[Group Wearing Song Dynasty] The Glory of the Sky

The news sounded almost magically unreal.

In the early winter of last year, their two steel ships successfully tested the water one after another, leading a group of sailing teams to the west.

Although there is no guidance from GPS and world maps, at least there are many modern tools that can help.

Liu Xi hung up the phone and rushed out, took Lao Hu, who was smoking at the door, to be the driver, and rushed to the port in an hour.

Along the way, he felt like he had won the lottery.

Sure enough, they are not the only continent in this world.

Although You'an didn't say much about other countries and civilizations on the phone, even if there is a little information, it is equivalent to seeing more lights in the isolated island.

Besides the Song people, besides the Mongols, there are other people living in this world!

Although he doesn't expect the civilization of those countries in his heart, after all, it is impossible for the Western Hemisphere to start preparing to launch rockets as soon as the Eastern Hemisphere entered the Renaissance.

But in this way, large-scale maritime trade, world conferences and scientific co-construction can all be included in the agenda, and the trend of globalization can be gradually promoted in recent decades.

"I heard that the round-the-world voyage is over, are you so excited?" Hu Fei shifted gears and took the time to glance at Liu Xi: "Are you in a hurry to change the shift and travel abroad?"

"No," Liu Zi sat upright and said, "I've really run out of coffee."

The car stopped near the first seaport in Linguo, and the sound of the whistle indicating loading and unloading could be heard in the distance.

Director Luo of the Maritime Safety Administration heard that Liu Yuanshou was coming, so he brought people to greet him not far away.

In his hand, he held a tablet that was transmitting data, on which the relevant sea trade transaction records were constantly being updated.

When the Linguo fleet went out, they brought 5 taels of silver and 1 taels of gold. When they came back, although the money was not spent, every ship was so full that it was almost overturned.

Several ships were damaged to varying degrees halfway, but they were obviously refurbished with better wood, and the inside and outside were painted with moisture-proof and anti-corrosion tung oil, which seemed to be better than before going to sea.

They followed the guidance along the way to several trucks, and the drivers were signing to confirm the relevant information.

The door of the carriage was open, and there were nearly a dozen small trees of different ages in full bloom.

The leaves of this tree are emerald green, and the insulation bag covers the protective area, and even the red fruit hanging from the top is well protected.

Liu Xi picked up the small red fruit that fell into the basin, peeled off the red peel with his fingernails, and found the white core inside.

"Is this green coffee beans?"

"That's right." Director Luo said with a smile: "This coffee tree grows between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer. Because of this, we found a primitive continent south of the equator - the indigenous people on it have dark skin. , is a race that has never been seen before."

"The whole body is black?" Liu Xi asked curiously, "Do you have any photos?"

Director Luo signaled his subordinates to pack the goods and took him out of the car.

Along the way, they encountered two primitive continents where civilization and population were not prosperous, and the northern sea and land where the neighboring countries were established.

"It seems that that place is in the westernmost part of Mongolia, and we are not sure." He showed him the simulation map that had been prepared on the tablet, pointed to the direction of Northern Europe and said, "We accepted the British Empire there." , France and many other kings, they seem to speak Old English."

Liu Xi's eyes moved, and he asked: "Is it similar to the etymology of the foreign language roots we learned?"

"It's exactly the same."

Xin Qiji was leading people to help them code them into the book. He vaguely saw Liu Xi's figure and walked over quickly.

"You'an." Liu Zi called out with a smile: "Captain Lu, what good things did they bring back? Pearl, emerald, agate?"

"More than that," Xin Qiji wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said seriously, "Compared to those things, I think you should understand a story I just heard from the captain."

The current King of Britain is known as Henry II.

Their fleet stayed in the ports of Britain and France for a long time two or three months ago, and they heard many strange things because of this.

The first event was the establishment of Oxford University.

It is said that there were no universities in England originally, and people who wanted to study further had to go to France or other European countries.

And just this year, Henry II had a big quarrel with the French king Philip II. As a result, the French king directly angrily drove the British scholars from the University of Paris back to England, and under the call of the British king, Oxford University was built together in a small town, and more and more scholars and students began to gather here.

"I heard from Captain Lu that many countries over there are still in a state of unity of politics and religion." Xin Qiji took the tablet and called up a photo on the public platform: "They said that the church under construction is called Paris. Notre Dame will be completely completed by the end of this year."

In the picture, most of the rose-white church has been completed, and the Gothic steeple has been erected high.

"The French emperor has a bad temper." Liu Xi laughed and said, "When Lin Guo settles down, maybe I have time to pay a visit."

Xin Qiji did not expect him to say such a thing, showing a slightly surprised expression: "Do you want to go to sea to see?"

"Yeah." Liu Xi stretched his waist and said, "There are two years until the general election, and then I can be honored to leave work and do what I want."

