Chapter 1 Erudition(1/2)
The white jade feng originated from the Ed Terrace, winding for nearly a hundred miles from the wild land of the Watching Forest. The Iron River penetrated from north to south into the hinterland of the Atroca Empire. After passing through Wanghai City for more than 30 miles, it intersected with another tributary, forming a sharp bend of 90 degrees, flowing towards the coastline to the west. It all the way to the delta area at the western estuary, forming the richest city of the Atroca Empire, Danma.
As the last city of the Atroca Empire, Danma City mainly operates rice and fishery. Originally, this was not a very special agriculture. The reason why it formed the most prosperous and prosperous scene in the country was because it was also the largest aristocratic settlement in the country. The aristocrats who had settled or had industries here for a long time accounted for more than 70% of the aristocrats in the country. In a sense, this was also the second capital of the Atroca Empire.
There are barrier-like mountains to the north and south. The ocean currents to the east bring abundant fishery resources and also bring warm climates. Due to its unique geographical location, the scenery of Damma is pleasant and the climate is like spring. Due to the large gathering of nobles, there is also the largest number of slaves in the country and the famous cultural and artistic atmosphere of the entire continent. According to the fragment mentioned by Furna, each of the nobles here thinks they are literati or artists. They love writing and worship music. There are geniuses who can directly disassemble a sentence and treat it as poetry. The poems are as follows:
turn out to be,
I can, too
Write
poetry……
There are also genius poets who can write masterpieces, whose poems include:
A lewd hand is wet,
Not difficult,
Difficult,
It's a quilt wet
After listening to Furna's introduction, Tang Yi had a preliminary impression of Danma. A book that had an important position in Tang Yi's mind reads:
...And the ancient Greeks were like this: slaves farmed, cooked, rowed, and citizens were intoxicated by chanting poems and essays in the Mediterranean sunshine, and buried their heads in mathematical analysis. The so-called art is such a kind of play.
Indeed, the so-called art is such a kind of play.
In the past few days, he suddenly realized that he had the potential to be a satirical person. Those guys snatched things that did not belong to them like a group of robbers, burned the house, and wanted to kill innocent people. And those who played art in that city were just such a group of people, who had read in countless books before, were specialized in plundering and gaining for nothing... aristocrats?
The resentment was definitely his own. The main reason was not the things he was thinking, but... he didn't have much money with him. After the house was burned, he didn't find any of the things he put inside. After leaving the Watching Forest with Xiaoxue, he lived in Wanghai City for a few days because he couldn't find a means of transportation. Now there are only a few silver coins left in his wallet. When he arrived in Danma, food and accommodation became a problem, so why are you talking about revenge?
What made him more relieved these days was that Xiaoxue was no longer as afraid of others as before. Although she was still very wary of others when she went out, as long as she followed her, she gradually relaxed her heart. Now she could point fingers around Tang Yi's arms and express her own opinions.
Looking out from the round guardrail, the river was covered with white light and the grass and trees were covered with snow on both sides, which was very beautiful. With Xiaoxue in his arms, he was thinking about making money. This was a three-masted ship called the Silver Viper, which belonged to a nobleman in Wanghai City. The destination of this trip was Danma. Originally, the road to Danma was blocked due to heavy snow. Although it was not impossible to find the same team, it was not only a rugged road, but also expensive. Tang Yi waited in Wanghai for more than ten days, and happened to be going to Danma. The ship was also escorted by the ship as a noble family member who was quite noble. He was kind-hearted. Seeing that many people were stranded in Wanghai, he also asked other passengers to board the ship and only charged appropriate fees. Humph, he was not afraid of being assassinated. He thought viciously.
This is just a joke, not really expectation. The boat trip to Denma is said to be seven days, and now it has been four days. Apart from the original sailors and crew on the ship, there are about twenty civilians, all living with Tang Yi and others on the lower level of the ship. As for the noble who lived on the upper level of the ship, everyone never saw it.
"Ah, Ayi, do you look at that piece of film, like the way my father and mother were chasing each other?"
When he reached a place, Xiaoxue said excitedly in Tang Yi's arms. It was a winding snow, which looked a bit like a storm and rage. Tang Yi nodded and smiled, "It really looks like it."
"I don't know how they are now... Ayi, you said they won't have any trouble, is that true?"
