The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 634

When she spoke, her tone was very calm, but she had an indescribable feeling that made those people dare not whisper to each other anymore, and looked at this unknown Taoist priest with some indescribable respect.

Under the gaze of many pairs of eyes, she did not feel uncomfortable or hesitant at all. She took out three copper plates from her purse. She threw up the golden copper plates and collided with each other. The sound of metal impact echoed in the air. spread in.

The voice was very crisp and sweet, and she still remembered that there was a plot of coins colliding with each other in Avanti's story. When she thought of this, she smiled slightly, put the copper coin back into the purse, and then shook it, the crashing sound of the copper coin was even more intense.

Now the eyes of those children and the adults behind them lit up, because they found that it was really copper coins.Seeing this scene, Ling Xiao couldn't help but want to laugh. For these people, this kind of money is simply given for nothing, and it feels like a pie in the sky.

They are different from noble people, money is very important to them.Rural people rarely have the opportunity to get real money. Basically, they work in the fields every day. Where can they get money?That is to say, after the crops are harvested, some money is exchanged, and taxes have to be paid, and money has to be spent. The money is not enough at all, so I have to go out in winter to earn some extra money.

It can be seen that children in the countryside rarely have the opportunity to get cash, and it is only during the Chinese New Year that they can eat a piece of candy.

Most of the children in the countryside have a good thing even if they have a penny in their hands. It is only available to richer families, but now it is really good to have three pennies.

With these three Wen, if you go to the town, you might be able to buy something.Even if they don't go to the town, if there are peddlers who go to the countryside, they can buy their favorite things, especially maltose, and they all salivate at the thought of this place.

The three pennies don’t require them to do any physical work, they just need to listen to the words of the master’s family. Naturally, they are very willing to listen to the words of the rich and honored.

Because at this time, there is basically no need to go to the fields to work, and the families of the children followed. At this moment, the gate outside is full of people from the village, and everyone is watching with some curiosity.

Most of the people who are willing to come here are more daring people, and they are more willing to watch the excitement and see what is going on, because there are no entertainment activities in the small village.

People in the countryside generally live day after day and year after year. Every year, they have to plant in spring and harvest in autumn. Except for winter, they basically have to work in the fields every day. Some people probably won’t go to the county town several times in their lives. mostly.

This kind of life is very ordinary, which causes some people to have less contact with the outside world. People here are better. If they live in the deep mountains, there will be people who will not go out all their lives, and will be born and die deep in the mountains.

However, the people in this village still communicate with people outside to some extent, and Mrs. Qi is still kind to the tenants here, so the people here are still the best living villagers in the vicinity.

They have never been allowed to come to this small courtyard before. The people in the village are somewhat curious, but they dare not come easily.This is the first time that people from the small courtyard asked them to come here, so those who like the excitement took the opportunity to take a look.

You must know that this small courtyard is the house of the owner of the Zhuangzi. As tenants, they still feel very fond of this old lady, because the rent she collects is the lowest one, and they can live better in this situation.

They usually don't dare to go to the small courtyard. If they accidentally offend the master's family, they will suffer for themselves. This time it is a rare opportunity to see the children go to the small courtyard, so they naturally want to take a look.

It's just that after seeing Ling Xiao, they only dared to look at it from a distance, but didn't dare to move forward, because people with this kind of attitude were not accessible to ordinary people like them, and they felt a little nervous.

But when Ling Xiao said to send money, the eyes of those onlookers lit up, because they also wanted to earn three pennies. As a countryman, it was really difficult to earn money.

Ling Xiao thought about it for a while, and planned to let adults try it later.Because the first batch of experimenters were all children, and the children themselves were a little confused, and the data was not very accurate.

But the children have been let in, and they have been promised three pennies. If they are taken away now, something may happen, forget it!It's just some small money.

Let’s try the situation of children first. She looked at the children who were wearing tattered clothes. Because the family didn’t have enough money, it was often the eldest who wore clothes that were too small for the children below to wear until they were really tattered. It will become the sole of the shoe again, no; a little bit of waste.

These children wore clothes made of coarse cloth, even though there were some patches, they were still neat and tidy. Compared to the tenants in Seventh Old Madam's village, they were doing well.But it is true that the quality of life is not very good, hey!Difficult!

It is said that other farmers’ families are even poorer, because the land tax is too heavy, in addition to this, they have to bear labor and military service, and in addition to these, they must be careful of serious illness. If a problem arises, the farmers will be desperate.

