Is this a godsend?

However, Snake Girl not only doesn't know the rules, but also doesn't know Shang's language. Her voice is nice, but the barbarians in Chu can't understand what she says, which brings a lot of damage and inadvertent mistakes.

This made Zi Shou feel that she belonged to the kind who didn't beat her every day and went to the house to expose the tiles, so she had to beat her at least once a day, so that she would not be too tired, and this snake girl who didn't know the rules could also keep her own place.

"It seems that I really need to find a reliable master to order some medicine." Zishou looked at the roasting Kui beast kidney and sighed. A fox is relaxed, and Jiang Yu and Jiang Yushu are small desserts. , Qionghua cried as soon as she was hit, which verified the saying that women are made of water.

In the end, Bi and Qingyou, if added, are just right, as long as I don't want to beat up several women at once, I can still persist. Besides, they don't have to be beaten every day, oh, except for Jiang Yu who is preparing for pregnancy.

However, if you add the words of this soaring snake girl who doesn't know her name, then she really can't hold on, this guy is not obedient at all, and he has to be beaten every day to be quiet and not make trouble.

"Hey, I can't do what I want." Zi Shou lamented again and again, what will Wuhu Luanhua do in the future, but it seems that he heard his sigh, and there was a rustling sound behind him, and the tiny slippery scales rubbed against the cloth blanket. sound.

Then a warm and strange body wrapped around her. Snake Girl's body temperature was very stable, neither too hot nor too cold, probably just a little warm feeling.

"Ahh!" The snake girl bit the piece of beef in Zishou's hand, quickly tore up the juicy piece of roast beef, and swallowed it.In her opinion, if you don't eat it, then don't waste it. This kind of hot food is very rare for her family. They have the ability to secrete toxins that kill most parasites, and they exist for eating raw food.

"How dare you snatch the meat from the widow's mouth?" Zishou hardened his fist immediately, and slapped the snake girl on the head, and this guy looked like he was desperate to eat, only caring about what was in Zishou's plate Find something to eat.

"It seems that today's beating is inevitable for you!" Zi Shou grabbed the waist of the water snake dangling in front of him, and then directly swung the stick to give him a fat beating. After the beating, the snake girl looked fatter.

"Tsk!" Zishou untied the snake's tail wrapped around his body, and the remaining strangle marks disappeared in a few minutes, "Evil, bring me another piece of meat."

Beating people is a heavy physical activity. Fighting between warriors is usually about 1 minute, which is enough to explain the problem, and persistence for three to five minutes is the limit, and Zishou, who can last for more than two to 5 minutes in high-intensity fights, is already a freak up.

And this kind of stamina and physical fitness requires a lot of food for maintenance. Therefore, this is what the poor and rich are saying. Obviously, beef, well, it is hard to say whether this kind of Kui beast is called a cow. It is obviously to supplement protein. nice one.

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real history:

Tang Dynasty: In the middle of Shu, the cattle were harvested, and the meat was thousands of catties.

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Metallurgy and archeology plus biology go bald together:

The recent archaeological discovery of dinosaur remains in Hubei, the carbon-14 test was about 4000 years ago to 3200 years ago (the C-14 test error is more than 800 years), which proves that dinosaurs still existed in small quantities until 4000 years ago. It is considered to be the last dinosaur race in the world to be extinct, and the cause of extinction is human hunting.

The wreckage is 7 meters long. According to the reconstruction picture, it weighs more than 2000 kilograms. It walks on two feet. The forelimbs degenerate into small wings.

The tentative name is "Ox-kissed Dragon" (named after its characteristics), and if the age can be further determined, it may also be called "Shang Niulong".

Also found along with the wreckage was an iron weapon fixed on the back of the wreckage. According to the metal identification, it was made of iron, with a blade length of 57 cm and a rotten stem. Judging from the traces of piercing, it may be a throwing weapon. Scholars believe that it was probably a special spear projected using some kind of winch mechanism.

And this Shangniu dragon should have been hit, stumbled and fell into the valley, covered with mud and rocks, and survived until modern times, until it was washed out by mudslides.

This can show that until 4000 years ago, dinosaurs still lived with humans for a short period of time, and in order to hunt and kill such large creatures, people at that time forged sharp iron tools and built tall cities.

In the end, due to natural climate change and human hunting, this creature was completely extinct, and now only this wreck and iron spear are left before our eyes.

According to the archaeological community, the reason why this kind of fossil was not found before is probably due to the hunting of humans. Most of these creatures were hunted and eaten by humans, and the bones and corpses were completely dismembered and used, resulting in no remains. Complete wreckage and fossils.

