Chapter Seventy-Seven: The City of Light
Pu Yuanyi knew that Xiao Yiyuan was the commander of the expeditionary force that had attacked Jiaozhi, and when he heard that Zhao Ji was going to call him back, he knew that he had persuaded Zhao Yiyuan, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Holy Lord, when will I be able to go to India? Did you sign an alliance agreement with Big Food first? Pu Yuanyi asked cautiously.
"Sign an agreement with Big Food? Hehehe. Perhaps the real enemies of your devouring are not the Seljuks. Zhao Ji said with a smile.
Zhao Ji knows history, because what follows is not the struggle between the Seljuks and the Great Cannibals, but the war between Christendom and the Celestial World that lasts for two hundred years. In this war, the Seljuk Empire was crushed by the rising Ghor dynasty, which annexed the Ghaznavid dynasty, and then destroyed by the rising Khwarazm.
"Not the Seljuks, does the Holy One refer to Christendom? Is that true? Pu Yuanyi said in horror.
Although the Crusades had not yet made a large-scale crusade, the signs were already emerging. The Seljuks defeated the Byzantine Empire, seized Asia Minor, and sent Christendom into a panic. The Pope was already calling for a crusade, and the peasants of Western Europe were armed to support the Byzantine Empire.
Ten years later, the Seljuks defeated the Greens, seized Jerusalem, forbade Christians from making pilgrimages, and the whole of Christendom was outraged. When they had fought hard for two hundred years, the Ottomans came! The Mongols are coming!
"The enemy of the heavenly world may be Christenworld, but your enemy will only be yourselves. Since you have admitted that you are a Song person, you should serve me wholeheartedly. Rest assured, what I gave you, your caliph will never give. He doesn't have a chance to give it to you either. Zhao Ji said meaningfully.
What Zhao said is not wrong, after the death of the Caliph of Mehad, the Green Food, a palace coup d'état took place one after another, and the caliphate was established at will, and the finances of the Green-clothed Diet were paralyzed and fragmented. In the third year of Xining, in 1070, the Normans invaded Sicily and invaded the western part of the Green Food, and the Green Food could not resist, where was the ability to compete with the Seljuks?
Seeing that Pu Yuanyi's originally happy expression turned into frustration, Zhao Ji said domineeringly: "I will pardon the sultan who has named you a great food, and after the Great Song Dynasty conquers India and destroys the Seljuks, the heavenly world may be handed over to you to rule."
"The Song Dynasty was not more backward than the later Yuan Dynasty, and since the Mongols could conquer the world, then the Great Song Dynasty could too! Let's advance this world-conquering event by 200 years! Just let the world tremble under the powerful sailors of the Great Song Dynasty! Zhao Ji shouted in his heart.
"When will the Holy One be able to send troops to India?" Pu Yuanyi said weakly.
Pu Yuanyi's original idea of the Great Song Dynasty Food Alliance turned out to be like this. He could only pray secretly that Allah would shelter the Greens.
"When you go to India, you have to win big. I had to prepare for two years. Zhao Ji said vaguely, and then ordered: "Li Xiang'an, send an edict to the political affairs hall, appointing Xiao Yiyuan as the pacification envoy of the Indian Expeditionary Force, and Li Chang as the governor." There were 30,000 mountain troops, 3,000 fire cavalry and 3,000 fire cavalry, and 10,000 Haiwei troops from the Sixth Town, to form an Indian expeditionary force and train in Qiongzhou. Prepare to go to India and give two years to prepare. ”
Without the Great Song Dynasty's troops, the Three Buddhas would be able to win the Zhuluo Kingdom, let him carry it for two years first. There are too many things to do in the Great Song Dynasty now, Wang Anshi wants to implement a plan to rule the world in ten years, Su Shi wants to visit Japan, and the Eight Great Song Dynasty, Northern Liao, Western Xia, Dali, Jiaozhi, Goryeo, Japan, Qingtang and Tubo will discuss the western expedition to the south and expand the sphere of influence in China.
"Two years? Too long to prepare, right? It wouldn't take long to conquer all of India! Pu Yuanyi said in surprise.
