Chapter 53

After all, he is the Emperor!

"That's what led to the coma."

Who wouldn't be nervous about their own safety?

"This... this humble official cannot say for sure, only that it is a colorless and odorless gas."

Fang Fang Xuanling shook his head awkwardly, continuing to frown:

"Your Majesty, I always feel that the people here are a bit strange. Their clothing and appearance are no different from ours, as if they had migrated from our Great Tang. Not only that, they seem to have a special hostility towards the Great Tang."

"Oh? There is such a thing?"

Li Er immediately became curious.

Tubo is located in the southwest of the Great Tang and can be considered one of the Western Regions countries.

The people here, regardless of their clothing or facial features, are vastly different from those in the Central Plains.

How could there be Tang people living in this place?

However, it was easy to understand the special hostility towards the Great Tang.

After all, this place, strictly speaking, is no longer Tubo, but the Great Qin established by Qin Mu!

He already has deep hatred for me, so it is understandable that his subjects would be hostile to the Great Tang.

"Correct! Your Majesty, we are away from home, so we should be careful. It is best to change how we address each other."

"Makes sense, from today on, don't call me Master! And I will no longer refer to myself as 'Zhen' (the Emperor)."

Li Er nodded, agreeing with Fang Fang Xuanling's suggestion.

Just at this moment, an old man walked in from outside the room.

"Hehehe, is the patient awake?"

The old man smiled kindly.

"Master, this is the old man who saved you."

Fang Fang Xuanling hurriedly stood up and offered his seat to the old man.

"Old man, I thank you for saving my life!"

Li Er also stood up respectfully and bowed.

"Hi! What's this? Just a small effort!"

"It's just ordinary altitude sickness, any household you go to would treat you."

"After all, our Great Qin has 'no picking up lost items on the road, and no need to lock doors at night', everyone takes pride in good deeds and feels ashamed of doing evil."

Upon mentioning the Great Qin, the old man straightened his back a bit, seemingly with an indescribable pride.

Li Er and Fang Fang Xuanling quickly exchanged a look and soon reached a consensus.

This old man is bragging!

Are you kidding me?

What kind of place is Tubo?

If others don't know, don't we know? This place is mainly inhabited by tribes, and civilization has not yet opened. People only know how to farm and hunt, and do not know etiquette, righteousness, integrity, and shame.

How could there be 'no picking up lost items on the road, and no need to lock doors at night'?

"Hehehe, old man, listening to you speak, it seems you are also a well-read person, probably from a scholarly family, how did you end up in such a harsh place?"

Li Er continued to ask the doubts in his heart.

"Hahaha! A harsh place?" The old man seemed to have heard a huge joke and laughed loudly: "It seems you two are not locals of our Great Qin? Why don't I take you around to see."

Saying this, the old man walked outside.

"Master, we..."

Fang Fang Xuanling looked at the old man's back and turned to look at Li Er.

"Follow him! Maybe we can grasp some of the situation here in Tubo."

Li Er made a prompt decision and immediately followed the old man with Fang Fang Xuanling.

Soon.

The old man led Li Er and his party to their destination.

When Li Er and Fang Fang Xuanling saw the scene before them, their jaws almost dropped in surprise.

They saw houses and villages arranged in an orderly manner.

Fertile farmland was everywhere, with green crops swaying in the wind.

Countless farmers were working diligently in the fields.

There were also many children playing and frolicking around.

A scene of a prosperous farmstead emerged spontaneously.

How does this look Wu Li Ke a barren and desolate plateau region?

It is simply comparable to the most fertile fields in the suburbs near Chang'an City!

Of course.

The fields in the suburbs of Chang'an City do not have such a prosperous scene.

After all, those fertile lands are all in the hands of aristocratic families.

"This... what is going on?"

"When I came last time, I never saw this scene."

Fang Fang Xuanling's shock was much greater than Li Er's.

Last time.

When he visited Tubo.

There was war everywhere, and corpses were strewn across the fields.

The barren land was too hard to grow any crops.

In the vast wilderness, you probably wouldn't run into a single household even if you walked for a day.

But now...

What happened?

Li Er's face also became extremely ugly.

He had the same thought as Fang Fang Xuanling, thinking that this was just some barren land that was not worth worrying about.

But now it seems.

Whether it is the fertility of the land or the density of the population, it is almost catching up to the Great Tang!

The more this was the case, the heavier Li Er's heart became.

Is the scene before him just the tip of the iceberg, or is the entire Great Qin Wu Li Ke this?

"Two gentlemen, now, do you still think the place where I live is harsh?"

"Also, I am not from any scholarly family, the people here, whether they are farmers working in the fields, or farm women delivering meals, even three-year-old children, can all read and write and understand the words of the sages."

The old man stroked his beard, his tone and expression carrying a rather proud boast.

"What?"

"Even these farmers and farm women can read and write?"

Li Er widened his eyes, looking at the fields not far away, his shock and surprise reaching an extreme point.

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Even the Great Tang cannot achieve this level!

Li Er's thoughts were normal.

In ancient times.

Reading and writing were the patent of the upper aristocracy.

And ordinary people, let alone not seeing a book in their lifetime, didn't even have a decent name.

The most typical example is Zhu Chongba!

The Great Tang's flourishing age was Wu Li Ke flowers and brocade, but the drawbacks hidden beneath the flourishing age were still countless.

Not being able to let the people read and write was one of the biggest drawbacks!

Tracing it to the root.

It was still because most of the books were controlled by aristocratic families, leading to a cultural monopoly.