In June of the 44th year of Jiajing (1565 AD), a galleon loaded with spices from India, silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, led by the Jesuit priest Urdanetta, with the help of the black cháo originating in the Bass Strait, traveled north to the eastern part of the Rì archipelago by the southwest monsoon, and finally arrived at Acapulco in the New World after a bumpy trek for half a year, thus opening the prelude to trade between the two sides of the ocean.

Since then, every year in November of the Western calendar, it is the season for the merchants of the New World to welcome the galleon, people from all over the Viceroyalty of New Spain, holding statues of gods, singing the hymn of "De De Eune", rushing to the docks to wish the safe arrival of the galleon, because most of the goods on the ship are produced in China, therefore, they call such merchant ships "Tang Ships", and November 17 rì is designated as the "Tang Boat Festival", which is very lively.

In that year, the Spanish colonial army defeated the Aztec Empire, razed its capital Tenochtitlan to the ground, and rebuilt the capital of the Spanish Viceroyalty, which is now Mexico City, on the basis of the ruins, the governor was filled by the nobles trusted by the king, and was the plenipotentiary representative of the Spanish Empire in the colonies, and was in charge of the administrative, military, financial and religious affairs of the colonies according to the king's instructions, and had the right to appoint officials and church leaders in the district.

The Viceroyalty of New Spain, which included present-day Mexico, Central America (excluding Panama), California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, and the Philippines in southeastern Asia, was so vast that there were other provincial and metropolitan jurisdictions under New Spain.

Felipe was born in the family of wealthy merchants in "New Spain", his father opened a silver mine in Pudosi (present-day southern Bolivia), and had a deep friendship with successive governors.

Ten years later, Felipe Jr. lived up to expectations and returned to Acapulco with the "Tang Ships" fleet, which was February of the sixth year of Wanli (1578 AD), not the season for merchants to welcome the arrival of Tang ships.

After the merchant group landed, they saw that the wharf under the high lighthouse looked deserted, this natural harbor had no large merchant ships moored except for the warships of the Westerners, although the scenery of the bay full of palm trees was particularly charming, but it was not the prosperous city he imagined, Shen Qi couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

Born in Dolesia de Gameroros, Spain, he was well educated from an early age, trained in theology and art, and arrived in the New World when he was seventeen years old, traveled throughout the Viceroyalty of New Spain except the Philippines, and ten years later (1564 AD) co-founded the Augustinian Church in Mexico City, where he was well acquainted with the mystical Indian culture and had a keen interest in Mayan legends.

It's good to be at home, but it's hard to go out.

Nearly 5,000 members of the Shen merchant group arrived in Acapulco, and everything was started from scratch, and temporarily settled in the village of San Diego, where Felipe stepped in to buy a piece of wasteland from the local governor and began to build his own village and factory.

Although Felipe had a share of Felipe's business in the Shen Clan, he was not interested in taking care of these chores, and was anxious to go back to Portosey to visit his parents, which was also human. Therefore, he entrusted Mark to act as an interpreter for Shen Qi, Tang Jing and others, and asked his good friend Father Mendoza to help him with the cooking of local affairs.

Due to the very poor local security, Zhu Hui and the Macao owners were on duty in shifts and led the Ming soldiers to patrol at night. More than 1,200 sailors and more than 3,000 weavers, men and women, young and old, worked together to build their homes, and in this way, the outskirts of Acapulco became a large construction site for the Chinese.

At the same time, with the help of Father Mendoza and Marc, the merchant group began to do business, and within a few days, Shen Qi was surprised to find that the purchasing power of the same silver Real coin in Manila was three times higher than that in Acapulco, and compared with Fuzhou, Nanjing and other places, the interest rate difference was even greater, and the business here was simply profitable! It is no wonder that Westerners took such great risks and engaged in maritime trade.

More than three months later, an oriental style of the town was completed, the business group has a place to live, after everyone discussed together, it was named Jianye Village, one is because everyone misses their hometown of Nanjing, and the other means that this place is a tiger in the dragon pan, the terrain is dangerous, and there is a determination and implication of "making meritorious contributions".

On the high post behind Jianye Village, on the left is the Pudu Temple built for the elders of the moon sky, which has the meaning of Xuanhua the four seas and Pudu sentient beings, and on the right is the Yuxu Palace built for Xuande Zhenren, Wu Xiang opened a "Yingtian Academy" at the foot of the mountain, and the Confucian scholars from Jinling acted as Mr., where the four books and five classics were taught, and the subset of the scriptures and histories was compiled to be passed on to future generations.

The silk weaving workshop was built outside the village, Tang Jing assisted Shen Qi in running the local business, Mrs. Ho and Luo Amin led hundreds of female workers to take charge of production, and hundreds of craftsmen opened handicraft workshops such as kiln firing, pottery, woodware, papermaking, ironmaking, and silversmithing.

Wu Xiang served as the head of Yingtian Academy, and first gathered the craftsmen and taught them poetry and book etiquette. Dressed in smooth and delicate silks, holding delicate porcelain, and drinking refreshing tea, the Confucian scholars aroused the curiosity of Father Mendoza, who even though he could not understand a word, still brought his servants to the academy every day to listen to the lectures, showing a strong interest in oriental culture, and the elegant ceremonial activities of the Confucian scholars made him linger.

Father Mendoza's servant was a native Indian with an astonishing gift for languages, such as the Three Character Sutra and the Hundred Family Names, which he learned as soon as he learned them, and soon the priest began to recite "the beginning of man, xìng benshan".

Although the climate in Acapulco is very pleasant, the rainy season in the middle of summer is just around the corner. Tian Youcai, who is in charge of overseas treasure hunting, does not want to live in this "barbarian land" for a lifetime, in the past few months, he has looked for the old captain Bai Haishan and Shen Qi many times, wanting to start a treasure hunt as soon as possible, Shen Qi is willing to help, but Bai Haishan refuses every time.

