Zhou Qingfeng was thinking of ways to integrate the human resources at hand at the construction site of the lumberyard. Due to the lack of manpower to support an army, he even went to the extent of roping in Jurchen slaves. In his opinion, the Manchurian Qing seizing the colorful world of the Central Plains was actually using the Han people to fight the Han people. Therefore, it was reasonable for him to use the Jurchen to fight the Jurchen.
At the same time, Abahai was secretly reading the notes that Zhou Qingfeng had made in the past few days in his room in the city. Jianzhou Grand Concubine also felt that this guy would become a great disaster for the Jurchen sooner or later, so it was reasonable for her to know more about what he was doing.
Zhou Qingfeng lived with Abahai, so he did not deliberately hide some of the manuscripts that he wrote daily. These documents, which he thought were no big deal, were full of mystery in Abahai's eyes, attracting the latter to carefully study them.
"What the hell is this guy writing?" Abahai was most concerned about the stack of Chinese textbooks written by Zhou Qingfeng. She could speak Chinese, but she was not very proficient in it, and her reading and writing skills were also average. But she could see at a glance that there was definitely something wrong with Zhou Qingfeng's Chinese textbooks — Grand Concubine, Hanyu Pinyin, do you want to know about it?
The invention and use of Pinyin was of great significance in Chinese teaching.
In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, the people of China were completely abused by the European powers, but there was also a strong movement to save the country. The people of China were downright pragmatic. After being beaten, they would not deliberately resist the enemy's advanced technology and strengths, unlike a certain religion that had been beaten to pieces, but still held on to the scriptures that had long been out of date.
'Learn from the foreigners to control the foreigners', and learning from the Western powers was the consensus of modern China's revolutionaries. This consensus was even to a certain extent — China's education was extremely backward, and learning Chinese was too difficult. So we might as well abolish the Chinese language, and create a new Romanized language. Lu Xun was once an active participant in this matter.
The ancestors took the wrong path, but it did not mean that they were not patriotic. They were too patriotic, but they just did not find the right direction. Fortunately, we later had Hanyu Pinyin. Hanyu Pinyin greatly strengthened the relationship between the characters and the sounds in Chinese learning, making it easy for people to judge and remember the pronunciation of a character.
Abahai was studying the list of initials and finals written by Zhou Qingfeng, and his mind was completely confused. She had seen Zhou Qingfeng use this form to teach the slaves to learn Chinese characters many times. In order to show her disdain, she was determined not to look closely. She secretly watched and secretly listened. The more he learned, the more confused he became.
A short half a month of scattered teaching was not enough for the slaves to learn Pinyin. However, they were able to learn Chinese characters very quickly, and their pronunciation was quite accurate. Abahai watched as Zhou Qingfeng gathered the slaves together to study every night, and her heart was as restless as a cat scratching at it. She always felt that the list that Zhou Qingfeng took out from time to time hid some great mystery.
This was like some kind of world-shaking and unparalleled secret manual. Once it was circulated, it would cause a rain of blood and foul winds, and once one learned it, one would be invincible in the world. Or perhaps this thin piece of paper represented a huge treasure. As long as one could crack it, one would be rich enough to rival a country and have power over the court.
However, this piece of paper was not hidden. It was placed on Zhou Qingfeng's desk with a few stones. Abahai turned it over and over, but she could not figure out what the strange symbols on it meant. The Jianzhou Grand Concubine would never lower herself to ask the slaves who had taken lessons. She was actually waiting for Zhou Qingfeng to take the initiative to tell her, but he was not free at all.
Abahai was very angry that she could not understand Hanyu Pinyin.
In addition to Hanyu Pinyin, there was something even more annoying — Zhou Qingfeng's dictionary.
After being brought from the isolated island of time and space to the end of the Ming Dynasty, this dictionary for primary school students had changed a lot under the influence of the rules of time and space. The originally small book had become a thick and heavy tome. The content had also been edited to adapt to the social environment of the end of the Ming Dynasty.
But the simplified characters in it had not changed, the Pinyin word lookup table and the radical word lookup table had not changed, and the definitions of each word were still there, but the sentences that matched the explanations were different. Abahai was so shocked when she saw the book that her forehead was sweating. She had never seen this thing before, and she did not understand the simplified characters of 'lacking strokes and drawing', but she knew that this must be a great book.
Abahai knew that the Han people were cultured, and she also knew that the Han people had many books that had been passed down for thousands of years. She also knew that the Han people had many great scholars. Such a great book filled with words must be for a very powerful and great scholar to read, right? Ordinary people would definitely not be able to understand it, so it's understandable that I don't understand it.
In the end, Grandpa Zhou showed a mocking face and said that this was for children and illiterate people to see.
Don't you think this is infuriating?
How could such a thick book be for the most uncultured people? This is definitely a lie!
Abahai's lungs were about to explode. Boy Zhou, just say that I'm illiterate. There's no need to use such a book to make fun of me.
But Zhou Qingfeng really used this book to write learning materials for the slaves. The words that the slaves practiced also came from this dictionary. Abahai knew this very well, and could not refute it even if she wanted to.
"What the hell, how could such a thick book be for illiterate people to read?" Abahai frowned and flipped through the dictionary. She felt that her usual cleverness was useless in front of Zhou Qingfeng. She could not see through him at all.
