Galileo had a very comfortable life these years.

As a scientist who has left a strong mark in the history of human science, the standard he uses to evaluate life naturally cannot be the kind of hot kang head of a cow and a wife and children on 30 acres of land. Although he is extremely satisfied with the current state of life, "Even the Roman emperor back then, it may not be as good as I am now!" ”

Once, because of his homesickness, he ordered his servants to go to the docks to find some sailors on a Latin ship, and buy from them some native products that were said to come from Naples. The old gentleman is going to use these to satisfy his homesickness. In the words of Han scholars, that is, "when the autumn wind rises, there is often the thought of sea bass and lettuce." "Oh, that's a bite of China, isn't it?

But when the salami, macaroni, and cheese are served to him after being carefully prepared by his cook, the visual effect seems to be far from the food he remembers from his hometown. "Tens of thousands of miles of sailing here, naturally it can't be compared with freshly baked." The old gentleman gave himself a reason. As a result, after eating it in one bite, the old gentleman's facial features immediately gathered together, and the wrinkles became like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Phew! Bah! Such a terrible thing! ”

He gave the last bad comments on the food from the Italian peninsula, and then ordered it to be taken away, preferably in the trash. After making this qiē, he asked the cook to cook him a bowl of seafood noodles, "Remember to put some of those sea intestine powders sent by His Royal Highness the Duke!" Those things are the most delicious! ”

The Duke's Royal Highness in Galileo's mouth is Li Huayu, and this His Royal Highness can also be regarded as Galileo's disciple. In addition to reporting the safety of his parents and siblings at home, he also sent a heart to his teacher. It is the sea rice noodles that he ordered people to buy by the sea in Denglai.

Before the Japanese invented Ajinomote, several major cuisines of Chinese food and cooking can be said to be eight immortals across the sea to show their magical powers for the word "fresh". Racked their brains. Cantonese cuisine pays attention to soup, Huaiyang cuisine is a taste of broth, and Shandong cuisine, which dominates the country in the north, has its own secret. The secret is that the chefs use the seafood sausage, a specialty of their hometown, to dry it and grind it into a powder, and add it in moderation when cooking the dishes.

Exquisite enjoyment in food and clothing. It has far surpassed any monarch in Europe at this moment, however, Galileo as a figure who left his name on the moon. Although he is also a mortal child, his pursuit or more pleasure does not come from these material things.

The greatest pursuit of the Chinese literati is nothing more than to become the "teacher of the emperor", to be the emperor's teacher and the king's assistant, which is the highest goal in the hearts of scholars throughout the ages. Even if you can't be the master of kings. So. It is also very rare to become a lecturer at the banquet and preach the way of scripture learning for the emperor, which is enough to comfort the ancestors and ancestors.

Galileo, as a European, although he does not have such a concept in his mind, but he is the behemoth of the Nanyue Army at this moment. The so-called "Emperor Wang Zuodishi" of the master or founder of this huge political force, because. He is the president of Nanzhong University!

Outside Hue City, within a radius of dozens of miles, dozens of large and small schools are located in various schools of Nanzhong University. It's a pity that there is no name for the university, but it does not match the "way of the university in Mingmingde". The courses taught ranged from metallurgy to mining, from animal husbandry to agriculture, from shipbuilding to road and house construction. However, there is only one basic course that deals with the Four Books and the Five Classics.

Don't worry about being sent to the Inquisition or even burned at the stake for some fallacy that comes out of your mind. On the contrary, there is a large amount of research funding and auxiliary institutions for them to spend. For example, if a certain star is found to be conducive to navigation, the sailor and SF Express will allocate a large amount of silver dollars to add telescopes to the astronomy department as observation equipment. And the students who go on expeditions, explorations, and internships will also bundle the plants they have collected in the rainforest in wooden bones (Mogadishu, is the name familiar?). Market-bought giraffes, kangaroos and platypuses caught in the Ten States were sent here for gentlemen to continue their research.

With such a good environment, you can slowly turn your ideals into reality, and gradually verify the ideas in your mind, how can such a day be uncomfortable for a scientist and educator?

Without worrying about being sent to the Inquisition, without worrying about being purified from the mind to the body, without fear of being burned at the stake, and having sufficient and generous material conditions to ensure his life and scientific exploration, it stands to reason that Galileo should be satisfied.

But it's not!

This great scientist, who was sent to prison and died in prison for questioning the geocentric theory supported by the Holy See, was a devout Catholic at heart, and in the spiritual world as a whole. As the saying goes, the greater the outer edge of knowledge, the greater the unknown world we will face. As a devout Catholic, the more he studied science, the stronger the sense of guilt and panic tension became.

"Oh my God! O Lord! Please forgive me, this lowly soul! More than once, in the middle of the night, Galileo shouted words begging for forgiveness in his dreams, only to wake up in a cold sweat.

