Seeing that he was about to enter Baghdad and capture the Caliph alive, Koj was awakened by Khatuk's shout.
Koj turned his head to look at Hatuk, and Hatuk said to Koj very humblely: "Divine Envoy, your humble servant Hatuk has not worshipped the gods for a few days. Can you give some food to him? You give your humble servant to the gods."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment and looked at the eunuch who was guarding the door.
The eunuch felt Kou Ji’s gaze, and hurriedly explained: “The slaves and maids gave them food on time. Three meals a day were never cut off. But they took the food, half of the food, and half of it. The remaining half was destroyed. Do not eat either.
The steward said that they spoiled the food and made the slaves starve them for two days. "
Kou Ji let out a laugh when he heard this.
It's no wonder that after seeing him appear, Khatuk rushed to him frantically. It turned out that he hadn't eaten for a long time. Seeing him was like seeing him awakened.
Kou Ji said to the eunuch: "They left half of their food to worship the gods."
The eunuch looked at Kou Ji suspiciously.
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment. He realized that it was troublesome to explain the matter to the eunuch, so he didn't explain it at all, and directly ordered: "You go and prepare some food for them."
The eunuch was waiting for Kou Ji to explain to him, but Kou Ji didn't say anything, just instructed him to prepare food.
The eunuch did not dare to ask more, and left the Zichen Hall with a promise.
After the eunuch was gone, Kou Ji looked at Hatuk and asked, "Are all the books you brought this time a big essay?"
When Khatuk saw that Kou Ji had ordered people to take food, he was relieved. He knew that Kou Ji was a generous person. When Kou Ji appeared, they would never be hungry again.
Don't worry about getting hungry, you will talk more naturally.
Hatuk leaned forward, standing in front of Koj, and said, "Holy envoy, the books that your servant Hatuk brought over this time are almost all great essays."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "Is there no Chinese?"
Hatuk hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yes, there are... but not many..."
"Take it out and let me see..."
Kou Ji spread his hands.
Hatuk hesitated for a moment, turned around and walked to a baggage parcel with him, took out three books from it, and handed them to Kou Ji.
Kou Ji opened his hand and glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
The Quran...
"The Word of God"...
"The Holy Word"...
…
The "Quran" is the holy book of religion. Needless to say, "The Word of God" is a book describing the life of God in the realm of God, and "The Word of God" is a book that records famous sayings and sayings of the caliphs of the past.
The words recorded most in the "Holy Words" are the words of Caliph Mamun, the founder of the Wisdom Hall.
Kou Ji finally understood why Zhao Zhen was not interested in the culture of the food, and also understood what Zhao Zhen's phrase "go away with happiness, return with happiness".
Zhao Zhen now has no god in his heart, he only believes in himself.
Religious books such as the "Quran" naturally hardly arouse Zhao Zhen's interest.
Kou Ji returned the "Quran" to Khatuk, pointed to other books in the Zichen Temple, and asked, "Don't you tell me that all the books here are religious classics?"
Hatuk realized that Kou Ji had no interest in religious texts, so when Kou Ji questioned, he hurriedly said: "There is only a small part of it..."
Kou Ji asked: "How much is a small part?"
Hatuk hesitated for a moment and confessed: "Ten thousand copies..."
When Kou Ji heard this, his heart twitched.
Ten thousand books, if they were replaced by other books, they would surely bring a lot of knowledge.
Ten thousand volumes of religious classics are really useless to the Song Dynasty.
Transporting books from Baghdad is not so easy. It is more difficult to travel long distances than Master Sanzang to learn from the West.
Kou Ji naturally feels heartache when such precious transportation opportunities are wasted on religious classics.
Kou Ji rubbed his eyebrows and stared at Hatuk and said, "Do you want to preach in my Song Dynasty?"
Hatuk must have his purpose in using such precious transportation opportunities in religious books.
If Kou Ji's guess is correct, he must be preaching in the Song Dynasty.
Faced with Koj’s question, Hatuk did not answer.
Hatuk came from the Western Regions. He had seen what Koji did in Hexi. He knew that Koji had no respect for God and was not close to religion, so he didn't want to tell Koji about his purpose.
Kou Ji stared at Hatuk and said, "Do you think that I don't know if you don't say it? You took 10,000 volumes of religious classics to my Da Song with all your energy, and you worked hard to translate them into Chinese. Your purpose is self-evident.
If you don't want to preach, why not translate other books into Chinese? "
When Kou Ji said this, he was lighthearted.
But Hatuk felt a heavy sense of oppression.
But he still had no words.
