Chapter 315: The Record of the Sees and Experiences of Danmoli
The city mayor named "Youzhan" talked endlessly along the way to introduce Danmolidi to Yao Zhi and others, and asked various questions from time to time to Yao Zhi and others. For example, he said to Yao Zhi and others: "I, Danmolidi, are a good city. The residents in the city are all good at Buddhism and are good. There is no stealing or fraud, and everyone can live and live happily. What should I do if I commit the crime of stealing and fraud in Daqin?"
These words made Yao Zhi and others feel a little fucked. This man was not asking questions sincerely at all, but regarded them as barbarians with little knowledge and showing off their goodness. At the same time, compared with the Qin Dynasty, to highlight the happiness and beauty of Danmo Lidi.
But as the city mayor said, everyone can live and be happy without stealing or cheating?
Yao Zhi glanced at the figures on the street corner in the distance, feeling that his eyes seemed to have been frightened and quickly hid back into the shadows in the corner.
It was not the people who were surveillance and stalking them, but the group of ragged civilians. Although they were taking a quick glance, Yao Zhi saw the people hiding in the shadows with small bodies and dark skin.
Yao Zhi didn't use these people to slap the city mayor in the face, he withdrew his gaze and replied calmly: "If my Qin Dynasty commits the crime of stealing, robbery and fraud, he will be punished accordingly by law!"
After receiving Yao Zhi's answer, the city mayor laughed, and the people of the Peacock Kingdom who accompanied him couldn't help laughing. The Qin general's answer showed that the Qin State had some stealing and fraud, which was apart from the Danmo Lidi, who had no stealing and fraud.
This is normal. I heard that the Great Qin Kingdom was still in a period of ignorance and barbarism. He had never listened to the Buddha's teachings and enlightened by the Buddha, and was incomparable to them.
The city mayor smiled and said, "Don't worry, General Yao Zhi, I believe that sooner or later, the Great Qin Kingdom can become a good country like ours!"
What he said was that when Buddhism was spread to Daqin, it would help Daqin get rid of barbarism and ignorance and make Daqin embark on the same path as them.
Who wants to be the same as your bird country? What's more, your bird country is a good country, and the Qin Dynasty is a bad country. Who has set the standards?
Yao Zhi complained in his heart, but said, "I would like to thank the mayor for his good intentions. I hope that the Qin Dynasty will not steal or cheat one day!"
After hearing this, the city mayor became more enthusiastic and continued to introduce it to Yao Zhi and others, talking about the history of the city, the size of the city, and I also talked about some news about the Peacock Kingdom.
"Decades ago, the great Ashoka had visited Danmoridi. It was under the protection and guidance of the great Ashoka that Danmoridi had today's glory. Unfortunately, I was still young at that time and had never seen the great Ashoka! Now, as the mayor of Danmoridi, I have the responsibility to make Danmoridi continue to be great!"
Speaking of this, the city mayor changed his mind and sighed: "Danmolidi is not the most prosperous city in our country. Fahrenheit is the real prosperity. It has buildings, buildings, palaces, carpets made of gold silk, doors made of white jade. Scholars and wealthy businessmen from all over the world, and all kinds of delicious wines are hard to say. When General Yao Zhi arrives, he will know it."
The city mayor looked at Yao Zhi, meaning that Fahrenheit City would definitely shock you buns of land buns, and your Great Qin Kingdom would definitely not be that big or so good city.
Yao Zhi was too lazy to refute the city mayor, but instead followed his words and smiled: "Listen to the city mayor, then after Yao arrived in Huafa City, he had to take a look!"
When the banquet arrived, Yao Zhi and others gave them the gifts they brought. These Qin people came here as envoys and must have brought treasures, but they did not think that the treasures of the Qin people were very good.
But when the gift box that Yao Zhi and others were opened was attracted by the attention, the gifts were still the same: glass, bronzes, wood carvings, and pottery products.
The pottery production level of Daqin was quite good, otherwise it would not have been possible to produce the Terracotta Warriors and Horses that were passed down to later generations. It spanned two thousand years. Therefore, before the mission, Li Nian asked the delegation to bring a batch of pottery products as gifts.
Wood carvings and bronze ware are not very attractive, but glass and pottery products attracted a group of peacocks. The pottery products were lifelike and glass products were precious and eye-catching at a glance.
The peacocks were so hard that they could not even turn their eyes, and those who received the gifts were even more careful in their hands to watch them carefully.
