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Chapter 2132 Flower Controversy (Forty)

Similar to European writing, we can recognize the same word no matter it is in Gothic or italic, while Chinese characters have six ways of writing.

The oldest writing style is "seal script". This font is usually used to engrave seals or seals. Lin Gua will leave his own seal after completing his works for Chinese customers. Collectors will also collect a famous painting. Leave your own stamp.

Seal script has developed several different forms, which are generally used as inscriptions or prefaces of books.Later, the seal script evolved into "Clerical Script", which is Qin Xin's palace writing method, and all documents drafted by the government must be written in Lishu.

Later, "regular script" appeared, which is a standardized font, and literati who want to get ahead learn to write regular script.Then evolved into "cursive script", which is a quick writing form, or a free style, but the strokes of the font cannot be omitted.Conversely, for shorthand, "cursive script" allows writing in a concise and quick manner.People who do business often use this style of writing, and some ancient books also use cursive script to write their prefaces.

"Song Ti" is a font named after the Song Dynasty.During the Song Dynasty, printing technology was greatly developed.The so-called printing technique is a type of letterpress printing technology that engraves Chinese characters on wood. This technology was invented in the early 10th century AD, and 40 years after the technology came out, the Song Dynasty was established.Of all the fonts, this type most resembled the one Nick had seen on the lotus note.

In Water Margin, Gao Yu was favored by the emperor because he was good at Cuju, and Cai Jing became the prime minister of Song Huizong because he was good at calligraphy.Many people think that Song Huizong should not be an emperor, he should only be an artist. The thin gold script he wrote has almost become an orphan in the Chinese art world. The idiom "a word of gold" comes from his writing.

Even if it is a very ordinary painting, if his inscription is left on it, it will become invaluable.Cai Jing is also very good at calligraphy, and the two of them may have a lot in common.Similarly, the relationship between Heshen and Qianlong is similar, but Qianlong's handwriting is not as good as Song Huizong's, which allows Heshen to imitate his handwriting, and Song Huizong's handwriting is so good that no one can copy it, even Cai Jing Also only good at running script.

One of his poems that is handed down to the world reads:
Fang Fang depends on the green calyx, glowing in a courtyard,

Zero dew is drunk, and the residual glow seems to melt.

Danqing is difficult to write, good fortune alone retains merit,
Dancing butterflies on the fragrant path, chasing the evening wind gracefully.

Beautiful things such as dancing butterflies, misty fragrances, lingering clouds, and evening winds filled his life, but he didn't know that it was a different scene outside the palace walls: on the banks of two rivers, dying in mutual pillows, the voice of injustice , Howling in the wild.

Every night, hundreds of expensive ambergris are burned in his palace. It is said that this spice will produce the lofty artistic conception of the Penglai fairy island with a vast sea and sky, and also have the pleasing temperament of the fragrance of birds and flowers, and has strong penetrating power and lasting effect. The fragrance is long-lasting and is often used by him at banquets.

Not only his handwriting is beautiful, but even the process of his writing is beautiful, but all this ended at the moment when the Jin army invaded the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Europe also has a system of paying ransom in exchange for hostages. The British meat ticket that was tied up by pirates last time was released after paying 7654 silver dollars.

The Jin Dynasty is a dynasty also established by the Jurchens, and even the dynasty established by Nurhaci is also called "Great Jin". Aixinjueluo means Jin in Manchu.

Many people in Southeast Asia fled overseas because they hated the Manchu rule during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Ryukyu envoys also worried about whether they should shave their hair. Later, after negotiating with the Qing Dynasty, the Ryukyu people were allowed to keep their clothes. So these former immigrants moved around in the costumes of Ryukyu people.

Japanese hairstyles are actually ugly, but they still think braids are uglier.When Ryukyu resumed its tributary relationship with the Qing Dynasty, Japan’s trade to Fuzhou via Ryukyu did not revive. As Satsuma’s logistics based in Osaka took a place, Ryukyu’s interests were almost snatched away by Satsuma.

Japan refused to join the tributary system, and the Qing Dynasty did not intend to go to war, and maintained trade in a relatively peaceful manner, so the mutual market system was formed.

Taking Zhengde's new regulations as an opportunity, Kangxi established Guangzhou Shisanhang, which followed the name of the Ming Dynasty. "Xing" means gang in Chinese. These businessmen with bad records will kill chickens and drink blood with the money of the gods, exchange vows, and stipulate the regulations of the company.

Unlike the firms in Northeast China, Guangzhou Shisanhang did not have a tooth shop. They directly acted as guarantors for the identity of foreign merchants and crew members. Foreigners were arranged in a riverside corner surrounded by city walls, isolated from ordinary citizens of Guangzhou.

