Chapter 264: An Exciting Misunderstanding

During the Jiajing period, which is the so-called sixteenth century, non-religious Europeans were generally burned at the stake, and the so-called enlightened and closed-minded, superstitious and scientific controversies were actually disputes between one sect and another, basically those who were close to Rome were superstitious, and those who were far away from Rome were enlightened.

People always need the support of faith, especially far away from home, wandering thousands of miles, most of the overseas Chinese in Nanyang are offering Guanyin and other gods, these white people who came to Dengzhou from Europe thousands of miles away are naturally also worshipping their gods, Jiang Feng always has a respectful attitude towards the church in modern times.

During the New Year's holidays, especially on Christmas and other days, those old ladies in the church always give out something to eat, peanuts and candies and other things, these poor students who have nothing good for Jiang Feng's stomach are always quite tempting, and later organized a martial arts association, and never went to rub it again after having enough money.

And at that time, it was the age of cynicism, and watching a pair of well-dressed men and women walk into the church and call it religious, it was actually flirtatious and unaccustomed to it.

Jiang Feng looked at the church there on the mountainside, and returned to the modern era for a while, quite with a lot of emotion, for such a rough person, it is rare to think of something serious, and it is rare.

Anyway, he is idle, and it is not a big deal to postpone going to the workshop, he is the highest official in Dengzhou, so he is naturally much more casual. The location of this church is quite ingenious, and it can only be seen from a certain angle of the mountain road.

Obviously, these white people also know what Taoguang Yanghui is, and they know that they are on the land of someone else's house, not the Netherlands, and they must deal with everything carefully. But then again, the church building here is not a very hidden place, as long as you walk on the mountain road, you can't see it. I think it is because Jiang Feng's nervous and vigilant mood these days has finally relaxed, and some remaining mood can look at the scenery of other places.

The church is surrounded by wooden fences, and there is a wooden house inside, and the Dengzhou camp has purchased a large amount of wood for shipbuilding, and the materials for building the wooden house are still enough as long as the board is enough, and now is the time when breakfast has just been finished, according to Jiang Feng's requirements, work will start at a quarter of an hour after breakfast.

It was now a quarter of an hour before I walked to the door of the wooden fence and heard a very neat voice inside, and a man was leading him to recite the prayer in Flemish language. One of the guards in the back asked nervously:

"My lord, this kind of private gathering doesn't need the little ones to ask people to destroy this place."

In the Ming Dynasty, the government was extremely disgusted with such private religious gatherings, because such gatherings were often the source of chaos, and similar gatherings organized by the White Lotus Sect and other churches, large and small, did indeed develop into large-scale rebellions in the end.

For example, in Chen Deaf's rebellion, the White Lotus cultists who were also active participants. Although Jiang Feng's subordinates are now gradually separated from the imperial court, their attitude towards these people is still based on such traditional views, of course, most people in the world are like this.

In modern times, Jiang Feng was extremely unhappy with those who talked nonsense when they had nothing to do, but they were not even separated from Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. However, looking at the simple wooden house in front of him, he didn't pay much attention to it, at best, these white people who were fugitives were just finding spiritual comfort for themselves.

Hearing the words of his guards, he couldn't help but laugh, turned around and scolded with a smile:

"You little cubs, how many of these foreigners can speak Chinese, how can they preach, besides, there are more than 100 people, even if there is something reactionary, those coolies on the mountain will cut them down, what else to worry about."

The guards in the back heard their chief officer speak like this, and thought the same in their hearts, they were indeed a little fussed, and they touched their heads and laughed there, of course, they didn't expect that someone in the capital had a similar opinion of them, and at this time, the white people inside had finished praying and came out of this wooden house.

At this time, Jiang Feng happened to push open the wooden fence gate and walked in, these people naturally knew that Jiang Feng in civilian clothes was the master here, although according to the rules of the East, there was no title of nobleman, but most of the nobles in Europe were not as powerful as the general in front of them.

They prayed here, and no one interfered with it, and these Dutch people took this as a tacit acquiescence, but they never had confidence in their hearts, and their Calvinist sect was in great conflict with the local Catholic Church when it was in Europe.