As a result, a very peculiar but strange phenomenon appeared in Galileo very harmoniously. In his spare time, he was an extremely enthusiastic leader who led people to explore the unknown world of natural sciences and the unknown world, and in his spare time, he immediately became a fanatic who was obsessed with religious affairs and public welfare.

And for some reason, he was also unusually enthusiastic about bringing in or abducting people from Europe who had made achievements in the field of natural sciences. This is probably from the perspective of a certain mentality of apportioning sin: "If a person bears a crime, he will go to hell to be the companion of Satan, but if 5,000 people and 10,000 people sin together, perhaps, in front of the priest, they can be liberated and go to heaven." ”

For this ulterior purpose, almost every European ship traveled to and from Europe and Hue, Manraka, etc. are obliged to deliver letters to Mr. Galileo. Figures who have made achievements in various fields and have their own unique opinions are under the threat of war in Europe, which is becoming more and more prosperous. Quoting and introducing each other, guided by Galileo's invitation letter, enjoying the captain's meticulous service all the way, he was abducted to the territory of the Nanyue Army, becoming a branch and leaf on this scientific and technological tree.

(The captains were naturally very happy that there was such a figure on the ship, according to the rules that the Nanyue Army had never practiced in writing, such a scientific and technological talent.) It can be used to offset the mandatory import quota for two stallions! How much more cargo can be stuffed into the capacity saved by those two stallions? I really don't have to stuff it, you can get more cotton from India or a few orchids and a few slaves to stuff it in! It's also short-distance transportation anyway. The slave trade is not so exquisite, as long as they are still alive after Lingjiawei Island! ）

"Find my new satin jacket, and I'll wear it to worship in a moment."

While greedily savoring the sweet soup of hot seafood noodles. while instructing the servants to arrange his clothes for him. But Galileo never dreamed of it. If he hadn't come here, he would have been a corpse in the papal cell that had died in a deep prison for spreading heretical ideas.

"Sir, your clothes have been ironed for you and are placed there. But, sir, you have forgotten that yesterday you said that you were going to the docks to pick up your friends from Rome, Milan, France, etc.? Galileo's housekeeper reminded him that there were other arrangements for today.

I couldn't help but beat my bald head in annoyance. Galileo changed his clothes and got into the carriage and told the coachman, "Go to the docks!" Go to the docks! ”

Bai Li Shouhan spared no effort to recruit all kinds of talents from all over the world from the current known civilizations. Galileo Galilei is at the helm of Nanzhong University, which is full of talented people from all over the world. The age-ladder allocation of the old, middle and young people is extremely reasonable. Among these people, Galileo also found many people who were either accomplished or gifted in physics, astronomy, geography, metallurgy, mathematics, etc. Therefore, this kind of moment when a new person arrives is often a spiritual feast for him. He can get an immense sense of pleasure from both academics and spirituality.

On the docks, a Dutch plywood ship from Europe, with the salty smell of the Mediterranean, docked tired and timidly in the distance of the pier, like a child who has just entered the city from the countryside, lest he accidentally cause trouble. A group of Galileo and his friends and acquaintances, lured by letters and accompanying travel expenses, were half-pushed and half-pushed by the war in Europe to this mysterious and rich East, where the fate awaited them under the rule of the Duke. Will this Duke of Li be like the brutal and ferocious Eastern monarchs propagated by the kings of Europe, adopt a different attitude towards people of all religions, and charge a high poll tax on those who believe in God.

And on the docks, made of burnt ash mixed with stones, a group of blond, blue-eyed Europeans were waiting in bright red clothes, ready to greet their poor relatives from home. Although these people still have to go through a quarantine period after that, as relatives and friends, appearing on the dock to greet them is also a huge psychological comfort for these wanderers. (In fact, it is more that these people who came first want to show their living conditions in front of the latecomers, the so-called wealth does not return to their hometowns such as brocade clothes at night, not only in China, but also in Europe!) If you have a good life, how can you not show it to your relatives and friends from your hometown? Especially these people are in a terrible situation right now! ）

At the head of the group were none other than Mr. Galileo and Father Alfonso. The rest of the people stood around him like stars holding the moon, talking happily, and many people took this opportunity to quietly contact and negotiate, and negotiated a few small deals.

At that time, Father Alfonso, although he was still only a priest on the list of the Catholic Church, was no less powerful, influential and wealthy than a cardinal.

After more than ten years of careful cultivation, a group of hundreds of thousands of Catholics has been formed in Nanzhong, and although the number of these people is not as large as those in Europe, the economic conditions are far superior to them.

Architectural and ornately decorated Catholic churches, walls are decorated with murals of Bible stories depicted in Chinese painting art, and tall glass windows are decorated with colorful stained glass. Divide the light from the outside into a variety of colors.

