Zhuang Yu didn't answer the students' questions directly, but asked, "What's the current situation of your tribe?"
Although it is known that the tribes did not have a good time in winter, but the specifics are not clear.
A student from Xuandi City replied, "This winter, our Xuandi City is more sad than any other time."
Because the war that lasted for a long time not long ago not only consumed a lot of food for them, but more importantly, they didn't have time to prepare food for the winter like before for this war.
In the past, they would have started hunting around and stockpiling a large amount of food.
It can be said that the impact of that war was not only on the battlefield.
The student from Xuandi City continued, "When I left, I only ate one meal a day. Even if I only ate one meal a day, I couldn't survive the cold winter, and the animal skins for the winter were seriously insufficient..."
"Now we can eat as little as possible, and save as much as possible."
There is nothing to hide, because it won't be long before the news of people starving to death will spread everywhere.
The students from Chidi City who asked them about the secrets of Chidicheng just now opened their mouths, but didn't know what to say.
One meal a day? If you can eat less, eat less, isn't that the same as the previous Chidi City.
During those difficult years, they were not very old, but they left an unforgettable memory in their hearts. At that time, they were as thin as skin and bones, and they ate one meal a day, saving as much as they could, and even in order not to waste food. They all lie motionless, as long as they don't exercise, they are less likely to be hungry.
Just like a living corpse, I still have lingering fears when I think about it now, how is it like now, they are white and fat, even in the winter, they are running around in Chidi City, they are so full of vitality now, very big The reason is that they used to lie down all the time, and they were too afraid of that state, because they were afraid of returning to that state, how crazy they could play.
These students, are they in the same situation as they were before
After all, they were still an alliance not long ago, so they were not enemies, so seeing the other party's situation, they didn't know what to say.
He wanted to comfort him, but he felt bad again. He even thought about being in front of these classmates these days, complaining that the food in Chidi City was not as good as before.
But no matter how bad it is, they can still eat at least three meals a day in Chidi City, each meal can be full, and they can still have some small snacks from time to time.
I don't know how these students felt when they heard what they said. They must have felt uncomfortable, and they must have thought they were showing off.
The students from Baidi City and Qingdi City also spoke up, "The situation of our tribe is similar."
After finishing speaking, they looked at Zhuang Yu eagerly. They thought that all tribes should be in the same situation, so they didn't feel anything before.
But after arriving at Chidi City, they realized that it was not what they thought. Chidi City was like a paradise in winter, and they didn't worry about the cold winter at all.
It is true that there is no need to worry. From what they have seen, it can be seen that it is very easy for Scarlet Emperor City to pass through this severe winter.
The students in Chidi City also looked at Zhuang Yu, and they all supported Zhuang Yu's decision.
Only the heartless Mushroom boy, holding a bean cake in his hand, raised his head from time to time, what are they talking about? Only for one meal? Go on, it sounds so pitiful, but as long as the mushrooms have something to eat, I don't care about them.
Zhuang Yu didn't agree immediately, but said, "Let me think about it."
The students of Baidi City, Xuandi City, and Qingdi City sighed a little, but they also understood in their hearts that if their forces had a good way to survive the winter, they would not be able to tell other forces. After all, even if they were an alliance, they were not the same force.
Soon, the request of these foreign students was spread, and people in Chidi City also discussed it.
Most people have the same opinion, anyway, how other people have nothing to do with their Red Emperor City, why should they let them teach them such top-secret things, their Red Emperor City is not a saint.
Zhuang Yu was also thinking about this problem, giving benefits to others for no reason, that is a saint, at least he has not yet reached the stage of a saint.
But after all, it's a human life, and it's just the beginning of the cold winter. It's conceivable how many people will die later.
I have the ability to save them, if I don't save them, it's like watching them die with cold eyes.
Of course, it would definitely be impossible for Red Emperor City to give selflessly.
Moreover, Zhuang Yu muttered, "Baidi City, Xuandi City, and Qingdi City are all like this, so Ruidi City should be similar."
He has been worried that after the cold winter, Ruidi City will come back, after all, man-made disasters stopped by natural disasters cannot last long.
We have to think of a way to stop the war from happening again.
And now, it seems that there is such a good opportunity in front of him. Although he is a little bit taking advantage of others' danger, it is better than killing again.
Maybe he can take advantage of this opportunity to win people's hearts with the help of food and so on, and spread his idea of peace. What the world needs is not war, but joint efforts and common development. , those who want war, let them watch themselves wait to live a happy life, let them starve to death.
