Chapter 384: Religious Checks and Balances

In the past, gunpowder powder looked like dirt dug up in the ground, and the particles were uneven in size, and often during the storage of gunpowder, charcoal and saltpeter sulfur naturally separated due to different weights. When it is used, it still needs to be re-stirred, which is particularly delayed.

Compared with that, these so-called 'granule gunpowder' are like fine sand, because the floating dust is removed during the screening process of the sieve, and the particles are uniform in size and slightly shiny.

Kneading the black powder with water into pieces, then crushing, sifting fine, and turning it into the current state, but the power can be increased so much, this is really something that Jiang Feng did not expect, for him, in his memory, it is the difference between the so-called black powder and yellow explosives. I didn't know that there was such a stage in the development of gunpowder, and it was a surprise that such a processing process would not take much time at all, but it would have such an effect.

Seeing Jiang Feng's happiness, the leaders of several craftsmen were also interested in not introducing any other inventions, the character of the governor of Huazhou, these people who are relatively close to the top have also heard of it, and they know that Jiang Feng is sometimes not too able to control his emotions, and he is relatively free.

At this time, Jiang Feng's face was full of smiles, and after he calmed down for a while, he turned his head to Chen Chong behind him and said:

"Dao Chief, this method is worth more than ten thousand gold to my Huazhou, what reward do you want?"

As soon as Jiang Feng said this, several of the leaders of the craftsmen on the side, and even the guards beside Jiang Feng showed envious looks on their faces, whether it was Huazhou or Yizhou, the control of maritime trade, as well as the trading of sugar, slaves and other things with huge profits, all brought a lot of money here.

Whether it is the Governor's Mansion or the Taishou Mansion, when it is time to pay for it, it will definitely not be stingy, if it is in the official mansion of the Ming Dynasty, sometimes the superior says 'ten thousand gold', maybe it is a joke. But Jiang Feng said that it was more than ten thousand gold, so the silver money in Chen Chong's hand must be at least ten thousand taels of silver.

Although the trade in East Asia is now extremely prosperous, and a large amount of silver has been absorbed into China in South America and Japan, and the price of silver has gradually decreased, 10,000 taels of silver is still an astonishing figure.

Although Chen Chong has a half-foot beard, a bun on his head, and a craftsman's skin color on his body, he really looks like a fairy wind and bones, and when he heard Jiang Feng's words, his expression actually remained quite calm. Just snorted, bowed down and said:

"Thank you Lord Governor for your reward, Poor Dao wants to ......"

Even if it is a Taoist priest, there are some worldly concerns in his heart, not to mention that this Chongfang Taoist is from Louguantai, which is a famous Taoist mountain near Xi'an, and now he has come to Huazhou, thousands of miles away from home, and he suddenly became rich at this time, and he must have moved the idea of returning to his hometown.

Chen Chong just wanted to say that he wanted to go home, but suddenly saw Jiang Feng with a smile on his face, but the expressions of the people around him were not very natural, and the people who could figure out this kind of granular gunpowder would naturally not be stupid to anything, and they quickly understood that if they invented this thing, the other party would let them go so easily, if this thing was allowed to spread, the damage to Huazhou would not be ordinarily large.

I'm afraid that as soon as I say the words of leaving, it is possible to die on the spot, and my brain teaser is in a hurry, but Chen Chong quickly turned the conversation around, and said with a smile:

"But I ask Lord Du Du to promise one thing, the poor road is still vulgar here, but I think of the Sanqing patriarch, I don't know if I can agree to the poor road to build a Taoist temple and spread the essence of my Taoism!"

This request made the people around stunned, and everyone thought to themselves, if they had ten thousand gold, and then asked for an official position, or a craftsman leader, from now on a high-rise house, a beautiful wife and a beautiful concubine, wouldn't it be the life of a fairy. No one expected that it would be such a sentence, saying that they would preach.

Jiang Feng obviously didn't expect such an answer, and he groaned slightly, that is, he simply agreed, and he said with a smile:

"This is a good deed, and I will arrange for someone to help you."

After Chen Chong got this promise, he thanked him respectfully there and left. At this time, the things that should be seen are almost seen, and the leaders of the craftsmen are laughing on the side and inviting Jiang Feng to go to the front hall for tea, Jiang Feng nodded with a smile, waved his hand and said:

"You go first, the scenery here in the middle of the mountain is good, I want to see it here."

Those people naturally didn't have any objections, they all went to the front hall to prepare first, Jiang Feng himself slowly walked to an outward protrusion and stood, looking at the houses that seemed to be in the form of a chessboard under the mountain, as well as the criss-crossing roads, at this time, May, it was the time when everything was thriving, and the greenery everywhere looked refreshing.

