Longquanyi was originally an official post station set up to receive messengers and officials, because of its proximity to the city, and it is a traffic artery, the prefectures and counties in the east of Chengdu including Chongqing, Shunqing, Xuzhou and other places have to pass through here, and over time the surrounding area has gradually formed a market town.

Seeing that there were more and more pedestrians, Liu Ximing simply asked the guard battalion to pack up their weapons and equipment and throw them into the space.

The post station with the Longquanyi plaque is in the middle of the market town, and Liu Xi ordered them to have no official status, so they can only find an inn nearby to live temporarily.

"Ni's price is not right, why are we so expensive", Liu Ximing was sitting in the carriage and looking out, when he suddenly heard a strange tone of words.

He followed the voice, and it turned out to be a Caucasians with yellowish hair arguing with the shopkeeper near the counter of an inn.

This person was dressed in a azure collared robe, wearing a square scarf, and he looked like a Chinese scholar, and there were several Caucasian people who were also dressed in Hanfu.

This is......

Liu Ximing took a closer look, and suddenly found that there was a person in a gray robe inside, who was actually a little familiar.

But the white skin is about the same, Liu Ximing looked at it carefully, and finally vaguely remembered that he seemed to have met the apprentice next to the Jesuit Julius in Chongqing, what kind of name is Said?

After a pause, Liu Ximing knocked on the front wall of the carriage.

The carriage creaked to a halt, and Liu Ximing got out of the carriage and headed towards the inn, only to hear the two sides arguing more and more along the way.

"Said, Mr. Sai?" , Liu Ximing shouted tentatively.

The white man in the gray robe looked back for a moment, and when he saw Liu Ximing, he paused, and his freckled face showed a thoughtful expression.

Immediately, his expression suddenly became pleasantly surprised, "Liu Gongzi", Sai Yisi shouted, turned around and walked towards Liu Ximing.

The white man who was arguing with the shopkeeper also stopped and turned his head to look over.

"Hahaha, it's really you", Liu Ximing Lu smiled and stepped forward to pat Said's shoulder.

"Mr. Ai is here? Who is this? Liu Ximing pointed to the person next to the counter.

"Mr. Ai is rectifying the affairs of the Fujian Parish, and he didn't come this time, Liu Gongzi, let me introduce you to Mr. Lisis."

Said took Liu Ximing a few steps forward and walked to the counter.

"Liu Gongzi, this is our Jesuit priest in the Southwest Diocese."

"Father, this is Liu Xi's order and Liu Gongzi mentioned by Mentor Julius."

When the missionary named Lyces heard Said's introduction, he didn't care about the quarrel with the shopkeeper, but hurriedly tidied up his clothes and made a cross on his chest with one hand.

"This is truly a miracle of God, Liu Gongzi, before leaving, Father Julius told me twice or three times that I must come to visit you, and he praised you many times

You are the closest person to God in southwest China, and we have brought many gifts that he has promised you, but because of the journey, we can only go to Chengdu first. ”

Liu Ximing smiled and bowed to Lissi, he didn't expect to meet the Jesuits again in Chengdu.

It has been more than half a year since he got acquainted with Julius in Chongqing at the end of last year, and Liu Ximing has not received a message from Julius, thinking that he had released the pigeon, but he didn't expect that people would still be thinking about it.

"It's really fate, so in the future, Mr. Li will be in charge of the teaching affairs in Sichuan?"

Lisis hurriedly waved his hand, "I'm not alone, Sichuan has not received the gospel of God, I will definitely not be able to rely on it alone, and then the Macau Federation should send people again." ”

"I see", Liu Ximing was stunned, he pointed to the innkeeper, and asked directly, "I just saw a few of you arguing, I don't know why?" ”

Hearing Liu Ximing talk about this, Said's young face was angry, "They are profiteers, they obviously wrote that they would stay in the hotel for 100 wen a night, but he wanted to charge us 300 wen a night, so we didn't agree, so we quarreled with him." ”

Liu Ximing looked at the innkeeper with some irony, this is a middle-aged man about forty years old, standing behind the counter in a black straight-necked robe, this person looks quite honest.

Liu Ximing could only sigh in his heart, it turns out that stealing customers is our tradition.

