Diqin Designer

Chapter 167

Hearing Chunyu Yue's question, the other ministers also became very alert and waited seriously for Li Nian's answer, because this question involved the origin of the mysterious Li Nian.

In this era, the best answer to this question is of course to play tricks and say that you have met an immortal or an extraordinary person and learned the knowledge from them.

But Li Nian didn’t like these very much, and this question didn’t actually require the ministers to answer too detailedly, as the ministers were not Ying Zheng.

According to the decision he and Ying Zheng had made before, Li Nian replied: "Before returning to the Qin Dynasty, I had seen some scenes that were different from the Qin Dynasty and heard many strange stories. I have never been to Carthage, but I have heard of it."

This is the truth, but in the ears of everyone it seemed like: Li Nian is a Qin person, but he did not live in Qin before, but outside of Qin, so he knew so many strange things.

To deepen the misunderstanding, Li Nian deliberately said: "When I first returned to Daqin, I couldn't even speak. It was only after Your Majesty asked Master Su to teach me that I could speak."

This matter can be verified and can be easily found out, and once it is found out it will be transformed into evidence of Li Nian's origin.

Li Nian said: "Although I have not been to Carthage in person, I have heard that all the foreigners in this country say the same thing. I think that even if their words are wrong, this country has no king, and it is true that the three hundred elders should govern the country."

Chun Yuyue keenly grasped the key point in Li Nian's words and said, "Although this matter is generally true, whether they are a country of gentlemen and whether the three hundred elders are gentlemen, Minister Li is not sure, right?"

It is indeed troublesome to talk to these smart people. It is easy to be caught. It is better to go to court less often and show up less in the future.

Li Nian actually didn't really want to show up in front of people, but there were certain things he had to do, like teaching the doctors of this era medical knowledge for future generations, gathering various schools of thought to compile teaching materials, and now he was opening the eyes of his ministers and telling them about the situation in each continent...

If he doesn't do it, is there anyone else who can do it? And some things can't be spread by just compiling a pamphlet, he still needs to explain it in detail and give them on-site guidance.

This is also one of the reasons why Ying Zheng wanted Li Nian to appear in public during the ceremony of his enthronement. It is impossible for Li Nian to hide in Liuying Palace all his life without showing himself in public.

Facing Chun Yuyue's question, Li Nian said: "I'm really not sure!"

After receiving Li Nian's answer, Chunyu Yue stood up and made a serious request to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I would like to go to Carthage to see its national conditions!"

Li Nian could tell that Chunyu Yue was serious and was not just talking casually. He really wanted to go to Africa to see Carthage and see what its monarchless patriarchal system was like.

The distance between Carthage and Daqin was more than ten thousand miles. How many ups and downs and dangers were there along the way? For their ideals, they dared to go to a foreign country. The Confucian scholars of this era were indeed extraordinary.

Ying Zheng said: "I already know what Chunyu Qing is thinking. Why don't you continue to listen to Li Nian's words? It won't be too late to make a decision after listening."

Chun Yuyue thought for a moment and said, "I was too anxious. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your enlightenment!"

Chunyu Yue sat down again, and Li Nian continued, "There is not much to say about the Kingdom of Kush. It was greatly influenced by Egypt, and it also had a king. It is said that its reign lasted for more than 600 years."

Chunyu Yue, who had just sat down, almost stood up again. This country definitely did not understand Zhou rituals and did not have Confucianism. Then how did they govern the country and how did they allow the country to continue for so many years?

The others were also surprised again. Wow, another country that has existed for more than 600 years. These foreign countries have really long reigns! After talking about the Kingdom of Kush, Li Nian pointed the stick in his hand a little below Hezhou (Africa), drew a circle on it, and said, "These places have almost no countries, but mostly tribes. The people living there are mostly the kind of people with darker skin that I mentioned. They are the same as the tribes in Yingzhou (South America) and Rongzhou (Oceania). They are also quite barbaric, ignorant, and lazy."

"Do you know anything about crocodiles?"

What does this have to do with alligators?
Although they did not know what Li Nian meant, the ministers said they knew what the alligator was. It was a strange beast recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and it also existed in reality. It often appeared in rivers. Its meat was edible and its skin could be made into drums.

Li Nian said, "There are alligators in Hezhou as well. The people living here sometimes take alligators as their wives and force them to humiliate them!"

After hearing Li Nian's words "People living here sometimes marry alligators and humiliate them", even Ying Zheng, who had always been calm, almost couldn't hold it in. Fortunately, he didn't drink the water, otherwise he would have sprayed it out.

The surprise of the crowd was directly reflected on their faces. With their cultivation and sophistication, many of them had already reached the state of not showing their emotions on their faces. Even if they were surprised, it would not be too much. But at this moment, they really couldn't help it, and unspeakable emotions jumped out of their hearts.

That sentence was so shocking that everyone's faces turned strange and they all looked at the Hezhou that Li Nian pointed to. What kind of people live in this weird place?

I thought the cannibals in Yingzhou were fierce enough, and the coming-of-age ceremony in Rongzhou was barbaric enough, but I didn't expect that there were masters in Hezhou. Chunyu Yue shook his head and said, "How can they be considered human if they behave like beasts?"

Then, Chunyu Yue said strangely: "This continent has the country of Egypt and the country of Carthage, but also has such barbarians. It's really strange!"

In fact, the incident of raping a crocodile that Li Nian mentioned originated from later generations, but it was already the 21st century, and such a thing still happened. It is conceivable that Hezhou at that time was definitely worse than before.

Li Nian continued, "The people here have the best of both worlds. They not only take animals as wives, but also eat humans. They have a coming-of-age ceremony, and are very lazy. They don't like cleanliness. They may pass on the diseases of animals by associating with them."

After hearing this, everyone had the same thought: The people in this damn place called Hezhou must have been cursed by gods, otherwise how could there be such a group of...abnormal people?

They are ignorant, barbaric, lazy, and may even be carrying diseases passed down from animals. So what good qualities do these people have, and what use are they to the Qin Dynasty?

If Daqin wants to go to Hezhou in the future, how should it deal with these local people? It also has to consider the diseases transmitted from animals.

Everyone, including Ying Zheng, started thinking about it. Li Nian did not continue talking about Hezhou. He moved the wooden stick to the northeast of Hezhou, which is located in Jizhou where Zhu (Europe), Yang (Central Asia) and He meet.

"This place is where three continents meet. Not only is its location important, but there is also something here that will be extremely important to our Great Qin for the next hundred or even several hundred years. This continent must be controlled by our Great Qin as much as possible, and no outsiders should be allowed to take it away!"

Daqin will definitely embark on the path of using oil as energy, so this major global oil-producing region would be best controlled by Daqin.

This area is naturally a place where wars have been raging for many years in later generations. It is one of the main trouble-making places for the Eagle Sauce - the Middle East. Other places can be left aside for a while, but if they have the ability to take over this land, they must hold on to it.

　Some things are hard to write about; they are very sensitive, even if you try to write about them objectively.

　
(End of this chapter)