Kou Ji frowned slightly when he saw this, and snorted coldly: "Hatuk, I will provide you with all the help, and I will be the one who let you transport the books in the Wisdom Hall.
You keep claiming to be my servant, but you don't have the slightest loyalty to me.
When you learned that you can reach my Emperor Song through the people who sent you to the city of Bianjing, you didn't hesitate to show your usefulness to the Emperor Song.
But you did not expect that my Majesty, Emperor Song, has no interest in your stuff.
Not only did he not accept you, he taught you to deal with it instead.
Your actions have offended me, I can behead all of you here. "
Hatuk shivered, he knelt on the ground, buried his head between his legs, and said in a trembled voice: "Your servant did not mean to offend you, please have mercy. ."
Kou Ji stared at Hatuk coldly and said, "Then it depends on whether you are honest enough."
Hearing this, Hatuk buried his head lower.
Seeing this, Kou Ji asked again: "Do you want to preach in my Song Dynasty?"
Hatuk lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Yes..."
Kou Ji said unceremoniously: "Don't even think about it!"
Khatuk suddenly raised his head and stared at Kou Ji solemnly: "Honorable envoy, the Caliph has entrusted you as a divine messenger. The Caliph said that you are the messenger left by God in the far east, and you will uphold the will of God. , To spread the glory of God to time.
The Caliph also said that when you open your eyes, you will remember your identity. The new Wisdom Hall will rise in the far east with your awakening.
If your divine eyes cannot be opened for a long time, then the new wisdom hall is likely to be buried in the ground forever. "
Kou Ji's brows suddenly wrinkled into the word Sichuan.
The identities such as the divine envoy in Hatuk's mouth are pure nonsense.
He is only negotiating with himself on behalf of the Caliph.
To be precise, the caliph as far away as Baghdad was negotiating with Koj through Khatuk's mouth.
The meaning of the Khali's words is very clear. If Kou Ji allowed them to preach in the Song Dynasty, then he would give everything in the Wisdom Hall to Kou Ji, so that the Wisdom Hall would take root in the Song Dynasty.
If Kou Ji did not allow them to preach in the Song Dynasty, then he would not even want to get the Wisdom Hall.
One-third of the books delivered right now can be regarded as deposits.
It was through the words of the caliph that Kou Ji knew the intention of the caliph, so he frowned.
The Caliph’s first transaction partner should be Zhao Zhen.
After Khatuk arrived in the Song Dynasty, he immediately offered his loyalty to Zhao Zhen, which should have been the instruction of the Caliph.
Because Zhao Zhen promised to help him preach, his religion should be able to take root in the Song Dynasty soon.
It's just that Zhao Zhen is obviously not interested in their religion, and will not let their religion enter the Song Dynasty for their knowledge, so they can only choose the second transaction partner.
That is Kou Ji himself.
The Caliph should have understood the power and wealth of the Song Dynasty through Khatuk’s mouth, and also understood that Kou Ji was a powerful person in the Song Dynasty, and also understood that Kou Ji was a person who knew the existence of the wisdom hall and was very greedy for the wisdom hall. People, so Kou Ji was designated as the second trading partner.
If not, Hatuk would never say that to Kou Ji.
Kou Jisi thought about it for a long time, looked at Hatuk, and said, "Let you guys who really take the lead come out."
Hatuk was taken aback.
Kou Ji said lightly: "I don't think that the caliph will hand it over to a traveling merchant to handle such an important matter."
Hatuk had no expression on his face when he heard Koj's words.
He just stared at Koj.
Kou Ji squinted slightly. He felt that Hatuk was the real Hatuk.
The humiliation that Hatuk had shown before him before should have been pretended.
"Hatuk, step back..."
A childish voice sounded.
A panic flashed in Hatuk's eyes, but he quickly calmed down.
Hatuk turned around and yelled at a brown-haired boy in the crowd, "Shut up..."
The young man shook his head and said to Khatuk: "What we are facing is a wise man who has seen everything. His wisdom is not inferior to the great sage in Baghdad. We have nothing in front of him. Retreat.
If I hide again, I will only be looked down upon, Hatuk. "
A hesitation flashed in Hatuk's eyes, and he finally succumbed to the boy's words. He walked to the boy very humblely, and prostrated himself on the ground in a sincere and humble manner.
"Your servant, offended you..."
"Your whip, I will write it down for you for the time being..."
"..."
Hatuk still crawled on the ground.
