The place where Liang Shifa arrived, the building on the south side of the street is also quite strange.

It is completely different from the brick and tile buildings of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not the appearance of the buildings of the shops of the Ming Dynasty.

The towering minarets, the walls with smooth sections, and the portals that open high are all very different from ordinary buildings.

Liang Shifa has inquired that this is the South Church of Christ, and it is also the largest base of Catholic missions in China.

A few years ago, the Jesus missionaries in Daming were from south to north, and many missionaries first settled in Macao, then in the Liangguang, Huguang, and Nanjing areas, and finally in the north.

When they found out that the Ming Dynasty was a unified empire, they did not hesitate to cooperate with the high-level of the Ming Dynasty.

First it affected the officials, gentlemen, and doctors, and then it affected the royal family, but Catholicism obviously did not succeed in China against those indigenous peoples, because those peoples themselves are extremely weak in civilization and can easily be influenced by high-end civilizations.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was not like the end of the Qing Dynasty, when China had no self-confidence, and many scholars lost confidence in their own civilization.

Moreover, due to the large number of foreigners, many ordinary people chose to join the religion and get the protection of foreigners to fight against the gentry and the government.

This led to the confrontation between the Turks and the West, and the good and bad among the parishioners, the prejudices between the two sides became deeper and deeper, and after the final major conflict broke out, the local forces were completely destroyed, and China later ushered in a century of chaos and war.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, although the Jesu Society chose to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, sending a large number of priests who were proficient in astronomy and geometry into China, cooperating with the higher-ups, even including the casting of the cannon factory in Denglai and Sun Yuanhua, the cannon factory in Macao also sold many artillery pieces to the Ming Dynasty.

There are also corresponding boring machines and other machines, which are also transported from Europe by Jesu and then transferred from Southeast Asia to Daming.

With all kinds of efforts, the Jesu Society has also gained a firm foothold in Daming for decades.

However, due to the hard rules such as disrespecting ancestors and not allowing concubines, many scholars hesitated before the threshold of joining the church, and it was even more impossible for the nobles, and it was also a fool's dream to ask the emperor in the deep palace to believe in religion.

This made the missionaries of the Ming Dynasty very distressed about opening up the situation, and they made certain achievements, even high-ranking people like Xu Guangqi joined the church, but compared to their efforts, such gains must still be too weak.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is also a civilized country, and even in the eyes of many missionaries, the Ming civilization is not weaker than the European civilization at all, and even many places are still on it.

The judgment of these missionaries became a document, and then influenced Europe for 200 years, when Europe came out of the Middle Ages in the Age of Discovery, all kinds of oppression of peasants and workers were quite bloody, the accumulation of capital was full of evil, in the pen of the missionaries the Ming Dynasty was so civilized and beautiful, the centralized imperial power and unobstructed administrative orders, the vast land and the wealthy people, coupled with the prosperity of culture and education, people relied on reading exams to become officials, and the bloody accumulation of European capital, the royal family overrode everything diametrically opposite.

At that time, China was civilized and beautiful in Europe, and many famous philosophers had a lot of praise for China.

Everything came to an abrupt end when the British mission arrived in China, and the barbarians were barbarized, and the extreme poverty was carried out in the streets, and the people scooped up the leftovers of the mission and grabbed them.

All this has disillusioned Europeans with China, not only in the ignorance and poverty of the lower classes, but also in the closed conservatism and ignorance of the upper classes.

The original idea of expanding trade was rejected, and the idea of closer ties with China was frustrated, and in the following decades the British took a different path, closing the door to reasonable trade and reciprocal exchanges with each other.

At least in the last year of Chongzhen and the early years of Shunzhi, the missionaries certainly could not imagine the subsequent situation, they saw the collapse of the Ming Empire, but the missionaries did not leave, on the contrary, they hoped to find another opportunity in this incident.

When Lee entered the city, the missionaries showed a cooperative attitude.

In front of Liang Shifa's eyes, there was a large wooden sign diagonally in front of the South Hall, which read: Don't touch Tang John!

The words are rather crude, but they are straightforward, and the meaning is obvious at a glance.

This is also Li Zicheng's return to the missionaries to ensure the safety of the missionaries in exchange for the cooperation of these Xiyi missionaries.

Unexpectedly, this wooden sign has not been standing for long, and now the braided soldiers are speeding through the city, and the wooden card has not yet come to pull out and throw it away, which makes the south hall more embarrassing outside the hall.

Liang Shifa didn't look at it much, but he remembered it all at a glance at such a situation.

After the firing group is set up one after another, it will establish a solid transmission channel with another group based in the Tianjin area.

In the port of Tianjin, there will be rotating ships sent by Han Sen to continuously relay intelligence information back to Yunti Pass.

When Liang Shifa set out, Han Sen and the others had already set off for Qinshan Island, where there were ready-made harbor wharves, captured sea ships, and enough sailors.

Although the people of Yuntiguan are not familiar with the sea, they have rich experience in boating, as long as they walk on the seashore and do not go to the deep sea, they will gain more experience after going back and forth many times, and be fully prepared for sailing to the sea in the future.

The group walked further south for a while, and after entering an alley from the main street, they stopped in front of a two-entry courtyard in front of them, which was their goal.

