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15 years later, Ji Mo looked at the polished Buddha statue in front of him. It was a jade Buddha, the size of a palm, sitting on a lotus flower. Outside, the pure heart also comes from the inside, so that everyone who sees it can feel that kind of peace and tranquility.

"Your skills are getting better and better."

The Buddhist doctor is old and looks like an old man in his 50s or [-]s. The wind on the grassland is so strong that his skin can't hold moisture, and it has been dry and yellow early. In fact, he is only in his [-]s now, but the wrinkles on his face can already be seen. Save the sand from the wind.

Ji Mo smiled, and passed the Buddha statue over. The current polishing technology is very poor, there is no polishing machine, and there is no abrasive paper. He rubs it with jade sand continuously, and washes it with water from time to time. Just like that, the whole process is completed little by little. The polishing process also took nearly half a year to ensure that every angle is round enough, and there is no stiffness between the turning points, just like the facial expressions of the Buddha statue, they are all equally soft.

"It's finally finished before tomorrow."

Feeling a little emotional, Ji Mo said to the Buddhist doctor, "I'm leaving tomorrow too."

"It's a pity, any time, as long as you want to, go west and you will be able to see the Buddha Kingdom."

The Buddhist doctor said to Ji Mo that he will leave tomorrow, and the older people probably want to return home with fallen leaves. He wants to return to the country where he came, the Buddha country in his heart, and he also wants to go back to the country he has seen and heard along the way. If you want to take it back, let the Buddha know what he did.

Originally, he persuaded Ji Mo to go with him. There are never too many craftsmen who can carve Buddha statues, but Ji Mo refused.

"The city on the prairie sounds very good. If it was a year ago, I might have gone to see it." The Buddhist doctor said with some regrets, his body could no longer withstand the rush, and the newly appointed patriarch agreed for him to leave , and even sent someone to escort him, but these people would definitely not be able to accompany him to see that city.

"Langri City sounds like a place full of light. I don't know if the patriarch welcomes Buddhist doctors. Maybe people from the Buddhist kingdom will go there to have a look."

Buddha is a foreign sect. Their way of thinking is to compete with local witches for territory on the grasslands. They rely on their better medical skills, plus the abandonment of some priests, and the patriarch's seizure of power from the priests. living soil.

Even so, some tribes absolutely do not accept Buddhist beliefs. If they regard all suffering as they should in this life, wouldn't it mean that they should be willing to be bulls and horses in their entire lives, beating and scolding with big tribes?

"It's a new city, and it's certainly welcome."

Ji Mo said so, Lange sent someone to pick him up, and he will set off for Langri City tomorrow, to see with his own eyes the size of this city at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, the initial brilliant imagination gradually evolved into He couldn't help but smile again for the earthen wall that was closer to reality. The beginning of civilization is always relatively simple, and maybe it will get better slowly.

"hope so."

The Buddhist doctor expressed his best wishes to him, and presented him with some packets of medicinal powder. Ji Mo accepted it and thanked him, which was regarded as an early farewell.

During these years in the big tribe, he has been taken care of by Buddhist doctors.

Early the next morning, Ji Mo, who was sitting on the cart, took a bag of carving tools and a bag of sculptures, and left with several men on horseback. Among them was Ji Xin, who had already grown a beard. Ji Xin looked at Ji Mo and felt worried, "It's not good if you don't know how to ride a horse, you have to learn it in the future, my son can run circles on a horse, you still like this..."

It's really sad!

"It's okay," Ji Mo smiled at him with his head tilted. The strangeness between the brothers who hadn't been in touch for a long time seemed to dissipate in this sentence. Looking at the rough-looking brother who looked a little strange, Ji Mo said, "Anyway. I don't go out very much, besides, with the city, wouldn't it be settled down?"

It seems that the big tribes that have taken root are almost not moved very much. They have special herdsmen to go after the pastures. They don’t need the patriarch’s tent to follow the sheep and horses. They have been there for many years, just like a fixed place. landmark building.

There are also tents and some gifts on the cart, which are gifts sent by Lange to the big tribes here. Since the construction of Langri City, Lange's name has flown to every corner of the grassland. Knowing that he is already the patriarch of a large tribe, and he is no longer in the position that would be difficult for giving tributes in the past, such a polite reciprocity also eliminated the previous conflicts.

"It's settled down, it's time to get married, my mother has asked me several times."

Ji Xin came out with Lange to establish a tribe, running here and there. These years, he worked a lot. When Langri City was built and he had a fixed residence, he brought Ji's mother with him. Ji's mother was already very old. When I grow up, I don't do anything anymore, and now it's normal to follow my son.