This is also one of the reasons why the king of Spain firmly sent troops to suppress it, they didn't understand the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards religion, so now they were extremely frightened, watching Jiang Feng and a few guards behind him walk in. The man at the front is Jason Hogan.

He was the first to react, leading everyone to kneel on the ground, and said respectfully:

"I've seen the honorable general!"

The white men in the back all made the same movements as Jason, and shouted this sentence in a skillful or blunt tone, and there is always nothing wrong with having more respect for the most honorable people in the place they are sheltering, so these people, no matter how fast they learn Chinese with the interpreter, have learned this sentence of 'I have seen the honorable general' and two or three similar words that can only be said in the New Year.

Jiang Feng looked at the foreigners in front of him, and couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, I don't know who said there, Europeans have always knelt on one knee, except for facing their gods, seeing this scene in front of them can prove how nonsense this sentence is.

It's easy for anyone to get down on their knees, put a big knife around their neck, and they'll naturally kneel like they do now.

Jiang Feng didn't rush to get them up, but just looked at the scene in this courtyard by himself, and could see that these white people did quite carefully, laying a lot of gravel on the road leading to the courtyard gate of the wooden house.

This can be regarded as a new idea brought by these people, Jiang Feng pondered and asked his barracks to lay these things, but it was ridiculous to say, did he expect these Europeans to come to Dengzhou, is it just to pave a gravel road, where he scanned the courtyard while laughing at himself.

The people kneeling below didn't call them up for a long time, and they were all panicked in their hearts, did private gatherings violate taboos, in Jason Hogan's introduction and those translated words, they all knew that in this oriental apprentice, religious gatherings are very forbidden.

In some respects, it is not much more lenient than Spain's religious policy, and Jason Hogan has been an instructor here in Dengzhou for a long time, and wants to get up and say something to beg for mercy or something to relieve the embarrassing and frightening silence of the moment.

Jason Hogan looked up boldly, but saw that Jiang Feng was not glaring at the church or at them as he thought, but he was looking in the other direction. The few guards standing behind Jiang Feng all looked a little confused, just putting their hands on the hilt of their knives and waiting for orders.

What is on the west side of the church, Jason Hogan followed Jiang Feng's gaze, he thought he saw what Jiang Feng was looking at, among the people kneeling in that direction, there was a person with a very special identity, a girl carved in pink and jade, if it is according to our current analogy, it is the so-called beautiful girl like a doll, of course, the hard life at sea for nearly two years will not let a girl wear any women's clothes.

However, life has gradually improved these days, and it has slowly recovered from the description of the withering that has just arrived at Dengzhou Port, although it is wearing men's clothes, but the beauty has gradually been revealed. Jason Hogan had a playful smile on his lips.

In the life of drifting at sea, the men and women on the ship are relatively open, of course, after getting off the ship, these people have become husband and wife, but under Jason's insistence, no one touched this girl, Jason Hogan's reason is very simple, only by offering a beautiful virgin to Jiang Feng can it be regarded as a heavy gift.

Looking at Jiang Feng's blank gaze there, Jason Hogan felt the need to introduce himself, like "This is the most beautiful tulip in the Netherlands - Andrea. Sanchez", "Only a general, a hero like you deserves the admiration of a beautiful woman like Andrea", and so on.

All the white people kneeling on the ground quietly raised their heads and looked at Jiang Feng, and several guards were also a little stunned there, thinking that their own adults rarely had such a daze, and gradually all their eyes were focused on Andrea, who was still kneeling but straightened up, although she was wearing men's clothes, she had a kind of delicate and bright color that was different from that of oriental women.

Andrea looked at the general's blank gaze, her heart was full of dedication and awe, and she felt a faint pride - her beauty had charmed a general.

Jiang Feng finally reacted from his sluggishness, and burst into a burst of laughter, which seemed extremely happy in his laughter, and after laughing, he strode towards the west side of the chapel wooden house.

Then, in the astonished eyes of everyone, he crossed the crowd, crossed Andrea over there, and rushed directly to the edge of the wooden house, where there was a vegetable patch, presumably the crops grown by these Europeans, and there was a thick crop that was not available in the Ming Dynasty.

"This is corn, this is corn!"

Jiang Feng said in a trembling voice, extremely excited.