In the Tianlong Temple, Liu Zhi failed to see the Ziyang real person, according to the boy in the temple, his master went to the Western Regions, it is said that he went to pick a thing called Tianshan Snow Lotus, and he has been gone for a long time at this time, and he doesn't know when he will come back. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Zhi was in the view of the pan for a few days, remembering a martial arts novel that he had seen in the modern world before, the name seems to be called "Jiuyang Xuanjian", the book once recorded a bizarre grievance involving the male protagonist in a Taoist temple and after fighting people, at this time I think about it, I don't know if this Taoist temple is the Tianlong Temple at this time?

He had nothing to do in the Taoist temple, and he didn't plan where to go next, before in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he had assisted Emperor Han Xian to ascend the throne, Kuang Fu Han room, and pulled the four hundred years strong man a little, but I don't know what the result was, but after experiencing that time, he didn't have much idea about the road to hegemony after that, at this time the world was in chaos, the whole situation was a mess, Dou Jiande in Hebei, Du Fuwei in Jiangnan, Chen Ling in Jingxiang, Xiao Milling in the southwest, Li Tang in Guanzhong and the remnants of Sui in the Central Plains, He didn't want to get involved in any of these fights, because they didn't seem to him to make sense.

The struggle between the world has never subsided, whether it is external or internal, all kinds of struggles and even bloody conflicts have not stopped for a moment, one can be managed, but not all, some people will say, don't take the good as small, but this is not the same as that, this kind of thing is not good or bad, history has only one result after all, but if he makes history deflect, then the lives of the people in the future will be better or worse than history, this is a bad thing.

And among so many dynasties in ancient China, there are only two of the most powerful, one is the 400-year-old strong Han, and the other is the 300-year-old Tang Dynasty, the Han and Tang dynasties have always been talked about by future generations, in fact, in Liu Zhi's view, the Tang Dynasty is just a continuation of the Sui Dynasty, although the Great Sui is short, but it is also extremely strong, so if history goes on according to the original trajectory, let that Li Tang get this country, there is no problem, after all, it will usher in a prosperous era, but if the Sui Dynasty can go on tenaciously, In fact, he is also very looking forward to it.

At this time, Liu Zhi was most worried or worried about only two places, one was Qin Qiong and others on Jeju Island, I don't know if they had set off at this time, whether the battle was smooth, since he went ashore, it was difficult to receive information on Jeju Island, when he first landed, it was good to say that he could use flying pigeons to send messages, and he could receive the situation over there once or twice, but at this time, after he arrived in Shanxi, there was basically no way to receive information there.

Another place that made him concerned was Taiwan, which was called Ryukyu at this time, and was divided into big Ryukyu and small Ryukyu.

The construction of the Ryukyus has lasted for a year, and there were only a few people who landed on the island at the beginning, but only a few hundred, but then I received several briefings from Zhao Qi, and I had a general understanding of some of the situation there, and I knew that the number of people who landed on the island now has exceeded 1,000, and the number of people is still increasing.

Zhao Qi did not report more information, but only introduced how many fields they had cultivated on the island and planted a large amount of grain, including those crops that Liu Zhi had brought them before, including corn, sweet potatoes, high-yield rice and other things, among these things, corn is not very suitable for the situation in Ryukyu, Ryukyu is rainy, corn needs to be dry, and it is easy to spread powder after a long time of rain, so the yield will be limited, but sweet potatoes are too suitable for planting on Ryukyu.

Ryukyu is mountainous, there are few plains, and the only land that can be suitable for survival and cultivation is this narrow piece of land near the western strait, among which the most suitable is the side of the Tamsui River in the north, and the deep mountains and old forests are a little to the east, which is not suitable for farming, the conditions are harsh, the miasma is dense, and there are often fierce beasts infested, and more importantly, there are some local natives living in these places, and they are very hostile to outsiders.

