One month later.

Two ships in the Kizil Port have been spliced ​​and trial sailings have begun on the Caspian Sea. One is the big and the other is the two ships that have been practiced for a long time in the Rehai Sea.

The big ship is about ten feet long, about three feet wide, about one feet high, with a sharp head and a wide tail, and has two straight decks, which are quite different from the current multi-layer decks of the Tang Dynasty.

The decks of the Datang Navy were mostly used to carry cargo and military soldiers. The places where passengers walked, sat and lie down were not very thick, but the decks of Sun Xiurong personally drew and supervised the shipbuilding were very thick, and the ship gang was much thicker than the popular ship gang in the world.

The straight deck is divided into two layers, one layer is the top deck, divided into the head and tail cabins, and there are three masts in the middle.

The top deck is equipped with a female wall similar to a city wall on the side of the ship, which is obviously for defense. The most important thing is to put on the lower deck, which is a short-barrel cannon unique to the Shattered Ye Army. However, since it is on the thick and durable boat board, a large cannon weighing 500 kilograms was naturally placed.

As for sails, there are two types of sails with three sides, and one type of sails with a combination of horizontal sails with pulleys and winchs.

According to the current algorithm of the Tang Dynasty, the load capacity of a large ship is about 300 to 500 materials, which is converted into tonnage, which is roughly 100 to 150 tons. As a ship that can transport and fight, the load capacity is quite good.

As for the boat, it is only five meters long and one meter wide, or a pointed end and wide tail. It is equipped with a sail and a tail rudder, which can quickly travel in the hot sea.

One month later, news finally came from Hualazimo.

A shocking news.

After receiving the news, Sun Xiurong fell to the ground and did not say a word for a long time.

It was reported by Renyong, the spy who hid in Yulong Jiechi, the capital of Huoxun Kingdom. Su Xijie came to report it in person after sorting it out.

"Major Protector, before I report on the incident that happened in Huoxun Country in the past few months, I still have to briefly explain the previous situation in the country."

"The king of the country was injured in the last battle echoing the Anguo Uprising and died soon after. The royal family of the country is Avrig, and he also went to Chang'an to pay tribute. He was given the surname Huo. Last time he went to our army with Prince Dorbasishan to meet the Great Protector."

"The prince is called Hawthorne. It is said that his Sogdian name is translated into Tang Dynasty. Hawthorne is less than thirty years old. After expelling the Dashi Army stationed in Huoxun Kingdom, all the people supported him. With the intervention of our army, he had peace for at least five years."

"The country still believes in Zoroastrianism and has multiple castles. The largest one is naturally Yulong Jiechi. Each castle is surrounded by a large amount of farmland, and the periphery of the farmland is a pasture. According to Ren Yong, who is close to the host of Yulong Jiechi, the country currently has more than 150,000 households and more than 800,000 households in the country."

"Because most of the country are Zoroastrians, Zoroastrians must hold special rituals in Zoroastrians when they are born, and after death, they must enter the Tower of Lonely to perform a sky burial before they can enter heaven. Both of these are completed by Zoroastrians. Therefore, Zoroastrians' control over the number of Zoroastrians is far above the government."

"It is also because of this that the royal palace will try every means to put the royal children into the Zoro Temple for training. Zoro Temple is not as good as the Dashi Temple, nor is it as Taoism. Buddhism. They do not have statues of gods, but only worship the holy fire that has been immortal for many years. Zoro Temple presided over, and they called Ma Ge people not only serving the holy fire and preside over sacrifices, but also shoulder the important task of governing Zoroastrians."

"The Great Cannibal sent the governor to govern the Huoxun Kingdom for decades, and has developed nearly 100,000 Great Cannibals. After that uprising, they converted to the Zoroastrian religion. We were able to hear this news because this spy was a Zoroastrian and knew Sogdian characters, so he was naturally hosted by the Zoroastrian temple and helped him."

"It happened to be facing a large number of great food priests to convert to Zoroastrianism again, so Ma Ge simply asked the castle host to re-count the number of Zoroastrians below, so he knew how many people there were. Of course, in addition to Zoroastrianism as the state religion, Huoxun Kingdom did not exclude Christianity from Great Food priestism, especially the Jews who were good at doing business. If these people were added together, Dingkou would probably be close to one million."

"Because many big businessmen have already purchased land, houses, families, servants, guards, etc. here, and they are naturally quite a few."

"Because they are located in the desert and have not had much interaction with the countries in the river, their devotion to the Zoroastrianism is still above the river, and they respect the three-level system of venerables and messengers. In the Huoxun Kingdom, they use Yulong Jiechi as the capital. By the way, the Tang Dynasty has different titles for this, called Shidai Li Ximi."

"The Ministry of Justice once heard the Great Protector call him Yulong Jiechi. Judging from his pronunciation, Yulong Jiechi is undoubtedly closer to Sogdian than Dali Ximi, so we all call him Yulong Jiechi."

"It is said that there is one of the five messengers of the Zoroastrianism in Yulong Jiechi presided over here..."

"Not busy", Sun Xiurong suddenly interrupted him, "There are five messengers of the Zoroastrian Church. The messenger of the Miaohuo is Steyranm, and he is now a member of the Shattered Ye Army. The messenger of the Miaofeng is Duhe, the former king of Kang State. Duhe is now dead. I don't know who replaced him. The messenger of the Mingli is Geshuminu, the messenger of the Qingqi is Karim, and the messenger of the Miaoshui is said to be Geshuminu's wife Jinsikaiya."

