doomsday survival

Chapter 183 Human Nature Is Eternal

When Shi Jian was teaching the teachers and students at the school, Feng Kuang was heading to the limestone mine with Zuo Qian, Yi Hengge, Zhang Jian, three uncles from the Xing'an tribe, and a dozen young adults.

There is only one purpose for Feng Kuang's trip, which is to burn cement.Although there is no such equipment as the cement factory in the old era, Feng Kuang and Chen Qiong jointly fired cement to build defenses as early as the beginning of the end of the world.Cement is nothing more than calcining limestone and clay in proportion, and it can be produced under existing conditions.Moreover, the Changbai tribe also has a kiln for firing lime, which saves the time for building a kiln.

The lime kiln was built in a valley to the east of the Changbai tribe, next to the limestone mine, so it is very convenient to obtain materials.The lime kiln uses a common bowl-type vertical kiln, and there are no mountain springs and streams around it, and the ventilation is also very good. It seems that the person who built the lime kiln should have a good understanding of the architectural requirements of the lime kiln.

Feng Kuang checked the hardness of the limestone, made a rough judgment, and was very satisfied with the limestone.He said with a smile: "The calcium carbonate content is at least 90.00%, and the quality is very good. It should be enough for us."

"Elder Feng, what are you going to do? I'm still at a loss." Yi Hengge asked.

Feng Kuang asked back: "Have you heard of cement?"

Yi Hengge thought for a while, then shook his head to express that he didn't know.

Zhang Jian interjected, "I know about cement. I heard from my grandfather before that if we had cement, the tribe's houses would be stronger."

Feng Kuang nodded and said, "That's right, cement is incomparably used in construction. I came here to make cement."

"Really? Elder Feng, can you make cement?" Zhang Jian asked in surprise.

"It's not something high-tech, am I lying to you?" Feng Kuang pouted.

"Great!" Zhang Jian cheered up.

"Don't get too excited, there is still a problem to be solved." Feng Kuang poured him a basin of cold water.

"what is the problem?"

Feng Kuang didn't answer him, but asked, "What kind of fuel do you use to burn lime?"

"Charcoal." A man in his 30s replied next to him.His name is Wang Gang, and he is in charge of lime production. When the tribe needs lime, he will be in charge of production.Although I have only burned lime twice, I still know these basic things well.

"That's a problem," Feng Kuang said, frowning. "Charcoal can reach a temperature of about [-] degrees, but cement needs to be fired at [-] degrees, which is obviously not up to the standard."

When Feng Kuang and Chen Qiong were burning cement, they took the risk of going to the old area to transport coal. After several times, they got enough coal and started to burn cement.

However, at that time they had a lot of free time and were not afraid of trouble, but now living under the Changbai Tribe fence, of course the sooner the better.

"Is there a coal mine nearby?" Feng Kuang asked.

Wang Gang shook his head and said: "There is no coal mine, Elder Feng has also seen it, we all burn firewood."

"Oh, it seems that I have to go to the old district." Feng Kuang sighed secretly.

Without coal, Fengkuang had no choice but to lead the team back.But there is at least one thing that makes him gratified, that is, the quality of the limestone mine is very good, and the lime kiln is also very well built, which can be used to burn cement.

Feng Kuang asked Wang Gang, "How far is the nearest road from the valley of Lime Kiln? Is the road easy?"

Wang Gang thought for a while and said, "It takes a day to walk from here to the nearest road, but when you get out of the valley, you will find the old road, and you don't have to go over the mountain, so it's easy to walk."

"Don't need to go over the mountain? Let's go, take me to see it." Feng Kuang said and walked over there.

"Hey, my Elder Feng, we're not far from the old district when we get to the highway, so let's not take this risk." Yi Hengge hurriedly pulled Feng Kuang back.

Feng Kuang asked in surprise, "Didn't you clean up the nearby old district?"

Yi Hengge said helplessly: "It's been cleaned up, but that's the suburb of Linjiang City over there. How can we have that ability."

"Can you drive?" Feng Kuang asked.

"The ground in the valley is relatively flat, so it shouldn't be a big problem to open to traffic," Yi Hengge said.

Feng Kuang pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go back first and discuss it with Shi Jian."

Yi Hengge felt relieved, and immediately beckoned people to go back.He was really worried that the old man Feng Kuang would not listen to persuasion, so he insisted on going over to have a look.

When Feng Kuang and his party returned to the Changbai Tribe, Shi Jian also stopped teaching for a day.During this day, Shi Jian not only let the teachers and students of the school understand the meaning of physics, but also extended it from physics to the outside world, talking about traditional culture.

"Actually, in ancient China, people had already started to study physics. At that time, there was a book called "Book of Rites", and there was an article called "University" in it. Ping Tianxia is one of them." Shi Jian said on the blackboard while writing "University" Hachime.

