Yes, my lord. [Read the full text]" Lando is still respectful. But the president is just "a believer". Only the devil knows how loyal he is to the church. The Jesuits are extremely well-informed, and Gelanzani knows This person has been paying attention to the foundry in Macau, stealing the cannons, matchlocks and gunpowder and selling them to the Ladeslon pirates (the European name for Chinese pirates). There are many people doing this business in Macau, and they can He was the only one who directly sold things from the foundry. I don’t know how he persuaded the director of the foundry.
"Listen, Mr. Lando," the president said in a formal tone, "I want you to return to the Countess of Scarborough. Aragones is short of military deputies now and will value you as he did in the past."
"Then what is my mission?"
"Aragones probably plans to continue to join Liu Xiang and challenge Zheng Yiguan. Yehui does not want to see Nicholas (Zheng Zhilong's Christian name) lose in this dispute." The president said, "We cannot directly help him "
The relationship between the Portuguese and Zheng Zhilong was deep, involving not only business interests but also missionary needs. Zheng Zhilong was baptized in Macau in his early years. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the order to expel the Jesuits for the first time, the Jesuits often used Zheng Zhilong's ships that sailed to Japan to smuggle various religious books to Japan. This made the Jesuits in Macau extremely reluctant to let the Spanish win in this battle.
"I understand." Lando smiled slyly.
The president fell silent. He knew that underneath this man's seemingly respectful intelligence was an arrogance that he couldn't understand, as if he was as omniscient and omnipotent as God himself, although he tried hard to hide it.
This bad guy thought, if God allows me to live until that time, I will hand him over to the heretics in the Philippines and let those fanatical Dominican monks deal with him.
At this time, he acted as if nothing had happened: "Okay, you have to remember that he cannot be allowed to defeat Nicholas. Aragones can do whatever he wants. Except" he thought for a moment, "Qiongzhou Mansion" "Aussies"
"It's about those strange Chinese people on Hainan Island."
"Yes. Call me whatever you want. You understand what I mean." He thought for a moment. "If Aragones is smart enough, he will not provoke them again. Otherwise, you can help them. I think they will be happy to get your help."
"Yes. President."
"Go to Padre Comange. He will give you another fifty silver pesos. You are ready to go.
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"President, if I want to board the ship in Aragones, I have to pay off the hotel fees here. I also owe the money to the tavern. I am an old soldier. I am penniless. It will cost a lot to carry out adventurous missions. money."
"Father Comange gave you a hundred silver pesos last time."
"I have already spent this money. You know I have no savings here and I have taken on a lot of debt just to live."
Gelanzani pondered for a moment and then reluctantly walked towards a triple-locked mother-of-pearl Chinese lacquer cabinet, took out a money bag from it, and weighed it in his hand.
"Take it, here are two hundred silver pesos."
He saluted the president and stuffed the money bag into his pocket.
"Well, go ahead." The president solemnly made the sign of the cross for him. "You don't have to worry about anything when you serve God. You know that Jesus has the right to forgive the most serious sins."
Lando bowed deeply, kissed his ring and exited.
Hearing the sound of the door behind the curtain closing, the president let out a soft sigh.
He didn't look in any direction and ordered: "Umblair, please ask Shopkeeper Wen and others to come in."
Lando went downstairs along a staircase that only insiders could go up and down, and came to the courtyard. He patted the money bag around his waist with some pride. It seemed that serving Yehui was indeed a wise choice. They were all very generous people.
While I was thinking about it, I saw a priest leading a few people over. Lando's heart moved and he took a few steps and ducked into the darkness of the corridor eaves.
When he saw the short heads and blue training uniforms of the group of people, he smiled slightly. He waited until these people entered the house before he escaped.
"Okay." Lando said thoughtfully, "You Australians!"
"Hello, Shopkeeper Wen." Gelanzani stood up and welcomed these strangely dressed people. He had long heard that these were people in strange clothes. When he looked closely in person, they found that their clothes were simple and the fabrics were very particular. The style is slightly similar to Europeans. As for the extremely short haircut, it certainly gave him some good impressions.
