Codex of the Old Gods: I Have a World

Benjamin Goldberg’s head is full of beautiful mountains and rivers, full of mathematics, physics and chemistry.

During the trip, he often stayed overnight at the homes of local Tibetans, which was better than sleeping in the wind and dew outside.

Although he has poor hands-on skills and seems clumsy, he has many clever ideas in food, clothing, housing and transportation, which makes him quite popular.

The more experienced you are, the more you understand the meaning of this kind of white tent.

Damn, it's easy to live in, but it's hard to get out. You have to leave and work for at least three years.

Seeing that he persisted, Ram was a little disappointed.

The lives of local people are half immersed in secular life and half supported by the concept of reincarnation. They do not suffer from life worries like the Han people.

Ram's disappointment came and went even faster. He instantly put on his smile again and pulled Benjamin Goldberg to a smaller and dirtier tent.

Two little puppies were fighting, trying to follow them in.

But Gan Fan took them back one by one and growled in a low voice. The two puppies looked at the tent, then at Gan Fan, then turned around and followed Gan Fan to the white tent.

In the small and dirty tent, Benjamin Goldberg's cry came out: "Stop, this is my first time..."

Immediately the sound was lost in the cold wind.

The sound was intermittent, rising and falling, and soon the silence started again, and it didn't stop much throughout the night.

The next day, Benjamin Goldberg walked out of the tent looking depressed.

The radiant Ram is busy.

Just as he was about to pull up the tent and drive the sheep to graze, he saw a fast horse galloping in the distance.

A man with a red face dismounted his horse and shouted a few words to Lamu's father. After that, Lamu's family looked miserable.

Benjamin Goldberg yawned, drank milk tea, and ate the glutinous rice cake.

He grabbed Ram and asked, "What happened?"

Lamu said worriedly: "The Kashag troops are ready to resist the new Han ministers stationed in Tibet. The Kashag troops will take away our herdsmen's cattle and sheep..."

"Then let's run away quickly?"

"There are too many cattle and sheep to escape."

Benjamin Goldberg imitated Zhao Chuanxin, crossed his chest with one hand, rubbed his chin with the other, thought for a moment and asked: "Ram, that man, is he here to inform you?"

Ram shook his head: "He wanted to exchange the furs for our cattle and sheep, because his sheep were taken away by the Kashag army. But Abba did not agree."

Seeing that the man hadn't left yet, Benjamin Goldberg quickly took the scroll off his back.

It was a complete map, with several routes marked in particular detail, and Benjamin Goldberg even made a lot of notes on the route he took.

He glanced at the map, traced the route with his fingers, estimated the time secretly, put away the scroll and stared at Ram with bright eyes and asked: "Ram, I have a way, are you willing to believe me?"

It was someone else who thought about it carefully, but Ram nodded: "I believe you."

"..." Benjamin Goldberg thought to himself: How simple must the people's customs be before they can trust strangers after a short sleep?

He inherited Zhao Chuanxin's character - if Ram has too much on his mind, that's all. Ram trusts him, and he will help him to the end.

He yawned and said with a pale face: "Ram, I want you to become the Lobsang Dolma of this land."

Zhao Erfeng is known as a hardliner.

He became the minister in Tibet, and people in Kashag were panicked.

On the Kashag side, in the name of suppressing bandits, they mobilized Tibetan troops to Qamdo, but in fact they wanted to use force to resist.

No matter how hard you try to disguise the motive, this is already considered a blatant rebellion.

Supplies were difficult in this era, especially in Tibet where there were plateaus, and the army was in chaos along the way.

Many herdsmen's cattle and sheep were looted, leaving only their furs.

Cattle and sheep are the basis for the survival of herdsmen. In desperation, the herdsmen are willing to exchange their accumulated furs for cattle and sheep, and the price is astonishingly low.

No one else was willing to change at this time.

And Benjamin Goldberg used the Ram family’s cattle and sheep and his own savings to purchase furs and specialty products in large quantities.

Also let Ram say to everyone: "Tashi Delek."

Ram, who was accustomed to a nomadic life, could not help but feel panicked as he watched his flock of sheep wither.

Benjamin Goldberg said to her: "Ram, you must smile. Only Losbang Dolma's smile will make the herdsmen feel at ease."

At the price of the scrap, Benjamin Goldberg received not only the furs, but also some gold and silver jewelry taken from the bead strings.

