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February 28, 1590 (Gregorian calendar), I remember this day vividly, and on this day, I finally regained my freedom. Although Fr. Gaules has repeatedly advised me that the behavior of the Liaoning people is not disrespectful to us, but a necessary measure to prevent the spread of the disease, it is still difficult for me to accept.www.biquge.info

When we arrived in Dalian, we were not greeted warmly, but were detained, which the Liaoning people said was "epidemic prevention and quarantine". Fr. Dou Marie gave us the Bible, the Eucharist (a small piece of bread representing the body of Jesus) and the Holy Blood (red wine representing the blood of Jesus) through the barbed wire, which was an encouragement and should not be considered a welcome.

We, like immigrants, were asked to hand over all their belongings as long as they needed to go ashore. Everyone was given a bag, some valuables were put in the bag, and other insignificant things were thrown into a big cart and carried away.

Then all the men and women were separated, and they were asked to strip naked and take a bath. Those who refuse will be sent back to the ship and repatriated the same way. We insist that we are noble and pious people, and that our bodies are clean and pure, but unfortunately no one pays attention.

The Liaoning people gave each of us a small cube of something, supervised us to apply it on our bodies, and then rinsed it with water. It was embarrassing that each of us made the water in the bucket into mud and had to wash it several more times. Fr. Gomez only washed once, and he said that he now bathes in macau every day with this thing called "soap", so he is very clean.

(Soap is still a luxury item in Europa, and little people like Father Gamax and David Jones haven't been able to see it, so they don't associate "soap" with "soap.") ）

Dozens of men taking a shower together was not the most embarrassing thing, and the next situation was embarrassing. The people of Liaoning actually asked us to be examined naked one by one, and it was a woman who checked us! The lady, who was said to be a "medical officer from the seventh grade", wore a white coat that wrapped herself and covered her mouth and nose, which was the uniform attire of the management personnel of the "quarantine area". The female officer pointed at us with a long stick and examined her with all parts of her body exposed. As soon as someone resists, the soldier next to you will use the wooden stick in his hand to make you submit and dare to resist, and the musk* guns of the nearby soldiers will be pointed directly at your head.

Poor Adolf, my dear entourage, raised his hand covering his lower body under the finger of the musket, revealing the offensive "cauliflower" on the penis (cauliflower-type genital warts, a sexually * disease. ）。 He was immediately driven back to the ship, and everything he had used was burned.

Later I learned that Duke Kim's heir, his younger brother Shulhazi Kim, had died of those filthy diseases. Therefore, Liaoning is extremely averse to diseases such as "cauliflower". Adolf was not burned immediately, and the Liaoning people were already very face-saving to Father Gaulmes.

The "quarantine" lasted for a month, and every day I prayed and watched the people walking around in a completely isolated square. There are four groves of tents and spiked barbed wire fences around the outside of the quarantine zone.

The soldiers in charge of the quarantine area did not give us people a wordy account at all, and only went about their own business every day, either supervising the lime pullers to scatter lime in the barracks, or supervising us to go to the centralized bathing place to bathe, or supervising us to come up one by one to collect our own food, or shooting directly at those who did not heed the advice and ran around in the isolation zone. I have seen with my own eyes that people who had emigrated from other parts of the Ming Kingdom tried to cross the quarantine zone and try to enter the quarantine zone that was said to be about to enter Liaoning, and were shot directly by the soldiers in white coats. Thankfully, the people in Portugal and ours are following the rules.

Although there are not many bread (steamed buns) or rice and thick broth in the Ming style that are basically enough to eat every day, and the new clothes that are newly issued in Liaoning and are cleaned every day under the strict supervision of the guards, and doctors often come to treat injuries and diseases (injuries that are not contagious. It has already refreshed the spirits of those Portuguese who have left their homeland.

Fr. Gaemiaz went back and forth every day to preach and reassure the Portuguese immigrants, telling them that this was just a local precautionary measure, explaining the precautions in Liaoning, persuading people who were in a bad mood, and translating the instructions of Liaoning officials.

Liaoning decided to place these poor Portuguese in Uiju, Pyongyang, and Najin. Rajin is a new port on the east coast of the mainland, just across from the northern part of Honshu, and the people who arranged for it to be there were sailors and shipbuilders, as well as their families. The farmers were placed near Pyongyang, along the river, which was suitable for farming. Other artisans are based in Uiju, a new city with many workshops. (Europa doesn't have an industrial concept yet.) ）

It is said that the local church was satisfied with this arrangement, so that it was able to expand the scope of the mission. However, I think that Liaoning did this to break up and disperse the Portuguese, so as not to concentrate and become a more influential force. In response, Father Gomez sneered with a hint of good-nature: "You only thought of it now?!" Liaoning people have always done this. ”

Before the end of the quarantine, Liaoning again sent officials to register those who were about to be freed so that they could be resettled. O my God! It turned out to be a female official again, and there were only a few! Are there no male officials in Liaoning?!

Fr. Gomez greeted one of the female officials very familiarly, and explained to me that in Liaoning, there were very few people who could read and write, and there were not many people in this area among the immigrants, so Liaoning had to recruit even women who could read and write. It is said that Duke Jin's sister was the highest-ranking of all female officials, and when Duke Jin was away, his wife was in charge of government affairs.

As they were about to be released from quarantine, officials in Liaoning no longer wrapped their bodies so I could see them. Fr. Gaulmez was greeted by an official interpreter, a kind middle-aged woman, who handed out small packets of beef jerky and small packets of candy to the washed children (the casing gloves were not removed). ）。 The cross on her chest proves that she is a religious sister. Oh, that's a good start.

According to the later introduction of the Liaoning Church, among the believers in Liaoning, the highest male civil official was Paul Xu (Xu Guangqi), the governor of Yizhou, who was an official of the "Cong Wupin", equivalent to the governor of a province in the Netherlands; The highest male military attache is Jack Sparrow (Kintaro), who is equivalent to our brigadier general or colonel; The highest number of female civil servants is Jeanne Schumacher (Park Jang-jin), who is also a high-ranking civil servant. And the official female translator we saw in the quarantine area was General Sparrow's mother. The Jesuit mission seems to be doing well.

I was surprised to learn that the place under the jurisdiction of Christians Xu is what we call Formosa! I can already deduce what happened. The fact is that the expedition considered Formosa to be a barbaric and backward area, and in the conflict with the local population, they used force, which led to the suppression of the local army. The Liaoning people did not have contact with us, so the news did not reach back to Batavia and we lost contact.

(In the "Flying Dutchman Incident", the Ho Jing Church consciously chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb to the Dutch in order to show goodwill to Liaoning and let Liaoning accept the exiled Portuguese.) ）

After the quarantine, we were taken back to the chapel by Fr. Dou Mari and submitted the paperwork to the diplomatic department in Liaoning, the Lifan Yuan. That night, Fr. Dou Marie entertained us at a restaurant called "Zhen Wei", so that we could try the delicious taste that can only be found in heaven!

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In addition to making Liaoning and the Netherlands collude, the "David Jones Report" is also a summary of Liaoning's social and economic development from different perspectives.

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