Chapter 73: Unrefused request (Part 2)

As Zhao Xing said, Huangzhou is a remote place, and the donations of Buddhist believers are only a few cents. If Foyin can bring this alms, it can completely renovate Doufang Temple.

Foyin was also free and casual. When he heard Zhao Xing's request, he didn't even want "advance payment". He stretched out his hand casually, clapped Zhao Xing as a sworn, and then said goodbye. Then, the man no longer came to the door every day.

Two months later, Zhao Xing arranged everything in Huangzhou and was about to take Cheng Azhu to Hangzhou. Before leaving, Su Shi reminded: "I feel that the court has changed in the past few days. Maybe Brother Mengde is right. I hope you can go and come back quickly. When I get back, you can help me."

"It must be like this," Zhao Xing agreed with mercy.

Su Dongpo, a great writer, has such a free teacher to teach him, and I believe he can also make a few wrong poems.

Before boarding the boat, Zhao Xing suddenly remembered something and turned around and told him: "Teacher, Dun'er is less than one year old now. It's so young that it's extremely unsafe to travel a long distance. If I don't come back, my husband will receive the news of resumption. It's better to keep the child... This way, Azhu stays. If the bachelor's leave in a hurry, he will hand the child over to Azhu's care."

Su Dongpo looked up and sighed: "Li Ren is a person who can ask his wife to send him to his children. I can trust you with the child. However, Azhu should go with you. You are newly married and it is best to get together."

"Okay, I will tell the leader Cheng back and notify Chen Jichang that with them and their husbands here, the child will definitely be well taken care of. The teacher can feel at ease to get on the road!"

Zhao Xing didn't know that in real history, Su Dun died on the road of trekking. With his intervention, history has quietly changed.

In April of the seventh year of Yuanfeng, Zhao Xing's donkey cart entered Quanzhou. At the same time, Su Shi sent his eldest son Su Mai to Dexing County, Raozhou to take office and wrote the "Shi Zhongshan Record".

This is a sowing season. Along the way, the fields are filled with farmers who sow hope; this is a season of flowers blooming, and countless infamous flowers along the way made Cheng Azhu, who had first walked out of the mountains, fascinated him.

Quanzhou is now called "Thorn Tong" by foreigners. Quanzhou has another name, called "City of Light"... On the night more than a thousand years ago, the cities around the world were pitch black, only the cities in China were bright and bright; on the night more than a thousand years ago, the cities in the world were quiet, only the cities in China were crowded with people, singing and laughing...

In most countries around the world, most cities impose curfews, prohibiting people from walking on the streets at night. However, only the Song Dynasty allowed merchants to open all night. Therefore, the nights of the Song Dynasty were brightly lit and crowded. In this sense, all the cities in the Song Dynasty were "city of light".

This is an era that makes people excited. Everything in the Song Dynasty is boiling, rolling, and impacting neighboring countries. In the 21st century, Asian historians excitedly recorded: In the second half of the 11th century, Asia was Su Dongpo's Asia and the Song Dynasty's Asia.

At this moment, the north gate of Quanzhou is facing everyone.

Zhao Xing had been to Quanzhou before, but he was still obsessed with looking up at the North Gate wall.

This is a very strange city wall. On the city wall, the patterns of angels and crosses are inlaid with bricks, while the base of the North Gate is a strange pointed arch, with crosses and flames, crosses and lotus flowers embedded there, and there are 15 lines of Arabic (Syrian) characters.

As a modern person, Zhao Xing always feels strange when he looks at the patterns. He suspects that the people who built this city wall were a group of Christians, because not only were the northern gates of Quanzhou inlaid with Christian patterns, but other cities and walls of Quanzhou, Christian crosses are embedded everywhere. However, in his memory, there are no relevant records. Perhaps the Mongols burned all the words, making this history seem confusing.

Now, Zhao Xing stood in front of this annihilated history and witnessed its true nature with his own eyes, but his mood was hard to describe in words: surprise? intoxication? admiration? regret?...more is more of a deep loss.

Yes, what did he lose? This is the loss of the nation!

Zhao Xing didn't know that the lotus cross and the flame cross were the symbols of Nestorianism, the native Christianity of China. This kind of cross is called "Tung Chun", or "Quanzhou Cross". The Arabic line he saw was a praise of "The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit".

The people around him could not feel Zhao Xing's feelings, and they kept urging him to enter the city. The people behind Zhao Xing who were blocked by him at the gate of the city also urged him. Amid the shouts, Zhao Xing lowered his eyes and walked towards the city.

As soon as I entered Quanzhou, the first thing I saw was countless tall colorful buildings built with colorful silk. In the Song Dynasty, the colorful buildings built in front of the shop were called "Huanmen". Looking along the street, countless happy doors competed for beauty. The inspiration of the designer was amazing. In the Song Dynasty, there was already such a clear advertising awareness, which was really unimaginable to Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing hired two gangs to lead the way at the gate of Quanzhou City. The so-called "gangs" can now be called "tour guides". They stayed at the gate of the city, specifically led the way for outsiders, visited Quanzhou City, and helped employers who were not familiar with geography to handle some trivial matters.
Chapter completed!