveling extremely fast, and he had awakened the supernatural power of the earth attribute, so he was not affected by the slippery road.

'Sui Village' is not big, and his residence is not far from the west of the village, so he arrived at his destination in a short time.

Lin Shi braved the wind and rain to help his family climb to the top of the 'Yan Shi Peak', and more than [-] people have already climbed up here.

Lin Shichong greeted several of them, but he saw that everyone was staring in one direction in a daze, and no one paid attention to him.

He couldn't help but also looked in the direction of several people, and what he saw made his heart sink.

(End of this chapter)