In the tropical sea in March, the northeast trade winds blow, and thirteen large ships and nine small boats are docked near a deserted island. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It was already south of the Tropic of Cancer, and after more than ten days of sailing, Chen Jian's fleet finally passed through the terrible storm zone and entered the trade wind belt.

During the storm zone, the Purple Quartz's side was damaged, and the sails of several ships needed to be repaired, just in time to find an uninhabited island, where it stopped.

Women, children and some immigrants were allowed to rest on the island in small boats, where fresh water could be replenished and food could be improved.

The damage to the ship was not serious, and the craftsmen selected the tropical trees here for the final repairs, and there were still two days left before setting sail.

Longitude is completely meaningless, and without a good marine clock, it is difficult to be accurate by relying on incense burns and hourglass timekeeping.

Jian Chen sat on a stone by the sea, bored watching the craftsmen busy on the Purple Quartz.

A flag was planted on the stones of the island, and there were some tropical fruits on the island, but there were no ones that Chen Jian knew, so he didn't dare to eat them.

Suddenly, there was a panicked sound from the crowd on the shore, followed by a gunshot.

Jian Chen hurriedly jumped up, thinking that it was some wild beast, and hurriedly ran over.

Before I got there, I heard someone shouting, "Oh my God! That's a person! ”

The short six words, like a bolt of lightning, instantly excited the people in the fleet.

It was a miracle that the people on the shore were running frantically towards the place where the shots rang out, and that men and women, adults and children, could not believe that they would meet people here.

When Chen Jian ran over, the crowd had already entered onlooker mode.

Two sturdy sailors grabbed the arm of a man who struggled desperately, but to no avail.

The man's hair was long, messily knotted, and he would only babble when caught.

However, such a "person" shocked all the people who came around.

Because this "man" was wearing clothes, although they were black and torn because they had not been washed for a long time, they were indeed clothes.

When Jian Chen walked over, the man suddenly raised his head, his brown hair and strangely colored eyes staring at Jian Chen in horror and excitement.

"It's human!"

"The living!"

"I'm getting dressed."

"Hey, can you talk?"

"There are really people out there!"

A simple person made everyone excited.

Jian Chen looked at the guy in front of him who was already like a wild man, he was the only one here who knew that there were indeed people outside, but at this time he had to make a surprised look.

"Let's let go first, I guess I haven't spoken for a long time, and I won't be able to speak."

The two strong men let go of their hands, and the wild man who had been let go was still babbling something, kissing the earth as he spoke.

Raising his head, he pinched his fingers with his right hand and drew something haphazardly on his chest.

The people around didn't know what this person was doing, only Jian Chen could see that this wild man drew a cross on his chest, and sighed helplessly.

Chen Jian didn't know what country the other party was, and there were often shipwrecked sailors or exiled sailors on the routes of the trade winds.

In addition to the normal sailor crew, there are also pirates and the like. It is estimated that this person was either exiled or shipwrecked.

Taking out the means of dealing with the group of tribes in the previous life, he walked up to the wild man and gestured with gestures.

After thinking about it, Jian Chen wrote a number on the ground, which was a common arithmetic Arabic numeral in Huaxia, which he used directly in his previous life.

From one to nine, the wild man suddenly showed a look of excitement, and his mouth was indistinctly whining.

Lan Qi, who was pulled onto the boat by Chen Jian, walked up to Chen Jian and asked in a low voice, "Can't they speak?" ”

"Definitely. A man who can weave cloth and make clothes will definitely speak. Maybe it's just that you haven't talked to someone for a long time and you've forgotten how to speak, right? After all, man is a social animal, and there is no difference between man and beast without human society. ”

Lan Qi nodded, and said in her heart that this time as a member of the party, she followed the sea in order to see the outside world and investigate what kind of life the people in the outside world are.

This is a living example. If people leave society, will they become like this? Then he was wearing cloth, and if he wasn't on this small island, he must have been shipwrecked by boat. Other words...... Besides us, is there anyone else who can sail? ”

Jian Chen smiled: "That's right, Comrade Lan Qi. What else can you think of? ”

Lan Qi shrugged and said, "That's a lot." If you can sail, then you must have made a high achievement in astronomy, at least about the same as us. Astronomy and the calendar are closely related, and their calendars and mathematics are not bad. By the way, there is also iron smelting, if you can fall here, you will definitely smelt iron, otherwise you won't be able to build a big ship. ”

Jian Chen laughed, took a few people with guns, and called Lan Qi to follow behind the wild man.

After walking a long way, I finally saw a small thatched hut, and the wood of the door was carved with a knife with many marks, which should be used to record how many days I spent on the island.

There was a small arquebus, a small barrel of gunpowder, an axe and a knife, and some lead sand.

The room was small, and the things were disorganized, but there was one thing that sat upright on a bed made of leaves.

A book.

A well-preserved book, a book that cares carefully and is obviously read often.

Chen Jian pretended to be curious and flipped through it, and before he could read it, he guessed what kind of book it was.

