Zhang Yumeng looked indifferent. Just kidding. When you go out and entertain someone, it's just to show your face. Who cares about you at home?
Besides, I have also walked on the red carpet in Cannes, so if I put on a dress and keep a business-like smile, I'll be fine.
"Report something, Taihuang County, something, Xiongnu, something Qiuci, what are these, the writing is messy, and you said it before, the future writing must be unified, so what have I learned? use."
"Oh, as soon as I learned it, you all changed the words, so wouldn't I be Bai Xuela?"
"Haha~~~!"
Yang Qian was happy.
“Did your previous Chinese language education come from a physical education teacher?”
"Um~~~ You also know that physical education teachers in our country are generally weak and sickly. It's the same everywhere."
Yang Gan covered his head, shook his head and sneered.
"The characters of our Central Plains are passed down from generation to generation."
"When Cangjie first wrote books, they were based on pictograms, so they were called wen."
"The earliest writing we used was oracle bone inscriptions, which is the origin of our Chinese characters. It was probably used from about 16th century BC to 10th century BC. That period happened to be the Yin and Shang Dynasties."
"The Yin and Shang dynasties were a dynasty with a very strong sacrificial atmosphere. The King of Shang was convinced that the souls of his dead ancestors were around the gods, so when the King of Shang wanted to contact the souls of his ancestors, he used oracle bone divination."
"The next step is bronze inscriptions, which were probably used from 1300 BC to 219 BC."
At this time, Zhang Yumeng interrupted, "Jin Wen, by the way, you kept talking about Jin Wen and Jin Wen last time. I thought it was the writing of the Jin Kingdom?"
Yang Gan glanced at her, "You know, there is a thousand-year difference between the Jin Kingdom you are talking about and the Jin Wen we are talking about."
"Bronze inscriptions are not the characters of the Jin Kingdom, but this kind of writing is more like an inscription, engraved on bronze vessels. Bronze. Bronze was also called "gold" before the pre-Qin Dynasty, so the characters on bronze vessels are also called bronze inscriptions. .”
"The inscriptions usually only have one word, usually a surname or a clan emblem. There are also some longer ones that commemorate a certain person or record important times or sacrifices."
"Next is Xiaozhuan, which was used from 221 BC to about 8 AD. Xiaozhuan is the first standard font of Chinese characters, and bronze inscriptions are the source of Xiaozhuan."
"Xiaozhuan was established in 200 BC, when the State of Qin prescribed a unified form for three thousand commonly used characters."
"The next step was the Qin and Han Dynasties. At that time, official script was used. By this period, we modern people can basically understand about one-tenth of those characters."
"After official script came regular script, which is also called Zhengshu and Zhenshu. It is a variant of Han official script. After the evolution of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was not fully developed until the Sui Dynasty."
"The regular script style has been our standard font from the end of the Han Dynasty to the present because it is well-proportioned horizontally and vertically, clear, square, beautiful, and easy to recognize."
"At the stage of regular script, although it is still traditional Chinese characters, modern people can already recognize at least 90 out of 100 characters."
"Therefore, Chinese characters are the only characters in the world that have been passed down to modern times. They are inherited from the same origin. They are the longest-used characters in the world and have the most far-reaching influence."
Yang Gan said, a look of confidence gradually appeared on his face.
"What I mean is very simple. People in the era of regular script must know some official script, and people in the era of official script must know some small seal characters."
"So you don't have to worry. If you learn to write, you won't be afraid even if you unify the characters in the future. There will definitely be no obstacles."
"Really?"
Zhang Yumeng was a little suspicious, mainly because Yang Qian was getting more and more thief, and sometimes he would make fun of himself.
Zhang Yumeng always felt that he was very smart, but he always felt that he had nowhere to go with Yang Qian. This kid seemed to be on the verge of becoming a spirit.
"Then what does this official document say? You seem a little~~depressed!"
Yang Gan nodded helplessly.
"The situation in the Western Region is more complicated than I thought."
"Tell me, haven't you always been thinking about the Silk Road? It's always better to make money from other people."
Yang Gan nodded.
"Just think to yourself, we are completely different from modern society now."
"If you use US dollars, you will not be able to avoid the fate of being harvested. Use other currencies. It will be more troublesome if the value depreciates."
"But it's different now. All we trade now are metal currencies. In fact, I prefer gold. If I can earn gold from other countries, why not do it."
"Tsk~~~ You are a real thief. Do you want to empty out the Western Region?"
"No, I think it's better for the Western Region to be mine. What I want to make is the wealth further away."
Zhang Yumeng looked at Yang Qian, even though she didn't like thinking, she faintly noticed the ambition hidden in his eyes.
"Do you still want to conquer the Western Regions?"
Yang Gan shook his head.
"It's not that I want to fight, but I may or may not fight. When I first started, I thought the Western Region was just a few countries and the Huns."
