"Yes, sir." Lando was still respectful. But the president knew very well that this guy was just "a believer." Only the devil knew how loyal he was to the church. The Jesuits were extremely well-informed, Jielan
Zani knew that this man had been paying attention to the foundry in Macau, and secretly sold the cannons, matchlocks and gunpowder to the Ladeslon pirates (the European name for Chinese pirates). This business was done in Macau.
There were many people, and he was the only one who could directly sell 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 now lacks military deputies and will value you as much as it did in the past.
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"Then what is my mission?"
"Aragones probably plans to continue to join Liu Xiang and challenge Zheng Yiguan. The Jesuits do not want to see Nicholas (Zheng Zhilong's Christian name.) lose in this dispute." The president said, "We cannot help directly.
he--"
The relationship between the Portuguese and Zheng Zhilong was deep, not only due to commercial interests, but also missionary needs. Zheng Zhilong was baptized in Macau in his early years. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the first order to expel the Jesuits, the Jesuits
Zheng Zhilong's ships often used the Japanese route to smuggle various religious books to Japan. This made the Jesuits in Macau extremely reluctant to let the Spanish win 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. He seemed to be as omniscient and omnipotent as God himself, although he tried hard to hide it.
This scoundrel, he thought, if God allows me to live until that time, I will hand him over to the Philippine Inquisitors 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 you can't let him win against Nicholas. Let Aragones do whatever else he wants to do. Except-" He thought for a moment
, "The Australians in Qiongzhou Mansion——"
"You mean those strange Chinese people on Hainan Island."
"Yes, you can call them whatever you want, you know what I mean." He thought for a moment, "If Aragones is smart enough, he will not provoke them anymore. Otherwise, you can help them - I think
They will be happy to have your help."
"Yes, Mr. President."
"Go to Father Comange, and he will give you another fifty silver pesos, so you can go and act."
"President, if I want to board Aragones' ship, I have to pay off the hotel fees here and the money I owe to the tavern. I am an old soldier and 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, then walked towards a triple-locked mother-of-pearl Chinese lacquer cabinet as if unwillingly, 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 withdrew.
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 internal personnel 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 the Jesuits was indeed a wise choice, both of which were very important.
A generous person?
While he was thinking about it, he saw a priest leading a few people over. Lando's heart moved, and he took a few steps quickly and ducked into the darkness of the corridor eaves.
When he saw the short hair and blue training uniforms of a group of people, he smiled slightly. He didn't flash out until these people walked into the room.
"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, but when he looked carefully in person, they were wearing simple clothes.
, the fabric is not very particular, and the style is slightly similar to that of Europeans. As for the extremely short hair, it actually gave him some good impressions.
Wen Desi bowed slightly. The priest in front of him was wearing exquisite black robes, with slightly curly black hair, and a kind and charming smile.
Gelanzani's Chinese was very good by the standards of the time, although he inevitably had an accent. The difference in time, space and nationality made communication between the two parties quite difficult. Wen Desi suggested that they use a language that can be used by both parties.
Communicate in clear, accurate language.
"Speak in Latin." As he said this, he called Diana Mendoza over - this woman with a master's degree in 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 - the Lord of the Australians.
There are still many believers. 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 is extremely interested in the origins of the Travelers, especially the Australia they mentioned. This is a large geographical area.
In the era of discovery, 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 the truth about this so-called Australia.
Where: Given the greedy nature of Europeans, they knew there was such a good place in the world and didn’t immediately flock to it. In fact, Australia had already been discovered at this time. In 1606, the Spanish navigator Torres’ ship sailed through
Located in the strait between Australia and the island of New Guinea; in the same year, Dutchman William Janes's Duifgen set foot in Australia, and it was later named "New Netherlands". However, these discoveries did not have any significant impact.
The discoverers believed that New Netherland was desolate and barren and had no value. It was not until 1770, when the British navigator Captain Cook discovered the fertile east coast that the colonization of Australia began. Naturally, in this time and space, travel generally included Australia.
In the future, they will go to the territory directly under their jurisdiction.
Not only was Wen Desi vague in his words, he even moved the specific location completely, moving Australia to the center of the vast Pacific Ocean - if you are interested, go and look around there.
As for the history of the country, it is naturally the stuff in the prisoner's manual.
