Chapter 289 [He is from the West? Next]
Based on the various information in his hands, Bai Dong can now confirm that Silde is a mixed-race child of Chinese and Western origin. In the memory of some direct descendants of the Western family, his mother was a woman with brown curly hair and shiny black eyes; her skin was very white, just like the goat's milk after water release, and her tone was very unique, speaking the language near Qishan three or four hundred years ago. If it weren't for the sarcastic spirit, it would be the accent of the Western Zhou nobles.
She is also the most special female slave in the Xijia family. Xiqimu bought it from the Qiang people. According to the Qiang people who sold her, this is a female demon from the extreme west. Just like the demon soldiers that the ancestor of Qiangzu had seen before, it would bring endless diseases and disasters to the Qiang people. Therefore, Qiang soldiers attacked her team and killed the demon warriors who defended him before capturing her. If it weren't for Xiqimu's appearance, she would have been dedicated to the White Stone God on a suitable day, because only the gods could suppress such a devil.
A hundred Qin Yuan was enough to make the Qiang people happy, and Xiqimu also got his favorite female slave. Just like all the corrupt nobles, he was tired of Chinese women and even the hot Rongdi beauties. He had a special liking for this "witch" with curly hair, black eyes, and sheep's milk. He even had some kind of relationship with her despite the opposition of his tribe, and this relationship directly led to the birth of Silde a year later.
Since Silde became sensible, his mother has been quietly teaching him some "weird" knowledge and will also tell him countless moving and beautiful stories. Just like the stories Bai Dong told Cao'er, each story can touch people's hearts. Silde once tried to tell these stories to his friends, but was thumped by his mother. After the spanking, his mother hugged him tightly, kissed his forehead, and told him that some secrets must be kept...
Bai Dong can almost conclude now that Silde's mother was a nobleman from the West.
At this time, ancient Greece had entered the post-Golden Age. Great men like Plato and Aristotle made ancient Greek civilization shine, and in some ways even surpassed Shakyamuni and the pre-Qin schools; however, the ambitious Alexander the Great is still a spirit who never met her eggs, and it is probably not even a year or two before he and Ying Shu's children were born. The backward city-state system determined that ancient Greece was a "spiritual giant, material dwarf" at this time, with deep-rooted slavery, and emerging free peasants had not yet shown their germination, and their literacy rate was lower than that of China in the pre-Qin era. If Silde's mother was not aristocratic, it would never be possible to teach Tathoron's legal philosophy unless she was a real witch.
Now Bai Dong is just curious about which city-state of Europe that Silde's mother came from. Look at Silde's appearance. She should have no Spartan bloodline, and she is not like the Romans who were called "mixed" by Europeans at this time. Bai Dong really couldn't think of any reason for this woman to come to China across the Eurasian continent. How did she do it? (The Roman Republic had been established at this time, please do not be confused with the Roman Empire)
"How do you know that it is the mother who teaches me this knowledge? Although I am my father's illegitimate son, he loves me very much. Qin State is not short of knowledgeable people. Can't I learn this knowledge from others?" Silde's eyes flashed, and he could see that he was a little guilty.
"Will someone in Qin teach you Solon's legal theory? Or do you still hear stories in the epic of hippos and have shed tears for Aglius? The sun god Apollo is such a despicable guy, right? By the way, you must be familiar with Aristotle's simple worldview. Have you heard of the "Luc' Academy he founded? Depending on your appearance, you must have heard of it. Has your mother told you? If you have the chance, you must return to the West and enter this great college?"
Bai Dong smiled and patted the paper book that recorded the information of Silde: "Don't be shocked, these secret paper books are not recorded, because they only belong to you and your mother. Even the father who 'loved' you don't know. You must be very surprised, how I knew it."
"How did you...how did you know?"
Silde's whole body shook violently, and his face turned pale in an instant.
He himself is a paradox, the illegitimate son of the head of the Xi family and the female slave, but he was not executed by the family. Xiqimu even asked his most confidant family general to secretly send their mother and son out of the Xi family, and wandered outside for fifteen years before he recognized his ancestors and returned to his hometown.
