Chapter 2132 Flower Struggle (Forty)

Similar to European writing, we can distinguish the same word whether it is Gothic or italic, while Chinese characters have six writing methods.

The oldest writing script is "Seal Script". This script is now usually used to engrave seals or seals. Lin Gua will leave his own seal after completing his works for Chinese customers. Collectors will also leave their own seals when they collect a famous painting.

Leave your own stamp.

Seal script developed into several different forms, and was generally used as inscriptions or prefaces to books. Later, seal script evolved into "official script", which was the new palace writing method of the Qin Dynasty. Documents drafted by the government were all written in official script.

Later, "regular script" appeared, which is a standardized font. Literati who wanted to stand out all learned to write regular script. Then "running script" evolved, which is a fast writing form, or a kind of freedom.

font, but the strokes of the font cannot be omitted. On the contrary, in order to facilitate shorthand, "cursive script" allows writing in a concise and fast way. People doing business often use this writing style, and some ancient books also use cursive script to write the preface.

"Song Ti" is a font named after the Song Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, printing technology developed greatly. The so-called printing technology is a type of letterpress printing technology that carves Chinese characters on wood. This technology was invented in the early 10th century AD.

, created by the Song Dynasty 40 years after the advent of the technology. Of all the fonts, this one most closely resembles the one Nick saw on the note with the lotus drawn on it.

In Water Margin, Gao Qi was favored by the emperor because he was good at Cuju, while Cai Jing became the prime minister of Song Huizong because he was good at calligraphy. Many people think that Song Huizong should not be emperor, he should only be an artist, and he wrote "Slim"

Gold style has almost become a unique product in the Chinese art world. The idiom "a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold" comes from his handwriting.

Even a very ordinary painting, if his inscriptions are left on it, will become priceless. Cai Jing is also good at calligraphy, and the two of them may have many topics in common. He also has a bit of a relationship with Shen and Qianlong.

Similar, except that Qianlong's handwriting was not as good as Song Huizong's, which allowed He Shen to imitate his handwriting. Song Huizong's handwriting was so good that no one could copy it. Even Cai Jing was only good at running script.

One of his poems that has been handed down to the world goes like this:

The flowers are fragrant and the calyx is green, glowing in the garden,

The zero dew is like being drunk, and the remaining glow seems to be melting.

It's hard to write a picture, only good luck can do it.

Butterflies dance along the fragrant path, chasing the evening breeze.

Beautiful things like dancing butterflies, incense, lingering clouds, and evening breeze filled his life. He didn't know that there was another scene outside the palace wall: death on the banks of two rivers, sleeping in each other's arms, and the sound of injustice and suffering.

, howling in the wild.

Every night, hundreds of expensive ambergris are burned in his palace. It is said that this spice can create a lofty artistic conception of the vast sea and sky like Penglai Island, and also has the pleasant temperament of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers. It has strong penetrating power and leaves a lasting impression.

The fragrance is long-lasting and is often used at banquets.

Not only his handwriting is beautiful, but also the process of writing is beautiful. However, it all ended the moment the Jin army invaded the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Europe also has a system of paying ransom in exchange for hostages. The British man kidnapped by pirates last time paid 7,654 silver dollars and was released.

The Jin Dynasty was a dynasty also founded by Jurchens. Even the dynasty established by Nurhachi was also called "Dajin". Aixinjueluo means gold in Manchu.

In Southeast Asia, many people fled overseas during the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties because they were disgusted with the Manchu rule. The Ryukyu envoys were also worried about whether they had to shave their heads. Later, after negotiating with the Qing Dynasty, the Ryukyu people were allowed to keep their own clothes.

So these immigrants from the former dynasty began to move around in various places dressed as Ryukyu people.

Japanese hairstyles are actually ugly, but they still think braids are uglier. When Ryukyu resumed its tributary relationship with the Qing Dynasty, Japan's trade to Fuzhou via Ryukyu did not revive. With the Satsuma clan based in Osaka,

After logistics took its place, Ryukyu's interests were almost taken away by the Satsuma clan.

Japan refused to join the tribute system, and the Manchus did not intend to go to war and maintained trade in a relatively peaceful manner, so a mutual trade system was formed.

Taking the new example of Zhengde as an opportunity, Kangxi established the Guangzhou Thirteen Banks, which was named after the Ming Dynasty. "Hong" means gang in Chinese. These businessmen with bad records would kill chickens and drink in the gods' money.

Blood, exchange of oaths, stipulations of public charter.

Different from the merchant houses in the Northeast, the Guangzhou Thirteenth Bank did not have a dental shop. They directly acted as the identity guarantor for foreign merchants and sailors. The foreigners were placed in a corner by the river surrounded by a city wall, isolated from the ordinary citizens of Guangzhou.

In the mid-17th century, with the development of the New World, the supplier of European furs changed from Russia to the Americas, so Tsarist Russia needed to find a new market.

