Faced with Rui Costa's request to leave the Takeda family, Li Xiao was slightly stunned.

Li Xiao couldn't help but think of the scene when Rui Costa, Father Torres, met with him.

At that time, Li Xiao was in the city, and he was very surprised when he heard that there was a missionary teacher from Portugal who was looking for him.

As a modern person, Li Xiao naturally knows what Catholicism is, but for himself at that time, Catholicism was still a mysterious thing, which he called Gilizhitan, and called the Portuguese, Spaniards, and Italians who came to Ben at that time as Southern Barbarians.

As for the British and the Netherlands, they came to the country several decades later than the Portuguese, and it was basically after the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the Dutch and the British came into contact with the country after the Battle of Sekigahara.

Of course, for Torres, and even for Westerners, he never knew anything about himself in this era, or he didn't know anything about it.

In 1543, a Ming smuggling ship with the flag of Wufeng landed on Tanegashima Island with three Portuguese, and the Portuguese got to know the country for the first time.

This incident was reported in the original name of the iron cannon, and Tanegashima Tokiyao, a retainer of the Shimazu family, bought two arquebuses at a price of 2,000 taels, which were later copied by the blacksmith Yaban Kanebei and named the iron cannon.

Since then, iron cannons have been introduced into the Warring States period, and the tactics of warfare in the Warring States period have undergone a earth-shaking innovation.

ps: At that time, he said that he called the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhizhi the owner of the Wufeng ship, and his smuggling boat flew the Wufeng flag, which was unimpeded along the coast of Kyushu, so it should be the smuggling ship under the direct command of the king to carry the Portuguese at that time, as for whether he himself was on the ship, I don't know.

Later, the Portuguese missionaries preached in Yueben, but the process was very unsmooth, largely because they did not know much about the Yue himself at that time.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao suddenly had a sense of superiority of a traverser, as a traverser, he knew the Portuguese better than he did at that time, and he knew himself better than the Portuguese in this era.

Li Xiao immediately met with this group of friends from the other side of the ocean in the castle tower of Chengsheng City, and along with him, there were also his subordinate retainers Shima Katsutoshi, Honda Masanobu, Shigang Yiyu, and Dazang Chang'an.

The blessing of delaying the nine-year compulsory education, plus the extremely cheating level 4 English test in college.

Li Xiao decided to face this group of foreign devils first, and show off his few words of English that can barely be deceived, thinking that although he is Portuguese, he should not be unfamiliar with English as a missionary teacher.

But in fact, when Li Xiao began to show off his broken English, he found that all the foreigners present looked confused.

“nobodycanspeakenglish？”

Li Xiao asked again, and only then did a coarse missionary teacher present speak: "Your Excellency, you are probably speaking English, but we don't understand it very well. ”

In fact, Li Xiao did not understand modern English before the seventeenth century, and there were still many differences in spoken language and usage.

In the end, Li Xiao gave up his intention to communicate in English.

At this time, wearing a black monk's uniform with a cross on his chest, Torres stepped forward and spoke in an exotic Chinese accent, and said: "Yue'an, honorable lord, I heard that you are from the great Ming Empire, so I feel very cordial, and I have come here to pay high respect to you." ”

Li Xiao nodded, as a missionary in order to spread the gospel of the Lord to all over the world, so it should not be an accident that he traveled south and north, proficient in Chinese, these people with this fanatical religious enthusiasm, put aside in modern times are senior professors in universities who are proficient in several Chinese languages.

Moreover, in 1557, that is, seven years earlier, the Portuguese had obtained the right of abode in Macao on the side of the Ming Dynasty, so it is not surprising that the missionaries could speak Chinese.

Li Xiao also replied in Chinese: "Hello, Father Torres, thank you for traveling thousands of miles from the country of Francoji in Tessie to the country of Ming, and for making a positive contribution to the friendly exchanges between the East and the West. ”

Hearing Li Xiao say this, Torres and his companions immediately nodded, Francois was the name of the Ming Kingdom for Spain and the Portuguese at that time, so from this title, it can be confirmed that Li Xiao is a Ming person.

In 1521-22, after two defeats in the Battle of Tuen Mun and the Battle of Sai Cao Wan with the Ming Empire, the Portuguese changed their policy and turned to diplomacy to trade with the vast empire in the East.

Therefore, the Portuguese in this era had great respect for the Ming people and did not dare to treat them as those natives of the American continent.

When Torres confirmed Li Xiao's identity, they immediately introduced themselves one by one.

The Portuguese included Jesuit missionaries and ordinary seafarers.

When they introduced themselves, Li Xiao's eyes widened, for the Portuguese in front of him, their names were really enough...... Ray.

"Your Excellency, Servant of God, Ugo. Almeida has been summoned to pay you the highest respect. ”

"Well, I accept your respect."

"Nuno, the servant of God. Gomez has been called to pay you a high tribute. ”

"Uh. Nice to see you. ”

Listening to them introduce their names one by one, Li Xiaoxiao felt that he had summoned all the Portuguese national team in the European Championships.

Forehead? This turtle who came in and looked around was called Rui Costa.

What, this loop-legged is actually called Figo, oh my God.

