Since the day it was born, religion has shouldered the trust of human souls. When human beings encounter irresistible forces such as natural disasters, only religion can finally calm human emotions and avoid collapse.
In his previous life, Xiao Letian once heard a rumor about who was the largest real estate developer on earth and who was the richest man in the world. The answer is undoubtedly Christianity. This is the first of the three major religions of mankind. It has controlled the core of Europe since the ancient Roman times. It has sacrificed countless pieces of land, gold and silver for thousands of years.
In addition, after the Age of Discovery, Europe began to colonize the world, and the power of Christianity expanded rapidly outwards with warships and colonies.
The church can always get the best land, and the church can also get the most financial donations, and this wealth is once again invested in missionary work. This is a virtuous circle, and the growth of Christianity really makes sense.
Why has France always been respected as the center of aristocratic culture in Europe? Why not Vienna? This is the cleverness of the French. All French kings have made it their mission to promote Catholicism. They just used extremely complicated Catholic etiquette and mixed it with aristocratic etiquette to create a palace style that looked very noble.
It was this kind of courtly style that made the French think that all the countries around them were like rubes. Then with the vigorous propaganda of Catholicism, this kind of courtly style quickly became the mainstream value in Europe.
It can be seen from this that the status of Christianity in the hearts of Europeans has been so great that even the word fanaticism cannot accurately describe it.
Now Bishop Ax has been staying in front of Xiao Hexin for more than a minute. The music in the garden has been muted by three points. Countless barons, viscounts, earls and their wives are all watching the bishop's every move with breathless attention.
The band conductor became increasingly frustrated and quickly controlled the band to lower its tone, and finally stopped altogether.
"Child, can you tell me where this scar came from?" After the bishop finished speaking, Jonas in the crowd hurriedly squeezed over to translate, but before he could get there, Xiao Hexin had already spoken.
Xiao Hexin has only been exposed to German for less than five months, but for smart people, five months is enough to learn a lot.
"Bishop...Your Excellency! This is a...scalded scar...injured in the fire...on the outskirts of Hamburg..." Xiao Hexin's German is very choppy, but every word he speaks is very accurate. Everyone understood.
There was a bang, and countless people whispered to each other. Bishop Yax had a look of regret on his face, "Oh, child, may God bless you, please accept the Lord's blessing..." After saying this, the bishop actually opened his hands and wanted to hug Xiao Hexin.
"Oh, God! The bishop is going to bless this Chinese..." In Christian doctrine, the bishop's blessing is a very glorious thing. In many cases, it is the exclusive preserve of nobles, and ordinary people can get a small church. The pastor's blessing is worth a lifetime of pride.
This kind of blessing becomes more rare the higher the level. If the Pope from the Vatican comes forward, the believers present, even the nobles, may kneel down and kiss the Pope's feet.
Countless scorching eyes were cast on Xiao Hexin. Everyone present knew very well that no European would dare to insult those who had been blessed by the bishop, because that would be a betrayal of God.
But what is incredible is that Xiao Hexin actually hesitated. He even looked around in the crowd, looking for Xiao Letian.
After just a few seconds of pause, there were discussions around him. Many people looked at him a little unkindly, especially Viscount Alan from Austria, who took two steps forward and opened his mouth to scold him.
"Oriental! Do you dare to hesitate before God? You are disrespecting the Lord... Stand up and I will fight you. I will never allow the glory of the Lord to be disrespected in the slightest..."
Good guy, this is deliberately causing trouble. If there is a duel, Xiao Letian's political appearance in Europe will become a farce.
Countless people were talking, and the eyes of the New Army boys were full of fire. If they hadn't been tasked with guarding honor today, otherwise they would all have rolled up their sleeves and beaten him. What kind of bullshit Viscount, who is a little older than Amao and Agou, actually dares to cause trouble.
Just when Alan's farce was about to start, he was greeted by the bishop's electric eyes. Bishop Yax just turned his head slightly and glanced sideways at him. As a result, just at this glance, Viscount Alan felt as if he was electrocuted. His long mouth immediately closed, and he did not dare to speak a single word.
Countries in Europe are competing for hegemony. Even after two world wars, no one dared to challenge the dignity of the Pope. No matter what the outcome of the war, the respect for the church from the people and politicians from various countries has not changed.
Yax suppressed the arrogant Viscount Alan with one look, but he did not retract his open arms. He still looked at Xiao Hexin with a smile, his eyes full of kindness.
Xiao Hexin was under great pressure now. Such an unexpected situation had never been thought of before, and they didn't know how to deal with it. If you accept the bishop's blessing, no one can tell what impact it will have on your subsequent plans.
Of course, this was just what the New Army brothers said later. In fact, the main reason was that everyone was used to listening to Xiao Letian's orders, and it had become a subconscious reaction.
Xiao Letian is not present, these young men are all dragons and tigers, but as long as Xiao Letian is by their side, they will subconsciously choose to avoid making decisions, and the baton will always be in Xiao Letian's hand.
