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基地系列:第二基地|Second Foundation

第三章 二人与农夫|Chapter 3

属类： 双语小说 【分类】魔幻小说 -[作者: 艾萨克-阿西莫夫] 阅读：[15303]
《第二基地》是“基地”系列三部曲的最后一部。“谜”一般的第二基地的存在成了众矢之的，骡要铲除它，而第一基地的移民为了一个完全不同的理由也必须找到它，但是它究竟在哪里呢？这部故事就是各方人马找寻第二基地的传奇。骡倾全力寻找并铲除第二基地，却失败了。随后，基地人员也千方百计寻找第二基地，因为他们不愿把建立新帝国的功业拱手让人。谁也没想到，寻找的线索竟维系在一位小女孩身上。十四岁的艾嘉蒂娅怕得要死，她究竟发现了有关第二基地的什么秘密呢？
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罗珊是一个位于银河边陲的世界。这种边陲世界通常是被银河历史忽略遗忘的，它们也从来不会多管闲事，招惹无数条件更好的行星注意。

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在银河帝国的末期，只有几个政治犯住在这个荒芜的世界，此外，这个行星上有一座观测站，以及极少数的驻军，所以还不能算是无人之境。后来，动荡不安的凶年接踵而至，甚至在哈里·谢顿的年代之前，就有许多黎民百姓离开人口稠密的地带，迁徙到这个偏远而荒凉的世界。他们都是为了逃避连年的战乱，而且厌倦了永无止境的征伐，以及野心家为了毫无意义的皇位，彼此明争暗斗，不到几年就改朝换代的闹剧。

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于是，在罗珊行星寒冷而荒芜的土地上，逐渐出现了几个小村落。罗珊的红太阳是一个小型的恒星，仿佛总是吝于多施舍一点光和热。因此一年之中，有长达九个月的时间，这个世界都飘着稀落的雪花。在这些冰封的月份中，当地耐寒的作物全都躲在土壤中冬眠。等到太阳的辐射好不容易重新出现，温度升到接近华氏五十度时，它们才会以近乎疯狂的速度，赶紧生长迅速成熟。

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本地有一种类似山羊的小型动物，总是用它们长了三个蹄的细腿，踢开草原上薄薄的积雪，啃啮着埋在积雪之下的小草。

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罗珊居民的面包与乳品就是由此而来，而当他们舍得杀掉一头动物时，甚至还有肉可吃。在这个行星的赤道地带，充满危机的森林占据了一半面积。这些分布不均的森林，为居民提供了质料坚实、纹理细致的木材，成为他们盖房子的最佳材料。这些木料，以及一些毛皮与矿物，甚至还能外销到其他世界。早期，帝国的太空商船会不定时来到此地，用农业机械、核能暖炉甚至电视机，与当地居民交换那些土产。电视机是绝对不可或缺的，因为每当漫长的冬季来临，农民们就必须整天待在家中，一步都不能出去。

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帝国的历史就这样从罗珊农民的头上流逝，太空商船偶尔会突然带来一些新消息，不时也会有一些新的难民到达此地。其中有一次，一大群的难民集体涌至，并且从此定居下来。每一个新来的难民，或多或少都知道一些银河最新的时势。

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罗珊人就是如此获悉外界的变动——席卷银河的战事、大规模的屠杀，以及暴虐的皇帝与叛乱的总督。每当他们聚集在村落的广场前，享受微弱阳光带来的一丝暖意时，总会不自禁地摇头叹息，将毛皮领拉到长满大胡子的脸旁，你一言、我一语地批判着人性的邪恶。

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后来，有好长一段时间没有太空商船再来，因而生活变得更为艰苦。原本依靠进口的烟草、农机，以及可口柔软的食物都没了，只有电视机的超波频带上，偶尔还会传来零星模糊的消息，让他们知道局势越来越不稳定。终于，川陀被大肆劫掠的消息传了开来——这个全银河最伟大的首都世界，这个辉煌、传奇、不可侵犯、壮丽无匹的首都，竟然也被蹂躏成为一片废墟。

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这种事情实在令人难以置信。对许多在贫瘠的土地上挣饭吃的罗珊农民而言，银河末日似乎已经近在眼前。

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不知又过了多少年月，在某个完全平凡无奇的日子，又有一艘星舰来到罗珊。各村的老者都自以为是地点着头，扬起他们老迈的眼睑窃窃私语，说这种事情在他们父亲的时代常发生——不过，事实却不尽然。