Of course, the last Portuguese entourage introduced himself and called himself Cristiano. When Ronaldo was over, Li Xiao was embarrassed on the spot, he felt that even Ronaldo was here, and there was nothing impossible in this world.

Straight to the point.

Immediately, Li Xiao also introduced his retainers to these Portuguese missionary teachers.

Kanto is not better than Gyeonggi, nor is it better than Kyushu, and the locals have a lower ability to accept new things, such as Shioka Kazuha, Honda Masanobu is very unwelcome to these Nanban monks who come out of these ghost places.

So when introducing each other, Shioka Kazuha, Honda Masanobu looked very wary of these people.

On the contrary, Rujima Katsu Fierce and Great-Treasure Chang'an have all been to Hakata no Town in Kyushu before, so they have also seen Torres and other southern barbarians, so their attitude is relatively mild.

Torres did not speak Chinese smoothly, so Li Xiao and Torres resumed conversation.

As a crosser, the advantage is everywhere, as a modern person, in addition to the understanding of the European Championship and the World Cup Portugal team, it is from the history of high school, when introducing the Age of Discovery, the navigator who created a precedent in human history.

Li Xiao's knowledge beyond this era, as well as his geographical understanding, is much superior to Torres's foreign turtles.

The first thing that resonated with Torres was on the topic that the earth is round.

"Tut, tsk, tsk," Torres sighed excitedly, "I didn't expect Lord Li Xiao to know about Dias in your country, as well as the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, and the Americas, it's really unbelievable." ”

Torres now feels a little bit like he has met in a foreign country.

Torres is now in the bottom of his heart, and his eyes are more friendly when he looks at Li Xiao, thinking of a confidant, a confidant, this is my Catholic choice to spread the gospel in the East.

Li Xiao snorted and bragged: "Of course, in fact, as early as when we Zheng He went to the West for the seventh time, we had already discovered the Americas, but at that time, the first emperor Yongle Ye was benevolent and knew that there were already aborigines in this land, so he couldn't bear to take away his land, so he didn't add troops to occupy it." ”

Li Xiao said this, Torres couldn't help but blush, compared to the immorality of the Europeans, colonizing the local natives by killing and driving out the local natives, this experience is of course very disgraceful to them.

When Li Xiao said this, he immediately put himself on the moral height.

And Li Xiao's retainers, Tuan Benduo, believed in them, and when they saw that Li Xiao actually said this Nanban monk who knew astronomy and geography speechlessly, his face was suddenly full of admiration.

Our lord is really powerful.

Island Shengmeng, Dazang Chang'an, who has seen the power of the Southern Barbarians, said so in his heart.

Torres already had the intention of recruiting Li Xiao into the sect in his heart, and after thinking about it, he still wanted to use some strange and clever things in the West to attract the warrior of the Ming Kingdom in front of him.

So Torres took out a metal, yellow and clear round thing from his arms, and then put it in front of Li Xiao, and asked: "Your Excellency, my lordship, I meet Your Excellency, in the words of your Ming people, it is like a familiar thing at first sight, out of admiration for the demeanor of the lord, I hereby send a gift to show my high respect." ”

Li Xiao grabbed the yellow and clear round thing from Torres's hand, and Li Xiao's retainers all opened their eyes wide at this moment, looking at this southern barbarian, wondering what it was in their hearts.

This southern barbarian thing looks very good, the surface is smooth and reflective, and the amazing round metal inside, there is a clear ticking sound, which is particularly pleasant to hear.

This ticking sound, the hearts of the people present suddenly seemed to be scratching like a cat's claws, although they were twelve points curious about this southern barbarian, but even the island Katsu Takeshi, who had seen the broadcast, Shioka Kazuha, did not know what this yellow metal round object was.

"This Nanban monk, uneasy and kind, I don't know what to use, came to test our lord, I think they are going to be unfavorable to the lord." Shigang Yiyu snorted coldly.

On the contrary, Honda Masanobu said: "Wait, this thing seems to be difficult for the lord." ”

After Li Xiao took the yellow Southern Barbarian object, he smiled slightly, put him in the palm of his hand, and gently opened the Southern Barbarian from the middle of the thin slit like a shell.

Li Xiao's retainers all stretched out their heads, trying to see what it was.

In front of everyone's eyes, Li Xiao looked into his palm and saw that the yellow metal disc was engraved with twelve Roman numerals, and there was a crisp ticking sound of gears.

Li Xiao smiled at Torres and said: "Father Torres, I am very grateful for being able to give such a beloved pocket watch to Zaixia, I am missing a clock to watch the time." ”

The Portuguese in this group were shocked when they saw Li Xiao calling out the name of the pocket watch and actually making it.

At that time, when the Portuguese were missionaries in Kyushu, what they liked most was to look at the turtles, and look at the local lords who were usually high up, scratching their ears and cheeks at this southern barbarian from the West, and they couldn't do anything.

And in front of them, they actually failed, and the sense of superiority in his heart was not there in an instant.

Seeing this, Torres was even more convinced of Li Xiao, and said directly: "A pocket watch can't all represent my respect for the lord, may I ask Lord Li Xiao, since Your Excellency knows everything, you must know us Catholicism very well." ”

Li Xiao's face was solemn, thinking that the drama was finally here.

(To be continued)