Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

"It's easy to say, we didn't look at this thing after it was confiscated. I'll bring it to you after I say hello to the police."

Hearing this, Little Hammer was very grateful, and then Haiwen looked at the overturned car and said, "You wait here, I will call all your masters and seniors."

"Ah?" Little Hammer was startled, "What did you ask them to do?"

"I'm going to slap them in the face—you wait here, I'm the one to do everything." After saying this, Hai Wen went to call someone.

Haiwen turned around and informed the patrolling police on the road, asking one to go to these carpenters, and the other to go to the memorabilia of Master Chris.After a while, the policeman who picked up the relic came back first, and this man handed three notebooks to Hai Wen, "My lord, can you see if this is it?"

Haiwen glanced at it, saw that there were some things about carpenters written on it, and he also drew a lot of pictures. He thought it was right, so he gave this to the little hammer.The little hammer flipped over quickly, his expression brightened, and he said, "Yes, this is it! Thank you, sir!" After finishing speaking, he put the note in his arms.

At this time another policeman came back, followed by two carpenters.The three walked quickly, the police yelled loudly, and the two carpenters behind them trotted all the way.One of the two men was hunched over, with vitiligo on his face, and the other was fat and big-eared, covered with thick hairs. These were the two before.The two of them didn't know what was going on when they first arrived, so they came over and nodded to Hai Wen, but Hai Wen ignored it and shouted loudly: "Stand up for me!"

As soon as he got angry, the two of them were immediately frightened. Hewen Ambleside, the mayor of Mustang Town, has killed a lot since he took office. He killed those invincible farmers as soon as he said he would , and now the poor all over Mustang are with him.Therefore, Haiwen's current prestige and energy are too great. When he opened his mouth, the two of them trembled in fright.Haiwen didn't explain much, first he scolded the two people, and then pointed to the overturned components made by the small hammer for them to observe.During this period, Little Hammer huddled behind Haiwen's back, with an expression of fear or joy.

As soon as Haiwen taught people here, many people gathered around to watch.There was a group of adults in three circles inside and outside, and someone shouted loudly: "Cui Lance! What's going on?" Then a thin middle-aged man broke through the crowd and came in. Jian looked a little like Little Hammer, so he asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Cuilance's father. Ah, the little hammer you mentioned." He bowed to Haven, "My lord, what's going on?"

Haiwen smiled and said: "Oh, your son is promising. The overturned car he made is a masterpiece in Mustang Town. These old carpenters are not as good as your son after working for more than half their lives, so I am educating them." Staring at the two carpenters, they immediately lowered their heads in embarrassment, their faces ashen.

Little Hammer's father's face was also very stiff, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or embarrassed, "My lord, my son...is not very talented, I'm afraid he won't be able to take on this important task."

"How come? I think he's doing pretty well."

"That's what you say, my lord..." The old man smiled, "But there are too many skilled craftsmen in Mustang! They have been working all their lives, and they must be better than my son. You see, Little Hammer has only learned three years. Years, this... this is suddenly taking on such a big job, I'm afraid he... can't handle it!" At this point, the old man broke out in cold sweat, "What if something really happens? It's hard to explain, right?" He pulled the little hammer over with a dry smile, "Son, what do you think?"

Little Hammer looked at his father and then at Haiwen, unable to make a decision for a while.Hai Wen sighed, thinking: Not everyone has the courage to challenge the old elite.The younger generations dare not challenge the elders, the peasants dare not challenge the landlords, the commoners dare not challenge the nobles... Sometimes it is either lack of ability or lack of courage.

Haiwen thought for a while and decided to test the child. He said, "Little hammer, tell me, can you do it?"

"I..." Little Hammer was about to speak, but his father ruthlessly tugged at his sleeve. Little Hammer's expression tightened, and he said, "I listen to everything... my father, uh... and your lord's Ann... arrange."

Haven shook his head, this was not the answer he wanted to hear. "Tell the truth and tell what's on your mind."

"What's on my mind?"

"Say what you have, I want to see your courage, little hammer." Haiwen stared into the boy's eyes, "You have to remember, I don't want cowards under my hands—no matter how strong you are, if you are a coward , I won't want you either."

Little Hammer looked around, and the eyes of the surrounding crowd also cast their gazes over.There are a few children here, but most of them are adults, the elders of Little Hammer, scary adults; there are even some old people who cast a very unfriendly look at him; he went to see his father, his father He also stared at him fiercely, and there were two lines on the side of his nose with tight eyes; finally he looked at the two carpenters, the old man and him stared at each other, and threw his face to the sky in anger; the strong man was The eyes are bigger than copper bells, as if they want to eat people.

