Chapter 105 Bet

Li Er looked at Li Shen with a face full of disbelief and said, "How do you know?" ”

Everyone in the hall was shocked with disbelief, the place where the legendary Buddha was born is also close to the Tang Dynasty, isn't it said that there are thousands of miles away? But these people all believed what Li Shen said, and only thirteen old monks didn't believe it.

Li Shen took out the folded drawings from his sleeve and shouted to the middle-aged eunuch standing beside His Majesty Li Er: "Come here, take a look at your father." ”

This is a map of the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, which depicts the situation around the entire Tang Dynasty, including the current territory of the Tang Dynasty, but it took almost a day to draw it from the book.

"Father, you can open it and take a look, it should be close to the place of Tianzhu, that place is too small, a place with a large number of sesame mung beans, the population of a country is not even one-tenth of Chang'an City, it is easy to destroy five thousand of them, they are all barbarian people, they eat with their hands, and the dead are thrown directly into the river, and they are still bathing in the river, and they are still drinking the water in it, and they are not disgusting and panicked, and they can almost be regarded as barbarians who have not been civilized for a long time."

Although India is also considered an ancient civilization, but compared with China, Li Shen still doesn't look down on it at all, there is simply no way to compare, how to say that China has basically stood at the peak of this world since historical records.

His Majesty Li Er spread out the map and looked at it, and the whole person was stunned in place, looking at the territory belonging to Datang in the map, raised his head to look at Li Shen, and said, "Why is Datang so big?" ”

"How old do you think?" Li Shen asked with a smile.

"That's a little too small, isn't it?" His Majesty Li Er said that although he occupied the Turks, he still believed that they were subject states of Fanbang, and they were not included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty at all, and they were counted as permanent land, so it seemed that the map of the Tang Dynasty was indeed too small.

"It's not small, these vassal states add up, more than 10 million square kilometers." Li Shen replied.

"I ask you, what is the current land area of the Tang Dynasty, and these Fanbang vassal states have been removed."

Li Shen smashed his mouth, how could he know this, but there shouldn't be five million square kilometers, let's talk about it smaller, hit the self-esteem of His Majesty Li Er, and said: "Four million, it's indeed a little small, and the big food, the difference in the territory of these countries is still quite a lot, but it's not much, it's about one or two times the difference, if you count them, it must be bigger than them." ”

Li Shen looked at His Majesty Li Er with a black face, secretly happy in his heart, it was really funny, he thought he was the first emperor since ancient times, and he was hit by this sudden blow, he would definitely not be able to stand it all of a sudden, looking at His Majesty Li Er's cold eyes, he smiled at him slightly.

Li Shen looked at the thirteen old monks with a smile and said, "What do you think about Lone's proposal?" You say that there is no place of origin, what will you feel as monks, if you say that Lone destroys your birthplace, will you say that your Buddha and Bodhisattva will come down? Reciting some scriptures all day long, can you really think that you can become an immortal and a Buddha after death? Who in this world has ever seen a fairy? However, the people are just looking for spiritual sustenance, and everything that comes out of the illusion is just seeking a psychological stability. ”

"Lone is right, Lone can tell you that as long as you can live for ten or twenty years, Lone will let you see that there is no moon palace on the moon at all, and there is nothing more than a barren stone mound."

"Your Highness crossed the topic." Shi Tanzong said with some displeasure.

"Crossed the topic?" Li Shen asked coldly, and then said: "Lone feels no, Buddhism Lone has already given you a path, how to go through your own discussion, Datang Rong is not such a monk, and the people of Datang do not need you to rescue, if you really have the determination to find the way, Lone can arrange for someone to send you directly to the birthplace of your Buddha, to try the life over there, and see how many of you can persevere." ”

Go to the kind of place where the birds don't poop, eat with your hands, and eat curry messy, unless the natives are replaced by these pampered and accustomed monks, it is estimated that there are few who can support it.

Li Shen showed a smile and said, "Why don't you make a bet with Gu Lai and arrange 10,000 people to go to Tianzhu, as long as you can hold on for another two years, Gu can no matter how many of you are in the Datang Temple, how many people can be monks?" ”

Looking at the silent old monks, Li Shen continued: "Don't dare? Lone also knows that you don't dare, you shouldn't dare to guarantee that other people are the same as you, life there is vastly different from Datang, how bad it is, Lone can also tell you, just like the ordinary people in Chang'an City and the beggars on the street. Then he shook his head and said: "The beggars in Chang'an City are also better than their lives, at least they can still eat their stomachs, they still have clothes when they are cold, and the good people in the city and the government will also give them relief, which is almost a little lower than the beggars in Chang'an City." ”

Looking at the thirteen old monks with gloomy faces, Li Shen smiled and said, "Seriously, I really didn't deceive you, do you know what the price of our Datang's silk is transported to them?" Only their nobles can afford to sell it, and ordinary people can only salivate and watch, let alone be able to own it, a piece of cloth can buy their whole family. ”

"Prince, it's okay, can't you let a step?" His Majesty Li Er scolded coldly.

"Father, this is not a matter of letting a step go without giving a step, Erchen has already made concessions, and Erchen has also given them a chance, as long as they can stick to which ghost place for a year, Erchen is willing not to embarrass them, but I don't know if they are willing to try." Li Shen said teasingly as he looked at the thirteen monks.

"If Your Highness is over, will you really be able to make your promise?" Shi Tanzong asked with a dark face.

Li Shen nodded and said: "The gentleman is quick to speak, not to mention that Lone is still the prince of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor who will be in charge of the Tang Dynasty in the future, do you say that Lone will make a promise at will?" But do you have the guts to gamble alone? ”

Shi Tanhai said coldly: "Why don't you dare? ”

"Hehe, it's good to dare, I hope you can have a thousand people back." Li Shen said with a smile, and then said: "You choose your own people, you don't have to say that Lone will deliberately make things difficult for you when the time comes, and when the time comes, Lone will arrange someone to send you directly over, at least along the way, you will be exempted from the attack of jackals, tigers and leopards, and buried in the mouths of these beasts, but it doesn't seem to matter, haven't you done it with that old mold Buddha, whether you cut your own meat to feed the tiger or the eagle." ”