Judging from these gifts, the Great Qin State may not be as ignorant and barbaric as they thought, and may be also a powerful and civilized country, no less than their Peacock State.
At the same time, they also thought of what was said in the letter sent back by Master Moye. Is there any possibility that the things about the Great Qin State mentioned by these Great Qin people are true?
There are really hundreds of cities in the Great Qin Kingdom, and there are tens of millions of people!
But this thought only arose in their hearts for a moment, and they quickly rejected it: How is that possible? If the Qin Kingdom really had hundreds of cities and tens of millions of people, wouldn’t it be more than their Peacock Kingdom?
Their Peacock Kingdom is the most powerful and civilized country in the world. None of them must be the exaggeration of the situation of the Great Qin Kingdom!
But the Great Qin State should be a civilizational country, which is certain, but it is not as strong as these Great Qin people said.
The Peacock people, who thought they had seen through Yao Zhi and others' thoughts, felt at ease: Although the Great Qin Kingdom is good, it is still a long way from their Peacock Kingdom!
After the banquet, Yao Zhi and others returned to the rest place arranged by the city mayor. Someone asked, "Ambassador, why don't you tell these foreign countries about the strength of the Qin Dynasty?"
Others were also a little indignant and were looked down upon by a group of barbarians. These barbarians were still showing off in front of them, with a look of "We are the country of heaven and earth know a lot, and you are the barbarians from a foreign land with little knowledge", showing off how good their public security is, how big the city is, how civilized and polite the people are (Buddha), and how rich the food is...
It’s so funny. Just how rich can those mushy foods be? They are also called delicious foods? But adding more spices is far from Daqin.
At that time, I heard that many people were fucked and wanted to retaliate, but they stopped Yao Zhi and others.
After hearing this question, before Yao Zhi answered, Gan Yu smiled and said, "He is arrogant. Even if we talk about the strength of the Great Qin, we will not take it seriously. Instead, we will think that we are talking big."
"Today, these peacocks will come to the dock to welcome us. We have already known that we will arrive, and some of the situations we are waiting for may have been known to them."
Everyone understood what Gan Yu said when they thought about it. Master Moye must have sent some of their news back to Danmo Lidi before, so these people may also know about the news they told Master Moye about the Great Qin.
Gan Yu continued, "But today the city chief still deliberately shows off to us, indicating that he does not believe what we say, so what does it mean to you?"
Just like in history, Yelang and Dian Kingdoms did not believe that the Han Dynasty was bigger than them, if they knew the Han Dynasty’s strength, they could still ask questions such as “Who is bigger than me?” But after listening to Gan Yu's words, the dissatisfaction in everyone's heart was still unresolved. I really wanted these peacocks to know the power of the Qin Dynasty: You are the barbarians!
At this time, Yao Zhi smiled and said, "In fact, this matter is also good for us and Daqin. He is arrogant and thinks he is the best in the world. He will not be too vigilant about us, which is just convenient for us to act. If..."
Yao Zhi lowered his voice, "The Great Qin fights this Peacock Kingdom to relax it, which will help the Great Qin march to this point."
Everyone's eyes lit up after these words, and their unhappiness suddenly disappeared. These people are arrogant. They look down on Daqin and will not be much prepared for Daqin. When Daqin sends troops over, they will just give these guys a big eye.
Everyone seemed to have seen Danmolidi being captured by the Qin Dynasty. The group of people watched the Qin army enter the city with a shocked, confused and desperate expression: Is this really the Qin army? Aren’t they a bunch of barbarians? Why is it so powerful?
Moreover, if the Peacock people think that the Qin Dynasty is not as powerful as them, they will also develop a tolerant and look down on the outside: We are the country above the Celestial Empire, and the small state of the Qin Dynasty comes to pay a visit, of course we cannot lose face, and we must show it the manners of the great country to treat foreign countries.
Whatever the mission of the big Qin and small states came over and wanted, we should do our best to help them as much as possible and give them the best. We should not lose the face of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom in front of the envoys of foreign countries.
If they didn't do the best, they wouldn't think that our Peacock Country is not good either when they returned to Qin? If you suffer, your own people can do it, but you must not lose face in front of the Gentiles.
Everyone who understood Yao Zhi's intention nodded. Although they were temporarily showing off by the Peacock Chinese people in front of them, they were very upset, but they were sure that they could gain some unhappiness.
