Great Mongolia - Indian Empire, Quzheluo Province, Diu Island.
At this time, it was a scorching hot scene, and there were few people walking around inside and outside the dock hotel. There were only some bare-chested, dark-skinned Indian coolies, amidst the shouts of Annan Shuiyong, transporting boxes of goodies to several sailing battleships docked at the dock.
This Guzheluo Province is roughly the state of Gujarat in later generations, a "rich state" in northwest India. The state's GDP ranks fourth in India... which is not bad. However, in the 17th century, this Quzheluo Province was a truly prosperous place, and most of Europe could not compare with it.
Quzheluo Province is a coastal province with an extremely long coastline. There are more than a dozen port cities along the coast, and maritime transportation is extremely developed. The fishery and salt industry are also very developed, and it is the main salt-producing area in the Indian Empire. The inland terrain of Quzheluo Province is flat and the climate is hot and humid. It is very suitable for the production of rice, cotton and sugar cane. It has always been India's granary, cloth warehouse and sugar warehouse.
After Kangxi Khan introduced white sugar production technology to the Indian Empire, sugar factories opened by "Mongolian merchants" appeared in many port cities in Quzheluo Province. Millions of kilograms of white and brown sugar were exported from Quzheluo Province every year. !
In addition, it was also the textile industry center of the Indian Empire, and the Indian cotton produced locally was a strong commodity in the European market!
Diu Island, which was conquered by the Portuguese in the early years, was bought back last year by Emperor Kang Mazi at a cost of millions of rupees. The terrain of this island is very superior. It is close to the land of Quzheluo Province and is very long and narrow. An equally long and narrow bay is formed between the island and the mainland. At the east and west entrances of the bay, there are also natural portals formed by protruding peninsulas. Once the fort is repaired, the bay of Diu Island can be well protected.
This place is a natural military port!
It was precisely because of the capture of Diu that the Portuguese overpowered the Ottoman Empire and seized hegemony in India's offshore waters. If it weren't for the fact that the maritime hegemony of the Portuguese Empire had long been a thing of the past, and that the Governor-General of Goa acted as an agent of the Ming Dynasty for the spice interests of Timor Island, which aroused the dissatisfaction of England and France, the Portuguese would not have agreed to transfer such The good Diu Island is sold to Mongolia!
Because the Portuguese have been operating on Diu Island for more than a hundred years, they have complete facilities such as forts, docks, warehouses, military camps, and docks... They can even start building third-class battleships here!
So Kang Mazi's millions of rubles were well spent.
At this moment, Yinti, the "big filial son" of Kang Mazi's family, was standing on the north-facing balcony of a Portuguese-style Western house near the pier, wearing only a thin silk gown and holding a hand. He fanned himself vigorously with a cattail leaf fan, but beads of sweat still seeped out of his skin, and his whole body seemed to melt.
Although it was so hot, he still didn't dare to hide in a cool place inside the house. He still stood on the balcony under the scorching sun, just staring at the big leather boxes one after another being shipped out of the house where he lived. , and then transported by Indian coolies to the two sailing battleships docked at the dock.
He also had a telescope in his hand, and he would lift it up to take a look at it from time to time, appearing to be very interested in it.
Shi Lang, who was already in his early seventies, old and fat, and became a "fat old man", was standing behind Yinti in full official uniform, serving him carefully. However, the heat in India has been so hot these two days, and the sun can kill people. Even Shi Lang, who grew up on the seaside in Fujian, couldn't bear it anymore. He stood there swaying and looked like he was about to suffer from heat stroke. Shi Shilun and Shi Shiji, the two filial sons of the Shi Lang family, are now working in the Mongolian Navy. They command the two third-level battleships, and they are also carefully serving their father. Seeing the old man swaying, I became a little anxious... In the past two years in Diu, many people in the Mongolian Navy have become loyal due to natural heatstroke!
But they didn't dare to persuade the old man to go in to avoid the heat...Dad Shi was a good slave of the Qing Dynasty, no, now he is a good slave of the Mongolia! The five proper ministers (the Ming Dynasty voted for the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty voted for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty voted for the Qing Dynasty again, and the Qing Dynasty became the Great Mongolia), and they were also loyal and good people who fought repeatedly in the north. Now they are capable officers and worshiped as the admiral of the Mongolian navy. They are all great Khans. His grace, can he serve it well?
