Just as he was about to enter Baghdad and capture the Caliph alive, Koji was awakened by Khatuk's shout.

Koji turned his head and looked at Hatuk. Hatuk said to Koji very humbly: "God's envoy, your humble servant Hatuk has not worshiped the gods for several days. Can you give some food to help me?"

You dedicate your humble servant to the gods."

Kou Ji was slightly stunned and looked at the eunuch guarding the door.

The eunuch felt Kou Ji's gaze and hurriedly explained: "The slaves brought them food on time, and they never stopped eating three meals a day. But they took the food, ate half of it, and kept half. The remaining half was spoiled.

Don't eat either.

The steward said they wasted the food and let the slaves starve for two days."

When Kou Ji heard this, he laughed out loud.

No wonder Hatuk ran towards him crazily after seeing him appear just now. It turned out that he hadn't eaten for a long time, and when he saw him, he felt like he was being saved.

Kou Ji said to the eunuch: "They left half of the food to worship the gods."

The eunuch looked at Kou Ji doubtfully.

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment. He realized that it would be troublesome to explain this matter to the eunuch, so he simply stopped explaining and directly ordered: "Go and prepare some food for them."

The eunuch was waiting for Kou Ji to explain to him, but Kou Ji said nothing and just ordered him to prepare food.

The eunuch didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he agreed and left the Zichen Palace.

After the eunuch left, Kou Ji looked at Hatuk and asked, "Are all the books you brought this time are Da Shi texts?"

Hatuk felt relieved when he saw that Koji had ordered people to get food. He knew that Koji was a generous man. If Koji showed up, they would never be hungry again.

Don’t worry about being hungry, you will naturally talk more.

Hatuk bowed, stood in front of Koji and said, "Dear envoy, the books your servant Hatuk brought this time are almost all major food texts."

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "Isn't there one in Chinese?"

Hatuk hesitated for a moment and said: "Yes, there are...but not many..."

"Take it out and let me take a look..."

Kou Ji spread his hands.

Hatuk hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked to a luggage package he had brought with him, took out three books from it and handed them to Koo Ji.

Kou Ji opened it casually, glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

The Quran…

"God's Word"...

The Word…

…

The "Quran" is the holy book of religion. Needless to say, "The Word of God" is a book that describes God's life in the divine realm, and the "Holy Word" is a book that records the famous sayings of the caliphs of the past dynasties.

The most recorded words in the Holy Word are the words of Caliph Ma'mun, the founder of the House of Wisdom.

Kou Ji finally understood why Zhao Zhen was not interested in the culture of Dashi, and also understood what Zhao Zhen meant when he said, "Leave with joy and return with disillusionment."

Zhao Zhen has no god in his heart now, he only believes in himself.

It is naturally difficult for Zhao Zhen to be interested in religious classics such as the Quran.

Koji handed the Quran back to Hatuk, pointed to other books in the Zichen Hall, and asked, "Don't tell me that all the books here are religious classics?"

Hatuk noticed that Koji had no interest in religious classics, so when Koji asked questions, he hurriedly said: "Only a small part of them..."

Kou Ji asked: "How much is a small portion?"

Khatuk hesitated for a moment and confessed: "Ten thousand copies..."

When Kou Ji heard this, his heart twitched.

Ten thousand volumes, if replaced by other books, would definitely bring a lot of knowledge.

Ten thousand volumes of religious classics were really useless to the Song Dynasty.

It is not easy to transport books from Baghdad. The long journey is even more difficult than Master Tripitaka’s journey to the West to obtain scriptures.

Kou Ji was naturally heartbroken that such a precious transportation opportunity was wasted on religious texts.

Kou Ji rubbed his eyebrows, stared at Hatuk and said, "You want to preach in our Song Dynasty?"

Hatuk must have had his purpose in using such a precious transportation opportunity for religious texts.

If Kou Ji's guess is correct, he must want to preach in the Song Dynasty.

Faced with Koji's question, Khatuk did not answer.

