Chapter 405: Time is ruthless, Tiandihuan (6)
After more than three years of running around, it was extremely hard. After arriving in Wei three years ago, Solu Chan came forward to find several old friends who rebelled against Mo, and introduced Qin Gongzilian from them. Qin Gongzilian also used his relationship with Qin. Solu Chan set out from Yunyangyi and found a guide who was proficient in Yiqu language there.
After passing Yiqu and then to Yu Zhiren's tribe, which is the "Yuezhi" mentioned in the picture album, we headed west all the way.
When we set out from Yunyangyi, there were more than 300 people in the team. Among them, there were more than 80 people in Mo, 12 people in the Youth League, 100 soldiers from Song, Wei, Han, Zhao, Qin and other countries, and 400 horses.
In addition to stirrups, the Mo family also prepared cars for them. When camping at night, they used cars as arrays as ring defense, and the musketeers and two small bronze cannons were used as defense.
I encountered many risks along the way, but I saw a lot of scenery and realized how vast the world is.
The goods they carried, in addition to hard currency such as gold, that can be used in common as long as there is a civilized place, also have iron pots for trading with these nomadic tribes.
After finally arriving near a great country called Persia, the silk they prepared in advance, the purple dye from Qi, the dragonfly eye glass beads from Zhao, and the copper-inlaid jade-inlaid crafts from Yue can all be exchanged for a lot of money.
Many people think that if you are a businessman, you can make a lot of profit by trading silk alone.
Before, Solusan had met the Persian king Artaxerxes II, presented a pair of bronze muskets, and gained the power to pass in Persia.
In the capital of Persia, it attracted thousands of people to watch. At that time, the three-year period had arrived. Solusan easily learned about the Queen Mother Kingdom of the West in "The Legend of Emperor Mu" and the Greek states in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".
After staying for half a year, Solusan also used his familiar history to understand what happened in Persia.
He came in perfect time, so he could hear the name of the kingdom in those two books.
Eight years ago, Artaxerxes II and his younger brother Cyrus had a "strife between the princes" that Soluo saw.
Nacional was leading a number of mercenaries named Sparta in Greek states, occupying Babylon, and finally annihilated the entire army in a place called Kunaksa.
After getting familiar with the local language, Solusan also asked about the details of the battle and understood it a little, feeling that it was somewhat similar to the battle of the Hanshui before he left Zhuxia and headed west.
The righteous troops in the Battle of the Shui were mostly of Spartan mercenaries, and they were very fast to change formations in front of the battle.
The difference is that the Spartans were the right wing of Cyrus, and after choosing to pursue, the weak brigades on the left did not keep up because they were a bit like stingers, with loose teams and slow teams, which led to disconnection.
Last August, the Athenians Coron became a mercenary and led the Persian boat troops to defeat the Spartan naval commander.
These news were all major events in Persia at this time. Since Soluchan knew that the target was close, he decided not to return to Middle-earth, but to stay here for a while and continue moving forward.
At this time, Persia had a common enemy with Greek city-states such as Athens. Solusan was a man of "talking and quibbling". He was clear-headed and had books such as "Shan Hai Jing" as his vision. He quickly obtained the consent of the Persian king. The Persian king also proposed to send some people to follow him when he went back.
In addition, the Persian king also found several guides for Solusan. Several of them were Spartan slaves captured by the princes eight years ago in the war, and another one was a man who happened to go back to Greece.
The man's name is a bit long, and his name is Hippoclaux. After Solu asked about some vocabulary, he realized that this name is actually no different from the name of Middle-earth.
Hippo, the meaning of horse. Glaux, blue, is extended to the sea. According to Solushen, the name of this person is actually called the blue horse, or the water horse, the sea horse.
If I think about it this way, Soluchan thought to himself that the world is so big that the way of naming is almost the same.
I heard that this was also a Greek "disciple". Their gentleman was called Socrates. He was executed for some crimes six years ago. The disciples ran away to avoid the limelight. The man went to Egypt first and then to Persia.
According to the Haima, there was another person in Greece at this time, who had a strong medical skills and was called Hippocrates. According to Solusan's understanding, this person should be considered as the Changsangjun of the Greek states, but the meaning of this name... can be translated as "a man who is good at driving", and can be translated as "Yu".
Among the disciples of Socrates, the master of the seahorse, the most famous is comparable to the giants, Yan Hui and Zhongni's Plato, which is actually "two fat", "wide shoulders" and "strong", which means similar to the name of "black butt" by Duke Cheng of Jin.
I heard that one of the Spartan mercenaries who fought between the princes eight years ago was also one of Socrates' disciples, named Xenophon.
Soluchan thought to himself that Socrates should be a figure like the Greek states Zhongni and the giants, with many disciples, and could participate in disputes between countries. Unfortunately, he came six years later and was in a row.
