From then on, Qiu Yizhi would work with Ruan Wenyuan and others to handle the errand of reviewing the Tianzun Sect classics in his mansion.

Although Qiu Yizhi said that he sat in the middle, he walked the dog since he was a child, far from his eldest brother Zheng Xin and third brother Zheng Miao's meditation skills.

Fortunately, the dozen or so scribes who Zhong Likuang arranged to come over to handle the affairs of the case were all familiar with the affairs of the case, and they did not need to be personally supervised by Qiu Yizhi, and only Ruan Wenyuan was in the center to coordinate, so that they could carry out their work in an orderly manner. However, this cult has a huge collection of books, totaling as many as 5,347 volumes, and it is necessary to read them carefully one by one in the order of "scriptures, histories, sub-books, and collections," write down abridged abridgements, and classify and summarize them. It took 10 days to review a third of it.

At this time, it was already the height of summer, and the small Guangyang City was stuffy like a big steamer. Even though everyone was working outside the house and covered with oilcloth on their heads, they were still sweating hot.

If it were a weekday, Qiu Yizhi would have taken off only his pants and shoulders, but in front of everyone, as the son of Youyan Wang, it was not the time to let loose the wreckage. He had to dress neatly and shake the fan desperately to cool down, but the wind from the fan was also hot, as if a little spark would be ignited. Even the dog with "Lulu" stuck his tongue half a foot long out, and he drooped all over the ground.

At this moment, Ruishou ran forward, wiped away the sweat on his face, and reported loudly: "Yiran County Lord she ......"

Qiu Yizhi stood up from the seat and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with her?" Say it! ”

Ruishou took a breath before he said: "Yiran County Lord, she led Yelu and Zhao Chengxiao, and transported a few truckloads of watermelons over ......."

Qiu Yizhi couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, and knocked on Ruishou's head with the fan in his hand, and said, "Hey! You kid, do you need to be so flustered about this? Haven't you heard that the gentleman wants Mount Tai to collapse in front of him without changing his face...... It scared me out of a cold sweat...... Let's go, show me! ”

As soon as he opened the courtyard gate, he saw Yiran with a few brothers under Yelu and Zhao Chengxiao, and drove a few donkey carts full of watermelons to his house. When I asked, I realized that Yiran knew that Yizhi and others would be hot and dry under the scorching sun, so he picked a few carts of ripe watermelons in the market and sent them to condolences, but he thought that he had led more than a dozen Hu people into and out of the inner city of Guangyang, which was a military stronghold, and it was really inconvenient, so he called Zhao Chengxiao and a few people to help transport it.

In the courtyard of the dozen or so bookstores, when they heard that someone had sent watermelons, they had already been in their mouths, skimmed the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and ran out of the door to help carry them to the yard, and constantly praised the county princess for their compassion.

Yiran was elated when she heard this, and was about to step inside, but was stopped by one of Qiu Yi's and said to her: "There is a lot of chaos here, and it smells of sweat, what is there to go, go, I invite you to drink herbal tea." As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Yiran's arm and dragged it out.

Who knew that the county lord from the north couldn't bear the heat of Youyan Dao, and he had already changed into a wrestling vest common on the grassland with his bare arms, and under Qiu Yi's hand, he was firmly in contact with her delicate skin, and his right hand was covered with a layer of fragrant and greasy sweat. Qiu Yizhi's face turned red with fright, and he quickly let go, coughed lightly, and said, "What are you waiting for, there will be no seats if you go late." ”

Yi Ran's face also flushed, and he agreed, and followed.

This herbal tea stall is at the foot of the city wall, it is a veteran army who opened it here, even Zheng Rong, the king of Youyan, often comes to drink a bowl, so it is very famous in Guangyang City, a row of seats against the wall has already been full of people, holding a tea bowl "Gu Dong Gu Dong" to drink.

The people who were sitting and drinking tea saw that His Royal Highness Yizi and the Lord of Bohai County were coming, and a few of them who had already known each other hurriedly finished drinking tea and gave up their seats. Yizhi and Yiran sat down side by side, and each ordered a large bowl of herbal tea in their hands.