After finishing writing, Shi Jian turned around and asked, "Has anyone here read this book?"

Shi Jian originally thought that no one would have read this book, but Li Yeyue raised her hand and said crisply, "I have read it."

"Does the library have this book?" Shi Jian asked in surprise.

"Have."

"Can you understand classical Chinese?"

"Uh," Li Yeyue paused, then said shyly, "There is an interpreter."

Shi Jian was stunned, he thought that Li Yeyue could understand the entire classical Chinese text with his own ability.

"Very good," Shi Jian continued, ""Book of Rites" is an important classic of Confucianism, and Confucianism has influenced the history of the Chinese Dynasty for more than 2000 years, and has become the basis of morality for our Chinese people. There are many limitations in the situation, but the basic kindness of human nature and loyalty, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust that he expounded should be the basic principles for us to be human. I will tell you about it below."

Although Shi Jian is a man with engineering majors, he is not weak in liberal arts, and he originally planned to write a historical novel, so he made up for these contents and explained them easily.

In fact, the level of knowledge of these people listening to the lectures below is not high, even the teachers can only write and count, and there are very few people like Li Yeyue who like to read widely.And the children are a blank sheet of paper, which can be scribbled on by him.

So even if Shi Jian is wrong, many people don't know, and occasionally there are some doubts, Shi Jian can justify himself.

In the process of explaining, Shi Jian also shamelessly added some of his personal opinions. When talking about how human beings should survive in the last days, he said: "We are now in the last days. Human beings who used to be the spirits of all things It has been reduced to food for zombies. In this era, everyone is in danger, and in order to survive, all kinds of ugly behaviors may appear. This is the so-called inferiority of human beings in the old days."

He took a sip of water and continued: "However, when the bad nature of human beings is fully revealed and the good side is completely covered, that is the real end of human beings. Human beings will have no hope and will eventually be destroyed by their own hands , becoming another extinct race.”

His tone was very low, so that everyone who listened to the lecture could feel the slight sadness and deep helplessness in his heart.

"Is it that serious?" There was a whisper from below.

"You are very lucky. At the beginning of the last days, you were able to meet the chief of the army with humanity, who blocked the first catastrophe of the last days for you. However, you also met some people who have no conscience. They don't want to see you survive alone. I would rather die together than let the human race continue. I don’t know if this can explain my point.” Shi Jian said in a deep voice.

"Those people are going to become zombies. Of course they don't regard themselves as human beings. Those who can survive, who don't want to live in peace?" Li Yeyue stood up and retorted.

"Well, I can only say that your Changbai tribe is very lucky, and you are too simple." Shi Jian shook his head and sighed.

"Hmph, don't forget, if our Changbai tribe hadn't taken you in, you wouldn't know if you would have survived." Li Yeyue mocked.

Shi Jian didn't take her ridicule seriously, pointed at her and said: "We are very grateful to the Changbai tribe for everything they have done, and at the same time, we have done our best to give back. The lecture I am giving you now is one of the rewards. We know how to be grateful, But you are self-respecting your kindness, isn't this one of the bad roots?"

Li Yeyue froze and muttered, "I didn't..."

"Well, if you don't have one," Shi Jian didn't worry about it, and continued, "I just said that the Changbai tribe is very lucky. You may not be convinced, but do you know how our Xing'an tribe was established?"

There was a moment of silence below. They had all heard about the origin of the Xing'an Tribe, and Li Hui even told Li Yeyue all about it.Those outsiders from the Xing'an tribe were the remnants of the tribe who wanted to take Shi Jian and five people into slavery. Fengchen and Meizi were also slaves of this tribe.

"To be precise, we come from five tribes. I struggled to survive alone in the mountains. Qing'er and Xiaorou's tribe was swallowed by zombies. Elder Feng and the deceased Elder Chen depended on each other. Andre and those women were They are members of a tribe that eats people, and the tribes of Fengchen and Meizi were wiped out by this tribe, and they were plundered as slaves." Shi Jian slowly mentioned the composition of the Xing'an tribe.

Then, he recounted the original incident again, and said: "We did not treat the captured Andre and others as slaves, but gave them fair rights. It can be said that with our current capabilities It is absolutely possible to wipe out the Changbai tribe, but why didn't we do it? Why didn't we forcefully fight back when Yu Liang proposed to kill our men and usurp our women?"

There was another silence, they were deeply ashamed of Yu Liang's actions.The strength of the Xing'an tribe can be seen through the dowry of gifts sent by Shi Jian, and they know that Shi Jian's words are true.

"Why do we do this? It's because we believe that humanity will always exist in people's hearts. Only when all human beings can unite can they survive in this apocalypse full of zombies, and human beings will have hope." Shi Jian clanged said forcefully.

　I'm busy with work today, sorry for the late update
　　
　
(End of this chapter)