As soon as this troop of soldiers and horses arrived, the market was in a panic, and all the traders were in danger and lowered their heads to avoid them.
It can be seen that no one is afraid of these people's domineering behavior.
"Master, don't be afraid, this is Shancheng's temple army! They will not embarrass the Han people."
Xiang Chenglin chuckled.
Liu Zheng was surprised. He looked carefully and saw that this team of nearly fifty people actually only had ten cavalry. The others were infantry wearing Loulan's characteristic military uniforms and holding swords. Liu Zheng was very interested. The swords of these Loulan soldiers were all the same as those of Loulan soldiers.
The ones from the Longyan Dynasty are different, with scimitars, long swords, daggers, and felt hats and sheepskin coats. It seems that most of the troops in the Loulan Kingdom are crossbowmen, and there are not many cavalry. This is still a bit different from the Turkic cavalry in Liu Zheng's impression.
Different.
The ethnic group here in Loulan should be of Turkic descent, but they do not have as many cavalry as the Xiongnu. This is probably due to differences in religious beliefs. Liu Zheng knew that there are many temples in Loulan, and this temple is similar to Islam in later generations.
The entire country is a union of politics and religion. In Loulan, there are divine envoys from the temple, and their status in Loulan is even comparable to that of a king.
As expected.
The pair of temple soldiers came here and started a rough search, but what surprised Liu Zheng was that they did not criticize Long Yan or the Han people too harshly, and even ignored them without even looking at them.
"Why is this?"
Liu Zheng asked in surprise.
Xiang Chenglin chuckled and said, "Haha, the young master doesn't know something. This is a characteristic of Loulan. How about I dare to invite the young master to sit in my Rongxiang store?"
Liu Zheng and others naturally agreed. It could be seen that Xiang Chenglin's reputation in this good city was not small. Many passers-by greeted him respectfully. After walking around a few streets, they came to a quite large inn called
Rongxiang Inn.
"Shopkeeper, you're here, it's been a hard journey!"
The innkeeper ran out immediately.
"Serve the wine, serve the good wine! Bring out that drunken Yinzhou, I want to have a good drink with Mr. Liu!"
Xiang Chenglin is very generous.
The boss was startled. Drunken Yinzhou? This wine is the treasure of Rongxiang Inn. Without fifty taels of silver, it is absolutely impossible to get it. He thought to himself that this young man seems to be very unusual, so he quickly ordered the wine to be prepared.
vegetable.
Drunk in Yinzhou?
Liu Zheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had long been tired of drinking the wine he brewed himself. He originally wanted to come to Loulan and try the famous highland barley wine here, but it seems that he has no chance for the time being.
Xiang Chenglin is a good guide.
While several people were drinking, he talked about the situation in the Loulan Kingdom. Liu Zheng and others also listened with interest.
It turns out that the Kingdom of Loulan used to be a very small town. Just like Loulan in the previous life, it had a population of less than 20,000 and only occupied this good city. But hundreds of years ago, the temple suddenly appeared in Loulan
Within the territory, large-scale preaching was carried out.
At first, Loulan Royal Court didn't pay attention.
But who would have thought that this temple was like a prairie fire, unstoppable. Soon, the entire Loulan people became temple believers.
At this time, the king began to worry. He suppressed several times, but to no avail. He almost aroused public outrage and was overthrown by the temple. So, when the internal strife was extremely serious, the royal court and the temple finally reached an agreement to co-operate.
Loulan!
The royal court governs the secular world, and the temple governs faith.
But what surprised King Loulan was that his compromise had expanded the territory of Loulan Kingdom several times! You know, the expansion rate of religious belief is faster than that of the army. Soon, with the help of the temple,
Next, the Kingdom of Loulan not only expanded its territory, but also successfully traded with the Arabs in the West, becoming the largest country in the Western Region. While the king was happy, he was also worried about the temple's too great influence.
So, the king came up with a way!
The temple led the people to believe in religion, and the royal court called on people to learn from the powerful Han people! It must be said that the previous King of Loulan was indeed a talent. He began to introduce Han culture, Han habits, clothing, and ancient books
, talents, used to fight against the temple. The Han culture itself is regarded as a high civilization among ethnic minorities like Loulan who used to drink blood. This trick has indeed achieved results, making the Loulan Royal Court increasingly powerful and always competing with the temple.
, continues to this day.
Therefore, in Loulan, as long as they are Han Chinese, they will receive special treatment.
Liu Zheng was amazed when he heard this, so now in Loulan, there are two ideologies confronting each other.
Xiang Chenglin drank a few cups of drunken Yinzhou and laughed and said: "That being said, the temple army will not embarrass us today. But a few days ago, the King of Loulan was newly mourned, and there was a fierce fight in the country.
Master, if you want to go to Kucheng, you have to be very careful!"