The Haixi Jurchens were also fur hunters and fishermen at the earliest, and they mainly provided sable fur.

Mink skins are also very popular in Europe. One cloak may require hundreds of mink skins. The Tsarist Russian Empire has always been eager to integrate into the European cultural circle, so Tsarist Russia began to expand.

In the process of expansion, they came into contact with the territory of the Jurchens, which they called the "Longxing Land". When Kangxi and Peter the Great finally ended the war that started with their fathers and decided to sit down and sign a treaty, they

Found a problem.

At that time, the contact between the two countries was caused by the expansion of Tsarist Russia. The Central Plains was not stable in the early years of Kangxi, and he had no time to visit the north. After the military confrontation and negotiations, the border between the two countries needed to be marked on the map, but the Tatars

They had never done that before. They only had a copy of the "Nine Rivers Map of Jilin" drawn by Long Tan as a reference. The drawing was not accurate at all. This made Kangxi determined to draw a new map using Western surveying techniques.

In the newly drawn "Comprehensive Map of the Imperial Palace", at least Jiangsu is definitely not accurate. It is cut into hundreds of islands by countless rivers. This may be based on confidentiality considerations, but not only foreign missionaries, but also foreign

Merchants and travelers also surveyed and mapped. The map drawn by Dollington was used in many countries, but it was still not accurate enough. That’s why the East India Company asked Nick, a Frenchman who might have been able to move freely in China, to survey and map. This is Nick

I can think of two main reasons why I might get into trouble.

The oars squeaked from time to time, but otherwise it was silent. It seemed that the two kidnappers who captured Nick didn't talk much.

Through the gap in the linen pocket, he noticed that it was already dawn. He had been thinking about this unfortunate incident since he woke up, and then he couldn't help but feel a feeling of anxiety. Fortunately, this feeling of anxiety did not last long, and the boat

When he reached the shore, the kidnappers lifted him up one by one, and he felt like he could walk without his feet touching the ground.

They should have arrived at a small island covered by a tropical jungle. There were thick leaves on the ground, and branches kept hitting Nick's body on the road.

After maybe half an hour, Nick felt like he had walked into a house. This was mainly because there was a flat ground and the sound of clanking weapons. Only when they arrived at this place did the kidnappers remove the sack from Nick's head.

open.

This is a very ordinary yard, very common in the countryside, but considering that it is built on a small island, moving these wood and stones is a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

There is a long table in the yard, and a tall man is sitting on the chair next to him. He is wearing Ryukyuan clothes and a scarlet cloak. His face looks very pale, as if he has been seriously ill.

Sick, behind him there was a group of people waving swords, it didn't look like a duel, more like they were doing some kind of exercise.

A thin man was holding a big rooster. Its comb was so red that it looked like it was dripping with blood. At first it was relatively honest, but then as it got closer and closer to the tall man, it began to struggle violently and kept flapping its wings.

The blowing wind mixed with the chicken feathers flying around, and the thin man could hardly control it.

The tall man looked at it expressionlessly. After a while, he picked up a sword on the table and pulled it out with a "swish" sound. Then he waved his hand and the chicken head fell to the ground.

At this time, the chicken was still struggling, as if its body was still separated from its head. The thin man held up the decapitated chicken and pointed its still bleeding neck at a bowl. As the blood gradually

After filling the bowl, the chicken gradually stopped moving. Then the tall man picked up the bowl filled with blood and drank it like water.

If it weren't for the fact that it was broad daylight, he would have looked like a vampire.

"Do you know who I am?" the tall man asked Nick in English after drinking the blood.

There was blood at the corners of his mouth and between his teeth.

"No..." Nick replied with some fear, "Am I participating in your ceremony?"

The tall man frowned in confusion.

"I heard that you have to kill chickens for your ceremonies," Nick said.

"I'm drinking medicine." The tall man said impatiently, "I was bitten by sagebrush. To detoxify, I have to drink chicken blood, and it's still noon."

"Do you know what philodendron is?" the thin man asked Nick arrogantly.

"I heard it from the sailors," Nick said calmly, "That kind of grass looks like human hair, black and thin, but its flowers are red and only as big as wheat grains."

"It also has another name, Jinpo. There are so many people, but I am the only one who came back alive. If you answer honestly, I will spare your life. If you dare to talk nonsense, just stay and make medicine for me."

"

Before Nick could react, the thin man had already dropped the big headless cock at his feet, and it flopped twice more.

Nick then remembered that Ju Ren had said that whenever someone was beheaded in the wet market, someone would buy the blood of the condemned prisoner and take it back as medicine.

"Do you understand?" the tall man asked.

Nick nodded quickly.

Then he squatted down, ignoring the smell of blood in his mouth, and began to ask Nick the questions he wanted to ask.
Chapter completed!