Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2211 Hunting Country ([-])

"There are no docile and innocent Indians here who sell their priceless goods in exchange for the worthless goods in your hands." In the stables of the largest hotel in Hexi County, the State-run Dongfang Hotel, a man wearing glasses The manager looked at the few people who were unloading large and small bags, and said in a slightly teasing tone.

To be honest, the manager is very annoying to the group in front of him.They came with a letter of introduction, not only did they not pay for free accommodation, but the hotel had to help them take care of the horses, and sometimes they had to send some fruit and snacks at night. It was all cost, which made the manager who was accustomed to budgeting very uncomfortable.However, he couldn't refuse them. He had to receive the letter of introduction from the headquarters (he also sent a telegram to verify it). This is an iron law and cannot be violated, but this does not prevent him from giving them a good face.

The young man named Li Peng who led the team smiled shyly, and then said: "Manager Chen is worried, the goods we brought are not for sale, but for giving away. They are all from hometowns. The souvenirs are not worth a few dollars. Besides, within tens of kilometers, are there still Indians living? Even if there are, after so many years of life, who can lie to them? Haha, this is not the case Those stupid Indians in the northern New World."

"It's good for you to know." The manager touched a soft nail that was neither serious nor serious, and could only say bitterly: "If you need anything, call the waiter directly. There is no charge for accommodation, and snacks and tea are also free, but if you want to eat in the hotel Three meals a day, you need to pay according to the price list."

After finishing speaking, the somewhat mean manager left the stable. Several young people who were unloading looked at me and I looked at you, and finally shook their heads and smiled helplessly, and continued to unload the goods.They had traveled a long distance and were really tired. They planned to finish their work quickly and return to their room to rest.

An hour later, Li Peng and others moved all the goods back to the room, and then borrowed a cooker from the hotel kitchen, and boiled the dry food (mainly noodles, salted fish, beef jerky, etc.) and boiled water. , then went back to each room to rest.

Li Peng was lying on the wooden bed exuding the fragrance of pine wood, listening to the whistling wind outside the window, he couldn't fall asleep for a while.He put on a coat and opened the rear window. Because it was on the third floor, he saw an open field.

The moonlight is very good tonight, shining a silvery white on the field.Li Peng looked at the thistles swaying in the night wind, and a sparkling river not far away, and felt that the night was so peaceful and beautiful, and he wanted to sing aloud for a while.

There is no doubt that Li Peng has really learned how to sing systematically.As the grandson of Li Dayan, the former editor-in-chief of "Pravda", he lived a good life since he was a child. He was taught all kinds of knowledge by a special person. I don't know how much higher the starting point than ordinary children.After Li Peng expressed his interest in art, his family immediately spent money to invite musicians and painters to be teachers, and he was cultivated for life.

Li Peng has no job now, at best he is a freelancer, at worst he is an unemployed vagrant, wandering around.However, he recently applied to start a music magazine, and is planning to start his own business.Therefore, after some preliminary preparations, he found a few like-minded people and traveled long distances to the Chaco Plains in search of "inspiration".

On this road, they did not take a boat or a car, and insisted on walking through every city and every village by themselves.Everywhere they go, they will look for country artists that may exist in various places, and collect various songs.You must know that there are many foreign immigrants on the east bank. Even though the culture is mainly oriental, there are quite a lot of foreign elements-this can be seen from the difference between the dance on the east bank and traditional Chinese dance-so all kinds of songs In particular, there are quite a lot of folk songs, which surprised Li Peng and others.

Li Peng himself is particularly fond of various folk songs.Because of the relationship with the teacher he has been in contact with since he was a child, he has a relatively strong humanistic thought, and believes that poetry is the essence emerging from the human soul, and folk songs are the most natural spiritual product.He also wrote some poems and contributed them to various magazines, and he also has some fans in the literary world.

But not everyone loves Li Peng very much.Many people in the cultural circle criticized Li Peng's poems, thinking that they are neither quatrains nor traditional lyrics, and the so-called "new poems" are completely bullshit!Some people even wildly said that if that kind of thing is also called poetry, it would simply defile the sanctity of poetry.