Of course, there is an important point here. No matter which force, it must lead a good life and develop and progress under the leadership of Chidicheng. It is estimated that other forces do not have the ability to lead everyone to live a good life.
Chidi City must become a humanistic and economic center, an enviable holy place. Chidi City will not use war to unify the land, but in terms of spirit and civilization, Chidi City will definitely unify and become the most noble spirit of the earth's creatures sustenance.
The unity of the spirit is more terrifying than the unity of the region. Zhuang Yu knows this better than anyone else. More importantly, it will not have the blood and death in the war.
Only in this way can war be restrained. It is wrong to say that it is spiritual war, but the spread of civilization, guided by other forces, Zhuang Yu is not at ease.
He's not a saint, but he's not a heartless man either.
Zhuang Yu thought a lot, including how to make Chidi City a sacred place in the hearts of all the creatures on the earth, how to restrain other forces spiritually, and how to unify the land with civilization.
To put it bluntly, it is to make Chidi City a place of pilgrimage. As long as you follow Chidi City, you can live a good life. As long as you want to start a war, you are the enemy of everyone, the public enemy.
Zhuang Yu called his father and the leaders of the various tribes again, and expressed his thoughts. After all, it was related to the entire Chidi City, and he couldn't just go his own way.
Because many concepts are too advanced, many of his father and these leaders did not understand.
"So, we want to help other forces survive the winter, just to make them worship us?"
Zhuang Yu thought for a while, then nodded, "You can also say that, of course it is impossible to help them for free."
"After this, they voluntarily followed our Red Emperor City?"
The corner of Zhuang Yu's mouth smiled, he was still confident in this point, "If they want to live a good life, they must follow in our footsteps, including... Ruidi City, otherwise they can only watch others live a good life bitterly."
Everyone shrank their eyes, "But the people in Ruidi City are willing to watch like this?"
This is indeed a problem, but Zhuang Yu didn't care about it, and said, "Ruidi City also suffered heavy losses in this war. I am afraid that the determination to start the war has been shaken. When the time comes to operate a little, I am afraid that the first one will not want to fight again." It’s Ruidi City.”
It is obvious that they can live a good life, but they choose war. Presumably not everyone in Ruidi City will agree to it. The pain of war is not only felt by the alliance. Ruidi City is also painful in this war. Even if Ruidi still doesn't want to let it go, what will those people in Ruidi City who have lost their relatives and friends think? They have paid a terrible price, is it not enough
In the past, there was no choice but to start a war, but now Zhuang Yu has given a better choice.
Once Ruidi City splits, why should the alliance be afraid of them.
Zhuang Yu explained the problems of these leaders bit by bit.
These leaders still have a lot of things they don't understand, but they said with a smile, "Let's do whatever you want, Shaojun."
Speaking of which, the Red Emperor City is the real fanatic, and Zhuang Yu brought them such a good life. In their hearts, Zhuang Yu is almost omnipotent.
Zhuang Yu looked at his father.
Chidi shrugged, "I'm just such a son, Chidi City will be handed over to you after all, you can do whatever you want."
Zhuang Yu's ability to develop the Red Emperor City like this is actually inseparable from everyone's unconditional trust.
Zhuang Yu's idea was unanimously approved, and then began to implement it.
Everyone in Chidi City was shocked, "Are we really going to help foreign forces survive the winter?"
Then he straightened his body, and his whole body seemed to become sacred. On this earth, except for their Chidi City, who else can have such courage.
Zhuang Yu began to teach the students, "From today on, I will teach you how to survive the cold winter."
The students in Baidi City, Xuandi City, and Qingdi City were all stunned. They all thought they heard it wrong. How could this be possible
Zhuang Yu continued, "School is the place to teach you knowledge, and only knowledge can make your tribe survive the cold winter..."
At this time, Zhuang Yu, in the eyes of these students, seemed to be emitting holy light.
The students of Red Emperor City are also standing upright. As a student of the school, this is a supreme honor in itself.
"How much you can learn and how much benefits you can bring to your tribe is up to you," Zhuang Yu said.
Zhuang Yu has also thought about it carefully, such as cotton jackets, when they have spares in Chidi City, it is not impossible to provide them to the outside world.
There is also the kang, the kang needs to burn charcoal, and the charcoal of Chidi City will be used to supply the glass house, which consumes too much, and it is estimated that it cannot be provided to others, but the kang can teach them how to solve the problem of firewood. It's up to them.
Another thing is, how to keep other forces from the cold, Zhuang Yu thought of the simplest way, that is the igloo.