Seeing that the last box was loaded onto the sailboat, Admiral Shi of the Mongolian Navy approached Yinti with a smile and a stinky face, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, so much silver is shipped to Europe. , do you want to buy something from Europe?"
It turns out that the task Kangxi gave to Yinti was to take the money to Europe for "shopping."
Yinti nodded and said, "If you don't want to buy anything, just buy a pope."
The Pope...of course you can buy it, and it's quite expensive!
Shi Lang was stunned: "What is a pope? How much does one cost?"
Yinti shook his head, "The pope is not a thing... Why are these words so awkward? The pope is a position, the biggest leader of the Roman Catholic Church!"
Shi Lang was shocked. He was stunned for a long time before saying: "What? The biggest leader of the Roman Catholic Church is still a donator?"
Yinti nodded, "That's pretty much what it means. Anyway, once the money is spent, the pope will become the pope."
Shi Shilun, Shi Lang's son, finally couldn't help but interrupt: "Your Majesty, who will receive the money? The Pope is not the biggest leader in the Catholic Church..."
"Wenxian, you are lacking in talent and knowledge," Shi Lang replied on behalf of Yinti, "The Pope is not the biggest in the Catholic Church. There are also Heavenly Brother Jesus, Heavenly Mother Mary, Heavenly Father and Emperor God... But how should I get this money into the hands of the three of them?"
"It's not them who collect money," Yinti almost amused Shi Lang, who was already confused, and said with a smile, "those of them who don't collect money... they are gods and don't need money."
"Who will accept it?" Shi Lang was still excited.
"This... this pope is elected," Yinti thought thoughtfully. "After the last pope dies, a group of cardinals go to Rome to vote for the new pope. One person, one vote. During the voting, the cardinals who have votes can exchange their votes for silver. Emperor Ama asked me to take the silver to Europe to bribe those cardinals."
"So that's it!" Shi Lang asked, "Then who will be the pope I bought? Isn't it for you, the prince?"
Yinti waved his hand and laughed and said: "How can I be a cardinal? I am not a cardinal... I have to buy a cardinal first, and then I am qualified to buy the pope. And I don't believe in Catholicism, let alone Become a priest. Once you become a priest, you can't marry a wife. Isn't it worth it?"
"That's right," Shi Lang nodded, "There are three types of unfilial piety, the worst is not having an heir! But if you, my lord, do not do it right, then who should do it?"
Yinti looked back at Shi Lang, who had turned into a curious old man, and said with a smile: "It doesn't hurt to tell you that the person who will choose the pope this time is Cardinal Bai Jin of the Indian Diocese... It was the French priest, a foreigner named Josim Bouvert. After the death of Nan Huairen, this foreigner had the best relationship with the Emperor. Moreover, he was a Frenchman and was sent by King Louis of France. Pope King Louis must also support it. So my Amma asked me to take a sum of money to send Bishop Bai to Europe to help him buy a pope. I don’t know if this Bishop Bai’s magic power can work. ?”
Kangxi really made great progress this time, and actually learned to place and support spokespersons within Europe. And the spokesperson he supports is the Pope of Rome! If he succeeds, the connection between his Great Mongolia-Indian Empire and Europe will be closer. The benefits of this connection to the Great Mongol-Indian Empire are self-evident. Not only can it establish an alliance to resist the Ming Dynasty's westward expansion, but it will also help the Great Mongol-Indian Empire unify the entire India in the future.
Shi Lang was confused again when he heard this, "Your Majesty, didn't the Pope buy it with money? Why do you still need to fight?"
Yinti sighed and said: "Fighting has nothing to do with choosing a pope. Fighting is choosing a pope and then fighting the devil... It is said that the last pope, Alexander VIII, couldn't bear it until he was summoned by God. , and he died!"
