Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu didn't know much about the New World, because the Taoist sect's center of gravity was not there.

Daomen is not an empire that expands outwards. In essence, it still continues the tribute system of the ancient Central Plains, whether it is Borneo or Fenglinzhou, it has been since ancient times. These small countries have not only been influenced by the civilization of the Central Plains for a long time and have become part of the Confucian system, but also have a large number of Central Plains people immigrating there, which is the basis for their existence.

Even if they send out troops, they still have a reputation. For example, Dongposuo was invited to send troops to help the countries in Dongposuo resist the Westerners. Another example is Fenglinzhou, which is revenge, and the revenge of ten lives can still be repaid.

This is also why the Taoist sect has developed into a dualistic structure. Countries such as Weiyuan Kingdom, Dayu Kingdom, Funan Kingdom, and Java Kingdom did not become part of Daxuan, let alone annexed, but became vassal states of Daxuan. The common point is that they all believe in Taoism and are integrated into a whole through Taoism.

To use an inappropriate analogy, this is like a big tree, Daxuan is the main trunk, the other countries are the branches, and the Dao Sect is more like the crown. Both the trunk and the branches are covered by the crown, and the crown is supported by the branches.

There is no doubt that the backbone is the foundation, so Daxuan is called the Lower Dao Sect.

Regarding the New World, Daomen did not act excessively. After all, Daomen was not a Westerner.

However, as the Westerners invaded the New World on a large scale, Daomen came up with a plan to help the aborigines of the New World resist foreign aggression and gain independence as soon as possible.

The Dao Sect's proposition is very simple. To put it bluntly, the New World is not the New World of the Dao Sect, nor the New World of the Holy Court. It has an owner, and the property must be returned to its original owner.

The Holy Court naturally disagreed, but it was unreasonable, so it came up with a set of classic religious theories. It is nothing more than that this land is a land of gifts from the Supreme Will and a country chosen by heaven. They occupy this place because they follow the teachings of the Supreme Will and it is just and legal. As for the aboriginal people, they are sinners who believe in the devil. They must be eliminated and obey the laws of nature.

Followers of the Holy Order believe that the Supreme Will has made a pact with them and chosen them to lead the rest of the world's nations. Now it seems that the Taoist sect cannot be defeated, and since it is unable to lead for the time being, it can only settle for the next best thing.

This leads to a story. The Golden Horde Khan once summoned missionaries to ask about this matter. A missionary replied that it was indeed the case. The Khan asked them: "Since your gods have made an agreement with you, why do you still Not to lead the world?" The missionary replied: "The time has not yet come, and there is no such method." The Khan said angrily, "I have such a method" and then had the missionary dragged out and executed.

The idea here is the same. The time has not yet come and there is no means to lead the East, but we can lead the New World first.

So the Holy Court preached about the city on the top of the mountain. The believers came to the New World to seek salvation. Their mission was to personally transcend the old world.

Faced with the increasing pressure of the Holy Court, Daomen sent the Xidaomen of that year to take root in the New World and help and support the aborigines of the New World through Xidaomen.

To the aborigines, one is a bandit who seizes land and massacres, and the other is a friend from the east who constantly provides help. It is clear at a glance who is good and who is bad.

Over the years, with the strong support of the Taoist sect, the resistance in the New World has been surging. After nearly a hundred years of war, the Holy See believers and the aborigines of the New World have probably maintained a confrontation between the north and the south.

Under the attack of the Holy Court, city-states in the northern part of the New World perished one after another. The survivors retreated to the south and formed an alliance with the aboriginal people in the south, making the southern part of the New World the base camp of the aboriginal people. Various cultures blended here. Under the mediation of Taoism, a new empire was established. In sixty years, this huge empire was unified and its territory covered almost the entire southern continent.

The empire was named "Tawanting". This empire had no subordinate relationship with Daomen and could only be regarded as allies. However, Xidaomen had a great influence in the New World and indirectly played a role in preaching. This is not the original intention of the Taoist sect, but the Taoist sect is also happy to see the results. This is probably because the flowers planted intentionally do not bloom, but the willows planted unintentionally create shade.

The beliefs of these indigenous people are not firm, or in other words, they are not fanatical. They can tolerate the existence of many gods, so strange scenes like this often appear in the southern continent. You can see the Supreme and the Supreme gathering together. Orientals may not take it seriously, because Orientals do many things, such as placing Buddha statues in Taoist temples, and they don't find it strange.

But when Westerners see this scene, they will definitely be very angry, their faces will turn red, and veins will burst out on their foreheads, followed by some difficult words, such as "heretics", "heresies", and "burn to death". You're going to hell" and so on, and the atmosphere became scary.

"Paititi" marked on the map is located within the Tawanting Empire.

If Wang Jiaohe wanted to escape to that place, that would make sense. First, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, beyond the reach of a whip; second, it is relatively friendly to Easterners.

Qi Xuansu looked at the map carefully and wanted to remember it in his mind, but found that it was a little difficult and easy to miss some small details when he had never been there before, so he asked Xiao Yin: "Don't you have a big brush?"

Xiao Yin was a little confused, but instinctively he was a little wary: "The brush is too big and cannot be used to draw maps."