Wen Desi bowed slightly. The priest in front of him was wearing exquisite black robes, with a slightly curly black head and a kind and charming smile.
Gelanzani's Chinese was very good by the standards of the time, although it was inevitably accented. The difference in time, space and nationality makes communication between the two parties quite laborious. Wen Desi proposed to communicate in an accurate language that both parties could understand.
"Speak in Latin." As he said this, he called Diana Dosa over. This master of English language and literature also knew Latin.
Miss Mendoza saw a real priest for the first time in this time and space. She was so excited that she immediately knelt down and kissed his ring. This made Gelanzani both surprised and happy - there are still many believers in the Lord among Australians. And this beautiful believer is obviously not Chinese. Her appearance reminds him of the women in his hometown, who are also so charming and lively.
With a good start, the following talks will naturally become "friendly and constructive". Gelanzani was extremely interested in the origins of the Travelers, especially the Australia they mentioned. This was an era of great geographical discoveries, and Europeans were extremely interested in such news. Every geographical discovery meant new opportunities to gain wealth, land, and power. Of course, Wen Desi refused to reveal where the so-called Australia was: with the greedy nature of Europeans, they would not immediately flock to such a good place in the world if they knew it. In fact, Australia had already been discovered at this time. In 1606, the Spanish navigator Torres' ship sailed through the strait between Australia and New Guinea; in the same year, the Dutchman William's Duifgen set foot in Australia. After that, it got the name "New Netherlands". However, these findings did not produce any significant
. Modernists viewed New Netherland as desolate and unworthy. It was not until 177 that the navigator Captain Cook discovered the fertile east coast. The colonization of Australia has just begun. Naturally, in this time and space, the Travelers have classified Australia as a territory directly under their jurisdiction in the future.
Wen Desi was not only vague, but also moved the specific location, moving Australia to the center of the vast Pacific Ocean. If you are interested, go and look for it in circles.
As for the history of the country, it is naturally the set of things in the prisoner's manual.
Unexpectedly, this nonsense actually aroused great interest in the president. He kept asking questions, which made Diyana Dosa often stop and think about it before translating it in English. Wen Desi could still understand it in English. It turns out that this guy thought Australia was the lost continent of Atlantis.
Then he raised the question: Where did the church in Australia come from? Who are the leaders of the church? Where did the classics come from? Does the Australian Church know about the existence of the Holy See? Since the Bible of the Australian church is translated into Chinese, who translated it? This series of questions almost made Wen Desi roll his eyes. The president's thirst for knowledge is really strong.
Fortunately, Bai Duolu didn't lose his position before talking nonsense, Wen Desi thought to himself, otherwise I wouldn't be able to talk nonsense after he got full of nonsense. He still knew the importance: when talking to the priest, he argued that he was in a humble position and knew very little about the affairs of the country, so he simply asked questions.
Wen Desi was not well prepared for the religious system he fabricated and traveled through, but he did not want to leave an impression on the Jesuits that they were enthusiastic about the Catholic Church. Although many people, including himself, hoped to use Catholicism to display a new kind of The religious system replaces the religious belief of the future ruled area. Since we want to cooperate, we have to set a higher price. Do you want to preach? Okay, pay enough.
After thinking about the foundation, Wen Desi said that the church has always existed in Australia. As for when it came, the classics and so on, even the local church could not explain it. As for more details of the church, he himself did not understand it very well, because He is not a believer.
His understatement obviously disappointed Mr. Hui. Gelanzani originally thought that this country that appeared out of nowhere might be a lost Christian country like the Kingdom of Presbyterian John, but he did not expect that the people in power were not Christians. Judging from the appearance of the seven or eight people visiting, except for Bai Duolu and the Latina woman in front of him, there probably weren't many believers among them.