Although the igloo is made of ice, it is very warm, and the igloo in this winter is also very solid and not easy to melt.
Of course, it is not that simple to build an igloo that will not collapse and keep warm.
At that time, it will be up to the foreigners whether to build igloos, burn kangs, or both.
Zhuang Yu led the students, "Today I will teach you how to build a warm house."
The students' request was to teach their tribe not to fear the cold and suffer hunger.
Let's start by not being afraid of the cold.
The students studied very seriously, especially the foreign students. Their excitement and excitement were all covered up in the upsurge of learning, but no matter how they covered it up, it was not difficult to see that their hands were trembling.
Because everything they saw made it clear to them that whether their tribe could survive the cold winter, it all depended on how much they learned in school.
When the first igloo was built, the students were still a little puzzled, what are they doing with such an igloo? It looks cold.
But after entering the igloo for a while, they noticed the difference, and their faces were full of disbelief.
"How...how could this be, the room is so warm?"
"I'm afraid I only wear a small amount of animal skins, and it won't be too cold."
If their tribe also built a large number of such igloos, wouldn't it be able to solve the cold problem to a large extent.
Zhuang Yu smiled, "The simpler the knowledge, the more practical it is."
In the next few days, the igloo will be built and the technology will be perfected.
The students are really serious, because they have personally experienced the effect of the igloo, and they study very seriously. If it is not built properly, it will collapse.
For example, the igloo built by the ant has collapsed several times, and it is still teary.
Although the igloo built by Bee Kiss didn't collapse, it was drafty and chilly.
There is still a lot to learn.
After a small row of igloos was successfully built, a group of students tried the igloos one by one to learn from each other's strengths. Those foreign students abandoned the kang-burning huts and slept in the igloos at night.
"Although it's not as warm as a kang-burning room, it's not cold anymore."
The students' faces were full of joy.
The students of Chidi City also felt strange. They slept in the igloo for two nights, but finally returned to their own home. "It's still not as warm as the kang."
However, the foreign students are already very satisfied, and the situation of people from the cold to death happens from time to time, and now this situation can be reduced to a minimum.
The igloo is well built and looks pretty, even Zhuang Yu has to feel that this is an art.
Then he started to teach them how to cook the kang. It is not easy to dry firewood in winter, and even if wet firewood can burn, it will smoke a lot, so there are many issues to consider. Zhuang Yu taught them bit by bit, if the firewood can be used in winter Kang, how to build a flue and so on.
Also, how to solve the food problem.
This is more troublesome than keeping warm. There is no greenhouse for foreigners, so it is impossible to grow crops.
Even if they are taught to build greenhouses, the material is also a problem, and the fuel to raise the temperature of the greenhouse is also a problem. In addition, they do not have young mushrooms, and the maturity cycle is very long. Whether they can grow them will be a huge risk.
Zhuang Yu thought about it, their current greenhouses are still being built, and each greenhouse is now using scientific planting methods, planting several layers, the most important thing is that there are mushrooms, and the harvest cycle is really short amazing.
After a period of time, a lot of unused grain can be distributed out. It is useless to keep the grain by yourself, so it is better to sell it to foreigners.
Of course, the foreigners can't protect themselves now, and it is estimated that they have no supplies to exchange.
Zhuang Yu smiled, this is not a problem.
It's winter now, and their porcelain can't be sold. It's better to burn a batch of porcelain coins now. He said that if the Red Emperor City is to become the center of economy and civilization, then the appearance of currency is imperative.
In the past, bartering was too troublesome. Every time I saw it in the market, a large number of people went to the market resisting the meat, which is also a unique scenery in this world.
Porcelain coins can only be made in Chidi City now, and they are not afraid of others imitating them, and adding some anti-counterfeiting marks, they are even more irreproducible.
To manage these currencies, banks have to be established to facilitate the exchange by foreigners.
As long as the currency is successfully implemented, the status of the Red Emperor City will actually become unshakable, and Daodao Zhuangyu knows this very well.
Porcelain coins began to be fired with great fanfare, and the first to promote it was their Red Emperor City themselves.
For example, school points are directly turned into porcelain coins.
The students put a few porcelain coins in their bags, which was very strange. At first, they didn't know what it was useful for. They just thought that these finger-sized porcelain coins were pretty good-looking, and then they discovered that they could actually use these porcelain coins to exchange for money at the school canteen. thing.
The system of semi-private ownership and semi-public ownership implemented in Red Emperor City.