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因为这艘星舰并非属于帝国，舰首少了帝国特有的“星舰与太阳”标志。它的形状既粗又短，是由许多老旧船舰的残骸拼装而成。而从星舰步出的那些人，则自称是达辛德的战士。

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农民们都傻了眼，他们全都没有听说过达辛德，然而，他们仍旧以传统的待客之道欢迎这些战士。这些陌生人问了许多详细的问题——诸如这个行星的自然条件、居民的人数、有多少城市（不过农民们把“城市”误以为是指“村落”，弄得彼此都糊里糊涂），以及经济形态等等。

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接着又有许多艘星舰登陆此地，并且对整个世界宣布，达辛德已经成为这个行星的统治者。在住人的赤道地带上，将要设立许多征税站，每年都要按照某些既定的公式，向农民征收百分之若干的谷物与毛皮。

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罗珊人却表情严肃地眨着眼睛，搞不清楚“税”究竟是什么东西。不过到了征税的日子，很多人还是照付了。或者应该说，全都茫然地站在一旁，眼睁睁地看着穿制服的异邦人，将他们收获的玉米与毛皮搬到大车上载走。

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于是，各地都有愤怒的农民组织起来，拿出古时的狩猎武器——可是始终没有任何作为。当达辛德的税务员再度来临时，他们只好心不甘、情不愿地一哄而散，眼看艰苦的生活变得更加艰苦，却一点办法也没有。

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但是过不了多久，出现了一种新的生态平衡。达辛德的总督将原来住在绅士村的罗珊人赶走，自己住进那里，过着深居简出的日子。这位总督与他的手下都很少与当地人接触，因此并不惹人注意。现在，征税的工作已经委托某些罗珊人代为执行，那些本地的税务员会定期到各村各户访问——不过大家对他们的行踪渐渐摸熟了，而且农民们也学精了，知道应该如何隐藏收获的谷物，何时应该将家畜赶到森林去，并且故意不让房舍显得太华丽。当税务员来访时，不论问到任何有关资产的问题，他们都会露出一副呆然的表情，指着眼前可见的那么一点点。

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后来连这种情况都很少再发生，税金也自动减少了。仿佛达辛德已懒得从这个贫穷的世界上，捞取那么一点少得可怜的油水。

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相对地，贸易活动却越来越兴盛，可能是因为达辛德发现如此更有利可图。虽然帝国的精美制品再也没有出现过，不过达辛德的机械与食物仍然比本地的好得多。此外，达辛德人还带来许多妇女的服饰，它们远比手织的灰色布料漂亮，不用说自然是极受欢迎。

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就是这样，银河的历史再次平静地溜过。日复一日，年复一年，农民们依旧从贫瘠坚硬的土地中挣饭吃。

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纳若维刚走出他的农舍，就忍不住从胡子中吁出一口气来。第一场雪已经飘落在坚硬的地面，天空则布满了阴沉的粉红色云层。他斜着眼仔细望向天空，确定一时之间还不会有风暴，这代表他可以顺利到达绅士村。他要到那里去卖掉过剩的谷物，换回一些罐头食品准备过冬。

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他将大门拉开一道缝，对着屋内大声吼道：“车子喂饱了没有，小子？”

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屋内立刻传出高声的答应，然后纳若维的大儿子走了出来。他的红色短胡须还没有长满，脸上带着几分稚气。

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他以满腹委屈的口气说：“车子的燃料加满了，除了车轴的情况不妙之外，其他各处都还算好。那个毛病修不好不能怪我，我已经告诉过你，那要找专家来修理才行。”

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纳若维向后退了一步，皱着眉头打量他的儿子，然后将长满胡须的下巴向前一伸，说道：“这难道是我的错吗？你要我到哪里去，又怎么去找专家来修理？接连五年歉收你知不知道？哪一年没有几头畜牲发瘟？毛皮又什么时候涨过价……”

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“纳若维！”屋里响起了一个熟悉的声音，将他的话拦腰斩断。他一肚子不高兴地喃喃说道：“你看，你看——你妈又要插手咱们父子之间的事了。把车子开出来，要确定载货拖车连接得牢靠。”

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他伸出戴着手套的双手，用力互拍了一下，然后又抬起头来。朦胧的红色云朵渐渐聚集，云缝中露出的灰色天空没有一丝暖意，太阳则根本不知道躲到哪去了。

