dognovel Chapter 373
Chapter 373
With the release of the new issue of "Daqin Daily", the whole of Daqin is boiling again.
"Punctuation marks, what are they?"
"Isn't it written in the newspaper? It's a tool for punctuation. With punctuation marks, I can easily see where to punctuate a long sentence and understand the meaning better."
"It's more than that simple. Look at the comma, which means that a sentence is halfway through, and the period, which means that a sentence is over."
"There are also semicolons, colons, dashes, etc., and each punctuation mark has a unique meaning, which allows us to better read and understand books."
"Isn't that right? With these punctuation marks, there is no need to argue endlessly about where to break a sentence and whose understanding is correct, wasting time in vain."
"It is said that His Royal Highness has ordered the Imperial College to use this new style of punctuation to re-segment and annotate all the classics and history collections, and His Royal Highness will personally conduct the final review!"
"This is really good!"
In the official school and the library, all the students were smiling and celebrating the great learning event.
And pinyin has also been warmly welcomed in county schools and major literacy classes.
"This pinyin is very interesting. As long as I master these initials, finals and spelling skills, I don't have to worry about mispronunciation, so that other people can't understand what I say."
"It is said that the Guozijian will issue enlightenment books with pictures and pinyin at that time. Even those who have no basic knowledge can quickly learn Daqin Mandarin through these pictures and pinyin."
"This is great. When I learn Mandarin, I will definitely go out and see the world."
"Nowadays, the surrounding countries are all proud to learn from my Daqin culture. As long as you can speak Mandarin, you can travel all over the world."
"As long as we speak Qin Yu well, we can find a position as Mr. Qin Yu in any country. Not only will the salary be high, the treatment will be good, and the locals will respect us."
"It is our blessing to be able to catch up with such a prosperous age."
The common people praised it, and their enthusiasm for learning culture suddenly increased.
Just when the people of Great Qin were beaming with joy and actively studying, the war situation of the cities and kingdoms finally came to an end.
First of all, after returning to the country, the Wusun cavalry in the Protectorate of the Western Regions quickly regained control of the situation. The former Prime Minister Wusun tactfully handed over his rights and began to operate the wool business with peace of mind.
The Wusun Kingdom, which had been raging for a long time, finally calmed down temporarily.
But when the attention of all the cities and kingdoms was attracted by the situation in Wusun, King Qiang, who had always been regarded as a barbarian and ignored him, suddenly gathered [-] cavalry and launched an attack on Qiuci and other countries.
Kucha and other countries, which were not strong in military strength and defenseless, were caught off guard. In just ten days, the Qiang people broke through several countries in a row. The kings of Qiuci and Loulan were killed by the Qiang kings.
It wasn't until this time that the rest of the countries reacted. While sending envoys to ask for help from Daqin, they hastily assembled more than 5 troops, trying to block the Qiang cavalry.
However, those countries with loose armaments and fighting spirit have already joined the coalition forces of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, leaving only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled. Even if they have an advantage in numbers, they are still no match for the arrogant Qiang people.
After a great battle, the Qiang cavalry won a big victory, plundered the city and the kingdoms, and then took the spoils, and the whole clan moved directly to the north, leaving only a mess everywhere.
At this time, the envoys of all ethnic groups had just arrived in Shangjun, and they were still thousands of miles away from Xianyang City.
"Guys, what should we do now?
After receiving the news from the country, Mo Guoguo's face was ashen, and after a long silence, he slowly opened his mouth to speak.
"What else can we do? Now that the coalition forces have been defeated and the king has been killed, we can be said to have lost our country and family."
Che Shiguo's envoy smiled wryly and said:
"There is only one way out for us now, and that is to join Daqin."
"This time the Qiang people made a sudden attack, which is very strange. Do you think it could be Daqin..."
The Luntai envoy gritted his teeth and whispered.
"Be careful!"
"Daqin wants to crush us to death, it's as simple as crushing ants, why bother?"
"Even if Daqin did it, what can we do? You still dare to question Shihuang?"
Che Shiguo's envoy smiled bitterly and said helplessly:
"This time it has fully demonstrated that we and other small countries have no room to survive under the general trend."
"Even the biggest Wusun can't stand the pressure of Daqin and cause civil strife."
"As for the destruction of Kucha and other countries by the Qiang people, all of you here are smart people, and you probably have the answer in your heart."
"There is only one way out for us now, and that is to request Neifu and wait for Daqin's assistance just like Wusun."
"But......"
"Don't worry, do you have any other options? Don't forget, the letter said that the treasury was plundered by the Qiang people, and the granary was burned. If Daqin doesn't help, we will all starve die."
"That's right, the food in the city was originally purchased from Daqin or the Maurya Dynasty. Now both places belong to Daqin. Daqin doesn't need to do anything. It only needs to ban the sale of grain, and we will be completely destroyed!"
The envoys from various countries looked at each other with deep sighs.
Daqin is so powerful that it makes people despair!
You don't even need to do anything yourself, just turn a blind eye and close one eye, you can make the seemingly imposing city 36 countries into a mess.
No, to be precise, due to the Qiang nationality, there are only 24 city-states in the city.
Small countries such as Pishan, due to fierce resistance, were directly massacred by the angry Qiang king, and have completely ceased to exist.
A weak country is so humble and miserable in the midst of the general trend.
They have no doubt that if they don't take the initiative to ask for surrender, Daqin will definitely cut off all supplies to them and let the countries fend for themselves.
Daqin has never been kind to outsiders.
Don't forget, today's prosperous Great Qin was bought with the lives of the Xiongnu, Donghu, Mauryan Dynasty, and hundreds of thousands, or even millions of enemy countries.
The remaining 10 people in the city are nothing to Daqin!
They have no choice.
What to worry about now is whether Daqin will accept them or not.
If Daqin is unwilling, then all that awaits them is death.
In the vast sea of sand, it is nothing at all to destroy dozens of city-states that are not even as good as Daqin County.
Daqin hoped to open up a land route to Tianzhu County and Persia County, but he didn't say that he wanted people together!