Today's discussion of the world seems to be unprepared for all the people who have been invited to listen to the Fa and the Tao. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, since the Zhao Guanjia Chongdao, the Taoist priests who have come from all over the world to seek fame and fortune, in order to make a name for themselves, can be said to be exhausted, and often get out of some strange power and chaos, the opening of the altar is mostly based on talismans and divine power, and the elixir and Taoism are advanced, that is, Lin Lingsu and other famous Taoist priests, at most, they will take out some legends of gods and monsters in heaven and earth, and take out the situation of vulgar (similar to talk shows), such as Huang Jie came up and said to everyone what "the world is very big", It's the first time I've ever experienced it now.

It's just that among the people who came today, one morning came to what they wanted to say today, and they were shocked to hear, so they naturally had already calculated it in their hearts. There are also those who are confused, but they are a little scoffed at this statement, and immediately saw an old man in a foreign robe sneering, so he also threatened: "The joke that this later life said, if you want to say that Beihu has also heard of it, and then go west to say that there is Daqin, but it is only heard of in the previous dynasty, so what France, England and the Far West countries are unheard of, it won't be nonsense, right?" ”

Huang Jie smiled when he heard this, but gestured to the audience, and immediately saw a group of people walking slowly, the leader was a bearded man with deep eyes and a high nose, but he was wearing an English aristocratic robe, with a wide belt around his waist, and a velvet cloak on his back, it was Henry. After him, he was followed by red-haired bearded people wearing German-style aristocratic uniforms, brown-haired bearded people wearing French-style robes, etc., and the whole team of twenty or thirty people also wore more than 20 national uniforms of different colors, Huang Jie came to introduce everyone to him: "Everyone, these are people who have come to the extreme western countries, if you have any questions, you may as well ask." ”

Who knew that as soon as they appeared with Henry, there were also discussions in the pear orchard, among which the loudest whisper was the word blue-eyed slave, and when everyone was talking, but I heard an old man coughing in the front row, and suddenly quieted down, and the old man was none other than Cai Jing, so I heard him stroke his palm and laugh: "The old man used to live in Hangzhou, and I saw that the people went to the sea from Fanbang to my big Song Boyi, and met a bold seaman, and talked with the old man about the style of the western countries. After all, if this far west really has such a vast territory, what cannot be obtained, it will take tens of thousands of miles to travel thousands of miles to exchange gold and silver, tortoiseshell, clams, amber, precious stones, and other things for our Great Song Dynasty silk, tea, porcelain, ironware, and other things. At that time, the old man thought that this country in the extreme west naturally existed, but the territory was not credible! But today, I saw Mr. Tongxuan take the illustration as an example, so that the old man recalled it carefully, and it was exactly what the seafarer said in the past, which also surprised the old man, but he wanted to ask Mr. If the extreme west really has such a vast territory, the products should naturally be abundant, why do you want to come to my big Song Boyi? ”

Cai Jing's words were very organized, and by the way, he also said the doubts in many people's hearts.

It's just that his question is actually more like an introduction to praise, so Huang Jie also bowed his hand and said with a smile: "The Taishi's question is very easy to solve!" Poor Dao dares to ask, how is the tea produced in Taishi's hometown compared to Shu tea? ”

This Cai Jing's hometown is Cixiaoli Chiling, Xianyou County, Xinghua Army (now Dongzhai Village, Fengting Town, Xianyou County, Putian City, Fujian Province), which has been a place of good tea since ancient times, so Cai Jing also smiled when he heard this: "Shu tea is astringent, not as good as Laofu Township tea!" ”

Huang Jie laughed, and said: "Taishi is well-read and strong, when you know Song Jin, how is it compared to Shu Jin?" ”

The brocade produced in this Shu land is called Shu brocade, and Song brocade was developed on the basis of Shu brocade in the Tang Dynasty. At the end of the Jin Dynasty, the Han people crossed to the south due to the Wuhu Chaohua. Shoushan Qianzhi of the Song County of the Southern Dynasty quoted brocade craftsmen from Shu to establish the brocade workshop of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasty official brocade workshop in Danyang (adjacent to Nanjing, the capital of the Liu and Song dynasties of the Southern Dynasty), so that the brocade skills of Shu were transmitted to the south of the Yangtze River.

