Chapter 148 The Legend of the Divine Kingdom
Chapter 148 The Legend of the Divine Kingdom
"No sound is produced through the nose here!"
"This is a short vowel sound, only once, just once."
More than 300 goblins followed Ziyi in reading the pinyin chart.
As a result, the same sound can be pronounced in more than a dozen different ways.
Different lengths, different articulation points, different aspiration, different tongue positions...
Zi Yi was there, drawing numbers like a lottery; the hundreds of goblins were like fruit icons spinning on a slot machine.
He then realized how patient his teacher had been when he taught him.
He was ready to hit someone!
Recalling how his master taught him, Zi Yi began to explain the concepts of "aspirated" and "unaspirated" sounds, as well as "voiced" and "unvoiced" sounds to the goblins.
The only good news is that the goblins have a pretty good attitude towards learning.
Furthermore, since they dared not disobey their son, classroom discipline was quite good.
As the reading progressed, the number of instances of randomly matching terms in entries gradually decreased.
After all the items were unloaded, Zi'an led the prisoners to cut down trees to build chicken and goose pens, and also to prepare fuel for the winter.
The fire last time, combined with the construction of the wooden wall later, used up all the hundreds of trees that had been cut down before.
We have to prepare all over again.
As Kaken listened to the goblins' reading, he couldn't help but look at Zi'an.
"Lady Enlian, what is that white fabric?"
Upon hearing this, the surrounding prisoners all perked up their ears.
They were curious too!
Zi'an looked at the four "safety officers" who had replaced the goblin overseers.
"That's not cloth, it's my late teacher's 'paper.' It's specially used for writing."
"Thank you, sir."
Kaken got the answer, but still couldn't understand it.
What's being written on, isn't that still just cloth?
The prisoners around him shared the same idea.
Only Zwan discovered the key point.
That belongs to the "former teacher"!
It belongs to that nobleman who disguised himself as a craftsman!
Sure enough, the person next to the saintess was a high-ranking nobleman!
By lunchtime, Ziyi had finally managed to teach the goblins the pinyin chart once.
"Wow! Finally, it's time to eat!"
"Is this morning really that long? It feels like several days have passed."
"My head is spinning."
My mind is so full.
The goblins all looked surprised and helpless as they gathered around the pot.
Zi Yi's eyelids drooped, as if he had been traveling through the night.
These guys...
He's the one who's suffering the most!
Why are you like this?
During mealtime, Zi'an, holding her bowl, showed concern for Zi Yi.
"Ugh."
Zi Yi sighed and turned to look at Li Mosi.
"Master, I finally understand how amazing you are. Teaching is really difficult."
He's nowhere near as good as him!
"You just haven't experienced enough."
Li Mosi felt this was normal.
Most teachers go through several stages.
From initial grand pronouncements to complete silence.
If you really can't hold it in, you're prone to "talking nonsense".
In the afternoon, all the goblins continued working, some training and others doing their jobs.
It's impossible for me to have no work.
Considering that we will be transporting pigs and sheep over later, we must first prepare the materials for building pigsties and sheep pens.
That was naturally a rammed earth construction.
After that fire, the ground was covered with baked mud.
The goblins were about to carry the soil up and temporarily place it over there by the ruins.
Watching the goblins carry soil like ants, Koyasu, no longer needing to personally supervise the work, suddenly thought of a new problem.
"Master, shouldn't we build some houses?"
There seem to be too many goblins.
"Isn't that necessary? You won't get cold sleeping together."
Zi Yi looked up at her.
"Oh right. We still need to build some."
He was so focused on not being cold anymore that he forgot that the tribe had built some houses before.
Although he didn't understand, he felt that perhaps he still had to do something.
Li Mo pondered for a moment.
"Of course it needs to be built!"
Haki spoke first.
"Over four hundred goblins were crammed together; the cattle pen and stables were much more spacious than the caves we have now!"
The transport team has returned; it contains over four hundred goblins.