But the shopkeeper slapped the table again and again to retort, "Guest officer, don't listen to these people's nonsense, our store has always been honest and trustworthy, and the children are not bullied, but these people smell very big, and after they live, the small shop has to be specially cleaned and washed. ”

Hahaha, Liu Ximing almost didn't burst out laughing, it was because of this reason.

Speaking of which, although the Europeans here are much cleaner than in the Middle Ages, the smell on them is indeed not small.

However, Liu Ximing looked at the dress of Li Si, this line has obviously adapted to the living habits of the Han people, as long as you don't get too close, you shouldn't smell too much, this shopkeeper is a pure stereotype.

However, of course he couldn't meet the shopkeeper in front of Li Yisi, so Liu Ximing immediately wiped his face and slapped it heavily on the counter.

"Bastard, doing business is about integrity, how much is it should be, how much should be the price, how can there be a reason to set the price because of the person, this time forget it, if I meet it again, I will definitely go to the county master to sue you for a rampant market."

The shopkeeper looked at Liu Xi's finely woven purple robe, and then looked at the group of guards dressed as warriors following behind, and couldn't help but shrink his head and didn't dare to argue anymore.

Liu Ximing turned around and arched his hand towards Li Zhisi and said, "Mr. Li, since you are also going to live in the hotel, why don't you follow us, it is better if there are many people."

There is a response. ”

"Liu, you are our friend, then we are welcome."

Li Sisi looked at Liu Ximing's eyes full of affection, and when he heard this, he agreed directly, waved his hand at Sai Yisi, and beckoned a carriage parked outside the inn.

"Well, most of these are also things to be piggybacked on for you."

"Hahaha, wonderful, wonderful", Liu Ximing laughed and clapped his hands, and his gaze at the carriage became hot.

Last time I was in Chongqing, I asked Ai Ruliu a lot of things, if this can be collected, thinking of this, Liu Ximing almost rushed to count it.

"Ahem, Li Biao, hurry up and find out if there is a bigger inn in front that can be arranged."

"Holo"

Du Liangji and Xie Wenle saw Liu Ximing talking with a few people from the car window, and they were inexplicably surprised.

"I don't want Brother Xi Ming to make such a wide range of friends, and even people are familiar with him, no wonder he has such a wide range of knowledge." , Du Liangji sighed a little.

"Hahaha", Zhao Xiangyang looked excited, "Xi Ming talked to me about him knowing some Jesuits last time, but he didn't expect to meet him so soon." ”

Seeing that Xie Wenle's face was a little disapproving, Zhao Xiangyang explained with a smile, "Brother Wenle, don't think that these people don't learn a lot, my grandfather once served in Qintianjian, and I heard him talk about Matteo Ricci and others who preached in Beijing during the period of Emperor Shenzong, all of whom were proficient in a hundred schools, especially astronomy and geography, and they are even more insightful. ”

"Brother Xiangyang's words are true?" , Xie Wenle was a little skeptical.

"Hey, let's let Brother Ximing introduce you later", Zhao Xiangyang rubbed his hands a little itchy after speaking, "I heard that Brother Ximing once asked them to carry books such as geometric originals, I don't know if I will meet this time." ”

Du Liangji and Xie Wenle were a little dumbfounded when they saw Zhao Xiangyang's appearance, and the two liberal arts dogs were indeed a little difficult to understand where the interest of the science and engineering dogs was.

There are a lot of merchants in Longquanyi, and there are several inns, this time Li Biao came forward, and soon found an inn with a large courtyard to settle down, and of course Li Sisi and his party also followed.

At night, after dinner.

Liu Ximing invited all the scholars in the team to his room to communicate with Li Zhisi.

In the past few days, Liu Ximing has deeply felt that the scholars of the Dao Meng Dynasty are in fact full of thirst for knowledge just like modern Chinese intellectuals.

However, due to the limitations of the times and the strange circle of Cheng Zhu's closed cycle, these people's minds are rushing all the way towards the road of rigidity.

Of course, Liu Ximing did not expect to transform them into people with the same global vision and ancient and modern historical outlook as himself in such a short period of time, but it is not a bad thing to have more contact with the outside world in this era.

It's better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles.