The world enters the age of mythology.

Immediately afterwards, the investigators also reported their observation results: "The other party's mood is mostly defensive, with a hint of curiosity, and maybe some malice, but it is not particularly obvious. There is also a hint of embarrassment, it should be the bird .”

"The oddest of all was the bird, which seemed to possess simple intelligence, and was attracted to our fruit tree, and was very eager to eat."

"There shouldn't be too many fruit trees on their side, and their fruit gardens were not found in the investigation data. No wonder the birds lost their composure."

At the same time as the heated discussion in the rear, the communication in the front began to stumble.

The big parrot still wants to eat fruit, and sometimes it has to translate a little bit, which makes it very difficult to communicate.

On the contrary, the micro-camera on the Yunhai side worked very hard to translate, because Lu Yiming agreed, and after it was done, he would take it to the universe that he longed for again!

With such a big commitment, the tiny camera has never been more frenzied, and all kinds of translations strive to be as accurate as possible.

It has never been so reliable!

After stumbling and communicating for a long time, Lu Yiming finally understood what the other party meant.

"Well, what the other party probably means is this. They call themselves Jin Wenming, and they come from the powerful Jin Empire. This general's surname is Zhao, and his name is Zhao Yi. Well, the name is not too important, let's just think so …They are a civilization that advocates a culture of etiquette, and it is also a civilization that worships ancestors, and they are willing to communicate with our civilization and execute various trading options.”

"They are also a country that is good at farming. They have abundant food and valuable biological species. They are willing to use the food on hand to buy our technological products. They are also willing to buy more technological knowledge."

"Basically, that's the situation. It's still a bit difficult to communicate now."

It's a bit bumpy now, mainly because the big parrot is unreliable, but it's always a good thing to be able to communicate.

"They have a lot of food on hand? Why does it sound weird..." Lu Yiming couldn't help feeling bitter, "However, ancestor worship sounds very in line with the image of the Eastern cultural circle. I don't know how reliable it is."

"The food here..."

The Sea of ​​Clouds really has no shortage of food. In the Nightmare Continent, it has planted a whole large plain of food!The reserve of high-energy sugar pills alone is enough to feed 30 people for 10 years!

Of course, high-energy sugar pills can only replenish energy. Nutrients such as vitamins and amino acids cannot be replenished out of thin air. Therefore, taking this kind of food for a long time will lead to malnutrition.In the end, it still has to be matched with vegetables and meat to achieve a balanced diet.

On the contrary, he was more interested in the dragon in the sea and this big parrot.

"However, the content of the other party's conversation also proves to a certain extent that food is still a very valuable trade item on the Yanghe River. It is consistent with the information provided by the Nubi people." It was Colonel Dai Lun who spoke, "I don't feel any danger at the moment."

Through foreknowledge, he almost knew that there was a high probability that the next three hours would be safe.

As long as you follow the process, you'll be fine.

"The other party has valuable biological wealth, maybe we can discuss this aspect."

Lu Yiming nodded, looked at the parrot on the other side, and asked again: "Dear General Zhao, let me take the liberty to ask, if we want this parrot that can only talk, what price will we have to pay?"

He added: "Of course, if it's not for sale, we can drop the offer."

Yunhai will not buy or sell by force just because of a parrot.Just one supernatural creature, one more is not much, and one less is not much.

The tiny camera does a great job of conveying this meaning to the past.

If the mosquito-like voice is recalled in my mind, I don’t know why, the meaning of this voice can be fully understood, but it always brings a sense of irritability.But these Jin people have also been trained and can tolerate this kind of irritability very well.

"They want our parrot. General..." A staff officer following behind had a strange expression on his face.

General Zhao from Jin Wenming also paused, showing hesitation.

The mother of the green parrot fused with a drop of blood from Lord Shenlong and became a strange beast.

After the blood is fused, it is equivalent to the descendant of the dragon, and generally speaking, it is not for sale.

But this parrot seems, probably... to be an exception.The cyan parrot is just a descendant of a strange beast. In fact, it is a little bigger than the average bird, and has only a little translation ability, a little higher intelligence, and almost no other functions.

There are more than a dozen similar parrots, one for each sailboat.Many can be born every year.