Haven didn't say anything, he was waiting for the kid to make up his mind.In all fairness, it is not easy for a teenager to show the courage to challenge these adults, but if this child can really say "I dare", then Haiwen will definitely use him again.

At this time, the little hammer spoke.

"My lord mayor, you're right—I've had enough." He glanced at the ugly adults and said, "I don't want to be made useless anymore, I'm better than these old things, and I want to be with you Serve under your hands and be the best craftsman."

"Okay!" Hai Wen laughed loudly, "Tell me your name, Little Hammer."

"My name is Trillance, no last name," he said.

"Okay, Cui Lansi! From now on, you will come to Yizhengtang to work, and I will pay you according to the treatment of a normal employee, and I will make you my chief carpenter. As long as there is work in this area, I will I'll come to you first! From now on, you will be my cadre, who dares to make things difficult for you—" Hai Wen raised his hand, and said loudly to the people around him, "Anyone who can't get along with me!"

After saying this, everyone around cheered.Little Hammer's father was stunned for a moment, and then his old face burst into a smile. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, sir! This is my son's blessing!"

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Little Hammer got his father to pay such respects, and the two carpenters came up immediately after him.That old man is the half-master of Little Hammer. Now that his legs don't hurt and his waist is straight, he ran over at a trot and said to Haiwen, "Oh, my lord, look at us old and dim-sighted people. It’s useless. In the past, I always felt that this little hammer was too young to be able to take on important tasks. It’s because of your discerning eyes that this child’s talent can be revealed. It’s amazing!” He gave a thumbs up.

Then the strong man also came up and said: "Master, what you said is right, it is not enough to have gold, you have to have a master of gold diggers."

Hai Wen understands, these are a bunch of villains who follow the wind and sycophant.He hated this kind of thing the most, so he turned his face and said, "Have you guys seen these overturned parts?"

Several people nodded and said they saw it.

"Imitate this." Haiwen pointed to those things and said, "I asked you to do it yourself and you can't do it. Now I imitate the little hammer. Can you do it well?"

The old man and the strong man looked at each other and said, "My lord, forgive my old eyesight..."

"If you can't imitate it, then go away." Haiwen is merciless, "You can't do it, and you can't copy it. What do I want you to do? I have a solicitation order in my hand, and I'm soliciting you Come to copy this overturned car. Now this overturned car is state property, if it is not done well, I will punish you.”

"My lord! Please don't! We can do it, we can do it!" The two quickly begged.Haiwen nodded slightly, and said, "If there is something you don't understand, you can ask Little Hammer. With me, it doesn't matter seniority, it's just ability."

After making the arrangements, Hai Wen took out a few gold coins from his body and gave them to the little hammer, and then said to him, "You can live in my house or at home, whatever you want."

"Yes, my lord."

On the way back, Haven met King Kong, who was holding a wooden fence to press his leg and stretch his ligaments.It seems that he really took what Fasnat said seriously, but seeing his stiff body, it is still difficult to "suddenly lower his waist" like Fasnat.

Haiwen went over to say hello to King Kong, and then talked about this kind of thing with him.

"King Kong, is everyone in this circle of craftsmen ranking seniority?"

King Kong sighed immediately when he heard this, and said: "It's all like this. Everyone doesn't compare craftsmanship, but some exaggerated things. A few years ago, my father and I went to Fengleibao to visit a teacher and father, saying that we wanted to learn At that time, I thought I could learn some crafts about his skills, but when I went there, there was nothing else but to pay money! After paying the money, he said: 'You are my apprentice!', and then you can work here The circle of craftsmen in the area is mixed up. My lord, now the craftsmen are all at the same level of craftsmanship. If you say it is not too bad, they can do the basic work. If you say it is good here, there is no absolute master. Everyone agrees, what kind of work What can I do and what can’t be done. For example—” King Kong pointed to the north with his hand, “A few years ago, a good person donated money and wanted to erect an 18-meter-high Poseidon statue on the top of the mountain in the north. , no one dares to take this job.”

"Then why?"

"Firstly, this job is too difficult. If you can't do it well after you take it, it will not only be a waste of hard work, but also your reputation will be stinky; secondly, according to the unspoken rules of the craftsmen, this kind of work is taboo. If anyone If you accept it, whoever will smash everyone's jobs."