She flipped through the dictionary again and again, still trying to decipher the mystery. Coincidentally, a slave ran over and called out to her, saying that Hetuala's people had come. She was shocked, then overjoyed. She threw down the dictionary and walked out of the house.
There were many people kneeling in the courtyard outside the house, and the one leading them was Abahai's head bodyguard, Daer Han. This middle-aged man knelt on both knees and cried loudly, "Mistress, your servant is useless. I've made you suffer."
It would have been better if she did not see Daer Han, but seeing this servant filled Abahai with grievances and anger. When Chu Ying kidnapped her, it was Daer Han who had been protecting her. In the end, Daer Han was not Chu Ying's match at all, and could only watch as Abahai was taken away from Hetuala. If it were not for Abahai's scheming and pulling Zhou Qingfeng into this mess, she would definitely have died on the way.
It had been a long time since she showed off her power as a master. When Abahai saw Daer Han, she stepped forward and kicked him, scolding him angrily, "You dog, you still have the face to see me? If you weren't so useless, would I have been captured and brought to this damned place? "
Abahai was clearly angry, but Daer Han could only lower his head and admit his mistake. He got up and cried again, "The Great Khan is worried about Mistress, so he sent me to Hekulun to bring Mistress back."
Ah …. Abahai was immediately overjoyed, "Chu Ying agreed to let me go?"
Daer Han said, "The Great Khan asked for ten thousand dans of grain before he let Grand Concubine go. I will immediately return tonight and let the Great Khan decide."
"Ten thousand dans?" Abahai was not stupid. Hearing this request, she knew that she could not leave so easily. She shouted with a sullen face, "Damn that Chu Ying, he is just playing tricks on me. He won't let me go. How many people did you bring? Are the four Great Beys here? Is Mangurtai here? Can you forcefully take me away? "
Daer Han continued to cry, "We only brought a dozen or so people. Other than me, there are only Grand Concubine's maids and a few servants. Zhou Qingfeng's master, Gu Yuanwei, also came with us. But last night, we found Chu Ying Great Khan, and Gu Yuanwei had a conflict with him. The two of them fought on the spot. Gu Yuanwei was beaten by the Great Khan until he vomited blood and ran away. "
Idiot!
What kind of person was Chu Ying? He had been fighting with Nurhachi since he was born. He was once the number one expert of the Jurchen people. Although he was not as strong as before, he was not someone to be trifled with.
Thinking that Zhou Qingfeng had escaped again, Abahai did not know whether to sigh or be happy. She asked again, "Seeing that you are loyal and dared to take the risk to come to Ehekulun, I will not punish you. But Chu Ying will not let me go so easily. Immediately go back and tell the Great Khan to send troops and the four Great Beys. Otherwise, you will not be able to save me. "
"Yes, yes." Daer Han nodded repeatedly and said, "Grand Concubine, I … I told the Great Khan that Zhou brat is a Brocade Guard and was ordered by the Ming Emperor to ruin our Jianzhou's founding ceremony. I also told the Great Khan that Zhou brat used poisonous insects to force you to see Chu Ying. "
"You …." Abahai wanted to scold him for being such a busybody. She suppressed her anger and asked, "What did the Great Khan say?"
"The Great Khan did not say anything at first, but when Gu Yuanwei returned to Hetuala, he called him over and scolded him. Only then did Gu Yuanwei say that Zhou brat was not on his side and might really be a spy from the Ming Kingdom's Brocade Guard. But he really came to join us. The Great Khan wanted Gu Yuanwei to capture Zhou Qingfeng, but now it seems …. "
"Capture my ass!" Abahai wanted to scold Gu Yuanwei again for being too stupid. "Zhou brat is doing well in Ehekulun. The chief of the Wucha tribe had even conferred him the title of a concubine. Gu Yuanwei probably really thought that Zhou brat was on the run, but Zhou brat has only been here for ten days and has already built a good relationship with all the Beizi in the city. "
Daer Han had also seen how powerful Zhou Qingfeng was, so he felt that it was natural that he could not capture Zhou Qingfeng. He only asked, "Grand Concubine, can you tell me where Zhou brat is? I want to give him something on behalf of the Great Khan. "
"What is it?" Abahai asked.
Daer Han took out a bag from his chest. Abahai took it and glanced at the contents, then said coldly, "Do you believe that Zhou brat will tear it apart when he sees it? Even if he doesn't tear it apart, he will throw it away."
"No way?" Daer Han wanted to take back the bag and said solemnly, "The Great Khan ordered Erdeni to prepare this, and he personally approved it. Does Zhou brat really want to become enemies with Jianzhou? "
Abahai did not hand the bag back to Daer Han. Instead, he tightened his grip and said, "Zhou brat is a Han, not a female Zhenren. If I give this to him, it will only annoy him and he might go crazy. Annoying that brat is more troublesome than annoying Chu Ying. I still need to rely on him to survive in Ehekulun. Leave this with me and I will give it to him when I have the chance. "
Daer Han had no choice but to make one last request. "Grand Concubine, I still want to see Zhou brat."
"Zhou brat has been very busy recently. He may not be willing to see you."
"Grand Concubine, please help me."
"Why do you have to see him?"
"Before I came to Ehekulun, the Great Khan asked me to bring an artist here. He said that if I can't capture Zhou brat, I will draw his appearance. The Great Khan said that he regretted not having seen Zhou brat with his own eyes, but he wanted to know what the person who caused such a big trouble looks like. "
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