Hatuk came from the Western Regions. He had seen what Kou Ji did in Hexi and knew that Kou Ji had no fear of God and was not close to religion, so he did not want to tell Kou Ji his purpose.

Kou Ji stared at Hatuk and said, "You think I won't know if you don't tell me? You went to great lengths to bring 10,000 volumes of religious classics to the Song Dynasty, and you went to great lengths to translate them into Chinese.

Your purpose is self-evident.

If you don’t want to preach, why don’t you translate other books into Chinese?”

When Kou Ji said this, he was light and airy.

But Khatuk felt a heavy sense of oppression.

But he still had no words.

Seeing this, Kou Ji frowned slightly and snorted: "Hatuk, I am the one who provides you with all the help and allows you to transport the books in the Wisdom Hall.

You keep claiming to be my servant, but you have no loyalty to me at all.

When you learned that you could contact the Emperor of the Song Dynasty through the people who sent you to Bianjing City, you showed your usefulness to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty without hesitation.

But you didn't expect that I, His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, have no interest in your things.

Not only did he not accept you, but he taught you how to deal with me.

Your actions have offended me, and I can behead all of you here."

Hatuk shivered in fright. He knelt on the ground, buried his head between his legs, and said in a trembling voice: "Dear envoy of the gods, your servant did not mean to offend you. Please have mercy on me."

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Kou Ji stared at Hatuk coldly and said, "Then it depends on whether you are honest enough."

Upon hearing this, Hatuk buried his head lower.

Seeing this, Kou Ji asked again: "Do you want to preach in our Song Dynasty?"

Hatuk lowered his head and whispered, "Yes..."

Kou Ji said unceremoniously: "Don't even think about it!"

Hatuk suddenly raised his head, stared at Koji and said solemnly: "Dear envoy of God, the Caliph has enshrined you as an envoy of God. The Caliph said that you are God's messenger left in the far east, and you will uphold God's will.

, spreading God’s radiance into time.

The Caliph also said that when your divine eyes open, you will definitely remember your identity, and the new wisdom hall will rise in the distant east along with your awakening.

If you are still unable to open your divine eyes, then the new Wisdom Hall will most likely be buried underground forever."

Kou Ji's brows suddenly furrowed into the character "Chuan".

The identity of the divine envoy mentioned by Hatuk is pure nonsense.

He was just negotiating with himself on behalf of the Caliph.

What is accurate is that the Caliph far away in Baghdad was negotiating with Koji through Khatuk's mouth.

The meaning of the Caliph's words was very clear. If Kou Ji allowed them to preach in the Song Dynasty, he would give everything in the Wisdom House to Kou Ji so that the Wisdom House could take root in the Song Dynasty.

If Kou Ji did not allow them to preach in the Song Dynasty, then he would never get the Wisdom Hall.

One-third of the books delivered now can be regarded as deposits.

It was through the Caliph's words that Koji knew the Caliph's intention, so he frowned.

The Caliph's first trading partner should be Zhao Zhen.

After Hatuk arrived in the Song Dynasty, he immediately offered his loyalty to Zhao Zhen, probably because he received the instructions from the Caliph.

Because if Zhao Zhen agreed to help him preach, his religion should soon take root in the Song Dynasty.

It's just that Zhao Zhen obviously has no interest in their religion, let alone letting their religion enter the Song Dynasty for the sake of their knowledge, so they can only choose the second trading partner.

That is Kou Ji himself.

The Caliph should have learned about the power and wealth of the Song Dynasty through Hatuk's mouth, and also learned that Kou Ji was a powerful person in the Song Dynasty. He also learned that Kou Ji knew the existence of the Wisdom Hall and was very greedy for the Wisdom Hall.

People, that's why Kou Ji was designated as the second trading partner.

Otherwise, Hatuk would never have said what he just said to Koji.

Koji thought for a long time, looked at Hatuk, and said: "Let the person who really makes the decision come out."

Hartuk was stunned.
To be continued...