Of course, it is not ruled out that transitional fossils are still buried underground. Next, we will continue to excavate the local strata to try to find more fossils or bone residues of Shang Niulong.

Chapter 52 Assassins

Hunting is a very interesting thing. If you invite hundreds of people to hunt with you, it will be even more interesting. Zishou also thinks so. If the prey is a rare giant beast in the world, the fun will be doubled Well, this is the reason why the game Monster Hunter is selling so well.

Four people hunting is so happy, wouldn't it be happier for those hundreds of people chasing death and north together?A giant tiger with colorful patterns is galloping along the sparse woodland. This giant tiger is more than three meters long and nearly one meter high at the shoulder. It is different from the gold gradient of ordinary tigers, but orange fur. It is not known that it is a genetic mutation. The product is still a small subspecies of tiger.

"Hoo!" The nearly ten-foot-long spear fell on the side of the giant tiger with a whistling sound, and knocked an ancient tree into pieces, making the overlord of the forest tremble and run faster. Unfortunately, felines never Not known for stamina, the big cat slowed down quickly.

The strong man in light armor behind him quickly caught up, grabbed the tiger's hind paws, and punched it. After two blows, the big cat could only whimper slightly on the ground, and turned over to show its white belly to express its submission. .

"This fur is not bad, but it's a pity that it's a tigress." It's still a pregnant tigress. According to the rules of field hunting, pregnant females cannot be killed, because if they are killed, the prey will be much less in the coming year.

"I have to find a cage to lock this thing up." Anyway, in the military establishment of the merchant army, there are indeed such things as beast teams, including elephants, tigers, leopards and rhinos, which are used to consume and intimidate the enemy on the battlefield. It's also simple to use - light a fire on the tail, then poke the rear with a spear, and these grumpy beasts will rush forward with red eyes.

Tigers and leopards are lucky to say that elephants and rhinos rushing over in such a hurry are indeed very oppressive. However, with the development of military technology, these beast troops will soon become pure guards of honor. In the military establishment, but no one will put these uncontrollable animals on the battlefield again.

"Huh~ there's nothing big anymore." Zi Shou rubbed his wrists and found that he seemed to have left the team, and those guards were still picking up his spears behind him, so he was immediately alert, you know, that's how Sun Ce died.

"Buzz!" Chengying took out her sheath, and a faint silver brilliance shrouded her side. Chengying can resist a certain degree of physical attack, and it is best used to defend against surprise attacks. As for the night training, it is still in the camp.

The big cat lay quietly on its feet without making any sound, for fear of disturbing this strange creature with strange strength, Zishou grabbed it by the fur of its neck and stood up. Too big orange cat.

"Let's go, find a way out!" Zi Shou stepped forward with the sword, afraid that two assassins would rush out of the forest to attack him. Although he had learned swordsmanship from Xiao Lian for a long time, his level was still the same, and three or five people could still do it. Rely on brute force to deal with it, but if there are more people, it will not work.

There are two ways to deal with multiple people. One is to be quick on your feet, keep a distance, let the opponent run away, and deal with them one by one. Before, one was killed by brute force, and one or two were manually reduced.

The rest of the people will naturally feel fearful after being impacted and intimidated by this kind of attack, which gives them the possibility of breaking through. However, if there are more people, they can cooperate in twos and threes. .

Of course there are assassins, and there are more than one fucking wave. After all, with regard to the immoral thing that King Shang did, Dongyi and Renfang have people who hope that he will die early, but Xiqi did not send assassins. Originally, Guangchengzi had this plan , but was persuaded by Lu Shang.

The reason is simple, what is the occasion for field hunting in four seasons?Even though in the second half of the field hunt, everyone will scatter to chase scattered prey instead of in the chariot, and the guards around the king are much less, but don't forget that the field hunt is still a military exercise in essence.

There are all kinds of drums and musical instruments used for military communication, and once the king is assassinated, let alone whether it will succeed, it will be okay if it succeeds, but what if it fails?It is almost immediately possible to summon the army to come directly to retaliate.

Lu Shang also thought that it would be better to use this kind of unappealing trick sparingly, "Isn't your majesty afraid of being poisoned by assassins?" Lu Shang dismissed Ji Chang's idea with one sentence. Look at the king of Shang behind, and even the queen of Shang will directly give you this set.

