The legendary Shen Nong even personally tasted all kinds of wild grasses and fruits, some were sweet, some were bitter, and some were even poisonous. He not only discovered a lot of edible food, but also discovered many medicinal materials that could cure diseases. It is said that the medical industry began at that time
About one year in the eleventh century BC, King Wu heard the spies' report and knew that Zhou had reached the point of betrayal and separation. He thought that the time was ripe, so he Send 50,000 troops and ask Taigong Wang, who is proficient in the art of war, to be the marshal and cross the Yellow River to march eastward. When they arrived at Mengjin, the eight hundred princes reunited. King Wu of Zhou held a swearing-in meeting in Mengjin, announcing Zhou's crimes of harming the people, and encouraged everyone to work together to defeat Zhou
After three years of hard work, Duke Zhou finally put down Wu Geng's rebellion and brought down those who led the rebellion. Wu Geng killed him. When Uncle Guan saw Wu Geng's failure, he felt that he had no face to see his brother and nephew, so he hanged himself. Zhou Gongping condemned the rebellion, dismissed Uncle Huo from his post, and charged Uncle Cai with being exiled from the army.
Gusou and Xiang were not reconciled, so they asked Shun to dig out the well again. After Shun jumped into the well, Gusou and Xiang threw pieces of earth and rocks on the ground and filled up the well, hoping to bury Shun alive in it. Unexpectedly, after Shun went down into the well, they dug a tunnel beside the well and drilled it. Came out and returned home safely.
From then on, the sky became ten feet taller every day, the earth became ten feet thicker every day, and Pangu himself also grew ten feet taller every day. After 18,000 years of this, the sky became very high and the earth became very thick. Of course, Pangu became a giant who towered over the sky and the earth. Later, when Pangu died, various parts of his body became the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, vegetation, etc.
Tang sent people to help Ge Bo plow the fields, and also sent some old and weak people to deliver wine and food to the farmers. Unexpectedly, on the way, Ge Bo snatched away all the food and wine and killed one. A child delivering food.
Shaokang grew up in a difficult environment and developed his skills. He recruited troops from the Youyu family and began to form his own team. Later, with the help of ministers and tribes loyal to the Xia Dynasty, he counterattacked Hanzhuo and finally regained the throne.
When Shang Tang established the Shang Dynasty, the earliest capital was Bo (sound bó, present-day Shangqiu, Henan). In the next three hundred years, the capital city was moved five times. This is because the royal family often fights for the throne and civil strife occurs; in addition, there are often floods in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Once there was a flood that completely flooded the capital, so they had to move.
Although the Shang Dynasty perished, the nobles and slave owners it left behind still had some influence in society. In order to appease these people, King Wu made King Zhou's son Wu Geng the Marquis of Yin and stayed in the capital of Yin. He also sent his three brothers Uncle Guan, Uncle Cai and Uncle Huo to help Wu Geng. In name, they are helping, but in fact they are monitoring, so they are called "three supervisors".
The working tools of the cavemen have been greatly improved. Not only can they smash stones into stone axes and stone hammers, but they can also grind the bones of wild beasts into bone needles. Don't look at this small bone needle. At that time, it was not an easy task for people to grind bone needles. With bone needles, people can sew animal skins into clothes, unlike those who were naked during the Peking Man period.
However, most of the 700,000 merchant troops were temporarily armed slaves and prisoners captured from Dongyi. They had been oppressed and abused by Zhou for a long time, and they had long hated Zhou. No one wanted to sacrifice their lives for Zhou. On the battlefield of Muye, when the Zhou army attacked bravely, they turned around and defected one after another. A large number of slaves cooperated with the Zhou army to attack the merchant army. The 700,000 merchant army suddenly collapsed. Taigong Wang commanded the Zhou army and took advantage of the situation to pursue them all the way to Chaoge, the capital of Shang.
The phenomenon of fire has long existed in nature. When volcanoes erupt, there is fire; when there is thunder and lightning, fire will also break out in the woods. But when primitive people began to see fire, they didn't know how to use it. Instead, they were scared to death. Later, I occasionally picked up a beast that had been burned to death and tasted it. It tasted delicious. After many experiments, people gradually learned to use fire to burn things to eat, and found ways to preserve the fire so that it would last all year round.
Three years later, King Wen sent troops to conquer Chongguo (in today's Fengshui County, Shaanxi Province). It was the largest vassal state in the west of the Shang Dynasty. After King Wen destroyed Chongguo, he built a city wall there and established a capital city called Fengyi. Within a few years, the Zhou people gradually occupied most of the areas ruled by the Shang Dynasty, and more and more tribes submitted to King Wen.
Guan Zhong thought Xiaobai was dead, so he escorted Prince Jiu back to Qi without any hesitation. Little did he know that what he shot was just the hook on Young Master Xiaobai's belt. Young Master Xiaobai screamed and fell down. It turned out to be his plan. When Prince Jiu and Guan Zhong entered the territory of Qi, Xiaobai and Bao Shuya had already taken a small road and rushed to Linzi, the capital of Qi. Xiaobai became the king of Qi, and he was Duke Huan of Qi.
Guan Zhong helped Duke Huan of Qi to rectify the internal affairs, develop rich sources, open up iron mines, make more agricultural tools, improve farming techniques, boil seawater for salt on a large scale, and encourage people to fish in the sea. The vassal states far away from the sea had to rely on Qi to supply salt and seafood. You don’t have to buy other things, but salt is a must. The state of Qi became more and more prosperous and powerful.