Qi Xuansu said: "I heard that Wanxiang Taoist Palace will hold a calligraphy and painting competition recently, and I plan to sign you up."

Xiao Yin refused without thinking: "I can't draw or write. It's as ugly as a dog crawling."

Qi Xuansu said: "It is because you are ugly that I let you participate in the competition and learn from others. There are professional teachers there. I have taken care of everything and provide one-on-one tutoring."

Qi Xuansu said earnestly: "After all, you have to do some serious things in the future. You can't just eat and play all day long. If you mark people's calligraphy, it will be like a dog crawling. What will it look like? Painting is also a must. This is the basic skill of a Taoist priest. If you make a single mistake when drawing a talisman, the talisman will be broken. You can't be careless about this, and Zhang Cixi also agrees."

Xiao Yin shook his head like a rattle: "I won't go. In fact, my handwriting is very good. Grandpa praised me. I can also draw. I am not good at landscape. I am good at drawing talismans. There is no need to learn."

Qi Xuansu pretended to be doubtful: "Really? My requirements are not high. You don't need to draw the talisman on the spot. There is a map here. You draw it against this map. If you can draw something similar, I will tell Zhang Ci that I won't let you Participate in this competition.”

Xiao Yin thought for a while, took out a big brush, and drew a picture of the map. Not to mention that it was exactly the same, there was probably nothing wrong with it.

Of course, this is mainly due to the "magic power" in Xiao Yin's hands. This semi-immortal object has a certain correction function. Qi Xuansu also took a fancy to this and deliberately let Xiao Yin copy the map.

Qi Xuansu was very satisfied, so he put the imitation map in his bag and put the original back.

Xiao Yin blinked and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Qi Xuansu didn't give Xiao Yin time to think about it, and immediately changed the subject: "In a few days, we will go back to Lion City. I plan to buy you some gifts. I recently asked Chen Jianchou to find out that he has a complete set of "Tao Te Ching" ", "Nan Hua Sutra", "Dadong Sutra", hardcover edition, and also has special annotations, suitable for enlightenment, do you want it? "

As expected, Xiao Yin's attention was diverted and he refused: "I don't want it. I get dizzy when I see these words...I can recite them a long time ago. If you don't believe me, I will recite them to you. The Tao can be said, it is very Tao, and it has a name. Very famous..."

Qi Xuansu raised his hand and interrupted her: "Well, don't buy this. Then buy some musical instruments. These things are more elegant. The so-called piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you said that your calligraphy and painting are fine, I believe you, you have to choose the same piano and chess. , I personally prefer guzheng, which is more suitable for women. You see, those fairies are all dressed in white. It is best to wear a veil, and then play the piano, and the fairy spirit is fluttering. It is also good for Go, a chessboard made of a whole piece of jade, jade. The chess pieces you make will last you a lifetime. Have you heard the story about the bad guy? Even if the ax is broken, the chessboard will not be broken. This is the advantage of jade."

Xiao Yin still shook his head and said: "My arms are not long enough and the guzheng is too big. Things like Go are too expensive."

Xiao Yin suddenly became considerate: "Lao Qi, I know you don't have much money. Let's just forget about Go made of jade. It's too expensive and it's not good for your reputation."

Qi Xuansu nodded happily: "You are right, I have three virtues, which are kindness, frugality, and dare not be the first in the world. We still have to keep in mind the teachings of Taishang Taozu. In this case, can two theater tickets be enough? "

Xiao Yin nodded and said, "Okay."

In this way, Qi Xuansu sent Xiao Yin away with two theater tickets worth one hundred Taiping coins, and got a map of Paititi in vain.

No matter how you look at it, this is a very cost-effective deal.

It's like playing cards. Qi Xuansu has mastered the ability to create cards in the void, and Xiao Yin will always lose no matter how he plays.

Just as the two of them were talking, a sudden roar came over, it was Master Jiang Da.

From a long distance away, Master Jiang Da saw Wang Jiaohe's headless body, and he couldn't help but feel emotional in his heart.

Qi Xuansu pulled Xiao Yin and saluted Master Jiang Da.

Master Jiang Dazhen slowly lowered his figure and asked, knowingly: "Is this Wang Jiaohe?"

"Yes, Wang Jiaohe intended to defect. I followed the instructions of the Taoist sect and used necessary means. Wang Jiaohe has been killed." Qi Xuansu replied, "I plan to let the people from the Requiem Division handle it."

Master Jiang Daren nodded: "That's fine."

Qi Xuansu took out Wang Jiaohe's sumeru objects and jade ruler and gave them to Jiang Dazhen.

Jiang Dazhen glanced casually: "Tianyuan, you handled it very well, you have merit. But next you have to do one more thing, and that is the reorganization of Nanyang United Trading Company. You should know that now Dao Sect's The financial situation is not optimistic. Fenglinzhou has to clean up the mess, and the New World needs blood transfusions. It’s all about money. "

"Yes." Qi Xuansu hurriedly responded seriously.

Master Jiang Da took a look at Xiao Yin, who was hiding behind Qi Xuansu and clutching the crane cloak tightly, and couldn't help but laugh: "My little Taoist friend, you have also made merit, and you will be promoted to the third rank of Youyi Taoist Priest just around the corner."