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当他正准备将视线移开时，眼睛却突然僵住了，手指头不知不觉就向上指，同时张大嘴巴拼命大叫，根本忘记了空气冷得要命。

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“老伴，”他使劲大喊：“老太婆——赶快出来。”

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一个气乎乎的脸孔马上出现在窗后，眼睛顺着他所指的方向望过去，然后嘴巴就再也合不拢了。她大叫一声，立刻沿着木梯飞奔而下，沿途顺手抓了一条旧围巾与一方亚麻布。等到她出现在门口时，已经将围巾披挂在肩膀上，亚麻布则松垮垮地包着头顶和耳朵。

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“那是外太空来的星舰。”她以充满鼻音的声音说。

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纳若维不耐烦地回答：“还会是什么别的东西吗？有远客来我们家了，老太婆，有客人来了！”

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那艘星舰缓缓地下降，终于在一片寸草不生的冻土上着陆，位置是在纳若维农场的北侧。

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“可是我们应该做些什么？”女人喘着气问：“我们可以好好招待他们吗？要让他们睡我们家的肮脏地板吗？要请他们吃上星期剩下的玉米饼吗？”

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“难道你想把他们赶到邻家去？”纳若维的脸庞已经冻得由红转紫。他将双臂从光滑的毛皮中伸出来，紧紧抓住了女人结实的肩膀。

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“我的好老婆，”他兴奋得话都说不太清楚：“你去从我们的房间拿两把椅子到楼下来，再去宰一头肥肥的小牲口，跟薯类一块烤熟，然后还要烘一张新鲜的玉米饼。我现在就去迎接那些外太空来的大人物……还有……还有……”

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他顿了一顿，将头上的大帽子推开一些，犹豫地搔了搔头，才接着说道：“对了，我还要把我酿的那坛酒也带着，跟他们痛痛快快喝个够。”

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当纳若维在发号施令之际，女人的嘴巴傻愣愣地不停抖动着，可是却没有发出任何声音。等到纳若维说完之后，她才发出一声刺耳的尖叫。

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纳若维举起一根手指头说：“老太婆，村里的长老一周前是怎么说的？啊？动动脑筋。长老们亲自到各家农场拜访，亲自拜访！你想想看这代表有多么重要！他们是来知会我们，如果发现任何外太空来的船舰降落，就要立刻通知他们，这是总督的命令！”

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“现在，我难道不应该趁这个机会，在这些大人物心中留下一点好印象吗？看看那艘星舰，你以前见过这种样子的吗？那些外太空来的人一定既富且贵。为了迎接他们，总督亲自下达紧急指令，长老们在这么冷的天气逐个农场捎信，也许整个罗珊都接到了通知，说这些人是达辛德领主们期待的大人物。现在，他们竟然降落在我的农场了！”

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他简直兴奋得手舞足蹈：“现在我们好好招待他们，他们就会向总督提起我的名字，这样一来，我们有什么得不到的？”

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直到这时，纳若维太大才感觉到刺骨的寒气钻进她的薄衫内。她赶紧一个箭步跳回门口，同时大吼了一声：“那你还不赶快去！”

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不过纳若维不等她说出这句话，就已经开始拔腿狂奔，朝星舰降落的方向跑了过去。

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汉·普利吉将军对于这个世界的酷寒、荒凉、空旷、贫瘠都毫不担心。面前这位满头大汗的农夫，也没有为他带来丝毫的威胁感。

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真正令他烦恼的问题，是他们这个战术究竟是否明智。因为他与程尼斯两个人只身来到此地，根本可说是孤立无援。

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他们的星舰已经再度升空，在普通的情况下，星舰应该有足够的力量自卫，可是他仍旧有一种不安全的感觉。当然，这次的行动程尼斯要负全责。他向这个年轻人望过去，发现他正朝一个毛皮帐幕裂缝处顽皮地眨着眼。原来那里有一对女人的眼睛在向外窥探，还能瞧见一张合不拢的嘴巴。

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程尼斯似乎显得完全不在意。普利吉对这个事实感到有些幸灾乐祸，因为他的游戏一定很快就要碰壁。可是无论如何，如今他们与星舰的惟一联系，就只剩下手腕上所戴的通讯装置。