Yes, but only the Bible.

Apparently, this man was exiled.

And this kind of exile also made Chen Jian feel twelve points of vigilance, because the Bible would naturally appear.

Everything in the hut aroused great interest among the people who traveled with Jian Chen.

Whether it is a gun, a book, or a sword and axe, they are all the fruits of civilization.

These people, who believed that they were not alone in their homeland in China, saw the evidence of the existence of the outside world for the first time, and indeed knew that there was a civilization comparable to them outside, a civilization with books and guns.

The wild man also wailed and wept in the hut, muttering something in a forgotten language with his Bible in his hand, and his hand that kept drawing the cross became more and more skillful.

Lan Qi flipped through the book curiously, looking at the crooked and twisted words like wriggling earthworms, and she didn't know why.

In her opinion, words must be squares, right, are these strange symbols words? What are these strange symbols talking about?

After looking at it carefully for a long time, he shook his head.

"The words in this seem to have some rules, just like our horizontal and vertical skimming."

Speaking of this, Lan Qi picked up the axe on the ground, pointed at the axe and said a round axe, obviously asking the person how to pronounce this thing.

The man who had stopped crying looked at the axe and seemed to understand what it meant, but his mouth seemed to be uncontrollable, and it was difficult to pronounce the simple word, only the sound of gurgling.

"It's horrible...... Look at these things, this person will be thrown for two or three years at most, and he won't even be able to speak? If only he could talk, you could ask him something about their country. ”

Jian Chen nodded and said, "This is not in a hurry, it is estimated that it will be said soon." Comrade Lan Qi, I will give you a task, and when this person can speak, follow this person to learn their language. You're so smart, you must be a quick learner. ”

Lan Qi smiled bitterly, "I really don't know how to learn. It's a clue. If you look at the words on this book, they are so dense that you can't write them with a brush. ”

"It's okay, let's learn slowly. You look at these guns and axes, and it proves that some things are the same for everyone. Let's start with a few simple words, and I'll be able to deal with these people in the future. ”

Jian Chen stared at that person, and he was also wondering which country this person was from. It's hard to guess that the Dutch would also run to this side, the Iberians often shuttled this route, and the British often looted.

If the outside world is still a normal historical line, it should not change much, and he has a rough spectrum in his heart.

Such a thrown-down person, who was either a scoundrel or a seafarer who incited the sailors to revolt, was certainly not a good bird, but it was also unlikely to be a pirate. Pirates are not usually so polite, and their way of dealing with problems is much simpler and more brutal.

Even if this is a villain, Jian Chen feels that it is better to save this person. There is always a need for someone from the outside world as evidence to tell those people in the homeland of China that there really is a world outside.

I could see that this person was on the verge of collapse, and he kept muttering something, even if he couldn't understand Jian Chen, he knew that this person wanted Jian Chen to take him away.

A few people cleaned up everything in the little grass hut and took the man back to the beach.

The seaside immediately came alive, and all the sailors, immigrants and soldiers stared at the man as if they were animals.

A piece of dry bread was handed over, and the man picked it up and bit it. Someone took out soap and a towel and a knife, and pointed to the river over there and motioned for the man to wash it.

Although his language skills had deteriorated, his mind was still clear, so he took the soap and went to the depths of the river.

Everyone pointed in the back, and the party members on the boat gathered for a meeting.

Most people are still in the outside world, and sure enough, there are people in the excitement, but Jian Chen poured a scoop of cold water first.

Holding the arquebus, he said, "Although this person can't speak yet, it is enough to explain several things. ”

"One, the group behind this person is a group that uses gunpowder."

"Second, the group behind this person has also begun to sail. As Lan Qi said, their astronomy, mathematics, and iron smelting skills are good, at least on par with us. ”

"It's a situation we've never encountered, and I don't think you've ever thought about it, right? From the time our ancestors began to expand, we were the leader. In terms of writing, culture, technology, weapons, and force, they are all far ahead. When the Dongyi people were still using bows and arrows, we had already begun to use gunpowder and guns. When the Nanban was still knotting ropes, our printing technology had already appeared. ”

"Before going to sea, including me, the idea of the outside world was only the tribal era. But suddenly there was a group of people who were about the same level as us, and I really didn't know how to deal with it. ”

"What's even more terrifying is ...... Have you noticed? The man had placed the book like a shrine, and even though he couldn't speak, he still had faith in it. So much so that after taking us to his hut and knowing that we were saved, the first thing to thank was not us, but the book. ”

"We have never had the experience of being equal to the ethnic ** stream, and this equality is not the equality of people as we say, but another kind of equality in technology and force culture."

"Now, it's true that we are not lonely, but the world is much more complicated than we imagined. We need to plan for the future, and add the world that this person knows, not just ourselves. If any of you were exiled to an island, would you still have such devotion and trust in a book when you couldn't even speak? ”

"What the outside world is like may be far beyond our imagination."

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