At this time, a person said, "When I was in the city today, I discovered a strange thing. There were a few people looking at us at the corner of the street, but when I looked over, these people quickly hid in the shadows in the corner."
"I originally thought they were monitoring me, but I saw that these people were petite, dark-skinned, worn and dirty clothes, and their characteristics were so obvious that they didn't seem to be sent to monitor me."
That can't be said to be wearing clothes, it can only be said to be wrapped around the body.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
Another person said, "I saw it too! These people are different from Chengzhu, Master Moye and others. I guess they are people of the lower caste of the Peacock Kingdom."
When everyone heard this person talk about "caste", they were silent. The Peacock Kingdom was really strange. On the one hand, there was the idea of Buddhism spreading equality of all living beings, but on the other hand, there was this strange caste system, which divided people from their origins.
As far as they know, this surname system is more outrageous than the princes and nobles of the Qin Dynasty. In the Qin Dynasty, you can still climb up with your merits or talents. However, under this surname system, if you are born in a low caste, you will be a low caste all your life, and there is almost no possibility of change.
What's even more outrageous is that the people in the Peacock Kingdom don't seem to think there is any problem with this, that is, they can maintain the caste system while believing in the Buddha.
This is simply incredible. I can only say that the Peacock people are not like normal people. Yao Zhi and others did not know that even in the later modern times, the Peacock people can still maintain the caste system while entering the modern era. The key is that the lower castes are actively maintained and there is no problem.
Another person said disdainfully: "This is what the city chief said that there is no stealing or fraud here, and everyone can live and live happily?"
Another laughed and said, "Maybe others didn't regard those people as human beings at all? They are human beings, and the others are not human beings. But they are not just stealing or cheating, and everyone can live and live happily."
This seems to be a joke, but when you think about it carefully, you really can't rule out this possibility, and it's even very likely.
Yao Zhi said: "Just send someone to inspect and visit, maybe this will become another breakthrough for the Peacock Kingdom."
The others nodded. There were many breakthroughs in this Peacock Kingdom. They believed that the biggest one was the influence brought by Buddhism. Although the theme of Buddhism is to attract people to be kind and have a good side, it also made these Peacock people lose their ambition and lower their vigilance.
While Yao Zhi and others were discussing the matter, Master Moye, Master Karissah, City Principal Youzhan were also discussing the matter.
Looking at the exquisite glass items placed in front of you, Youzhan sighed: "Even if you can make such exquisite and pure things, this Great Qin State is not as good as us, you should not underestimate it too much. The great King Ashoka has been away from us for more than ten years, and now he is the son of the crown prince Guanara..."
When it comes to the son of Prince Guanara, everyone in this room looks serious: After the death of Ashoka of the Mauryan Dynasty, because Prince Guanara was blind, a grandson named "Dasarasha" succeeded to the throne. Dasarasha died a few years ago and the throne returned to the hands of the son of Guanara.
But this grandson of Ashoka and the son of Kurnara are not very easy to share, especially for those who believe in Buddhism, because this person believes in not Buddhism, but Jainism.
For Buddhists in the Peacock Kingdom, Ashoka was a great king. During his reign, he believed in Buddhism and worked hard to promote Buddhism so that Buddhism could flourish in the Peacock Kingdom.
But Ashoka also had one thing that he did not do well: that is, he did not eradicate other religions in order to promote Buddhism, but instead made generous contributions to Brahminism and Jainism.
This led to the fact that Buddhism was the state religion during the time of Ashoka and was the largest religion in the Peacock Kingdom, Buddhism was not without crisis. Now the crisis has become a real threat: the current king of the Peacock Kingdom does not believe in Buddhism, but believes in Jainism.
The former belief in Buddhism made Buddhism prosperous, and the current Peacock King Jainism can also make Jainism prosperous.
This made Buddhists in the Peacock Kingdom feel dangerous. Ashoka can tolerate other religions when promoting Buddhism, but this Jain-minded Ashoka grandson may not be.
They must find ways to save themselves, and not let the threat become real disasters fall on them, and the people of the Qin Dynasty showed them a way: spread Buddhism to the Qin Dynasty!
If this matter is done, it will be their contribution to spreading Buddhism to influence a country and will definitely gain great reputation in the country. Even if the Ashoka Sun wants to liquidate them, he will be afraid.
Even if the Ashoka Sun ignored it and insisted on promoting their Jainism and eliminating their Buddhism, they could have a way out: if the peacock does not leave the Buddha, then go to the Qin Dynasty!
(This chapter ends)