The man's face was extremely ugly at this time, and everyone could see that he had something to hide.

Liu Zhutou stepped forward and grabbed the man's collar and scolded: "Okay, you turtle son, although those two are foreign devils, they are also people, how can you drive away the two seriously injured people, will Lao Tzu lose your soup and medicine fee?" ”

Cao Guoqi saw that the pharmacy guy was about to be scared to death, so he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Liu Zhutou and pulled him aside.

"Young man, don't be afraid, we're not here to trouble you, we just want to ask, where are those two injured foreigners now, we have something important to do with him!"

The pharmacy guy saw that Cao Guoqi was kind and didn't speak so impulsively, so he explained honestly at the moment.

"I don't know where they went, and I don't understand what they said, but looking at the direction they went, it should be in the south of the city."

"Seongnam? Well, thank you! ”

Cao Guoqi turned to Cheng Zhidun and said, "Urge, Liu Zhutou and I will go to the south of the city to find it first, and you go back to report to the lord first!" ”

"Good!"

Cheng Zhidun did not delay, and rushed to the Governor's Mansion to report to Mo Qian that there were Westerners in Wuchang City, and presumably these foreigners and the Portuguese in Macao must be in the same country.

Cheng Zhidun knew the West, but he didn't know that there were dozens of countries in the West, so when he saw foreign devils, he thought they were one country.

Cheng Zhidun rushed to the governor's palace in a hurry and asked to see Mo Qian.

"Good news, good news, good news!"

"What's the good news?"

"Today, I found two Westerners in the city."

"Westerners? Where did you find it? ”

"When Mrs. Cao went to the Taoist temple to incense, she saw a group of Taoist priests from Wudang Palace chasing and beating two foreign devils, and now the two foreign devils are still in Wuchang City, and Brother Jie has gone to find them."

As soon as Mo Qian heard that there were foreigners in Wuchang City, he was overjoyed.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed many foreign missionaries in the Ming Dynasty. Most of these missionaries are from Ronaldo's hometown.

The reason why there were so many Portuguese missionaries was mainly because of the springboard of Macao, through which the missionaries landed in the interior and then went deep into the interior to preach.

However, the Chinese people generally do not believe in this thing, so their preaching is not going well, and beatings are common.

Although these missionaries were foreigners in the eyes of the people, they were treasures in the eyes of Mo Qian.

It would have been a great deal to have these two missionaries on the line of the Portuguese in Macau to buy arms.

Mo Qian excitedly put down the brush, pulled up Cheng Zhidun and walked out.

"Let's go, take me to find it!"

The two came to the south of the city with a large number of people, and as soon as they arrived in the south of the city, they met Cao Guoqi with two foreigners.

The two foreigners were unkempt at the moment, and they looked almost no different from beggars.

Both of them had wounds on their faces, and they looked like they had just been beaten for a short time, and their faces were blue and purple.

Seeing that Mo Qian personally brought people over, Cao Guoqi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord, the person has been found!" ”

"Well, well done!"

Mo Qian praised Cao Guoqi, and then personally walked up to the two foreign devils and asked in very Chinese-style English: "Good belly, sell Flender!" ”

The two foreign devils were taken aback when they heard this dirty English, a foreigner stared at Mo Qian with surprised eyes, and saw Mo Qian's smiling face, the foreigner immediately took two steps forward and grabbed Mo Qian's hand and said: "Oh buy karma, I thought that no one in Daming could speak Portuguese and English, but I didn't expect that today I actually heard someone from Daming speak English, it's really incredible." ”

"You can speak Chinese?" Mo Qian was also shocked at this time, he didn't expect that this foreign devil in front of him could actually speak Chinese, although it sounded awkward, but he could still listen to the meaning of seven, seven, eight, eight.

"I know a little, I know a little, how can I preach if I can't speak Chinese, hello this gentleman, my name is August. Bernie, this is my companion Carlos. Cooper, we are from Portugal, a beautiful coastal country, and we don't know your name yet. ”

"This is the governor of Jiangnan canonized by the imperial court, how can you ask his name?" Liu Zhutou on the side stepped forward and shouted.