After posting at the gatehouse, Menzi took Liang Shifa and others into the doorroom, and said casually: "The eldest master is meeting guests, and when he comes out to see off guests in a while, I will introduce you to you." ”

Liang Shifa bowed down and said with a smile: "There is Lao Gangji, I will wait here." ”

Menzi's face is quite arrogant, his master is famous all over the world, and he is in a high position, if these Bai Ding in front of him are not recommended by a big businessman like the Zhu family, and there are ten taels of door bag silver, he may not be able to introduce them to the court.

You must know that the master lived in Xicheng in his heyday, and the people he interacted with were all cabinet elders, ministers, and celebrities and gentlemen, and the idle officials were not qualified to be introduced, not to mention the few inconspicuous servants in front of him.

That is, after the Manchurian soldiers entered the city, their masters and all the Han officials, whether they surrendered or waited and watched, as well as the nobles, eunuchs, people, and most of all the residences were requisitioned, and many fences were erected in the inner city, and the eight banners occupied all parts of the inner city, and the courtyard of the mansion was preemptively demarcated.

Now that the Eight Banners are being welcomed, when the 100,000 or so people arrive in Beijing one after another, it will be even more impossible for the Han people to return to the inner city to live.

Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners were still attached to the inner city area around the Imperial City, and after the establishment of the Republic of China, the residents of the Eight Banners successively sold their ancestral homes and moved out, and changed their names and surnames, and the original Eight Banners completely occupied the inner city of Beijing.

Liang Shifa was not in a hurry, and waited in place with peace of mind.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for laughter to come from the second gate, and the accents of several people were one with Nanjing, and the other few were proficient with Jingshi accents.

However, when people came over, Liang Shifa found that except for one person wearing the Taoist robe often worn by the Great Ming Shi people and wearing a square scarf on his head, the other three people were all Yiren with curly brown hair or blond hair, with deep noses and high eyes, tall and burly figures, and the robes they were wearing were also quite strange, and the cross on his chest was shaking.

"Master Chen stays." The old man of Yiren, who was the leader, smiled and bowed first, and then said: "What I said below, I have to ask Lord Chen to think about it." ”

"The old gentleman also has good intentions." The Han man surnamed Chen smiled and said, "It's just that the stakes are high, please allow Chen to think about it before making a decision." ”

"Yes, of course." The old man promised to go out, and when he went out, he nodded to Liang Shifa with a kind attitude, and then walked out with the other two.

The Han man surnamed Chen stood at the Yimen, watched the three Yi people leave, and turned around to go back.

With his identity, it is already quite polite to send it to the second gate.

However, the official surnamed Chen also saw Liang Shifa and others in a blink of an eye, and there was a look of doubt in his eyes at the moment.

"Master," Menzi hurriedly said: "These are sent by the uncle of the Zhu family in Huai'an Mansion to deliver the letter, saying that there is something important to ask the master to help." ”

"Oh, then come in."

The surnamed Chen nodded, turned around and entered the second gate.

Liang Shifa hurriedly followed, and when he arrived in the upper room, the official surnamed Chen took the letter, and after a cursory look, he smiled and said: "Zhu Wanchun is really hearted, and at this time, he actually wants to send someone to Beijing to inquire about the news...... But it's no wonder that he has a close relationship with the salt merchant family and the noble eunuchs, so at this time, you have to look at the style, otherwise, the hundred years of accumulation will be easily lost. ”

When he spoke, the official surnamed Chen had a crazy look on his face, although he knew Zhu Wanchun and must have accepted the benefits of the Zhu family, but when talking about the embarrassment and arrangement of the Zhu family, his tone was extremely contemptuous, and his evaluation was also ruthless.

Liang Shifa frowned, the character of the surnamed Chen in front of him was a little flashy and light, arrogant and arrogant, and it didn't seem to be easy to deal with.

However, after thinking about it, celebrities with such personalities are not uncommon, but officials are rare.

This person is in a high position at a young age, and there are many southern officials who are attached to him and regard him as the leader of the party, even if he is arrogant, he must have his capital, and he must not be a person who really has the ability, at least to be an official, to act, and to see people, most of them are unique, not mediocre and incompetent.

Sure enough, after the wanton comments, the surnamed Chen laughed wildly, and then said quite responsibly: "Since Brother Zhu called you over, you must not be stupid people." Then I will leave you behind, saying that I am a servant of the Chen family, and I usually have to be more careful when I go out to do errands and find out the news. To be honest, the situation in the city is complicated now, and the Qing people are now only focused on moving the capital and relocating the soldiers and civilians of the Eight Banners, and there is no major action for the time being. We don't pay much attention to the rest of us, don't talk about inquiring about the news, as long as you don't go into the inner city to spy and don't plot to assassinate and kill, no one cares about your business at all. As for me here, there will be some care, the movements of officials in the city, the news of the high-level leaders of the Eight Banners, when will they go south, whether the Qing Kingdom will not leave, and seek my future success, these things, I will tell you if I have news, I want to come to your house The proprietor sent you over, just for this! ”

Liang Shifa was overjoyed, got up and crossed his hands and said: "The little one came here for these, the owner knows that these are also want to prepare early, and there is no other meaning, the adult can help, it is really a small grateful, my owner knows, and he must thank the adult." ”