Chapter 225 1. Dodging Soldiers: The Game of Sacrifice

When did mankind enter the age of smelting? This is no longer possible. But we know that as early as the era of Dayu, the punishment tripod was cast, and the legal provisions were engraved on a large copper tripod. To make such a large copper pot, it can be known that China's smelting technology was long before the founding of the Xia Dynasty. has reached an astonishing stage. But compared to the more ancient primitive humans, metal and iron objects are extremely terrifying existences. These objects can easily penetrate into the human body, killing people in an instant.Compared with the conventional weapons of ancient humans - wooden sticks and stones, gold and iron tools are undoubtedly extremely terrifying weapons of mass destruction.

Ancient human beings were powerless to fight against this murderous cold weapon, and they pinned their hopes on the invention of armor. However, at the beginning of this desire, ancient human beings did not know what armor was. Fifty-seven miles to the east, it is called Dafei Mountain, where there are many jades and moose jade.There is Cao Yan, whose leaves are like elm, with square stems and green wounds. Its name is Niu Shang, and its roots are Cangwen.Its Yangkuangshui flows out, and the southwest flows into Yishui, among which there are many three-legged turtles, and those who eat them do not have serious diseases, and they can be swollen.

—— "Shan Hai Jing Zhong Shan Jing" What is being said here is a mountain of Dafa, which is full of priceless treasures. What excites the primitive people the most is that there is a kind of grass on the mountain. The leaves are similar to those of elm trees, and the square stems are covered with thorns , the name is ox injury, and there are blue spots on the rhizome, taking it can prevent people from fainting, and can also resist weapons. In addition, there is a three-legged turtle on this mountain that makes people happy, but we have already talked about this turtle.Now we are focusing on this strange grass named Niu Shang. Could it be said that this strange grass is an ancient rattan shield, which can help primitive people resist the impact of gold and iron?

This story is about a farming tribe. The residents used stones and sticks as tillage tools, and worked hard in the fields. At the end of the year, it seemed that there would be a harvest. But at this time, a terrible news came, and another The tribe claimed ownership of the crops in the field, because that tribe possessed the mysterious weapon of destruction—spears and iron rods made of gold and iron. At this moment, the farmers were all dumbfounded. After a year of hard work, this kind of result came to them. This was something they could not accept no matter what. If you don't accept it, then you have to meet the opponent's aggression and challenge, but the rocks and sticks in everyone's hands, how can they be opponents with spears?

then what should we do? The farmers got together, after a serious discussion, they finally figured out a plan.Send the warriors of the tribe to fight. If you lose, then everyone will surrender. If you win by luck...but who will you send?No one has the guts to hit the iron spear with their own flesh. No one dares to go, it doesn't matter, the farmers figured out another good way: drawing lots. Get a bunch of elm leaves, all of which are round stems, but one of them is square stem, whoever catches that square stem must represent all fall and challenge the other party.After a round of intense clawing, someone caught the square-stem elm leaf. Now everyone was relieved, and they all went home to sleep with their farm tools on their shoulders.

What happened later? The story says that it’s nothing. In short, when danger strikes, what is needed is everyone’s collective wisdom and efforts to tide over the difficulty. It is pure self-deception to expect to catch one or two people who are taken advantage of. But this kind of self-deception still has a market today.