royal robes

Chapter 460 The Church of Christ
Zong said: "This is the site of another religion. Do you see the cross on it? This is the symbol of Christianity. Christianity also has many branches, just like Buddhism is also divided into Central Plains Zen and Western Tantric Buddhism. Even Zen has six branches. , I don’t know how many branches of Christianity there are. But there is something I want in it..."

Zong Xin took a few steps forward and walked in front of the man. There was not much difference in height between the two, Zong Xin was slightly shorter.Everyone followed behind, thinking about a question, how do they communicate?Even if there is something Zong Xin wants in it, is Zong Xin going to grab it directly?Although the sects are different, they are all monks and practiced. Zong Xin should not be such a rascal, let alone this is not his territory.

Zong Xin put his hands together and said, "Father~Can.you.speak.Chinese?"

"Yes, I can speak Chinese." The man with yellow hair and blue eyes actually said something that everyone could understand. Although his accent was a bit strange, everyone understood it. On the contrary, Zong Xin's words were hard to understand. Understand.

"Great, Because.my.English.is.poor."

"I'm surprised you can speak English."

"I.learned.it.when.I.was.a.child." Zong said: "I.hope.you.can.sell.me.something.I.have.gold."

The priest nodded with a smile, then stretched out his hand and said, "Come.in, please."

Zong Xin shook his head, told the others to go in, and then led the way into the church.The rest of the people looked surprised, but followed Zong Xin into the church.

After entering the church, there are many benches neatly placed here. Different from the usual spring benches, these benches have backrests behind them.Moreover, several people can be seated on one such bench, and at least a hundred people can be seated here.

Zong Xin explained: "This is a Christian church. It was introduced to the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty and was received by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin. At that time, it was the Tang Dynasty, so Li Shimin allowed Christianity to establish a church in Chang'an. About 100 years ago, When Tang Wuzong exterminated Buddhism, Christianity was also implicated, and the churches continued to move to the frontier. Now the church is no longer visible in the Central Plains. This place is too far away from the Central Plains, and it is also a gathering place for various cultures, so there is only one such church left. It surprised me too.”

"Master, how can you speak these birdsong?"

"It's English."

"An eagle is a bird, so this is the language of the birds."

Zong Xin really had no way to explain it to Tian Ya, so he had no choice but to say depressedly: "You haven't learned all the skills of being a teacher, so I'm too lazy to tell you so much. I just want to buy some things here, I guarantee that these are not available in the Central Plains."

"What.do.you.want?" The priest came to Zong Xin and asked.

"Cheese.butter.and.wine." Zongxin said as he took out two large gold ingots from his arms. These gold ingots were enough to buy the entire church.Although the priest's expression was still very calm, he was very excited because these gold ingots were enough for them to buy a lot of spices and porcelain.This is also the purpose of their coming here.

"I.have.nothing.to.you.Besides.these.things." The priest accepted the gold and immediately directed the people here to do things.Because the priest spoke so fast, even Zong Xin didn't understand what he was saying, but it probably meant asking these people to move faster and move out all the things Zong Xin needed.

Zong Xin explained: "Churches like this have lost the meaning of evangelism, so they just maintain their beliefs and do business in the Central Plains. In fact, everyone gets what they need. Wine is a very common drink in their hometown. , get here to sell money or even brew their own wine in exchange for silver taels, and then use these silver taels to buy spices and porcelain and ship them back to their hometown. The price of spices and porcelain here is average, but they are extremely expensive in their hometown.”

"How expensive can it be? Spices are very common." Yaoyao was very surprised, buying a sachet outside was only a few tens of pennies, so he couldn't afford to transport the spices back home?
Zong Xin sighed: "These people didn't know what spices were in their hometowns, but after knowing the uses of spices, the price is extremely expensive. The same amount of spices can be exchanged for three times the weight of gold in their hometowns."

Everyone turned their heads to stare at Zong Xin, they couldn't believe it was true.The same amount of spices in exchange for three times the weight of gold?Is gold so worthless in their homeland?But if you think about it carefully, they exchange spices for gold, which proves that gold is very valuable. Just like here, gold is also their currency, but I can't figure it out, spices are so valuable?

Zong Xin said: "Here in our country, the spices used by poor people in their meals every day can be exchanged for ten banquets in their hometowns. However, these things are not delicious in their hometowns because there are almost no spices in the dishes, and they don't understand anything at all. It's called gourmet food, which means you put something in water and boil it. After it's cooked, just add some salt. And it's not one thing, it's a lot of things cooked together. Not to mention the ordinary people there, even the nobles or emperors The treatment is not much better."