Haiwen let out a dry laugh in disbelief, and asked, "I do a great job with my skills, why do you say I'm ruining your jobs?"

"Hey, think about it, my lord. If there is such a talented craftsman who takes on a big job and does it well, isn't that the same as saying that those master craftsmen in the Gulf are all liars? The signboards of the old masters are down, and those who follow them to eat will have no food. Isn’t this just smashing the jobs of their peers? In the final analysis, everyone is not willing to make progress and stays in place in a small circle. Whoever wants to run out of the circle, these old bastards will pull this person back, and then stand with them! Land! Step! Step!" King Kong said and started to step on the spot.

Haiwen said angrily: "It's not just standing still, it's almost driving backwards together - so there are no skilled craftsmen in the Gulf?"

"It's not impossible. Occasionally, there will be some young and promising people who want to break this deadlock. But they are too isolated. They want money and no money or power. Craftsmen are lowly jobs, and the nobles look down on them. In order to get a living, these people have to go to those old masters who are already famous. After paying enough tuition fees, the masters will let you open, and you can open with their brand. If you just opened privately, it will be No one recognizes your name, and secondly, it will offend people in these circles—ah, even a straight man like my father had to bring gift money to the old master to ask for a lottery before he can come back and open a shop. "

Hai Wen asked in confusion: "It's just a group of craftsmen, how can there be such a great energy?"

"Don't tell me, there is. Because this kind of trend has been circulating in the Gulf for decades. The craftsmen in the big cities are all ranked according to their seniority. When they go up, they come from where they come from. Anyone can ask. If a small craftsman in a small city wants to go out, he has to find these seniors, and if a small apprentice in a village wants to learn a craft, he has to find a craftsman in a small town... In short, it has been spread layer by layer , this trend has become more and more serious. So far, all craftsmen feel that if they disrespect their teachers, it is 'immoral'. Later, these middle-aged craftsmen got old and couldn't do it anymore, so they naturally joined ' Master's ranks."

Speaking of this, he suddenly asked Hai Wen: "My lord, do you know what is the greatest dream of a craftsman in his life?"

"Of course it is to make something that can be passed down through the ages!" Haiwen said naturally, "A work of art, or a handicraft, to interpret my life's pursuit."

King Kong shook his head bitterly, and said, "My lord, you have such an idea because you have a big heart. For ordinary craftsmen, the biggest pursuit in this life is to get old enough to be able to accept apprentices!" As soon as they come here, they are like landlords who collect rent. When their mouths touch their mouths, the little craftsmen below will send money--My lord, do you think this day is beautiful? Ha! Relying on handicrafts to make a living? Yes Who wants to play tricks when they have nothing to eat! Don’t you think so?”

This is thought imprisoned.Haven thought to himself, this is the same thinking under slavery.Although these craftsmen were not exploited by the landlords, they were exploited by other craftsmen.

Someone has to stand up for their interests.

Thinking of this, Haiwen had a plan in his mind.Not only did he want to set up a peasant association, but he also wanted to set up a trade union.In the future, he will need a large number of craftsmen to repair bridges, build roads, and forge steel... He will unite all those who can.

After talking with King Kong, he returned home. He planned to announce the farmer's association to the people in Mustang Town tomorrow, and he also wanted to report to the people what he had done these days—he wanted to gradually make politics more transparent. , in order to win the support of the people, and put an end to corruption and other behaviors in their own departments.

Now that the car overturning has been settled, there are three other things that affect production: composting, soil digging, and pest infestation.After tomorrow's speech report, he plans to go to various farms to inspect the work, and then go to the southern paddy fields to ask the farmers to see if they can find some solutions.In the evening, he was writing his speech in the bedroom. In order not to disturb him, Isrit took Little Mill to another room. Except for Hyacinth giving him a supper and a sweet kiss in the middle, no one came to disturb him. .It was about eleven o'clock when Estherite and Violet came, and they lightly carried a quilt on which Mirsalu was soundly asleep.

They gently put Mirsalu on the bed, and then Violet bowed silently and left.Estherite covered her daughter with a quilt, then came behind Haiwen and said, "My lord, it's already very late."

It is very late.Haiwen thought to himself, this is not the world in his previous life where he always stayed up late to practice immortality - at that time, there were many people who slept in the early morning, but in this place where there are no street lights, if you don't go to bed at nine o'clock, you are considered staying up late.

