On the second day, Chen Xin entrusted the injured Nie Hong to Zuo Changhao, and asked Nie Hong to recuperate from his injuries with peace of mind, and then set off with the rest of the people, accompanied by a Qian Zhuang familiar hand arranged by Zuo Changhao.

They took a detour out of the city from Jubaomen, and first visited Bao'en Temple here to satisfy Liu Minyou's travel wishes. This attraction is also highly recommended by Zuo Changhao, who believes that this is a must-see attraction in Nanjing.

After walking out of the treasure gate, the tall glazed pagoda was as conspicuous as a landmark, and the guards from the north pointed to the pagoda and talked about it. After they enter the Bao'en Temple, they are hurriedly walking in other places, after passing through a few courtyard gates, they open in front of them, here is like a wide square, surrounded by a circle of yellow corridors, the beautiful glass tower is located in the center of the square, and the crowd of people who come here to visit and worship is standing around.

Liu Minyou looked up at the beautiful pagoda in the sun, it is located on a wide base, the height is equivalent to a building of more than 20 floors, in addition to the base, there are nine floors, each layer has eight sides, each side is pasted with white porcelain, the tower is inlaid with many lions, white elephants, flying sheep and other Buddhist themes of five-color glazed bricks, exquisite and abnormal, the top of the tower is all spliced by glazed tiles, and then decorated with jewelry, gold and silver items, shining with brilliant brilliance in the sun. Strings of wind chimes hang under the corner beams on each floor, making a pleasant sound in the breeze.

Although the night view of the glazed pagoda has been seen from afar, but when the two really stand under the glazed pagoda, they are still shocked by it, this pagoda is 78 meters high, the circumference of the base is 100 meters, the construction lasted 19 years, and it consumed more than 2 million taels of silver, which enshrines the relics of the Buddha. When it was called the first tower in the world, many overseas people came here and must go to worship it.

With the publication of "The Travels of Nihoff" in Europe, the glazed pagoda of Dabao'en Temple swept all over Europe, and until the nineteenth century, it was a symbol of Chinese culture in the minds of Europeans, in the works describing the Orient. There are often compliments to it. In 1841, the British warship "Namixis" went to Nanjing to sign the Treaty of Nanjing with the Qing court, and the first thing the British sailors did when they got off the ship was to visit the Dabao'en Temple. At that time, the glazed pagoda was dilapidated, but it still amazed these "foreign adults".

After all, Chen Xin and Liu Minyou had seen modern tall buildings, and the shock they received was not too strong. But the rest of the entourage was stunned in front of this pagoda, which was listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle World, a miracle of human art and engineering in this era, and brought them more impact than the Forbidden City they had ever visited.

Two people who believed in Buddhism knelt down and kowtowed to the pagoda.

Zuo Changhao said to Chen Xin: "My lord, after this place was built in the Yongle period, the one hundred and forty everlasting lights on the tower have never been extinguished, so the lights are bright at night. ”

Chen Xin exclaimed: "I really didn't expect that there is such a magnificent building, which can be called the light of China." ”

Liu Minyou also muttered: "Incredible. ”

The group continued to move forward, preparing to enter the tower to visit, and Chen Xin saw a person wearing a green shirt in front of him. His hair was red, he lowered his head and was doing something seriously, Chen Xin looked curiously next to him, he had a sketch of a glazed pagoda in his hand, Chen Xin couldn't help but praise: "It's a good painting." ”

The Hongyi man turned his head to look. He smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, sir, but I don't think any amount of wonderful brushwork can describe its magic." ”

Song Wenxian also stopped and smiled: "You still speak my Middle-earth language." But have you been in Daming for a while? ”

Hongyi bowed slightly and said: "My name is Silva, from Franco, I have lived in Macau and Fujian for ten years, before returning to my home country, I will travel all the way to Beijing, China, and write down what I have seen in China, I may not come to China again, but I can tell my children about this beautiful country." ”

Liu Minyou thought of Gyeonggi after the Jiannu rampant, and wanted to persuade this Silva not to go to Jingshi, but the words stopped again, the north also has its beauty, and he felt that he should not stop this person who admires China.

There were many Europeans who came to China to preach and do business in the Ming Dynasty, they traveled all the way, many of them recorded what they saw and heard, both brilliant civilization and brutal massacres, their notes played a great role in Europeans knowing and understanding China, this Silva is unknown, from the Ming Dynasty back to Europe thousands of miles away, the way is full of dangers, perhaps an accident.