The young man looked at his idle and relaxed expression, lowered his eyes and smiled, and put down many words in his heart.

It took the fleet nearly seven days from unloading to tallying.

A large number of jewelry and handicrafts were sorted out, a few were presented as awards to the upper echelons of the Senate, and most were sold to public auctions to fill the treasury.

The ship brought back some coffee trees and rubber trees. Although several died on the way, the impact was not great.

Coffee has been a luxury from the mutation until now.

Liu Xi also drinks a small amount of tea on weekdays, but relies more on the mellow taste of coffee.

With the cultivation of green coffee seeds in the future, after two or three years, there will be patches of coffee trees growing in the greenhouse in the agricultural garden, and you can irrigate as much as you want in the future.

Seeing that midsummer is about to enter, many public places and even banks have begun to be transformed into public places to enjoy the cool air. Both new and old city residents are completely accustomed to spending their lives in the cool breeze.

There are more and more merchants selling ice in small freezers on the street, and ice cream and ice cream are also in short supply.

The factory was notified of the high temperature order early in the morning, and the corresponding high temperature subsidy was given or temporarily suspended.

Xin Qiji knew that Liu Xi was greedy for coolness, but he was unwilling to turn the temperature at home too low, for fear that he would catch a cold if he stepped on the quilt in the middle of the night.

The two sometimes work overtime until late at night, and when they get home together, they cut half a chilled watermelon, watch movies with a spoon, or chat.

Just in the middle of the night, Xin Qiji's cell phone rang suddenly. After answering the call, his expression changed, he put down his spoon and stood up after he answered the phone, "Is she okay?"

The other party's answer was short.

Xin Qiji took a deep breath, and replied: "I understand, I'll go back now."

After he put down the phone, he was silent for a few seconds, obviously not in the right mood.

Liu Xi knew that his family must have called, and subconsciously said, "What's wrong, do you need help?"

"I have to go back to the funeral." The young man rubbed his forehead with some annoyance, got up to pack his clothes, and said in a low voice, "My cousin, she has always taken care of me when I was young...but because after I just gave birth, I was taken care of by my husband's family and my mother. Everyone asked to cover it, and he was weak, so he left suddenly in the middle of the night."

Liu Xi was stunned for a long time, feeling that this matter was a bit of a breakthrough.

"If she feels uncomfortable, take off all the clothes and quilts..."

"These are all old rules from the past." Xin Qiji apparently did not recover from his cousin's sudden death, took out the suitcase and took some useful things, and found some gold and silver currency that he had saved. After packing the things, he let out a long sigh.

"It has been mentioned in "Healthy Jiabao Obstetrics Preparation" and other books, 'When a woman is pregnant and enters the moon, she should not wash her head. The damp and cold flow in the meridian of the foot sun, which often makes the child difficult.'" He turned to look at Liu Xi , with a complicated expression: "Even after giving birth, you must protect yourself from the cold and water, because a sick and weak mother cannot feed the offspring, and it will affect the baby."

Liu Xi was dumbfounded when he heard this set of rhetoric: "But this is summer—the indoor temperature is sometimes 35 degrees during the day?"

"I'll go back for a few days, and the Senate will also ask for leave." Xin Qiji took the car keys in his hand, and hastily kissed him on the forehead: "My sister used to treat me well, I want to go back and see."

This trip is ten days.

Liu Xun got so busy that he didn't even have time to eat. It just so happened that Song Guo started to follow up on the second round of cooperation matters. Sometimes he yawned and avoided the camera, so that dozens of people in the video conference would not see a bloody picture. gulp.

When Liu Xun was finally free to go home and rest for two days, before he could go downstairs, the upstairs lights suddenly turned on.

Hey, You An is back?

Liu Xi quickened his pace, and vaguely heard the cry of the baby.

wait?

As soon as the door of the house was opened, a strange smell came out.

A baby was crying in its swaddle, and Xin Qiji helped change the diaper in a little panic beside him, obviously inexperienced.

"Wait later—" Liu Xi took a step back, held his nose and made a phone call: "Xiao Sun, come to my house and call Lao Hu!"

"It's not overtime! It's a baby crying...I didn't give birth! Really!"

Although he and You'an had never raised a child, Hu Fei's daughters were all over three years old, and Sun Ci had taken care of her younger sister before, so they were quite experienced.

By the time the four of them went from looking for milk powder to coaxing the little girl to fall asleep, it was already past three o'clock in the morning.

"No..." Sun Ci closed the door cautiously, and said in a low voice, "Where did you two come from? You picked it up on the side of the road?"

Xin Qiji had already warmed up supper and tea, and led them to sit down and rest in the next room.

He was silent for a while, and then he opened his mouth and told the whole story.

