Chapter 183 This Nanzhao is a magical country. Not only are the people strange, but even the borders between the two countries are strange.
System: [Due to Nanzhao's special habit of reversing day and night, it is difficult for them to have normal exchanges and communication with people from other countries. Over time, Nanzhao has gradually been isolated from other countries, and the cultural differences with the outside world have become increasingly greater. ]
[In addition, outdated ideas and cultural traditions have also seriously hindered the development of Nanzhao. The food production here is extremely low, and the entire country still uses the primitive tribal ethnic management model. The royal family members are just the ethnic group with the purest bloodline. ]
[However, an accidental incident a hundred years ago changed everything. 】
【At that time, a scholar from the Southern Dynasty accidentally lost his way while crossing the border between the two countries, and eventually collapsed in the desert due to dehydration. Fortunately, he happened to be found and rescued by a Nanzhao man who was patrolling on a camel. 】
【The arrival of this Southern Dynasty scholar seemed to have opened a window to the outside world for Nanzhao. 】
【For the first time, they learned that the outside world was so wonderful - they could see the bright sunshine during the day, there were many kinds of edible food, and the social management system was very complete. 】
【These new things opened the eyes of the Nanzhao people and ignited their desire for a better life. 】
Qin Yue: 【The people of this Nanzhao country seem to live in a closed world, isolated from the outside world, and have no idea about external things. 】
【Perhaps they think they live a pretty good life, but once they have a reference, they will find that their self-righteous good life is not even enough to cover the corners of other people's clothes, which will definitely produce an unbalanced mentality. 】
【So later they wanted to steal the good things of the Southern Dynasty? 】
The system sighed: 【Indeed. 】
【Moreover, the unique literary style of the Southern Dynasty literati made the people of Nanzhao fall in love with it and obsessed with it. In comparison, the people of Nanzhao felt that they were as humble as savages, and they were as different from the literati of the Southern Dynasty as heaven and earth. 】
【This inferiority complex made the people of Nanzhao seem to be naturally inferior to the literati of the Southern Dynasty. This made the royal family of Nanzhao feel embarrassed and unwilling, and they couldn't help but have some strange thoughts in their hearts. 】
【Since being punished a thousand years ago, the art of stealing has been listed as a taboo art. Before the Southern Dynasty literati set foot here, the royal family of Nanzhao had always followed the teachings of their ancestors and had never thought of using the art of stealing. 】
【However, this time was the first time they had seen people from the outside world in hundreds of years, and the gap between the two sides was so huge. What made them feel even more humiliated was that this person who made them feel ashamed was just an ordinary and unknown literati in the Southern Dynasty. 】
【Ordinary literati already made them feel so inferior, so if they were compared with the top literati in the Southern Dynasty, they would probably be ashamed to the point of having no face to show! 】
【So they thought of re-activating the art of stealing, so as to steal the literary spirit of the Southern Dynasty literati, so that Nanzhao could be endowed with literary spirit without any effort. 】
Qin Yue: [Oh, no, I mean, even if you don’t have culture, you can still slowly explore and build it yourself, is there any need to steal from others? 】
[You have to know that what you steal is not yours after all, especially something as personal as culture. 】
[In the final analysis, they don’t trust themselves from the bottom of their hearts, and don’t believe that they have the ability to build their own culture. 】
Everyone deeply agrees with Xiao Fuguan’s point of view.
This Nanzhao is a magical country. Not only are the people weird, but even the border between the two countries is weird.
If the border between Nanman and Nanchao is the territory of the magical ghost bug, then the intersection of Nanzhao and Nanchao is the area ruled by wind and sand.
Because it is a vast desert, it is very difficult to get through it.
Therefore, the emperors of the Southern Dynasty naturally did not want to deal with Nanzhao, not to mention that people there could only move around at night. Who would be willing to go there with such a reversed day and night exchange?
The key point is that there were no camels in the Southern Dynasty!
It is very difficult to move forward in the desert!
The information about Nanzhao began a hundred years ago, when the people of Nanzhao began to move around, and other countries gradually understood the peculiarities of this country.
Having said that, the literati of the Southern Dynasty a hundred years ago must have been crazy, and actually wanted to cross the desert alone! It was really desperate!
Qin Yue was also very curious. No one had been to Nanzhao for hundreds of years, so why did the literati of the Southern Dynasty go there on purpose and almost died in the desert.
So, Qin Yue asked the system in her heart: [Sister, why did the Southern Dynasty scholar go to Nanzhao at that time, and went alone! ]
The system replied: [Hey! It's really a coincidence! The Southern Dynasty scholar was originally going to study, who knew that he would get lost and walk to the border between the two countries. ]
[The key is, this person is a road idiot, the kind who has no idea of the way, and goes wherever he wants. He has a beautiful idea that as long as there are people, even if he is unfortunately lost, he can ask for a way. ]
[It's just that he was unlucky and accidentally entered the desert... He suffered a lot before he was lucky enough to be rescued by the people of Nanzhao. ]
Qin Yue sighed: [This road idiot is really too careless. Even in the Southern Dynasty, there are many places without people. What if he accidentally encounters one! 】
【Fortunately, I am lucky, otherwise I would have died long ago! 】
【Hey, by the way, didn’t the Southern Dynasty have a compass? With a compass, at least we can tell the direction! 】
Emperor Jinyuan and all the court officials: Compass? A needle pointing to the south?
Is there such a magical needle?
It can actually tell the direction by itself!
I want it! I want it! I want it!
The system replied: 【No, the Southern Dynasty has not discovered magnets, so naturally the compass has not been invented. 】
Qin Yue was a little regretful: 【Alas, it’s a pity, if there was a compass, it wouldn’t be so easy to get lost! 】
【I don’t know where the magnet is...】
Hearing this, Emperor Jinyuan and all the court officials immediately took a deep breath and listened attentively.
Next, my sister should talk about where the magnet is.
The voices of the court officials discussing state affairs also lowered in volume.
Emperor Jin Yuan once again used a special move for eating melons: he gently moved his buttocks forward.
It was just stuck on the edge of the dragon throne...
Eunuch Li: ...Hey, your majesty, did you install eyes under your buttocks? It's stuck so accurately, are you not going to give him a chance to show off?
System: [Magnet, let me check...]
Sure enough!
Emperor Jin Yuan and all the court officials breathed a sigh of relief.
Even the unfocused Second Prince looked very serious this time.
What he was thinking was: If we have this compass, doesn't it mean that those places where no one has ever set foot can finally unveil their mysteries?
In other words, he can read more interesting and fun travelogues!
So how could he not take this compass seriously!
Emperor Jin Yuan and the Crown Prince: ...
After a few breaths, the system spoke again: [Host, I found it!]