Matteo Ricci never imagined that Guo Dan would be able to speak fluent Franco, although this accent is a little different, but it is not the kind with a Chinese accent, and it must be much better than his Chinese, he was very surprised to say in Franco: "Sir can speak our language?" ”

Xu Guangqi also looked at Guo Dan in shock.

I just feel that Guo Dan is unfathomable!

"I don't just know Fur Tongue."

Guo Dan pointed to the cross on Ricci's chest, "I'm still half Catholic." ”

Teach... Follower?

Matteo Ricci almost burst into tears, thousands of miles away, he could see a congregant of different skin colors and different hair colors.

Madonna!

Great to the Virgin Mary!

Is this the gospel you have given me?

Believing that this must be the will of Our Lady, Matteo Ricci trembled, "You... Are you telling the truth? ”

"Of course."

Guo Dan casually memorized a few words of the Bible.

When he was in the United States, although he was not religious, he was very denomination-oriented, and if he confused Catholicism, Christianity, and Judaism, it would cause unhappiness among his clients.

Matteo Ricci was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly saluted his comrades.

only said a few words, but Matteo Ricci felt that Guo Dan was like a relative.

Guo Dan's face tightened, "Priest, don't mess around, this will cause trouble." ”

Matteo Ricci was suddenly terrified, and his eyes glanced at Aunt Xu and Ji Gui's faces, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so excited." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Actually, I am more excited than the priest. Let's go inside and talk. ”

"Please, please, please!"

The two of them went straight to the inner room.

Xu Guangqi stood in front of the door dumbfounded.

Miscellaneous... What's the situation?

Matteo Ricci had completely forgotten about Xu Guangqi, and when he entered the house, he said to Guo Dan: "Mr. Guo, how did you know that we are Catholics?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "This matter is really a long story, I met a priest named Fario when I was a child, he was from Venice, I remember he told me that it was a very beautiful water town, the priest was erudite, and kind-hearted, taught me a lot of principles of being a man and doing things, and also helped me give me a name of Franco, called Mario." ”

Although Matteo Ricci is not the kind of simple and ignorant believer, not only that, he is still a very smart person, otherwise, he would not be able to get here, but he is convinced of this, otherwise he can't explain why Guo Dan can memorize the Bible, he will know Venice, he can speak Franco, and hurriedly asked: "Is Father Fario still here?" ”

Guo Dan said: "He left here eight years ago. ”

Matteo Ricci was slightly disappointed and asked, "Mario, have you ever planted a church here?" ”

Guo Dan sighed and said: "This is Father Fario's lifelong wish, and I also want to help him realize it, but it's a pity... It's a pity that I am forbidden to proselytize, so, alas... I disappointed Father Fario. ”

Matteo Ricci said: "No, no, no, it's enough for you to have this mind, alas... I also know that it is forbidden to preach here, and you can look at me, and look, I am now wearing your robes. ”

Guo Dan's eyes rolled and said, "The priest wants to use Confucianism to preach?" ”

Matteo Ricci looked stunned and said cautiously: "I can't say that, I just think that Confucianism has a lot of similarities with our Catholicism, so I ......." ”

Don't pretend, I know you, you're also cunning and cunning. Guo Dan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't work." ”

"Why?" Matteo Ricci said excitedly.

Guo Dan said: "Because we are Confucianists, worship ancestors, worship saints, everything has to speak on behalf of the saints, before you become a saint, if you change the Confucian classics, you will be driven out, or even killed." ”

This frightened Matteo Ricci and hurriedly asked, "That... How's that good? ”

If you can't preach, why is he here?

Guo Dan pretended to ponder, and after a while, he said, "The priest has been coming to Weihui Mansion for some time." ”

Matteo Ricci nodded, very excited: "Weihui Mansion is really great, it reminds me of Venice here, I heard that all this is because of you, it's incredible!" ”

He began to brag wildly about Guo Dan, and it was from the bottom of his heart, because this place made him feel at home, Venice and the current Weihui Mansion were in the embryonic period of capital, and there were many similar places.

Even better here than Venice, after all, there is less oppression, no pope, no nobility.

Guo Dan said modestly, and then said: "Father, if you want to preach here, first of all, you have to gain everyone's trust ....... ”

"Yes, yes."

"...... building your own fame."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Guo Dan looked at Matteo Ricci, who nodded straightly, and couldn't help but feel funny, and continued: "And Weihui Mansion is now focusing on business, especially now, every businessman is trying to find a way to improve his production tools, I know that in Franc Machine, there is some knowledge that I have not obtained, if Mr. can teach them some skills and knowledge in this area, they will be very grateful to Mr., and when Mr. comes to preach again, it will be twice the result with half the effort." ”

Matteo Ricci nodded thoughtfully.

Guo Dan said: "Therefore, for the time being, let's not mention Catholicism first, but knowledge, first win everyone's trust and support, and then preach." ”

Matteo Ricci said, "Mario, you have a very good point. ”

Guo Dan smiled, thinking, dear Matteo Ricci, it's useless to make sense! Our Confucianism is simply a religious nemesis, and any religion is for nothing, so you can be a technical consultant with peace of mind.

Matteo Ricci suddenly asked, "Why didn't you do that?" ”

"Uh...!"

Guo Dan blinked and said, "This is because I am too young, I can only take everyone to make money together, but in terms of philosophy and thought, no one will listen to me." ”

Matteo Ricci nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I know that your officials are all old men." So what do I do now? ”

Guo Dan thought for a while and said, "I will hire the priest to be our technical advisor to guide those merchants and craftsmen, what does the priest think?" ”

Matteo Ricci was overjoyed, and it was great that he was still a steward.

