Regarding Guo Kang's narration, little Jeanne and Zhu Wenkui said nothing for a while. But Monk Daoyan heard the implication and asked: "Master Guo has been deliberately discussing this country. Does it have something to do with the subsequent strategy?"
"It is related." Guo Kang saw what he saw and said directly: "We have actually been paying attention to the entire Mediterranean world. The situation in each region needs to be investigated for future planning."
"Master Dao Yan should also be able to observe that we are actually very short of manpower here. If we want to participate in trade in the future, we will need a large number of manpower to work. This must be planned in advance."
"So you chose England?" little Jeanne asked curiously.
"Of course. For this kind of thing, you must choose a place where the locals are the docile." Guo Kang explained.
"Huh? That's right..." Little Jeanne suddenly realized.
"Even that place is too far away." Zhu Wenkui commented: "If you don't tell me, I can't even think of what it has to do with you."
"It's not far." Guo Kang said, "Besides, we do have a close relationship there."
"The ancient name of the British Isles is Albion. According to local records, this name comes from a Greek princess named 'Albina'." Guo Kang introduced:
"It is said that at that time, the king of this city-state, Diodikas, had thirty daughters. The king arranged marriages for all of them, but the princesses were very arrogant and unwilling to surrender their power to others, so they decided to join forces to murder their husbands... …”
"Aren't these thirty Queen Wei..." Zhu Wenkui was speechless for a moment: "The Greeks are really scary."
"That's what Greek princesses are like." Little Jeanne pointed out.
"It's a story after all." Guo Kang heard what she meant and quickly continued: "Although there was a conspiracy, the youngest princess was unwilling to continue and leaked the conspiracy. The king was very angry and ordered the twenty The nine daughters were loaded into a rudderless boat and allowed to drift. But eventually the boat drifted to an island."
"The eldest princess Albina was the first to land on the island, so she claimed that she owned the land and was recognized by her sisters. After that, these people collected fruits on the island and gradually learned to hunt, so they survived .”
"But their evil nature did not change, and they later got together with a local demon called 'Nightmare'. Those giants that followed were their descendants."
"But in the end, these giants, including the 'Gorgamao', were all wiped out by the relatives of the Romans. So these strange and powerful things were gone, and then came the age of humans."
"It's really strange. What is this nightmare? How can a human being give birth to a giant?" Zhu Wenkui obviously didn't understand.
"I don't know, is it just a story?" Guo Kang himself didn't know how this setting came about.
"The giant is easy to understand. The nightmare is a ghost in dreams? Can he be killed?" Zhu Wenkui continued to ask.
"Okay... As for the nightmare, it is probably what the Qin people call a mourning ghost or a demon dog. It is the kind of ghost that confuses people and molests women. According to "Jie Jiu", just beat it to death." Guo Kang thought for a while and explained forcefully.
"What is this?" Little Jeanne didn't understand either.
"It's the official ghost exorcism manual of the Qin State in ancient times." Guo Kang told her: "This title means asking, and blame means disaster, which means to inquire about the techniques for dealing with disasters. But there is also a theory that it is a pseudonym for Ze. It means asking the mythical beast Bai Ze how to deal with monsters."
"At that time, everyone believed in the existence of ghosts. Therefore, in view of the rampant rampage of ghosts and the harm to the people, the government specially recorded and distributed these methods of identifying and dealing with ghosts to teach everyone to avoid disasters."
"Does the imperial court even care about this..."
"The imperial court is also responsible for the work of the church. You see, the church often does exorcisms and so on." Guo Kang said: "And the Qin State has a special liking for formulating rules. They even know how many seeds to sow in each field, There are national standards for how to adjust different seeds. I feel that if there are no regulations in any aspect, they will feel uncomfortable."
"Then how do they deal with nightmares?" Little Jeanne asked curiously.
"If it's humanoid, it's called a 'Sorrow Ghost'. Ai Tong Ai means a ghost related to love. This thing is obviously the same type as a nightmare."
"According to records, this kind of ghost will intermarry with human women and make each other happy. Because they can seduce people, they are still very harmonious with each other. It will take a while before the disaster will appear. It is a special kind of ghost. Encountered When it comes to this, use thornwood as the head of the awl and peach wood as the handle, pierce its face, or beat its heart, and the ghost will be eliminated and it will never come back again."
"If it's an animal-shaped ghost that's harassing a woman, it's easier to just kill it and eat it. Once the ghost is eaten, it won't cause trouble again."
"The people of Qin know it, and the people of Great Qin probably know it too. Anyway, the principle is very simple. It can be seen that it is not difficult to eliminate the nightmare." Guo Kang actually forcibly completed the mythical story.
The Qin people's ghost exorcism model actually consists of two steps: the first step is to use special props or rituals to make the ghost show up its health bar; the second step is to kill the ghost - if you can't beat it, call more people.
According to their legends, in order to deal with some big monsters, they would even directly send out troops to attack. In short, it is very simple and crude, and you can basically learn it at a glance...
Of course, in this story, the name Albion must have nothing to do with a Greek princess or anything.
The word should come from "Alba" in the local Celtic language, which means "white" and refers to the white cliffs on the shore of Dover. Later it became "Albania" in Latin, and later "Albion" in Norman. In fact, it has the same etymology as Albania in the Balkans. Both of them, and even "Alps", may be similar place names left by the Celts when they migrated.
However, this was originally intended to forcefully demonstrate the relationship between the Greek region and the local area as a basis since ancient times. Forging evidence documents, or even directly using legends to make claims, are very common things in this era. After all, we really don’t have any reliable history and textual research traditions.
"Since the English themselves have ready-made stories to spread, of course they can be used directly." Guo Kang pointed out: "Look, from their ancient myths to their later tangible and verifiable civilization development, they are all closely related to us. contact."
"Other barbarians more or less have their own myths and stories to rally and unite everyone. The English simply don't even have their own myths."
"Now there is only the story of King Arthur, which is relatively local. But King Arthur himself is a Roman remnant, and his story is also a Celtic story that was oppressed by the Angles and exiled to Brittany. It has been passed down from generation to generation and gradually improved. It finally took shape on the part of the Normans and the French. That’s why there are a lot of French elements in the Arthurian story and it was so popular with the Norman rulers.”
"I guess they did this kind of propaganda solely to counter the cultural influence of the Anglos, but it's also good for us, right?"
Zhu Wenkui seemed quite interested. Monk Daoyan originally seemed to want to say something, but after hearing his words, he also started thinking.
(End of chapter)
