Although the patrolling horse guards all obey Kou Ji's orders, there is still a difference between trivial and non-trivial matters.
The former is a retainer of the Kou Mansion.
The latter is more like a domestic servant of Kou Mansion.
As for the patrolling horse guards, there is no need for Kou Ji to give special instructions. It can be easily solved by sending the leader of the patrolling guards to deliver a message.
Kou Ji handed the invincible mine cannon to Zhu Neng on the spot and told Zhu Neng how to use it.
The artillery was not handed over to Zhu Neng, and was still in charge of the Kou government servants.
If Zhu Neng needs it, he can just ask the servants of the Kou Mansion.
After Zhu Neng got the invincible mine cannon, he immediately went out to experiment.
When I came back, my face was full of smiles and very proud.
It can be seen that Zhu Neng is very satisfied with the power of the invincible mine cannon.
After everything is settled.
The camels grilled by Hu merchants are almost the same.
Several Hu merchants carried camels to Zhu Neng's Chinese army tent.
Zhu Neng and Kou Ji were sitting in the tent.
The leader, an old and wrinkled Hu Shang, explained the roasted camel dish to Kou Ji and Zhu Neng in broken Chinese.
Hu Shang's Chinese is not standard, but he is very talkative.
In the process of explaining roasted camel, one interesting story after another was also elicited.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Neng clapped his hands and applauded.
Kou Ji finally understood after listening carefully to Hu Shang's explanation of the roasted camel dish.
The main dish of this dish is not camel, but eggs.
Kou Ji watched Hu Shang cut open the camel's belly with a sharp knife after explaining it, took out a sheep from it, and then cut open the sheep's belly.
In the belly of the sheep, there is a chicken.
pheasant.
There are several eggs hidden in the chicken's belly.
Wild eggs.
This dish was also eaten by Kou Ji in later generations.
It is far more gorgeous and beautiful than what you see now.
When Hu Shang carefully placed the eggs on a silver plate on the table in front of Zhu Neng and Kou Ji.
Zhu Neng couldn't wait to invite him: "Try it quickly, the taste is very unique..."
In Zhu Neng's eyes, such a luxurious way of cooking eggs can only be called unique.
After all, Zhu Neng, as a gourmet, has eaten countless delicacies from both mountains and seas.
There are not many foods that he can praise.
A few Hu merchants probably lacked some tools, and the way they roasted camels was a little wrong, so the eggs they cooked were a little unsatisfactory.
It is not easy to win praise from Zhu Neng.
Zhu Neng picked up the egg with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. While chewing, he winked at Kou Ji with satisfaction.
Kou Ji raised his chopsticks and picked up the eggs. He missed the eggs the first time and let the eggs slide along the edge of the chopsticks.
Kou Ji was slightly stunned.
Hu Shang very considerately gave Kou Ji a two-stranded fork.
Koji took the fork, pierced the egg, and took a bite.
It tastes delicious.
It tastes better than any steamed egg Koji has ever tasted.
Kou Ji enjoyed it greedily.
Seeing this, Hu Shang narrowed his eyes with a smile.
"Honorable Angel of Song Kingdom, are you satisfied with the delicacies presented by your humble servant Hatuk?"
When Kou Ji heard what Hu Shang said, he was slightly startled, put down the fork in his hand, and stared at the Hu Shang named Hatuk.
"Do you know who I am?"
Hatuk bowed humbly and said: "No one can stop your light... Your servant Hatuk came to you under the guidance of God."
Koji glanced at Hatuk up and down, then looked at Zhu Neng.
Zhu Neng swallowed the last egg on the plate, shrugged his shoulders and said to Kou Ji: "He is like this. He was like this when I first met him."
Kou Ji pondered: "I didn't see him in Shazhou."
Zhu Neng was stunned for a moment and said: "He was a Hu merchant who was doing business in the Western Regions. While doing business in Hexi, he was hit by Li Yuanhao and robbed everything. In order to redeem his life, he gave away all the wealth hidden in the Western Regions.
Dedicated to Li Yuanhao and took a life from Li Yuanhao.
When I conquered Guazhou, most of the people in Guazhou City had already been taken away by Li Yuanhao.
There are only some Hu merchants left.
In order to prevent Li Yuanhao's spies among them, I ordered them all to be killed."
Koji looked at Hatuk suspiciously.
Zhu Neng coughed dryly and said: "There are only a few of them left..."
Koji stared at Hatuk, thoughtfully.