Shi Lang's eyes bulged out when he heard this, "Really, there really are monsters! Can Bishop Bai do it? Do you want to invite a monk and Taoist priest who can catch monsters and subjugate them to follow him to Europe? Your Majesty, I know a man from Qingliang Temple in Mount Wutai. A monk with a dharma title of "Xing Chi" and a very powerful mana is now becoming a monk in Beijing."
Yinti smiled and said: "This Emperor Ama has already made arrangements. Master Qiling will follow me to Europe."
It turns out that the "battle" between the Pope and the devil has already begun!
Of course it's not a matter of "asking God to come over", that's all rumors. The real situation is that Pope Alexander VIII of Rome led a group of "powerful" red archbishops to pray to Heavenly Father and Brother Heaven in the church in Rome, asking them to take action against the devil.
Although Alexander VIII did a lot of things that violated traffic regulations, he still believed in God... Belief in God does not mean that he cannot do bad things! If you believe in God and you can't do bad things, then no one will believe in God.
If this believer does something bad, God will be responsible for forgiving it, so some people believe in God!
And Alexander VIII has already become the pope with the blessing of God, and half of his body has "entered heaven". How could he not believe in God?
Precisely because he truly believed it, he was really anxious!
No hurries? Of course, I was in a hurry and couldn’t contact God. He is now the Pope, and logically he can have direct contact with God... In order to figure out how to contact God, he also asked people to help him carefully study the diaries of previous popes, and found that at least three-thirds of them One of the Popes can contact God through prayer. The rest have no diary handed down...
With so many diaries as evidence, the fact that the Pope can contact God must be true. But the problem is that Alexander VIII went to God every day for two months to tell him about the devil, but God would not answer him. He was really anxious now!
Other popes can contact God, but he cannot. How can he not be anxious? But just being anxious is not enough. The old man also worked hard to fight the devil. He felt that his own strength might not be enough to attract God's attention. So he anxiously invited all the cardinals in Italy to come to Rome, so that they could worship God and oppose the devil together. God must “appear”!
But he never expected that this God would not show any face to him, and would not show any manifestations even if Alexander VIII summoned all the cardinals in Italy, but the old man would not show up. Not only did God not contact the Pope, but no one from Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or even a group of angels, big and small, came out to talk to Alexander VIII.
What does this mean? This shows that God does not recognize Alexander VIII as the legitimate pope at all, and refuses to forgive his sins... Alexander VIII is really anxious now. This is no longer a question of how to fight the devil, but himself. Going to hell is a problem!
If God does not recognize him as the legitimate pope, then he is a false pope... Can a false pope go to hell? Alexander VIII was over 80 years old, and he also suffered from basic diseases, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and maybe a little Alzheimer's disease. When he became anxious, his brain blood vessels exploded, and he died in front of a group of people. The cardinal's face fell on the altar where he was fighting the devil.
This is a big deal!
How do the people below know that the Pope died because he was unable to contact God and suffered from an underlying disease? Well, the reason why the Pope "seeed God" should be that he died in a hurry because he could not see God! But the people below don’t know. They think the Pope died while fighting the devil!
Although the Pope died gloriously and magnificently, it was enough to prove how powerful the devil in North America is!
When this news spread to America, the Spanish Emperor and General Churchill, the commander of the American Army sent by England, who had originally planned to fight against Shang Fang, were all cowed... If the "devil's problem" is not solved, where will they, the mortal commanders, be? Dare to fight the Shang army supported by the devil?
So they could only postpone their counterattack plan and wait for Rome to choose a new pope to continue fighting the devil.
Because this time we have to choose a powerful pope who can fight with the devil, those cardinals who feel that their magic power is low and may not be able to fight the devil shrink first and find various reasons not to participate in the meeting - in the past, I participated in the meeting and elected Even if you don't get it, you can still get some money, because there must be more than one person competing to be the pope!
But this time the situation is different. When you become the pope, you have to fight the devil...and the devil is so powerful! If you can't fight, you will die. Therefore, many cardinals are worried that no one will be willing to take the post, and they will really have to recommend each other. What if you are chosen? If you don’t do it right, you might as well go directly to see God.
So Bai Jin (Josim Buvit), who is a cardinal archbishop in India, has also been called by the Holy See... God needs them! The devil is waiting for them!
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