Zuo Changhao heard that he had lived in Fujian, and he was cordial, and he talked a few words in the past, and this Silva spoke decently, and Chen Xin also had a good impression of him, and asked Silva: "Then what will Mr. Silva tell your child about this country." ”

"It was a beautiful country," said Silva, "with territory comparable to the whole of Europe, with great cities of a million people that have never existed in Europe, with neat streets, with artistic writing, with countless books, with beautiful clothes and porcelain at unimaginably low prices, with extraordinary music and musical instruments, with many friendly people, polite and cultured, humble and willing to praise others, and finally, this beautiful porcelain tower, which is a miracle left by God." If I have a child, I will encourage him to come to China. ”

Chen Xin smiled and nodded, this Chinese fan is a little exaggerated, maybe he has been in the rich area, did not see the scene of the poor areas of the Ming Dynasty, Europe in this era has been at the end of the Renaissance, under the enlightenment of this ideological movement, Europe's philosophy, literature and art, science and military and other fields have made great progress, is slowly surpassing the once glorious Chinese civilization, but the gap between China is not obvious, the Ming Dynasty is also constantly learning from Europe, not limited to the military field of Hongyi cannon and Furlong machine gun, Xu Guangqi, A large number of officials, including Sun Yuanhua, believed in Catholicism, and the enlightened folk atmosphere also made many people willing to accept Western technology and ideas, and did not regard them as strange and obscene techniques and beasts.

Xu Guangqi once said that the threat of the West was "if it is a real tiger and leopard, then the current Fujian Sea Kouyi is also", and in the dark ages of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was not until the middle of the 19th century that Wei Yuan proposed "mastering the long skills to control the country", and was also known as the first person to open his eyes to see the world. This couldn't help but make Chen Xin, who was at this time, feel sad.

Liu Minyou said to Silva: "If Mr. Silva wants to go to the north, you can go with us, we are just returning to the north today." ”

Silva was happy at first, then shook his head and said: "It's not good today, I want to visit all the forty scenic spots in Jinling, it will take a lot of time, I only have this chance to travel." So I had to see everywhere I wanted to go, so I ......."

Chen Xin arched his hand to Silva and said, "In this way, I wish you all the best and return to your home country safely." Maybe you'll come back to China one day. ”

Silva also smiled and arched his hand: "Maybe, who knows." ”

Song Wenxian and the others all parted with him, and the stupid monk shouted behind him: "Hongyi will be courteous." ”

Chen Tingdong stroked his palms and smiled: "Yi Di Zhi entered China." then China's. ”

Silva politely said to Chen Tingdong: "Please don't call me Yidi, I know it's a barbarian's pronoun." Your saints also said that if you lose a ceremony, you will be a beast, and if you lose it, you will be a beast. It can be seen that Yidi is distinguished by courtesy, not by my hair. ”

Chen Tingdong looked at this Hongyi fixedly, and suddenly laughed and said, "Well said. Siyi admires the benevolence, righteousness and faithfulness of China, although he is out of a foreign land, he can be in China, and I don't mean it. The people of China have forgotten benevolence, righteousness and faithfulness, even though they are born in China. I don't mean it. I didn't miss you...... A man who is a Franciscan, who also knows the words of the sage, is stingy and receives a certain courtesy. ”

After Chen Tingdong finished speaking, he bowed respectfully to Silva, and Silva also returned the salute respectfully.

Chen Xin and the others said goodbye to this Silva. Visited the Buddha statue in the glazed pagoda, this exquisite art palace made the two of them want to take out the camera to take pictures countless times, and only remembered that it was in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Minyou said to Chen Xin: "When was this tower broken?" ”

Historically, this glazed pagoda was destroyed in 1656 in the Taiping Heavenly Civil War, Wei Changhui was afraid that Shi Dakai would observe the situation in the city on the tower, so he blew up the glazed pagoda. It is really hateful, and in 2008, the gilded Ashoka Pagoda was found at the site, which enshrined the relics of the Buddha, which was an archaeological discovery of the year.

Chen Xin rolled his eyes, "I'm not an archaeologist, who knows this, by that time, there will be a lot of good things destroyed." ”

Liu Minyou sighed, "It's a pity that this cultural relic can be kept in modern times, how many tickets will be sold in a year." ”

Chen Xin couldn't cry or laugh, "It's a pity for the tower, what's the pity about the tickets, it's not good for us, haven't you paid enough for the trip." ”

Liu Minyou thought about it and scolded: "That's it, you said that they didn't repair it, why are they so expensive." ”

Fortunately, these attractions in the Ming Dynasty did not pay tickets, a group of them hurried to Xiaxinhe after visiting it, the sea dog and others were discussing the pagoda all the way, to the Xiaxinhe port, Zuo Changhao is the head snake, found a person from the inspection department to help, the person quickly found a passenger and cargo ship, let the owner load less goods, vacate the cabin for Chen Xin and others, Chen Xin and Liu Min have a room for a person, there are windows, the conditions are very good.