Pu Yuanyi is also right, it took only half a year for the Tang Dynasty King Xuan Ce to conquer India, and it took only three years for Timur's descendant Babel to conquer India and establish the Morwo Empire. And Zhao Ji has to prepare for two years just to prepare, and in Pu Yuanyi's opinion, the time is indeed too long. With this preparation time, it is estimated that the battle on the Sriwijaya side has already been over.
"I am ready to spend ten years sweeping away the Indian countries and completely incorporating them into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. Since you know India well, I have appointed you as a staff officer of the expeditionary force, and you have also formed a staff group and incorporated it into the expeditionary force, and I hope that when the time comes, I will know the specific movements of various countries in India. Zhao Ji did not hide his intentions.
"The big food cabinet is willing to contribute military funds, and I hope that the saint will go to the expedition as soon as possible!" Thinking of the embarrassing situation of green clothes and big food, Pu Yuanyi was a little anxious.
"Da Song is not short of your money. Take back this tributary list. It was donated by me to the Heavenly Sect. Most of the Tianfang Sect Chapel in Quanzhou was burned down, and you used the money to build the best and largest chapel. Remember, you can only build one building. Zhao Ji didn't want to explain anything to this Pu Yuanyi.
At present, the Chola State is in the limelight, and there is no chaos in its country in a high-pressure political environment. After two years, the Chola State failed to conquer the Ganges River Valley, and the strength of the conquest of the Three Buddhas was insufficient, so it was time to deal him a fatal blow. The more prepared you are, the less trouble you will encounter when the time comes.
"Thank you, Saint Shanglongen." Pu Yuanyi knelt on the ground.
Pu Yuanyi was very helpless, although he had studied the culture of the Great Song Dynasty and the hearts of the emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty, but this Zhao Ji seemed to be very different and completely ate him to death. He neither objected nor agreed with his admonition, Zhao Ji's bandit-like logic and inviolable orders made him unable to speak the conversation he had thought of a long time ago.
In the next few days, Zhao Ji stayed in the camp of the mountain corps stationed in the joint defense army, and did not inspect Quanzhou City according to his previous habits. Quanzhou City has just calmed down now, Zhao Ji's safety is a problem, and the mountain army, Zhao Ji also wants to practice himself, and he will use this army to conquer India in the future, and he will not do it himself, Zhao Ji is not at ease.
It wasn't until ten days later that Zhao Ji appeared in Quanzhou City, not to make a round, but to buy some gifts for his five wives. Empress Xiang Shuhui, concubine Li Peiling, concubine Zhu Ciming, concubine Chen Xiaolan, and the pearl king who was collected in Tiansun Kingdom, Sun Shangfang, who was canonized as Concubine Zhen. Five wives with different personalities, Zhao Ji's choice of gifts naturally has to be considered, and he must be carefully selected.
Walking on the streets of Quanzhou again, Zhao Ji could no longer see the shadow of the turmoil. It seems that the officials in Quanzhou handled it in a timely manner and in place.
The current Quanzhou is also completely different from when Zhao Ji first came, and there are no people wearing big food and clothes in Quanzhou now. After a turmoil, Quanzhou changed its appearance, and those bodies that were obviously not Song people were also dressed in Song clothes, although it was a little funny, Zhao Ji was very happy.
Quanzhou is still thriving, and the burned temples have been rebuilt and new buildings are being built. Zhao Ji ordered that in Quanzhou City, a sect could only have one temple. Therefore, there are very few new buildings and temples under construction, and most of them have been converted into restaurants.
The killing of 50,000 people does not seem to have had much impact on Quanzhou. Although there may be fewer merchants coming and going, there are still many merchants coming to Quanzhou, and there are not a few merchants pouring in from the counties of Quanzhou alone. After the Tianfang Sect's domination of Quanzhou was shattered, it brought more vitality to Quanzhou.
Moreover, the Keju League in Quanzhou is about to begin, and the high school Keju teams in Quanzhou counties, the private Keju teams of businessmen, and the Keju teams organized by the people themselves will gather in Quanzhou to start the Keju competition. Keju was the most popular sport in the Great Song Dynasty, similar to polo during the Tang Dynasty.