"Don't worry, they are much better than us. Even we are fine. They must have chased after Danma."
When talking about Storm and Ryuga, Xiaoxue's expression became depressed again. Storm and Ryuga's disappearance made her worry for a long time. Tang Yi said it for a long time before she could get rid of her depression. In fact, he confirmed that these two giant wolves would not have anything to do. The IQs of those two guys may not be lower than that of him. They are no longer ordinary beasts, but the high-level monsters mentioned by others. The reason for their disappearance must be to recover the Maoqiu. Seeing that Xiaoxue's mood was depressed again, he smiled gently and took out four egg-sized fruits from his pocket: "Xiaoxue, watch my performance."
"I'm throwing fruits again. I've been tired of watching it. You've performed many times at home. Even I've learned it."
"I really learned it? I'll throw four of them this time."
He said, throwing the fruits one by one in his hand. When he was in the forest, in order to please Xiaoxue, he often trained such small things, whether it was juggling or magic, which made Xiaoxue happy for a while. It was a bit difficult to just throw four at a time, and it was still on the boat that was driving like this. He persisted for a while, and the travelers around him surrounded him. One of them shouted "Okay", which scared Tang Yi. An instant fruit fell and hit him on his head, and then fell from the bow of the boat into the water.
Seeing the fruit falling, Xiaoxue supported her hand on the fence and flew out of the boat with light body. After catching the fruit, she swung back and handed it back to Tang Yi with a smile. Her silver hair was flowing, beautiful and light like an elf. Tang Yi's appearance was also excellent. When the people around her saw it, they immediately shouted.
"OK."
"Are you two from the circus?"
"Show another performance to see."
These people are all civilians, and they don’t have many opportunities to see performances on weekdays. Besides, the two of them are performing so they almost have no problem even if they are almost skilled. Tang Yi smiled and nodded to the people around her. Xiaoxue was startled, with a smile on her face and her body also penetrated into Tang Yi’s arms. Tang Yi hugged her and signaled that it was okay. Then she said to the people around her: “Sorry, sorry, my wife is timid, don’t be so close to you, so as not to scare her. We are not a circus, but it’s okay to perform some shows.”
Education is not popular these days, and many people have no knowledge and rarely communicate with others. Although there is no rule that women are not allowed to go out to meet people, it is common for women to see several men in their lives in many places. Seeing that he loves his wife, everyone agreed to perform the show, so they stepped back. Tang Yi thought that he could find a way to make money now. Even if Danma had no money, he could definitely make a fortune by playing magic. When he was very generous, he took out a few ropes from his arms to perform.
In addition to some simple techniques, the rope counting skills are the most superficial. In order to relieve Xiaoxue's nervous mood these days, he has objects to play magic with him. There is no magic in this world, and no one has ever seen such a magical thing. After the performance of a few little magic, he immediately attracted countless cheers. He deliberately regarded this performance as a rehearsal. After the performance, he thought of a show in his heart and said immediately: "The next one... uh, I don't have props in my hand. Of course, to show that I didn't take any tricks, is anyone willing to lend me a necklace and a bracelet?"
His previous performances were already amazing. As soon as these words were said, those who had these things were immediately taken out. Tang Yi took a necklace from a middle-aged woman and when she was choosing a bracelet, a little girl caught his attention.
That was the little girl who ran out when he was performing his last rope skills. She was about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a green floral dress that Tang Yi could not see the price. She had two long braids on her head and a pair of extremely large round glasses on her face, which looked quite pleasing and cute. After entering this world, this was the first time he saw the glasses. The little girl squatted on the ground, holding a silver bracelet in her hand and shouted desperately: "Use mine and mine..." She walked over and took the silver bracelet.
"This is my mother's birthday gift to me, don't break it." When I took the bracelet, the girl said carefully, and Tang Yi smiled: "Don't worry."
He walked to the center of the venue, walked the necklace naturally through the bracelet, and asked the people around him: "Actually, this little trick is very simple. Just hang the bracelet on the necklace. Do you think it is possible?"
"No possibility!" the people around said in unison. At this time, the necklace had been wrapped in a circle, how could it be possible to hang the bracelet? Tang Yi put the bracelet around the necklace and smiled and said, "I don't think it's possible, but... it happened." Before he finished speaking, he had put the bracelet casually. With the sound of the "bell...", the bracelet was already hanging on the necklace.
