It was with such doubts that Liaozi returned to Huayang Kingdom.
The construction site that had been delayed for many days is busy again. Agriculture, handicrafts and construction industries are moving hand in hand. The number of people coming here is gradually decreasing, because the remaining people are still preparing for farming and canal repair in Jiangzhou City in the coming year.
But it doesn't matter, the news about the founding of Huayang Kingdom has been spread. It won't be long before those tribes who know that Huayang Kingdom will no longer be invaded by floods will move there with their families. Anyway, Shu people rarely have ancestral land.
The people from Guanghan are an exception. After all, they are descendants of the Wulong clan.
Yuan Zai expected to dig out the tomb of the human king Huang Ji, but after several days of construction, no bones or other things were found according to the reclamation report, and the people in Jiangzhou also had other ideas.
If the human king's bones were not dug out, then your claim that the Ruins of Guanghan is the land of the Five Dragons would seem to be a bit of a lie. The human king was not buried here, so what kind of ancestral land it is.
When Yuzai was making a boat, he met Haoqizi, who explained his purpose straight to the point.
After hearing this, Yu Zai said:
"So, you lead the Hu people out of the mountains and teach them fishing, hunting, farming, pottery, and domestication... Do you want to unite and become a king in the south of the river?"
"You are such a potential danger, you are not afraid that I will kill you, and you come here to ask me for advice. You are really brave."
Luozi smiled slightly:
"I am somewhat confident in my abilities, and I have some strength among the tribe. I have killed earth beasts with my bare hands..."
"Besides, you are the ones who want to leave. Do you really care about me?"
Yu Zai shook his head: "If you can say this, it means you don't understand why I want to help Huayang found the country."
"Then if that's the case, just take a punch from me."
Luozi laughed: "One punch is too few, why not ten punches?"
Yu Zai teased: "Oh?"
"Then give it a try."
So Yuzai stood up and punched Liaozizi.
The latter's expression remained unchanged and he immediately greeted him, but the expected punch did not appear. He was punched by Sun Zai and was sent flying away. He rolled far on the ground and felt a pain in his chest, but it was not enough to vomit blood.
Yu Zai smiled and said: "I didn't kill you! Look, you think you can catch my punch, but in fact you can't catch it at all."
"It's like the Huayang people are just like you. You think they are as poor as you. You think you can achieve success by learning their system, but is this really the case?"
"I've seen you in the past few days. You're here to observe the mountains and terrain, and you're always hanging around where the Huayang people work. Do you want to see their true strength, and then choose whether to rob or not, so You are said to be very simple, but where would a robber come to the door of the target’s house, shouting that he wants to come in and sit down?”
"There are also nine punches, come?"
Ruanzai flicked his wrist, and Zhuozi's expression changed. He was already a leader known for his strength in the tribe, but he could barely punch the person in front of him.
He decisively chose to give up.
Decisiveness never comes in vain.
Yu Zai nodded: "Very good, let your people come over and help the people of Huayang Kingdom with their work."
Qi Zi did not ask why, he knew he would get his answer. The Qi Zi once said something similar, indicating that some things did not need to be said.
The people of Huayang were a little wary of the Pu people, but they thought that accepting the Pu people would attract more tribes, so they became very kind.
Yuanzai asked the Pu people to break up and go to work in different places. At first, the Pu people were unwilling, but Xiuzi told them that it was all for learning skills, so they went.
In just three days, when the big boat was about to be ready, Xiezizi came over.
Luozi went to work in a farmhouse, and his expression looked a little strange.
"I went to see the Pu people I brought with me. They have almost become Shu people. It has only been three days, and they have lost their original hostility. Why is this?"
Yu Zai smiled and said: "It seems that their sense of belonging to Huayang Kingdom is higher than that of your tribe."
"I am happy here and don't think about the beast."
Luozi was a little confused, and Yuzai explained:
"Some people have a sense of belonging to you, not to your Baipu tribe. Some people with different cultural accents gather together and call themselves Baipu. Are you really people who are advancing and retreating together?"
"Compared with Baiyue, you are not as good as Baiyue. You cannot understand the weight of the word country at all. A country is not big, but it is more important than belonging. Only with belonging can there be a system. Today you are teaching the people of Baipu to cultivate and make pottery, or to rob the east and west. Luo, as soon as you leave tomorrow, they will clamor to disperse and leave. The whole tribe is like being made of mud and will be crushed by you with one punch."
"As for the system, that comes after cultural recognition."
Lengzi asked confusedly: "I know about the country, but the Huayang Kingdom is also a union of tribes. Why can they become a country? Why are the people of the country higher than the people of the tribe?"
Yu Zai: "No matter what the states became later, when states first appeared, there were two types."
"The first is the career of the aristocratic leader. It is the relationship between the oppressor and the oppressed, the controller and the controlled. It is a collection of people who rule and develop based on the rules set by the aristocracy."
"The second is the cause of the people, and the people of a country are just a collection of many people united based on the consistency of the law and the common interests."
"The law is the rules and systems I am talking about. No matter what kind of country, whether it is a noble or a countryman, they will stand in front of it at all costs in order to maintain this system. No matter what kind of system, they will stand in front of it at all costs. There are both good and bad aspects.”
"So, when a Pu person wears the same clothes, speaks the same language, and has the same habits as a Shu person, is he a Pu person or a Shu person?"
Xiangzi was even more confused. He was going to say he was from Shu, but Yu Zai said:
"No, he is from Pu, because his ancestors are neither in Guanghan nor Xiling."
“You still don’t fully understand what belonging and culture are.”
Ruanzai didn't keep him to eat, but just told him that he would leave here in two days at most.
If the Pu people want to attack Huayang Kingdom, there is no need, because Yu Zai said that you may not be able to bear the result of being crushed to pieces.
"There are two ways, and you have to bear the consequences."
Liezi found a person, his name was Cuo, which means residence, and he was born in a cave.
Later, Liezi came from afar and took them out of the cave. Cuo was the most loyal person to Liezi.
Looking at the girl who had changed her hair style, Xiezi fell into silence.
Shu people tie their hair, similar to those in the Central Plains. People in the Central Plains also tie their hair, as do southerners and Dongyi people...
Is this what is called cultural identity?
Or assimilation?
They worshiped the same ancestors and regarded Yan Emperor, Huang Emperor, Shaohao, Zhuanxu and others as their ancestors.
This is assimilation, but in the process, perhaps as Yu Zai said, there are two roads, bleeding and drifting or the whole family surrenders.
"Hey, are you still willing to serve Puren?"
"What did you say? Of course! As long as you say leave, I will leave now."
"What if I die?"
"this……"
Chuo suddenly started to stutter, but Liaozi seemed to have found some answers.
He thought of the people who were most similar to the Pu people, that is, the Dongyi people. Why was Shaohao not a Dongyi person, but he was sacrificed by the Dongyi people?
Maybe the answer lies here.