So he was also preparing to take a break, just as the script for the speech was almost finished.While tidying up the manuscripts, he thought: I might have to get a secretary to help me write these things. It seems that the leader’s manuscripts are not written by himself?

Just when he was about to go to bed, there was a sudden cooing sound outside the window.When he turned his head, he saw a little horse pigeon cooing and flapping its wings.He gently opened the window, and the messenger came in quietly.

Don't you always knock on the window?Could it be... the pigeon saw that Mir was asleep and didn't want to wake her up?Haiwen touched the messenger's head with his fingers and said, "Thank you."

The bird raised his foot to ask him to open the letter. Haiwen opened the letter and took a look, and there was a sentence inside:

The forest witch is going home soon! (heart symbol)

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Haiwen thanked the little pigeon again and gave her some rice, corn and the like to eat.The little pigeon didn't have much appetite, so it stopped eating after a few mouthfuls. At this time, there was another cooing sound outside. Haiwen saw that there were two hemp pigeons outside.One of them has a big head and thick claws, a circle larger than ordinary sparrows, and looks very mighty; the other has a bunch of dark black hairs on the top of its head, and has a very different temperament.

After the pigeons cooed twice, the little pigeon inside turned around and cooed back.They seemed to be talking, but to Haven they all sounded the same.Then the little pigeon cooed at Haiwen again, but Haiwen couldn't understand, so he asked, "Huh?"

At this moment, Esriette came over. She cleared her throat and said to the bird, "Goo? Cuckoo, Cuckoo. Cuckoo! Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Cuckoo."

Then the little pigeon also flapped its wings and started cooing. Estherite nodded, gestured with her fingers while "cooing" with it, and said a few more words, the little bird nodded excitedly, and then grabbed a handful corn go.As soon as it went out, it distributed the corn to the two companions, and everyone ate happily.

This foreign language is still great.Haven thought to himself.

Haven asked Estherite, "Estherite, what did you say just now?"

Isrit smiled and said: "I made adults laugh, this is the language of pigeons. I chatted with her just now, this little pigeon is a girl named Mi Mina, and the two outside are both Her elder brother. It was her first business trip, and her brothers escorted her here worried. Seeing her two elder brothers working hard, she wanted to ask for some corn to eat, and of course I gave it to her."

Haiwen said puzzledly: "But I hear you all keep 'cuckoo'. How can a sentence of 'cuckoo' have so many meanings?"

"Yes, my lord, a 'cuckoo' is worth a thousand words." Isrit said with a delicate expression.At this time, the pigeons outside the window had finished eating the corn, and they saluted Haven and Isrit with their wings, cooed, and then flew away.The little pigeon is in the middle, and the big one is protecting her from left to right.

Such a warm picture.

Afterwards, Isrit asked him about the letter, and Hewen told her that Gellite was coming back.Knowing that Gellite was coming back, Isrit was very happy.Haiwen counted the time, and Gellite had only been away for about ten days. In this way, she handled things quite quickly.

Then Haiwen went to bed, and went to work the next morning. At about ten o'clock in the morning, he rang the big bell and announced the latest achievements of the Yizheng Hall with the people in Yema Town: this includes the latest financial revenue, financial expenditure, Personnel transfer, facility construction and many other aspects.

Hai Wen told everyone that the public funds exchanged for beating the landlords are now stored in the Yizheng Hall, and the supplies have been asked by the caravan of the Charles family to sell and pay back the money.In a few days, he will buy steel, cloth and food reserves to help everyone survive the winter.He also said that he had started to form a peasant association to protect the interests of the farmers.It is said that the peasant association has started to operate and is organizing farmers to dig the soil, make manure, burn straw to collect plant ash, and organize the use of farm tools and cattle.

People are very curious about this kind of speech, because the former mayor of Yema Town would never tell ordinary people these things. The greater the operability.Now that the decree has been made public, the poor are very surprised—and after surprise comes surprise. They hear that every decree in Haven is closely related to their lives, and they hear that every penny is spent wisely and there is no corruption. Corruption, no extravagance - repairing wells, repairing houses, distributing material benefits, engaging in agricultural construction, and saying that in the future, we will build a public hospital that everyone can afford... Each of these decrees makes people excited.So much so that every time Hai Wen said something, the following people applauded and cheered once.