Originally, Ji Xin wanted to take over A Lie and A's family, but A Lie refused. He had a new child, a child born to another female slave. The children he brought won Allie's heart even more.

"Don't worry, my carving skills are not very good, wait until I can really carve a work that has been handed down through the ages, and then think about it."

Ji Mo said and glanced at the system screen again.

[Main task: Carver. 】

[Current task: professional knowledge learning - (97/100)]

There are only three points left, maybe a few years, maybe a dozen years, maybe a few decades, the theoretical knowledge is complete, the rest is practice, a lot of practice, I will still be very busy in the future, and I have no time to worry about my wife child thing.

"Are those stones so important?"

Ji Xin frowned deeply, as if he didn't understand why Ji Mo ran away with a male slave, and he also didn't understand the meaning of Ji Mo's being among those carvers for many years, not eating or drinking properly , may not even talk about how valuable the carving is, is it worth it?

He has seen the things from the south brought by the caravan, and occasionally there are beautiful carvings among them, which look similar to those made by Ji Mo, but the price is extremely high, but if you want to sell what Ji Mo made Give them, even if it is not the same price, no one will accept it.

Therefore, in Ji Xin's mind, this thing has no price, but was brought here by those caravans to scam money.

For something like this, Ji Mo is so persistent, is it worth it?

"The stone is not important, but the skill is important." Ji Mo replied with a smile. The understanding of this aspect must be different between the two. He explained in detail, "The value of a sculpture depends partly on the material used for the sculpture. At least it will not be lower than the price of the material, and other added value, handwork is the decisive factor..."

"Okay, okay, tell your mother the truth, she has been waiting to see you for a long time."

Ji Xin interrupted him with a wave of his hand, looking very impatient. When he was young, he was still willing to listen to these sermons. When he was old, he didn't even bother to listen to what Ji's mother said. Nanbianer is good, he has seen it before, Lange was able to become the current patriarch of the big tribe, and he also took them to the south several times. It is indeed a rich place, but it is not suitable for them.

Lange could see it clearly, he understood that such a civilization could not really bow down, just like there would always be some slaves who would risk their lives for freedom.

But he also envied that kind of civilization, bright civilization always has a dazzling charm, different from those who like to grab it, Lange hopes to build an equally enviable civilization by himself, so , He built a city—Langri City, a city that is as bright as the sun.

What he wants to develop is his own civilization, the civilization of the grassland.

This kind of ambition, when spoken out, makes people yearn for it, and just thinking about it makes one's blood boil.

Ji Xin was one of those who surrendered to such ambition, and Ji Mo might be one too.

Looting has never been a good habit. In the end, it is hard to say who assimilated whom. However, if you want to create a civilization, think about it. After such a feat is completed, this person, the person who completed this matter, is probably a well-deserved king on the grassland.

At that time, I am afraid that the system on the grassland will have to be changed, and it will no longer be as loose as it is today. Similarly, works belonging to this civilization, whether it is sculptures or anything else, will occupy a place in history.

The car was bumpy and it was not easy to carve. Ji Mo chatted with Ji Xin. Ji Xin talked about Ji's mother's current situation. She is really old and her eyes are a little blurry.

"If it's a few more years, she might really not be able to see you clearly."

Hearing this, Ji Mo felt a little emotional in his heart. When he left, he didn't expect to be gone for such a long time. If he said he felt guilty, it seemed a little bit, but it was not deep. The time we really get along with each other is too short, on the contrary, we are not as close as the brother Ji Xin, so we let it go after thinking about it.

The topic suddenly turned to Ji Xin's children. His wife is a woman who belongs to the prairie by the standard. kind of.

Ji's mother will occasionally help to look at it, but she is not a serious mother-in-law, and she will not intervene in the child's upbringing. Where is the hometown.

Ji Xin also went to Mother Ji's hometown to see that in a small border town, the entire town was once killed, and those who survived became slaves and brought back to the grassland, where people lived again later. , but they are not the ones of the past. After going around, it was a war, and finally brought back only a branch of peach blossom. On the branch that has not bloomed, there are some green buds, which still look like spring.

That branch of peach blossom was carefully cultivated by Mother Ji. It was first planted in a pot, and after moving to Langri City, it was removed from the pot and fell into the courtyard wall.

In Langri City, it is in the style of the south side. Every household has its own yard. The designers and craftsmen who built this city are all slaves. They seem to have integrated their expectations of their hometown into the city. It adopts the style of the south, and at the request of Lange, adds some elements representing the grassland, showing a unique aesthetic feeling.