Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

After the carriage entered Chu State from Qi State, the atmosphere suddenly changed drastically.

The territory of Chu State is vast, and sometimes you can walk for three or five days without encountering a single human settlement.

Compared with Qi people, Chu people's life is much more difficult.

The Chu people here refer to common people.

There are three nobles of Qu Jingzhao in the state of Chu. Most of the nobles in the state of Chu have the surname Mi, with different surnames. Multiple surnames.

It is precisely because of the common surname that the nobles of Chu State are extremely xenophobic. When the threat of Qin State was not so great, Chu State was the "barbarian" in the eyes of all countries.

Of course, in addition to the Mi surname, Chu State also has a family, the Xiang family, surnamed Ji, the Ji of Zhou Tianzi.

It is also because of the noble surname Ji that the Xiang family was able to integrate into Chu State, which shows that the nobles of Chu State value their status!

Therefore, in terms of oppressing the common people, the other six countries are not as good as Chu.

If it is said that the common people of the Chu state were only oppressed by the nobles, then the survivors who were taken captive by the Chu state's war against Vietnam would not be regarded as human beings at all.

……

A group of ragged hungry people walked lifelessly like walking dead.

The bark of the weeds and trees along the road has been pulled clean, and some people even swallowed it directly with water and clods.

From time to time, someone fell to the ground from hunger and couldn't get up again.

Looking at thousands of people at a glance, all of them have been hungry for too long, their muscles are atrophied, and their skin and bones look like mummy.

Gao Jing was driving the carriage, watching from a distance, he just felt aggrieved.

He had wandered before, but he had never seen such a tragedy.

The nations are fighting, and every time there is a war, food will be levied to supply the army, but at least those common people still have a home, and they can keep them alive.

These people in front of them don't even have a home, and they live like ghosts!

They are all Chinese people, why bother to suffer this!

Gao Jing stared blankly at the seemingly lost team not far away, feeling aggrieved and sentimental in his heart.

The startled salamander seemed to sense Gao Jing's mood, and said lightly: "In troubled times, no one may survive to tomorrow, they are just a little bit worse, and you can't save them."

Gao Jing didn't take his eyes off, and said: "I can't save everyone, but at least I can save the person in front of me... I raise my noble spirit just for the sake of my eyes!"

The startled salamander said: "You only have less than a hundred gold in the car, even if you spend all of it, it can only help you for a while... I advise you to leave as soon as possible, otherwise those people will rush back, and the only way to escape is to kill them."

Gao Jing finally looked away, looked at the startled salamander's beautiful face, and asked in surprise, "Why should I use my own money to help them?"

The startled salamander was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why.

Gao Jing smiled and said, "I've been reading Yang Zhu for the past two days. Although his "Pull out a hair to benefit the world, don't do it" was scolded by Mencius, it fits my concept very well."

With that said, Gao Jing jumped out of the carriage, rolled up the book in his hand, put it in his waist, walked towards the crowd, and said, "Wait for me a moment."

The startled salamander was in the carriage, watching Gao Jing straighten his back, walking towards the group of refugees without haste, and suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was a painting.

Confucianism pursues fancy clothes and gourmet food. Gao Jing's clothes are naturally gorgeous, which is in stark contrast to the ragged clothes of the group opposite.

Gao Jing's temperament is upright and confident, which is completely different from the numbness and sluggishness of the refugees.

But the startled salamander just watched Gao Jing blend into the refugee group naturally, talking about something with the group of refugees.

His demeanor does not show the slightest disgust, disgust, only sincerity!

"Mother, what is brother doing?" Xiaoyan poked his head and asked.

The startled salamander looked complicated, and said in a low voice, "Maybe...he is changing the world..."

……

The refugee line stopped, and many people gathered together, surrounding Gao Jing in the middle.

However, Gao Jing talked freely in the crowd at a young age. Following his words, the numb expressions of the crowd finally loosened, and something called "hope" appeared in their eyes.

After a long time, the crowd was making way.

Gao Jing walked out of the crowd with a relaxed expression, his steps were still upright, and he was not in a hurry.

Walking to the carriage, Gao Jing said apologetically, "I've made an agreement with them. I'll help them find a way to survive. It may take a few months...Are you in a hurry to go to Daze Mountain?"

The startled salamander did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "There are thousands of people here. They have nothing, no land, no food, no homes. How can you help them find a way out?"