Bai Haishan knew that there were many high-yield crops in the local area, and persuaded Shen Qi to send people to the countryside to buy them, and prepare to introduce these high-yield corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peanuts and other species into China, which would surely solve the suffering of more people and less land in the southeast coast.

The three hundred soldiers sent by the imperial court to Tian Youcai were basically all from poor families, but if there was a way, no one would want to die at sea, and it was rare that they all followed the merchant ships to the New World, and some began to find a partner among the female weavers in the weaving mill, preparing to start a family here; Some people followed Bai Haishan and others to be busy with the purchase of crops, preparing to load them on ships and return to China in the autumn; No one in the entire Jianye Village had any response to the treasure hunt at sea, which made this four-grade member of the imperial court who had no family to return quite helpless. So, Tian Youcai had nothing to do, either drinking at Liu Qian's house to kill his sorrows, or going to Pudu Temple and Taixu Palace to chat with the two elders and vent his depression.

Under the persuasion of Father Mendoza, Wu Xiang was going to open an arithmetic course in the academy, and wanted to ask Liu Qian, who was born as a bookkeeper, to help.

Tian Youcai, who was born in Jinshi, despised Wu Xiang very much, and asked, "Wu Gongzi, you have obtained a good name for this academy!" It's just that I don't know if Childe has ever studied at Yingtian Academy? ”

"The Lord of the Patrol Inspector smiled, although I Wu has not obtained fame, but he has left ink in dozens of academies large and small in Yingtianfu." Wu Xiang replied seriously.

Tian Youcai laughed loudly when he heard this, and bent down with laughter, he was almost out of breath, and asked with a mockery: "Wu Gongzi, Wu Gongzi, do you not even hear of the Eight Great Academies?" ”

Wu Xiang was stunned for a moment, he had only heard of the four major academies, namely Yingtian Academy, Yuelu Academy, Songyang Academy and White Deer Cave Academy, as for which four others? He really didn't know.

At this time, Tian Youcai suddenly straightened his face and said reservedly: "The eight great academies of the ancient times are Yingtian Academy, Yuelu Academy, Songyang Academy, Bailudong Academy, Shigu Academy, Maoshan Academy, Longmen Academy and Culai Academy. Among them, Yingtian Academy is the first. It's just that this Yingtian refers to the Yingtian of the Song Dynasty, not Jinling! Yingtian Academy is located in present-day Guide Mansion (now Shangqiu, Henan), and is also known as Suiyang Academy. When this official went to Beijing to take the exam, he was on the shore of the South Lake in the academy, and under the guidance of his mentor Mr. Wan, he was able to get the top three in high school. ”

"I am shallow in my knowledge and unheard, it seems that the mountain chief of this academy is very deserved, please be Lord Tian, so as not to mislead people's children." Wu Xiang said and smiled at Tian Youcai.

"Y-What did you say?" Tian Youcai asked disdainfully.

Finding that the local influential priest was also present, Liu Qian hurriedly came out to persuade everyone, invited everyone into the house to take a seat, and made a cup of fragrant tea for everyone.

Wu Xiang knew the details of Tian Youcai, and was quite disdainful of his character, took a sip of tea, and asked slowly: "I heard that you made a bet with Bai senior, and let my brother-in-law come to testify to you, you want to restore the original nature of the beginning, change your mind, and be a new person, why do you never forget to go to the sea to hunt for treasure?" ”

"The treasure hunt at sea is sent by divine decree, and it is really a last resort." Tian Youcai replied.

"Listen to what the old Bai said, the treasure of the pirate Wang Zhi has been enchanted, and no one will be able to get it, so you will die of this heart." Wu Xiang said with a smile.

"I don't care, I'm just afraid that the court will blame me in the coming year, and I, my whole family in Zhangzhou Mansion will die......" At this time, Tian Youcai suddenly found that the Indian servant was working as an interpreter for the priest, so his eyes widened and he asked in surprise: "Wu Gongzi, you taught our language to the locals so quickly?" ”

Wu Xiang nodded very confidently and replied loudly: "Yes, this junior named Che-Roy has learned our language and is teaching him to read and write. ”

The Indian boy Che-Roy flashed his clear eyes, nodded and said, "Your language is very easy to learn, I can listen to it once." ”

Listening to the tone of his speech, it was similar to the southern Hakka dialect, and after tasting it carefully, Tian Youcai almost jumped up, and asked with wide eyes: "This, how is this possible?" ”

"Through these days of study, I have found that there are many similarities between the dialect of our tribe and what you speak......

Before Che-Roy finished speaking, Tian Youcai, who was born in the top three jinshi, shouted "Indian" three times in a row, suddenly stood up, slapped his head, and said loudly: "I understand, it should be called 'Yin-Di-An', you are from the Yin Di's An-Yang!" ”

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Juan González de Mendoza: Educated from an early age, he joined the Austin Society in Mexico City, became a monk, devoted himself to the study of theology, grammar and art, and was an enthusiastic missionary there, and at the behest of the Pope, he published the History of the Great Chinese Empire in 1585 AD, which caused great repercussions after its appearance, and was the first masterpiece in the West to introduce Chinese history and culture in detail.

Juan González de Mendoza: Educated from an early age, he joined the Austin Society in Mexico City, became a monk, devoted himself to the study of theology, grammar and art, and was an enthusiastic missionary there, and at the behest of the Pope, he published the History of the Great Chinese Empire in 1585 AD, which caused great repercussions after its appearance, and was the first masterpiece in the West to introduce Chinese history and culture in detail.

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