From the tragic death and burial of the cousin, to how the child was rescued by himself.

"...my cousin's relatives said that this child is against his mother as well as his father, and he wants to feed her realgar powder."

Hu Fei thought of his lively little girl with twin ponytails, and the baby girl in the room whose face was flushed from crying, and it took him a while to swear.

"These bastards!"

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After Xin Qiji has a permanent ID in Linguo, he will go back to his hometown once or twice a year to visit his parents with the help of a motorcade or a friend's car.

One is Chinese New Year and the other is Double Ninth Festival.

Now the whole of Shandong is owned by Linguo. Although the roads are not fully repaired, it is much better than the fast-paced travel before.

Almost all relatives in his parents' lineage were separated due to the war, and although his cousins ​​had contacts, they were not very familiar with them.

But that elder sister has treated him very well since he was a child, and he always remembers it in his heart.

Every time he went back in these years, Xin Qiji would change into ancient and complicated clothes, patiently answer the questions of the parents at home, teach them how to use the phone booth and phone card, and inevitably fend off all kinds of distant relatives who came to get some favors after hearing the news .

But only this time, when he went to his cousin's mourning hall to attend the funeral, did he realize certain problems deeply.

Because the young baby girl was unable to touch her mother not long after she was born, she was held in the arms of the village woman and shook vigorously, thinking of ways to try to calm her down.

But newborns are absolutely not allowed to shake around like this.

Children's skulls and brains are not fully developed, and if they start to vomit during this violent shaking, it has already indicated a problem.

He carried the child back almost instinctively, using the method of airplane hugging to make her cry gradually, and asked about his cousin again.

The relatives of the cousin's line were all perfunctory and polite, only the elderly couple howled in front of the coffin, but some of them almost wrote the word "unlucky" on their faces.

"This child beat his mother to death when he was born, and maybe he will kill her father in the future!" An elderly woman pointed out: "This kind of child should either be thrown into the river or given to a distant relative. The farther the better!"

"Hey, why don't you send it to Lao Peng's family as a child bride-in-law, won't that fat boy in his family have a personal servant in the future?"

The baby girl had just fallen asleep in his arms, and now she was about to cry from the noise.

Xin Qiji looked at the ugly faces all over the room, and then at the child's biological father who looked numb and indifferent, and felt that his back was drenched in cold sweat.

As long as he put down the child and left after the funeral, the child would definitely die.

"It's okay for our family to raise a child..." Liu Xi lowered his head and forked the cherry on the cake, and said slowly: "We can hire a nanny with the salary of You'an and I, and when she grows up, she can be sent to kindergarten .”

"We need to hire a nanny," Xin Qiji said instinctively, "it should be easy to find in Yangzhou."

The other three were dumbfounded: "What's the milk?"

Xin Qiji was stunned for a second, but he still didn't understand what was wrong: "Nurse? Otherwise, what will the child do?"

"It's like this," Hu Fei twitched his eyebrows, and explained seriously: "We don't like this here, we just feed our children milk powder and milk directly."

Hiring a breastfeeding woman to breastfeed a baby at home... sounds a bit perverted.

After the mutation, in addition to the specialized breeding of meat, poultry, and ducks, clustered breeding production lines for pigs, cattle, and sheep have also been established one after another.

But at this moment, of course, no cows can be found, so they can only import some big yellow cattle from Song Dynasty.

The commodity economy in the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and dairy products had long been popular among the middle and upper classes.

The contemporary Yang Wanli once said, "Snow, leek, frost, and pine tree are removed at the age of the year, and there is no milk and no crisp." Uncle Lu of You'an also chanted, "The pagoda tree becomes cloudy and rainy to wash away the dust, and the cherry cheese is tasted new."

Compared with goat's milk, cow's milk is more suitable for mass production and processing. At the beginning, it tasted fishy, ​​but after a long time, it felt that it was not much different from Shiguo's milk.

Even the fresh milk that was fed to the baby just now was obviously left over from making the cake today.

"These things are easy to talk about." Xin Qiji looked in the direction of the bedroom and sighed slightly: "As long as the child survives the weaning period, there will always be a nanny at home to take care of it, so there won't be too much trouble."

The others suddenly realized what he was talking about.

This one child can escape, but what about the countless other children?

The rate of abandoned babies is getting lower and lower as the per capita income continues to rise. At least now, there is plenty of food and drink in the neighboring country. As long as you are willing to work, you can support your family. But how many of those pregnant women and newborns died innocently like this, Who can know?

Just take the old custom of avoiding the cold after childbirth as an example, many of these old customs are based on experience in an environment with underdeveloped productivity.

In the past, many people could not even afford a charcoal fire at home, and there was no rain shower or hot water for bathing. Bathing before and after childbirth was quite dangerous.

