"This is the Red Sea. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch Sanbao once came here. When the sailors saw the blood-red sea water, they were scared to death. In the end, the eunuch Sanbao ordered people to bring several buckets of seawater up, and found the fiery red seawater. Seaweed, this solved the confusion in my heart..."
On the deck, the adventurous King Shangtai was explaining the origin of this sea to the soldiers. A group of sailors who had just finished wiping the deck gathered around him and listened with interest.
"The Red Sea is not a sea of blood. It is precisely because a lot of red algae grow here that it has a faint red color under the sunlight. This has been the sphere of influence of the Egyptians since ancient times, and this Egypt is recognized by the West. One of the four ancient civilizations..."
"It's a pity that this country has failed to live up to its expectations, and its civilization has finally come to an end. Now it has completely become a European colony!"
"What do you mean civilization is broken?" someone among the soldiers asked in confusion.
"Idiot, civilization is broken, it is broken... To put it bluntly, we have forgotten our ancestors!"
Xiao Letian, who was looking at the desert scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait with a telescope, laughed when he heard King Shang Tai's explanation. "Haha, your explanation is very insightful. I have never thought of explaining the problem of civilization from this perspective!"
Xiao Letian sat next to the soldiers and said with a smile, "What King Shangtai said makes sense. Being cut off from civilization will naturally lead to the situation of forgetting the ancestors..."
"Egyptian civilization basically rose at the same time as our civilization, or even earlier. It should have started in our Xia Dynasty, after Dayu controlled the floods... The ancient Egyptian kingdom has experienced many rises and falls, but by BC For more than 300 years, probably in the middle of the Warring States Period, this civilization was attacked by surrounding empires..."
"This is an important event node in the end of ancient Egyptian civilization. First, there was a large-scale invasion by the Assyrians, followed by the full occupation of the Persian Empire. Finally, Alexander the Great destroyed the Persian Empire. As a result, ancient Egypt did not recover. Finally, Egypt passively began to compete with Europe. Fusion of civilizations…”
"The rise and fall of a civilization takes a very long time. As a human being living today with a life span of only a few decades, it is difficult to feel it... It often takes hundreds of years for us to realize that we have lost a lot of things. !”
"This is what the Egyptians are like. Their descendants unknowingly accepted a new writing and language, and believed in a new religion and values. Gradually, they could no longer understand the murals and writings left by their ancestors, and they did not know What secrets do those towering pyramids and ancient cities in the desert hold..."
Xiao Letian let out a long sigh, "This is a very sad thing. Think about it. Everyone who has joined our Chinese race today has forgotten what happened to the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. They can't understand it at all when holding ancient books. The gods that our ancestors believed in are also forgotten." Forgetting everything completely...isn't this kind of thing the severance of civilization?"
"Not only that, people have even forgotten the clothes and food of their ancestors... This shows that the roots of this nation have been completely cut off. This is a terrible thing. Because the roots are cut off, future generations want to solve problems and learn. , we can only seek answers from other cultures, and the final outcome can only be assimilation by other civilizations..."
Xiao Letian's words left everyone present speechless for a long time. People really couldn't accept the scene described by the head of state.
"Ah? You've even forgotten your ancestors! Does that mean these ethnic groups don't worship their ancestors?"
"Yes, the head of state made it very clear. They have even changed their religious gods so many times. Why do they still need the ancestors if they no longer want the gods and Buddhas?"
"That's right, I can't imagine it!"
All the soldiers present shuddered involuntarily. They couldn't imagine what that scene would be like. According to Chinese values, you cannot worship your ancestors or go to temples to worship the gods and Buddhas of heaven and earth. This is simply treason. .
Not to mention the severance of writing and language. The so-called continuation of civilization means that modern people can tell a historical story from three thousand years ago anytime and anywhere. The myths and legends of Xia, Shang and Zhou can be told by ordinary people at any time.
The ideas left behind by the integration of vertical and horizontal lines and the contention of a hundred schools of thought during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods can still provide reference for future generations of Chinese people. This is the benefit of the continuation of civilization.
In Xiao Letian's eyes, is the chaos in Europe really a mess? In fact, the conflicts between countries during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were a hundred times more chaotic than in Europe today. Our ancestors actually left many classic examples of war thousands of years ago. It just depends on whether future generations are willing to learn from them.
If you understand the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, you will naturally be able to understand the international situation without a teacher.
Xiao Letian patted the shoulder of the soldier beside him, "So, what are we Chinese fighting for? So that our Chinese civilization will not be cut off by Westerners... At least I will still worship my ancestors in the future! I forgot. We can’t do anything related to our ancestors!”
"Hahaha... The head of state is right! The tragedy that happened in Egypt cannot be repeated to us Chinese. Whoever dares to invade us will be beaten until his mother doesn't recognize him..."
Amidst the roar of laughter, the observer's roar came from above: "We see the port... The Suez port is ahead, and the pilot ship requires us to start from the formation..."
Xiao Letian had no time to talk nonsense at this moment. He strode towards the captain's room and said, "Meeting, emergency meeting!"
Soon, the senior officials of the expeditionary force gathered together and started discussing nervously around the map.
"The Suez Canal is 190 kilometers long, and it takes at least 40 hours to pass one-way..."
"Yes, this canal is very narrow and can only allow ships in one direction to move forward in a row. It cannot travel in both directions at all, so the canal company has set up pilot boats in the four lakes for management..."
"For example, if ships from south to north pass through a string, after all the ships have passed and the canal becomes empty, ships from north to south on the other side will be allowed to pass through, so the efficiency is very low..."
"The Great Bitter Lake is the largest lake among them. Ships waiting to pass through the canal have to anchor here. We also have to reorganize here and form a column before we can pass..."
"The French will definitely make a fuss while we wait for the canal to be adjusted. I guess the black hands will be in the Great Bitter Lake!"
"Therefore, I ordered the entire army to enter Level 2 combat readiness. During the waiting period, all soldiers are not allowed to go ashore to rest... If encountering provocation from other countries, everyone must endure it! We cannot give France an excuse to intervene!"
"Those gangsters will definitely try their best to keep us, and we must not let their plot succeed!"
"Yes! Head of state, promise to complete the mission!" There were orders in the captain's room, but no one thought that the French conspiracy was more sinister than Xiao Letian guessed.
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This is really an embarrassing ranking. We Yinlong have many book friends, right? Why can’t I subscribe to Life and Death? There are three to four hundred people in the WeChat group, and there are almost a thousand book friends in the QQ group. There are so many hundreds of book friends, so is the ranking so low?
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