Hearing the unfamiliar and familiar name "Wei Kuangguo", Wu Zheng's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Wei Kuangguo, his tomb is on the outskirts of Hangzhou in history.

For a descendant like Wu Zheng, whose ancestral home is not far from Hangzhou, this name can be described as thunderous.

If the telescope is an important stepping stone for the Jesuit mission to knock on the door of China.

Later, Wei Kuangguo took part in the controversy over the Chinese rites in Rome, and debated fiercely with the Dominicans, and finally won with his opinion, and the Holy See later issued an edict stating that the rituals of Chinese believers such as worshiping heaven and worshipping ancestors and honoring Confucius could be practiced as they were as they were as long as they did not hinder the spread of Catholicism.

As a result, the obstacles to the entry of Western missionaries into China were removed, and Catholicism was gradually sinicized. His contribution to this cannot be erased.

Not long after the death of the Ming Dynasty, he participated in the activities of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and did not give up until after the fall of Zhejiang.

However, at this time, Wei Kuangguo was only a Fanren missionary who had only been in China for three or four years, and the merchant was only a part-time job outside of his missionary status.

"You speak Chinese well." Wu Zheng said with sincere admiration.

"Your Excellency Xie Jinghaihou praised, the contemptible surname is Wei, the name Kuangguo, for the meaning of Kuang to save the country, the country refers to the Ming Kingdom, the word Jitai, to help, assist, rescue, in order to show the contemptible people Kuang Fu, defend the Ming Kingdom."

Wu Zheng was surprised, this is really a rare international friend.

"Okay, okay." Wu Zheng stroked his palms and said, "My Ming Kingdom is now a time when the mountains and rivers are broken and the wind and rain are shaking, and it can be said that it is a blessing for the court to have a friend like you who understands the righteousness of the foreign state." I heard that you and the faithful have donated and participated in the Jinhua Defense War before? ”

Wei Kuangguo sighed: "It's a pity, the musket I brought from the motherland can't stop the barbarians in the north, Your Excellency may not know that the speed of those barbarian cavalry is too fast, and the effective range of the musket is only within a hundred paces, this distance is for cavalry...... Hey, that's only enough for the musketeers to shoot twice. ”

Wu Zheng agreed: "Yes." Didn't your country think of the way muskets could be used against cavalry? ”

Wei Kuangguo shook his head in surprise and said, "I'm afraid only God can do this." ”

Wu Zheng was relieved and asked again: "Then your country's army is equipped with a large number of muskets?" ”

Wei Kuangguo replied: "Flangcha (France), Flanders (Netherlands) and other countries have been equipped with muskets since ten years ago, but because the accuracy of muskets is slightly insufficient compared with crossbow arrows, they have not been recognized by the army, so they have not been installed on a large scale. ”

Wu Zheng smiled like a fox, "Before, you said that you used a musket to meet the enemy in the Jinhua defensive battle, I want to know, do you still keep muskets now?" ”

Wei Kuangguo said: "It seems that Your Excellency Jing Haihou is interested in muskets, I still have dozens of muskets, if Your Excellency wants, I can give them away." ”

Wu Zheng smiled dumbly, shook his hand again and again, and said, "No, you misunderstood, dozens of muskets are useless to me." I'm just asking...... Oh, by the way, how much silver does this tunnel musket cost? ”

Wei Kuangguo thought for a moment and replied: "In Flanders, this ordinary tunnel musket costs four or five pounds...... Oh, if converted into silver, it's about thirty taels. ”

Wu Zheng smiled: "Then what is the output of this tunnel gun, I mean that if you can buy one or twenty thousand rods, how long will it take to deliver?" ”

Wei Kuangguo shook his head and said: "The effectiveness of the tunnel gun is not optimistic, it is only manufactured on a small scale in European countries, if you want to buy such a large quantity, I am afraid that you will not be able to get it in one or two years." ”

Wu Zheng's heart was cold, it has been too long, for such a long time, I am afraid that there will be no time to train musketeers, according to Wu Zheng's estimation in his heart, Fujian Longwu Dynasty may not be able to support it for a few months.

Once the Qing army destroyed the Longwu Dynasty, it would encircle the courts of Shaoxing and Hangzhou, and the armistice agreement would be nothing more than a piece of waste paper.

In other words, you will not have more than a year to prepare.

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Mr. Wei can you go back for me, recruit a group of craftsmen who cast muskets to come to Hangzhou, and buy a batch of machines for casting muskets, of course, I will pay you and the craftsmen recruited a huge amount of remuneration, what do you think?" ”

Wei Kuangguo was a little shocked, and shook his head again and again: "No, no...... Your Excellency, I am just a missionary of the Holy See, and it is my duty to spread the gospel of the Lord to the people. If you do what you say, it may push Europe into the battlefield of the East, which ...... I can't, sorry! ”

Wu Zheng smiled, "Okay, Ben Hou is just talking casually, you don't have to mind." ”

Hearing Wu Zheng say this, Wei Kuangguo relaxed.

Wu Zheng changed the topic and said, "I don't know what Mr. wants to say to me when he comes to see Ben Hou this time?" ”

Wei Kuangguo said: "I was appointed by the Holy See to come to the East to spread the voice of the Lord, but the Ming Kingdom is encountering the invasion of barbarians from the north, and the lives of the people are not preserved, so naturally I have no heart to listen to the voice of the Lord." Fortunately, Your Excellency has recovered Hangzhou and other places, so I wonder if you can ask Your Excellency to allow me to preach in Hangzhou and other places. ”

Wu Zheng understood, he nodded and said: "The mutual spread of civilization is a great success. It's just that as you said, the Ming is suffering from the invasion of the northern barbarians, and the people of the Ming are suffering from poison, so I am afraid that they do not have the energy to listen to you preach God. ”

Wei Kuangguo sighed in disappointment.

Wu Zheng suddenly changed his tone and said: "A few years ago, Mr. Wei was chivalrous and courageous and participated in the defense of Jinhua, although Jinhua Mansion finally fell, but Mr. Wei's righteous deeds are still admired. ”

Wei Kuangguo hurriedly shook his head and said: "The Ming Dynasty is a civilized country, and the Qing people in the north have not yet been civilized, and the civilization has been invaded by barbarians, so I should do my part to protect the civilization." There is no politics involved, and it has nothing to do with the edicts and decisions of the Holy See. ”

Wu Zheng didn't delve into it anymore, and changed the topic again: "In Mr. Wei's opinion, what is the main reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Wei Kuangguo did not hesitate and replied: "According to my observation, the Ming Kingdom is one of the few civilized countries in the world today, and the Ming Emperor is very tolerant of the people under his rule, and its demise is not because of the development of civilization, but because of the natural birth, old age, sickness and death like a person. However, if we trace the root cause of the demise, there are three aspects, from the Apocalypse to the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Liaodong War, the uprising of Li Zicheng and other displaced people, and the dictatorship of eunuchs are the three factors that destroyed the Ming Empire. ”

Wu Zheng was not surprised, and asked: "Why do you think that the dictatorship of the eunuchs and eunuchs can be compared with the war in Liaodong and the uprising of Li Zicheng and other displaced people?" ”

Wei Kuangguo said firmly: "Wei Zhongxian, he is a wicked person!" ”