This is actually just a simple little trick. Turn it over the bracelet the moment you put down, and you can immediately achieve a magical effect. But no one else thought of it, and there was another burst of surprise and cheer. Tang Yi returned the necklace to the middle-aged woman, and then walked to the little girl: "I didn't ruin yours, little sister."
"I'm not that young." The little girl said with a smile, reaching out to take the bracelet, but when Tang Yi closed her hands and opened it, the bracelet was gone.
"Ah?" The little girl was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do. When Tang Yi reached behind her head, she subconsciously shrank her head, and saw the bracelet appearing on Tang Yi's hand again: "Don't you know behind your head?"
"Okay, so awesome." The girl took the bracelet in anger, "Are you an illusionist?"
"Illusionist? No. This is called magic." Tang Yi shook his head and then prepared to finish the curtain call. He thought the performance was over, but who knew that everyone refused to give up and shouted to perform another one.
"One more."
"Just one."
"What a magic trick..."
“It’s not visible in the circus…”
Originally, I didn't want to perform anymore, but seeing that everyone was in such a high mood, Tang Yi also had confidence in selling her skills after arriving at Danma. After thinking about it, she untied the bamboo flute that was made on her waist: "Since that's the case, I'll play a piece of music for you. This thing is called a flute, a music... Since it's winter..."
He pondered for a while and walked to the bow of the ship:
“…Three pieces of plum blossoms.”
At this time, Xueer was sitting on the side of the boat, gently grasping the corner of his clothes in her hand, Tang Yi stood beside her, and the water-blue earrings were shaking gently. When the melodious and melodious music sounded, the entire silver-white world seemed to be left, spreading from afar on the wide river surface...
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When Tang Yi learned music, in addition to singing and dancing, he mainly learned flutes and piano in his performance. He was originally arranged to learn Xiao, but was rejected by the teacher.
"After learning so much, the child has to breathe... Besides, it's enough for women to know how to do it. Ayi is very normal, but she doesn't know... Well, there's no need to learn."
The teacher was versatile and well-versed in Xiao. Tang Yi wondered why Xiao was suitable for women to learn, and why the teacher also learned what women could learn. A few years later, when the news that the teacher was sentenced for murdering his boyfriend's bride suddenly came out, he suddenly realized the meaning of it, and what it brought was a wry smile that shook his head and smiled bitterly.
However, in general, flute and piano are things he spent a lot of effort to practice. As for magic, stargazing is purely a path. However, judging from the reaction of the performance this afternoon, although the song "Three Plum Blossoms" brought shock to everyone, it was not as attractive as some simple magic. What ordinary people like was popular performances, rather than music with high music and low music.
In this way, maybe pop music and street dance parties are popular? But it is also difficult. Both performances need to be coordinated...
He was thinking about these things all afternoon. In the evening, he went to the cabin with Xiaoxue for a simple meal. He was about to go back to the room, but he saw a man running in from outside the door. It was the little girl wearing glasses.
"Ha, please, is anyone here who knows how to learn?"
The little girl asked everyone who was dining in the cabin, but no one answered, and many of them obviously didn't understand. The little girl held her glasses in frustration. When she saw Tang Yi, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes and ran over with a smile.
"Hello, do you know how to learn?"
"Uh, erudite..." Tang Yi smiled, but didn't know how to answer. Furna once told him that the so-called erudite here is actually a very complex science. Unlike magic, martial arts and alchemy that has been developed for thousands of years, erudite has only been a hundred years. Its scope is such as the theory of studying magic and verbalism. In short, people with a wide range of knowledge can be called erudites, but one of the most important branches is the study of numbers and graphics and simple machinery. If compared with the knowledge in Tang Yi's mind, it is the preliminary of geometry and physics. The problem is that he does not understand how the so-called erudite in this world has developed to, so naturally he does not know how to answer.
Seeing his expression, the girl seemed to have found the answer. She smiled and pulled Tang Yi's hand: "Look at your appearance, you must know it. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you don't know much, come with me quickly."
The little girl pulled Tang Yi up, and Tang Yi naturally pulled Xiaoxue up. When she walked out of the cabin door, Tang Yi asked: "What the hell is it? My wife and I still have something to do."
