"That's just a legend on our side, when it was still the Han Dynasty......"

The minister opened the chatterbox, and Chen Xuan suddenly felt that the tea room was cold, and it was really not a good place to listen to these legends, so he took a sip of tea to warm his heart.

"At that time, at the junction of what is now Champa and Cochin, a strange disease broke out in several villages at the same time, and people died one after another, and when they died, they were extremely painful, and they were all sucked by blood and dried up, and their bodies were completely black. When the matter reached the ears of the Han Emperor, he ordered the most powerful Taoist priest at that time to investigate the matter. The Taoist priest himself has the ability to relieve the sick and suffering, subduing demons and eliminating demons, and later he really found the culprit, it is said that he is a wizard of a different race, the two fought on a mountain for three days and three nights, and then the Taoist priest defeated the wizard, and since then the root of the disease has been broken, when someone asked him what caused the disease, he just said the four words of black death and soul and disappeared. I also listened to the old people in the family from generation to generation......"

Zhao Rui nodded secretly when he heard this, and now it is clear that there are indeed real Taoist spells in this world, and there is also an evil force controlled by the wizards, their evil spirits, demon gods, do everything they can, and they are a scourge to the world.

But now my own level can only vaguely touch these things, and I can't fully see their full face.

It is estimated that the masked woman who saved herself with a spell last time should be a Taoist, and she said that she has something to do with them, and she doesn't know anything about it.

If you don't understand it, you don't want to think about it for the time being, anyway, at present, relying on the Dao Talisman, the wizards you encounter are all paper tigers, and they can't be a threat for the time being.

Therefore, Zhao Rui feels that the development of production is the top priority.

In the days that followed, Zhao Rui devoted himself to the industrial park.

From the damage of the machine to the welfare arrangements of the workers, Zhao Rui has to personally check it.

It's not that Zhao Rui has the idea of doing it himself, but now that it is the early stage of production, Zhao Rui feels that it is necessary to completely eliminate all unstable factors, so that efficient production can be carried out.

The factory brought by Zhao Rui not only absorbed a large amount of labor, but also the people of Jiaozhi all over the country were also benefited by the textile factory.

Zhao Rui is now producing in shifts, and at the same time, the steam engines made in Wanyazhou are also constantly being delivered.

It didn't take long for Zhao Rui's textile factories to be built one by one.

The machine roared and ran non-stop, and a large amount of cotton silk was also produced, which greatly solved the problem of demand for textiles in Cochin.

However, there is a limit to domestic demand, although the price of textiles produced by Zhao Rui is extremely low, but the market has shown signs of saturation, with the slow decline in sales, and although Ma Yi also uses textiles, but his population is sparse, and it is not a place where it is used in large quantities, Zhao Rui understands that it is time to open up new markets.

"What, you said you were going to Angkor!"

On this day, above the court, Zhao Rui put forward his plan.

Not only were the ministers surprised, but even Chen Xuan was surprised.

"Taishi, think about it again, now that the two countries are still at war, wouldn't you be caught in the net if you go?" One of the ministers persuaded.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter, war is war, buying and selling is buying and selling, it can't be compared, as long as there is demand, there will be a market, and it is possible that I sell cotton cloth, so that the two countries can turn hostility into friendship!"

Everyone was silent when they heard this, although they had confidence in Zhao Rui's skills. But what is the possibility of getting the two countries to stop fighting, after so many years of fighting, the hatred has long been ingrained.

However, it would be best if the two countries could cease fighting, the power of the Angkor Dynasty was too great, although Sukhothai was still attacking him, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and it was beyond the strength of such a small country as Cochin.

Although everyone didn't report any hope, they still hoped that Zhao Rui could achieve some good results.

Immediately, Chen Xuan ordered Zhao Rui to be a special envoy to the Angkor Dynasty to negotiate the cloth trade.

Zhao Rui went back to pack up, brought good cloth and some trendy ready-to-wear clothes, and drove to Angkor in a carriage.

Originally, Zhao Gong and Arjuna also had to accompany them to protect, but Zhao Rui felt that the people of Zhancheng would not give up without cloth, and if there was any damage, the factory area might be seriously damaged, so Zhao Rui left the two of them here to ensure the safety of the factory.

But Xiaoyi is Zhao Rui's girl, she insisted on going, but Zhao Rui couldn't drive away, so she had to get into the carriage.

Chen Chunli, who had been following Xiao Yi, quit doing it, crying and crying to follow Zhao Rui to Angkor, but she was still a child in Zhao Rui's eyes, so the tear offensive had no effect.

At the same time, Chen Chunli is still the princess of the Chen Dynasty, and Zhao Rui is not worried that she will go into danger, in case there is some accident, it is estimated that the entire Chen Dynasty will have a grudge.

In the end, it was just Zhao Rui and Xiaoyi who drove the carriage, carrying a large amount of cloth and clothes, all the way to the west.