Jiang Feng took a deep breath and said the order that opened his mouth there:

"Leave two people here to watch, before our craftsmen finish learning this method, if that Taoist priest has any intention of leaving, he will kill him immediately."

At this time, Jiang Feng only had three personal guards and one guard in charge of the secretary, all of whom belonged to those henchmen and cronies who would not leak the news, and when he heard Jiang Feng's words, the guard's face did not change, but he was holding a hard pen and recording the content quickly.

"After I go back, arrange for Mr. Liu and Luo Yi's people to come over and take charge of the guards here, and if this Taoist priest really wants to open a Taoist temple and preach, those Sima Zhi from the Governor's Mansion should find some to come and help."

Hearing this, the recorded guard was also stunned for a moment, whether it was Daming or Huazhou, they all hated things like missions, although when he was in Shandong that day, Jiang Feng still indirectly got a lot of cover from the White Lotus Sect.

This kind of religion with anti-social tendencies, as soon as there is a change in the world or the people's will is unstable, they will cause chaos, so Jiang Feng arranged several times to divert the attention of the imperial court, as long as it is launched, the White Lotus Sect and Maitreya Sect in Shandong will follow the rebellion, and this effect will be infinitely magnified, and it is precisely because of this that the imperial court has been overwhelmed many times, and it is impossible to take into account Jiang Feng, who was rampant at that time.

However, the White Lotus Sect was originally born as a cult, and when it started an incident, it also coerced the civilians into causing chaos, burning, killing, looting and not producing, just like locusts, messing up one place and destroying another. Therefore, after Jiang Feng took root in Korea, he strictly ordered that religion should not be allowed to spread, and the displaced people came to Huazhou one after another, and there were nearly two million people outside the Guan, and there must be some remnants of the White Lotus Sect in them.

These dispositions are considered to be a rare harsh method in Huazhou, and naturally everyone is vigilant and obey orders, but what makes people sigh is that the invention of the word foolish people is not unfounded, despite such a harsh order, traces of the activities of the White Lotus Sect were actually found among several civil guards.

Moreover, according to the news sent back by Sima Cheng of the Governor's Mansion, in Guanwai and Yizhou, the White Lotus Sect has developed even more powerfully, and there are thousands of sect members in each, and Jiang Feng, who has always felt that his strength is weak and should cherish the people's strength, is not soft this time, and he let go of the killing, and finally contained this symptom.

Therefore, except for those scholars who can teach Confucian knowledge, the rest of Huazhou is strictly forbidden, and the Korean kingdom believes in Buddhism, and Jiang Feng is merciless after coming here, demolishing the temple and ordering the monks of North Korea to return to the world, either as slaves, or driven to the north.

But I didn't expect that today I actually said that Taoist priests were allowed to preach and establish Taoist temples, so it's no wonder that the secretary and guard were surprised there.

Jiang Feng's considerations are different, Huazhou bans religion, but there is a dead end, Christianity from the West, more precisely, from the Calvinism in the lowlands of the Kingdom of Spain, although China's religious tradition has a long history, but atheism is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The common people worship the gods when they meet them, and take them when they have benefits, and they don't believe it anyway. However, this is not the case with European traditions, where religion is irreplaceable in their lives, and those who have come to the East, thousands of miles away, are far away from foreign lands and need religious solace. Jiang Feng also knew about this situation, so he didn't prohibit it.

Especially after the Governor's Office and the Taishou Mansion jointly issued a decree prohibiting religion, Jason Hogan and Wisconson also came to Jiang Feng to plead with Jiang Feng to relax this restriction for the Dutch people. For this Jiang Feng is naturally allowed, but the loneliness of leaving their hometown is not inherent to white people, many residents of Huazhou Minwei, even soldiers and craftsmen, believe in this Calvinism from a foreign land, in just three years, the number of believers is close to 50,000.

Wisconson, who was originally a big agricultural official, now has a religious identity, that is, the bishop of Jiang Fengfeng, although it is not in accordance with the rules, but Jiang Feng is the largest here, and it is natural to speak usefully.

It is not always comfortable for a ruler to have such a religion in his hinterland, although he now puts the church under official administration in the form of an official bishop, and has already officially confirmed the status of the concubine of the bishop's sister Andrea last year.

But even so, it is still not so reassuring, the best thing is to have a counterbalance force, I really didn't expect Chen Chong to send it to the door like this, but there are many Taoist transactions that do not meet Jiang Feng's requirements, thinking of this, Jiang Feng laughed, it is very easy, if it does not meet its own requirements, it will be changed to meet his own requirements.