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这位农场主人对他们拼命地傻笑，不停地鞠躬哈腰，以油腔滑调、谄媚无比的口气说道：“尊贵的大爷，请恕我冒昧地向您报告。我的大儿子刚才告诉我，说长老们很快就会到了。我的大儿子是个优秀杰出的青年，可是因为我太穷了，没法子让他接受足够的教育。我相信您们在这里的这段短短时间，一定会对我竭尽所能的招待非常满意。我虽然很穷，却是一个勤奋、诚实又谦逊的农夫。您可以问这里的每一个人，他们都一定会这么说的。”

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“长老？”程尼斯马上顺口问道：“是这个地区德高望重的人物吗？”

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“他们的确是的，尊贵的大爷，而且他们也都是诚实而杰出的人物。因为整个罗珊都知道，我们这个村子是个正直又规矩的好地方——虽然生活艰苦，田地和森林里的收成都不好。也许您可以跟长老提一下，尊贵的大爷，提一下我对来访的客人尊重和敬意。这样的话，他们也许就会帮我申请一辆新的货车。因为我们现有的这辆老爷车几乎爬不动了，可是全家的生计还都得靠它维持。”他露出了低声下气的渴望神色。

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为了符合加诸他们身上的“尊贵的大爷”这个称谓，汉·普利吉故意端起架子，轻轻点了一下头。

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“有关你的待客之道，我保证一定会传到长老的耳里。”

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纳若维离开后，普利吉乘机向显然有些心不在焉的程尼斯说：“对于和长老们见面这件事，我并不是很感兴趣。你又有什么想法？”

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程尼斯似乎有些惊讶：“我没有什么想法。你在担心什么呢？”

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“与其在这里惹人起疑，我认为我们有更重要的事可做。”

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程尼斯以低沉的语调，迅速说道：“我们接下来的行动即使会启人疑窦，也必须冒险试试。如果我们只是将手伸进一个黑布袋，上下左右乱摸一通，那绝对找不到我们想要找的人。那些依靠心灵力量统治世界的人，并不一定就是台面上的掌权者。事实上，第二基地的心理学家也许只占了整个人口的极少数，正如同在你们那个基地上，科学家和技术人员只是少数一样。普通的居民可能就是那个样子——那么普通。那些心理学家也许隐藏得很好，而表面上处于领导地位的人物，可能真的自以为是统治者。关于这问题的答案，或许可以在这个冰封的行星中找到。”

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“我完全听不懂你的话。”

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“啊，你想想，这实在相当明显。达辛德也许是一个庞大的世界，拥有几百万乃至于几亿的人口，我们要如何从这么多人当中，辨识出哪些是心理学家？又怎能就这样向骡报告，说我们已经找到了第二基地？可是在这里，这个农业世界，这个藩属行星，接待我们的这位农夫已经说过，此地所有的达辛德统治者，全都集中在那个绅士村。那里可能只有几百个人，普利吉，其中一定有一个或数个第二基地分子。我们终究要到那里去的，不过在此之前，让我们先见见长老——这是一个符合逻辑的程序。”

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此时，满脸黑胡子的主人又慌忙走进来，显得兴奋万分，两人便赶紧若无其事地分开。

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“尊贵的大爷，长老们已经到了，恕我再请求您一次，希望您能够为我美言一句……”他极尽谄媚之能事，几乎鞠了一个一百八十度的躬。

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“我们当然会记得你的，”程尼斯说，“这些就是你们的长老吗？”

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其中一人向前走来，以充满威严的架势微微一欠身，然后说：“我们深感荣幸，交通工具已经准备好了，尊贵的阁下，希望您能移驾我们的集会厅一叙。

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首席发言者心事重重地凝望着夜空，朦胧的天际不时有稀疏的云朵飞掠而过。亘古以来，太空总是显得冷漠而令人敬畏，如今看来更蕴涵着明显的敌意，因为其中出现了一个奇异的生物——骡。骡的存在，使得太空充满了凶恶的威胁。

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会议已经结束了，整个过程并不长。在刚才的会议中，对于处理不可确定的精神突变种所引发的数学难题，发言者曾经提出许多质疑与问题。因为即使是那些极端的组合，也都必须要考虑得十分周全。

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骡就在太空的某个角落——银河系中并不算遥远的某一处。但是他们真的能确定这一点吗？而骡将要做什么呢？

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Rossem is one of those marginal worlds usually neglected in Galactic history and scarcely ever obtruding itself upon the notice of men of the myriad happier planets.

