Not to mention, in a few days, Liu Ximing got to know many generals in the army, and many of them were from the Shunqing Township Party, so the relationship between the two sides was pulled in faster.

Among these people, Liu Ximing especially valued the guerrilla general He Duan who welcomed them into the camp that day, this person is not only from Shunqing Mansion, but his hometown Fengshan Township is not far from Liujia Village.

Liu Ximing observed for a few days and found that although this He Duan was a little greedy, and he couldn't walk when he saw the silver, he was very good at marching and fighting, training and marching, and his troops and horses were also considered elite in Hou Liangzhu's camp.

The guerrilla general is already a middle-level officer in the army, and he can lead the troops alone, and there are almost 2,000 people under He Duan.

Therefore, Liu Ximing has spent a lot of money on him these days, anyway, there are goods from Tang Xiuyuan to make a foundation, and he doesn't feel distressed when he sends people, all kinds of gems and silk directly smashed He Duan into a dog meat friend, and the two of them are even more brothers.

"Brother He, it's really enjoyable to talk today, let's drink again in the evening, and now the younger brother won't delay your business."

Today is the fourth day of the first month of October, Liu Ximing patiently listened to He Duan's story of killing thieves all morning, and when he saw a sergeant coming in to report, he hurriedly seized the opportunity to leave.

"Hahaha, let's talk, let's talk about it that night."

Liu Ximing got out of the tent, looked up at the sun, and thought about whether to talk to a few other generals.

As for the drinking party at night, he is not afraid, he has space in hand, and these days he pretends to drink while sending wine into the space.

At first, these Qiu Ba didn't believe in evil, and sent a few people to take turns to fight, but in the end, they all ended up with Liu Xi's fate, because now his name of "Bacchus" is spread everywhere in the military camp, and even Hou Liangzhu couldn't help but drink with him twice.

"Quick, hurry up."

Just as he was hesitating, Liu Ximing suddenly saw more than a dozen sergeants tied up and five people were walking in the direction of the Chinese army's big tent, all five of them were gagged by the cloth group, struggling and screaming at the same time.

The old man who was at the head of several people, although he was wearing a plain straight-necked robe of an ordinary scholar and a square scarf on his head, but looking at the appearance, it turned out to be a white face with a high nose and deep eyes.

Liu Ximing suddenly became interested, this is not Chongqing after the reopening, how can he still meet Caucasians.

Seeing that the group of sergeants was about to enter the big tent area, Liu Ximing hurried over and stopped them.

In the past few days, he has been in the limelight in the barracks, and one of the detained sergeants was an honest-looking young man who recognized him and knew that he was a guest of Hou Dudu, this person hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and asked politely: "Liu Gongzi, I don't know if there is anything that needs the service of the little ones?" ”

Liu Ximing smiled in his heart, the young man stepped up, he patted the person on the shoulder affectionately, and asked with a smile: "What is this brother called, what is the matter with these people?" I think they look like Tessie, but how did you tie them up? ”

The sergeant was a little flattered, and hurriedly nodded and replied: "The little cheap name Hong Erzhu can't afford to be called Liu Gongzi like this, as for these people......"

Hong Erzhu turned his head to look at the few white people who were escorted, and said with disdain: "I don't know where the ghost came from, I got off the boat at Chaotianmen Wharf this morning, and several people searched around the market for news, and the brothers felt suspicious and tied them up, and they were about to be sent to the military gate." ”

Hahaha, Liu Ximing almost looked up to the sky and laughed, Crooked Guo Youren is so miserable now, he looked at these people carefully, in addition to the old man who started the head, there was also a relatively young white brother, who also had a Han hairstyle and wore a black scarf.

The other three were the kind of tall white men, wearing short-necked shirts, and their hair was scattered, and they could smell the smell of several people from a distance.

Liu Ximing turned his gaze to the old man, and tentatively asked in his broken English, "Are you ok?"

The white old man had been relatively quiet all the way, and he only planned to meet the official to plead again, but when he heard Liu Ximing's ghost animal pronunciation, his eyes suddenly straightened, this person could speak Britannica!