A pair of toned thighs showed a graceful arc under the silk breeches, and a pair of plump breasts also fell together very regularly under the wrapping of a light vest. Qiu Yi caught a glimpse of it, and couldn't help but feel surprised, and hurriedly took a sip of tea and asked, "I asked you before, but you haven't answered me yet!" On that day you said something bad about me in front of my father-in-law, and I was scolded for it. ”

Yiran didn't know where to look, his mouth pursed, and he replied casually: "I have forgotten about this for a long time." The prince has a better memory than me, so why don't you ask him. In a word, he was stunned to put the sharp-toothed Qiu Yizhi aside.

Since then, Yiran has sent a few carts of melons and fruits every two or three days, and Qiu Yizhi will go out with her to visit the market, drink herbal tea, and ride horses.

In this way, more than ten days passed, most of the Tianzun Sect classics had been reviewed, and the order was sorted out, classified, labeled, and edited and abridged, and the historical trajectory of the spread of the Tianzun Sect in the Central Plains gradually emerged.

It turns out that this Tianzun Sect, formerly known as the "Zoroastrian Sect", has been introduced to the Central Plains six or seven hundred years ago, and is divided into different sects, including the "White Lotus Sect", "Red Sun Sect", "Childless Old Mother Sect" and many other sects, most of which have disappeared from the world. Only this sect called the "Tianzun Sect" has multiplied so far, and its leaders are all appointed by the "Wen" family, which is no different from the hereditary emperor, and when it comes to the length of succession, even the powerful unified dynasty of the Central Plains cannot be compared, which is staggering.

After hundreds of years of development, the general altar of each branch altar has spread all over the country, with nearly one million believers, among which in addition to the plays, prostitutes, fortune tellers and other lower nine streams, there is also a small reputation of rich businessmen. The Tianzun Sect relied on these people to donate money and property, and the annual income was as huge as one million taels of silver, which was equivalent to one-fifth of the income of the imperial court. The account book of Tianzun Sect is very finely recorded, and the income of each place is registered one by one every year, and the horizontal comparison is consistent with the degree of wealth and poverty in various parts of the Han Dynasty - the annual income is the first in Jiangnan Province, followed by Huguang, Shandong and other provinces, and the rich only Youyan Road in Jiangnan and Guannai Province where Gyeonggi is located have little income, presumably because these two places are closely guarded and the development of Tianzun Sect is insufficient.

However, such a detailed record of the Tianzun Sect lacks a detailed list of the main altars, branch altar masters, and other backbones in various places. Only then did Qiu Yizhi suddenly realize that the reason why the Yuhuangding General Altar Library had been turned over that day was not to find treasures, but to steal this roster, which was a hundred times more important than any treasure - as long as he had this roster, he could reorganize the cult in a short period of time and become a major problem for the imperial court. Thinking of this, a layer of sweat oozed from Qiu Yizhi's forehead, and he hurriedly wrote a post and sent someone to send it to the place where Zheng Rong, the king of Youyan, and Zhong Li Kuang.

In fact, Qiu Yizhi's real interest was not here, but the information of the Western Regions that had been transferred through the Tianzun Sect, so he had to personally check all the books related to customs and production technology.

It turned out that the Western Regions and the Central Plains were far away from the desert and the sea, and the political form was very different from the Central Plains. The Han Dynasty in the Central Plains naturally respected the emperor, and the central government set up the prime minister, Zhongshu Province, six ministries and other institutions to manage the whole country, and the country was divided into ten provinces, each of which was divided into a number of prefectures and counties, forming a tree-shaped management system.

The Western Regions are divided into dozens of large and small countries, and there are more than ten slightly stronger powers, each of which has a king under the command of a king and has no subordinate relationship with each other. And all countries believe in "Adannuism", this religion has a pope, very powerful, can be excommunicated from anyone, including the king of a country, at will, the people of this country will be separated from Germany, the four countries will attack, so this pope is also called "pope". Because of this, other religions could not be openly spread in the Western Regions, and the Tianzun Sect was transferred to Middle-earth to develop.

As for the economy of the Western Regions, it is also very different from that of the Han Dynasty.