In the end, the yaks that became the plateau boat could no longer carry it anymore, so they gave up.

The herdsmen who came to exchange for cattle and sheep had to put their hands together, hold the 108 rosary beads that had lost their precious accessories, and bow down to thank the selfless Lobsang Dolma for helping them tide over the difficulties.

Benjamin Goldberg often took out the scroll and compared it with the directions and markings.

Ram couldn't understand and asked: "Nanga Bawa, why do you always look at this?"

Namjagbarwa is Ram's nickname for Benjamin Goldberg. It's not a name, it's a nickname.

Because the surname in Benjamin Goldberg is originally Goldberg in English.

Benjamin Goldberg's explanation is that Gold means gold, and Berg means mountain. Together they are "Golden Mountain".

In Tibet, there is a peak called Namjagbarwa Peak. If you stand at the right place, at the right time, and the sun shines down, that mountain will turn into a golden mountain.

Namjagbarwa, translated as a war spear piercing the blue sky.

Benjamin Goldberg pointed to the map and explained: "Before heading west, I made preparations for half a month without telling my master. I drew the map, inquired about the routes and folk customs, and found out where the Central Plains and foreign merchants were. Ram, you see, there are British merchants here, and Russian merchants to the north. To the east, here is a place where the northwest camel team called Malin must pass. And Nagqu has a larger pasture... Ram, you Do you know what this means?"

In Hankou, there was a time when Benjamin Goldberg went out early and came back late. Zhao Chuanxin was still wondering what he was doing. In fact, he began to prepare for his journey to the west at that time.

Ram knew nothing about business and shook his head in confusion: "I don't know."

Benjamin Goldberg had no choice but to patiently break it into pieces and explain: "We can sell the furs along the way, then go to the pastoral areas to buy cattle and sheep, and drive them back to exchange for furs. Zhao Erfeng defeated the Kashag easily, but the war will not officially start until at least next year. .During this period, we can make multiple trips back and forth, allowing you to become Lobsang Dolma and expand your flock dozens of times..."

Ram's eyes widened in surprise: "Nanga Bawa, is this really feasible? Businessmen are cunning. The sheep are too big. What should we do if we miscount them?"

The entire Ram family cannot read a few characters, let alone mathematics, and cannot read more than ten numbers with their fingers.

"Isn't it me?"

So Ram happily hugged Benjamin Goldberg and said, "My Nanga Bawa, you are really amazing."

"Ram, let's take a shower tonight..." Benjamin Goldberg was about to choke.

Benjamin Goldberg was once a handsome and handsome young man, but now he is in disrepair.

He defines himself as a dog-headed military advisor, but the Ram family regards him as their iron-clad son-in-law.

Everywhere furs were sold, Benjamin Goldberg negotiated prices and settled accounts, and the fur products were turned into money.

Benjamin Goldberg wouldn't accept hidden money, and no one could fool him.

Foreigners saw that he was fluent in Chinese, Tibetan and English, and talked about astronomy and geography freely, as if he knew everything and was very young. Some people want to recruit him, some people propose to take him to study abroad, some people... In short, Ram is scared enough, for fear that his backbone will be tempted to leave by cunning foreign businessmen.

It wasn't until all the furs were converted into money and Naqu was exchanged for countless cattle and sheep that the Ram family truly put their hearts back into their stomachs.

Ram happily sang an unknown ditty and drove the cattle and sheep back.

Benjamin Goldberg called to the two milk dogs behind him who had grown up a lot: "Gelsang, Suba, follow quickly."

Gesang is Gan Fan’s smart daughter, and Suba is Gan Fan’s stupid and naughty son.

The two dogs have now become qualified shepherd dogs.

The names were all given by Ram, Kelsang means "wishful pearl", and Suba means blindly Tibetan medicine.

Hearing the call, Gesang ran forward and brought back the strayed sheep.

Suba, on the other hand, was having fun on the spot, looking stupidly at Benjamin Goldberg.

It wasn't until Qianfan let out a low roar that it spread out its four legs and followed him like flying.

At night, Benjamin Goldberg roasts a leg of lamb over a campfire.

Gan Fan, Gesang and Suba who were lying next to them suddenly raised their heads and looked warily in a certain direction.

Immediately a distant howl sounded.

Ram's expression changed slightly: "No, we must have been targeted by wolves during the day."

Benjamin Goldberg put the leg of lamb aside: "It doesn't matter, let's go tell them who is the real owner of this land..."