Compared with the Holy See, France today is definitely a good partner to work with, France after the Nantes amnesty is one of the few countries on the European continent that forgives Huguenots, and in the case of Catholics accounting for more than 90 percent of the country, France can still tolerate the existence of a minority of pagans, which is indeed very tolerant.

There are still decades before Louis XIV repealed the Nantes Amnesty, and the current France is definitely a thorn in the side of the Holy See, and Spain, the current European hegemon, is also-for-tat, and no one can get used to it.

Xiao Ruxun will not allow his forces to mix with the Holy See, and even the second step after the expulsion of the Spanish forces is to expel the missionaries of the Holy See, he is ready to tear his face with the Holy See, but now is not the time.

He needs to let his business forces gain a firm foothold on the European continent, get a more stable source of funds, and find a new way out for his countrymen, and stimulate their desire to go to sea.

China is a traditional typical landlocked country, from ancient times to the present day in the field to eat, but I have to say that China's agricultural environment is not too superior, once the area north of the Huai River encounters the Xiaoice period, there will be drought, no potatoes in the era, people north of the Yellow River will suffer a catastrophe, the Chinese civilization maintained by agriculture will also encounter a crisis, the entire dynastic era, China fell into a strange cycle.

In the current situation, the only way to break this cycle is to 'go out'.

When the "Myanmar model" stimulates the entire Chinese mainland, the Chinese people will be surprised to find that this land they have never paid attention to is actually a real land full of gold, and the endless ocean is one of the indispensable materials to maintain the lifeline of the nation.

The sea contains an inexhaustible treasure waiting to be discovered and exploited.

The cardinal of the Holy See, accompanied by Matteo Ricci, first visited Yangon, and then walked along the straight and wide official road to Bago, where he saw the land on both sides of the road, the hard-working peasants, and the merchants who pulled the carts back and forth between the two places.

"According to what you said, this land was barren three years ago, and in just three years, it was developed to this point by that Chinese general? With a population of more than a million and hundreds of thousands of businessmen here to do business and live? ”

The cardinal was surprised and asked Matteo Ricci.

Matteo Ricci nodded: "China's population is so large that I have never seen it, in our hometown, a city with a population of 100,000 is considered a giant city, but in China, the population of a small county is not less than 100,000, and even a city with a population of one million There are several, when I first entered the city of China, I was really frightened by so many people, even if it is now Myanmar, the city of Yangon you see, there are also 200,000 people!" ”

"There are so many people in China, it would be nice if all these people believed in God!"

The cardinal couldn't help but begin to fantasize about the scene.

Matteo Ricci looked at him with a yearning on his face, and couldn't help but speak: "Bishop, I have to remind you that the Chinese have their own beliefs and their own beliefs, their civilization is very high, there are many people who know and can write, their beliefs are very tough, tough to the point of stubbornness, they are not so easy to accept God, I have tried many methods, but I have not been able to persuade their officials to accept God." ”

The cardinal couldn't help frowning: "Even if their officials don't accept it, they always have low-level civilians, and it shouldn't be too difficult for those civilians to accept God, right?" ”

In Europe, the development of Catholicism was very smooth, and those illiterate fools and stupid women were fooled by dividing five by two, so he could hardly imagine what the Chinese stubbornly rejected God for.

"The Chinese, from officials to civilians, have their own beliefs, they often worship God, but also worship their ancestors, they respect their ancestors very much, respect to the extent of God, and for God is their national faith, their emperor calls himself the 'Son of Heaven', on behalf of heaven to exercise his power to rule China, heaven and ancestors are the greatest faith of the Chinese."

Matteo Ricci explained a little.

"Why, then, do they not believe in God? Isn't God the Lord of Heaven? Their emperors are all sons of heaven, can they still believe in God? ”

Matteo Ricci hesitated for a moment and said, "To be precise, they don't believe in us, the Chinese are very modest, but they are also very proud, they believe in the beliefs handed down by their ancestors, and they have a very strong belief in this, thinking that their own civilization is the best, and they don't look at other civilizations at all." ”

"So are we?"

The cardinal was amazed.

"Yes."

Matteo Ricci couldn't hide it.

In this case, the cardinal could not accept that he, who was widely respected throughout Europe, was actually discriminated against in China! It turns out that this is the reason why the Chinese stubbornly do not accept God, because they simply look down on them as missionaries.

"The Chinese actually discriminate against us?"

"I can't say exactly that, but it's pretty much the same."

Matteo Ricci told the truth.

"This ......"

The cardinal was very angry, but he remembered the prosperity and cleanliness of the city of Yangon, the people on the streets, the countless ships in the port, the exquisite Chinese porcelain and silk, and the tea, and even an iron pot, which were all Chinese things, the products of their civilization, all of which were sought after in Europe, which was enough to prove the superiority of Chinese civilization.

Before he arrived, the Genoese aristocracy had begun to hold banquets about China, and they were proud of using Chinese brushes and tableware, believing that writing with Chinese brushes and eating food with Chinese chopsticks was a sign of aristocratic decency, and this perception was rapidly spreading in European aristocratic circles.

A great noble lord offered to buy the Chinese calligraphy that Chen Longzheng had given to the governor of Genoa with gold and silver, but the governor of Genoa rejected it and resolutely refused to sell it; Another noble lord offered to exchange part of his land with the governor of Genoa for the calligraphy, but the governor still refused, saying that he would never sell it, and would leave the calligraphy to his descendants to treasure.

It is believed that in the near future, this craze will spread to other regions, not only among the aristocratic circles, but also among the common people, and China's self-contained advanced civilization will become a symbol of civilization in Europe.

Will such a civilization really accept God?