Although the Han Dynasty was wealthy, it was the end of the four peoples of "scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants", so after accumulating floating wealth, they often regarded the purchase of land and the funding of their sons and nephews as the right way. In the Western Regions, the land is barren, and the merchants are light on agriculture, so they go east to Tianzhu and Nanyang in the east, and go west to Dashi and Daqin to buy and sell goods and earn the price difference. As for the Han Dynasty, Japan, Korea and other countries, the silk, tea, and porcelain produced by them were extremely popular in the Western Regions and Great Qin, and once the resale was successful, it was a profitable business. However, from the Western Regions to the Central Plains, whether by water or land, they are all thousands of miles away and full of dangers, and those who venture to come are often dead.

Therefore, the farming technology of the Western Regions is far less developed than that of the Central Plains, and the variety of grain crops is not as diverse as that of the Central Plains, relying on a kind of crop that can grow underground regardless of the arid and fertile land and the humid and dry climate. The clothing is only cotton and linen, and the silk fabric needs to be imported from the Han Dynasty, which is very expensive, and cannot be worn by non-high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants.

As for the method of casting swords and weapons, Qiu Yizhi is most concerned about this, and there are special books in the Western Regions to record it, but it is very disappointing when you look closely. It turns out that the method of manufacturing weapons in the Western Regions is divided into two categories, one is the method of making ordinary blades in large quantities, and the other is the technique of creating divine weapons.

This method of mass production is nothing more than pouring wrought iron, and then slightly forging and polishing, which is no different from the method of casting knives in the Central Plains, or even slightly simple, presumably the quality of the blades used by ordinary soldiers is not more than Erer.

The other is to take great pains, first take the best quality iron ore to smelt and mature, then bury it in the ground with good pine charcoal, and then dig it out after several or more years. Most of the wrought iron excavated is rotten and rusty, but occasionally it is called iron iron that absorbs the essence of the earth. The iron is repeatedly heated and forged, quenched in vinegar, and then carefully sharpened by hand into the shape of a sword. Finally, if the knife body is too hard, it will be immediately broken, and only a very small number of gold and jade and the blade will not be damaged, which is the final product.

Reading this, Qiu Yizhi couldn't help but stroke the treasure knife beside him, but he didn't expect that it would take so much effort to create this treasure knife that sharpens iron like clay - no wonder the scabbard handle is so simple, this knife itself is a supreme treasure, and adding decoration is to add to the snake.

But with such a complex process, there may not be a success in creating hundreds of knives at the same time, let alone manufacturing and equipping the army in large quantities. This truth is no different from using martial arts masters to cobble together an army, it is nothing more than a mirror.

Qiu Yizhi was disappointed, but opening another book made him refreshed.

This book is about the method of storming cities and breaking down walls. It turned out that the Western Regions were mostly desert Gobi, and there were no large number of trees to make large equipment such as ladders, rams, and stone carts, and the attack on the city relied on digging tunnels and blasting with explosives. The people of the Western Regions are good at digging the ground and digging holes, and the book is also very detailed, how to choose the shovel location, distinguish the direction, clear the sand and gravel, prevent landslides, etc., all of them are tireless, and the analysis is clearly introduced.

The method of blasting explosives is even simpler, it is nothing more than filling a vat or jar with explosives, and lighting the fuse in the weak point of the city wall, and the city wall can be blown down. Seeing that the book clearly recorded that explosives were imported from the Central Plains, Qiu Yi thought that the Han Dynasty's use of gunpowder was just to make firecrackers; As soon as the people of the Western Regions obtained this thing, they thought of attacking the city and plundering the land, so brave and ruthless, they really deserved to be the untransformed people.

In addition, there are many records of the methods of building ships and bridges, printing and dyeing textiles, casting armor, and building cities in the Western Regions, but most of them are not as advanced and meticulous as those of the Han Dynasty. Thinking of how much effort he had expended, the books that had been transported back from Henan for hundreds of miles were of no great use, Qiu Yizhi couldn't help but be a little discouraged, and he no longer had the heart to investigate carefully, so he urged the book office to complete the review of the collection as soon as possible and hand over the errand.