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In the latter days of the Galactic Empire, a few political prisoners had inhabited its wastes, while an observatory and a small Naval garrison served to keep it from complete desertion. Later, in the evil days of strife , even before the time of Hari Seldon, the weaker sort of men, tired of the periodic decades of insecurity and danger; weary of sacked planets and a ghostly succession of ephemeral emperors making their way to the Purple for a few wicked, fruitless years ?these men fled the populated centers and sought shelter in the barren nooks of the Galaxy .

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Along the chilly wastes of Rossem, villages huddled . Its sun was a small ruddy niggard that clutched its dribble of heat to itself, while snow beat thinly down for nine months of the year. The tough native grain lay dormant in the soil those snow-filled months, then grew and ripened in almost panic speed, when the sun's reluctant radiation brought the temperature to nearly fifty.

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Small, goatlike animals cropped the grasslands , kicking the thin snow aside with tiny, tri-hooved feet.

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The men of Rossem had, thus, their bread and their milk ?and when they could spare an animal ?even their meat. The darkly ominous forests that gnarled their way over half of the equatorial region of the planet supplied a tough, fine-grained wood for housing. This wood, together with certain furs and minerals, was even worth exporting, and the ships of the Empire came at times and brought in exchange farm machinery , atomic heaters, even televisor sets. The last was not really incongruous, for the long winter imposed a lonely hibernation upon the peasant.

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Imperial history flowed past the peasants of Rossem. The trading ships might bring news in impatient spurts ; occasionally new fugitives would arrive ?at one time, a relatively large group arrived in a body and remained ?and these usually had news of the Galaxy.

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It was then that the Rossemites learned of sweeping battles and decimated populations or of tyrannical emperors and rebellious viceroys. And they would sigh and shake their heads, and draw their fur collars closer about their bearded faces as they sat about the village square in the weak sun and philosophized on the evil of men.

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Then after a while, no trading ships arrived at all, and life grew harder. Supplies of foreign, soft food, of tobacco, of machinery stopped. Vague word from scraps gathered on the televisor brought increasingly disturbing news. And finally it spread that Trantor had been sacked. The great capital world of all the Galaxy, the splendid, storied, unapproachable and incomparable home of the emperors had been despoiled and ruined and brought to utter destruction.

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It was something inconceivable, and to many of the peasants of Rossem, scratching away at their fields, it might well seem that the end of the Galaxy was at hand.

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And then one day not unlike other days a ship arrived again. The old men of each village nodded wisely and lifted their old eyelids to whisper that thus it had been in their father's time ?but it wasn't, quite.

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This ship was not an Imperial ship. The glowing Spaceship-and-Sun of the Empire was missing from its prow . It was a stubby affair made of scraps of older ships ?and the men within called themselves soldiers of Tazenda.

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The peasants were confused. They had not heard of Tazenda, but they greeted the soldiers nevertheless in the traditional fashion of hospitality. The newcomers inquired closely as to the nature of the planet, the number of its inhabitants, the number of its cities ?a word mistaken by the peasants to mean "villages" to the confusion of all concerned ?its type of economy and so on.

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Other ships came and proclamations were issued all over the world that Tazenda was now the ruling world, that tax-collecting stations would be established girdling the equator ?the inhabited region ?that percentages of grain and furs according to certain numerical formulae would be collected annually .

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The Rossemites had blinked solemnly, uncertain of the word "taxes." When collection time came, many had paid, or had stood by in confusion while the uniformed, other-wordlings loaded the harvested corn and the pelts on to the broad ground-cars.

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Here and there indignant peasants banded together and brought out ancient hunting weapons ?but of this nothing ever came. Grumblingly they had disbanded when the men of Tazenda came and with dismay watched their hard struggle for existence become harder.

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But a new equilibrium was reached. The Tazendian governor lived dourly in the village of Gentri, from which all Rossemites were barred. He and the officials under him were dim otherworld beings that rarely impinged on the Rossemite ken . The tax-farmers, Rossemites in the employ of Tazenda, came periodically, but they were creatures of custom now ?and the peasant had learned how to hide his grain and drive his cattle into the forest, and refrain from having his hut appear too ostentatiously prosperous. Then with a dull, uncomprehending expression he would greet all sharp questioning as to his assets by merely pointing at what they could see.

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Even that grew less, and taxes decreased, almost as If Tazenda wearied of extorting pennies from such a world.

