Matteo Ricci has been in China for more than ten years, first settled in Macau, then went to Guangdong, stayed in Guangzhou for a while, and then moved to Zhaoqing, where he lived for six years, during which he completely mastered the daily conversation and writing of Chinese, established the first missionary base, and also disseminated the knowledge of Western mathematical science and astronomy and geography to the local scholars, initially opened his connections, and also let the Da Ming people come into contact with the world for the first time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Later, he went to Shaozhou and established a second missionary base in Shaozhou, where he began to delve into the mysteries of Chinese society, and used the curiosity of the scholars to open up the situation, and also got Qu Taisu, a friend and disciple, under Qu Taisu's introduction, Matteo Ricci entered the circle of scholars, began extensive exchanges with the Chinese, and began to grow hair and beard, spread Confucian clothing, abandon monk clothing, and further integrate into China.

During this period, he used his own globes and glassware, world maps, and Western-style clocks, which were of great interest to the Chinese scholars, and Matteo Ricci made a great statement, and was called "Western Confucianism", but as in the previous situation, there were very few people who were really interested in Catholicism, and most of the scholars were only interested in the Western-style science and astronomy and geography that he introduced, and they tried their best to ask him for advice.

After Matteo Ricci experienced the setbacks of mission, he knew that if he wanted the Chinese to believe in Catholicism, he could not come directly, they had their own beliefs and beliefs, which were not so easy to replace, and the Chinese did not care about the clerical power, they were a secular country, no religion could challenge China's secular power and control China's regime, and Chinese society did not accept it. Trying to get the Chinese to accept.

When Xiao Ruxun met Matteo Ricci, Matteo Ricci, accompanied by Qu Taisu, was wearing a Confucian robe, wearing a Confucian crown, a long beard, wearing cloth shoes, polite, kind eyebrows, if it weren't for the difference in his face and hair color and pupil color, he was really a traditional Chinese Confucian, not a Western missionary.

In order to see Xiao Ruxun and please Xiao Ruxun, he originally planned to use methods such as giving away globes and glassware, but Qu Taisu told him that Xiao Ruxun was a military general, and he might prefer firearms or Western swords, which is called what he likes, and it is also one of the Chinese cultures, so Matteo Ricci sighed at the richness of Chinese culture while preparing weapons such as pistols, muskets and Western swords.

After seeing Xiao Ruxun, he didn't say a word, he gave a gift first, Xiao Ruxun saw it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Even if the pistol is over, Xiao Ruxun is not interested in the Western sword, what really interests him is the spear, that is, the flintlock pistol that Xiao Ruxun is working on but has not yet completed!

The flintlock pistol should not have been able to completely replace the arquebus at this time, and the technology is not very proficient, and it is even refused to be used by the army generals, but since there is it, with the technology, Xiao Ruxun is very happy, as long as this technology is done and imitated, then he naturally has a way to continue to push forward.

Overjoyed, Xiao Ruxun met with Matteo Ricci and Qu Taisu, and had a cordial and friendly conversation with them.

"Mr. Matteo Ricci has been coming to my Daming for a long time, and I often hear Mr.'s name in this area of Guangdong.

Xiao Ruxun personally poured a cup of tea for Matteo Ricci, and Matteo Ricci quickly stood up and responded to Xiao Ruxun's politeness with perfect Chinese etiquette.

"Don't dare, don't dare, the old man is just entrusted by someone to come to see the general, the general is young and promising, the name is like thunder, the old man has heard the news of the general in Guangdong."

Matteo Ricci cautiously looked at the young Ming general, who had defeated 200,000 Japanese troops in legend, and had torn a country apart with only 40,000 men under his command, and now appeared here to fight another battle, not to be a goodwill envoy, such a great reputation made the Spaniards in the Philippines very uneasy, so they found themselves through the connections of Macau, and wanted to let themselves visit the general and ask about his intentions.

Qu Taisu said that most of the generals of the Ming Dynasty are not polite and friendly, and they are not friendly to scholars, but especially generals like Xiao Ruxun who have been knighted by virtue of military merits are even rarer and extremely rare in the Ming Kingdom in recent years, so his temper must not be small, and he did not wait for Xiao Ruxun to come to see him, but came in person, and he knew the attitude of the scholars in this area towards this prestigious general.

However, when I really saw this general, I found that this general was unusually gentle and polite, wearing regular clothes, but not military uniforms, with a handsome face, a tall figure, a white beard, and elegant manners, even Qu Taisu was surprised, and felt that he was facing a young man, not a murderous general who killed 200,000 enemies.

Xiao Ruxun walked up to Qu Taisu and poured him a cup of tea, and Qu Taisu hurriedly thanked him.

"Hahaha, what a big victory, but the prestige of His Majesty the Emperor of our country, but Mr. Matteo Ricci and Mr. Qu, who entrusted me to come to me for such a gift? What's important? ”

Xiao Ruxun sat back in his place and looked at the two of them with a smile.

Matteo Ricci was obviously very familiar with China's current social rhetoric, so he arched his hand and said: "To tell you the truth, the old man was entrusted by the governor of Macau Franco, and came to inquire about the purpose of the general leading such a large army to Nanyang. ”

Xiao Ruxun picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Purpose? The purpose is a military secret, how can it be disseminated? But the Francois of Macau is not honest in business and pirates, what do you care about my purpose? ”

Matteo Ricci hurriedly said: "The general doesn't know, this Francis in Macao is now under the jurisdiction of the Francis in Luzon, and the Francis in Luzon saw the general's large fleet coming, so they were a little worried and scared, and they didn't know what the general was here for." ”

Xiao Ruxun understood that the news that he led his army south had reached the ears of the Spaniards in the Philippines, and these guys were worried that they were ostensibly attacking Burma but actually attacking the Philippines, and seeing that their fleet was too large and had no confidence to win, they asked someone to ask about the purpose and try to avoid war.

"Luzon? Ben will remember that Luzon was once a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, why did he suddenly become a Franciscan? You don't stay well in the land of Taixi, but come all the way to the South Seas, what is the matter? ”