Just when the situation was awkward, two figures appeared in the corner of the garden. One was Xiao Letian and the other was Mr. Nobel who was doing research.
Xiao Hexin's thief eyes immediately spotted the officer's figure. When he saw the smile on Xiao Letian's face, he finally felt relieved and generously opened his arms and hugged the bishop.
Countless guests crossed themselves and praised him endlessly. But the surprise was far more than that, Bishop Yax even kissed the scar gently on the side of his face.
With a bang, the crowd cheered, this blessing was too heavy. If you were a devout Christian, you would have knelt down on one knee when you encountered such a blessing, but this Eastern warrior had no intention of kneeling at all. .
"May God bless you. From today on, I give you the title of Hamburg Guardian. The glory belongs to you..."
"Ah!" the crowd exclaimed. The bishop actually gave them a title. Is this treating these young men like knights?
How precious is a title? It's right to say it's not valuable. After all, the city of Hamburg doesn't have to pay them a small salary, but this kind of honor is too rare. It has already raised their status very high, at least for ordinary Europeans such as farmers and miners. It’s time to take the initiative to take off your hat and salute them.
The title given by the bishop will be recognized by the Protestant church and will soon be publicized by countless pastors. In large and small Protestant churches in Europe, pastors will tell this story to the parishioners after every service.
I believe that within a year and a half, Protestants all over Europe will know the story of the 'Hamburg Defenders'. When their reputation is so high that everyone knows it, the city of Hamburg will even build a statue for them to be passed down forever.
From now on, as long as the Pope does not take back this honor, as long as the story is still circulating, and as long as the sculpture is not pushed, no one can morally attack these Chinese people. If anyone dares to act casually in the tavern like before Make fun of or insult these Eastern soldiers.
When the time comes, people will naturally grab him by the collar and go to the sculpture to show him the evidence. This is a silent rebuttal, and it is the dignity of the entire China.
Xiao Letian was also moved. He didn't expect that the capital of the Protestant Church was so huge. Was he going to use the church's credit to endorse him morally? Are you making a name for yourself? Oh, my God, it looks like I will have to donate to a few more churches when I go back.
Bishop Yax's kiss completely pushed the reputation of the New Army to its peak. The bishop even grabbed Xiao Hexin's right wrist with one hand, raised it high and said loudly to everyone.
"People of God, look at these brave young men, look at the scars on their bodies, which were left to save our children... Come on, defenders of Hamburg, stand in front of everyone and let us know. Let them take a look..."
"Oh, this is the burn scar left on the fire scene. It's very long! And here, why is there a knife wound... My child, can you take off your military uniform and let us take a look?"
Xiao Hexin, a big man, would he still be afraid of others looking at him? After three strokes, five divided by two, he untied his clothes and took off his military uniform and shirt. When the tendons and flesh were exposed in front of everyone, everyone was dumbfounded.
"Oh, God... such a strong man..." Countless women's eyes were full of little stars, and their eight-pack abs were pulled out when they saw it, and some even had a romantic nature and tightened them unconsciously. Thigh.
Women see flesh, men see scars. The dozens of scars on Xiao Hexin's body made all the men present moved. Bishop Yax pointed to each scar and asked in a low voice the origin.
"This part was also burned in the fire. It doesn't matter that this kind of wound is not fatal... Oh, you ask this! It was cut by a Japanese ronin's sword during the bloody battle of Naha in Ryukyu. At that time, he was about to bully A woman..."
"This one was shot with shotguns and iron sand during the battle with the Manchu Green Camp. Those sneak attackers tried to rob the entire Tanggu business district of money..."
Wounds are military medals for soldiers, and the dangers turned into light jokes in Xiao Hexin's mouth, while the faces of his audience became more and more solemn. Especially that Viscount Alan, even though he was tall, he was sweating when he saw the scars and the results.
"Is my brain deprived of oxygen? How could I be so foolish as to want to duel with such a person? God, fortunately he didn't respond to me... I made a mistake, I really made a mistake..." The little Viscount sighed inwardly, But his feet kept shrinking back, and finally he was completely hidden behind the crowd.
At the end of the sentence, Bishop Yax was moved. He raised Xiao Hexin's right hand high and shouted to the crowd, "Is this the legendary sick man of East Asia? Is this the rumored Asian barbarian? I just calculated it." Well, most of the scars on warriors are for protection, don’t such people deserve our respect?”
"I solemnly propose to the city of Hamburg that for these warriors, we should build statues to thank them for their sacrifice and dedication... All glory belongs to you!"
Until this moment, applause sounded like thunder, and a campaign was launched by the bishop. What was even more unintentional was that all the New Army soldiers present stood at attention with their chests raised and their heads raised to salute, and they shouted in unison.
"Glory to Mr. Xiao!"
At that moment, amid thunderous applause, Xiao Letian officially appeared on the stage, and his status as a politician was finally recognized by the entire Europe.
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