Five dynasties Wu Yue Wang Qian Hua set up a first-hand industrial workshop in Hangzhou, gathered more than 300 skilled brocade workers, to the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the capital city of Bianjing opened the "Silk Brocade Academy", set more than 400 looms, and moved to many Sichuan and Shu brocade work with superior skills as the backbone, and set up the "Transit Division Brocade Institute" in Chengdu, and constantly sent brocade talents to Bianjing.

And when Huang Jie asked like this, Cai Jing thought about it, suddenly reached out and patted his knee, and said with a smile: "Oops! Old man Goya! Hahaha! ”

After Cai Jing laughed well, he also explained: "The old man once mentioned Si Jinyuan in Chengdu, and he also knew that every year, Chengdu needs to transfer tens of thousands of bundles of dyed silk thread to Tokyo. Therefore, although Song Jin is produced in Tokyo, the materials used are still Shu materials, and the weavers are also Shu people, which is no different from Shu Jin, but in this street market, the price of Shu Jin is always higher than Song Jin, but it is rare and far away! ”

Huang Jie also hurriedly said: "What the master said is right, it is this thing that is rare and far away!" The silk, tea, porcelain, and even ironware of the Great Song Dynasty are rare and expensive treasures for the countries of the extreme west, which naturally attract profit-seeking merchants who come from thousands of miles to the sea. However, there is a question here, I want to come to you, when there are erudite people, or have seen in ancient books, this former Tang Dynasty, Fanbang Hu merchants from the Western Regions to camels, horses to carry goods, from the land through the Western Regions through the jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate to come to the West City of Chang'an. Why is it that today, Hu Shang has changed to come by sea, but not by land? You must know that compared with the land route, the sea route is more risky, if you encounter high winds and waves, it is easy to destroy the ship, kill people, end up dead, and lose all your money. ”

Naturally, this question makes people think, but there are also people who are knowledgeable, so they also ask: "Isn't it because of the Tangut and Uighurs?" ”

Huang Jie also smiled and said: "Western Xia is rich in good horses, iron soldiers, the Uighurs also have all kinds of treasures, the people also need my Great Song Dynasty tea, porcelain to live, and now with the Great Song Dynasty trade and traffic is also close, if there are Hu merchants want to come to the Great Song Dynasty Boyi, and it is also beneficial, don't say anything, just the commercial tax is a big entry, I am afraid that it is comparable to my year's gift, is it not stupid to make a stumbling block from it?" ”

Someone came to ask: "If it weren't for this state to make a hindrance, why didn't Hu Shang come to the Song Dynasty by land?" ”

Huang Jie stretched out his hand and took a long bamboo from the hand of the little Taoist boy standing on the side, and pointed to the large territory of the Seljuk Kingdom written on the giant screen, and said: "This Seljuk Country has cut off the land route between the east and the west!" The people of this country are all Turkic descendants, because they were defeated by the former Tang Dynasty, they moved west to this place, only to monopolize the benefits of the east-west exchanges, blocking the Hu merchants in the west and disturbing the roads in the east, but they bought all kinds of goods from the Uighurs and Tibetans of the Great Song Dynasty, and then resold them to the countries of the extreme west at a high price. When it was the most ferocious, my Great Song Dynasty was only worth a few dozen dollars of tea bricks, and I dared to ask for ten taels of gold! Even now, Hu Shang has changed his way to the sea, but a tea brick has to be priced at least one or two gold! ”

When he said this, everyone in the audience took another breath of cold air! (To be continued.) )