This Greek word is a bit difficult to learn, and there are still some yin and yang that need to be divided into. It is very different from Persian. Persian was probably written on clay boards in the past, like wooden wedges, and it was not easy to write with the paper he carried.
Speaking of which, the first exchange with the seahorse is also quite interesting. At the beginning, there were people who were good at nine numbers and geometry in the team. They drew a picture of three and four on paper and used geometry as a diagram to analyze this object. The man could see clearly that although there were many inconveniences in words, the geometry of nine numbers was actually the same.
According to Solusan's understanding, this strengthened his loyalty and understanding of the Mohist beliefs.
In his opinion, from Yiqu to Yuezhi to Persia and even Greece, there are different races, unique appearances and different cultures, but there are a few that are indeed eternal.
When fighting, it is still the same as the will of heaven, and the more it is the less it is the more it is.
The nine numbers are still the same number, which conforms to the will of heaven, and travels across the east and west for tens of thousands of miles, but is still common.
Classes are still the same class, with nobles and civilians divided into different countries, some national fields, some self-cultivation, and some slaves.
The same is true for machinery, and the chariots here also rely on wheels to move forward.
The crops are similar, without rice, but with wheat. For example, composted cattle and ridge cultivation will not be effective in the East and in the West.
However, gods, ghosts, systems, blood ties, etiquette, clothing, and language are very different. Since this is the case, I am afraid that some things are not eternal, but only the will of heaven can be universal and applicable to tens of thousands of miles away.
Solu participated in the Lanma and others who continued to travel west to Babylon, and heard Lanma tell many Greek stories. Some of Solusun had read in "Shanhai Jing", such as the question of "What is the oblique edge of a rectangular triangle with a side length of one", and the Battle of Hot Spring Pass, etc.
The more he heard it, the more strange he felt, thinking to himself that the two masters sounded like a judicious god. If they were here in person, how could they have no life? If they had not been here in person, how could they know so clearly about what is thousands of miles away?
During this period, he also discussed concepts such as "heaven and earth" with Lan Ma, and found that in the Greek states, there were differences in concepts such as the "Confucian and Mohism dispute" in Middle-earth.
A person named Democritus believed that all things are composed of atoms. This person has traveled around the world, visited here, and also studied stargazing, geometry, nine numbers and predicted solar eclipse.
To understand more deeply, Solukan didn't know about this fashion, but he knew that this person was still there and his talent was no less than that of the Master Socrates of the Blue Horse. The two sides had great opposition to ideas such as "the world", "original", "cosm", and "cognition", and were no less than the differences between Confucian and Mohism.
After hearing these philosophical exchanges, Solusan's mind fell into chaos after arriving in Babylon.
Originally, he had accepted many appropriate theories in Middle Earth. He walked along the way from the Yuezhi of Yiqu and saw many strange "gods".
As for the people here after arriving in Persia, many people worshipped the Fire and worshiped the Light. The Persian king claimed that he was granted the right from Ahuramazda, but the Creator God did not know that there was Middle-earth in the extreme east, which was unimaginable... How could a person with the power of creation not know? If the world is one rather than a plane, then is this Creator God really a God?
The Mohist ideas, the Confucian ideas, the wise men of the Spring and Autumn Period, the doctrines of the Zoroastrianism, the Greek ideas... all of this exploded in Solusan's mind.
If there is God, then is God a person? If not, how can we determine the love and dislike? If not, what should human morality be used as the standard? But along the way, there have been no less than three or five Gods who have heard of the world that can create, so it must be false.
Thinking of this, after arriving in Babylon, Solusan, who was as strong as a horse, fell ill, so everyone stayed in Babylon for a month.
This month, except for eating, Solusan kept locking himself in the house and thinking, looking haggard.
However, just yesterday, he finally figured out everything, and took the essence of his experiences and learned from this journey, and integrated the Mohist school and some things that came after he arrived.
He was born into a noble family and received a good education since childhood. He naturally read "Zuo Zhuan", so in this chaos, he thought of something.
"The Sixth Year of Duke Huan" once recorded a statement from his doctor Ji Liang.
The people are the lord of God... The people are the lord of God, not God ruled people. Even if God is a person, it is a person's personality.
It is also said, "The sage king first became the people and then devoted himself to God. Therefore, he worshipped the animals to tell him that he was 'broad and fatty', which means that the people's strength is universal, that the animals are rich and prosperous, that he said that he did not get angry, that he said that his preparations are all there. He worshipped the animals to tell him that he was 'clean and rich', that he said that the people were harmonious and prosperous in the three times. He served wine and liquor to tell him that he was 'Jiali wine', that he said that he had good morals and no disobedience to his will. The so-called fragrant fragrance and no slander."
Chapter completed!