Seeing this, Zhu Neng muttered: "Do you suspect that he is Li Yuanhao's spy?"
As soon as these words came out.
Hatuk shivered but said nothing.
He has lived for many years and has a profound understanding of the truth.
At this moment, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make.
If he wants to explain, he has to wait until the other party is willing to listen to his explanation.
After hearing Zhu Neng's words, Kou Ji shook his head and smiled, "That's not true. No matter how stupid Li Yuanhao is, he can't keep the spies on the surface. It's even more impossible for you to find out."
Zhu Neng nodded slowly.
Hartuk let out a sigh of relief.
Hearing Kou Ji change his subject, he added: "But their identity is somewhat doubtful after all. Now is a critical moment in our battle with Li Yuanhao. We cannot let them walk around the military camp at will.
Send people to take them into custody first, and then deal with them after the war is over."
When Hatuk heard this, he finally stopped being silent and hurriedly explained: "Honorable Angel of the Song Dynasty... your servant is just an ordinary businessman..."
Before Hatuk finished speaking, he was interrupted forcefully by Koji, "No need to say more..."
Kou Ji looked at Zhu Neng and said, "Send someone to escort them down and keep them under guard."
Zhu Neng had no objection to this, and immediately sent someone to take Hatuk and his party into custody.
Hatuk walked one by one.
Zhu Neng looked at Kou Ji suspiciously and said, "I sent someone to observe them myself. They are just ordinary businessmen. There is nothing special about them. Why do you want to imprison them?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "They are just ordinary businessmen in the Western Regions. Outside the Western Regions, that is not necessarily the case. They are not Li Yuanhao's spies, but they may not be other people's spies."
When Zhu Neng heard this, he became even more confused.
He didn't see anything special about Hatuk and his party at all.
Why does Koji insist that Hatuk is not a good person?
Seeing Zhu Neng's doubts, Kou Ji explained with a smile: "In the Western Regions, there are many people who respect Buddha, but not many people who respect gods. The only people who can't talk without God are the people of the Karakhan Dynasty, and even
Somewhere further away."
Zhu Neng still said doubtfully: "But what does this mean?"
Kou Ji pondered: "After I arrived in your army, I did not reveal my identity deliberately. Your soldiers did not pay homage to me, nor did I issue orders as an angel.
How did he know my identity?"
"this……"
"He should have deduced my identity based on some rumors from the Western Regions and my patrol horse guards. How can a person with such observation ability be a simple Hu merchant?"
Zhu Neng hesitated and said: "But among the Hu merchants, there are also smart people. Otherwise, how can we do business in this land of tigers and wolves in the Western Regions?"
Kou Ji nodded and said: "You are right, there are indeed smart people among the Hu businessmen. But how can the smart people among the Hu businessmen lead a few people to wander around the Western Regions? At least they need to bring some warriors.
Surrounded by guards.
But there were no warriors around him, and even he himself was not very skilled at cutting camels with a knife.
So I conclude that he is not a simple Hu businessman."
After listening to Kou Ji's analysis, Zhu Neng nodded doubtfully.
He always felt that Koji must have other evidence that could determine Hatuk's identity, but Koji did not say it.
He didn't ask any further questions.
"Since you think they have problems, let them be dealt with by you..."
Zhu Neng said casually.
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
The two of them didn't say anything more, but asked the officials in the tent to go to the kitchen tent to get some food and wine to eat.
For Zhu Neng and Kou Ji.
Things like eggs and meat cannot satisfy their stomachs.
They need to eat some rice and flour every meal to satisfy their hunger.
After a simple meal.
Kou Ji returned to the tent Zhu Neng had prepared for him.
As soon as he entered the tent, Kou Ji's expression became very complicated.
"I didn't expect that the tentacles of religion have extended to the west of Hexi... I thought it would take a long, long time to encounter them, maybe never in my lifetime... I didn't expect to bump into them so soon..."
"I don't know if the news about Da Song has been sent back..."
"I don't know if the news about Da Song has attracted the attention of that group of people, or whether they are thinking about Da Song..."
"If you really care about the Song Dynasty, it will be difficult..."
"If they give up their internal fighting and send troops to conquer the Song Dynasty, they will be in big trouble..."
"They are a group of lunatics brainwashed by God's will. They are far more difficult to deal with than the Liao Kingdom..."
"..."
That religion is now in its heyday, and the Kingdom of God, governed by theocracy, is so overbearing that it has no friends.
Any land that is not bathed in divine glory is included in their conquest.