"Ah." The little girl turned around and showed a pleading look on her face. "Please, please, the people on this boat don't know how to learn. I'm almost annoyed by that old man. Fortunately, my mother told me that the person who can play such music must be very well-educated and asked me to try my luck. As a result, you really understand. You may be the only one on this boat who can help me. Please, please help."
The girl looked very cute. Tang Yi heard that her mother could understand the flute sound, and she became interested, and asked, "You haven't told you what's going on."
"Oh, that's right. When I went to Wanghaicheng to play, my mother found a teacher of erudition for me and said she wanted to teach me. In fact, I have learned erudition very well. That old man is not good at learning and is not as good as me. Unfortunately, my mother doesn't understand erudition. I argue with the old man every day that she doesn't occupy my side. I said I want to compete with the old man, so I have to find a referee. Since you know erudition, even if you are not powerful, you can always see who is stronger. Come on, help me. Your age is similar to mine. You must understand my difficulties, right? The old man is so annoying!"
"Haha, I'm about the same age as you..." Seeing her pretending to be old-fashioned, Tang Yi couldn't help but laugh, but compared to an old man, he could indeed say this. He nodded with a smile and sent Xiaoxue back to the room first.
"Ayi, come back soon." Xiaoxue kissed him on the face and said in a low voice.
"It won't take long to wait for me in bed."
"Yeah, I'll wash it smells good."
After the two of them finished speaking, the little girl waiting beside her made a face: "So disgusting sir."
"Haha." The little girl has a lively personality, and Tang Yi likes it a little, "Tell the big brother, what's your name?"
"My name is Christina." The girl took his hand and walked forward, turned around and said, "I told you that they are not that young! What about you? What is your name?"
"I..." Tang Yi thought for a moment, "My name is Al, Al Rezaduk."
Perhaps the Wall family knew the name Tang Yi or Ayi, so he could only give himself a pseudonym. Because Ayi was like Ayi, he gave him such a name with the homonym of A Er. As for the surname Rezaduk, I forgot when I heard it, but because it was easier to speak, I used it at this time.
"Oh, Al... Then I will call you Al in the future."
"It should be called brother."
"Just call it Al! Al Al Al Al Al Al..."
The girl shouted and took Tang Yi to the second floor of the boat. Sure enough, she was the nobleman living above. The second floor was guarded tightly, and more than ten soldiers were lined up in the cabin. They pushed the door in front of a room in the middle. The little girl Christina rushed in first: "Mom, mom, I've invited someone, Mom, his name is Al, you can call him Mr. Rezaduk, he really knows erudition. Yes? Where is that old man? Have you escaped while I go down to find someone?"
The room was very large and warm, luxuriously decorated and exquisitely decorated. A thick curtain hung on one side made another space, which seemed to be the bedroom. With Christina's shout, a woman with tan hair in a long dress and tan hair walked out of it. The woman had a white veil on her face and couldn't see her appearance clearly, but her figure was graceful and elegant. Compared to the occasional Viscountess Sofia, who also had irregularities, this lady was considered a standard aristocrat. However, from the first glance, she definitely did not look like a mother with such a big daughter.
"It turns out it's Mr. Rezaduk. Kna has caused you trouble. Please sit down." The lady's voice sounded soft and elegant, which made people feel warm involuntarily. Tang Yi took the noble ceremony she learned from Sophia and sat down on a sofa beside her. Christina ran out in a hurry to find the "torturous" old man. The noble lady said, "My name is Catherine. Weine, Mr. Rezaduk can call me Catherine. Is sir aristocratic?"
"Oh, no, Mrs. Weine."
The woman named Catherine nodded, walked to the wooden cabinet that was like a bar beside and stopped: "The place is simple, only juice is prepared, Mr. Rezaduk doesn't mind." After receiving a positive reply, she took out two cups and poured out fresh juice from a porcelain bottle. "Your performance today is very attractive, especially the music behind it, which is probably not inferior to the Virgin Vow."
Her tone was warm, but she did not ask about his origin or anything else, which made Tang Yi involuntarily feel a warm feeling. Catherine put the juice down on the small table in front of him. She walked to the side and picked up a string of necklaces and a bracelet, and put them up. When she loosened it, the bracelet was already hanging on the necklace, which seemed to be more skillful than Tang Yi: "There are also magic, which is really a very interesting skill."
"Haha, just some simple tricks to take tricks, I laughed at it."
To be continued...