Chapter 383 Golden Hoop, Iron Bar, Small Leather Skirt
Chapter 383 Golden hoop, iron rod, small leather skirt
After thinking about it, Su Chen continued to say to Xuanzang: "When the time comes, I will ask someone to find a smarter monkey for you, and let them train it so that it can play with a stick or something."
As soon as Su Chen finished speaking, His Majesty Li Er called for a hundred knights, and then gave instructions on finding and training monkeys.
After Bai Qi left with a confused look on his face, Su Chen continued to talk to Xuanzang in detail.
"When the time comes, this monkey will be your great disciple, and his name will be Wukong. You can also call it Sun Wukong at ordinary times."
"If anyone asks, just press the button above."
What?
Let a monkey be his apprentice?
And you gave it a Dharma name so quickly?
After Su Chen's actions, Xuanzang became confused.
Ignoring the stunned Xuanzang, Su Chen continued to speak vividly: "Then the monkey will be dressed according to my portrait. The gold hoop, iron rod, and small leather skirt are all indispensable!"
Although what Su Chen did seemed very weird, Xuanzang knew that the young man in front of him who seemed to be behaving a little out of character was the Protector of the Tang Dynasty!
So no matter what he says, just do it!
Is it possible that someone would come to harm me, a little-known monk?
"Don't worry, Lord Protector. I have remembered everything you said and I will definitely comply with it."
Xuanzang said.
"Um."
Su Chen nodded with satisfaction, and such a picture appeared in his mind.
As the sun sets, a monk rides a white horse, and then a strangely dressed monkey follows closely beside him...
Not bad, it does have an internal flavor!
Unconsciously, a strange smile appeared on Su Chen's lips.
Seeing Su Chen's inexplicable smile, His Majesty Li Er became even more puzzled.
What on earth is this kid going to do that makes him so happy?
Is there something wrong with your brain?
Just when His Majesty Li Er was making various speculations, Su Chen spoke again.
"Master, when the time comes, you won't have to ride a carriage to Tianzhu. I'll choose a good white horse for you and ride there."
"You should be able to ride a horse, right?"
Hearing this, Xuanzang felt like crying but had no tears left.
I am just an ordinary monk, I don't know much about equestrian skills, and Tianzhu is a hundred thousand miles away from the Tang Dynasty. If I were to go through this, would my small body be able to bear it?
"I...I can do it..." Xuanzang replied helplessly.
"Um."
Su Chen nodded slightly and said: "Master, don't worry, as long as you do it well, I will definitely not treat you badly when you come back. At that time, I will have people build a temple in Luozhou and let you explain the things of foreign lands."
Cultural characteristics."
Suddenly remembering something, Su Chen added: "One more thing is that after you complete your missionary mission, you have to travel to the countries in the Western Regions."
Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er frowned and said, "Why do you want to go to the Western Regions?
Now that Tubo has been defeated, why go to the Western Regions when you can go directly from the Tubo Plateau?
Isn’t this a lot of detours?”
Su Chen said: "This is not a question of whether there are more roads or not. Although the countries in the Western Regions have now been included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, we know very little about them."
"If we can't understand their culture and geography, how can we better manage them?"
"What you learn on paper is ultimately shallow. Some things can only be understood by seeing them in person."
"If the foundation cannot be laid now, then hundreds of years later they will still stick to their own culture and fail to fully integrate with the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't that mean they have planted the seeds of hidden dangers?"
Under Su Chen's righteous words, His Majesty Li Er could not find anything to refute.
Although I still felt that something was wrong with what Su Chen did, it seemed that he was right about what he said.
However, obviously according to the current trend, those foreigners are not that far away from becoming real people of the Tang Dynasty, so why is Su Chen so sure?
"Let me ask you, are you ready to do something else?
Is it related to those newly occupied territories?”
His Majesty Li Er asked.
"Yes."
Su Chen nodded solemnly and continued: "I asked the mage to do this, actually to pave the way for the future. As long as I can collect enough information, I can plan the best method, which will not only consolidate Datang's control over them.
The control can also speed up the development!”
What Su Chen said was naturally to deceive His Majesty Li Er.
The reason why he arranged Xuanzang in this way was actually to let him compile "Travel Notes of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty".
But he couldn't say these words directly to His Majesty Li Er. If he did, he might not be able to explain them clearly for three days and three nights.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Su Chen decided to carry out the deception to the end!
He knew that if it had anything to do with national security, even if His Majesty Li Er didn't believe it, he would definitely agree.
On this point, Su Chen had already grasped Li Er to death.
"Okay, then everything will be as you said, but if you really just want to collect information about the Western Regions, why not let Baiqisi come?"
"Whether it's the speed or quality of intelligence collection, they are all professional and have enough manpower, which can save a lot of time."
Su Chen had long thought that His Majesty Li Er would ask this question, so he directly came up with the rhetoric tailor-made for His Majesty Li Er.
"I know that it is indeed better to do this with Baiqisi's ability."
Su Chen changed the topic and continued: "But you have to know that no one is perfect, and the same goes for Baiqisi. Although their intelligence organization capabilities are very strong, they have a very fatal shortcoming!"
"That is, when they collect information, they record it based on their own opinions and experiences, and do not start from the perspective of local people."
"This will make the information they collect too one-sided and incomplete and lack human touch."
"As a Buddhist, Master Xuanzang is approachable. He is very suitable for communicating with those foreign races and can obtain information about the most customary customs."
"Master Xuanzang, what do you think?"
Xuanzang was already stunned by Su Chen's words. When he heard Su Chen's question, he hurriedly replied: "Thank you Lord Protector for your attention. I will definitely complete this matter satisfactorily!"
In fact, Xuanzang was quite ruthless in his heart.
The combined area of the countries in the Western Regions is only much larger than that of the Tang Dynasty, and there are more than two hundred small countries!
If he were to travel, even if he recorded a country in just a few days, he would be very tired!
If he wants to complete Su Chen's task, he doesn't believe it won't take him ten years!
However, no matter how desperate Xuanzang was, he could only bite the bullet and get things done!