As soon as Liu Zhutou finished speaking, Mo Qian stretched out his hand to signal him to step back, he was afraid that Liu Zhutou's attitude would scare the two international friends.

"It turned out to be Mr. Bernie and Mr. Cooper, my name is Mo Qian, and I was born in China, the largest country on earth!"

"Oh my God, Your Excellency is actually the Governor of Jiangnan, I can't imagine that the Governor is so young, and he still knows the earth, it seems that the Governor is also a learned person, it's really admirable!"

"Mr. Bernie has won the award, Mr. Bernie has crossed half the world to my land of China, and I feel deeply guilty that this has happened in the territory under my jurisdiction, two, please let this governor do some landlord friendship, please follow me to the Governor's Mansion for a few days?"

When Bernie and Cooper heard this, tears of excitement flowed from their eyes.

Since the two entered the mainland, they have not had a good life, and when they first left Macao, they were relatively safe, but the more they went to the mainland, the more unsafe they became.

The two were kidnapped by the bandits of Nangan, robbed all the gold and silver coins on their bodies, and finally got out, and encountered a war in Jiangxi, the two were so frightened that they hid in the mountains for several days, and died in the tiger's mouth.

In the end, they wandered all the way to Wuchang, and when they saw that Wuchang was so prosperous, the two thought that they could preach in Wuchang with peace of mind.

The two picked the gate of Wudang Palace, where the incense was the most vigorous, to preach, and they felt that those who were willing to believe in immortals must also believe in their God.

As a result, I didn't expect that on the first day of my mission, I was beaten half to death by the Taoist priests of Wudang Palace.

Thinking of these hard days, the two missionaries could not help but burst into tears, and now when they heard that the governor of Jiangnan was going to invite them to the governor's palace as guests, their hearts were immediately moved to tears.

The two followed Mo Qian to the magnificent former Chu Palace, and when they saw the splendid decoration and pleasant courtyard in the palace, they couldn't help but sigh: "Cooper, this is really beautiful!" ”

"Yes, I have never seen such a magnificent house, such a beautiful yard, if my house can be built like this, I am willing not to come out for the rest of my life."

After entering the Governor's Palace, Mo Qian sent four former maids of the palace to serve them, which were honored guests and had to be treated well.

The two of them took a comfortable hot bath in the governor's palace and washed off the dirt that had not been washed for months.

After taking a bath, Mo Qian sent a doctor to diagnose the two, and after a careful examination, it was found that although the two were as thin as firewood, their bodies were still normal, as long as they rested for half a month after eating and drinking, their bodies could basically return to normal.

Sure that there would be no problems with the two of them, Mo Qian let out a long breath.

Gu He immediately ordered a banquet to be held in the point, and called Cao Guoqi, Cheng Zhidun, Li Banghua, Mei Zhihuan, Wang Zhongyi, Shi Zhanglie and several others to play this small diplomatic banquet.

Bernie and Cooper changed into two clean Ming clothes and came to the hall refreshed.

Seeing Mo Qian prepare a large table of dishes for them, Bernie couldn't help but want to reach out and grab it on the spot.

But he was stopped by Cooper on the side, who scolded Bernie, "I haven't prayed yet!" ”

"Oh, forgot!"

The two sat down and began to pray, and after a while, the two finished praying, and began to grab something to eat in front of Mo Qian.

Mo Qian looked at the two of them, and couldn't help but shout: "Two, there are chopsticks here, why use your hands!" ”

"We're not good at using chopsticks, but it's easy to eat with our hands!"

The two seemed to be reincarnated as starving ghosts, and soon swept away a table of food, and the pig's trotters in the bowl were gnawed by the two of them.

Seeing them so popular, Li Banghua, who was sitting next to them, couldn't help laughing.

He arched his hand to Mo Qian, who was sitting on the throne, and said: "Lord, these Westerners are very funny, they don't use chopsticks to eat, but use their hands to eat, and when they eat a meal like this, aren't their hands full of oil." ”

"These foreigners really don't understand etiquette, and before the lord gets off the chopsticks, they eat first, and they really don't understand the rules at all." It was Shi Zhanglie who spoke, and he was very angry that the two foreigners disrespected Mo Qian.