Unexpectedly, this nonsense actually aroused great interest in the president. He kept asking questions, which made Diana Mendoza often stop and think about it before translating it in English - Wen Desi English
It's still understandable. It turns out this guy thinks Australia is the lost continent of Atlantis.
Then he raised the question: Where did the Australian church come from? Who are the leaders of the church? Where did the classics come from? Does the Australian church know the existence of the Holy See? Since the Australian church’s Bible is translated into Chinese,
Who was it? This series of questions almost made Wen Desi roll his eyes - the president's thirst for knowledge is really strong.
Fortunately, this guy Bai Duolu hasn't lost his position yet and talked nonsense. Wen Desi thought to himself, otherwise I won't be able to talk nonsense after he talks nonsense. He still knows the importance: when talking to the priest, he said that he
He is in a humble position and knows very little about the affairs of the country, so he simply asks some questions.
Wen Desi was not very prepared to fabricate the religious system of the time travellers, 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 develop a
Create a brand new religious system to replace the religious beliefs in the future ruling area. Since we want to cooperate, we have to set a higher price - want to preach? Yes, pay enough.
After thinking about the tone, Wen Desi said that the church has always existed in Australia. As for when it came about, the classics and so on, even the local church himself could not tell. As for more details of the church, he himself did not know very well.
Because he is not a believer.
His understatement obviously disappointed the president. Gelanzani originally thought that this country that appeared out of thin air might be a lost Christian country like the Kingdom of Elder John, but he didn’t expect that the people in power were not Christians. Look.
From the appearance of the seven or eight people who came, except for Bai Duolu and the Latina woman in front of him, there were probably no believers among them.
The ensuing conversation mainly related to the existence of the travelers in Hainan. Wen Desi did not conceal the intention of the travelers in this regard, but only narrowed the strategic goal to a smaller one - the purpose of occupying Lingao was to take advantage of the place.
Geographical environment to trade with the Ming Dynasty, he also specifically pointed out that the Crossing Group had goods that were popular with the Ming Dynasty, enough to exchange for a large amount of silver and other goods. Some goods may also be liked by Southeast Asians and Europeans, but they lack enough ships
and sailors, so I hope to find foreign businessmen who can act as agents in Macau.
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 provided them with
Providing raw silk, silk and porcelain that could be sold at high prices in Japan and Manila - he did not know to what extent the Jesuits were related to Portuguese business interests. But there was undoubtedly a common collusion of interests between the two.
Gelanzani thought that the emergence of the Australians had given him a new opportunity for missionary work. Although Australia was not the Christian country he imagined, judging from the attitude of these people, they not only had a considerable understanding of the church, but also were
Tolerant and approving. If these Australians can take control of Hainan Island, God’s flock on this big eastern island will be greatly increased; and if the Jesuits can convince their leaders to be baptized, maybe there will be people here
Become St. Stephen of Hainan Island.
Hainan Island is not a strange place to Gelanzani in Macau: as early as 1560, Father Gogo ventured into Hainan Island. In 1563, three Jesuits not only entered Hainan Island,
It even went deep into the forbidden area of the government - Li District. In 1584, the Spanish and Filipino Franciscans ran aground on Hainan Island when they were going to the missionary site in Vietnam. They were arrested by the local government there. They were later released and returned to Manila.
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The biggest advantage of Hainan's missionary work was Wang Hongjie. It was the planning and guidance of Wang Hongjie, a native of Qiongzhou Ding'an who was the Minister of Rites in Nanjing at that time, that allowed Matteo Ricci to enter Beijing in 1598. Although on the surface, Wang Hongjie was going to preach.
The scholar was introduced to Beijing to revise the calendar, but 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 his Christian name was Paul. This made the church the first
It is possible that he obtained missionary support from powerful people in Hainan. 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 he could also obtain such strong support in Lingao County in the northwest of Hainan Island,
Missionary support is nothing less than a huge breakthrough in missionary activities in the East. Gelanzani is delighted with this prospect.
His idea was completely expected by Wen Desi: Gelanzani indeed raised the hope of preaching. Wen Desi followed his plan and reasoned that it was inconvenient for him to make the decision alone.
"According to our system, such a major matter must be decided by a vote of the five hundred people."
"Is it a parliament of gentlemen?"
"Exactly." Wen Desi thought that among the five hundred people, it was not that they did not hold communist 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 would not have conducted missionary activities."
Wen Desi hesitated for a moment, 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, if you ask for a price, I'll ask for a price as well. Let's make an equal exchange.