Liu Ximing heard the old man's scream of "uh-huh", he couldn't help patting his head, what did he think, these people's mouths were blocked, he had to look up and ask Hong Erzhu: "Can you take off the cloth and let me talk to them?" ”

"Of course others can't, Liu Gongzi can." Some of the other sergeants wanted to say something, but they were glared back by Hong Erzhu.

Young man, I remember you, Liu Ximing smiled and nodded at Hong Erzhu, and reached out to take out the rags in the mouth of the white old man in front of him.

"God is above, are you also a believer in the Lord?"

However, as soon as this old man spoke, Liu Ximing was a little speechless, this guy's official words were more slippery than his own.

However, in this way, it saves the trouble of communication, Liu Ximing shook his head and smiled: "Hehe, my China has a territory of thousands of miles, a prosperous civilization, and my ancestors and gods worship, but I don't believe in other religions." Since you are familiar with the Chinese language, you dare to ask where you are and why you came to Chongqing? ”

The white old man showed a disappointed look on his face when he heard that Liu Ximing was not a believer, but he still answered Liu Ximing's question positively: "My Chinese name is Julius, and I am tens of thousands of miles west of Dameng, and there is a place that you call Taixi, which is my hometown. I have come with the gift of God to save the lost people here, and the believers in Gangnam call us Jesuits. ”

It turned out to be a missionary, and Liu Ximing was shocked.

Then he despised it in his heart, but pull it down, what about the lost people, what kind of virtue is a missionary, the Chinese know it all too well.

It is true that they brought some knowledge of modern science to China, but these were only incidental products of their missionary work, in order to shock and shake the cognition of the scholars of the time, and to prove the existence of God.

However, once they found that they could not complete their missions by brainwashing, conquest by force became their first choice, and Liu Ximing vaguely remembered that since the end of the Meng Dynasty, some missionaries have been advocating the use of force to proselytize, but at that time China's armed forces were too strong to let them succeed.

However, the current Liu Ximing is no longer the angry youth he was when he just crossed over, since he has chosen his own path, then all actions should be considered around his own interests, and the Jesuits at this time are undoubtedly of great value to him.

Liu Ximing immediately laughed: "Hahaha, it turned out to be a Jesuit, I have heard about it, and I heard that the church has set up churches in Yingtian, Jiangxi and other places to guide people to goodness, which is really a rare righteous act, but I don't want to meet Your Excellency and others here today." ”

When Julius heard Liu Ximing say this, he immediately showed joy, he didn't expect that there would be a major breakthrough just after arriving in Chongqing, this person in front of him could come and go freely in the barracks, and his status was extraordinary, and listening to his words, he was quite appreciative of what the Jesuit Society did, maybe he could develop into the first believer here.

"May God bless you", Julius closed his eyes and muttered, and then looked at Liu Ximing with a blazing gaze: "May I ask this son's surname, I waited here only to spread the gospel of God, but I was regarded as a thief by these soldiers, it is really wronged, and I ask Your Excellency to exonerate us and others." ”

It was not surprising that Julius had an outstanding command of Chinese, and he remembered that the missionaries of this period had all spent great efforts to study Chinese culture in order to enter China, and the scholars of the time even called them Western Confucians.

"Under the surname Liu Mingxi, Your Excellency and relax, I don't know, forget it, since I am bumped, then I can't ignore it, I will go with you to meet the governor. When you meet the Governor, remember not to offend, and I will defend you. ”

"Thank you, thank you."

Liu Ximing made a look of no hesitation, signaled Hong Erzhu and the others to continue to take them, and led the way towards the Chinese army's tent in front.

Hey, hey, this is a good opportunity to take advantage of the information advantage, Liu Ximing's heart is thumping.

These missionaries mainly relied on scholars to preach in Jiangnan, such as Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao and others all joined the Church one after another, since Julius dared to come to Chongqing, he must have a letter of recommendation from some officials, and when the time comes, as long as he takes the letter to Hou Liangzhu, he can naturally get out.

But since I'm here, I don't take this cheap favor for nothing.