My historical knowledge is too weak, but fortunately Xu Zehong is here.
Let the old man listen to Leya's jerky and difficult translation.
The result was even more embarrassing. Xu Zehong was originally a bit Mediterranean, but listening to Leya's translation, he almost made himself bald in the process.
The translation on page 45 ended and it was already dark outside.
Zhang Jing looked at Xu Zehong and asked, "Why do I feel that the whole article is nonsense? Do the ancients know how to use numbers?"
"No," Xu Zehong shook his head, "He sounded like Marco Polo, but he probably has never been to a big country."
"How is that possible?" Zhang Jing's eyes widened a bit, "The writing here in Yangzhou is correct, but the content is very watery."
"It's true that the content is very watery," Xu Zehong explained. "The mistake is that there are so many Chinese characters for water, but there is no mention of local folk customs."
"What folk custom?" Zhang Jing asked curiously.
"For example, tea," Xu Zehong explained, "Nomads rely on milk and meat as their staple food, and there have never been any Mongolians who are not addicted to tea;
Let’s talk about Yangzhou itself. The local Han people drink more tea. "
"This is very unreasonable," Xu Zehong said, becoming more and more excited. "Dynasties throughout the ages have regarded tea as an important strategic material to contain ethnic minorities;
Kublai Khan himself also began to purchase Sichuan tea in 1268, and gradually purchased tea from various places in the south of the Yangtze River in 1275. In 1276, he established the Duti Department of tea gardens in Changhu and other places to "pick tea buds for the imperial government";
However, "The Records of Great Powers" written by Su Laiman, a merchant from the Western Regions in the 8th and 9th centuries, clearly mentions tea;
It is also natural for people in the Central Plains to like tea. If Marco Polo really served as an official in Yangzhou, it is impossible that he had not received Han people. Did all Han people drink coffee at that time? "
The words "coffee drinker" made Zhang Jing laugh.
"Also," Xu Zehong said, worthy of being a professor, "Others include traditional Chinese medicine, chopsticks, foot binding, and cormorants, but he didn't mention any of them."
"Other foreigners, such as the 14th-century Yin Kingdom traveler Mandeville in "The Travels of Jazz";
Also, Colonel Henry Yule of the Yin Kingdom, who retired in 1862, mentioned these things in "Great Powers and the Road to Great Powers";
Besides, even if he really had never seen these things, Marco Polo, a foreigner, had never gotten sick after serving as an official in Yangzhou for three years?
Didn't a Chinese medicine doctor treat him? "
At the end of his words, Xu Zehong concluded, "So I guess he has never been to Yangzhou at all, let alone served as an official there."
I feel that Xu Zehong is so awesome, he actually overturned history, and he was well-founded.
In his heart, Zhang Jing agreed with Xu Zehong's judgment. There were 45 fragmentary pages, a lot of numbers, but there was no mention of common things such as tea, Chinese medicine, chopsticks, foot binding, and cormorants.
"What does it mean that there are as many as seven or eight references to "the sublime light of the Great Khan" in the fragments of the page? "The housekeeper Leya interrupted the two men to think.
Xu Zehong looked at Leya and explained, "I guess Marco Polo may have only gone to Persia, which is now Polo;
After hearing about the Yuan Dynasty from the local people, I imagined Kublai Khan to be great, like a fan worshiping an idol, which was a bit blind. "
"Could it be a kind of treasure?" Leya asked with wild imagination. "A good thing that makes people not sick, not afraid of the cold, and has strong fighting power?"
Xu Zehong was confused, "Why do you have such a guess?"
"The ghouls and large ghouls in the Western cultural world evolved based on the image of the Mongolian army."
Leya introduced with a serious expression, "It is said that they are never tired, can sleep on horseback, eat enemy corpses, do not light fires at night, are not afraid of cold, etc."
Zhang Jing looked at Xu Zehong subconsciously.
At the same time, Xu Zehong also looked at Zhang Jing silently.
The discussion was originally about history, but Leya actually got involved in metaphysics.
The key point, combined with the contents of the first and second chapters of the 45 fragmentary pages, seems to be "The Sublime Light of the Great Khan". . . seem. . . It seems like it might be a treasure?
The air suddenly became quiet, so quiet that you could hear your heartbeat.
Mouth moving, Xu Zehong reorganized his thoughts and said, "Among the five ancient Xixia books snatched from the Japanese, two of them have been translated;
It was mentioned in it that the front-line vanguard general of the Mongolian army had an astonishing physique, and his arm strength and endurance were unbelievably strong;
Wielding a hundred-pound mace like a wooden stick, it can easily draw a ten-stone hard bow. "
"Also," Xu Zehong added, "from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, one pound was equivalent to 600 grams today."
"It should be just an example," Zhang Jing reminded, "General Li Guang can "shoot rocks and drink feathers." "
Xu Zehong shook his head, wondering if it was not written in the "case" book.
"The top priority is to find out what the 'Noble Light of the Great Khan' is," Zhang Jing ordered to himself and Xu Zehong, "This matter has the highest priority."
"We need copies of the thirty-seven ancient Xixia books collected by the Xining Museum," Xu Zehong suggested. "Having the Yuanjue Sutra as a dictionary will be very helpful in deciphering the Xixia script;
Even if no clues are found about Genghis Khan's tomb, the secret of "The Great Khan's Sublime Light" may be deciphered. "
Zhang Jing put his hand on his forehead. He was a treasure hunter and never asked for help.
He was even willing to give up great benefits to defend freedom.
Unexpectedly, he needed to go back to Liang Jie to persuade him.
You can also go to Wen Li, but Zhang Jing doesn't want to be a "child who won't grow up."
"This matter is confidential," Zhang Jing waved to Liya and Xu Zehong, "You guys go out first, I need to be quiet."
The two should leave, and Leya closes the door.
After sitting in a chair and thinking for five minutes, maybe ten minutes, Zhang Jing took out his cell phone and dialed Liang Jieyang's number after sorting out what he wanted to say.
Liang Jieyang is worrying about his future in the historical hotel next to the Avenue of Stars.
Just because her father is grandma's youngest son and cannot inherit the Liang family business, she can only become a sideline in the future.
With a severance package of no more than 2 million yuan, find a job in the family company or make your own way.
If you don’t want to create a huge gap in living environment, there are only two ways.
One is to marry directly into another wealthy family.
The second is to find a potential stock to assist and reach the top with the man.
Zhang Jing is the potential stock she wants, and it's great to have Wen Li as her backer.
The only drawback is that it has no background.
But it doesn't matter, one has Wen Li as his backer, and the other has the surname Liang, which is equivalent to the merger of artifacts, and can completely create a new family.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Jing would rather not have thirty-seven ancient Xia texts than her.
It’s so shocking!
So insulting!
Is she, Liang Jieyang, that bad?
For this reason, she went to Temasek to prepare for a thorough investigation of Zhang Jing.
As a result, Ding Jiaqi persuaded her to pretend to be weak and create a chance encounter, so she came to Los Angeles again.
However, she would not pretend to be weak, nor would she create a chance encounter. She was completely at a loss and didn't expect someone to call.
First he was slightly stunned, then he became happy. He cleared his throat and made sure his voice was colder before answering Zhang Jing's call.
