Chapter 1339 Technology
Daoxu curled his lips and said nothing when he heard this, and Daohe also rolled up his sleeves to help.
After they were all done, Manbao and the other two officially met Daohe's three junior brothers and sisters. However, it was a one-sided acquaintance because no matter whether they were three years old or were wrapped in swaddling clothes and couldn't even kick their legs, they all ignored the three of them. One hid behind Taoist Shoushi, and the other played with bubbles by himself.
The five of them left, and Daoxu curled his lips and said, "Master, you're lying. Aside from Third Junior Brother who was left at the gate of the Taoist temple, Fourth Junior Brother and Little Junior Sister were both picked up by us on our way back from the ritual."
Bai Shan asked, "What's their problem?"
Daoxu: "Third Junior Brother can't speak. He's over three years old and still can't open his mouth. Master and the old doctor down the mountain have both examined him. I'm afraid it's congenital. He can't make any sound at all. When he cries, he only sheds tears, not screams."
Daohe said, "When he was brought here, he was still clean, so his family should be doing well. Originally, Master Shoucai wanted to send him back, but Master said that if he was sent back in his condition, his life would be worse than what he would have in our Taoist temple, so he stayed here."
He glanced into the room and said, "Fourth Junior Brother was much weaker when he was brought here, and I don't know if he can grow up. As for Little Junior Sister, there's nothing wrong with her, she was just born a girl."
Manbao and Baishan frowned.
Bai Jilang asked, "Can't we find their families? With the children grown up like this, they should know who they belong to, right?"
Daohe nodded, "I know, but they may not grow up if we send them back, especially the little sister and the fourth brother. Master said that since we know it will harm the harmony of heaven, we should not send them back."
Daoxu said, "We saw Fourth Junior Brother and Little Junior Sister three months ago when we were returning from a ritual. It was so cold outside, and Fourth Junior Brother was thrown into the grass, while Little Junior Sister was buried in a crevice. If she hadn't cried, we wouldn't have found them even if we walked by."
At that time, Daoxu and Daohe followed their uncle Shoucai to perform a ritual. When they came back and heard the cry, they were almost frightened to the ground.
In the end, it was the experienced Taoist Shoucai who found the person out from the crevice of the rock. He then took off his coat, wrapped the child up, and brought him back.
It is said that Daoxu and Daohe were picked up in the same way.
Daohe sighed and said, "So I don't understand, should children like us die?"
When this question came out, even Daoxu was shocked. He covered his heart and asked, "Daohe, what are you thinking? Why do we deserve to die?"
"If we shouldn't die, why did they abandon us?" He said, "We brothers are lucky to have met Master and his companions, but there are many children in this world who haven't had such luck. They die at birth. So are they born to die?"
Bai Shan frowned. "It's because people's hearts have changed, that's why the county magistrate needs to educate them. However, I think it's difficult to keep people's hearts constant. The most direct way is to make their lives easier. For example, if there is enough food at home, then even if they don't like the child, they should still raise it, right?"
Manbao nodded and said, "With money and food, fewer children will die."
Daoxu asked, "Can we still farm for them? We can't give them money either."
Bai Erlang: "Silly, as a government official, wouldn't it be better for the people under your jurisdiction to live and work in peace and contentment, and lead a prosperous life?"
"That's easy to say, but the fate of this kind of land depends on God's favor. Do you know if he'll be happy next year?" Daoxu said, "If he's unhappy next year and sends you a severe drought or a severe flood, then no matter how good your fatherly position is, it won't help."
The four of them thought what he said made sense, so Bai Shanmanbao and Bai Erlang looked at the two of them together, "So it's up to you."
Dao and Daoxu looked puzzled, "Look at us?"
"Yes, let's see if you can learn to pray for rain," Bai Shan fancied. "Since you Taoists have spells for praying for rain, then reversing the spell should be able to stop the rain, right? In this way, wouldn't the weather be controlled by people?"
Daohe:……
Daoxu couldn't help himself, reached out and touched Bai Shan's forehead, and asked Manbao, "Do you want to show him?"
Manbao also thought Bai Shan was being whimsical and was about to touch Daoxu's forehead, but Bai Shan slapped Daoxu's hand away and said, "Don't touch me, I don't have a fever, I'm serious."
Bai Shan turned to look at Man Bao, "They don't understand, don't you understand too? Since there are ghosts and gods in this world, then things like wind and rain should also be controllable."
Manbao: ...But Koko is really not her biological father!
Manbao couldn't help but complain to Keke in his heart, "If the wind and rain can be controlled, then what in this world can't be controlled?"
Keke said: "Bai Shan is right, the wind and rain can indeed be controlled."
Manbao's eyes widened.
Seeing her like this, Bai Shan coughed lightly and asked, "What do you think?"
Manbao nodded blankly, not having time to talk to Keke in his mind. Instead, he looked at Dao and Daoxu seriously and said, "You are Taoist priests, why don't you learn it?"
When Bai Shan was the only one who said it was controllable, Dao and Daoxu didn't believe it, but if Zhou Man said so too...
The two, who were also young and didn't have a full understanding of the world, believed it. Daohe asked, "But where did you see the exact record?"
Not really.
However, Bai Shan coughed lightly and said, "I haven't found any records yet. I think you can create this record."
Manbao nodded and talked to Koko in his mind, "Can people control whether it rains or not?"
Keke said succinctly, "Yes. In ancient times, humans could select clouds that were favorable for precipitation and throw ice crystals at them to induce rain. Nowadays, rainfall technology is more sophisticated. When there aren't enough clouds in the sky, we can even move clouds from other areas. In areas with heavy rain, we can even disperse clouds that are about to rain, preventing them from bringing rain."
Even time and space are no longer a problem, and rainfall is certainly not a problem.
Manbao was stunned and asked, "Can I learn this skill?"
Koko: "...Well, you have something to learn. This is a technological barrier of tens of thousands of years. You have a teaching room, so it's not difficult to learn, but what's the point of learning it? You don't have any tools. If you build one by one, with the level of technology in your world, you can't even make a qualified screw."
Well, Manbao could only suppress this thought, looked at Daohe and asked Keke, "Then it's like the Taoist priest praying for rain in the storybook..."
"That's just because they calculated that it would rain. Are you interested in astronomy? I can recommend a few books."
Manbao immediately said: "Okay!"
Koko listed several rows of books for her, arranging them according to the cultural level of her world. Manbao looked at the covers and bought two. Then he said to Daohe, "I'll give you two books later. You can study and see if you can pray for rain. We'll do the same."
Bai Jilang was also very interested in this, "I'll study it too."
Bai Shan was also interested, "Let me take a look."
Daoxu looked at this, then looked at that, hesitantly said: "Can it really pray for rain? Then why don't I take a look too?"
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(End of this chapter)
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