"Dabao, Mr. Gough, Mr. Smith, Mr. Jones, these Daming Xia wines do not contain magic potions that can make people fall asleep. You can drink them with confidence."
In the lobby of a house next to the Ling family's ancestral hall, Zhu Heji had already set up a banquet to see off guests, and also called his Latin teacher Bei Jiaxin. Teacher Bei was holding a plate with some food in it. with three yellow scrolls and a thread-bound book.
In addition, he also put on the "Da Ming Xia" that he had just blended... There is "spring" wine, of course there are "summer" wine, "autumn" wine and "winter" wine.
Of course, the four "spring, summer, autumn and winter" wines are all high imitation wines made from sugar cane original wine, some other flavored wines, and some special aromatic essential oils, and then using some artificial aging methods.
Among them, Daming Xia wine is a high-imitation sherry wine. It uses Portuguese sherry wine, oak barrels, sugar cane raw wine, etc. seized in Macau as raw materials, and is produced through blending, blending, and artificial aging. It has a special taste. Shirley.
The acidity of this wine is relatively high, but it is still sweet, with a slight milky aroma, and it has been chilled, giving it an excellent taste. At least it won't be any better than the best sherrys that people of Gough, Smith, and Jones's caliber can drink in the UK.
However, due to the "drunk accident" last time, Goff, Smith, Jones and other three people now have a psychological shadow on the wine provided by Zhu Heji. Moreover, Zhu Heji just said a very sensitive word - magic medicine?
"Magic potion?" Gaofu, who can speak Chinese, asked first without waiting for Ji Dabao to translate, "What do you mean..."
"Magic (magic)!" Zhu Heji said an "old English" word, and then laughed, "What defeated you, Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones in Dahao was a magic weapon extracted from a certain plant. The drug that comes out...it's extremely hypnotic."
Ji Dabao translated his words into "Old English", and then the three foreign devils all exclaimed.
"Is there really magic?"
"O God!"
"This is real?"
Zhu Heji laughed: "Seeing is believing... Isn't what you have seen in these days enough to convince you of the existence of magic?"
Can you believe it?
The three foreign devils looked at each other with doubtful expressions.
Zhu Heji smiled, then took a thin thread-bound book from the plate held by Teacher Bei, placed it on the wine table, and gently pushed it to Charlie Gough with his fingers.
Charlie Goff lowered his head and saw that the cover of this thread-bound book clearly read "Beginner's Guide to Magicians".
"This is..." Charlie Goff's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Zhu Heji smiled and explained: "This is a book explaining magic... I wrote it based on some content in another ancient book called "Tao follows Nature" and some of my personal opinions. Yes. After you read it, you should have a deeper understanding of magic!"
Of course there will be no "dry information" in this book. Who can expect Zhu Heji to write down the formula of sugar and gunpowder in a book given away for free?
But there are some very profound magical principles in it, and some chemical reactions are explained from a magical perspective.
"Understand magic?" Charlie Gough was a little confused.
Zhu Heji continued: "After reading this book, you will know that magic... is actually everywhere!
Magic is actually the basic force that constitutes the world we live in. It exists in all materials. Moreover, we humans can stimulate and use the magical power in matter according to certain laws. For example, the most common phenomenon of combustion in daily life is essentially a magical phenomenon. "
Well, Zhu Heji was "magicizing" chemistry, using a magical context to explain chemical reactions... But to people in the seventeenth century, many chemical reactions were not much different from magic.
Therefore, the course of chemistry can also be turned into a magic class... I wonder if the chemistry teachers of later generations will feel more high-end, grand, and classy if they are called magic teachers?
"Doesn't that mean we ordinary people can also master magic?" Charlie Goff asked back.
"It's not mastery, but application." Zhu Heji said, "If you can use it but don't know the principles, you can't call it mastery... But if you only know the principles and can't create them, you can't call it mastery." Mastery. And since humans can master all the magical properties of every substance in the world, they can create new magical substances that are unimaginable to us and possess unimaginable power."
Charlie Gough understands a little bit, but he is just an adventurer, has limited knowledge, and is not very smart, so he doesn't even have a smattering of knowledge. But it doesn't matter. He plans to go back to his hometown of Cambridge to recuperate for a while. He can go to Cambridge University to ask a smart person...
In addition, he has to report the "Chinese Magic Incident" to the Anglican Church. The original copy of "The Beginner's Guide to Magicians" will probably be submitted as evidence, and the Anglican Church will also organize experts to conduct research.
If Zhu Heji really had exclusive control over powerful black magic...then he, the chief executive of the British East India Company, would not have to be responsible for the Macau incident and the Great Eastern incident.
How could a small team compete with the most powerful pagan magician in the world?
If he has this ability, why not become a pope or an archbishop?
At this time, Zhu Heji took three scrolls covered with yellow silk from the Latin teacher Bei Jiaxin who was standing behind him, and placed them in front of him one after another. Then he said to comprador Ji Dabao: "Class 2 Ji, I would like to ask you to be a messenger and travel to Europe with Gough, Smith, and Jones. These three scrolls are written by me to the Pope of Rome and the Regent of Portugal respectively. The personal letters from the King and the King of England are all written in Chinese and Latin. I don't need you to negotiate with them, just bring the letters and bring back their replies."
Although Zhu Heji robbed the Great Eastern and took back Macau, he never thought about closing the country, let alone interrupting the trade between the East and the West - money still had to be made!
These days, Europeans are still in the stage of "fear of poverty" and "crazy poverty". How can they not make money?
Zhu Heji also had to make money to support the army and the court, so he never thought about a complete break with the Westerners. However, the Macau incident and the Great Eastern incident also need an explanation.
The content on these three scrolls explains the whole story. The general meaning is that although I, the Ming Dynasty, commandeered the ships of the British East India Company, captured the castles of the Kingdom of Portugal, and planned to greatly restrict Catholicism, I am reasonable and responsible!
First of all, I, Ming Dynasty, am not "robbing" the ship, I am "expropriating" it, and I will also provide compensation and corresponding compensation. Because the Great Eastern was "damaged" during use and needed major repairs, the Ming Dynasty will pay a certain amount of "Dongchang Xiang" to buy the Great Eastern. Moreover, expropriation and compensation only occurred between the Ming Dynasty and the East India Company, not against the Kingdom of England.
Secondly, Macau originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty and was rented by the Portuguese, but they have not paid rent for twenty years. It is reasonable and legal for the Ming Dynasty to take back Macau, and it has been taken back now! However, Macau's trade opening policy will continue, and Ming Dynasty welcomes merchants from all over the world to trade in Hong Kong.
Third, our Ming Dynasty is based on Confucianism. No matter Buddhism, Taoism or Catholicism, we cannot try to harm the foundation of Confucianism. The Catholic Church's interference in Chinese Confucian etiquette is an attempt to damage the foundation of Confucian etiquette, so all activities must be temporarily suspended. However, the Ming Dynasty took into account the special situation of Macao and still allowed Catholic activities in Macao.
Fourth, the Kingdom of Portugal’s right to protect China is a gross interference in the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty and is completely unacceptable! Therefore, all bishops in China who have not been appointed by the Ming Dynasty are illegal bishops. All churches located in the territory of Ming Dynasty that have not been approved by the Ming Dynasty court are illegal churches.
Fifth, Ming now has magic weapons and is therefore invincible! If Britain and Portugal want to fight, then Ming Dynasty will accompany them to the end, and will also export magic weapons to the enemies of Britain and Portugal!