In addition, it performed so poorly this time, so there is no problem selling it.

Chapter 485 The shock brought by technological civilization

"Yes!" General Zhao nodded slightly. In the conversation just now, he thought he was friendly with this technological civilization.

First deal that shouldn't be easily missed.

But when the parrot heard that he was going to be sold, he fluttered his wings and screamed anxiously.

As a creature with rudimentary intelligence, it is very smart. If it changes its master, who knows what kind of miserable life it will lead?

However, the parrot has no human rights, and its objection did not bring any hindrance to both parties.

The two sides were still talking enthusiastically, and the smile on Lu Yiming's face was even worse. There was no need for it to translate, and the two sides could complete some preliminary conversations only by gesturing.

Soon, the parrot remembered something. If it was traded and its owner changed, wouldn't it be able to eat the fruit here?

Under this kind of self-comfort, the magical parrot rolled its eyes, changed its mind, and calmed down.

"Whoa! (Deal, deal!)"

“(very good! very good!)”

General Zhao of Jin Wenming was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect this parrot to sell himself, so he couldn't laugh or cry, and shook his head slightly.

But no matter what, you have to sell it for a good price.

He thought for a while, and made a suggestion: "Dear Yunhai, you only need to pay the price of 200 incandescent bulbs, and this parrot will belong to you."

This time, the parrot started to translate very vigorously.

"Light bulbs! Light bulbs... 200!"

"Bulb?" Lu Yiming quickly realized, with a slight smile on his face.

Light bulbs can also be regarded as general equivalents commonly used among ancient civilizations.

Incandescent lamps can provide light in dark environments.

Most importantly, it can provide the necessary light source for plant growth at night.

The spectrum of incandescent lamps is basically complete, allowing most plants to grow at night.

In a completely dark environment, the gap between being able to grow a small amount of vegetables and not being able to grow vegetables at all is too great.

As for the generator needed for the light bulb to glow... Maybe this Jin civilization has already bought a generator.

"What do you think?" Lu Yiming said in a low voice through the earphones, "There is no need to bargain for such a small-scale transaction, right? The other party probably wants to get something casually so that they can make a deal when they go back."

"This conversation is just an appetizer, and we will formally communicate with us later."

Ding Yuan, Liang Zhenhui and other staff members discussed for a while, and it didn't take long before they came to a conclusion: "If you exchange 200 tungsten light bulbs for a supernatural creature, you must make money. No problem, let's do it like this."

After all, it was just a small deal, and for both parties, it was just a drop in the bucket.

In this way, after friendly consultations, the drone quickly delivered this batch of supplies from Kunlun Mountains.

"Please wait a moment, we will deliver the goods soon."

"Oh, the goods have arrived."

The general in black armor raised his head and looked at the flying objects in the sky. He delivered the box containing [-] light bulbs to the table with great precision, and then "buzzed" up and flew away.

He was still expressionless, but the thoughts in his heart were almost guessed by the observers.

"They just had an emotion of shock, curiosity."

"It seems that there are very few technological civilizations on the Yanghe River. They were surprised for a while even to deliver goods by drone."

"They know very little about us."

"There is nothing to despise each other. Don't we have talking parrots?" The voices in the earphones were discussing in a hurry.

In this way, the Yunhai and this mysterious Jin Wenming completed the first transaction since contact.

A giant parrot changed 200 light bulbs and started a new chapter in friendship.

Both parties were very satisfied with this transaction, and agreed to start the next exchange in two days.

Watching the wooden sailboat and the dragon hiding in the water slowly leave, Lu Yiming breathed a sigh of relief, stared at the parrot on his shoulder, and said, "Let's go, let's go back too."

"Jin civilization..."

he is looking forward to

The destroyer slowly changed direction and returned to the base camp.

Studying this talking parrot has become a great joy for people.

Many experts kept teasing it: "How many people are there in your Jin civilization? What is the most powerful hole card? How powerful is the dragon, and is there a more powerful mythical species?"

"Wow? Huh? Bottom card? Bottom card? Come on!" The parrot's IQ is indeed not very high. After changing to a new environment, it can't understand the Chinese on the Yunhai side.

"Is there anything in your place that scares you? For example, how was that dragon raised? Was it viviparous or oviparous?"