Gao Jing exclaimed in a tone of voice: "Thousands of people, how can they say they have nothing? Don't you see that they already have the most precious thing?"

The startled salamander looked at Gao Jing and said after a while, "I'm not in a hurry."

"That's fine, just wait for me for a while...about two months or so."

Gao Jing turned the carriage around with a smile and walked towards the group of refugees.

"Brother, who are they?" Xiaoyan asked in the carriage.

"They are refugees from Baiyue. They have no way to survive in Chu State. They plan to go to South Korea to see if they can survive."

"Then how does brother find a way out for them?"

"Of course we'll build them a home first..."

"But where is the land for them to build their homes?"

"There is land everywhere, let's occupy it first, and then we can say hello to the owner of the land later."

"What if the master doesn't agree?"

"Then he has to agree!".

No.16 Chapter Food

There are many lakes in Chu State.

This group of refugees has been fleeing for a long time. If they continue to travel long distances, it will probably be like in the original plot. In the end, only a hundred or so of thousands of people can reach South Korea alive.

Then he was killed by Tian Ze.

So Gao Jing didn't take them very far, but settled directly at the bottom of the nearest mountain.

A total of 320 people, excluding women, children, and the elderly, there are more than 800 people who can be counted as laborers... Those who couldn't hold on died long ago on the road.

After arriving here, Gao Jing checked the surrounding terrain for a while, and immediately began to assign tasks.

The jungle on the mountain is lush and lush, and there is a river at the foot of the mountain, which is not too wide and the river is gentle.

More than 1000 people were assigned to different teams, the old man and some frail women took the children to collect bark and weave rope.

The remaining women and some men, under Gao Jing's command, moved stones and clods to block the river.

Gao Jing, on the other hand, took the remaining men with stronger mobility and went straight into the mountain.

The startled salamander followed with Xiaoyan.

……

In the mountains, Gao Jing held a book, compared it with the plant in front of him, and said after a while: "The roots of this one are edible, so come a few people and dig out the roots."

Immediately, a few people came up and directly digged the roots with their hands, and quickly dug out the roots.

Although many people were swallowing saliva secretly, no one ate it secretly, but continued to look at Gao Jing with fiery eyes.

Climbing all the way in the jungle, Gao Jing would stop from time to time, compare the book in his hand, and then leave a sentence: "This is edible, dig it away..."

"You can eat this too, take it away..."

"This is a medicinal material that can cure fever, poach it away..."

"This can cause diarrhea, poach..."

"When it's not yet fruiting, make a mark first, and when you go back to pick the fruit, dig it out and transplant it to the foot of the mountain..."

"..."

I was lucky in the middle and met a deer.

Gao Jing was overjoyed, and just about to let people disperse the encirclement, a startled salamander shot directly, and a branch was thrown out, penetrating the deer's head.

Gao Jing: "..."

"Mother is amazing!" Xiaoyan clapped her hands and said happily.

The startled salamander's face was still cold, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking.

Gao Jing thought for a while and said, "Don't make a move next time."

The startled salamander looked at Gao Jing in surprise, and asked, "Why?"

Gao Jing looked at the excited crowd around him, and said, "They need to rely on their own strength to survive, even if this deer will cause them casualties... If you take action, they will subconsciously rely on you."

The startled salamander thought for a while, and said: "This is your way of plucking a hair to benefit the world, why don't you do it?"

"more or less."

The startled salamander was silent, thinking about something.

Gao Jing continued to lead people to follow the direction where the deer appeared: "Go, find salt."

After walking for a short time, I came across a rock stream where the exposed rocks turned yellow.

Gao Jing took the book and compared it carefully, touched it with his fingers, put it in his mouth, tasted it, and said after spitting it out: "It's a salt mine, come here, move a few stones away."

The startled salamander who had been silent all this time said silently: "This is poisonous salt."

Gao Jing said casually, "Just remove the poison."

The startled salamander pursed his lips, and wanted to ask him if he knew what that meant, but finally gave up: "How do you know there is salt in this direction?"

"Animals need salt too."

Gao Jing replied casually, watching several people lift the stone with difficulty, and looking at other people, everyone's arms and shoulders were full of things.

"It's almost enough to eat for two days... let's go, go back."

……

When we got back to the foot of the mountain, the river had been cut off, and a group of people were excitedly stepping on the mud at the bottom of the river, picking up fish and shrimp.

"Don't let the snails go, there are clams..."