"Also, don't forget, Your Majesty, the exam is still in Shangdi!" His Zishou only has one younger brother who can inherit the throne. Even though he has a bad relationship with Ziqi, if he is really assassinated, Ziqi will immediately die. There is no contradiction in becoming his best brother and avenging his son at all costs.

But you, Ji Chang, have two sons who can inherit, and the most legitimate one is still in Shangdi. Once Ziqi succeeds to the throne, he wants to take revenge on Xiqi. Guess what he will do?

Unless Wei Ziqi is a complete idiot, but Wei Ziqi's evaluation has never been a idiot, in fact, he is quite smart and capable, but because his mother was not a queen when he was born, he missed the throne.

However, apart from Xiqi, weird assassins are indispensable, which is why the emperors of later dynasties seldom left the palace. Imagine how many assassinations Qin Shihuang had during his tour of the world.

"Death to the tyrant!" A few strong men in short brown clothes with bronze swords rushed over when they saw the king of Shang. In the army, there is no chance at all.

However, during field hunting, there are many people involved, and there are many reports from the gentry in the field. Therefore, no one finds it strange that a few strong men with bronze swords and bows and arrows are wandering around the hunting ground.

"Mom!" Zi Shou has been vigilant about this all along, and when he saw these people rushing over his head, it was wrong, so he turned his head and ran away!Just kidding, three with knives in the front and two with bows in the back, isn't that waiting to be beaten, it's justified to run decisively to widen the distance.

Fortunately, although the forest is sparse, there are still many big trees that can hide arrows, and the power of bows and arrows at this time is not high, and the arrows are even used by bone arrows to shoot at these mossy vines. On the big tree, it is a bit difficult to pierce the bark, and it hangs crookedly on it.

"Don't go, dog thief!" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a huge boulder flying towards him, and the strong wind was blowing in his face. He had no way of parrying it.

"Okay, let's not go now!" They ran for a while and opened up a little distance. The sight of those playing with bows and arrows was blocked by bushes and trees, and they only had to deal with this eager guy.

"Take your life!" "Pfft!" "Why are you in such a hurry to give me your life?" Zi Shou shook off the blood on the invisible blade, and the strong man opposite was cut in two with the sword.

"Baixia is a good sword, forget it, take it back and melt it, and make something else, at least it's a few catties of bronze." Zishou picked up the broken sword and put it aside.

Not long after, the rest of the assassins also appeared one after another. Zishou relied on the advantage of the terrain, and he was good at these skills, but the guys with poor equipment dealt with them for a while, and some assassins with more flexible minds began to disappear and run away, because After a long delay, King Shang's guards will come over at any time.

And those guys whose eyes were reddened by Zishou's teasing were immediately surrounded by a whole group of people from the merchant army who finally followed Zishou's trail.

"Don't kill yet, arrest me, I'll ask... Do it!" The quick and easy suicide has the heroic spirit of those assassin biographies in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

"Forget it, collect the corpses, collect the clothes and weapons, they are all property, they are quite valuable so don't waste them."

"Okay, how about a burial?" The valet handed over a dry cloth to wipe off sweat.

"How can it be, let someone identify them, they are all from somewhere, and they are not indecent when they come and go."

"It's impossible to thoroughly investigate who sent the assassins. These assassins may also be people from other places..." Although it is not difficult to identify where the people are, after all, there is a lack of communication in this era, and the characteristics of people in various places are still very distinct. Clothing, looks and weapons can reveal a lot of information.

But relying on this to locate the behind-the-scenes indicator is too difficult.

"It doesn't matter, I don't care who ordered it, but where the assassin came from, I will find trouble there. If this happens again, whether it is instructed by their locals or not, it is their problem. In this way ..."

"Your Majesty, you can't do it. I'm afraid you'll lose people's hearts by being so involved!"

"Then let the widow stare at people to death, and don't make such a thing happen again. Besides, if you can afford a sword and have clothes to wear, you must be not an ordinary person." Zi Shou didn't care, and let the local people identify it by themselves finished.

He didn't have the arrogance of people in this era. He thought that Qianshou was an appendage attached to him. Those who could afford swords were obviously not ordinary Qianshou, and it was obviously unnecessary and impossible for them to avoid the eyes and ears of every Qianshou.

As nobles who have money to practice martial arts or even poor nobles, they and Qianshou can't pee in the same pot, and they put on a posture of punishing Qianshou instead of nobles, and those nobles and nobles will not feel that they will be implicated. , and even fan the flames, inciting himself to make a big move, well, these yeoman Qianshou become slaves.