However, in the camp of the pioneers, the indigenous people have helped them solve a lot of problems, and he has made great contributions as a bridge of communication between the pioneers and the local aborigines, but the number of people who have landed on the island is still relatively small, so the scope of their reclamation is also limited, although there are conflicts and contradictions with the local aborigines, but it is not very intense, but it can be expected that with the passage of time, and the increase in their number and the growth of the land they have cultivated, The conflict between them and the local indigenous people is likely to further intensify, which is actually what Liu Zhi is worried about.

How to deal with the national problem has been a difficult problem in the world since ancient times, and all countries in later generations said that ethnic equality exists, but real national equality does not exist, almost all stable countries are dominated by one nation in their country, and the number of other ethnic groups can never be more, only a minority, such as Russia, such as China, such as Britain, such as Germany, and so on.

The majority ethnic groups in these countries account for more than 90% of the total population, and there are many negative examples, such as Iraq, which is a place where East meets West, with a wide variety of ethnic groups, and the issue of religious beliefs, making peace and stability here almost like the moon in a well.

In recent years, with the Syrian and Libyan problems, more and more refugees have flocked to Europe, which was originally a multi-ethnic region, which is why it is difficult to have an empire that unites all places in the history of Europe for thousands of years.

When these refugees poured in, Europeans suddenly found that the number of minorities in their own countries began to increase, especially ******, and the number of ****** in various countries increased significantly.

A large number of ethnic minorities will inevitably be dissatisfied with the existing order, so they put forward their own claims, which has caused instability in the national situation, even turmoil and war, there is a saying that not all ****** are terrorists, but almost all terrorists are ******, this statement is more accurate if it is said in another way.

Although Liu Zhi was worried, he only wrote a few letters to Zhao Qi, asking him to pay attention to dealing with national issues and not to cause xenophobic actions in the distance, but since he was not in the Ryukyus, he could only do this, and other things still depended on themselves.

Tianlongguan originally incense is OK, at this time Buddhism in the Central Plains has begun to gradually appear, but it is far from the point of popularity, Longmen Grottoes said to be built during the Northern Wei Dynasty, but Liu Zhi had been in Luoyang before and went to take a look, not to mention any big Buddha, even small Buddhas are rare, almost all the caves are empty, nothing, and there is no trace of war damage in this vicinity, Therefore, I really don't know that the later generations of Lyle examination scholars have repeatedly said that this Longmen Grottoes was built in 493 of the Northern Wei Dynasty, how did this come about, Liu Zhi did not understand it for a while.

Compared with Buddhism, in fact, Taoism is more popular in the Central Plains, the origin of Taoism is said to be since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and has a history of nearly a thousand years until the Sui and Tang dynasties, and its influence is very extensive. And the theory of feng shui is also from Taoism, so Taoism was even respected as the state religion by the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan also claimed that his ancestor was the ancestor of Taoism Laozi Li Er, his Li family is obviously a Hu person, afraid that others will say that their bloodline is not correct, but it will really climb the relationship, but after Wu Zetian came to power, she didn't buy it, not only even the country name was changed, but also built the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, and promoted Buddhism to a new apex, since the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism is finally popular in the country.

Anyway, there is nothing to do, he and Fang Xingtian have been in Tianlongguan for a long time, and they also feel bored, Fang Xingtian was originally a closed disciple of Ziyang Zhenren, but he doesn't seem to like it here, after staying in Tianlongguan for a few days, he shouted to go down the mountain, and he didn't even care much about his master's whereabouts to him, in Fang Xingtian's words, his master's Taoism is superb, ordinary people are not opponents, don't say that no one goes to him for trouble, even if someone really doesn't open their eyes, if they really go to find this moldy head, then don't worry at all, No one in the whole world can hurt his master.

"Oh, is it? Then how could your master be injured by your senior brother last time? ”

Liu Zhi saw that he was sure of what he said, so he joked about the last time Ziyang Zhenren was injured by his disciple Li Yuanba.

As soon as Fang Xingtian heard this, his face changed, he looked at Liu Zhi, and walked a few steps with his head down, as if he didn't want to answer this question.

Liu Zhi knew that there was another secret in this, otherwise, when the senior brother of Ziyang Town, Daoist Wang, wanted to punish Li Yuanba, he would not have interceded for Li Yuanba.

