"Dare to ask sir, where is your country?" , Feng Shen Yinde asked with some curiosity. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He had never heard of the Mughal Empire, and naturally did not know the exact location.

"This one! It's actually very close. In the southwest of the Qing Dynasty, directly west of the Ming Dynasty, is the Mughal Empire, where I was born. In order to be more vivid, he also gestured with his hands. However, in the Qing Dynasty, maps involved military secrets. Therefore, few people have figured out the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

For the surrounding neighbors, it is even more unknown.

Although Feng Shen Yinde has an identity, he is not a general who leads troops. And he has little interest in astronomy and geography. The exact location of the Mughal Empire is unknown.

There was no way, so Lewis thought about it carefully. See what way to make Fengshen Yinde understand.

Finally, he came up with a familiar name. He asked rhetorically: "Have you ever heard of the country of Langerkha?" ”。

"I've heard of this. This Langrkha is a vassal state of our Great Heavenly Dynasty. In the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong, he also invaded Houzang. To this end, the Emperor Taishang ordered General Fukangan, together with the Counsellor Minister, to be responsible for the conquest of Langerkha. ”。

"Hmmm! This is it. The Mughal Empire, just south of Langrkha, is next to it. Lewis responded. But immediately his tone changed, and he reminded quite kindly: "Since Mr. is a Ming man, he should no longer clear the country as the 'Great Heaven Dynasty'." Otherwise, when others listen, it is easy for trouble to come out of their mouths. ”。

Feng Shen Yinde suddenly remembered his slip of the tongue and expressed his gratitude.

In order to show his sincerity, he also reported to his family: "I am a person from Baoding in the Qing Dynasty, with a single surname and a Tianjue." This is my wife, Roro's...", he introduced himself and the princess under the pseudonym of the Intelligence Division. This information was registered in Daming. Even if Lewis went to investigate, he couldn't find anything wrong.

As for the reason for coming to Daming, he also used the rhetoric of the Intelligence Department to prevaricate. Lewis was afraid of the defensive psychology of the first contact, so he did not uphold the industry ethics and get to the bottom of it.

After a few words of greeting, Feng Shen Yinde said with emotion: "The British are so vicious and poisonous, Mr. Liu can escape, it is really blessed by God and Buddha!" Although I am not used to the word 'sir'. But in order to avoid being seen differently, I had to talk about the habits of Daming.

Gu Lun and Princess Xiao, who were on the side, also nodded, showing a little pity on their faces.

But he didn't want to, Lewis didn't care and said: "Do your best, just obey the destiny of heaven." The theories of gods and Buddhas are all self-deception and nonsense. ”。 If he had turned back the clock to eight years ago, he would certainly not have said that. Because as a pure Brahmin, all his rules of conduct will be based on the rules of the Brahmins.

When he came to the Ming Dynasty, he also thanked the three main gods of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. But then I stayed in Daming for a long time, and my knowledge was wider. Especially after entering the newspaper office, he was brainwashed by the Propaganda Department.

Through this, he also learned what science is.

I don't attach so much importance to these gods and Buddhas.

Nowadays, although the Ming Dynasty still guarantees freedom of belief, there are more and more people who give up their faith.

One is naturally the 'faith tax'. After all, the majority of religious believers are still those at the bottom. They are dissatisfied with the reality of life, so they can get spiritual comfort by believing in religion. However, in the case of not having much money, it is very reluctant to pay the faith tax.

The other is that the Ming Dynasty has strict restrictions on proselytizing and believing in religion. To a large extent, this prevented the unbridled spread of religion in the Ming Dynasty. Like the divine blessing area of Meikyo! Although it is a religious holy place in Ming Jing and even in the Ming Dynasty, it is also the opposite, confining religion to a controllable range. The influence is far from reaching the level of society.

Ordinary people's feelings about religion are relatively weak.

The last one is the scientific propaganda that Daming has been committed to in recent years. For example, the publication of the book "The Theory of Biological Evolution" vetoed the theory of the creation of man by God, the female snail and other gods from the perspective of natural science. Darwin, who was not yet born, was completely robbed of the limelight.

Coupled with the practical application of practical physics, chemistry and other theories, many people can intuitively feel the power of science.

To a large extent, this will break the ideological ignorance of the people.

And the living standard of Daming is not bad. The people can also meet the basic living conditions of food and clothing.

So through these factors, the Ming let the people. Psychologically, the need for religion is weakened.

Lewis, who was brainwashed, completely abandoned the original Brahmin faith. When I passed by the Divine Blessing Zone, I didn't even have the heart to stay. Not to mention burning incense and worshiping the Buddha and asking for the blessing of the gods and Buddhas. The previous Brahmanical priest also wanted him to become one of the three major Brahmanical priests in the Mingjing area.

But he rejected this temptation and voluntarily renounced his Kshatriya second caste identity.

That's why it's at this moment that I can say this.

Seeing the surprise on the faces of Feng Shen Yinde and Princess Gu Lun and Princess Xiao, he didn't want to explain too much about this matter. changed his tone, and said with a smile: "Don't look at Na Ying so domineering!" When I met Daming, I am now very well-behaved and proper. ”。 As he spoke, he told the great chaos in Bangladesh a few years ago and the pressure exerted by the Ming Dynasty on the British.

After listening, Feng Shen Yinde was half emotional, half amazed: "No wonder in recent years, the opium of the Qing Dynasty has disappeared. But that's why! ”。 Since the mid-18th century, the British have imported opium to the Qing Dynasty. At first, it wasn't much. But after the occupation of Bengal, the British made the region an important opium production area.

And in order to better open the market of the Qing Dynasty, the British also made opium that met the taste of the Qing people.

So from the beginning of the Yongzheng period, the opium imported into the Qing Dynasty increased year by year.

With the corruption of the Qing Dynasty, the opium smuggling trade was even more fearless. Many teahouses and courtyards in Beijing also began to do opium business.

It's just that this phenomenon came to an abrupt end a few years ago.

Some of the teahouses known to Fengshen Yinde have also stopped selling opium to the outside world. I asked the reason, and I only knew that Yiren was not supplied. But why it is not supplied, no one knows.

Now listening to Lewis say this, he finally understood.

"Yes! For this, Qing Guo can thank Da Mingluo. You don't know, opium is a very harmful thing. If you take it for a long time, you will be skinny and die of heart failure. We are Ming, but opium is strictly prohibited.

Just two years ago, Daming also cracked a major opium smuggling case. No less than 50 were sentenced to death. Those who are implicated can exceed a thousand. Even if you are not a Ming person, if you are caught, you will die. ”。 It was under this severe crackdown that the opium trade in the Ming Dynasty has always been very rare.