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Trading sprang up and perhaps Tazenda found that more profitable. The men of Rossem no longer received in exchange the polished creations of the Empire, but even Tazendian machines and Tazendian food was better than the native stuff. And there were clothes for the women of other than gray home-spun, which was a very important thing.

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So once again, Galactic history glided past peacefully enough, and the peasants scrabbIed life out of the hard soil.

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Narovi blew into his beard as he stepped out of his cottage.

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The first snows were sifting across the hard ground and the sky was a dull, overcast pink. He squinted carefully upward and decided that no real storm was in sight. He could travel to Gentri without much trouble and get rid of his surplus grain in return for enough canned foods to last the winter.

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He roared back through the door, which he opened a crack for the purpose: "Has the car been fed its fuel, yunker?"

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A voice shouted from within, and then Narovi's oldest son, his short, red beard not yet completely outgrown its boyish sparseness , joined him.

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"The car," he said, sullenly , "is fueled and rides well, but for the bad condition of the axles. For that I am of no blame. I have told you it needs expert repairs."

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The old man stepped back and surveyed his son through lowering eyebrows , then thrust his hairy chin outward: "And is the fault mine? Where and in what manner may I achieve expert repairs? Has the harvest then been anything but scanty for five years? Have my herds escaped the pest? Have the pelts climbed of themselves?

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"Narovi!" The well-known voice from within stopped him in mid-word. He grumbled , "Well, well ?and now your mother must insert herself into the affairs of a father and his son. Bring out the car, and see to it that the storage trailers are securely attached."

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He pounded his gloved hands together, and looked upward again. The dimly-ruddy clouds were gathering and the gray sky that showed in the rifts bore no warmth. The sun was hidden.

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He was at the point of looking away, when his dropping eyes caught and his finger almost automatically rose on high while his mouth fell open in a shout, in complete disregard of the cold air.

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"Wife," he called vigorously, "Old woman ?come here."

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An indignant head appeared at a window. The woman's eyes followed his finger, gaped . With a cry, she dashed down the wooden stairs, snatching up an old wrap and a square of linen as she went. She emerged with the linen wrapped insecurely over her head and ears, and the wrap dangling from her shoulders.

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She snuffled: "It is a ship from outer space."

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And Narovi remarked impatiently: "And what else could it be? We have visitors, old woman, visitors!"

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The ship was sinking slowly to a landing on the bare frozen field in the northern portions of Narovi's farm.

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"But what shall we do?" gasped the woman. "Can we offer these people hospitality? Is the dirt floor of our hovel to be theirs and the pickings of last week's hoecake?"

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"Shall they then go to our neighbors?" Narovi purpled past the crimson induced by the cold and his arms in their sleek fur covering lunged out and seized the woman's brawny shoulders.

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"Wife of my soul," he purred, "you will take the two chairs from our room downstairs; you will see that a fat youngling is slaughtered and roasted with tubers; you will bake a fresh hoecake. I go now to greet these men of power from outer space ... and ... and? He paused, placed his great cap awry , and scratched hesitantly. "Yes, I shall bring my jug of brewed grain as well. Hearty drink is pleasant."

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The woman's mouth had flapped idly during this speech. Nothing came out. And when that stage passed, it was only a discordant screech that issued.

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Narovi lifted a finger, "Old woman, what was it the village Elders said a se'nnight since? Eh? Stir your memory. The Elders went from farm to farm ?themselves! Imagine the importance of it! ?to ask us that should any ships from outer space land, they were to be informed immediately on the orders of the governor.

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"And now shall I not seize the opportunity to win into the good graces of those in power? Regard that ship. Have you ever seen its like? These men from the outer worlds are rich, great. The governor himself sends such urgent messages concerning them that the Elders walk from farm to farm in the cooling weather. Perhaps the message is sent throughout all Rossem that these men are greatly desired by the Lords of Tazenda ?and it is on my farm that they are landing."

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He fairly hopped for anxiety, "The proper hospitality now ?the mention of my name to the governor ?and what may not be ours?"

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His wife was suddenly aware of the cold biting through her thin house-clothing. She leaped towards the door, shouting over her shoulders, "Leave then quickly."

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But she was speaking to a man who was even then racing towards the segment of the horizon against which the ship sank.

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Neither the cold of the world, nor its bleak , empty spaces worried General Han Pritcher. Nor the poverty of their surroundings, nor the perspiring peasant himself.