Su Xijie secretly looked at Sun Xiurong, "Ahem, the Great Protector, there are still orders among these five envoys. In the teachings of Zoroastrianism, because water can extinguish fire, they designed the envoys of the wonderful water as a great god symbolizing happiness and perfection, and most of their envoys are held by women."

"In his teachings, unlike the other four messengers, there are two messengers of Miaoshui. One of them symbolizes happiness and is the representative of Goddess Ashi, one of the five great gods of the Zoroastrianism. It is said that they are Jinsi Kaiya, the second princess of Shiguo. As for the other one, naturally symbolizing perfection, the Ministry of Justice has never figured out who this person is?"

"Is it Turandot?"

"Impossible, Turando is a Khosa native, and the Miaoshui envoy of Huoxun Kingdom has been presided over the Zoro Temple here for some years, but one thing is related to Turando."

"oh?"

"Major Protector, have you heard of the legend of phoenix stone and dragon stone?"

Sun Xiurong felt a stern and thought to himself: "How could he not know? These are two stones made of peach blossom stone. The phoenix-patterned peach blossom stone with a fiery red butterfly inside has been carved into a large seal by me. I don't know who said that there is also a dragon-patterned stone, and it is not in anyone's hands. Could it be..."

Su Xijie continued, "What is unexpected is that the serpent stone with dragon pattern fossils in the peach blossom stone is in the hands of Tulando!"

Sun Xiurong seemed to understand a little, "Is this Turando one of the great envoys of light in the Zoroastrian Church?"

"Yes"

Sun Xiurong nodded, "The Zoroastrian Church has all chosen the envoys of light. Before me, the Khanate of Xhosa dominated the Great Food, and between Rome, there was another dominant team of the Ministry of Doroth. It was possible that they chose Turandot as the envoy of light, but..."

Su Xijie also had an incredible look in his eyes. He continued: "Just on the border of the Fire Search Kingdom, Turando conveyed the message that she was the messenger of light to the nearby Zoroastrians, and showed the fire-print knife and iron sheet..."

Sun Xiurong also knew about the iron piece at this time. He originally didn't believe it, but he believed it after reading the teachings of the Zoroastrianism. It was engraved with Persian words. Because of its powerful magnetism, it fascinated the Zoroastrianism, so it was regarded as a holy object. Of course, there must be no martial arts of the Holy Fire Order on it.

"I am the largest envoy of light in the Western Regions, and there is no iron piece. This means that before me, the Zoroastrians' hope for the Xhosa people is more than me. This is easy to understand. The Xhosa Khanate was a great khanate, and I was just hanging under the Tang Dynasty, a small governor of the Talas Governor's Office. Compared with the two, which is better or worse, you can tell at a glance."

"I guess the fire knife and the Holy Fire Order were originally in the hands of Tengjis. Since all his sons were killed in battle, they had to be passed on to Turando."

I suddenly thought of something, "Has Turandot completely converted to Zoroastrianism before this?"

"It should be, probably it is the substitute of the messenger of the Huoxun Kingdom. The Great Protector. You know that the Zoroastrian Church never hangs itself on a tree. There are two Venerables, so the same is true for the messenger. Tulando is the deputy of the messenger of the Huoxun Kingdom!"

"The Miaoshui Envoy of Huoxun Kingdom was already old and stayed underground all year round. After the Huoxun Kingdom's uprising, he was naturally frightened and scared. Knowing that his life was not long, he summoned Turando in advance. This is the real reason why Tengis and his daughter traveled thousands of miles to the east coast of the Caspian Sea!"

"So the one who really presided over the common affairs for the Messenger of Miaoshui was the host of Yulongjie Chizhao Temple. Cough cough, Ma Ge?"

"Yes, that's a man, said..."

"Speak straight"

"Ahem, it is said that it is the illegitimate son of this messenger of Miaoshui, who is about the same age as King Hawthorne. He regards Tolando as his successor Miaoshui envoy. This is the one who strongly supported by Mage. His mother couldn't resist it. Finally, after reporting to the Venerable, he agreed. Anyway, Turando is the messenger of light, so it is not a problem to become a messenger of Miaoshui."

“But the key is…”

Sun Xiurong interrupted him, "Let me guess, this Ma Ge is not to mention interested in Turando's beauty. According to the teachings of the Zoroastrian, as a Zoroastrian who is hosted by the Zoroastrian Church, he cannot get married. However, since he is the son of the Miaoshui envoy of Huoxun Kingdom, he will naturally not be so pious."

"The key you mentioned is definitely due to its doctrine. I have heard Stayranman say that among the five messengers, the messenger of Miaoshui is the most special. It is said that the goddess Ashi, who symbolizes happiness and the goddess Horta, who symbolizes perfection, are both the daughters of the supreme gods. Therefore, they have not only two representatives in others, but also the saints second only to the Venerable. They have a very high status. When the Venerable fails to show up for a long time, can they still give orders instead of the Venerable?"

"Yes, so it seems that the second princess of Shi Kingdom, Jinsi Kaiya, and the princess of the Khanate of Kosa Turando are these two saints."

"So, that Ma Ge welcomed Turando's army into the Huoxun Kingdom?"
Chapter completed!