The arrival of this sports event made the Keju fans from all counties in Quanzhou rush to Quanzhou in advance and book an inn. Waiting for the Kemari tournament, which will last for ten (10 days). The early arrival of Keju fans has greatly increased the flow of people in Quanzhou. Their arrival is also the time for the big promotion of various shops in Quanzhou.
The Song Dynasty was not like the Tang Dynasty, where there was no need to open a shop in a specially regulated market, and there were shops on the side of the street, as long as the geographical location was good. There is a newly opened shop in front of a tall colorful building with colored silk. In the Song Dynasty, this kind of colorful building erected in front of the store was called "Huanmen", which was similar to the stage set up in front of the store in later generations to advertise.
Zhao Ji beat the horse and walked slowly, followed by more than 20 iron arm guards, the people of the Song Dynasty were no longer surprised, no one ran over to see the face of the sky, and no one fled in a hurry.
Zhao Ji vaguely remembered that in later generations, there was an ancient travelogue called "City of Light", which described Quanzhou in the Song Dynasty as follows: At night a thousand years ago, the cities of the world were pitch black, and only the cities of China were brightly lit and bright; More than 1,000 years ago, the world's cities were quiet at night, and only Chinese cities were crowded with people, singing and laughing...
Because of this book, Quanzhou has a very fashionable name, called "City of Light"!
In this era, most cities in all countries in the world implemented curfews, and people were forbidden to go to the streets at night, however, only the Great Song Dynasty allowed merchants to open all night, so the night of the Great Song Dynasty was brightly lit and crowded. From this point of view, all the cities of the Great Song Dynasty are "Cities of Light"!
Quanzhou is just a small city with a population of 200,000, and if that travelogue describes a large city with a population of millions such as Shangjing, Bianjing, Mingzhou, and Suzhou, you will know what the real city of light is!
This is a blood-surging era, and everything in the Great Song Dynasty is boiling and tumbling, impacting the surrounding countries. In the 21st century, an Asian historian wrote with excitement that in the second half of the 11th century, Asia was the Asia of Su Dongpo and the Asia of the Great Song Dynasty. If it weren't for the martial arts of the Great Song Dynasty in history, the Han, Tang, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, all the prosperous eras combined, would not be able to compare with the Great Song Dynasty.
There will be no high-end goods in the shops on the ordinary street, Zhao Ji wants to buy gifts for his wife, so he naturally has to go to a special market, where there are century-old shops and many treasures, Zhao Ji's trip is a trip to Taobao.
There are patrols and guards at the gate of the East Market, and there are special tax collectors to collect taxes. Zhao Ji and his entourage waited for each person to pay a penny to enter the workshop before entering the East Market of Quanzhou!
In the Song Dynasty, when entering and leaving the city or entering and exiting the market, they had to pay a fee ranging from one to ten yuan. What this fee is called, Zhao Ji can't figure it out. It is probably a health tax, after all, the sanitation work of the city and the market is the responsibility of the government recruited by the government.
Walking into the East Market, Zhao Ji can be described as a feast for the eyes, many thinly dressed women, standing in front of the shops to pull business, all of them show off, dance, sing lyrics, attract attention.
These women are not the women in the hook bar, they are all guys recruited by various stores, and they stand by the door of the store to attract customers, so to speak, so to speak, greeters. There are many literati who are not going well with officialdom, and they will write some small words for these shops to rap for those greeters to rap, so as to make some small money to spend.
The science of the Northern Song Dynasty has not yet emerged, and it is much more open than that of the Southern Song Dynasty, with no foot binding and no three outlines and five constants. The marriage rate and divorce rate of women in the Northern Song Dynasty were very high, and there was no discrimination. Although women who observe festivals are respected, women who remarry are not said to be shameless. Those greeters will not be unable to marry because they are thinly dressed and exposed to the public!
The streets of Dongshi are very wide, about fifty meters wide, but there are so many people that Zhao Ji and the others can only lead their horses, and the iron guards look nervous one by one, because this is the time to test their ability to protect Zhao Ji.
"It's open! It's open! The Jinjiang team wins, one loses twenty! "In front of a shop, a loud voice stood on a high platform and shouted.
"Open? Could it be that the Song Dynasty also had stock speculation? Zhao Ji shook his head and muttered to himself.
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