Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 294 Roman Loyal Servant King Arthur
Little Rangna and Zhu Wenkui didn't say anything about Guo Kang's narration.But Monk Daoyan heard the implication, and asked: "Mr. Guo has been deliberately discussing this country, does it have something to do with the strategy afterward?"

"It's related." Seeing what he saw, Guo Kang simply said directly: "In fact, we have been paying attention to the entire Mediterranean world. The situation in each region needs to be investigated for future planning."

"Master Daoyan should also be able to observe that our manpower is actually very scarce. If we want to participate in trade in the future, we need a lot of manpower to work. This must be planned in advance."

"So you chose England?" Little Jeanne asked curiously.

"Of course. For this kind of thing, you must choose a place where the locals are the most docile." Guo Kang explained.

"Huh? That's right..." Little Rangna suddenly realized.

"Even that place is too far away." Zhu Wenkui commented: "If you don't tell me, I can't even think of what it has to do with you."

"It's not far away." Guo Kang said, "Besides, there is indeed a deep connection with us."

"The ancient name of the British Isle is called Albion. According to the records of the locals, this name comes from a Greek princess named 'Alpina'." Guo Kang introduced:
"It is said that at that time, the king of this city-state, Diodecus, had thirty daughters. The king arranged marriages for all of them, but the princesses were very arrogant, unwilling to let their power be subdued, and decided to murder their husbands together... ..."

"Aren't these thirty Empress Wei..." Zhu Wenkui was speechless for a while: "The Greeks are really scary."

"That's what Greek princesses are like." Little Jeanne pointed out.

"Is it a story after all?" Guo Kang could hear what she meant, and hurriedly continued: "Although the plot was carried out, the youngest princess was unwilling to continue and leaked the plot. The king was very angry and ordered the 29 The daughter put a boat without a rudder and let it drift. But in the end, the boat drifted to an island."

"Princess Alpina was the first to land on the island, so she claimed that she owned the land and won the approval of her sisters. Afterwards, these people collected fruits on the island and gradually learned to hunt, so they survived .”

"But their evil nature has not changed, and then they mixed with a local demon called 'Nightmare'. The later giants are their descendants."

"But in the end, these giants, including the 'Gogomo', were all wiped out by the relatives of the Romans. So these strange things are gone, and after that is the era of human beings."

"It's so strange. What is this nightmare? How can Kazuren give birth to giants?" Zhu Wenkui obviously didn't understand.

"I don't know, it's just a story." Guo Kang himself didn't know how this setting came about.

"It's easy for the giant to understand. Nightmare is a ghost that enters a dream? Can this also be killed?" Zhu Wenkui continued to ask.

"It's ok... For the nightmare, it's probably what the Qin people call a sad ghost or a demon dog. It's the kind of ghost that can confuse people and molest women. According to "Jie Blame", just beat it to death." Guo Kang thought for a while and forcefully explained.

"What is this?" Little Jeanna didn't understand either.

"It was the official handbook of exorcising ghosts from Qin State in ancient times." Guo Kang told her: "The title, "hee" means to inquire, and "blame" means disaster, and it is to inquire about the skills of dealing with disaster. It means to ask the divine beast Bai Ze how to deal with monsters."

"At that time, everyone believed in the existence of ghosts. Therefore, in view of the fact that ghosts are rampant and harming the people, the government deliberately recorded and distributed these methods of identifying and dealing with ghosts to teach everyone to avoid disasters."

"Does the imperial court care about this..."

"The imperial court is also responsible for the work of the church. You see, the church often does some exorcism." Guo Kang said: "And the Qin State has a soft spot for making rules. They even ask how many seeds to sow in each field in the field, How to adjust different seeds is issued according to national standards. I feel that if there are no regulations in any aspect, they will feel uncomfortable."

"Then how did they deal with the nightmare?" Little Jeanna asked curiously.

"If it's in human form, it's called 'Ai Gui', Ai Tong Ai, which means a ghost related to love. This thing is obviously the same type as a nightmare."

"According to the records, this kind of ghost will intermarry with human women to make fun of each other. Because they can seduce people, they are still in harmony with each other. It will take a while before they will show disaster. It is a special kind of ghost. When this happens, use thorn wood to make an awl and peach wood to make a handle, pierce its face, or beat its heart, and the ghost will be wiped out, and it will never come again.”

"If it's a ghost in the shape of an animal that's harassing the woman, it's easier, just kill it and eat it. After the ghost is eaten, it won't haunt the woman again."

"The people of Qin would know it, and the people of Great Qin would probably do it too. Anyway, the principle is very simple. It can be seen that it is not very difficult to eliminate the nightmare." Guo Kang actually forced the fairy tale to come true.

The ghost exorcism model of the Qin people is actually two steps: the first step is to use special props or rituals to make the ghosts show their blood;

According to their legends, in order to deal with some big monsters, they would even directly dispatch troops to attack.In short, it is very simple and rude, basically you can learn it at a glance...

Of course, in this story, the name Albion must have nothing to do with a Greek princess or anything.

The word is supposed to come from "Alba" in the local Celtic language, meaning "white", referring to the white cliffs on the shore of Dover.Later it became "Albania" in Latin, and "Albion" in Norman later.In fact, it has the same etymology as Albania in the Balkans.Both of them, and even "Alps", may be the same place names left by the Celts when they migrated.

However, this was originally intended to forcibly demonstrate the relationship between the Greek region and the local area as a basis since ancient times.Forging evidence and documents, or even directly using legends as claims, are very common things in this era. After all, everyone really does not have any reliable history and textual research traditions.

"Since the English themselves have ready-made stories to spread, of course they can be used directly." Guo Kang pointed out: "You see, they have a close relationship with us from the ancient myths to the development of civilization that can be traced later. contact."

"Other barbarians still have their own myths and stories to call and unite everyone. The English simply don't even have their own myths."

"Now there is only the story of King Arthur, which is relatively local. But King Arthur himself is a Roman survivor, and his story is also a Celtic who was oppressed by the Angles and exiled to Brittany. It has been passed down from generation to generation and gradually improved. It ended up taking shape on the Norman side and the French side. That's why Arthurian stories have a lot of French elements and they were so popular with the Norman rulers."

"I guess they're doing it purely to counter the cultural influence of the Anglos, but it's good for us, right?"

Zhu Wenkui looked interested.Monk Daoyan seemed to want to say something, but when he heard his words, he also thought about it.

(End of this chapter)