The shipowner collected the silver, and no longer loaded the goods, so he set off offshore, and everyone said goodbye to Zuo Changhao on the shore on the deck, Chen Xin had a good impression of this Zuo Changhao, who could not only mix the underworld, but also do business, and he was also a good person.

The boat drove far away, Zuo Changhao was still standing at the dock, and Song Wenxian said to Chen Xin: "This Zuo brother is worth befriending." ”

As the passenger ship went down the river and was about to enter the Yangtze River, the owner and a group of shipwrights set up a table at the bow of the ship, laid out meat and fruits on it, and bowed respectfully.

The person sent by Zuo Changhao to be a money village is called Xu Daofan, who is also from Fujian, and he said to Chen Xin and others: "Every time they enter the Yangtze River, they have to worship the river god and ask the river god to bless them to cross the river safely." ”

Chen Xin and the others suddenly realized that they looked very pious, and when they finished the ceremony, the boatmen rushed up, snatched up the sacrificial food, and ate their own food, Liu Minyou said a little funny: "Are they sincere or not, isn't this thing for the river god." ”

The shipowner came to greet Chen Xin and others, his ship was set with the help of the people of the Inspection Department, he tried a few words, wanted to know the background of Chen Xin and others, Chen Xin said nonsense, in short, the impression of this shipowner is the person of the Fengyang Governor Yamen, the shipowner is more respectful after coming to this conclusion, because the Fengyang Governor is also the Governor of Caoyun, and for people like him who run the canal, the people of the Yamen can not afford to offend.

They went down the river, the speed was very fast, before dark they arrived at Longtan, its opposite bank is Guabu and Yizhen, both are the mouth of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, the shipowner told them, there are three mouths of the river in the Yangzhou section, namely Guazhou, Yizhen and Baita estuary, his boat is Huguang, so he can only go to Yizhen Tongjiangkou. It was inconvenient to sail at night, so they stopped at Longtan for one night, crossed the Yangtze River after dawn the next day, entered the mouth of the Yizhen Tongjiang River, and drove along the Li River to Yangzhou.

"Not far in front of Yangzhou banknote customs, the shipowner himself to pay the banknote tariff, tonight we will go ashore to live, I added silver to the shipowner, chartered this ship to Linqing, Yangzhou stopped for two or three days, should be enough Zhou Laifu for them to find a shop." Chen Xin came to Liu Minyou's room, with a smile on his face, and he sat on the bed. After sitting for a while, feeling uncomfortable, kick your shoes with both feet, simply lie down, and your feet are raised high.

"Look at your pleasure, are you going to buy a few skinny horses to go back?" Liu Minyou listened to Yangzhou the most, and it was a thin horse.

"The twenty-four bridges are boundless, and they are not just thin horses. Lost sex in the Qinhuai River, I don't believe that I am still so unlucky in Yangzhou. Chen Xin shook his head, then sat up with a grunt, lowered his voice and said to Liu Minyou: "There are nine alleys in the banknote, and the shipowner said that there are hundreds of sisters, do you want to see and understand?" Reimburse you. ”

Before the crossing, Chen Xin was the director of the office, and he was sent to us, which is not unusual, but after the crossing, his status gradually increased, but he did not succeed once. Liu Min has never been to this nerd, he didn't have the courage to cross before, this time he saw it on the Qinhuai River, and he was somewhat curious, especially after the killing, he has always had a feeling of confusion, it seems that everything can be done, these days I heard Song Wenxian and others ridicule, and was mentioned by Chen Xin, Liu Min has a little yearning in his heart.

"Reimbursement? What kind of invoice, you are embarrassed to go, it is not enough for you to have a wife and a concubine immediately, and they are all hard-working women. Don't torture people. Liu Minyou is still guarding the last bit of moral standards.

Chen Xin didn't blush and said, "You are very wrong, if you are like you, the bustard's mother has no income, these women will be angry today, how can they have money to redeem themselves in the future, so you should regard this behavior as a good deed to help women who have lost their footing." ”。

Liu Minyou couldn't cry or laugh, as usual, he still couldn't say Chen Xin, "What should the guards do, they can't take it with them." Otherwise, the image will be over. ”

"Of course they don't go together, I arrange for them to go to the city first, and stay in the city at night, and I will take the fur dog alone, and the shipowner says that there is still half an hour to arrive, and you must first decide whether to go or not." I went back to my room to change my clothes. Chen Xin said and stood up and walked to the door.

Liu Min thought about it for a while but still didn't make a decision, so he said loudly outside the cabin door: "Anyway, if you want to get off the boat, I'll take a look on the shore with you first, I'll take the stupid monk with me, besides, how much money should I bring with me?" ”

"Bring 100,000 yuan of money and ride a crane down to Yangzhou!" Chen Xin's teasing laughter came back from the corridor.