Hearing the sixth brother Li Su ask about the promotion of neo-Brahmanism, Li Zhen and Li Yun were both shocked, and Li Zhen rushed to say: "Sixth brother, you don't know, the promotion speed of Protestantism is far beyond our expectations, especially when it was promoted within our rule, you reminded us to learn from the big cannibals, reduce the tax rate of Protestants, and increase the tax rate of non-believers, as a result, as soon as this method was implemented, plus Protestantism originally originated from the original Brahmins, so the number of believers has developed very fast, and now the number of counted believers has reached ...... Reached ......"

Li Zhen talked about the number of believers, but he was suddenly stuck, after all, most of his energy was focused on the army, and he was not too worried about administrative and religious matters, so it was okay to introduce a general situation, but when it came to the specific number, it immediately showed its original form.

Li Yun next to him saw Li Zhen's embarrassed appearance, but said with a smile: "Now the number of Protestants has reached 1.8 million, accounting for sixty percent of the total population in our territory, and this is mainly because the expansion was too fast some time ago, so the promotion of the new Brahmins can't keep up, I believe that after this period of time, the number of Protestants will grow again There will be a peak, according to our estimates, the number of new Brahmins in a year will reach more than 2.8 million!" ”

Li Su was also surprised when he heard this, and immediately asked, "You can increase the number of believers by one million a year, and your preaching speed is too fast, right?" ”

"Haha~, sixth brother, you don't know, this speed is actually slow, if we go all out to preach, it is estimated that in just a few years, we can spread the new Brahmanism throughout Nantianzhu. And this is mainly due to three reasons, the first is because we are strong enough. Missionary work guaranteed by force can break down any obstacles. The second reason is that the old and new Brahmins are of the same origin. People are also more receptive. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yun paused for a moment, and then continued: "The last and most important one, that is, in the caste system, the Shudras at the bottom have no right to participate in religious activities at all, but they are the largest class, so generally speaking, as long as we knock down a place, then the local Shudras will automatically become followers of the Neo-Brahmanical Sect, and they will not be allowed to resist at all." It is precisely because of this that the data on the growth of believers is so beautiful. ”

Li Su nodded after hearing this, and he also thought that in addition to the Shudras, the Vaishyas, who were farmers and merchants, also had a very large number of Vaishyas, but the number of Brahmins and Kshatriyas in the dominant position was not large, and the most influential of the new Brahmins happened to be these two classes, so the Vaishyas and Shudras did not have much resistance to the new Brahmins. This is one of the reasons why Protestantism has been successfully implemented.

After discussing the matter, Li Su, accompanied by Li Zhen and Li Yun, visited the temple where they were located, and then went to the palace where the two lived to have a look. As a result, at Li Yun's place, Princess Jiang Yuanshi and Princess Wu Meiniang of Yue had already prepared wine and food, and the two of them made them themselves. All of them are pure Han delicacies, and Li Su is naturally full of praise after tasting them.

At the banquet, Li Su also took out the gifts that Yang and Wu Meiniang sisters brought to Meiniang. It's all for some food, although it seems ordinary. But for a beautiful lady who is far away in a foreign land, it is the best gift. Of course, the Yuan family also has a copy, but it was given in the name of Wenxin, after all, they are all younger brothers and sisters, and they can't favor one over the other.

After eating a comfortable family banquet, Li Zhen and Li Yun took Li Yun to visit Chola City, this coastal city as their first Tianzhu city, but also an excellent port city, so Li Zhen and Li Yun as a key development object, the whole city after re-planning, is undergoing unified construction, of which the city center part has been built, only the periphery is still under construction.

Speaking of the original design of Chora City, it also reflects the strictness of the caste system everywhere. The whole city was originally in a circle, and there was a building in the center, but it was not the king's palace, but the temple of the Brahmins, and the outer part of the temple was the residence of the Brahmin nobles, and then outward was the residence of the Kshatriya nobles, and the king's palace was also this area. Further out were the quarters of the Vaishyas, who were also the largest group of people living in the city, and the Shudras were not allowed to live in the city, and they generally lived in shanty towns outside the city walls, or as slaves in the estates of the nobility.

However, after Li Zhen and Li Yun occupied this place, they felt very uncomfortable with this round city, so they changed this round city to a rectangle commonly used in the Tang Dynasty, and the original rammed earth city wall was all demolished and built using the Tang Dynasty's city building technology, and some mythical sculptures on the city wall were also removed, making the city wall more durable.