Relying on the good cooperation between the Portuguese and the Cantonese army, Father Alfonso established churches in Hao River, in Thang Long, in Hue, in Ayutthaya and in the Chao Phraya Valley. Of course, the application and registration were carried out in strict accordance with the laws and regulations of the General's Office.

After more than ten years of operation, Father Alfonso has changed from a shepherd of God to a pot-bellied businessman. A purple silk robe embroidered with gold and silver threads is under the papal crown, where the pope's saliva will drip to the feet. A high crown woven with gold wire and a large ruby made of gold made him stand out from the crowd. In his hand, he holds a staff made of large ivory and bone, inlaid with intricate patterns of gold, silver and various colored gemstones, and the head of the staff is a huge sapphire that sparkles in the sun.

Such a dress, if it is seen by Li Shouhan. will definitely sneer at the comment, "A European turtle!" Upstart! "That's right, Father Alfonso's outfit certainly has a strong nouveau riche flavor. However, looking at the three major religions in the world, including Taoism in China, which one is not a monk who does not love money, the more the merrier? Which temple, church, Taoist temple, worship temple, and lama temple were not built with splendor, and became the culmination of human architectural skills? Many are still the tangible cultural heritage of humanity?

When it comes to religion. Immediately, Mr. Galileo and Father Alfonso found a topic of common interest. One is a leading figure among Catholics. One was the head of the Catholic clergy in Nanzhong, and the two got together and immediately had a lively discussion about how the Catholic Church could continue to spread the Lord's gospel under Duke Lee.

In the territory controlled by the Nanyue Army today, religious issues are the same as races, and there are all kinds of colors. It can be said that the various schools of the world's three major religions, such as Theravada Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, and Lamaism, are the Yellow Sect and the Red Sect, and the Zen Buddhism and Tiantai Sect from the mainland. There are also various sects of Islam from the Middle East, plus Taoism, which is a specialty of China. and various primitive religions, which converge on the land of Nanzhong, forming a colorful landscape.

However, in Alfonso's eyes, this is a great opportunity for the Catholic Church to expand its power!

If there is no shadow of the various sects of these three major religions behind the rebellions and riots that broke out in various parts of Nanzhong after Duke Li left, how can those soil kings, sultans, village chiefs, and the remnants of various regimes organize and incite the people? Not to mention anything else, in Taiwan, which has just been pacified by Zheng Sen and others, behind the rebellion of those natives, there is the shadow of the Protestant Calvinist sect believed in by the Dutch!

As a Portuguese, Fr. Alfonso is naturally Catholic, while the Dutch lowlanders are Protestants. Calvin believed that who was redeemed by God and who was rejected was predestined by God, and that only God's "chosenpeople" could be saved and justified by faith, and that only self-discipline, frugality, and hard work could win God's favor and selection. The gap between Protestantism and Catholicism is mainly the denial of the authority of the pope, and both denominations are eager to strangle each other.

This point is also a clear contradiction in the dispute over the diocese of Taiwan. When the Dutch and the Spaniards invaded Taiwan in the south and the north respectively, the two invaders also spread their teachings to the natives. Gradually, the indigenous beliefs of the Dutch in the south were Calvinist, and the Spanish in the north were Catholic. And this time, a large part of the rebellion in Taiwan was based on the Calvinist sect spread by the Dutch! Many of the captives also found Protestant tokens, scriptures, and so on.

On the contrary, in the northern part of Taiwan, where Catholics are the majority, and even in the whole of Luzon even more farther away, although there are also riots, they are at most public order cases, and compared with those who go to the mosque from time to time to listen to the scriptures, they are simply peaceful and kind people!

The Sultans and the Imam, who incited the people under their rule to rise up and fight a holy war, to drive out the heathen, and to drive out the Kafir who did not believe in Allah, even if they died in battle, went to heaven and enjoyed the service of seventy-two virgins in a paradise flowing with water, milk, and honey, and with fruit and bread on the trees.

In the north, in the area where the remnants of the Zheng family and the Mo family were causing chaos, the monks in the temples and temples of all sizes quietly provided food and financial support for these rebel forces. Those who hope for it will be able to acquire or regain them, and these temples will continue to occupy the land, and they will continue to enjoy the privilege of not paying taxes and not paying taxes.

In Alfonso's eyes, so many sects openly and secretly opposing Lord Li was precisely the best opportunity for him and his lord to solicit merit and curry favor in front of Duke Li!

This is the main purpose of why he came to the dock in such a grand way today to greet these European refugees who arrived in Hue on the ships of the lowlanders. He wanted to highlight the influence of Catholicism among the largest possible European population.

At least, proselytism, between Catholicism and Protestantism, there is not that big a chasm. (To be continued......)