Chapter VI Transactions

For Xiao Tianjian's request, several missionaries glanced at each other, and they didn't let out a fart, so they immediately kowtowed, because Xiao Tianjian's request was not excessive, after all, it was very normal for a foreigner to have a certain degree of wariness of their Catholicism, so he asked that the missionary must pass his review, which was absolutely acceptable to them.

Xiao Tianjian continued: "You also know that our China is still in the war stage, and I will be very busy during this time, and I will not have time to ask about your affairs for the time being, so you can have a period of time to prepare!" You can even go back and report this to your Holy See, and say that the Emperor of Great China has agreed to your missionary work in China, but there is one requirement, that you must send the best missionaries, and these missionaries must be well-educated, and everyone must translate at least three books before they can get the right to enter the country, otherwise everything will not be discussed!

Missionaries who come to serve must do this, and I require them to have expertise in more than one discipline and to write their own treatises! Whether it is astronomy and geography, mathematics, smelting, physics, chemistry or even medicine, you must have some expertise! This is also one of the most basic conditions for them to come to our country!

Besides, I also know that you are living in great distress right now, and I can provide you with the expenses you need to return to the Holy See, and I can even give you a chance to get rich, after all, God is not against you having more wealth! I wonder if you'd like to hear my proposal? ”

When a few missionaries heard this, even if they were all overjoyed, how many Chinese they had after coming to this country, they were very clear, at present, in this large area of China, at least more than 10,000 people or even 20,000 people, the total population of the whole of Europe is not so much, if the Holy See knows that the new emperor of Great China is willing to let them enter the country to preach publicly, it is estimated that they will be crazy with joy, then how many believers they can add to God! Now they have made a great contribution to the Holy See, and the Holy See will at least give them the position of cardinal archbishop, which is a supreme honor!

As for Xiao Tianjian's request, they were a little puzzled, but then they were overwhelmed by this great temptation, this great Chinese emperor seemed very enlightened, since he required the missionaries to be well-educated, then it was good to give him a well-educated man, as for the translation of various books, in the eyes of these missionaries, this is exactly what they need, culture must be spread through books, he will give it to him!

In addition, I suddenly heard Xiao Tianjian say that he could provide each of them with a chance to make a fortune, so these people were even more happy, although they are very devout to God, but it does not mean that they don't want to have wealth, look at this Gao Su, who used to be just a Portuguese artilleryman and mercenary, but now in Great China, it is full of wind and water, not only rich, but also very status, and they, these respected missionaries, are mixed one by one to eat the last meal and not the next meal, almost sleeping on the streets, It's almost the same as asking for food, and now that Xiao Tianjian is giving them a chance to make a fortune, why don't they do it?

So the missionaries even kowtowed like rice pecks and nodded in agreement, asking Xiao Tianjian to say what he thought.

A wicked smile appeared at the corner of Xiao Tianjian's mouth, and the iron head and a few personal guards next to him immediately felt a chill, every time Xiao Tianjian showed such a smile on the corner of his mouth, he was going to dig a pit for people! So several of them looked at the red-haired devils kneeling below, and prayed for them silently in their hearts.

Even Gao Su felt that Xiao Tianjian seemed to have a plot against these missionaries, and he was a little uneasy, but after thinking about it carefully, now he should be in a gang with Xiao Tianjian, Xiao Tianjian doesn't pit these guys, do his! The reason why he brought these guys to see Xiao Tianjian was because they were all Europeans, and as for how Xiao Tianjian wanted to trap them, he couldn't care about it!

"It's actually very simple, it's a very easy thing for you to do, and it can even be said to be a gesture! I need men at the moment, both sailors who are very familiar with sailing ships on the sea, and skilled craftsmen who can build large ships for seaworthiness, and when you return home, help me recruit a group of them, and I can pay them very high salaries, but for every one of these men I can recruit, I may reward you with twenty ducats. If it's too little, thirty doesn't hurt! In short, the more such people, the better, but remember, these people must be masters, I don't want to be indiscriminate, if you don't screen out in advance, then you will need to spend your own money to feed them in the future, and the bounty will naturally not be mentioned!

And if you know some people whom your Holy See regards as heretics, and who you regard as aliens because of some doctrines that conflict with your teachings, you cannot burn them, so you can simply bring them back to me, and you can tell them that I don't care about their doctrines that offend your Holy See, and that I can provide them with sufficient funds so that they can conduct their academic research with me, and that people like Galileo and Bruno will be a scourge to stay with you. Just bring me back too! As long as they have real talent and real learning, I will reward you greatly!

This is a private transaction between you and me, and it has nothing to do with your Holy See, and you may consider it, and if you do well enough, I will make it more convenient for you to preach in my country in the future! You will also be rewarded by your Holy See, so why not? Xiao Tianjian was like a big bad wolf wagging his tail, with a seductive smile on his face, and he instructed several missionaries.

When the missionaries heard this, they immediately became happy, this business was a great deal for them, and every time they found a clever sailor and a clever shipbuilder for the emperor of China, they could get twenty silver coins, which was definitely a lot of wealth, ten people were two hundred silver coins, and a hundred people were two thousand silver coins, and if they could recruit enough people, their future missionary expenses and living expenses in China would be solved. At the very least, they have no worries about food and clothing, which is much better than the life they live in exile now, and they can even consider bringing their families to settle here in the future! What a bright future ahead!

And now there are more adventurers in Europe, they all know that there is a rich and huge country in the far east, and many ambitious and capable people are very eager to have the opportunity to come to this country to adventure and make a fortune, recruiting such people for them, they are very easy to recruit with the identity of the Holy See, it can be said that there are as many as they want, as long as they are brought here, they can be exchanged for silver coins in the hands of the Chinese emperor, which can definitely be said to be a business. It's so easy to do!

As for Xiao Tianjian's request for them to also accept those scholars who were regarded as pagan doctrines by the Holy See, although they did not know what the Chinese emperor wanted these people to do, but these people staying in Europe would also be a scourge to the Holy See, and now the Chinese emperor was willing to accept them and provide them with funds for their research, and they could also get a high return, so why not?

The missionaries didn't think much of it, and immediately nodded their heads in agreement.

Xiao Tianjian was very satisfied with this conversation with them, and chatted with them for a while, then waved them out, and ordered the household department to allocate a sum of money to improve their lives first, and then find a way to arrange for someone to send them to Ningbo Mansion, find a boat for them to sit on and find a way to return to Europe, in short, when this group of people came back again, it was the time when he harvested, many people don't understand this matter, but Xiao Tianjian has always been a big abnormal person. These officials have long been accustomed to the style of their emperor, in short, in their opinion, their emperor is by no means the kind of person who wants to have fun on a whim, and there must be a reason for this, so they just do it.

So a few down-and-out missionaries immediately trembled, raised their eyebrows one by one, and almost couldn't wait for a moment, so they immediately took the travel money given to them by Xiao Tianjian, embarked on the road back to Europe, and rushed back to report this great "good news" to their Holy See!