Yes, sir. "Lando is still respectful. But the president is "a churchman," and only the devil knows how loyal he is to the church. The Jesuits were well informed, and Gelanzani knew that this man had been on the lookout for the foundry in Macau, and had been able to steal the cannons, arquebuses, and gunpowder they had sold to the Radstron pirates (the European name for the Chinese pirates). There are many people who do this business in Macau, and he is the only one who can directly sell the things in the foundry, and I don't know how he used to move the director of the foundry.

"Listen, Mr. Lando." "I want you to return to the Countess of Scarborough," said the president, "and that Aragonés, now that he lacks a military lieutenant, will still value you as much as he has done in the past." ”

"And what is my mission?"

"Aragonés probably plans to continue to join Liu Xiang and challenge Zheng Yiguan. Yahui does not want to see Nicholas (Zheng Zhilong's Christian name. Lost in this dispute. The president said, "We can't help him directly."

The relationship between the Portuguese and Zheng Zhilong was deep, not only for commercial interests, but also for missionary needs. Cheng Chi Lung was baptized in Macau in his early years. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the first order to expel the Jesuits, Yakai often used the ships of Zheng Zhilong, who ran the Japanese route, to smuggle various religious books into Japan. This made the Jesuits in Macau extremely unwilling to see the Spaniards win the battle.

"I see." Lando smiled slyly.

The president was silent, and he knew that underneath the man's seemingly respectful cleverness was an arrogance that he could not understand, as if he were himself God-knowing, all-knowing, all-powerful, though he tried to hide it.

This scoundrel, I thought, if God allows me to live until then, I'll hand him over to the heretics in the Philippines, and let the fanatical Dominican monks clean him up.

At this time, he acted as if nothing had happened: "Well, you have to remember, you can't let him do whatever Aragonés wants to do if Nicholas wins him." Except" he thought for a moment, "the Australians in the capital of Qiongzhou"

"It's those strange Chinese on Hainan Island."

"Yes. Call it however you want. You know what I mean. He thought about it. Aragonés if he was clever enough. I won't provoke them again. Otherwise, the local dialect. You can help them, and I think they'll be happy to have your help. ”

"Yes. will grow up. ”

"Go to Father Komange. He would give another fifty silver pesos. You're ready to go. ”

"Grow up, I will go on the ship of Aragones. I'll have to pay off the hotel fees here. There is also money owed to the tavern. I'm a veteran. Poor and penniless. It costs a lot of money to go on an adventurous mission. ”

"Father Cománge gave you a hundred silver pesos last time."

"I've spent all this money, and you know I have no savings here, and I'm in debt just to make ends meet."

Gelanzani pondered for a moment, and the Buddha reluctantly walked towards a Raden Chinese lacquer cabinet with triple locks, took out a money bag from it, and weighed it in his hand.

"Take it, here are two hundred silver pesos."

He saluted the president and slipped the money bag into his pocket.

"Alright, you can go." The president solemnly drew a cross for him, "You have no scruples in your service of God, you know that Jesus has the right to forgive the most serious sins. ”

Lando bowed deeply, kissed his ring and stepped back.

Hearing the sound of the door closing behind the curtain, the president let out a soft breath

He didn't look in any direction, and ordered, "Ang Blair, please let them in." ”

Lando descended a staircase that only insiders could go up and down into the courtyard. Some proudly patted the money bag on their waists, and it seemed that it was indeed a wise choice to serve the Yahweh, and they were all very generous people.

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a priest leading a few people over. Lando's heart moved, and he took a few steps, flashing to the shadowy part of the eaves.

When he saw the short heads of the group and the blue training uniforms on their bodies, he smiled slightly. It wasn't until the men walked into the house that he flashed out.

"Okay." Lando said thoughtfully, "You Australians! ”

"Hello shopkeeper." Geranzani stood up and greeted the strangely dressed figures, whom he had long heard of as strangely dressed people who had taken a closer look at them in person, their outfits were simple and elaborate, and their styles were slightly similar to those of Europeans. As for the extremely short hair, Ran gave him some good impressions.

Wen Deji bowed slightly, and the priest in front of him was wearing a delicate black robe, a slightly curled black head, and a kind and charming smile.

Gelanzani's Chinese was fine by the standards of the time, though inevitably accented. The difference in time and space, combined with the difference in nationality, makes communication between the two sides quite laborious. Mr. Bun suggested that communication be done in a language that could be understood by both parties and that was accurate.

"Let's speak Latin." As he spoke, he called Diana Dosa, who also knew Latin for a master's degree in English language and literature.

Miss Mendoza saw a real priest for the first time on this plane, and she was so excited that she immediately knelt down and kissed his ring. This surprised and delighted Gelanzani - there are still many believers in the Lord among Australians. And this beautiful believer is obviously not Chinese, her appearance reminds him of the woman of his homeland, and she is also so charming and lively.

With a good beginning, it is natural that the following talks will become "friendly and constructive". Geranzani is extremely interested in the origins of the Travelers, especially the Australia they mentioned. It was a time of great geographical development, a climate of great interest, and Europeans were very interested in such news, and each geographical present meant new opportunities for wealth, land, and power. Of course, Wen Deji refused to reveal where this so-called Australia was: with the greedy nature of Europeans, they would not immediately flock to Shijie to know that there was such a good place. In fact, Australia was already present at this time, and in 1606 the ship of the Spanish navigator Thollus sailed through the strait between Australia and the island of New Guinea; In the same year, the Duyfgen of the Dutchman Williams set foot in Australia, and since then it has been known as "New Holland". However, these are not in any way at the moment. New Netherland is now considered desolate and barren and worthless. Until 177 the navigator Captain Cook was now fertile on the East Coast. The colonization of Australia was just the beginning. Naturally, in this time and space, the Travelers have included Australia in their direct territories in the future.