Surrounded by many big cannibals, the young man walked in front of Kou Ji and faced Kou Ji directly. He said to Kou Ji in bad Chinese: "Song...Guo...General...My name is...Gege...Witch...Muhan...Made …"
Young people should not have been learning Chinese for a long time, so the words spoken are very blunt and somewhat difficult to understand.
Kou Ji also carefully picked up each of his voices into his ears, only to understand what he meant.
"Gegewu? Muhan?"
Kou Ji repeated, looking at the young man in front of him with a weird look.
It was not the young man’s name that made him look weird, but the surname Muhan...
If Kou Ji remembers correctly, the first caliph was Muhan, and the most orthodox caliphs of the next few people also have this surname.
Although it was passed down to the end, the Muhan family lost control of the Caliph.
But the Muhan family has always had a lofty position in Baghdad.
No matter who sits in the position of the caliph in Baghdad, there is no way to affect the position of the Muhan family.
No wonder Hatuk would be so humbled in front of him.
His status in Baghdad should not be low.
The young man didn't even know that Kou Ji had guessed his identity through his surname, where he was still explaining his identity in crappy Chinese.
After explaining for a long time, seeing Kou Ji still looking at him indifferently, he could only let Hatuk act as an interpreter in the middle.
After Khatuk’s translation, Kou Ji learned that the young man was an envoy in the Sky City and a student under the Caliphate.
He sent to the Song Dynasty on behalf of the Caliph this time just to negotiate with Kou Ji.
If Koj promised them to preach, and promised to make the young man the king of religion, the Caliph would offer his hands to the Wisdom Hall in Baghdad.
If Kou Ji does not agree, they will not spread any books to Song Dynasty.
One third of the books sent this time are their sincerity.
"We are sincere and disappointed that General Kou can help us... A third of the books in the Baghdad Wisdom Museum are enough to drive any western country into madness. Now we don't charge you any payment, only hope that you can help us Preaching in Song Kingdom..."
The young people of Koj and Hatuk call themselves generals, and Koj feels very strange.
He felt that according to the Western address of aristocrats, they should call themselves Grand Duke or Duke.
But after a careful search of the memories in his mind, Kou Ji understood.
The so-called "gong, marquis, uncle, son, male" and other titles systems in the West were not invented by Westerners.
But when the sages of the Han family were translating, they put it on in order to facilitate the Han family to understand the Western noble system.
So the young man and Hatuk called him a general, but he could understand one or two.
After listening to Khatuk's words carefully, Kou Ji stared at the young man and smiled faintly: "You are eager to preach in my Song Dynasty, is it because the caliph in Baghdad has completely lost power
The kings have begun to peek at his position, so he has to find another way out? "
After saying this, Kou Ji's smile was very bright.
The young man looked at Kou Ji like a devil.
Kou Ji stared at the young man and continued: "Don't think that I am in the far east and don't understand the situation of your eclipse. Perhaps, I know the situation of your eclipse better than you.
So you don't need to fool me with those false words.
It is impossible for you to preach, but others can be discussed. "
The young man stared at Kou Ji, his face solemnly said a big talk.
Hatuk said solemnly, "I don't believe what you said..."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "Can the apples picked from the tree be hung on the tree again and become a divine fruit? Milk and mixed honey are poured into the river that surrounds the city of the sky. Is it a long time? Doesn't it stink?"
The young man was shocked and stared at Kou Ji and shouted in horror.
Hatuk also translated with a look of horror, "You have been to the Sky City..."
Kou Ji sighed: "I've been there."
"Impossible, as far as I know, you have never left Da Song."
This is not what the young man said, but Khatuk.
Kou Ji smiled calmly: "I haven't been in this life, but I may have been in the previous life. Don't you firmly believe that there is a god in this world?"
Hatuk looked at the young man in a daze.
The young man opened his mouth several times, but in the end he didn't say a word.
The young man wanted to snarled at Kou Ji, telling Kou Ji that there is no god in this world, and everything in the Sky City is to deceive the foolish people, and is a means to rule the civilians and slaves.
But he did not dare to shout.
Because once he shouted out, the big cannibals who followed him would definitely collapse in faith and be completely crazy.
This is actually quite ironic.
The young man came from the city in the sky, from the place closest to God, from the holy place in the hearts of believers.
But his belief in God is not as firm as the believers.
This is no fault of him.
He lived in the city of the sky and witnessed how those so-called miracles were born, and he naturally doubted God in his heart.
The young man's heart was rolling, but there was not much expression on his face. He stared at Kou Ji and said a word.
Khatuk immediately translated, "The Caliph is the ruler of God..."
Kou Ji shrugged and said faintly: "But it doesn't belong to the Muhan family anymore..."