However, although the shape of the city wall has changed, the internal division has not changed much, the Shudras still live in the slums or aristocratic farms outside the city, and the outermost layer of the city is still the Vaishyas settlement, but the Brahmins and Kshatriyas in the past have changed dramatically.

For example, in the center of the city of Chola, the original temple was converted into a temple for Li Zhen and Li Yun to receive officials, and there was a palace for two people in the back, and with the royal palace as the dividing line, the east side was the residence area of the Brahmin nobles, and the west side was the Kshatriya residence area, which symbolized that the two classes were already in the same position, and the papal family represented by Li Zhen and Li Yun was above the four classes, and was secretly called the royal family by the new Brahmans.

After Li Yu followed Li Zhen and Li Yun out of the central area of Chora City, the first thing he came to was the Brahmin aristocratic quarter, in his imagination, the Brahmin nobles should be a group of old sacrifices, and then live in the temple. But after visiting him, he found that it was not the case at all, and that the Brahmin nobles were actually the same as ordinary nobles, except that they had to learn from other Brahmins at the age of eight, and at the age of twenty they would go home to get married and have children, enjoy the worldly life, and only when they were old would they go to practice and then carry out religious life.

Therefore, when Li Su visited the living area of the Brahmins, he saw also luxurious houses, with groups of slaves inside and outside the courtyard, except for the strong religious atmosphere in the courtyard, there was nothing special about the others, but Li Su always felt that the courtyards of these Brahmins were somewhat familiar. In addition, on the streets, it is not uncommon to see several Brahmin children playing in the company of slaves.

Then Li Su went to the west side of the Dili aristocratic residential area, Wang Xuance and others, who came to Tianzhu with Li Zhen and Li Yun, and even those steppe cavalry, were all named Kshatriya by them, but Kshatriya is only a class, although they are equal in law, but there is a huge difference in positions, so the scale of each house is naturally different, for example, Wang Xuance is the first strategist around Li Zhen and Li Yun, and his house will naturally not be the same as an ordinary grassland cavalry.

When Li Su came to the Kshatriya residential area on the west side, he was stunned at first, because this place gave him the same feeling as the Chinatown in the New Buddha City, with Tang-style buildings on both sides of the street, and even Li Su could judge from these architectural styles and techniques that the people who built these houses were probably the same people as the craftsmen who built Chinatowns.

Li Yun next to him saw the surprised appearance of the sixth brother, and said with a smile: "Sixth brother, you also know that most of the officers and administrative officials who came with us at the beginning were Han Chinese, and they lived here, so they naturally preferred the architectural style of the Tang Dynasty, as for those grassland people, they originally lived in tents, where do they know how to build, plus they also admire the culture of the Tang Dynasty in their hearts, so they also chose this kind of building one by one, and in this area, there are many shops that specialize in selling goods from the Central Plains, It can be said that this is the Chinatown of Chora City. ”

"Well, yes, no wonder I saw the Brahmin mansion just now and felt a little familiar, it is estimated that their architectural style was also influenced by here, and a lot of Central Plains style was added to the original basis." Li Su suddenly realized.

Compared with the residential area of the Brahmin nobles, the Kshatriya residential area where Li Yu is located is much more lively, after all, in comparison, the number of Kshatriya nobles is several times that of the Brahmin nobles, and all the steppe people recruited by Li Zhen and Li Yun were sent to the Tianzhu Continent, although not all the families of the steppe cavalry live here, but there are also a lot, and the Kshatriyas of the entire Chola City are about 50,000 to 70,000, which can almost form a small city.

In addition to the outdoor living in this area, there are many overseas merchants, most of whom are Han Chinese, who come here not necessarily to do business, but because they have been wandering overseas for a long time, they can have such a place similar to the hometown environment for a while, and then eat a few bites of hometown food, which is also a rare enjoyment.

And Li Su also found that there are obviously more women on the street than in the Tang Dynasty, especially some grassland women, they are much more bold than the women of the Han family, plus the weather is hot, all of them are wearing short Hu clothes, revealing half of their arms and slightly red necks, which makes people look quite pleasing to the eye.

It may also be the drive of these grassland women that makes there more Han women on the street, they are all the families of civil and military officials under Li Zhen and Li Yun, but they generally wear veils, hold paper umbrellas in their hands to block the sun, and although the skirts on their bodies are thin, they hide their beautiful figures, although they are not as attractive as grassland women, but they are a little more graceful and reverie. (To be continued......)