The battleship docked outside Rome, still causing a stir among the locals.
Then, it attracts the attention of local officials.
Some official people came out to talk to Zhu Xuan and the others. The language here was still Latin, so there was no barrier to communication. Finally, a cardinal from the Catholic Church was arranged to come in contact with Zhu Xuan.
That cardinal was also from the Habsburg dynasty, his name was Turner, and he was also their official member.
"Grandson of the Ming Dynasty Emperor!"
Turner came to the port, first met with Zhu Xuan, and then invited Zhu Xuan and the others to sit in the church.
Zhu Xuan agreed and followed him into the city of Rome. This place was much cleaner than other places. All the way to the church, he saw that it was tall and majestic, with a sacred feeling.
But this kind of holiness is quite nihilistic.
Zhu Xuan doesn't believe in religion and doesn't take it seriously at all.
"Grandson of the Ming Emperor, please sit down!"
Turner smiled and said: "I heard that you came from the Ming Dynasty in the far east. I only know that there is a Yuan Dynasty in the east. Many years ago, Genghis Khan went to the west and came to us. Marco Polo, who went to the east, came back. , the one who introduced us was also the Yuan Dynasty, when did the Ming Dynasty appear?"
Their understanding of the East still remains at the time of Genghis Khan and Marco Polo.
"We, the Ming Dynasty, defeated the Yuan Dynasty. Now there is only the Ming Dynasty in the East."
Zhu Xuan explained.
At that time, Genghis Khan swept across Europe and was so powerful that he was called the Whip of God. According to Marco Polo's description, the Yuan Dynasty was founded by the descendants of Genghis Khan. Now the Eastern Ming Dynasty can even defeat the Yuan Dynasty.
Turner has never been to the East, but after hearing what Zhu Xuan said, he felt that that big country in the East was more powerful than the whip of God.
Zhu Xuan added: "This time I explored overseas routes and came to your west mainly for business, Hou Xian!"
Hou Xian, who was standing behind him, understood and asked someone to bring up a set of porcelain before opening the box.
"Is this... porcelain?"
Turner stood up suddenly and carefully pulled out a large blue and white bowl.
Really porcelain!
"This set of porcelain is given to Bishop Turner."
Zhu Xuan repeated what he had said to Fernando and asked Turner to help promote his arrival and his trip to Jerusalem. He also emphasized that Ming Dynasty welcomed them to do business.
"Really give it to me?"
Turner asked.
"of course it's true."
Zhu Xuan smiled slightly and said: "I mainly want to ask Bishop Turner to help me promote it. If you are interested in our porcelain, silk, tea, etc., you can also participate in the auction, or you can buy tea with me now wait."
Turner was indeed very interested in, even loved, porcelain.
Since Zhu Xuan wanted to give it as a gift, he accepted it unceremoniously and said with a smile: "Publicity is a trivial matter. I can definitely help the Ming Dynasty Emperor and Grandson take care of it. But if you want to buy it, forget it. We don't have that much money. Your Highness will take care of it." What comes here is definitely not cheap.”
Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "Bishop Turner is joking, how can you have no money?"
Will their church run out of money?
Not too possible!
After all, there are so many believers.
Especially Cardinal Turner, who was backed by the Habsburg dynasty, so it was impossible to be short of money.
Turner shook his head and said, "We really don't have money. If the Emperor Sun of the Ming Dynasty hadn't given me a set of porcelain, I wouldn't have been able to get it even if I wanted it. But I can definitely do it through publicity."
They have no money, so what else can Zhu Xuan continue to make money in the West?
He also wants to make a lot of money from the church!
Seeing that Turner seemed serious, after thinking for a moment, Zhu Xuan said: "I also have a certain understanding of your teachings. Human beings have committed original sin since their ancestors Adam and Eve disobeyed God's will and fell. sex."
Turner didn't quite understand why Zhu Xuan suddenly talked about doctrine with him, but as an Easterner who also understood their Western doctrine, he was a little surprised and said for a long time: "That's right!"
Zhu Xuan added: "Later, God used the method of nailing Jesus to the cross to atone for mankind's sins. However, there are too many human beings with original sin, and Jesus' atonement is limited."
Although Turner was their bishop, he didn't believe much in those things about God.
He became a bishop just for his own honor.
The more you are exposed to some things, the less you trust them, but he did not interrupt and allowed Zhu Xuan to continue.
"The bishop can prepare something called an indulgence."
"As long as the believer spends money to purchase indulgences, the church can pray to God and forgive his sins."
"When coins jingle, the soul can be washed and ascend to heaven."
After Zhu Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Turner.
He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to say these words in front of Turner.
However, the indulgences deceived the whole of Europe. It is conceivable that the people in their churches do not necessarily want to redeem the world. In their eyes, interests are still above all else.
Turner thought about Zhu Xuan's words, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
This is a very good idea.
Not only are they linked to their teachings, but they can also make money through their teachings.
Kill two birds with one stone!
Turner said: "I didn't expect that the grandson of the Ming Dynasty Emperor in the East would understand our affairs so well. I admire him!"
After listening to his words and looking at the smiling expression, Zhu Xuan understood that the indulgences had interested him and said with a smile: "I also heard that the bishop came back. The bishop is polite, so I will trouble the bishop about my matter." Got it!"
As long as indulgences appear, they will have money.
In the future, they can buy Daming's goods and give money to Daming. In the next few years, they may not realize how serious the problem of using money to exchange Daming's goods is.
By the time they woke up, Zhu Xuan's dumping of goods was almost in progress.
Even if people in the West wanted to break away from the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult for them to do so.
After all, they can only rely on imports from the Ming Dynasty for many things, such as those silks and cloths.
These are Zhu Xuan's plans.
"No trouble!"
Turner laughed.
Zhu Xuan stayed at the church for about half a day, then said goodbye and went back to the boat.
Wu Yongfeng first said: "The indulgence proposed by His Highness is a bit damaged."
He learned Latin quickly and was the second person besides Zheng He to have excellent language talent.
After walking around the church, Wu Yongfeng understood that there are many religious people in the West and there are many believers. These indulgences are obviously like cutting leeks and can help the church make money.
"If we don't lose a little, the church will have no money. Who will buy our future products?"
Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "The main consumer groups of silk, tea and ceramics in the West are aristocrats and businessmen, or churches. Common people can only buy our linen and cotton at most. Our main focus is luxury goods. "
Although the people in the church are not necessarily nobles, there are a lot of believers. When they have money, their consumption level will increase.
Zhu Xuan wants to turn all the wealthy groups here into his customers.
When the church cuts leeks, they cut the church’s leeks.