After the speech, Haven immediately went back to work.Now he has too many things to do, and he really can't relax.Busy without touching the ground until night.

He returned home around seven o'clock in the evening.He called Hyacinth and Violet, and told them to get something for themselves.Then I hide at my desk alone and think about all the things of the day to see if there is anything left.There are still many homeless people in the city, and he plans to arrange these people into the peasant association to expand his power.Just at this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of pigeons outside the window, and when I looked up, I saw six pigeons "DuangDuangDuangDuangDuang" frantically pecking at the window.As soon as Haiwen opened the window, the pigeons started cooing around him.

At this moment, Estherite just came in, and when she heard the voices of the pigeons, she called out: "My lord! The pigeons said that Teacher Gerrit is back!"

"Let's go out to greet you!" Haiwen put on his coat and stood up, "Oh, tell the kitchen, sweet roast chicken, hurry up!"

Then Haiwen took people out of the house, and as soon as he went out, he told the pigeons to fly eastward, cooing as they flew, as if they were leading him the way.He and the people in the house went east all the way, and before he could make any progress, he heard the sound of a carriage, and then saw a carriage slowly approaching in the distance.When he got closer, Haiwen saw that the cart was not a horse, but a few deer.After a while, the deer cart approached, and Gerrita was sitting outside the cart, holding the reins, tying the deer.

"Whoa!" The witch reined in her horse.

Then the deer stopped, and Gerrita got out of the car.Geralte was wearing a beige dress, silk gloves of the same color, and high heels; her hair was pulled up like a lady, with hairpins, and she looked as if she had just attended a ball.She held up the corner of her skirt and gave a salute, and said, "My lord, please stay safe."

"Ah, don't come here without any problems." Hai Wen was a little puzzled.At this time, other people also came up to say hello. Gerrit greeted them one by one, and then Haiwen stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter with you? Also, these deer... er, maybe they are horses?"

Gelieta sighed, and said, "It's a long story." She said as she let go of the reins, "Now, horses, let's go!" The deer neighed and swat Snorting, and then walked into the forest in the dark night.

Really refers to a deer as a horse.Haiwen thought to himself, but she has the ability to make an example of others, so it is probably not difficult to turn a deer into a horse.

Geralte said at this moment: "My lord, I brought you three guests, first of all this one—get out of the car! You bastard!" she cried suddenly.

This attitude is not like treating guests.At this time, a woman stuck her head out in the car and said, "Call us?" It was a girl with a very soft voice, as soft as cotton candy.

Gerrit quickly apologized and said, "Ah, no, no, I didn't tell you—I said the other one, Norseman, take him down!"

"Okay." As he spoke, a tall man wearing a super high collar windbreaker came down. His collar was so high that it covered the tip of his nose, and he wore a top hat and sunglasses on his eyes, which almost covered his entire body. Stopped, it doesn't look like a normal person at first glance.The weird man was holding a rope in his hand, and at the other end of the rope was leading a man who was tied up.This is a prisoner with a sack on his head, and his whole body is dirty.

Then the girl with a soft voice came down. She was wearing a nun's attire, with a good posture and a pleasant appearance.

Zhe Lite stepped forward and said: "My lord, this tall man is the alchemist I told you about, and this nun is the nurse I found for Lord Cat, but I will introduce these two to you later, we have other Things have to be done." Gerrit kicked the prisoner to the ground and said, "Kneel down!"

Haven had never seen Gerrit so angry before, and he couldn't help but wonder.At this time, Gelie said to him: "My lord, come and see for yourself, I don't care about the rest."

So Hai Wen walked over, and as soon as he approached, the person inside trembled and said "no".Hearing this voice, Haiwen's heart skipped a beat—he had heard this voice before.Then his anger suddenly rose.

Hai Wen lifted the hood off—as expected, there was a fat man with a frightened face underneath.

It was Van Derry Garcia, who had been missing for a long time, Haven's treasurer.

"I found him from the tavern, and he was smiling happily with his arms around the two girls." Gerrit sneered, "Your Excellency, you can figure it out."

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Ps: Goo?Coo coo coo coo!Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo w

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The scene became quiet in an instant, and the quietness made people a little scared.

Haven has always regarded him as dead.Even though the housekeeper had mentioned to him that the fat man might have run away with the money, Hai Wen never believed it.

Now it seems that the butler's eyes are poisonous.

At this moment, the butler came up, patted the fat man's face with his cane, and said to Haiwen, "What should I say? My lord."