Even so, they are very hardworking, but they can still barely make ends meet, because the officials and lords avoid paying taxes time and time again for their own benefit, so where does the money for the treasury come from?Often it is to squeeze more and more small landowners and small handicraftsmen.

This is also the reason why Ling Xiao turned from a passerby fan of the Donglin Party to a black man. The officials and gentlemen represented by the Donglin Party have left the bottom of society, and they are thinking about how to make a fortune for themselves and their accomplices.For others, it is extremely greedy, thinking about how to squeeze more money out, wishing to squeeze oil out of the stone.

Thinking of this, she looked at the children in front of her. Will their descendants die under the iron hooves of aliens?It is very possible that she did not speak for a while, and she was slightly distracted.

Fortunately, she came back to her senses very quickly, and looked at the few people with a smile. Those children were very obedient, and arranged them all, sitting on small stools and waiting.

There is a certain distance between the two stools, and it is not too far away. It can be reached in two steps. The reason for the distance is to prevent them from hearing each other's whispers directly.

These children all sat there obediently. You must know that Ling Xiao's aura is too strong. They are all as well-behaved as kittens, sitting there very nervously, not daring to move.

Ling Xiao feels that these children are really honest. If the children in modern society are lively and active, if they are allowed to sit there, they will probably ask why, but the children here will only be obedient, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Did not say anything.

So I said to Mrs. Seven: "Okay, Mrs. Seven, let Fugui say a word to the first child in a while, and then let them pass it on one by one. At the end, let's see what Fugui said, and the children What did you say at the end?"

Seventh old lady didn't understand what this meant, so what else can I say?Isn't this just spreading rumors?What the rich say, the children will naturally say.But she is a very smart person, so she didn't speak out against it.

Ling Xiao went to the first child and said, "Fugui will tell you a word later, and after you memorize it, you must pass it on to him quietly. Don't let other people know. Do you know what I mean?"

She pointed to the second child sitting there. The child sitting in the front was about ten years old, and he was from a good family. He was dressed better. He understood Ling Xiao's words while sitting on the stool. Nod.

Ling Xiao walked up to the second child, "Later what he said, you have to pass it on to someone from here." She first pointed to the first child, and then pointed to the third child.

By analogy, she told all the children who participated in the experiment and then started the experiment. Mrs. Qi was a little funny, but she also felt that Ling Xiao was serious about doing this.She also felt that it was necessary to take it seriously, because she felt that the children were still young, so Fugui said something that was the easiest to remember.

Although Fugui didn't understand why Ling Xiao did this, he still walked to the front child, and Ling Xiao told him: "Don't speak loudly, just tell the child quietly, let him hear it alone, at most say Twice."

After Fugui nodded, he bent down and whispered a word in the ear of the first child, twice.The child was very nervous, pulling his clothes with both hands, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Ling Xiao gently pulled the child, and the child looked at Ling Xiao in confusion, and saw Ling Xiao pointing at the second child, the first child understood, walked to the second child, and in his A word was whispered in the ear.

After the second child also understood, he stood up and passed the words to the third child, one by one. During this process, Ling Xiao found that some children didn't know what to do, so he walked over and pulled him up to pass the news. Pass to someone behind.

After spending a while like this, the matter was finally settled. The seventh old lady called the first child and the last child over with some curiosity, and wrote down what they had just heard.

In addition, I asked Fugui to talk about what he said. After following Mrs. Qi, I found a problem. What I said was tampered with in the process of passing it on. thing.

? ? ? ? ?The old lady was in a daze. She said this in front of her face, but the result turned out to be like this. The final result was completely different from what she thought. How could it be like this?
Ling Xiao took out some money and gave each participating child three copper coins.The children were very happy. This was the first time they had received three pennies. It was good to get one penny before. They all put away their three pennies carefully.

The adults who saw the three pennies were very envious, and some parents directly wanted to take away the children's money, saying that they were saving it for them, and they were afraid that the children might not get it when they grew up.

There are children who hold the money by themselves, because the situation at home is not bad, and the parents don't want to hold it for them. Everyone standing outside wants to try it for themselves, so they all look at Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao originally wanted to do it a few more times, so that he could get a more standard situation, so he said: "Just now it was just one set, and the data may not be very accurate, so let's do a few more sets."