Kou Ji's words completely broke all the lines of defense in the young man's heart.
Through these words, Koj told the young man that he not only understands the current situation of the Caliph in Baghdad, but also understands the situation of the former Baghdad.
The time when the Muhan family sat in the position of the caliph can be traced back more than three hundred years ago.
In other words, Koj understands Baghdad's nearly three hundred years of history.
Any lies of the young people will be seen through by Kou Ji at a glance.
The young man can't lie to Kou Ji, so he can only tell the truth to Kou Ji.
"We need to preach in the Song Dynasty... This is the condition for us to hand over the Wisdom Hall..."
The young man stared at Kou Ji stubbornly.
Hatuk immediately translated it to Koj.
Kou Ji stared at the young man and questioned: "Why do I preach in the Song Dynasty? Isn't it developing well in Baghdad? It has penetrated into the hearts of everyone in the West, and the West is the best place for him to grow up."
The young man looked a little dim and said: "The kings have betrayed the Caliph..."
Koj said frankly: "But the kings did not rebel against God, the light of God still spread on the western land, and the people and slaves still obeyed God's words. Perhaps the kings felt that the caliph had lost the favor of God, so they wanted Instead of the Caliph, continue to spread the glory of God in the world."
The young man stared at Kou Ji and defended: "Only the Caliph is the ruler of God, and everyone else is heresy."
Kou Ji said seriously: "Then you should find a way to eradicate those who have seized the power of the Caliph, instead of looking at me. Your goal is to get the Caliph to regain power, not to leave a fire for religion.
You don't have to preach in my Da Song Dynasty, and then wait for the power of religion to affect the entire Da Song Dynasty, and then use this to control the Da Song Dynasty. "
Kou Ji pointed to the land under his feet, and solemnly said to the young man: "This land belongs only to the people standing on it, and only people on this land who can rule this land are recognized by the people.
No religion can subvert the will of the people in this land.
Any religion that attempts to subvert all of these will suffer a disaster. "
The young man stared at Kou Ji and said solemnly, "Who said this?"
He didn't ask Khatuk to translate, he spoke himself, using stubborn Chinese.
Kou Ji stared at the young man, and said loudly: "I said! Not only did I say that, I will do it."
The young man was slightly taken aback when he heard Kou Ji's words, and then a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes.
After entering the territory of the Song Dynasty, the young people carefully watched the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was indeed powerful.
But compared to when religion was most glorious, it was not as good.
When religion was at its most glorious, all, all its enemies shivered under the iron hoof of religion.
Although the religion is now divided into various factions, the strength of the religion is still beyond doubt.
The young people felt that Da Song was not a religious opponent.
Kou Ji's words cannot be fulfilled.
The young man stared at Kou Ji and said, "Then we... don't have to talk?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "I will not allow you to preach in the Song Dynasty, but I can help the Caliph to take back his own power from the kings."
The young man didn't even conceal it, and shook his head directly, "Impossible..."
Kou Ji did not speak to the young man anymore, but instead ordered the eunuch to recruit a soldier guarding the gate of the Zichen Temple.
After the soldiers enter the hall.
Kou Ji took out the saber from the soldier's waist and slashed it on the soldier's chest.
The saber flickered a spark on the soldier's chest, but did not cut the soldier's armor.
The soldiers seemed to have expected this result long ago, so they stood still and didn't move.
Kou Ji pointed to the armor on the soldiers and said to the young humanity: "The Caliph is still influential inside and outside Baghdad. If he needs people, he should be able to attract a large number of people.
As long as you can cover the price, we will have as many as we need for similar armors. "
The young man looked at the armor on the soldier, a strange color flashed in his eyes, but he did not speak.
Although the soldiers don't wear steppers, they are first-class armors.
There are similarly sophisticated plate armors in Baghdad, but the number is not large, and only some elites of the kings are qualified to be equipped.
The value of such a sophisticated armor is certainly not low.
The Caliph now does not have enough money to buy armor.
Kou Ji knew that a set of simple and sophisticated armor was not enough to attract the attention of young people.
Because they can get the iron more easily than Da Song.
So there is enough good iron to forge good armor.
Kou Ji continued: "I know that this kind of armor is not enough to attract your attention. But I must tell you that this kind of armor can only be regarded as ordinary armor in my Da Song."
The young man was slightly moved when he heard this, but still did not speak.
Seeing this, Kou Ji continued: "Perhaps we can talk about how to play war. We have been studying war for thousands of years."
A trace of doubt appeared in the young man's eyes.
Obviously, I didn't believe it a little bit.