As the largest gem shop in Chinatown, the treasure of the town store is naturally the top gem, and even the entire gem trading area is difficult to find gems of the same quality, and even if there is, people may not be willing to sell them.

However, Li Su has six women in his family, and he is not a person who favors one over the other, so in the end, he asked Xiao Lin to come forward, saying that he was a birthday gift for his cousin Wen Xin, and this finally made those merchants scramble to take out all the things at the bottom of the box, after all, everyone knows that this cousin of Xiao is Princess Qi, and this is a good opportunity to make friends with the palace.

It is also by relying on this method that Li Su finally bought nine pieces of gemstone jewelry of the same quality, whether it is material or workmanship, they are extremely rare treasures, these nine pieces of jewelry in addition to one of the six women in the family, in addition to Chang'an City's Yang Concubine and Cai'er, Queen Xiao also have one each.

After spending a few days in the city of New Buddha, Li Su moved around other parts of the island, but mainly in the south, mainly because the northern part of the island was originally the sphere of influence of the Tamils, and when Li Zhen and Li Yun occupied it, they killed a lot of people, which also made the rule of the Tamils unstable, and there were Tamil rebellions last year. Although the Tamils have now given up resistance after being appeased by Liu Renliang, they cannot be reversed emotionally for the time being, so for the sake of Li Su's safety, they only went to a few more important cities in the north.

For the development of Ceylon Island, on the whole, it is still carried out according to the plan formulated by Li Su, for example, the popular gem industry has entered a climax period, and many Han people with dreams of getting rich overnight come here every day to prospect. Although there are not many people who are really successful, it does not detract from the enthusiasm of these people. In fact, most people have not found gem mines. But they can rely on those who discover gem mines and become high-level workers. After all, there are too few Han people here in Ceylon, and the Han people who generally find gem mines naturally prefer to use their own kindred.

Now there are more than 100,000 Han people on the island of Ceylon, and it is still growing, and after having a certain popularity, the tea planting industry has also begun to develop, and many big tea merchants in the Tang Dynasty are willing to invest in Ceylon, after all, it is closer to Persia, Dashi and other places, and it is also very suitable for tea planting. I believe that you will definitely be able to get rich rewards in the future.

Gemstone industry and tea are the two economic pillars tailored for Ceylon Island, which has also been proven by later history, as long as these two industries are developed, then Ceylon Island will truly become the most beautiful pearl on the Tianzhu Sea, and even the beautiful local environment is also a highlight, and so on in the future, the transportation is convenient, then the development of tourism can also be put on the agenda.

However, the main purpose of Li Su's rush here from the Lion City this time is not Ceylon, it can even be said. Ceylon Island was only visited by him, and his main purpose was the Tianzhu Continent where Li Zhen and Li Yun were located.

Now Li Zhen and Li Yun's territory is not only the original Chola Kingdom, just a few months ago, Li Zhen and Li Yun sent troops again. Quickly wiped out several small countries around the area, such as the Kingdom of Sanjay, the Kingdom of Aura, etc., all of which were destroyed by them. As a result, their territory has expanded more than ten times, with the entire southern Jianjiao region of the Tianzhu Continent. It has already been occupied by them for a small half.

The Pallava Dynasty, which nominally ruled the Jianjiao region in the southern part of the Tianzhu Continent, had been forced by them to the northwest corner of the Jianjiao region. The land area had shrunk by three-quarters, and if it weren't for the limited forces in the hands of Li Yun and Li Zhen, who feared that the expansion would be too fast to govern, I am afraid that the entire Pallava dynasty would have perished long ago.

It was in this situation that Li Su rushed to Chola City, where Li Zhen and Li Yun were located, by boat. Chora City was originally a port city, after Li Yun's governance, the port was in order, and the port facilities are gradually improving, coupled with the assistance of Wang Xuance and others, the development of Chora City is extremely fast, and now it has become a big port with the same name as the new Buddha City, and the whole South Tianzhu can no longer find a big port comparable to them.

After Li Su's big ship docked at Chora Harbor, Li Su originally wanted to visit the city, but when Li Zhen and Li Yun heard that he was coming, they immediately rushed to the port and pulled him directly into the temple of the two.

Li Zhen and Li Yun had previously reformed the Brahmins and proclaimed themselves as the reincarnation of the god of protection and destruction, so naturally the two of them could not live in ordinary places, so the two of them built a large temple in the center of the city, and behind the temple, there were two separate mansions, each inhabited by their families.