:The conversation after that mainly involved the existence of the travelers in Hainan. Wen Desi did not conceal his intention to travel through the people in this regard, but only narrowed the strategic goal to a smaller one. The purpose of occupying Lingao was to take advantage of the geography of the place. The environment of trade with the Ming Dynasty also specifically pointed out that the Crossing Group had goods that were popular with the Ming Dynasty, which were enough to exchange for a large amount of silver and other goods. Some products may also be liked by Southeast Asians and Europeans, but they lack enough ships and sailors, so they hope to find foreign merchants in Macau who can act as agents.
Wen Desi was very careful to cover up the travelers' attempts to get involved in foreign trade routes. He knew that this was extremely sensitive to middlemen like the Portuguese, but the Portuguese were happy to provide profitable goods, just as Chinese merchants offered They supplied raw silk, silk, and porcelain that fetched high prices in Japan and Manila. He was unclear to what extent the Jesuits were connected with Portuguese commercial interests. But there is undoubtedly a collusion of common interests between the two.
Gelanzani thought that the appearance of the Australians had given his missionary career a new opportunity. Although Australia is not the Christian country he imagined, judging from the attitudes of these people, they not only have a considerable understanding of the church, but are also tolerant and approving of it. If these Australians can take control of Hainan Island, God’s flock on this large eastern island will be greatly increased; and if the Jesuits can persuade their leaders to be baptized, maybe someone here will become a saint on Hainan Island. Stephen (Note: Hungary became a Christian country after the baptism of King Hungary.
Hainan Island is not a strange place to Gelanzani in Macau: as early as 156o, Father Gogo~ ventured into Hainan Island. In 1563, a group of Jesuits not only entered Hainan Island, but also penetrated into the Li area, which was forbidden by the government. In 1584, the Franciscans from Spain and the Philippines ran aground on Hainan Island while going to their missionary base in Vietnam, and were arrested by the local government there. He was later released and returned to Manila.
The biggest advantage of Hainan missionary work is Wang Hongjiao. It was the planning and guidance of Wang Hongjie, a native of Ding'an in Qiongzhou, who was the Minister of Rites in Nanjing at that time, that allowed Ma Dou to enter Beijing in 1598. Although on the surface, Wang Hongjie introduced missionaries to Beijing to revise the calendar, the underlying reason was that this quasi-Catholic hoped to use this opportunity to help Matteo Ricci carry out missionary activities. Soon afterwards, his son embraced Catholicism and took the Christian name Paul. This made it possible for the church to obtain missionary support from powerful people in Hainan for the first time. He knew that Paul had been to Macau several times recently and expressed the hope of sending priests to Ding'an County to preach. If we can also obtain such strong missionary support in Lingao County in the northwest of Hainan Island, this will be nothing less than a huge breakthrough in Eastern missionary activities.
Gelanzani rejoiced at the prospect.
His idea was completely expected by Wen Desi: Gelanzani indeed raised the expectation of preaching. Wen Desi followed the plan in his mind and argued that it was inconvenient for him to make the decision alone.
"According to our system, such a momentous matter must be decided by a vote of the Assembly of Five Hundred."
"Is it a parliament of gentlemen?"
"Exactly." Wen Desi thought that among the five hundred people, it was not that they didn't have political ideals, but most of them still wanted to be a master.
"You actually have five hundred gentlemen in Lingao!" Gelanzani exclaimed, "Portugal does not have this many gentlemen in the whole of Macau!"
Wen Desi answered with a humble smile.
"Since this is limited by your political system, I am willing to wait for the results. However, before you come to the correct conclusion, can you allow me to send a servant of God to follow you back? I assure you that without formal permission, Before, he wouldn’t have been doing missionary work.”
Wen Desi realized it a little late, thinking that a missionary who didn't understand the language couldn't make any big waves, so he could just send someone to keep an eye on him. Anyway, you make a price and I’ll make a price too. Let’s make an equal exchange. To be continued, if you want to know what happened, please log in to 6qidianm, there are more chapters, support the author, and support genuine reading!
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