The two first came to Sun Yuanhua's best friend Tang Ruowang's house, and the only thing they knew about Tang Ruowang's person Liu Fan was seen from the TV in later generations, he seemed to have cast a cannon for Kangxi and lived long enough.

After a detailed conversation between the three of them, Liu Fan found that Tang Ruowang was a very talented person, not only devout to the faith, but also familiar with physics, chemistry, natural science, mathematics and astronomy, and also had a deep understanding of cannon casting, and was a rare talent. Liu Fan found that this person was the key person he had been looking for, not only knew the military industry, but most importantly, he was too similar to the teachers of later generations. Except for not being able to teach politics, everything else can be competent! What an ideal teacher! There is wood! The most important thing is not to worry about communication problems, and the official language is more slippery than what Liu Fan said.

Looking at the two people who were talking happily, Liu Fan couldn't help but say, "Father Tang Ruowang, is he interested in going to Shandong with my senior brother to do things?" ”

Tang Ruowang asked with some surprise, "Chu Yang?" Are you going back to Shandong? ”

"Hmmm! It won't be too long! Sun Yuanhua nodded and glanced at Liu Fan, then smiled, "What?" Old friend, do you want to go to Shandong with me? ”

"This..."John Tang hesitated a little when he heard this, after all, he was doing well in Beijing, and there were many believers and believers in the court and even among the imperial family, and he was responsible for the missionary duty, so he didn't want to leave rashly.

Liu Fan saw that Tang Ruowang was a little worried, and he was also a little anxious, this is a rare talent, which is very important for his future development. Gritted his teeth and continued to increase, "Mr. Priest, the official asked himself that he still has some rights in Shandong, and I also saw yesterday's incident, Your Majesty handed over all the Jiaozhou area to me, if you agree to work for me in Shandong, I can not only give you a high salary, a formal court official position, but also allow you to preach in Jiaozhou!" How about even building a cathedral for you in Shihe New Town, Shandong? ”

Sun Yuanhua looked at Liu Fan in surprise, shocked by Liu Fan's thoughts, even he, a Catholic, didn't have such crazy ideas as Liu Fan! Sun Yuanhua deeply felt Liu Fan's urgency, and couldn't help but persuade, "Yes! Friends! My junior brother is a very talented person, and I am deeply trusted by His Majesty the Emperor, this time I encountered a great disaster, even the teacher has no way, it is all up to the junior brother to save me from the sea of suffering! You've got to think about it! After this village, there will be no more such shops! ”

The words of the two put John Tang in a dilemma, looking at his clenched hands and that hideous face, you can imagine what kind of fierce ideological struggle he is doing, and the two of them can't help but hold their breath and wait quietly.

It was a long time before John Tang smiled and said, "I have to say!" Your conditions are too tempting! I promised! ”

"Great!" Liu Fan was overjoyed: "Father, don't worry, I, Liu Fan is full of words, and the promise he made will definitely be fulfilled!"

Tang Ruowang saw Liu Fan's excited appearance, and also laughed and said, "Then I will accept your auspicious words!" ”

Liu Fan briefly introduced the situation in his jurisdiction to John Tang, and then asked, "Priest!" I don't know if you have any other friends? As long as there are talented people, I Liu Fan will not refuse to come! As many as you want! ”

John Tang thought for a while and said that he still had a few friends in Beijing, and he was also a few priests in the diocese of Beijing, but these people were not doing well, and the development of the believers was at an impasse for a while, far less good than John Tang. Liu Fan expressed his desire to recruit these people, and Tang Ruowang readily agreed.

The three of them did not delay, and immediately rushed to the residence of several people, and after a morning of hard work, they finally gained a lot of money, and successfully recruited a few people. Liu Fan also got to know several people and found that these missionaries were really talented. Several people have their own strengths, they have deep attainments in physics, mathematics, and chemistry, and some are still very good navigators, and some even know how to build ships and cast guns.

Liu Fan once thought that today was the biggest gain of his coming to the capital, in order to keep a few people, Liu Fan spared no expense, each of them issued a "settlement fee" of 200 taels of silver and handed over 10,000 taels of silver to his senior brother for the purchase of research equipment, all things useful for scientific research regardless of the price will be passed. Finally, I told them to pack up their things and get ready, and they will go back to Shandong in a few days.

After dealing with these things, in the afternoon, under the urging of Chongzhen, Liu Fan rushed to the palace slowly. As soon as they met, Chongzhen pretended to be angry and said, "Jimin, what are you doing?" How many times did I send someone to call you, why did you come? And the apprentice didn't tell me such a big thing! The people below informed me! How did you get it? ”

Regarding Chongzhen's question, Liu Fan had already thought of a countermeasure: "Your Majesty! You also know that I basically don't know much about the rules of our Ming Dynasty, and I thought that apprenticeship was just a matter of having a meal and drinking wine, which is the case in our hometown. Who knew it was such a serious matter in our Daming! If I knew, I would have told you a long time ago! You took all the ligatures I had! ”

"You..."Looking at Liu Fan's aggrieved look, Chongzhen shook and said helplessly, "Okay! I'll trust you for once! Leave that for now. I ask you, don't you recruit a few Westerners to your staff? ”

"Yes! What's wrong? Liu Fan was a little puzzled, what happened to finding a few Westerners? Still breaking the law?

"Didn't you say that these Westerners don't have a few good things? Why are you looking for them again now? Also find a few foreign monks! What do you ask them for? Chanting scriptures? Chongzhen questioned again and again, as if Liu Fan had made a big mistake.

Liu Fan was a little speechless, foreign monk? But seeing Chongzhen's angry look, he still explained: "Your Majesty! You misunderstood. In fact, these missionaries are very talented people, they have traveled thousands of miles to come to Daming, everyone has some unique skills, and the ministers are now lacking such talents! ”

After carefully looking at Chongzhen's face and seeing that it had eased somewhat, Liu Fan continued: "The minister made this decision out of desperation!" There were no craftsmen under his command, and he could not even make spears, and the sergeants used wooden sticks as weapons. Accepting these people is also because of their talent for casting cannons. The minister wants to implore His Majesty to allocate some craftsmen to the minister to solve the urgent need! ”

Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said slowly, "The craftsman can give it to you!" But not too much! Only five hundred! But you want to take them to Shandong! Even the family has to take it with you! I don't have the money to support these people for you! ”

"It's nature! It's nature! Liu Fan hurriedly replied: "The minister will not make it difficult for His Majesty!" Can't the minister pay for it? How about a tael of silver for a craftsman? ”

Chongzhen was furious when he heard this: "Do business and do it to my head? Too much money to spend nowhere? Then give it all to me! I just so don't have money! ”