Along the way, Xiao Yi took care of Zhao Rui's diet and daily life, and was meticulous, which touched Zhao Rui very much, but he always pretended to be Lin Mengyao in his heart, although he got along with lonely men and widows day and night, but Zhao Rui did not do anything out of the ordinary, which made Xiao Yi admire at the same time, but also had some small regrets.

Whenever she has such an idea, Xiao Yi will persuade herself that her life is the young master's, you can get along day and night in this life, it is enough to be a girl for the young master, and don't think about the rest.

After a few days, the two arrived at Tuojiang Town, and after getting some supplements, they went to the Naturalization Village, from which they crossed the Changshan Mountains into an area called Niu Roar Man in Angkor, but this was also the territory of Cochin in the past, but it had long been occupied by Angkor.

After passing through a city, the guards checked Zhao Rui's ultimatum, and although they were surprised how Jiaozhi could send an envoy to come, they still happily gave them permission and allowed them to pass through the city.

When he arrived at Angkor, Zhao Rui obviously felt that the terrain was much flatter, not as mountainous as the terrain on the other side of Cochin, but the town scene here was much worse than that of Cochin, but it may also be because of the vast territory of Angkor that there was so much combat power.

And at this time, Zhao Rui also understood why the Jiaozhi people called the Angkor people barbarians, the people here were not like the messenger of Sihamoni that Zhao Rui had seen and wore Han clothes, they just wrapped their lower bodies with strips of cloth, and then tied a large cloth on their bodies as clothes, so that they always had one arm exposed, which looked exotic.

Not only is it not as good as what it wears, but what it eats is not as good as that of Jiaozhi.

At least Cochin was deeply influenced by the Song Dynasty, and basically some of the eating practices were similar to those of the Song Dynasty, but here it feels like a completely different faction, and most of the food is made of sour seasonings, which makes the two extremely uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Xiaoyi was more patient and purchased ingredients to cook for Zhao Rui to eat, which alleviated the discomfort of appetite to a certain extent.

In Angkor, the most common may belong to Buddhist temples, large and small, everywhere, most of the people of Angkor believe in Buddhism, and the attitude towards people is also kind, their Buddhist etiquette has been integrated into life, they will fold their hands before receiving people, just like the habit of Thailand now.

In addition to the Buddhist temple, there is a kind of temple that no one cares about, Zhao Rui because of curiosity, also went to see, the carved murals in the temple are very exquisite, there are men and women, as well as all kinds of rare birds and beasts, it seems to be a certain kind of god.

Zhao Rui thought about it for a long time, and finally thought that these portraits were Hindu gods.

Zhao Rui has never had a good impression of India, their religion directly divides people into hierarchies, permanently so that the poor can never turn over, the so-called class oppression is nothing more than that, Zhao Rui has no good impression of Indian religion alone, so he knows very little.

However, Zhao Rui still keenly felt that such temples seemed to have a cold feeling, and it seemed to have some faint connection with the black dead soul, but this feeling came and went quickly, it seemed to be just an imagination of Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui calmed his mind and sensed carefully, and sure enough, he couldn't detect that evil feeling anymore, so he thought it was his subconscious and ignored it anymore.

The two of them have been walking towards the south, because Angkor Thom is in the southwest direction, and they have always thought that the Red River Delta is already very rich, but when they arrive in Angkor, they feel that it is a small thing.

The water here is extremely abundant, the Mekong River is the main stream, there are countless rice fields along the route, and the tributaries of the Mekong River are extremely developed, so the more you go south, the richer people's lives will be, and the price of food will be cheaper.

Now Zhao Rui is in love with their kind of food called mango rice, and when Xiaoyi is busy, he buys some mango rice for food, fresh mango mixed with rice, cool with sweetness and mango's unique aroma, which is really appetizing.

During this trip, not only Xiao Yi took care of Zhao Rui, but also some of Xiao Yi's inconvenient places, Zhao Rui also had no shelf to take care of them at all, and the relationship between the two was sublimated like family.

Finally, after more than half a month, the two finally arrived at Angkor Thom.

Angkor Thom is a bustling place within a bustling city, not only is it populous, but there seem to be more Buddhist temples in the city than the two of them combined.

The atmosphere here seems to be more open, and some open-air baths are built outside the houses, and many women enter the washing in the evening, although they do not hang a trace, but there is no shyness, and it looks particularly natural.

The most bizarre thing is that you can also take a mixed bath, which makes the two people who have no personnel look a little red-faced, and even when they look at each other, they seem to have a little charm.

When they arrived, there were even fewer people who could speak Chinese, and because it was already evening, the two decided to find an inn to rest for the night, and then go to the palace tomorrow to meet the King of Angkor.

In the end, I found several inns, and after inquiring again, I found one where someone could speak Chinese.

The two of them were happy, and they also wanted to find someone to ask about the situation and customs of Angkor, after all, Zhao Rui was not born as an envoy and had not learned the etiquette of various countries, in case he made a joke for unknown reasons, it would be a lot of contempt.