So, with this threat, would they keep the assassins a secret?As long as you build up your reputation for rewards and punishments, whoever dares to play tricks of assassination in the future may have the head of Guizhou inform you before they go out.

Of course, with the transportation and communication in this era, you don’t need to expect the heads of Guizhou to walk thousands of miles to Modu to inform you, but wherever you go, you can ask the locals to know if there are any suspicious strangers hiding.

Inviting people from other places is not modern. There are maps and convenient transportation everywhere. They are not locals. Even when they enter the mountains, they don’t know where there are caves to shelter from the rain. Will those mountain streams flood in the middle of the night and send themselves away? .

Therefore, they must also invite guides or they themselves were born in the local area and are familiar with the vegetation and terrain here. Therefore, Zishou found the local tribes and villages in the first place, not simply to vent anger, but deliberate and with evidence.

I have to say that this plan is really easy to use, especially after a savage who timidly faltered and said some useless information got a piece of gold the size of a thumb as a reward and was promoted to a Chinese, there were many informers.

It took less than half a month to figure out the style of these assassins. In this era, sleeping in the wilderness is no different from committing suicide. Therefore, it is impossible for them to avoid every village, or even every savage house.

And the coins or valuables they used to buy guides and buy food were also confiscated. Zishou paid a separate reward at half the price of the collected evidence, and once someone else told them that they had hidden them, they would all be confiscated. , and then fined, those who have no money to pay the fine will be demoted directly to slaves, and those who were slaves will be buried alive directly.

As a result, the speed and efficiency of collecting evidence have been greatly improved. After some mountain people heard about it, they even walked more than ten miles of mountain roads overnight, risking their lives to inform them. After all, these outsiders wanted to hide from the local mountain people. It is impossible to leave no trace.

It’s just that when other people search for such assassins, they always ask the nobles and countrymen for questioning. Even if they find these people in the countryside, it would be good if they don’t even sit together and bury them. It's a great gift, what more do you want?Still don't kowtow to thank for not killing?

However, Zishou didn't do that, he punished and ran to these rural people, but those who took the initiative to report were rewarded, and the rewards were very generous, and even handed over the hidden illegal property, not only did not get punished, but also It can be divided into half, and immediately the discussion is enthusiastic.

"Look, isn't it just found out?"

There is no common currency in this era, and there are all kinds of things used to bribe guides and village savages. Those bronze shell coins and bronze wares are always revealing information, and they are still bought by money. Those who threatened or even robbed the villagers with swords It's even worse - not only is there no psychological pressure to sell, it's even very happy.

"Okay, the tribes and nobles on these lists are evil, you took people to move them, and their property is divided into three parts. I will take one part, you and the nobles will take one part, and the rest will be shared among the surrounding people. In the end, the corners that are not easy to deal with are divided among the savages of the village." Zishou said blankly, "In the future, there will probably not be many assassins, at least not such a large-scale assassin."

Just kidding, in the Tang Dynasty, the macho men left by the Taizong and Gaozong eras couldn't play this game. Those aristocratic families, which ones were not the scourge of the millennium, were all uprooted by Wu Meiniang with this game. The nobles of this era With intelligence and level, it is strange to have a way to break the game.

If it weren't for the traffic, cultural level and financial restrictions, he would have planned to put a copper box in the city to allow people to submit anonymous letters. However, the cultural requirements for anonymous letters in this era are too high, and they are not for ordinary people. It can only be downgraded according to local conditions.

"Since then, all the villagers have been the eyes and ears of the widow!" In this era, who can leave no trace?Unless you kill people to silence them, kill all the people in these villages where you have been.

But here comes the problem, these people are the property and subjects of the nobles, did you kill them at will?There are some things that he, the King of Shang, may not be able to find out, but those nobles, big and small, are not impossible to find out.

Not to mention, in the barbarism of this era, the little nobles lived together with the savages in these villages to ward off beasts and disasters. Burning and killing people outside the wall, do you think that there is no such thing as nobles and warriors separated by a wall?

For this sake, it is hard to say whether you are assassinating or rebelling.Of course, you can also choose to silence the guides and witnesses in a small area, and then promise to buy the local nobles with huge profits. Therefore, this plan is not perfect, and there is no perfect plan in the world.

However, this also means that the threshold of action and the overhead cost have been greatly increased. At least half of the assassination actions can be screened out, and the remaining ones can only be defended by other methods, and the places that meet these conditions become only Down those few.