Wen Deji not only vaguely said that he also made a big move in the specific direction, and moved Australia to the vast center of the Pacific, so if you are interested, go around in circles to find it.

As for the history of the country, it is naturally the set of things in the captive manual.

Unexpectedly, this nonsense actually aroused the great interest of the president. He kept asking questions, so much so that Diana Dosa had to stop and think about it often, and then translate it in English, and Wen Deji could still understand the English. It turns out that this guy thinks Australia is the lost continent of Atlantis.

He then asked the question: Where did the church in Australia come from? Who are the leaders of the church? Where did the texts come from? Is the Australian Church aware of the existence of the Holy See? Since the Bible of the Australian Church was translated into Chinese, who translated it? This series of questions almost made Wen Desi roll his eyes, and the president's curiosity was really strong.

Fortunately, Bai Duolu hasn't lost his position in this nonsense, Wen Deji thought to himself, or I won't be able to talk nonsense after he gets angry. He still knew what was important: when he talked to the priest, he said that he was of a humble position and knew very little about the affairs of the country, so he simply asked three questions about what he did not know.

He was unprepared for the religious system he had fabricated, but he did not wish to give the Jesuits the impression that they were enthusiastic about the Catholic Church, although many people, including himself, wanted to use Catholicism to exhibit a new religious system to replace the religion of the future dominion. If you want to cooperate, you have to raise the price higher, and you want to preach? Yes, at a sufficient cost.

After thinking about it, Wen Deji said that the church has always existed in Australia, and as for when it came, the classics, etc., even the local church itself could not tell more details about the church, and he himself did not understand it very well, because he was not a believer.

His understatement was obviously very disappointing to the Lord. Gelanzani thought that this country that had appeared out of thin air might be a lost Christian state such as the Kingdom of John the Elders, but he did not realize that it was not Christians who were in power. It seems that the appearance of the seven or eight people visited, except for a white Doroku and the Latino woman in front of him, probably no believers.

The latter conversation mainly involved the existence of the crossing in Hainan, and Wen Desi did not conceal his attempt to cross the crowd in this regard, but narrowed the strategic goal to a smaller one, and the purpose of occupying Lingao was to use the geographical environment of the place to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and he also specifically pointed out that the crossing group had goods that were popular with the Ming people, enough to exchange for a large amount of silver and other goods. Some goods may also be enjoyed by Southeast Asians and Europeans, but they lack enough ships and sailors, so they expect to find foreign merchants in Macau who can be represented.

He was very careful to conceal his attempt to cross the foreign trade routes, which he knew were extremely sensitive to middlemen such as the Portuguese, but the Portuguese were happy to offer lucrative goods, just as the Chinese merchants offered them raw silk, silk, and porcelain, which could be sold at high prices in both Japan and Manila, and he did not know to what extent the Jesuits were involved in Portuguese commercial interests. But there is no doubt that there is a collusion of common interests between the two.

Geranzani thought of the Australians: he had given his missionary career a new opportunity. Although Australia is not the Christian country he imagined, judging from the attitude of these people, they not only have a considerable understanding of the church, but also tolerate and approve of it. If these Australians were able to take control of Hainan Island, God's flock on the great eastern island would have greatly increased; And if the Jews can convince their leaders to be baptized, maybe someone here will become St. Stephen of Hainan Island.

Hainan Island is not a strange place for Gelanzani in Macau: as early as 1560, Father Gogo ventured into Hainan Island. In 1563, Jesuit monks not only entered Hainan Island, but even penetrated into the forbidden Li area of the government. In 1584, the Franciscans of the Philippines in Panja landed on Hainan Island while on their way to the mission sites of Vietnam, where they were arrested by the local authorities. He was later released and returned to Manila.

The greatest advantage of the Hainan missionary is Wang Hongzhi. It was the planning and guidance of Wang Hongzhi, a native of Ding'an, Qiongzhou, who was then the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, that Ma Cheng was able to enter Beijing in 1598. Although it appears that Wang Hongzhi brought the missionaries to Beijing to revise the calendar, the underlying reason was that the would-be Catholic wanted to use this opportunity to help Ricci with his missionary activities. Soon after, his son converted to Catholicism and took the Christian name Paul. For the first time, it was possible for the church to gain missionary support from powerful people in Hainan. He knew that Paul had recently come to Macao and had offered to send priests to Ding'an County to preach. If such strong missionary support can be obtained in Lingao County, in the northwest of Hainan Island, it will be a great breakthrough in missionary activities in the East.

Geranzani rejoices at the prospect.

His idea was exactly what Bundeji had expected: Gelanzani had indeed put forward the expectation of a missionary. According to the plan in his heart, Wen Deji deduced that it was inconvenient for him to make decisions on this matter alone.

"According to our system, such a major matter must be decided by a vote of the General Assembly of 500."

"Is it the gentlemen's council?"

"Exactly." Wen Desi thinks that among these 500 people, it is not that they have ** ideals, but most of them still want to be masters.

"You have five hundred gentlemen in Lingao!" Gelanzani exclaimed, "Portugal does not have so many gentlemen in the whole of Macau!" ”

Wen Deji replied with a humble smile.

"Since this is limited by your polity, I am willing to wait for the outcome. But until you come to the right conclusions, will I allow me to send a servant of God back with you? I assure you that he will not carry out missionary activities without official permission. ”

Wen Deji felt a little late, thinking that a missionary who did not understand the language could not make any big waves, and it was enough to send someone to watch over him. Anyway, if you make an offer, I will make a bid, so let's have an equivalent exchange.