The temple is the place where Li Zhen and Li Yun convene the ministers to discuss matters, and its function is the same as that of the Taiji Hall in the Taiji Palace in Chang'an. It's just that when Li Su saw this temple, he felt stunned, because the entire hall was divided into two parts from the center, the left part was pure black, and the right part was pure white, and the left and right sides were completely symmetrical, which looked very weird.

After entering the interior of the temple, you will find that the interior decoration is the same, the left and right are black and white, but in the position opposite the main entrance, there is a high platform, which is also divided into black and white, and there are two chairs placed on it, but the color of these two chairs is just the opposite of the left and right of the temple, there is a white chair in the all-black place on the left, and a black chair is placed in the all-white place on the right.

At first, Li Su was a little unclear about the design of the temple, but later after Li Yun's explanation, it turned out that the whole temple borrowed some Taoist doctrines of yin and yang, and they interpreted the yin and yang as the protector of the Brahmins and the lord of destruction, although the two seem to be opposites, but in fact they are interdependent, and the protection is pregnant with destruction, and the destruction is pregnant with new life, and the two tones of the whole hall are to reflect this doctrine.

"Hahaha~, you two can really talk nonsense, even the Taoist doctrine has been moved into the Brahmins, and you are not afraid of our ancestor to blame?" Li Su laughed and said after hearing this. At the same time, he didn't look at his two younger brothers, compared to when they were separated, Li Zhen and Li Yun were much darker, but they were also more mature, especially Li Zhen, the greenness on his face had slowly faded, and he slowly turned into an iron-blooded nature of a battlefield general.

"How can the old ancestor have the same knowledge as us, and besides, if we can carry forward his old man's doctrine, maybe he will be very happy." Li Zhen also said with a smile. He is a soldier, and he has never believed in ghosts and gods, and even Lao Tzu dares to joke about it.

However, for Li Yu and Li Zhen making fun of Lao Tzu, Li Yun next to him shook his head and smiled bitterly, he is a cautious person, he can't believe in ghosts and gods, but he can't talk about disbelief, and he reports the same point of view as Sage Kong, that is, he will stay away, so he will not participate in this kind of conversation.

Li Yu and Li Zhen made a few jokes, and then asked Li Yun next to him: "Seventh brother, your territory is expanding so fast, I'm afraid you, the protector in charge of government affairs, are you busy?" ”

When Li Yun heard this, he immediately poured bitter water and said: "You still understand me, sixth brother, but when it comes to this matter, sixth brother, you must help me talk about the eighth brother, otherwise I really can't do this job anymore!" ”

"Oh? What's going on, what did the eighth brother do to make you angry? Li Su asked with some surprise, and at the same time turned his head to look at Li Zhen, only to find Li Zhen sitting there with an unconvinced face.

Then Li Yun told Li Zhen what he had done, but Li Zhen frowned after hearing it, because this matter is not big, it is not small, and the main reason is that in the expansion war some time ago, Li Zhen slaughtered the armies of those small countries, and even some surrendered armies.

Li Zhen also has his reasons for doing this, one is that they have too few troops in their hands, and they really can't control a large number of prisoners, and if they are not careful, it may cause the prisoners to rebel, so for the sake of future rule, it is better to kill them directly. There is another reason, that is, he is known as the Lord of Destruction, killing people will only increase his prestige, and no matter which army sees him in the future, they will feel a kind of fear, so that it is naturally easier to be defeated by them if they are cowardly before fighting.

However, Li Yun held a different view, because in his opinion, these prisoners of war were good strong laborers, and if he could keep them, he would not only increase the number of people in his hands, but also make it easier to recruit soldiers in the future. In addition, Li Zhen was so indiscriminately killed, which also led to many Tianzhu people being hostile to them, during this time he had tried his best to appease the people in the newly occupied areas, but even so, there were still several rebellions, although they were successfully suppressed, but they also had a considerable impact on the local economy.

Each of the two has their own reasoning, and Li Zhen couldn't judge who was right and who was wrong after thinking about it for a while, but Li Zhen slaughtered so many people, but let Li Yun bear the consequences, which is obviously a little unfair.

And Li Zhen is not an unreasonable person, and he is the most convinced of Li Su, so in the end, he did what Li Su said, which finally made Li Yun discouraged.

After solving the small contradiction between the two, Li Su suddenly thought of the main purpose of his visit, so he asked: "Seventh brother, eighth brother, your territory for expansion this time is so big, so how are you doing to promote Neo-Brahmanism?" (To be continued......)