Hearing this, Emperor Yuhe felt like arguing with his mother.
Rejuvenation and extending life were not important, so what was? His mother couldn't grasp the main point at all.
However, he didn't dare to question her directly.
So he continued to listen in silence.
"Those people from the Sun God Cult are not from our world, but from another world. They were dispatched by the Sun Goddess of that other world specifically to spread their faith. And it's not just them who came this time, nor is it just our world. They have gone to many worlds.
Other worlds are not of concern to us for now.
So I won't talk about them.
Our world has been broadly divided into ten regions by the people in the main world. Thirty people have been sent to each region to spread their faith, and their methods vary. For example, those who preach in the Southern, Northern, and Desolate regions, which we commonly refer to as the Southern Barbarians and Northern Rong, all adopt the strategy of raising armies to conquer the world.
And then slowly spread their faith.
Our region is relatively civilized, with a certain moral bottom line, and the people live relatively well. According to their preaching regulations, they are not allowed to instigate war arbitrarily when dealing with such civilizations and countries. That's why they didn't dare to cause any trouble and instead relied on methods like free medical consultations and giving away eggs to spread their faith slowly.
By the way, those eggs.
They were bought from their main world."
At this point, Empress Dowager Zhanghua paused and continued:
"Their main world is even more terrifying and exaggerated. It is said that the world has a population of over eight.3 billion people, and one hundred million is ten thousand ten-thousands. Our entire national population is currently less than ten thousand ten-thousands. One can imagine how terrifying that world is.
And most of the people in that world are believers of the Sun Goddess. Among them, those who have reached a level similar to mine and have begun to cultivate exceed eight billion.
Those with abilities similar to the priests.
There are over four billion people.
At the same time, people in that world do not need to worry about hunger or other problems. Everyone can have enough to eat and wear. In short, it is similar to what you call a harmonious society, or even better. Taking care of the elderly and children is the most basic thing.
Not only is their grain yield tens of thousands of catties per mu, but they have also mastered technology that uses something called electricity and other means to convert carbon dioxide into starch, which is similar to flour, something edible. It's terrifying.
No land is needed, just a factory.
It can produce one hundred thousand tons of grain per day..."
Empress Dowager Zhanghua did not understand national affairs. She only knew how to simply recount what she considered exaggerated, bizarre, and useful information.
There was no order or structure.
Yet every word made those present frown deeply.
If it weren't for the Empress Dowager speaking, some ministers would have angrily denounced her for talking nonsense and spreading heresy.
What kind of delusional talk was this!
Tens of thousands of catties per mu, eight hundred and thirty million people. Anyone with a concept of these numbers should not have uttered them. They wouldn't even dare to imagine them. To put it bluntly, the total number of people born and died in their country over two thousand years wouldn't even add up to this many.
Some officials already felt that the Empress Dowager had probably been driven mad or foolish by the Sun God Cult.
As she spoke, Empress Dowager Zhanghua could clearly feel that the eyes around her were changing. Even her son looked at her with a conflicted expression, hesitating to speak, clearly not believing her.
"Fine, this Empress knows you are all short-sighted and narrow-minded, like frogs at the bottom of a well. You don't believe what this Empress is saying and think I'm talking nonsense, don't you?
Then this Empress will let you see for yourselves."
Because of her anger and dissatisfaction, Empress Dowager Zhanghua quickly brought out her self-proclaimed title again and directly activated the Sun Token in her hand. Using the magic power she had cultivated over this period, she activated the projection function of the Sun Token and selected the synchronized translation mode, displaying some of the posts, photos, and even videos she had collected to the assembled civil and military officials and her son.
This included some live broadcasts and declarations for the inter-world evangelism plan.
There were even live broadcasts of the daily lives of the thirty missionaries preaching in the imperial capital, as well as past broadcasts. The civil and military officials and the emperor himself watched for half an hour, until the Empress Dowager's magic power was completely depleted and no more could be extracted, forcing her to interrupt the projection. Only then did they snap back to reality, discussing the matter with shocked and somewhat unsatisfied expressions.
They discussed the authenticity and how to respond.
The Empress Dowager, who was recovering her magic power, was completely forgotten by them. It could be said that the shock they experienced that day exceeded the shock of their entire lives.
After a long discussion, Emperor Yuhe finally decided to temporarily remain calm and first send people to inquire about the situation in the Southern Barbarians and Northern Rong. If the information they received was largely consistent with what they had just seen in the projection, and if those two regions had indeed been largely conquered by the people sent by the Sun God Cult, then they would have to believe it and find a way to cooperate with those priests.
Perhaps they would even have to carefully study the so-called preaching rules of the other party, find what was beneficial to their own side, or try to align themselves with the direction that the other party did not allow them to use force or attack.
Of course, this was the general direction and policy they discussed on the surface, in the imperial court. After the court, Emperor Yuhe rushed to accompany his mother to continue watching the contents of the Sun Token, and also learned the relevant cultivation techniques from his mother, desperately trying to cultivate.
Besides this, the officials were also not idle. Most of them began to, with lingering doubt, try to contact the Sun God Cult in the imperial capital. Some sent their servants or descendants.
Some even disguised themselves and went there.
They tried to understand the situation and even earnestly believed.
In summary, the thirty days that the thirty preachers caused a stir in the imperial capital had a less significant impact and effect on the high-level officials of the Shengqian Dynasty than the half an hour Empress Dowager Zhanghua spoke in the imperial court.
The half an hour projection demonstration had a better effect.
In addition, Empress Dowager Zhanghua's contribution points also increased significantly. That's right, contribution points were not only obtainable by missionaries. All those who possessed a Sun Token could obtain them. The Sun Token itself was an identity token and a tool that could detect whether there were contributions and record contribution points.
Empress Dowager Zhanghua was both a devout believer and possessed a Sun Token. Therefore, it was only natural that she received contribution points after preaching to all the civil and military officials.
After the contribution points arrived, she specifically used the Sun Token to exchange for some inexpensive items and redeemed them in front of her son. This finally completely convinced Emperor Yuhe.
It also instantly turned him into a true believer of the Sun Goddess.
(End of this chapter)