These people are very powerful and have many supporters. Li Peng was a little overwhelmed, so he took a few friends to the Chaco Grassland to avoid the limelight under the guise of experiencing life.But even here, Li Peng still didn't intend to admit defeat. No, he wrote a review article on the way and planned to send it to the supplement of "Minsheng" magazine for help in publishing it.In this article, Li Peng strongly criticizes many people who write articles because they are limited by the Chinese tradition, and they have set too many rules and regulations, resulting in what they write is "dull and boring" and "not of high value".Li Peng believes that they need to break the old forms in literature to adapt to the need for free expression of emotion.He even made it clear that the Chinese tradition is a huge treasure house, a precious spiritual food and a source of creativity for people, but if you cannot make breakthroughs on these foundations and find a new path, then your creative career will only be in vain. Repeatedly, pointlessly.The parent body of East Bank literature is ancient Chinese literature, but there is no equal sign between the two. East Bank literature should be better than blue, should be "spiritually independent", and should launch a vigorous "thought liberation movement". Only literature can be promoted and "reborn".

Li Peng has a half-written novel titled "A Person Like Me". From the perspective of Boris, a Russian-born non-national laborer, he describes his life changes over the past 20 years after he came to the East Bank.The fate of the little people is in line with the background of the rapid development of the east coast, indirectly interspersed with a large number of comparisons of the life of Boris' relatives in Russia, expressing the significance of anti-feudalism, anti-authoritarianism and anti-religion.

Undoubtedly, this novel is in line with the purpose that Li Peng has always advocated that "East Coast literature should seek inspiration from the lives of its own people, rather than blindly imitating ancient Chinese traditional literature".As the saying goes, in order to establish national literature, one must have very deep feelings for the nation, and on this basis, look for corresponding cultural forms and contents, while folklore literature and folk songs are good means to cultivate national feelings.

Therefore, during this long trip, Li Peng and others were very keen on all kinds of folk literature—no matter what form, vulgar or elegant, of course, the latter is impossible—and the collection of folk songs.He even plans to sort out and proofread after returning, and strive to publish a "Folk Song Collection" in the past few years. The local, foreign, and even Indian songs can be collected and published, so that everyone can open their eyes.Li Peng hopes to get rid of the narrow and dull creative atmosphere in the literary world, bring fresh air and nourishment to the ethnic literature on the east coast, and accelerate its formation.

It should be said that the East Bank government should support people like Li Peng, because he himself has a strong East Coast doctrine, and his love for this land is beyond doubt.Moreover, what he has been advocating is exactly the direction advocated by the government, so the two sides actually have a lot in common.It's just that Li Peng often writes novels that satirize the government, which embarrasses many people. Therefore, it is a pity that the praise that should have been given has either disappeared or been greatly lowered.Fortunately, Li Peng didn't pay much attention to these. He was more concerned about when Dong'an's own literature would be reborn from the ashes, which was the most important thing.

"With such a beautiful scenery, it would be great if we could compose a song or write a poem." Looking at the scenery outside the window, Li Peng suddenly said with emotion.Like literature, Li also has his own views on East Coast music.He insisted that many (not all) traditional Chinese music, like literary works, are too elegant and obscure, which is caused by the consolidation of the old order and the old system by the feudal ruling class.But now there are many new classes on the east coast, such as the working class and the bourgeoisie. These are all emerging classes. They also have the pursuit of music. That is to say, the audience has undergone tremendous changes and is no longer the traditional scholar-bureaucrats and aristocrats.Therefore, it became inevitable to create a new kind of clear and concise music.And this seems to be the soil for the birth of local music on the east coast, and it is very worthy of musicians to create and dig.

It's a pity that at most, the musicians on the east bank have only modified traditional classical music to a certain extent to make it more suitable for the social development of the east bank. However, there are still many people who mechanically copy ancient music forms. Li Peng despised it very much.He has also studied music, but his talent is not very outstanding, and he has no outstanding works. Therefore, he really hopes that someone can carry the banner of innovation in the music field and develop music forms and works unique to the East Coast.In particular, there are many musical instruments on the east coast that were not available in ancient times. This is a sharp tool for people to break through the old shackles and stereotypes. Contemplative—literary and artistic expressions have not changed much for thousands of years. No matter how whitewashed this is, it is terrible, because it means that culture has lost the ability of self-renewal and self-innovation.

"The road is long and long, and I will search up and down. It seems that the art that belongs to the people of the east coast is only a sprout. When will it grow into a towering tree?" After feeling a lot , Li Peng sighed again, thinking a lot.

(End of this chapter)