Chapter 173 The Priest Who Can Speak Beijing Dialect
Chapter 173 A priest who can speak Beijing dialect
The huge noise made by the Thor when it dropped anchor caused the onlookers on Urupu Island (hereinafter referred to as "Urupu Island") to scream in surprise.
When the seals and the people rushed to the beach in a speedboat, the Ainu people on the beach were frightened and fled. However, Father Makarius and Ferapontov greeted the seals and the others.
He walked over, chanting Orthodox prayers at the same time.
"Lord, please give me the strength to endure today's labor and all that this day has to offer. Amen. Welcome, my. Ouch!"
After the sea dog jumped off the speedboat, without saying a word, he raised the steel pipe in his hand and hit Markarius on the head. Markarius had no time to dodge, so he had to turn his head, and the steel pipe immediately hit his shoulder.
Macarius grinned in pain, covered his shoulders, and looked at Sea Dog and the others in horror.
"Tie these two people up! What are you talking about!" Sea Dog pointed at the two Tsarist Russian priests and said to his men.
When Ferapontov saw that his companions were injured, he was horrified and shouted loudly in Ainu: "This is Her Majesty the Queen's territory! You barbarians!"
The seal pointed at Ferapontov with a steel pipe and ordered his subordinates: "Stop their mouths!"
A warrior of the Shachuan tribe took out a rag from his waist and actually brought it to his nose to smell it; then he tore it in half, chuckled, and walked towards the two priests.
"God, you can't do this. Uh. Uh."
After Markarius and Ferapontov were tied up and their mouths were gagged with an indescribable rag, the sea dog said to them viciously: "This is the land of Chief Tuka! You foreign invaders,
They all deserve to die!"
After a while, after the second batch of Shachuan warriors landed ashore, the seal raised his hand and pointed at the church not far away, and seven or eight Shachuan people armed with swords and guns rushed over quickly.
"Hmm." When the two Tsarist priests saw each other heading towards their church, they twisted their bodies desperately and tried to stop them; but under the supervision of several strong Shachuan warriors, everything was in vain.
After a while, the Shachuan warriors who rushed into the chapel came out one after another. In their hands were several crosses and cups made of gold. One guy even held a huge gold nugget in his arms.
"Seal Dog, there are so many things inside!" a Shachuan warrior said with a smile.
"Move them all out and put them here." Sea Dog pointed to an open space on the beach and said, walking quickly towards the wooden church.
This small church is small in size, with the door opening to the west; the roof is made into a steeply angled roof, with a large cross standing on the top. The fur seal walked into the house and looked around.
The style of living here is completely different from that of the Ainu people. Entering the door is the sanctuary, which is the main body of the church. There is not a single chair in the whole house. Walking along the sanctuary, to the left of the wooden altar statue is a bedroom.
On the right is the warehouse where supplies are stored.
Sea Dog walked into the bedroom door and took a look inside. There were two wooden beds inside, and a small cross hung on the wall. He curled his lips and went to the warehouse on the right.
Several Shachuan warriors were carrying things from inside to outside. A few bags of placer gold, dozens of deer skins, grains, cured meats and fishes piled on the roof, and a few large closed wooden barrels were all there.
The sea dog walked to the wooden barrels and opened the stopper of one of them, and a strong aroma of wine wafted out.
It was already noon when Zhao Xin led the people ashore. He glanced at the two tied priests and asked a Shachuan warrior: "Where are the seals?"
"It's inside, it's been a long time since I've been there."
"Go and call him out. I'll wait for him here."
Zhao Xin walked to the place where the trophies were piled and looked at the things that were moved out of the church.
"Oh, there's quite a lot of gold!"
When Markarius and Ferapontov saw Zhao Xin and his men, they quickly realized that these people were not Ainu. Because Zhao Xin and the others were wearing thick dark blue short coats
, wearing a strange thick hat on his head.
But when Zhao Xin looked at the pile of supplies taken out from the church and spoke, Macarius's eyes suddenly widened; because he had learned this language for a long time. So he ignored the pain in his shoulders and his mouth was blocked.
He stood there, twisting his body as hard as he could, and kept making "wuwu" sounds from his mouth.
Zhao Xin was indeed attracted by Macarius' movements, frowned and said to his subordinates: "Take out what is in their mouths."
"Bahh~~vomit~~" The two priests were finally freed from the unknown rag, and the strong smell made them vomit out bile.
The forty-year-old Father Macarius had almost vomited, and then he looked at Zhao Xin and asked in a strange Beijing dialect: "Your Excellency, are you from the Qing Dynasty?"
"Ah?!" Zhao Xin was extremely surprised. He didn't expect that the priest in front of him could actually speak Beijing dialect. He squatted down and asked curiously: "Who are you? How can you speak Chinese?"
"My name is Macarius, and I am an Orthodox priest. I just returned from your capital three years ago." Macarius spoke very slowly. He had not spoken Chinese for several years and had already forgotten it.