In the middle of the 17th century, with the development of the New World, the supplier of European furs changed from Russia to the Americas, so Tsarist Russia needed to find a new market.

The Haixi Jurchens were also fur hunters and fishers at first, and they mainly provided a kind of sable fur.

Mink fur is also very popular in Europe. A cloak may require hundreds of mink fur. Tsarist Russia has always been eager to integrate into the European cultural circle, so Tsarist Russia began to expand.

In the process of expansion, they touched the territory of the Jurchens, which is what they call the "Land of Dragon Prosperity". When Kangxi and Peter the Great finally ended the war that started with their fathers and decided to sit down and sign a treaty. Found a problem.

At that time, the contact between the two countries was caused by the expansion of Tsarist Russia. In the early years of Kangxi, the Central Plains were not stable, and he had no time to look north.After going through military confrontation and negotiations, the border between the two countries needs to be marked on the map, but the Tatars have never done that. They only have a copy of the "Jilin Nine Rivers Map" drawn by Lang Tan as a reference. It was not accurate at all, which made Kangxi determined to use Western-style surveying techniques to draw a new map.

In the newly drawn "Huangyu Panorama Map", at least Jiangsu is definitely not allowed. It is cut into hundreds of islands by countless rivers. This may be based on confidentiality considerations, but it is not just foreign missionaries, foreign missionaries Merchants and travelers also surveyed and mapped. The map drawn by Dorrington is used in many countries, but it is not accurate enough, so the East India Company invited Nick, a Frenchman who may have moved freely in China, to survey and map.Those were the main two reasons Nick could think of getting himself into trouble.

The oars creaked from time to time, but the surroundings were silent. It seemed that the two kidnappers who captured Nick didn't talk much.

Through the gaps in the sackcloth pockets, he noticed that it was already dawn, and he had been thinking about this unlucky thing since he woke up, and then he couldn't help feeling a sense of anxiety.Fortunately, this feeling of anxiety did not last long. As soon as the boat touched the shore, the kidnappers lifted him up from left to right, and he felt that he could walk without needing to touch the ground.

They should have come to a small island covered by a tropical jungle, with thick fallen leaves on the ground, and branches constantly hitting Nick on the road.

After maybe half an hour, Nick felt that he had walked into a house. This was mainly because of the flat ground and the sound of clanging weapons. It was only at this place that the kidnappers untied the sack from Nick's head. open.

This is a very ordinary yard, which is very common in the countryside, but considering that it is built on a small island, it is a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task to move these wood and stones.

There was a long table in the yard, and a tall man was sitting on a chair beside him. He was wearing Ryukyu clothes and a scarlet cloak.His face looked pale, as if he was seriously ill. Behind him, a group of people were wielding swords. It didn't look like a duel, but more like some kind of practice.

A thin man clutched a large cock whose comb was red as if it was bleeding.At first it was quite honest, but as it got closer and closer to the tall man, it began to struggle violently, constantly flapping its wings, and the wind mixed with chicken feathers flew around, and the thin man could hardly control it.

The tall man looked at it blankly, and after a while he picked up a sword on the table, drew it out with a "shua", and then waved it casually, and the chicken head fell to the ground.

At this time, the chicken was still struggling, as if its body had not yet been separated from its head. The thin man held the decapitated chicken and aimed its bloody neck at a bowl. After filling the bowl, the chicken gradually stopped moving, and then the tall man picked up the bowl containing the blood and drank it like water.

If it weren't for the fact that it was broad daylight, he would have looked almost like a vampire.

"Do you know who I am?" the tall man asked Nick in English after drinking the blood.

There was blood at the corners of his mouth and between his teeth.

"No..." Nick replied with some fear, "Did I participate in your ceremony?"

The tall man frowned in confusion.

"I heard you kill chickens for your rituals," Nick said.

"Master, this is drinking medicine." The tall man said impatiently, "I was bitten by Hu Mancao. To detoxify, I have to drink chicken blood, and it's still noon."

"Do you know what Humancao is?" the skinny man asked Nick arrogantly.

"I've heard from sailors," Nick said calmly, "that grass looks like human hair, black and thin, but its flowers are red and the size of a grain of wheat."

"It also has a name called Forbidden Woman. There are so many people, but I came back alive alone. If you answer honestly, I will spare your life. If you dare to talk nonsense, you can stay and be a medicine guide for me. "

Before Nick could react, the skinny man had already dropped the big headless cock at his feet, and it flopped twice.

It was only then that Nick remembered that Juren said that whenever someone beheaded someone in the vegetable market, someone would buy the blood of the executed prisoner and take it back as medicine.

"Understood?" the tall man asked.

Nick nodded quickly.

Immediately afterwards, he squatted down, regardless of the bloody smell in his mouth, and began to ask Nick the question he wanted to ask.

(End of this chapter)