From defending everywhere, loosening everywhere, you only need to stare at those few unreliable guys and the points that are prone to accidents, and there is never a shortage of fools in the world. Zishou can't guarantee that the nobles under him are reliable, but the planner Can those guys who are assassinated be able to guarantee that those guys who have received money will not eat both ends?

"Half of them are relatives' nobles, and some of them are veterans, but Xiqi didn't make any movement. Your Majesty, this is not normal." Su Biao flipped through the information on the wooden slips, and said with a frown.

"The ones at the relatives' side have all been moved. If you dare to eat inside and outside, you don't have to get used to it, but these old officials..."

"It's not good to rely on the old and sell the old, and the widow is in power, who dares to rebel?" These old guys are less concerned about themselves because they are left behind by the previous generation of Shang kings. In their eyes, Zi Shou is too deviant up.

On the contrary, those who were newly promoted, as well as the upstarts who were promoted by the previous generation of Shang kings in the late period of the reign, did not think that there was anything wrong with the Shang king's insanity. After all, they saw the benefits and saw the opportunity for promotion.

However, these old nobles who have controlled the feudal country and fine fiefdoms for a long time felt this threat. Tradition is a tool to guarantee their interests, and Zishou obviously violated this interest, so it is very likely that these veterans would plan to assassinate Normal.

Moreover, there are supporters of Wei Ziqi. In their eyes, the eldest son Qi is the best successor, not Zi Shou, especially Zi Shou who goes crazy and messes up from time to time, which leads to a large number of upstarts. When given the opportunity to rise up, the originally neutral part also began to favor Ziqi.

"I'm not gold, how can everyone love it?" Zishou was not too surprised by this, he was the emperor and the courtiers, it was just like this, and he didn't touch these people before.

On the one hand, they are still relatively quiet, because the king of Shang has not shown any tendency to destroy their privileges and status;

And in history, it would be too difficult for the sluts and villains promoted by Di Xin to rise up to compete with these new and old nobles, and there is not enough time. If there is enough time, Ji Fa will have no chance to cut merchants.

"Then these old ministers also move?"

"Well, I can only kill." Zi Shou rolled his eyes, "No matter what you say, if you plan to assassinate the king and kill him, if you don't deal with it severely, you won't be able to convince the public. The widows need to reassure them." Especially those old guys who have complaints and support Ziqi, but haven't reached the point of sending Assassin Stud.

"However, if the handling is too heavy, I'm afraid it will be understood as a signal that the widows will do something to these old guys." Not to mention that the world is against each other, at least Wang Ling's ignorance is small.

"So, punish the chief evil and his eldest son." Zi Shou immediately thought of a way to kill himself and his eldest son. Then it will be divided into all the descendants, and everyone will be treated equally; if the direct line is completely destroyed, it will be divided into all the sons, and it will still be divided equally.

A variant of the Tweeting Order in the Han Dynasty, the bastards who benefited must cheer for the king of Shang. You must know that under normal circumstances, they are no different from the slaves of the eldest brother's family, but now they can divide the property and form a family of their own, so they must support it.

And what about the descendants?Having a descendant and dividing the descendants also ensures that the direct line will not be hostile to the bad rules of the Shang king. After all, the direct line is dead and can only be distributed to the concubine, isn't it?However, if this is done, will these young direct descendants survive to grow up?laugh!

Especially seeing the concubines of other families divide their property, what will the concubine brothers of their own family do?

Of course, Zishou will not expose this kind of face, he will provide all kinds of help to these legitimate sons on various occasions and in various aspects, so as to maintain the eldest son system and the rules of the nobility.

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Dictionary that didn't blow up completely:

Rely on the old and sell the old:

Wang Yuci was hunting and hunting, and a minister remonstrated: "The old minister is the country's reliance. This is too tiring, so I should care more."Wang scoffed and said, "Sell it with this?"So he didn't follow the invitation and was punished.

Chapter 53 Good Match

Assassins came out of Field Hunting, involving a large number of old officials including Jizi, which made the atmosphere of returning to the teacher very strange. Fortunately, the King of Shang issued an order to kill only the chief evil, which made people feel relieved. They I was really afraid that this epileptic king would really risk the world's disgrace and kill them all.

If you change to a king of Shang, even if you really want to kill them all, you will not do it directly, but if you change to something like Zishou, who knows if he will really kill you all.

And those who were not involved also began to complain about those who did it, especially the upstarts, who were the beneficiaries. Naturally, they wished that these old guys would die more and free up their positions and resources. In this era, no competition The resources are already dead.