He hurriedly agreed, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly said, "Look at this, I... I helped build a bell tower for Weihui Mansion, by the way, do you know the bell? ”

The reason why the smart Matteo Ricci didn't hesitate and agreed to Guo Dan was because he felt that this was very right, you have to help others, so that people will believe in you and believe in religion.

It is useless to just say it with your mouth.

These missionaries are everywhere very passionate about helping others.

Guo Dan was immediately overjoyed, and said: "I know, I know, if the priest can build a bell tower, it will definitely be the name of Weihui Mansion." ”

Matteo Ricci was a little embarrassed, "But I... I hurried here without much money with me. ”

Guo Dan immediately said: "I will pay the money, and the priest doesn't have to worry about it." ”

"Mario, you were sent by Our Lady to help me."

Matteo Ricci said more and more excited, opening his arms and wanting to hug Guo Dan.

Of course, Guo Dan did not let this old man succeed.

The two chatted for a long time before they came out of the house, and when Matteo Ricci saw Xu Guangqi, he was so guilty that tears were about to fall out, and he hurriedly stepped forward to apologize to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi originally cared a little, but when he saw Matteo Ricci apologize to him very sincerely, he felt that he was too stingy.

Guo Dan said: "Xu Xiucai, I have appointed the priest as the technical advisor of our Weihui Mansion, but the priest has just arrived in the Weihui Mansion, this person is not familiar with the place, since you already know each other, then you should take him first." ”

Xu Guangqi was quite excited: "Captain Guo is really discerning. ”

It can be seen that he already knew that Matteo Ricci was very knowledgeable.

Guo Dan said: "When it comes to discerning people, I am most proud of keeping you in Weihui Mansion, I heard that the rivers of Weihui Mansion have become better under your governance." ”

Xu Guangqi's face immediately turned red, and said: "That's not my own credit, and I am far inferior to Captain Guo below, I didn't expect Captain Guo to understand Franc's language." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "This is not a skill, it's just a coincidence." ”

The three chatted for a while, and Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi said goodbye to Guo Dan.

Guo Dan also personally sent them to the door.

"That's right!"

Matteo Ricci suddenly remembered something, "Mario, where is Catherine there?" ”

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "She is now in Beijing, I forgot to bring her over." ”

"Is she okay?"

"Very good!"

"Thank goodness."

Matteo Ricci was long relieved.

"Captain Guo!"

Suddenly, I saw Jin merchant Hu Du coming over.

What an eventful time! There's so much to drink with a cup of tea. Guo Dan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Xu Guangqi and Matteo Ricci saw it, saluted Guo Dan, and left.

When they walked a few steps away, Hu Du said to Guo Dan: "Captain Guo, I heard that the Daimyo's Mansion suddenly ordered that our merchant ships were not allowed to pass through the customs, what is going on?" ”

Their Jin merchants are in trade, and this goods can't get through, so it's really killing them!

Guo Dan smiled slightly: "Let's go into the house and talk." ”

Hu Du couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Guo Dan's relaxed face, but then saw that Guo Dan did not invite him to the hall, but invited him to sit in the back room, and his heart came up again.

"Tea, please."

Guo Dan put a cup of tea in front of Hu Du.

"Oh, thank you."

Hu Du was a little dizzy.

Guo Dan sat down and said unhurriedly: "Regarding the sudden closure of the Daimyo's Mansion, I just heard about it, this is not a big deal, I have asked Gonggong Ji to solve this matter, I believe it is not a big problem." ”

When Hu Du heard Ji Gui's move, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good." ”

After a pause, he said again: "But the other party is obviously targeting us, which is impossible to prevent!" ”

"That Mao Shen is just a clown jumping off the beam, so there's nothing to worry about."

Guo Dan waved his hand casually, and said: "Actually, even if you don't come to me today, I plan to go to your tea house tomorrow to sit down, because I have something more important to discuss with you." ”

Hu Du frowned slightly, and said cautiously: "What's the matter?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Do you have a tea house in Nanjing?" ”

Hu Du hesitated for a moment and said, "There is one." ”

"Family?"

Guo Dan frowned, "Tea is mainly supplied in the Jiangnan region." ”

Hu Du said: "Originally, there was more than one, but in the past year, I have moved the tea house to Weihui Mansion, after all, many merchants sell tea to Weihui Mansion for processing. ”

Guo Dan pondered for a while, and then asked, "Then do you know that Jin merchants opened a tea house in Jiangnan?" ”

Hu Du nodded.

"How many are there?"

"I only know about twenty families." Hu Du was confused by his question, and said, "Captain Guo, why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "I plan to borrow your tea house to go to Jiangnan to lend money." ”

"Go to Jiangnan to lend money?"

Hu Du's eyes widened.

Guo Dan nodded and said: "Tariffs protect local commerce, and Jiangnan has geographical advantages, which will definitely attract many businessmen to come over, and I hope to carry out commercial lending in Jiangnan to support those merchants to establish workshops." As for the money, we will let Nanjing Yinuoya Bank allocate 50,000 taels, and the loan object will be decided by us, but the interest will be all given to you, so that you can make a transaction without capital. ”

Hu Du was not happy at all when he heard this, and said, "That means that Captain Guo plans to give up Weihui Mansion?" ”

"Of course not."

Guo smiled lightly: "This statement is what I hope you will tell those big landlords in Jiangnan that Jiangnan commerce will definitely go to a higher level, and Nanjing will replace Weihui Mansion, which is an excellent time to lend." ”

Hu Du was curious: "What is the purpose of this?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Isn't Nanjing going to learn from our Weihui Mansion?" Then I'll go and teach them a lesson myself. ”