A lot of vocabulary.
Zhao Xin became more and more curious, so he ordered his men to escort the two of them back to the Thor for custody until he returned.
Markarius, who was pushed by the soldiers, shouted to Zhao Xin: "Your Excellency, you cannot be rude to the Lord's territory! This island is the territory of Her Majesty the Queen!"
Zhao Xin's expression changed and he said coldly: "This is the territory of the Ainu people, and you are just a group of invaders. Take them away!"
The drunken seal was helped out by two of his men. Zhao Xin stopped beating him when he saw the anger. He ordered a Shachuan warrior to get a bucket of water, and Duotou poured it on the seal.
Zhao Xin didn't care that the seal was screaming at the biting cold water, and said to Sheng Haizhou beside him: "Empty the things in the church, and then set it on fire!"
As a former island warrior, Katsu Kaishu had no good impression of Western Catholicism at all. He immediately ordered a platoon of soldiers to carry out Zhao Xin's order.
With the extra manpower, things moved quickly. After all the food in the church was moved, a few soldiers broke the barrels containing vodka, causing the strong liquor to flow on the floor, and then threw a torch in.
The two priests who were about to board the Thor saw the raging fire rising on the island. It was so sad! The results of several years of hard work were instantly reduced to ashes. The two turned back three times to look at the fire on Urup Island.
, were escorted up the gangway by the soldiers. But when they stood on the deck, they couldn't help but let out a "hiccup" in their throats, and were frightened by everything in front of them.
"Oh God! Where did these devils come from?"
After being stimulated by the ice water, the sober sea dog smiled sheepishly at Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin said: "Don't forget what I told you before, call your people and start immediately!"
Sea Dog couldn't help but tremble when he saw the coldness in Zhao Xin's eyes. He quickly ordered his Shachuan warriors to find all the Ainu people on the island.
Zhao Xin ordered Sheng Haizhou: "Send two platoons to cooperate with the Shachuan tribe. Remember, what we want is gold, try not to hurt anyone!"
Sheng Haizhou saluted and set off with the others.
With fifty people from the Sachuan tribe taking the lead, the Ainu tribe on Urup Island quickly sent people to negotiate. Thirteen years ago, the Ainu tribe on the island became angry because they could not stand the oppression of the Tsarist Russian expedition.
They launched a resistance. Although they killed 21 tax collectors, what followed was Tsarist Russia sending warships to suppress them.
How can wooden bows and spears be a match for sabers and muskets? The Ainu people on this island have been killed by the Russians.
So when the frightened tribal leader saw the seals and others, he couldn't help complaining. He said that the red-haired Yi people's ships would go south next spring. What would they do then?
The sea dog smiled and said indifferently: "What are you afraid of? The red-haired barbarians are nothing! We will come next spring, and we will definitely kill them without leaving a trace."
The tribal leader looked suspicious, pointed at the iron rod in the seal's hand and asked, "Is that all?"
Sea Dog turned around and explained to Sheng Haizhou beside him. Sheng Haizhou smiled slightly and gave a few instructions to a squad leader under his command.
After the squad leader saluted, he turned to his soldiers and ordered: "Everyone assemble."
Under the surprised eyes of hundreds of Ainu people on Urup Island, ten Beihai Town soldiers quickly gathered and lined up in a neat line to wait for orders.
The squad leader looked around for a while, then pointed at a large rock thirty meters away and ordered: "Everyone raise their guns!"
Ten soldiers raised their SKS rifles at the same time, pointing their muzzles into the sky.
"Target, a rock thirty meters away." Following the squad leader's order, the soldiers pointed their guns at the rock.
"aim!"
"Turn on the safety!"
"shooting!"
The "bang bang" sound of gunfire sounded like exploding beans, and the loud sound made the Ainu people retreat in fright.
The tribal leader looked at the cloud of smoke and scattered stone chips rising from the rocks in the distance, with a look of horror in his eyes. When the gunshots and smoke dissipated, he ran to the rocks desperately. He saw the rocks on the rocks.
One by one, there were bullet holes, which made me extremely surprised.
The firearms of these people are much more powerful than those of the red-haired barbarians!
Thinking of this, he walked back and asked the seal: "How many people will come next spring?"
"Are five hundred people enough?" Sea Dog said confidently, then pointed to the Thor on the sea and said, "There is also Thor."
Looking at the Thunder God, which was larger than the warships of the red-haired barbarians, the tribal leader nodded. He had been interacting with the Russians for a long time and understood that "there is no such thing as a free lunch", so he asked the seals: "What do you want?
"
Sea Dog took out a piece of gold he had captured in the church from his arms and said to the tribal leader: "We want this in exchange for food and iron tools."
The Thor stayed at Urup Island for five days, and finally left with more than a thousand kilograms of gold ore and hundreds of natural gold nuggets. What was left to the Ainu people on the island, in addition to 500 bags of grain,
There were also a lot of salt and iron pots. In order to show his sincerity, Zhao Xin also asked Sheng Haizhou to send some Qing army standard swords and guns to the opponent.