Although Wang Daoist looks like a bad old man, this guy wants to visit the legendary Penglai Immortal Island in the east, it is said that Xu Fu in the pre-Qin period is a disciple of Taoism, and in the letters he left behind, he recorded that he sent eight hundred boys and girls out of Penglai in the east, it is said that after he dedicated the eight hundred boys and girls to the overseas immortals, he finally got the few immortal elixirs he dreamed of, and then refined a few elixirs of immortality according to these immortal medicines, but according to historical records, Qin Shi Huang finally died in the sand dunes, which means that he did not take this elixir, but Xu Fu is gone, and it is not known whether he survived or died.

However, in this area of Dongjun, there have always been rumors that in the chaotic times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was a big ship called Mirage heading eastward, this is just a rumor, whether it is true or false can not be confirmed, but this Wang Taoist priest believes it is true, every day he wants to go to sea to explore this overseas immortal mountain, this is also a coincidence, if he is not so persistent, I am afraid that Liu Zhi will be unlucky when he crosses over, and he is alone on an isolated island overseas, if there is no ship to pass by, He's just going to put on a Robinson Crusoe.

Fang Xingtian didn't want to say it, Liu Zhi naturally wouldn't be reluctant, the two rode horses all the way down the mountain, and first came to Taiyuan City, Taiyuan City Liu Zhi had been here before, but at that time there was no chaos in the world, so the Taiyuan City he saw when he came was still intact.

At this time, Taiyuan City has been able to see that after the baptism of war, there are several places on the city wall that have been smashed by trebuchets, leaking a circle of cracked fine lines, Liu Zhi has always been skeptical about the power of the ancient trebuchet, this is mainly due to the lack of information in this area, the history books are inevitably exaggerated, and the archaeology to get the real thing is not much, like what back cannon, trebuchet, Mo knife and other things Although the book records are very powerful, but he has not seen the real thing, has not seen its might, so he is suspicious.

And the TV series of later generations, especially domestic TV series, are mostly shoddy, a shot of a group of people releasing arrows together, and many people's arrows fell to the ground as soon as they were shot, and the trebuchet was as simple as it was, which also made him have a lot of doubts about it.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was already a trebuchet at that time, when Yuan Shao's army and Cao Cao's army staged a trebuchet battle in the battle of Guandu, the longest range of the trebuchet at that time was about 300 steps, and the distance of one step was about one meter two, that is to say, the farthest range of the trebuchet was about 360 meters, which was actually very remarkable.

However, Liu Zhi has seen their power with his own eyes, he can only say that this thing looks scary, and the actual effect is just like that, speaking of which there is a range of three hundred steps, but if you want to effectively kill the enemy, you must get closer, and if you want to cause damage to the city wall, heavier stones must occur, which needs to be closer, and the result is that the big guy with a range of more than three hundred steps often needs to be pushed to within one hundred and fifty steps to attack the city, this distance is actually very dangerous, and the other party can't greet except for bows and arrows. Trebuchets, stone cannons, and even bed crossbows can pose a great threat to the attacker's soldiers.

And in the Sui and Tang dynasties, although the return cannon has not yet come out, but the process of the trebuchet has been greatly improved, both the range and the power have been greatly improved, the power of the trebuchet at this time is much greater than in the past, but at this time everyone is very rich, the number of horses in the Central Plains is also a lot, so siege warfare is relatively rare, but field warfare is more common, so the various warlords attach great importance to cavalry, everyone seems to have formed a tacit understanding, to fight, send cavalry to kill each other, No one wants to kill around a city, which is why Li Shimin, who is invincible in the field, is helpless against a lonely city in Luoyang.

And these traces on the Taiyuan city wall, it is obvious that the stones fired by the trebuchet were injured, other weapons do not have this kind of power, the city wall of Taiyuan City is made of large bluestone strips, the bed crossbow is not able to shoot, not to mention nailed into, it is estimated that it will be bounced back when it touches, and only the hegemonic weapon of the trebuchet can cause damage to it. (To be continued.) )