"Aladdin, do you know that the caliph and Baghdad are about to be in trouble?"

In the cabin of the "Allah Great" large food galley warship, Ji Yi met Bai Siwen, who had taken over the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce. He called Bai Siwen "Aladdin", because each generation of the head of the Bai family, that is, the head of the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce, called himself "Aladdin". "Aladdin" is a "merchant name" that can be inherited.

By the way, the use of an unchanging "merchant name" that was passed down from generation to generation was relatively popular in ancient China. The same is true of Ji Yi's family, the name of the businessman who is in charge is "Ji Bai", also known as Dongfang Ji Bai. This "Ji Bai" is Ji Yi's cousin, whose real name is Ji Yun.

"The caliph is protected by the Turks and protected by the true gods, so I don't need to worry about it as a merchant."

In this case, Bai Siwen didn't dare to say it in front of Wu Haogu. Because these words are a bit towards the caliph, he regards himself as the people of the caliphate, not the people of Zhao Ji...... However, Ji Yi is a demon cultist, and he is shoulder to shoulder with the people of the caliphate, so no one should look down on anyone.

"Since Brother Aladdin is talking about business, then we are talking about business, right?" Ji Yi looked at Bai Siwen, "Ling Lang can bring it?" ”

Bai Siwen Bai Jiyi meant, nodded stiffly.

"Then let him go with me later," Ji Yi said with a smile...... "This is just to teach him some Confucianism along the way, and in a few years, you can let him try the imperial examination." ”

This is a hostage request.

"The child asked him to follow Brother Yizhi, but he didn't have to teach him." Bai Siwen shook his head and said, "The children of the Bai family will no longer take the imperial examination in the future." ”

"What?" Ji Yi was stunned, "Why don't you take the test?" I've taken so many generations, maybe I'll be in it! Aladdin, I heard that your eldest son is a famous prodigy in Quanzhou. ”

Bai Siwen looked at Ji Yi, "Brother Yi, Ling Lang still plans to take the path of mastery in the imperial examination?" ”

"That's right!" Ji recalled, "If the puppy has the talent to make a fuss, let him follow the path of the left list." Otherwise, go to the Gezhi School Palace and become a right-list jinshi in the future...... Aladdin, why are you shaking your head? ”

Aladdin said: "Remember, I believe in the God of Light in your family, but I didn't expect it...... I actually learned empirical evidence and heresies. ”

Does it matter?

Ji Yi didn't figure it out!

Although he was a Manichaean, he was still a Chinese at heart, and his way of thinking was handed down from the "Zhou Li", focusing on worshipping God rather than believing in God. He worships the god of light just because he is more "effective" and ensures that his family is promoted and rich. To be a fanatic, he is too far away.

Although the Bai Siwen family has lived in China for many years, their way of thinking is still orthodox Tianfang. He believed in the true God and that the Prophet Muhammad was the last messenger of the true God to the earth.

Therefore, the ideological origin of him and Ji Yi is different. Ji Yi can accept "positivism", "rationalism", "Manichaeism", "Buddhism", "Taoism", and "Tianli Theory" at the same time - this guy burns incense, worships Buddha, tells fortunes, and looks at feng shui.

But Bai Siwen can't accept this, although he drinks wine and eats pork, but he won't burn incense to worship the Buddha and ask divination, nor will he find a Taoist priest to find a treasure cave for his ancestors. Positivist Confucianism, which places God in a "hypothesis" and uses empirical evidence to test and reason to infer it, is of course extremely disgusting.

This is blasphemous!

If it weren't for the fact that the doctors of the Yuntai Academy seemed to be very reasonable, he would have gone to them to reason a long time ago.

Of course, Bai Siwen is not a fanatic. If it weren't for the fact that there are too many blasphemous ideas in Positivism and Reason, he would have accepted it.

"Over there in Quanzhou, many people already hate the Yuntai Academy!" Bai Siwen looked at Ji Yidao.

"Really?" Ji Yi was a little nervous, "They want to go to the Yuntai Academy Palace to find a discussion?" ”

"No," Bai Siwen shook his head, "Heavenly Sectarians don't talk to blasphemers......"

Yes, to speak well is to question God! If you don't reason well, you have to talk about convincing people with virtue...... Armed Doctor's "Sword and Shield Stream" is no joke! And if it was cut down, there was no place to reason.

Bai Siwen lowered his voice: "But there will be someone blocking our westward journey!" ”

"Who?"

"What is the most common name of the Sriwijayaya person?"

"Pu!"

Ji Yi's brows furrowed.

The word "sririjaya" in the Srivijaya language can be transliterated as "pu". Therefore, there are some Tianfang merchants who trade in the Three Buddhas, and they also call themselves "Pu XX", which is the meaning of Mr. XX. And when they did business in China, "Pu" became a surname again.

Therefore, in Guangzhou and Quanzhou, there are many Tianfang believers with the surname Pu. Among them, the most powerful is Guangzhou Pu Ali (which is also a merchant name).

"Pu Ali dares to go against the imperial court?" Ji Yi's face sank, "This is a rebellion!" ”

"Of course Pu Ali wouldn't dare," Bai Siwen said, "but the Pu family of the Three Buddhas would dare...... Their family has been operating in Sriwijaya for hundreds of years, is it so easy to shake? ”

Half of the reason why Arab maritime merchants were able to monopolize the windfall profits of East-West trade for a long time in this era was because of their long-term operations in the Strait of Malacca.

