Before Xiao Tianjian left Nanjing City, he handed over the defense of Nanzhili to Shi Ran, Shi Ran was in charge of the military aspect, and Fu Deming was in charge of the government affairs, supplemented by Li Jinde and Niu Jinxing, who were in charge of the government of Great China.

As the secretary of the military department, Li Xin still did his old job, as the chief of staff of his staff, but he did not go with Xiao Tianjian's right route army, but rushed to Shunde Mansion first, and entered the middle route army.

Just when Xiao Tianjian finished arranging these things and wanted to leave Nanjing City to embark on the road of the Northern Expedition, the attendant Qiqi said that the red-haired devils Gao Su asked to see him, and he also brought a few red-haired devils.

Originally, Xiao Tianjian didn't have time to deal with these things, he thought that Gao Su was looking for him, maybe he was also going to participate in the Northern Expedition, but this time he didn't plan to let Gao Su go, but wanted Gao Su to stay and work in the Nanjing Lecture Hall.

But after hearing that this guy actually brought a few red-haired devils, Xiao Tianjian was a little curious, so he asked Gao Su to be brought into the main hall.

Gao Su this guy can now be said to have become a red-haired Chinese, a Chinese official dialect is correct and round, and the etiquette is also completely familiar with Chinese etiquette, out of appearance, dressed all sinic, now wearing a standard general military uniform of the Great Chinese Defense Army all day, swaggering around the city is very majestic, after entering the palace, he immediately saluted Xiao Tianjian, and called him a saint.

Xiao Tianjian is still quite satisfied with this guy's work, and this guy is now following him with all his heart, and he has won his trust.

So Xiao Tianjian waved his hand and said, "No courtesy!" What is the matter with you when you come to me today? Don't you know that I'm very busy during this time? ”

Gao Su gritted his teeth and stood up and bowed down and replied: "Qi Qi Sheng, Wei Chen came today, just because he has something important to want to start the Shengshang!" ”

Xiao Tianjian said angrily: "What's the matter? If you want to follow me to the Northern Expedition, it's best not to talk about it, now that the Nanjing Lecture Martial Arts Hall has just been established, and there is a shortage of manpower, you guys want to stay here, you can't follow me! ”

Gao Su then hurriedly bared his teeth and smiled: "Weichen already knows the holy will, so naturally he won't mention this matter again!" This time, Weichen came to introduce some capable people to the saint, and I hope that the saint can take a little time out of his busy schedule to meet them! ”

"Oh? What is a capable person? It wasn't because you ran into a missionary in the city of Nanjing! Tell me, do you want to lobby me for them and let me give them a convenient way to preach in Great China? Xiao Tianjian is such a smart person, he immediately guessed Gao Su's ghost idea, so he asked with some curiosity and amusement.

Gao Su looked a little embarrassed after hearing this, but this guy was very thick-skinned, and he could stand it if Xiao Tianjian saw through it, so he hurriedly called Xiao Tianjian a god, and guessed his intention at once, but he said: "Qi Shengshang, although Weichen recommended a few missionaries, but these people are capable people, some of them can make their own bells, and some people are very good at casting cannons. I hope the Holy One can give them a chance! ”

After hearing the bell, Xiao Tianjian immediately came to the spirit, these years, he was only busy with military affairs, the original old business was basically abandoned by him, a few years ago in addition to the fact that he personally designed the hydraulic drill and designed the artillery pitching cradle, basically did not "invent" anything out!

What is the self-striking bell, he knows better than anyone that this kind of thing actually represents the highest mechanical technology in Western countries in this era, and it is not a new thing for him, but in this era, for the Chinese, it is still a very rare thing, but unfortunately he has no time to tinker with these things now, after he has time, he still has to pick up the old business and make some contributions to China's mechanical development.

Now that he heard Gao Su say that there are missionaries who can make this kind of thing, then he can't let go of such talents easily, so he nodded and said, "Oh? Is there still such a character in the city of Nanjing? Looks like I've been negligent! Then bring them in! I don't blame you today! ”

Gao Su was overjoyed when he heard this, and after thanking him again and again, he ran out and brought a few Europeans into the main hall, these missionaries were obviously mentioned by Gao Su, and as soon as they entered the main hall, they immediately knelt down the mountain and shouted long live.

Xiao Tianjian felt that these people were quite interesting, so he waved his hand and said, "No courtesy!" Get up and speak! It's inconvenient to talk on your stomach! ”

After a few red-haired devils thanked them again and again, they stood up one by one, bowed their heads and did not dare to make the slightest rude move, Xiao Tianjian took a look at them, most of these people are in their thirties and forties, but Europeans are relatively old, and some of them may be younger.