At that time, Yinglian had stabilized the overall situation of Qin. He was preparing for the Battle of Hexi. The Meng Xibai family had a transcendent status. In order to expand their territory, they once joined forces to launch a war against the Western Rong. In this war, a young family son emerged and personally led three hundred clan soldiers to break through the blockade line set by the Qiang people, allowing the three coalition forces to defeat the Qiang people and stabilize the western frontier. It was precisely because of this battle that the young man named Sild by his mother was recognized by the Western family and became the illegitimate son of the Western family.
Although it is a mother who is noble because of her son, Silde's mother is still regarded as a dirty female slave by her tribe members. Because of her long-term depression and years of hard work, she finally passed away.
As a concubine son who was forced to be recognized by the West and was secretly taken care of by his father, Silde was the one who cared about the West and the slaves most. Many slaves had received his help and teachings. This year, the Qin Dynasty had a severe drought, and the West suffered a terrible epidemic. He also taught the slaves to use burned lime to eliminate the epidemic. He even had very good medical skills. Many tribe members and slaves had received his personal treatment.
It was precisely through the prestige he established that he could turn the tide and hurt Wei Yang. The secret he got from his mother made him feel that he was different from the world. Even when facing Bai Zi, who is famous all over the world, he could talk freely without fear. That was because the world in his eyes was far wider than that of the Chinese, like a cockroach that could survive the winter, always had the pride of facing summer insects.
But Bai Dong casually revealed his "secret", and it was as casual as eating and drinking water; Silde could no longer remain calm, and he stared at Bai Dong blankly, feeling that this person was the real devil.
"The information in my hand does not show why your mother came to Qin, but I can guess that this has something to do with the Persians, right?"
The only Persian Empire in this era is capable of connecting the Eurasian continent. Since the fifth century BC, the Hippolar War broke out in full swing. Before Alexander the Great unified Greece and completely destroyed the Persian Empire, the war between Greek city-states and Persia almost never stopped. The shocking "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" later generations describes the war story of this period.
Bai Dong made a deduction that since Silde's mother was a Greek aristocrat, there was no reason to travel far away to China to be a female slave. Even if she wanted to engage in bloodline invasion, she would not have done so. So she was most likely a nobleman from a Greek city-state, or even the daughter of a king. She failed and was captured in a certain war with the Persians... As early as before the Zhou Dynasty, China had already opened up the road to trade with the Western Regions (bets). It was not a rare thing to trade with the Persians. However, from the information, Silde's mother was captured by the Qiang people, and there was no merchant in it. This was what made Bai Dong feel the most strange.
"You, you actually know the Persians?"
Silde's eyes widened as he walked up the hill, and he acted more calm than a middle-aged man. That was due to his complicated experiences, but when Bai Dong revealed the secrets in his heart again and again, he finally turned back to an ordinary boy, curious how this man knew everything.
Nie Zhu was also staring at Bai Dong. The longer he spent with Bai Dong, the more he felt that this "Brother White" was mysterious. Solon, Aristotle, and Luke'ang Academy had never heard of it... He didn't understand. He was once a wanderer who traveled all over the world, so why was he like a country savage who knew nothing in front of this Bai brother?
There will be updates tonight.
PS: Note: Zhang Qian fully opened the Silk Road, but before him, China had trade with the Western Regions.
In the archaeology of the tombs of the spouse of Wu Ding, the emperor of the Shang Dynasty, people discovered nephrite produced in Xinjiang. This shows that China had begun to trade with the Western Regions and even further regions in at least the 13th century BC.
"Records of the Grand Historian. The Family of Zhao" records a conversation between Su Li and King Huiwen of Zhao: "The horse and Hu dog do not go east, and the jade in Kunshan does not come out. These three treasures are not the king." Su Li used the wealth obtained by Zhao State through foreign trade to threaten King Huiwen of Zhao indirectly illustrate this point: because people believe that "Jade of Kunshan" is the nephrite produced at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, while Hu dog is a dog breed produced in Central and West Asia.
Chapter completed!