Mrs. Qi didn't know the meaning of Ling Xiao's experiment, but she agreed, so she did several more groups, and found that people were indeed tampering with the original words consciously or unconsciously in the process of passing on the words.

When Mrs. Seven was thinking about what was going on, Ling Xiao sent them away after sending the money to those people. These people were all Mrs. Seven's tenants, so they left very obediently.

And Ling Xiao returned to the hall with the seven old ladies who had regained their senses. Chen Liulang and Siping were watching the situation in the room just now, but they were also a little confused.

"Old Madam Seven, you should know what I want to express, right?" Ling Xiao asked, she turned to look at Madam Seven, only to find that the old lady was still a little confused at the moment, and other people, including Mr. Chen Liuye, also had expressions on their faces. confused.

Ling Xiao remembered that these were pure ancients, or the kind of people who didn't think too much, and had never experienced similar situations, and they were not those elites in the officialdom, so naturally they didn't see their own thoughts.

He just said: "Just now I want to demonstrate to you the process of passing on the message. You can also see that the news at the beginning and the news at the end are very different. That is to say, if Fugui said that he wanted to go east, but The end result is going west."

The seventh old lady slowly thought about Ling Xiao's words, and she understood a truth: in the future, people should not let people spread the word easily, because sometimes the spread of the word is simply a thousand miles away.

At this moment, Chen Liuye finally understood Ling Xiao's intention for that experiment, but he still didn't know why Ling Xiao brought people to do this experiment. What did Ling Xiao want them to learn from it?He and Siping looked at each other and shook his head slightly, indicating that he did not know.

After sitting down, Ling Xiao looked around at several people, and said: "Actually, this experiment is done to tell you that message delivery is very important, and if something goes wrong, there will be problems in delivering the message."

Several people nodded. They could still understand this point, but they didn't understand what it had to do with Chen Liulang, but some people seemed to understand what was going on.

Ling Xiao went on to say: "What actions do we want to make? There is also a place to send messages. For example, if I want to drink water, I will walk over to pick up the teacup and start drinking. Right?"

When she said this, she paused. She had to make sure that the other party could understand what she said. There was no way to say that this was an instruction from the brain, and then the instructions were transmitted to various body positions through the nerves, and then there were actions.

It's a pity that in ancient society, medicine has not yet learned more about the mysteries of the human body. As the most important organ of human beings, the brain needs protection most.

Therefore, when Ling Xiao explained, he had to ambiguous some professional medical terms, and tried his best to express what was going on clearly, so that Mrs. Qi and the others could understand.

As for Mrs. Seven's siblings and Fugui, they didn't understand what the other party meant at first, but after Ling Xiao's explanation, they realized that they understood what it meant. Seeing the two of them enlightened, Ling Xiao Xiao is very happy.

Ling Xiao said again: "It seems that you probably understand what's going on, so after this news is sent out, different things will happen.

Of course, most of the messages in this process are transmitted normally, but sometimes there are deviations in some messages during the transmission process, just like the ones you saw just now. "

At this moment, they suddenly realized that what they saw just now was like this, and they really didn't expect Ling Xiao to tell them a possibility in this way.

"Do you understand? The reason why I didn't talk about being possessed by evil spirits or seeing tricks is because there is nothing weird in this world. It is entirely because of illness that caused problems in the transmission of messages.

That is to say, when the instruction is given, you are asked to take it, but when it is transmitted, it changes, and it becomes that you are asked to let go of your hand, and your own hand becomes uncontrollable.

Generally, when encountering such a situation, everyone will panic. Probably no one will think that they are sick, and they are more likely to think that they will scare themselves to death when they encounter a strange upper body. "At this moment, Ling Xiao was thinking about the name of this disease in his heart: alien hand disease.

After Chen Liuye heard it clearly, tears welled up in his eyes. It wasn't a trick at all. You must know that when those children and grandchildren looked at him, it was as if they saw evil!I can't wait to find someone to take this evil of him away.

In fact, there is something sinister there. They frighten themselves, and they make themselves unable to live.But he was just sick, and there was a problem during the transmission, so that he looked weird in the end!
Thinking of this, he couldn't bear it anymore, and a teardrop rolled down.During this period of time, he has encountered too many changes in the world, and he has also seen the faces of certain people. Sometimes when he looks back, there is no need to be sad for those people and things.

(End of this chapter)