At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 19, historical stories and fabrications

“A long, long time ago, our ancestors didn’t understand anything and lived in ignorance on this land. One day, the trees struck by lightning in the sky ignited the forest and burned a large number of animals to death.

At that time, our ancestors picked up these burned animals and took a bite. They were surprised to find that cooked food was much more delicious! So our ancestors used wooden sticks to light fire to the place where their ancestors lived, and this was also the first fire between heaven and earth. "

"That's not right. The first ray of fire should have been caused by King Suiren." Chen Chen, the eldest son of the village, asked.

After the last talk about "The List of Gods", everyone unanimously asked Xu Fan to finish telling this story, and Xu Fan did not refuse.

So after dinner, the people in the Chen family would come to Xu Fan's yard, light a bonfire, and listen to a story. After the list of gods was finished later, Xu Fan simply told historical stories to the villagers in the Chen family. No profound ideas, just boring.

He is used to going to bed after 10 o'clock, and the people in this world rest after dark. Xu Fan is quite bored during this period of the night. Now he can tell some historical stories, and he has something to do.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "The Suiren clan will come out soon."

He continued: "After all, sky fire is a minority. The tribes at that time had to carefully preserve the fire. As long as the fire was extinguished, the entire tribe could only eat raw meat and live a life of eating hair and drinking blood. Our ancestor Suiren was pounding stones. At that time, he accidentally discovered that there is a kind of stone that is very easy to spark when knocked against each other, and this kind of stone is now flint. With the flint, the tribes in the world did not worry about the fire being extinguished. The Suiren family also took this credit and became the common people of the world at that time. host."

Ah Sheng suddenly realized: "It turns out that Suiren is someone who can light fires. It is too easy to become the co-owner of the world."

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Is it really that easy? Before the Suiren clan, our ancestors spent countless spring and autumn years in order to discover that flint could light fire. It was the Suiren clan's torch that illuminated the light of civilization. Thousands of years have passed. Even though we are still using flint to light fires, we are still lighting fires and cooking under the blessing of the Suiren family."

Xu Fan continued, "Our life today was developed bit by bit by our ancestors. The Chao family imitated the bird's nest and built primitive houses, so we have the current house to live in. The Shennong family taught them how to farm, and this is what we have now." Prosperous Chinese civilization.

It is easy to imitate others, but it is very difficult to be the first to do it. From ancient times to the present, there are only a few people like Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors who have made achievements that have benefited the entire Chinese people. "

Ah Sheng continued to ask: "Can I become the king of men if I also come up with an invention that everyone in the world can use?"

Chen Chen said with a smile: "You, a farmer's son, still want to become a human king. Now in the Qin Dynasty, only the son of the First Emperor can become a king."

Xu Fan said: "This matter is not certain. Don't think that the First Emperor is now the co-owner of the world, but hundreds of years ago, his family was just a horse slave for the Emperor Zhou, and his status was not much higher than ours. The Ji family, the former leaders of the world, have now become ordinary people, so even though we are still the sons of farmers, we may not be unable to make a fortune."

"In the old days, the swallows in front of the prince's palace flew into the common people! Nobles may not always be nobles, and ordinary people may not have their day in the future. Everyone should remember one sentence, princes and generals should have their own kind!"

The villagers in Chen's family laughed loudly when they heard this, obviously they didn't believe it.

Chen Gang even smiled and said: "Master Xu, I believe you have become a noble, but how can we common people become princes and generals? In this world, nobles have always been nobles, and common people have always been common people. How much more can we common people eat?" A bowl of rice is already ready."

Chen Lin retorted: "We may be like this for the rest of our lives, but if Ah Sheng and others study with Xu Fan, they may not be able to become scholar-bureaucrats in the future. If they can achieve this step, they can be regarded as strong masters and ancestors."

"It's impossible for a kid like Ah Sheng to be an official." The villagers didn't believe it.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Everyone doesn't believe it, but the Jing family, the great aristocracy of Chu State, has now become ordinary people like us. The aristocracy will decline, and the descendants of the groom will also become the first emperor. Who can predict what will happen in the future? That’s right.”

Chen Gang said: "The Jing family is still the master now, and we will farm the land for the Jing family." The richest man in the Jing family owns tens of thousands of acres of land in Yang County alone. Many people in the Chen family rent and farm the Jing family's land. . From the perspective of local people, the weather in Yang County has not changed.

Xu Fan said: "Generals have no seeds. Men should strengthen themselves. As long as everyone is self-reliant, everything is possible."

Xu Fan's free days did not last for a few days. One month after the county magistrate was captured, new officials from Yang County took up their posts again, filling the gap.

County magistrate Li Zhang led people to Chen's house and arrested Xu Fan.

Chen Gang and Chen Lin were scared to death, thinking that the county magistrate had discovered what they had done.

Xu Fan was a little unconvinced and said: "Why are you arresting people randomly? I haven't broken the law."

The villagers of Chen's family also gathered around, as if they were going to take action if the government did not give an explanation. Chen Lin even took out the hoe at home.

The county magistrate Li Zhang said angrily: "What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?"

Chen Gang immediately said: "County Magistrate Li, Master Xu has always been kind to others since he settled in our Chen family. He has never done anything illegal."

The county magistrate Li Zhang sneered: "Before we did anything illegal, His Majesty the First Emperor issued an edict to burn books last year. Let's see what this is."

The government officials copied out the bamboo slips from Xu Fan's study, threw them to everyone and said: "If you keep books privately, you will be demoted to the city's highest rank and sentenced to ten years in prison."

Then Li Zhang looked at everyone coldly and said: "Fellow party members will still be sentenced to two years in prison."

The villagers were really frightened now.

Xu Fan immediately said: "His Majesty the First Emperor's edict also said that books on farming and astronomy are not among them. These books of mine record breeding techniques and are also farming books, and are not among the books to be burned."

Xu Fan also felt aggrieved now. He had just thought that what he had done had been discovered, but he didn't expect that it was the burning of books and the entrapment of scholars.

Li Zhang sneered: "Are these books on breeding?" What he was holding in his hand was the traditional Chinese linen that Xu Fan had copied.

Xu Fan couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Sir, can the sentences above be read smoothly? It can also be regarded as a book! I wrote it on the linen cloth in order to forget the words."

"I don't care about this. As long as the words you write on it are books and they are not books about farming and astronomy, you are breaking the law."

After hearing these words, Xu Fan suddenly seemed to have traveled back to his own time.

Do you still need to get an invoice? Sure enough, the government can always find a reason if they want to get rid of you.

(End of this chapter)