During these five days, with the continuous exchanges between Zhao Xin and Macarius, he also figured out why the Tsarist Russian priest could speak Chinese.
In the seventh year of Kangxi, that is, 1668, the Qing army returning from the Battle of Yaksa was mixed with captured and surrendered Rakshasa prisoners of war. Although they knew nothing about their future fate, these prisoners of war brought the Orthodox Church with them.
Arrived in China.
Among this group of prisoners of war, 40 were placed in Shengjing, and the remaining 50 or so came to Beijing. To the surprise of the prisoners of war, they were actually pardoned by Kangxi. As they got married and had children, some of these people
Later generations asked to stay in Beijing.
With Kangxi's consent, they were incorporated into the Xianghuang Banner, established a separate auxiliary collar, and were awarded official titles from fourth to seventh ranks; some even married Manchus to produce offspring.
(Historically, after more than two hundred years, they developed into five large families, namely Luo, Du, Yao, He, and other Chinese surnames. As of 1850, there were a total of 99 families.)
Not only did these Tsarist Russian prisoners of war join the Eight Banners, but their original religious beliefs were also protected by the Qing government. When they left Yaksa, they brought some simple church sacred vessels and icons with them, and forcibly abducted Mark from Yaksa City.
Father Sim Leondiev. This man carried with him an image of Saint Nicholas and several Bibles.
In order to meet the religious requirements of Tsarist Russian prisoners of war, the Qing government allocated the Guandi Temple in Hujiaquan Hutong in Dongzhimen to them for prayer. Soon after, the temple was converted into an Orthodox church and named "Sofia Church"
, also known as St. Nicholas Church, and Beijingers call it "Rakshasa Temple". (The current location of the Russian Embassy.)
The lonely Father Maxim lived a very difficult life in the capital. When Kangxi conquered Junggar, he also shaved his head and grew braids like the Manchus, and accompanied the Rakshasa Niulu on the expedition.
Despite the Battle of Yaksa, the commercial and diplomatic exchanges between the Qing Dynasty and Russia on the border have not been interrupted. Father Maxim, who was alone in Beijing, soon attracted the attention of Peter the Great.
In the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi's reign, that is, in 1695, the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Diocese specially sent Father Maxim a certificate recognizing the Orthodox Church in Beijing, and instructed him to "not only pray for the Tsar, but also pray for the Emperor of China"
, in order to find a real foothold in China."
A few years later, Father Maxim asked the Qing government for permission to send clergy from Russia to replace him, citing old age and frailty.
With Kangxi's consent, in 1715, the 54th year of Kangxi's reign, Tsarist Russia sent a ten-person missionary team to Beijing with the monastery abbot Ilarion Rezajsky as the acting chief priest. Three of them came specifically to Beijing.
students learning Chinese. It was from this period that the temporary organization of the Beijing Orthodox Church was established.
Historically, the Tsarist Russian government and the Orthodox Church would send out missionary missions on a rotational basis every ten years. There were about ten members in each mission, and more than 200 followers, including clergy, students,
Doctors, painters, scientists, and diplomats. After they come to China, their first task is to learn Chinese language (Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian, and Tibetan).
Father Macarius, who was captured by the seals, was once a member of the clergy stationed in Beijing. He followed the clergy to Beijing more than ten years ago and spent several years learning the language. During his stay, he also
When he entered the palace, he explained Western medicine to Qianlong.
When the rotation period ended, Macarius, who was reluctant to leave Beijing, did not follow the mission back to Moscow, but went to Kamchatka Peninsula to continue preaching. A year ago, when he heard that the priest on Urup Island had died
He died of illness, so he and Ferapontov came here to station and preach in order to maintain Tsarist Russia's rule over the local area.
After Zhao Xinlu listened to Macarius' explanation one after another, he rolled his eyes and realized his plan.
He had heard Serdan report before that the Qing Dynasty thought that Beihai Town was occupied by Tsarist Russia. So now there are two Tsarist Russian priests in front of them, which can be used to confuse the Qing court. They are not used in vain!
Moreover, Zhao Xin learned from the conversation that this Markarius had studied medicine, and that Ferapontov actually knew how to make steel and cannon!
Although the treatment methods of Western medicine in the 18th century included fluid reduction and bloodletting, enema and catharsis were used; in future medicine, anesthesia, disinfection, sterilization, and safe blood transfusion have not yet been invented, and surgery is still in a state of "depending on the speed of hands and feet."
"Heroes" era, but the prototype of modern medicine has already appeared; internal medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, and obstetrics have already appeared on the European continent.
If Macarius is sent to Hong Tao to study for a while, he can become a helper. No matter how bad he is, he can be assigned to Liu Zheng as the head veterinarian, right?
As for Ferapontov, he should be sent to the workshop to help Zhao Liang make steel.
In this way, the two Tsarist Russian priests began a strange journey.