"Cultivate, cultivate? Ga!"

It can only understand the original language, but not Chinese. Now it just imitates people's speech, but it doesn't know the real meaning.Therefore, it is almost impossible to extract more information from this big bird.

It is too heavy, with a body length of 1 meter and an estimated weight of 26 kilograms. It can't fly at all, and it doesn't know what to eat to grow so big.

The big parrot originally thought that after changing its owner, it would be able to eat delicious fruit, but in the next second it was locked in an iron cage, and the voices of "wow (eat, eat)" rang out one after another.It flapped its wings, trying to break free.

However, Lu Yiming didn't intend to feed it fruit at all. What if it died from eating it?He didn't want to take that responsibility.

Half an hour later, the destroyer arrived at Yunhai Pier, and everyone disembarked to undergo a professional physical examination.

This big parrot was sent to a professional animal trainer.

"It should have simple intelligence, but it doesn't understand our language yet. It may be useful in the future after domesticating it well." Lu Yiming said, "By the way, this bird is stronger than normal birds. It's best to analyze the reason. How did it happen?"

"No problem, for this kind of creature with a little intelligence, the food training method is the most effective." Several experts took over the iron cage with great joy...

……

When everyone on the Yunhai held a meeting, Jin Wenming's wooden sailboat finally returned to the pier on the edge of the floating island.

The old emperor and the ministers had already known the news through the means of flying pigeons to send letters, and waited eagerly on land.

General Zhao Yi, who was the leader, took a deep breath while carrying a plastic box containing a large number of light bulbs, and stepped off the boat step by step, as if he was holding some precious treasure.

"Your Majesty, fortunately, I have come into contact with technological civilization!"

"How?" The wrinkles on the old emperor's face trembled.

Zhao Yi clenched his fists: "After my observation, the other party may be...the strongest civilization we have ever come into contact with!"

S.

Everyone on the land gasped.

Getting two hundred light bulbs at the cost of one parrot is not the biggest achievement in this business.For them, what they saw and heard this time was even more shocking.

The curiosity brought about by a powerful technological civilization is really too great...

The metal ship made purely of steel is 10 times larger than the wooden sailboat, and the sailing speed is even faster!

A large number of flying objects are actually routine means, so extravagant that they can be used to transport light bulbs!

Especially the headquarters hidden behind the destroyer, just a few words and peeking from a distance already made people feel exaggerated or even absurd.

"Artillery? Do they have artillery?"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes, a large number of cannons!" Zhao Yi gestured to the size of the cannons, "There are about thirty cannons on a ship, and the middle cannon is as big as a house. Not to mention, the steel How many artillery pieces are there on the mountain?"

"A giant steel mountain floating on the water? How big is it?"

Even the old emperor was shocked. Various unspeakable thoughts arose in his mind, and finally turned into a sigh: "Hey, no wonder all civilizations are flocking to collect Xia Wenming's technological heritage."

Xia Wenming, the most powerful scientific and technological civilization in the legend, even if these ancient civilizations could not decipher the content inside, they are still flocking to collect it.

Xia Wenming's legacy, even if it is just a spaceship hull, can be sold for a sky-high price.The most typical one is a silver-white metal, its hardness can easily cut through steel, and a small piece the size of a palm can replace hundreds of light bulbs.

A minister of the Ministry of Industry standing nearby also sighed: "Sacrificing to evil gods is a way of no return, and developing technology is the right way!"

Technology, technology, they have known the existence of technological civilization for a long time, and they also knew the importance of technology during the long journey.

However, it is limited by many factors such as history, knowledge and resources, and it is difficult to get started!

The population of Jin civilization is too small, there are not enough intellectuals, and there is no primitive accumulation. The threshold of industrialization is really too big, so big that it is unimaginable...

It is difficult to describe the complexity of this emotion in words.

Just like at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang, a minister of the Qing Dynasty, went to the United States and saw the prosperous America at that time.

It was the Qing Dynasty at that time. Li Hongzhang saw the 100-storey Empire State Building. It happened that the day was so cloudy that he could not see the top floor of the building!

Compared with the backwardness and decay of the Qing Dynasty, the feeling of powerlessness and shock is hard to express in words.