Zong Xin's wives couldn't believe their ears, the hometown of these yellow hairs is too pitiful.At that time, another question came up again. This question has been around them for a long time. How did Zong Xin know these things?
"Then...these people eat too badly." Ning An felt a little disgusted, can such food be eaten?

Zong Xin curled his lips and said: "No way, because we produce more spices here, like the sachets you usually carry in their hometowns, only the royal relatives can afford them. Because of different beliefs, they are very Bathe less, you stink, and you need a lot of spices to cover up your stink."

Yaoyao asked curiously: "Why don't they take a bath?"

"The main reason is that their medical science is very backward. In our Central Plains, colds are not considered serious illnesses, but colds and colds can kill people if they pollute their hometown from the outside. There is also... the issue of belief. Christianity believes that only those who are unclean need it." Water cleanses the body, so bathing is a way for them to wash away their sins."

Everyone nodded half-understood, but they did understand something, why these yellow-haired people traveled thousands of miles to the Central Plains to do business, because the environmental conditions here are far superior to their hometown, and the life in the Central Plains is far better than theirs. The nobles on the side can still make a lot of money here.When you want to go home, you can take the money to live a rich life.

Soon, the priest asked his men to bring a lot of wine barrels and some cylindrical objects.There are also some squares wrapped in paper.

"That's.all." The priest said: "the.basement.can't.keep.more."

Others looked at it, and there were quite a few things.Five barrels of wine, the rest should fill half a carload.Are these all edible?

Zong Xin said: "Just.these? The.gold.is.enough.to.buy.the.church."

"We.don't.have.anything.else." Although the priest was ashamed, there was nothing he needed in the church.A group of priests came here to establish a church, but they did not bring anything of value, even the wine and cheese were local materials, they just had the technology.The priest really can't think of when there will be something for him here.

"Bible." After finishing speaking, Zong Xin took out a Buddhist scripture from his arms and handed it over. The priest also knew that this person was a Buddhist, and he did this just to show his friendliness.So he immediately handed over a well-bound Bible to Zong Xin.

"Thank you."

"My. pleasure."

After the two exchanged each other, the priest ordered people to move the things into a very old car. In fact, these things could not be sold for much in Fengzhou City.Their main commodity is wine, cheese and butter are rarely accepted, but wine is very popular.

It’s just that winemaking takes time, and they don’t have enough money to buy raw materials. They can only buy raw materials to make wine after selling them once. The extra money is used to buy spices and porcelain in addition to buying daily necessities. Things were transported back to Eastern Europe through trade routes, and then people there obtained some property with the help of the church and brought them back here.In fact, the life of these priests is barely enough, but this time they are considered to have made a fortune, and they have not been able to make so much money for several years.

Zong Xin asked Tian Ya to push the cart, and he and his three wives walked around.Tian Ya really felt that his life was suffering, but there was nothing he could do, because Zong Xin was the master, and he could not disobey his orders.And after what happened just now, Tian Ya's admiration for Zong Xin deepened, and he never thought that Master could speak bird language.

You Yun Eighteen Cavalry has been guarding outside, and they don't know what happened, and Tian Ya has been asked to do this kind of physical work, which is also to exercise Tian Ya's physique.Of course, as a child who has just turned ten years old, Tian Ya's strength is not small, but Zong Xin always thinks that Tian Ya still needs more exercise.Although it looked a little distressed, Youyun Shibaqi didn't dare to express any opinions, because the master's order was absolute and no doubts were allowed.

This time Youyun Eighteen Riders didn't bring their mounts with them. The wolves didn't want to go out because the weather was too hot, so they let them rest in the stable of the inn.Ordinary dogs are afraid of heat, not to mention that these wolf cubs have thick fur. If they were replaced by ordinary wolves, they would die long ago. But these wolves raised by Zong Xin are no longer ordinary wolves. They can handle it completely. such a situation.

A group of people came to a bustling small street, full of small vendors, selling some rare handmade artworks, as well as accessories such as rings and necklaces.Zong Xin asked the three wives to take Tianya for a stroll, while he took Youyun Shibaqi to sit in a small vendor. This is a stall selling snacks. There are six tables, each table can sit Of the four people, Zong Xin and his party took five directly.

Zong Xin directly threw a tael of silver to the boss, and then said: "Bring me half a bucket of clean water, and bring some cups and hip flask. We brought our own wine."

"Okay~!"

(End of this chapter)