Gao Su hurriedly introduced them: "This is the Jesuit priest Father Robert, who is very proficient in astronomical calculations, and is the bishop among them, this is the Sieberg priest, who is proficient in mechanics and can make self-striking bells, and this is the Gelug priest, who is proficient in the science of smelting and casting......"

Xiao Tianjian nodded while listening, but he didn't talk nonsense with them, and asked directly: "Let's make a long story short, I know a little bit about you missionaries, you can be said to have come to our China with a pious missionary heart, which I admire your courage, and I also welcome you to come to our China, I have no objection to your Catholicism and Jesuits, and you are welcome to preach here!" But the premise is that you must abide by the laws of our great China, and you must not act arbitrarily in our country, otherwise, I will be rude to you no matter what your identity is!

All right! Tell me what you're here for! I'm very busy right now and don't have much time to receive you guys! ”

Xiao Tianjian's words were both polite and tough, but in the ears of these missionaries, it was as beautiful as the sound of heaven, over the years, they secretly preached in China, and the officials of the government were not interested in them at all, and from time to time they would expel them, so that they had no fixed residence, and in the past few years, in addition to learning Chinese, it can almost be said that nothing has been accomplished, Chinese the culture that is incompatible with it, coupled with the influence of Buddhism and Taoism on the people, the common people do not believe their nonsense at all, Now listening to Xiao Tianjian say that they welcome them, this is undoubtedly a huge encouragement to them, at least Xiao Tianjian said that he knows some things about their Catholicism and the Jesuits, which will facilitate their future activities.

So these people almost cried with joy, and one by one they quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank them, saying that they would not come nonsense, and they would definitely preach in accordance with the laws of Great China, and they also said that they had come too hastily this time, and they had not been able to prepare any gifts, and they hoped that Xiao Tianjian would forgive them for their presumptuousness.

Xiao Tianjian didn't care if they gave any gifts or not, after all, these guys looked like they had just been bought for them by Gao Su, all of them were yellow-skinned and thin, obviously malnourished, and they couldn't guarantee that the little things they brought when they came to China had already been tossed by them, so it was really strange that this group of people called Hanako could come up with decent gifts.

And the main reason why Xiao Tianjian thinks so highly of these missionaries is not in their identity, but Xiao Tianjian values some things in their brains, when Gao Su came over and said that he wanted to introduce a few capable people to him, Xiao Tianjian suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and thought of a question, this era is the time when various academics in Western countries are gradually emerging and forming systematic theories, and in China, because of education, most of the readers are reading the Four Books and the Five Classics, For modern science has not formed a systematic theory, although there are also capable people like Xu Guangqi, but it is rare among the readers, so that many sciences have failed to form a systematic theoretical knowledge, which has seriously constrained the development of China's science and technology, coupled with years of turmoil, and later in history, the Tatars entered the Central Plains, adopted the policy of self-esteem and closed off the country and the policy of fooling the people, so that China's scientific and technological development that has led the world for thousands of years has come to a standstill. In the end, it led to the decline of the Chinese nation in the world and became the object of carvement and encroachment by the Western powers.

So now that he has this opportunity, why not seize it? In addition to being loyal Catholics, many of these Western missionaries were also well-educated, and many of them possessed scientific knowledge that ordinary people did not possess, and although some of them came to China with illusions about gold and silver treasures, most of them came to this land to preach with devout ideas for spreading Catholic teachings.

Xiao Tianjian does not have too much ill feeling towards Catholicism, in his opinion, religious belief is sometimes a kind of sustenance of the human soul, whether it is Buddhism, Taoism or even Catholicism, as long as the doctrine is good to others, then there is no need to regard it as a flood of beasts, as long as it is properly managed, guided, supervised and controlled not to come nonsense, as for what the people believe, there is no need to be too nervous.

So Xiao Tianjian nodded and said: "You don't have to thank me, I know that you very much want my permission to let you spread the Catholic doctrine in my country, I can promise you this, but you also have to remember that my tolerance for you is not without a price, first of all, the doctrine you spread must pass my review before you can preach, this is very important, no one will be allowed to use your doctrine to confuse people's minds and try to mess up our China!" In addition, all missionaries who enter the country must also be personally vetted by me and obtain my permission before they can preach in our country, otherwise, it is illegal, and I have the right to arrest them, or at least deport them! If it's serious, it's not impossible to kill your head! You have to do that too! ”

(I asked for a reward at the beginning of the month!) Hehe! Thank you to Haibaye friends for your tips today! ）