Add to that fifty-odd prisoners, it's so crowded!
The saintess wasn't concerned about the goblins' living conditions.
She was worried that the goblins might get sick, and what if the nobles attacked again!
"It's time to do it."
Li Mo thought back to last night when he saw many goblins sleeping in the ruins on the [Leshanshui] map.
That afternoon, Zi Yi ordered the prisoners to build a row of north-facing earthen houses at the crossroads leading down the mountain south of the tribe, imitating the layout of a warehouse.
There are thirteen mud houses in total, each with a roof and door made of fresh pine wood.
The reason it can be completed in an afternoon is that the ground of these earthen houses was simply cleaned of grass, which reduced the workload considerably.
In addition, the goblins are not tall, and the ceiling height of these houses is only two meters.
This immediately alleviated the overcrowding in the large cave.
Wow! A new house!
"We don't have to squeeze into the caves anymore!"
"Before, stones were used to be made very small, but now clay is used to make very large ones..."
Zi Yi prioritized allocating the earthen houses to the goblin warriors, with two warriors sleeping in each house.
Because these houses were too close to the road down the mountain, the other goblins didn't think much of it.
Even if something really happens, they can't control the situation.
"Study hard tonight! Let's see who can read fluently tomorrow!"
After dinner, Ziyi assigned homework to the goblins.
The goblins wailed upon hearing about the assignment.
"Oh dear! More studying!"
"It's okay! I want to become smarter!"
"But now the floater is already pretty good..."
"Then he can be the team leader!"
"well……"
The goblins outside were squeaking and chattering as the three of them pulled the saintess back into the cave.
However, Zi'an's gaze remained fixed on the outside of the cave.
She suddenly remembered something.
"Master, shouldn't we start learning the third section?"
Zi Yi suddenly remembered this matter as well.
"Wow? Last time it was interrupted by those humans."
"Hmm? Oh right."
Haki Saint suddenly raised her head and met Li Moss's gaze, who was tying her up.
"What? You just stay put."
Li Mosi examined the vines.
After confirming that the knot was tied, he turned and walked towards the stone table.
"Hey, can't you just let me..."
Just as he was tying up Hagi Saint, Zi Yi and Zi An had already walked to the table.
Five wolf cubs were surrounding the two of them.
"Eek!"
Li Mosi ignored Hagi Saint's babbling and the wolf cub's whimpering.
He opened his textbook.
"So today we'll talk about the third part. Do you remember what I said last time?"
The two disciples thought for a moment and nodded.
"Just listen to it as a story, no need to understand it deeply, okay?"
"Literacy is the primary focus!"
Why did Ziyi suddenly develop a verbal tic?
Li Mosi suspected that he might be too tired.
However, the learning tasks this time are not heavy, so you can treat it as a relaxation.
He picked up his pen and pointed to the text.
"The capitals of China consisted of two cities, the eastern and western capitals. These were the core cities where the king resided in ancient China. The one in the east was called Luoyang, and the one in the west was called Chang'an."
"With its back to Mangshan and facing the Luo River, it floats on the Wei River and rests on the Jing River..."
From the second sentence onwards, the two disciples heard a bunch of Chinese terms they didn't understand.
Even if they didn't know "Mangshan", "Luoshui", "Weishui" and "Jinghe", they at least knew the terrain.
But starting from the third sentence, they even found it difficult to imagine.
What does "palaces winding and turning" mean?
What does it mean to say "pavilions and towers soar high as if flying"?
What is meant by "painted celestial beings and deities"?
When asked about the function of the palace, they seemed to understand, but couldn't quite picture what it looked like.
What followed was like listening to a story, only half-understanding it.
It wasn't until the fifteenth line, "His merits were outstanding, and his deeds were inscribed on a monument," that the story of the heroes began, and they felt they had returned to a familiar rhythm.
The saintess standing to the side listened with wide eyes.
This sounds... a lot like the legends of the divine kingdom!
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