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Chapter 462 Extra Story: Analysis of "The Road to the West Sea"

Among the many works of Rostislav Vladimirovich Rurik, "The Road to the West Sea" is undoubtedly an extremely important landmark work, which can be said to have opened up a literary form, that is, fictional literature.

"The Road to the West Sea" tells the story of a Christian named Nevavica (meaning "there is no such person" in ancient Russian) who came to a continent called "America" ​​after encountering a shipwreck .

This continent was built by Rostislav on the basis of Prolev's North American adventures, and in simple terms, it roughly distributes three forms of civilization.

The first form of civilization is located in the east of the mainland, and this civilization is located east of the Colossus Mountains. The classic feudal civilization is distributed here. The feudal kingdom and the commercial city-state echo each other, and jointly write a chapter of the future development. It is also called here. Eastern Kingdoms.

The second form of civilization is located on the great plains in the middle of the continent, where there are widespread nomadic tribes living by grazing cattle. When Rostislav constructed them, he obviously referred to the native North American culture mentioned by Prolev.

The third type is the water conservancy empire. They are located on the huge islands west of the Frost Mountains. The water conservancy emperors control the water conservancy facilities that are related to the development of the entire region as their source of power, and build a strict bureaucratic system and social structure. .

These three civilizations make up the story of this continent. They have their own beliefs, and in the north and south of them are the broken Iceland that can't be seen, and the endless desert.

The story of "Road to the West Sea" unfolds in these three civilizations.

Nievaska first woke up on the beach of the Eastern Kingdom, and then he started a journey in this land. After some experiences, he made friends with the merchant Mech and the hunter Jack, and became friends with them.

And then, they found themselves in a turbulent era. The monarch of the Water Conservancy Empire conquered the tribes of the Great Plains, and then he launched an invasion of the Eastern Kingdom east of the Colossus Mountains. The flames of war permeated this land superior.

The invasion of the Water Conservancy Empire was rapid and intense. After a large number of servants on the Great Plains and its already huge standing army were attacked, the Eastern Kingdom perished three kingdoms in just one month, and a commercial city-state with a population of 20 was destroyed. occupied.

At one time, it seemed that the occupation of the Eastern Kingdom was inevitable, but the next action of the Water Conservancy Empire caused widespread resistance.

Due to the need for the construction and maintenance of a huge water conservancy system, the water conservancy empire has always had a strong demand for slaves, and the construction of various public infrastructures in the country also has a huge demand for slaves.

It can even be said that this series of wars in the water conservancy empire was launched to seek slaves.

The large-scale slave capture of the water conservancy empire aroused strong resistance. When entire villages of peasants were taken away, the news was wildly exaggerated and fermented wildly, and people who had no sense of politics flocked Went to pick up a weapon.

So the Water Empire suddenly discovered that they were caught in an all-out war, and just as they were in the quagmire, those eastern kingdoms that were once beaten by the Water Empire's offensive also reacted, and they formed The coalition forces, having consolidated their resources, issued their challenge to the water conservancy empire.

Under such a background, Nirvaska and others were first captured as slaves, and at the moment when they were about to be sent to the hinterland of the empire, they were rescued by the army of a subjugated queen Sakarya , Next, they became a member of this army.

Sakarya's kingdom was defeated by the water empire's offensive, but she herself did not escape because of this, and went to a trading city-state further east to be an apartment. Instead, she organized people and soldiers to continue to resist in the occupied area of ​​​​the water empire.

Nirvaska followed the queen's army to fight everywhere. They won one impossible victory after another, and the army became larger and larger, including the remnants of various perishing kingdoms, and even the tribes of the Great Plains and civilians who did not want to follow the empire. , and the scale of the water conservancy empire's encirclement and suppression of them is getting bigger and bigger.

Finally, when the queen's army developed to the point where she could no longer hide and march flexibly, and the water conservancy empire's encirclement and suppression reached its peak, she left the occupied area and went to the place where the Eastern Kingdom was heavily populated—this was also her choice, yes It's time for a showdown.

In that legendary decisive battle, the Water Empire assembled a full 13 people, and the Northern Alliance only brought out 10 people, but the Northern Alliance was still relying on the morale inspired by the various atrocities of the Water Empire, defeated the Imperial Army.

Since then, the water conservancy empire has failed one after another, the tribes of the Great Plains have betrayed them, and the eastern kingdoms have been restored one after another.

Immediately afterwards, a drastic change took place in the eastern kingdom, and the eastern countries announced that after experiencing this cruel war, everyone understood the necessity of uniting to face the water conservancy empire.

So at the moment when the Water Conservancy Empire declared the defeat of the war, the Eastern Confederacy was established, and Neváska's story also ended in the celebration of the founding of the Confederation.

This is the end of the plot of "The Road to the West Sea", which is a milestone in the history of fictional literature—or in other words, in the whole of literature. The impact of this book is so great that the word "America" ​​is now everywhere. It can be seen that it is used to call the American continent.

It can be said that Rostislav has worked hard to build this continent, and the Grand Duke has conducted detailed research on every place.

The descriptions of various scenes are strictly in accordance with Puvalev’s descriptions, and he also refers to the samples he brought. He even drew many illustrations for reference in the descriptions of buildings and costumes, and the war is even more It is described as a war chronicle.

Politics is even more interesting. Rostislav analyzed and discussed the three political forms on the mainland through the mouths of characters. Later scholars believe that Rostislav said something in his opinion through the mouths of virtual characters. Information that is easily cut by the monks, this part can be called Ross's earliest political article.

Once "The Road to the West Sea" was published, it was a success in Kyiv, and then it was strongly sought after in Constantinople. In the dark days of the Eastern Empire, the world and stories constructed by Rostislav Let many people immerse themselves in it, and it has also been highly praised by many scholars.

And the next step is naturally to spread throughout the Christian world, and continue to spread, so that Rostislav's name resounds throughout the cultural groups of the Christian world, Rostislav's reputation is thus established, and as he writes more It is reinforced by the presence of works set in the "America" ​​continent.

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