"In fact, that's not the case. The Western Regions have already had trade relations with the Central Plains, but they have been trading with the Liao State. They didn't find out until Taihuang County fell into my hands."
"The Liao Kingdom has a vast territory, what does it not have? And it is not interested in things from the Western Regions. But our Xia Kingdom is different. We have lived in the north for a long time, so naturally there are many things missing."
"For example, in Wufeng County, if sericulture can go to the south, the output and quality can at least double the original basis."
Yang Gan clicked on the official document.
"This is a report sent by Tian Zong. It has been here for several years. It can be regarded as a summary."
"The countries in the Western Region often fight, and they are not peaceful anyway. There is no movement among the nine leading countries, especially Wusun, whose strength should not be underestimated."
"In addition, the Western Huns have some unclear relations with these leading countries. Anyway, it is a mess!"
"However, I have asked Tian Zong to continue the investigation. There is not too much information. Now we can start trade. Regardless of whether we want to kill them in the future, the main thing is to make money now."
Yang Gan thought very clearly that among the thirty-six countries in the Western Region, Wusun was the stronger country. According to the situation learned from Gulandanna, there must be at least 180,000 soldiers.
This can already dominate a small-scale strategic-level conflict.
Therefore, Yang Gan had to guard against it.
Thinking of this, Yang Qian couldn't help but tighten his fists.
"Asshole~~~"
Zhang Yumeng said helplessly, "What's wrong with you?"
"Seeing Taihuang County doing business with the Western Regions, I seem to have pink eye!"
"You should do it too, what's the use of just watching?"
Zhang Yumeng feels that as long as they make money, it may not be a good thing to go together. When one person makes money, when there are two people, they have to reduce profits. When there are three people, they are all ready to see who will die first.
When there are four, five, or six people, they actually don’t know that this is basically holding them together until they die.
Unfortunately, Zhang Yumeng's understanding of the world is never as profound as Yang Qian's.
"I really want to go. How do I get there? Are you going to carry me on your back?"
"It's crazy to travel across the entire Xia Kingdom. The shipping fee alone is enough for me to eat a pot. It will take half a year to transport it again, unless I'm crazy."
"If you want to make money, you still have to wait for when the canal will be built there and you can transport a large amount of goods there!"
"We have to have official cooperation during this period. If rails can be built across the country, the speed will not be slowed down. It's just such a huge project. Unless the canal is built, how can I have so many slaves on hand?"
Zhang Yumeng regretfully said, "It would be great if there were five million slaves. We can build whatever we want."
"Pfft~~~!"
Yang Qian almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, she really dared to say that.
What the hell are five million slaves? How much food must be used to feed them, and how many personnel must be used to guard them.
There are now 1.4 million slave guards, which is already stretched thin. Every time the camp is built, the people are pulled there. Otherwise, if the slaves riot collectively, just ten thousand people will be divided into dozens of guards, and it will be difficult to live.
After thinking for a while, Yang Qian picked up the pen and annotated the official document:
Wait and see what happens, beware of outsiders, ensure the safety of your own caravan, protect Fujiko Jin's safety, do not use weapons, any actions must be reported, and you must not take the initiative to attack.
Compared with the tranquility of the Central Plains, the situation in the Western Regions is not chaotic, but it is also very complicated. The main reason is that when there are many countries, they have to fight each other in order to survive.
But the situation in the Western Regions is different from that in the Central Plains.
The countries in the Central Plains are almost the same in strength, so they all fight on their own, but it is different in the Western Region. Strong countries are very strong, and weak countries are very weak.
Whenever a strong country wants to conquer a weak country, the weak countries will gather together and fight together.
But it is not without loopholes. This loophole is fatal. To put it nicely, these countries are all small countries. To put it ugly, they are all tribal in nature, with some nomadic nature. They just settled in an oasis and built cities. Then settled down.
Although there are oases in the Western Region, there are also a large number of desert places, but the area of oasis is larger now than in later generations.
Zhang Yumeng tilted her head, her face full of depression.
"That place in the Western Region, aren't you just interested in the Silk Road? Even idiots know it, but you don't seem to be in a hurry?"
Yang Qian pursed his lips and raised the corners of his mouth, feeling that Zhang Yumeng had indeed made some progress recently.
"You are indeed right. As I just said, transportation is inconvenient. Besides, why is there a Silk Road? That's because I didn't have power at sea before."
"But once I gained the ability to go far across the ocean, the importance of the Silk Road dropped by at least 30%."
Yang Gan's eyes gradually became sharper. "Don't forget, there is a country full of spices and food can be cooked three or four seasons a year. I will not give up on such a chosen land."
Zhang Yumeng thought about it and was instantly horrified, "You, you want to take advantage of Asanguo?"
"Hmph~ The land was given by God. Who can I blame if I can't keep it? The world's treasures are for the virtuous. What qualifications does Ah San have to occupy them? In any case, they will benefit other enemies. How about benefiting me? The caste system is still very good. of."
