The passersby of Ninghai, upon hearing his Cantonese-Mandarin hybrid that sounded understandable yet incomprehensible, eyed him with the same look reserved for a madman, scrutinizing this half-man, half-ghost Western devil.
In Wei at that time, the ancient celestial belief of "the sky is round, the earth is square" still occupied an absolutely mainstream and unquestionably correct position.
Any celestial view that contradicted "the sky is round, the earth is square" would be met with ridicule and attacks from all social strata of Wei.
Yang Ge ignored their sneers and continued to shout, "The sun is actually a fireball many times larger than the spherical world we live on. Our sphere rotates on its axis and also orbits around the sun. A single rotation is a day, and orbiting the sun once is a year..."
"That is to say, when it’s dark in Wei, the other half of this sphere is in daylight."
He first threw out shocking yet self-explanatory knowledge to provoke controversy and attention.
As the crowd around him began to grow, a very small number listened for the essence, while the vast majority was there for the spectacle.
Seeing the crowd increase, Yang Ge pointed to the location of Asia on the wooden board: "I have traveled across seven continents and four oceans for many years, and now that I have returned with knowledge, I am willing to teach you all free of charge... Please look, the position of our Wei is right here!"
"Just this small stretch of territory is neither the center of the world nor the largest country in the world, nor is it the largest stretch of land."
"Beyond Wei, there are many lands and nations, many as powerful as Wei, and many as warlike as the Tartars..."
"To our north, far beyond the grasslands in the frigid north, there is a world of ice and snow where a tribe with bodies as strong as bears is rising as they grapple with the frozen terrain!"
"This archipelago is home to a nation that started with piracy, and now they are spreading their looting to the entire world... Yes, they are the blonde-haired, blue-eyed people with skin as white as snow that you’ve seen, who largely share a common origin."
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"Over here is a country that is currently very powerful. It may look insignificant in size and location, but their fleets are robbing the whole world, even planning to use twenty thousand troops to annihilate Wei and rule the entire East... Yes, those are the red-haired foreign devils."
"This continent is a new land that was just discovered. It is filled with primitive tribes that live primitively, but since the red-haired devils discovered it, the blonde, blue-eyed, fair-skinned devils have also joined the race to exploit it. They are marking their claim on its vast lands, grabbing gold and silver mines, and seizing the fertile fields..."
"Every day, they are becoming more powerful than the day before!"
"Every day, they have new sailing techniques, new artillery technology, emerging and being put into service!"
"Every day, countless fully armed soldiers are dispersed across the world through numerous trade routes, to expand their vast domains where the sun never sets..."
As the onlooking crowd grew, Yang Ge had to strain his throat and shout as loudly as he could to overcome the buzzing of the crowd’s chatter.
He meticulously introduced each of the seven continents, four oceans, and some of the strong countries currently vying for maritime supremacy.
He also casually mentioned some specialties he remembered from his memories.
Such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn, which originated from South America.
And then there were the gold and silver mines in Dongying that were rich enough to ooze wealth, among others...
In short, anything he found useful, he mentioned without hesitation.
Jack Sparrow’s words might be ignored.
But Yang Erlang’s words, there will certainly be many people who will take notice...
After introducing the outside world, he changed his tone and began to criticize Wei’s sea ban policy: "While we in Wei are stubbornly clinging to the laughable sea ban, we are closing our doors and looking at the sky from the bottom of a well, arrogantly considering ourselves the supreme celestial empire..."
"Unaware that the world outside is undergoing daily and unprecedented drastic changes!"
"If we do not hurry to keep up with the pace of the entire world…"
"Someday, those foreign devils will blast open our national gates with cannons, trample our land, pillage our gold and silver, burn our homes, and humiliate our wives and daughters..."
"To fall behind is to be beaten, a truth that never changes..."
Yang Ge shouted until his voice was hoarse and could only put down the wood board, using a charcoal pen to roughly scribble a crooked line of characters: ’Open your eyes, look at the ever-changing world.’
He knew his handwriting was ugly.
But he knew that those who needed to see these words would definitely see them...
Chills running down his spine, Yang Ge put down the wooden board with a forced smile and gave a bow with both hands to the onlookers, "Ladies and gentlemen, uncles and aunts, having learned and come back, I arrived at your esteemed place today. I unfortunately lost my purse unexpectedly, dear ladies and gentlemen, uncles and aunts, could you sponsor some travel expenses to help me return to my hometown..."
The onlookers, upon hearing this, were greatly disappointed and dispersed with lack of interest.
"Ah, so he’s a street performer."
"Tsk, he talked as if it was true, I almost got fooled by this guy."
"Don’t speak so soon, I think there is some truth in what he said..."
"What truth can there be from a traveling street performer?"
The crowd scattered in all directions, leaving behind a sparse dozen Copper Coins.
Yang Ge’s face turned red as he stiffly bent down to pick up the Copper Coins.
At that moment, a pair of satin-crusted shoes with a thousand-layer dragon embroidered base stepped on a Copper Coin.
Yang Ge slowly raised his stiff head only to see a burly man with graying temples, who smiled with narrowed eyes still exuding an imposing aura, standing in front of him, looking at him with a face full of surprise and delight.
He recognized this face he had seen in paintings, and his eyes immediately showed a look of joy.
Translator, translate, what the hell do they mean by a surprise!