Although the local kingdom of Sriwijaya does not believe in Celestial Buddhism, it is heavily influenced by Indian civilization, using Sanskrit and practicing Buddhism and Brahmanism. However, the influence of the Celestial Sect merchants in the strait region cannot be ignored.

"What about a few hundred years?" Ji Yi sneered, "This official brought an army of 15,000 this time, even if the Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom is destroyed, it will be destroyed." ”

"Sriwijaya is a big country!" Bai Siwen reminded.

Ji Yi smiled: "Then let's see!" ”

……

"Brother Ping, let's meet again!"

"Yes, if you say goodbye this time, I don't know when we will see you again?"

"A year or two at most, right? On the day of the triumph of the class, a certain person must go to Lingzhou to greet him. ”

When Ji Yi's fleet, oh, it should have been when the Peace Mission left the Goto Islands, and then the north wind sailed south. Zhang Yuan also took his army of indoctrination regiments and drove from Jiehe Shang City to Luoyang Baibo by boat.

Wu Haogu, who had been a military envoy for a period of time, asked Zhao Ji for his will and went to Baibo to send Zhang Ai.

After exchanging a few words with Zhang Yuan, Wu Haogu and Zhang Yuan reviewed the apologetics of the education group together. In fact, it was to watch thousands of people disembark from hundreds of gangboats and form a formation in the open space near the White Wave Pier.

The one who commanded the troops to disembark and carry the supplies was Ma Zheng, the chief military officer of the Great Education and Chemical Regiment. Although he did not really command the army, as a "military observer", he stayed for a long time in the Hushui Department of the Birth Girl Zhen Force, and also saw how these birth girls Zhen Dangda broke tens of thousands with 500 and lost their armor against the Goryeo.

And Ma Zheng, who returned from pressing the tiger water, became the deputy director of the Knight Academy, and at the same time was a hardcore heavy cavalry faction - among the professors of the Knight Academy, there is now an academic dispute between the "heavy cavalry faction" and the "spear faction".

The Heavy Cavalry believed that armoured cavalry was the core of the army, and that they could destroy all enemies, including pikemen. Of course, armored cavalry can't stupidly ram into a line of pikemen.

The pikemen, on the other hand, believed that pikemen were cheap and easy to train, making them the key to victory in war. A small number of heavy cavalry, even with the cover of light cavalry, could not break through a large group of infantry with pikemen as the core, covered by sword and shield men (or axemen), crossbowmen and light cavalry......

In this expedition to the west, both schools of tactics sent military jiyi, representing the heavy cavalry faction was Ma Zheng, and the spear faction was represented by Wang Yan, who had commanded pikemen in the war with the Western Xia.

Just when Ma Zheng was in line at the headquarters, Wang Yan had already come to salute Wu Haogu and Zhang Yuan.

"Yes, in a short period of time, the team has been brought out, and there are talents!"

Wu Haogu praised Wang Yan in his mouth, but he was actually not satisfied with the performance of the thousands of mercenary foot soldiers. However, the hundreds of armored horsemen that Ma Zheng is responsible for training have a decent appearance, and they look like they are elite - of course, these hundreds of armored horses cannot be compared with the fake knights and the knights in front of the palace, and there are still too few excellent knights, even Wu Haogu can't take too much.

These heavy cavalry, with the Doctor of the Protector (about 100 people) as the core, fought according to the principle of "slow, strict, and impactful".

That is, sacrificing speed in exchange for the rigor of the shape, and can only perform pistol charges, and cannot engage in solo combat or mounted archery combat (except for using a crossbow to shoot a shot).

Hearing Wu Haogu's praise, Wang Yan grinned: "Du Junji, are you hurting me?" These recruits haven't been trained yet! The main reason is that there is too much shortage of young generals, and there is no dragon warrior to make a skeleton...... But don't worry, if you practice again after you arrive in the northwest, you can still fight. ”

In fact, Wang Yan has no "non-commissioned officers" available, and the dragon warriors are all veterans and miscellaneous military ministers, who are very fierce and have rich combat experience, and can suppress the situation, and the soldiers below are afraid of them. Using them as non-commissioned officers, and using the equally fierce imperial knights as officers, can naturally "force" the government soldiers out.

However, Wang Yan now has no dragon warriors, no experienced knights, not even fake knights, and can only rely on the students of the Knight Academy to command. And these students are not fierce enough and lack the experience of leading troops, so it is no wonder that the troops are loose.

But it's not a big deal...... Because the opponent to fight this time is not strong, but the fish belly of the black sweat Uighur. And the main force is still the Hexi Army!

At this time, Ma Zheng also came to salute Wu Haogu. Wu Haogu nodded in return, and then said to Ma Zheng: "Zhongfu, when you arrive in the northwest, you must pay attention to Gao Xuanshuai's black-armored cavalry and the iron harrier of the Hexi Army, and then report back to the Dujun Machinery Division." If you have the opportunity, observe the Shuofang Army again, and also write a text to report to the Military Aircraft Division.

In addition, Su Zhilian has already gone to the northwest to recruit cavalry, and you can choose some of them who can charge heavy cavalry, and strive to train 1000 armored cavalry. ”