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What did bother him was the question of the wisdom of their tactics? He and Channis were alone here.

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The ship, left in space, could take care of itself in ordinary circumstances, but still, he felt unsafe. It was Channis, of course, who was responsible for this move. He looked across at the young man and caught him winking cheerfully at the gap in the furred partition, in which a woman's peeping eyes and gaping mouth momentarily appeared.

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Channis, at least, seemed completely at ease. That fact Pritcher savored with a vinegary satisfaction. His game had not much longer to proceed exactly as he wished it. Yet, meanwhile their wrist ultrawave sender-receivers were their only connection with the ship.

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And then the peasant host smiled enormously and bobbed his head several times and said in a voice oily with respect, "Noble Lords, I crave leave to tell you that my eldest son ?a good, worthy lad whom my poverty prevents from educating as his wisdom deserves ?has informed me that the Elders will arrive soon. I trust your stay here has been as pleasant as my humble means ?for I am poverty-stricken, though a hard-working, honest, and humble farmer, as anyone here will tell you ?could afford."

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"Elders?" said Channis, lightly. "The chief men of the region here?"

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"So they are, Noble Lords, and honest, worthy men all of them, for our entire village is known throughout Rossem as a just and righteous spot ?though living is hard and the returns of the fields and forests meager . Perhaps you will mention to the Elders, Noble Lords, of my respect and honor for travelers and it may happen that they will request a new motor wagon for our household as the old one can scarcely creep and upon the remnant of it depends our livelihood ."

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He looked humbly eager and Han Pritcher nodded with thee properly aloof condescension required of the role of "Noble, Lords" bestowed upon them.

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"A report of your hospitality shall reach the ears of your Elders."

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Pritcher seized the next moments of isolation to speak to the apparently half-sleeping Channis.

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"I am not particularly fond of this meeting of the Elders," he said. "Have you any thoughts on the subject?"

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Channis seemed surprised. "No. What worries you?"

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"It seems we have better things to do than to become conspicuous here.'

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Channis spoke hastily, in a low monotoned voice: "It may be necessary to risk becoming conspicuous in our next moves. We won't find the type of men we want, Pritcher, by simply reaching out a hand into a dark bag and groping. Men who rule by tricks of the mind need not necessarily be men in obvious power. In the first place, the psychologists of the Second Foundation are probably a very small minority of the total population, just as on your own First Foundation, the technicians and scientists formed a minority. The ordinary inhabitants are probably just that ?very ordinary. The psychologists may even be well hidden, and the men in the apparently ruling position, may honestly think they are the true masters. Our solution to that problem may be found here on this frozen lump of a planet."

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"I don't follow that aaaall."

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"Why, see here, it's obvious enough. Tazenda is probably a huge world of millions or hundreds of millions. How could we identify the psychologists among them and be able to report truly to the Mule that we have located the Second Foundation? But here, on this tiny peasant world and subject planet, an the Tazendian rulers, our host informs us, are concentrated in their chief village of Gentri. There may be only a few hundred of them there, Pritcher, and among them must be one or more of the men of the Second Foundation. We will go there eventually, but let us see the Elders first ?it's a logical step on the way."

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They drew apart easily, as their black-bearded host tumbled into the room again, obviously agitated .

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"Noble Lords, the Elders are arriving. I crave leave to beg you once more to mention a word, perhaps, on my behalf? He almost bent double in a paroxysm of fawning .

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"We shall certainly remember you," said Channis. "Are these your Elders?"

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They apparently were. There were three.

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One approached. He bowed with a dignified respect and said: "We are honored. Transportation has been provided, Respected sirs, and we hope for the pleasure of your company at our Meeting Hall."

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THIRD INTERLUDE The First Speaker gazed wistfully aaathe night sky. Wispy clouds scudded across the faint stargleams. Space looked actively hostile. It was cold and awful aaabest but now it contained that strange creature, the Mule, and the very content seemed to darken and thicken it into ominous threat.

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The meeting was over. It had not been long. There had been the doubts and questionings inspired by the difficult mathematical problem of dealing with a mental mutant of uncertain makeup . All the extreme permutations had had to be considered.

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Were they even yet certain? Somewhere in this region of space ?within reaching distance as Galactic spaces go ?was the Mule. What would he do?

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It was easy enough to handle his men. They reacted ?and were reacting ?according to plan.

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But what of the Mule himself?

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