For example, the crops they collectively planted, the cattle and sheep they raised were all publicly owned by the entire Chidi City, but after they were distributed to each of their households, they were privately owned, and it was up to them how they wanted to deal with them.
In the past, these materials were directly distributed to each household, but now they are not directly distributed, and only porcelain coins are distributed.
At the beginning, I was not used to it, but I gradually discovered the benefits of porcelain coins. If there was too much food distributed in the past, it would be difficult to deal with it, and if it was less, it would not be enough to eat. You can exchange it with porcelain coins, and the porcelain coins are only the size of a finger, so it's easy to restrain yourself.
Ant and Bee Kiss, they jingle all the way now, and check each other from time to time to see how many porcelain coins the other party has.
The emergence of currency is indeed a lot more convenient, and the speed of popularization is very fast because of these benefits.
In fact, currency, as a transaction intermediate, should be the most convenient for merchants, but now that the market is closed, it does not reflect it.
It was already a month or two after the currency began to circulate.
At this time, the situation in Baidi City, Xuandi City, and Qingdi City became more serious.
On this day, outside Chidi City, a large number of students wearing padded jackets and cotton caps were preparing to leave Chidi City.
They are preparing to return to their tribe with hope.
Not only did they learn how to protect their tribe from the cold, they also returned with a big news for their tribe.
Because Chidi City promised to open the market to them again, and this time the trade is... grain, in winter, to trade grain with foreign countries, this is something that was unimaginable before, and most people probably wouldn't even if they had it. Take it out and trade easily.
Those who have animal skins can exchange them for porcelain coins, because the food in Chidi City only accepts porcelain coins as a transaction.
If there is no material to trade, you can write an IOU, convert the grain into porcelain coins, and write an IOU for how much porcelain coins you owe.
As for what porcelain coins are, these students are also very clear after this period of contact, it actually means goods.
Zhuang Yu also wants to promote currency in this way, so that Chidi City is becoming the economic center of the world, the birthplace of currency, and an indispensable existence in the world.
At that time, as long as the forces that use porcelain coins will not allow any turmoil in Chidi City, because the chaos in Chidi City and the collapse of the currency system will cause them to follow suit.
Of course, at this time, they couldn't think of this. What they urgently need now is food. Although it seems weird to have an extra porcelain coin as an intermediate, it is nothing compared to saving lives.
Yes, in the eyes of these foreign students, Chidi City is saving lives, saving the lives of their clansmen.
I believe that when their clansmen get the news, they will only have this idea, and the Red Emperor City is saving their lives.
Even if they don't have material exchange, they can owe it first. This is not what saving lives is.
The students looked back at the Red Emperor City, which was bathed in holy light at this time.
After believing this, Chidi City will become different in everyone's heart. It is a holy place, a holy place to save their lives.
Moreover, there will be people who say that Chidi City will launch a war against them in the future, and they must be the first to disbelieve it, because there is no need for it, just wait for them to die of cold and starvation, and there is no need to rescue them at all.
As for why the Red Emperor City wanted to help them
The students have already got the answer from Zhuang Yu, because the original intention of Chidi City is to hope that the world will be full of love and peace, and there will be no more wars.
It's a simple sentence, but the Red Emperor City is different in their hearts after all. What kind of thing is the Ruidi City
Sometimes the simplest beliefs are the strongest and easier to accept than those complicated doctrines.
At this time, Baidi City, Xuandi City, and Qingdi City were gloomy, like dead cities.
It was too cold, and they couldn't go out at all. Even if they braved the cold to go hunting, the harvest would be very little.
What worries them even more is that the food should be almost exhausted in a short time.
That damned war, I've never hated a war so much, but it's happened, and it's no use being angry.
What followed was panic, because the clansmen began to become thinner, which was the result of frugality. They understood what they were about to face soon, and they would slowly watch the clansmen around them starve to death one by one die.
This is winter, the most terrible winter.
This dead silence was broken by the return of students wearing thick cotton jackets, warm cotton hats, and warm cotton socks and shoes.
The moment the students entered the tribal land, they noticed the difference.
These students... didn't become half thin, but fleshy and rosy.
how can that be
They themselves are so hungry, how can Chidi City still feed these students? After all, they are not from their Red Emperor City.
And these students walked in the wind and snow, not afraid of the cold at all.
The students couldn't help sighing when they looked at their tribe, which had become withered, but they immediately lifted their spirits. They came back, and they brought hope of life from Chidi City. From today on, their tribe will also change. It must be as vibrant as the Red Emperor City.
Never have they been so lucky, they are students of the academy, they are proud of it.