But now even the villages and towns are starting to get electricity one after another. Let alone washing your hair in summer, at least it shouldn't make people die of heat.

"I'll write the proposal." Xin Qiji stood up with a firm expression: "This matter can't just go on like this."

The entire territory of Linguo, even the adjacent Song Dynasty, should have corresponding cultural propaganda and basic science popularization.

He vaguely remembered that when he was taking the driver's license test, the recognition and care of the vehicle and the road conditions were clearly written in the regulations, and he could never drive on the road without passing the test.

But when it comes to being a parent, such a major life-determining event, you never have to pass the exam even once.

Live as you want, and throw away as you want. What kind of life a child can live depends on God's will.

If the fortune is not good, there will be a sentence "this child has killed his parents, he is a loser", and then he will suffer many crimes for no reason.

Even just thinking about it is creepy.

"You'an," Liu Xi subconsciously stopped him: "You drove a few hours back today, and you took care of the child for so long, you should rest for a while before going."

The other party showed a sorry expression, waved goodbye to the others, and closed the door of the study.

"Liu Yuanshou." Sun Ci took a sip of milk tea slowly and said, "I think Brother You'an might be even more workaholic than you in the future, really."

Liu Chan frowned, looked at the study room and said slowly: "From the day I met him, I have never seen him sleep in once, and read and study every day unshakably, just like a robot."

Hu Fei commented pertinently: "At least he is a kind-hearted and upright robot."

There is really no way for others to intervene in this matter.

There are many things that have not been experienced personally, and there is no way to understand them.

It's like modern children don't know sewing machines and hand-held telephones, just like people from modern times don't know all kinds of ancient rules that can be called incredible.

In this era, there are taboos about sex, pregnancy and childbirth, but the impact on society may not be positive.

People in the Song Dynasty believed that early childbearing was early, so the brides desperately ate jujubes and hoped for a child when they were only teenagers. If they couldn’t give birth, their husbands could buy a concubine and have a child, or they could just take a boy from their relatives as a stepson. .

But those "wrong" daughters couldn't continue the incense, so they were naturally thrown into the river ditch.

In order to be able to give birth to a son, many people have specially written a good prescription, instructing not to have intercourse during "wind and rain", "storm, fog and thunder", "great cold and great heat", otherwise it is a taboo, so pregnant Heirs are not a good thing.

Even if it is difficult to conceive, there are countless things to pay attention to.

Do not eat rabbit meat, so that children will not get cleft lip.

Can not eat duck, so the child will walk backwards.

You can't eat sparrow meat, it will make your child's eyes look bad.

Not to mention eating turtle meat, it will make the child's neck too short.

Among all kinds of taboos, although the words such as prohibition of alcohol do have practical effects, most of them are extremely absurd.

Now, under the dual influence of Prime Minister Song and Linguo Education, although the situation of patriarchy in the Central Plains has been curbed, and the birth rate has increased and the rate of abandoned babies has been reduced, it is clear that some common sense has not been popularized.

People still stubbornly believe that if a woman can't give birth to a son after multiple births, then she is "unable to live up to her belly" and "a hen that can't lay eggs", and she can say anything else.

Under foresight and foresight, Xin Qiji directly united with many congressmen to promote a new round of grassroots science and education projects and implementation.

Because he has lived in the Kingdom of Jin for 20 years, he knows all the old customs and customs, so he can accurately refute rumors.

And because he studied abroad in Linguo, he is very clear about the development of fertilized eggs and various biological knowledge, and he can also clearly communicate with other experts on the production and content planning of science and educational films.

The first step is the compilation and publication of relevant newspapers and books.

Under the influence of many years ago, new-style weddings became more and more popular in the world, so that the Guangling Auditorium could not accommodate them, and even the newly built Hongta Auditorium was opened as the ceremony venue.

Poor families who cannot afford a wedding can also line up at the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a certificate, and they can also get the blessing of the clergy.

Now, all newcomers can get a small handbook on scientific parenting, which clearly explains the most important things in a few pages.

The second thing is the rehearsal and rotation of the four new plays.

Xin Qiji is good at composing lyrics and writing story books, combined with anecdotes from the old Tang Dynasty, Wei and Jin Dynasties, and wrote four bloody and moving dramas.

Enough dog blood, those housewives will have great interest in watching it, and they will shed tears following the grievances and hatred in it, and they will talk to each other about the spread of related plots.

He used the retribution of good and evil to integrate various scientific cores into the separation of love and hate, which further promoted the spread of monogamy and the concept of equality between men and women.

I have never seen such a diligent person in the Senate for so many years.

At the top, you can talk about politics, make proposals, go out to overthrow the bastards of the Jin Dynasty, and at the bottom, you can write poems, dramas, and science and education films to adjust the atmosphere of cultural and public opinion.

This gentleman is probably a fairy.