Although they are now fighting among themselves and divided into countless dynasties.
But their beliefs have not changed.
He will still be domineering for more than two hundred years.
It won't stop until the more domineering overlord appears.
In today's Song Dynasty, if you bump into them, it will be a problem.
It wouldn't matter if Kou Ji didn't show up.
Because the territory of the Song Dynasty did not set foot in the Western Regions.
The Kingdom of God under the rule of religion did not break through the Western Regions and appear on the edge of the Song Dynasty.
But it's different now.
Kou Ji will soon capture Hexi, and the Song Dynasty will soon have territory in the Western Regions.
The news that the Song Dynasty launched a war involving hundreds of thousands of people in the Western Regions will inevitably spread throughout the Western Regions.
They will naturally know the news about the Song Dynasty.
"There may be a collision, but there is no need to worry now. It will take a long time for their internal conflicts to be resolved. If they want to deal with the Song Dynasty, they have to capture half of the Western Region.
The time required in the middle will take many years."
Kou Ji held his chin and analyzed it. After analyzing it thoroughly, he felt depressed.
Kou Ji is not afraid of those lunatics.
But the current Song Dynasty is still too weak and cannot withstand successive wars.
"Speaking of which, they have made brilliant achievements in medicine, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, philosophy, history, geography, literature, grammar, etc.
The Wisdom Museum founded by the seventh Caliph al-Ma'mun is a world-wide treasure.
If I could move back, I would learn a lot.
All aspects of the Song Dynasty should improve linearly."
Koji was immediately thinking about the wisdom museum in Baghdad.
Kou Ji knows very well that knowledge is power.
Although he learned a lot of knowledge, it was too one-sided and the scope was not broad enough.
At most, in terms of technology, it can help Song Dynasty improve a few levels.
Although he had dabbled in other aspects, after taking it out, it was difficult to stand up and explain the origin of the knowledge.
After all, there is a gap of a thousand years between the knowledge he learned and the knowledge possessed by the Song Dynasty.
A thousand years of accumulation of human wisdom cannot be compensated by Kou Ji's small brain.
Moreover, in the process of learning knowledge, he mixed too many personal emotions, and his understanding of many knowledge was too one-sided. If he taught it to others, it would be suspected of misleading others.
But with the knowledge from the wisdom museum in Baghdad, it's different.
With that knowledge as support, some of his knowledge will be able to stand firm.
Such as astronomy, medicine, geography, chemistry, etc.
With the wisdom museum as a support, he can impart his knowledge with confidence and boldness without having to worry about his grave being dug up and his body being dissected after death.
The most important thing is that once that knowledge is introduced to the Song Dynasty.
Confucian culture will suffer a huge impact.
The entire culture of the Song Dynasty would begin to change under the impact of that knowledge.
The situation where one family dominates is likely to come to an end.
The scene of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending is very likely to appear in the land of the Song Dynasty.
The history of the next thousand years will be completely changed.
"The Wisdom Pavilion... must be obtained..."
Kou Ji made the decision almost without hesitation.
"While they are in civil strife, you can first find someone to print some of the books in the Wisdom Museum and transport them back. When the time is right, you can find someone to move them all back."
"For the current plan, we will capture Hexi first. After we capture Hexi, I need to find that man named Hatuk and have a good talk."
"..."
What Kou Ji has to do in the future becomes more and more clear in front of him.
Each enemy is stronger than the last.
But not only did Kou Ji not feel any fear, but he also felt a little excited.
Kou Ji lowered his hands to cover his chest and sighed: "My restless heart..."
Perhaps it is because of his restless heart that he has always been dancing on the edge of the knife, whether in later generations or in the Song Dynasty today.
…
Kou Ji stayed peacefully in the military camp for ten days.
On the eleventh day.
There was movement in Li Yuanhao inside Yumen Pass.
Zhu Neng immediately sent someone to summon Kou Ji to the Chinese army's tent.
When Kou Ji entered the Chinese army's tent, he saw Zhu Neng sitting at the top of the table, and his generals gathered in the middle of the tent.
"The bandits are here? Hurry up and take a seat!"
When Zhu Neng saw Kou Ji, he spoke first and invited Kou Ji to sit on the seat on his left.
Wait until Kou Ji sits down.
Zhu Neng said in a deep voice: "In the evening, Li Yuanhao sent a force of five thousand soldiers and horses to rush out from Yumen Pass. The iron kites took the lead, tearing apart our army's blockade and heading south."