But Mo Qian didn't care much, as a later generation, he knew that this was just a foreigner's habit.

He waved his hand and said: "Many etiquettes in the land of the West are different from my Chinese land, we believe in the Taishang Laojun Jade Emperor Rulai Buddha, they believe in God, just before eating, they are praying to God, thanking God for giving them food." ”

"My lord, what kind of fallacy is this? Isn't this food from the Lord, and it is not God who they should be thankful for, but you, the Lord? Cao Guoqi said.

Wang Zhongyi, who was on the side, explained: "Hey, Brother Cao, I don't know, this Westerner thinks that all the food in the world is given by God, and we people just eat it when it is cooked." ”

"Oh, Lord Wang knows a lot about the West, huh?"

"I had in-depth communication with two Western missionaries in Nanchang, so I knew a little bit about some of their customs."

"Oh, then dare to ask Lord Wang, is this the God they believe in, or is our Taishang Laojun powerful?"

"This can't be compared, if you talk about the mana of our folklore, our Taishang Laojun has no problem beating ten gods."

"Then they can't be gods, it's better for our Chinese Taishang Laojun to be more powerful!"

Wang Zhongyi and Cao Guoqi were discussing the relationship between God and Taishang Laojun, and Bernie and Cooper had quickly swept up the food on the table.

After the two of them had eaten and drunk enough, they saw that the other people sitting in the hall had not stretched out their chopsticks.

"I'm not embarrassed, Lord Governor, we're so hungry, we haven't eaten for three days, it's rude!"

Mo Qian hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "No rudeness, no rudeness, if I am hungry for three days, I'm afraid it will be even more exaggerated than you!" ”

"Hahaha, the Governor is really good at talking!" Bernie quietly slapped a sycophant.

Mo Qian, who was a sycophant, was very happy, he ordered someone to remove all the leftovers on the table, and said to the servant: "Let the cook prepare another table!" ”

"Yes!"

The servants were all servants left over from the previous Chu Palace, and these servants were all sold to the Chu Palace, and they were slaves and maids for generations, and Mo Qian canceled all their cheap statuses and restored their free bodies.

Many servants were grateful for Mo Qian's kindness and expressed their willingness to stay and continue to serve Mo Qian on the spot.

Mo Qian considered that the palace was too big and really needed someone to take care of it, so he kept them and continued to do the previous work, but it was a signed employment contract, and he was given a salary of two taels of silver per month.

The maidservants have not only regained their freedom, but also found a livelihood, and they still have two taels of silver a month to subsidize the family, not to mention how happy they are.

The maidservant cleared the table, and in a few moments brought another table.

It's still the same table of dishes as before, but this time Bernie and Cooper are much more polite, and the two of them follow Mo Qian to learn to pick up chopsticks and pick up vegetables, although it is not very good-looking, but at least they can pick up a few cabbages.

Bernie tried to pick up a piece of meat in the bowl with chopsticks, but he didn't pick it up for a long time, and finally the meat fell to the ground.

Even Li Banghua, who has always been serious, couldn't help but hold his stomach with a smile, and said to Mo Qian while laughing: "Lord, this Western missionary is really special!" ”

Mo Qian couldn't laugh when he saw Bernie's embarrassment.

After calming down, Mo Qian opened his mouth and asked Bernie, who was sitting below, "Mr. Bernie, did you land from Macau?" ”

"Yes, Lord Governor, we both are ashore in Macau!"

"Do you know who the governor of the Portuguese army in Macau is now?"

"When we set out, Luo Lang was also the governor of Macau, but I heard that Luo Lang was about to be transferred, and the king will send a new governor."

"Oh, I have something I want to ask you for, but I don't know if you are willing to help."

As soon as the two of them heard Mo Qian asking them for help, they quickly got up, put their hands in front of them, bent down and bowed, and said, "Your Excellency the Governor has been kind to me, if Your Excellency has any need for help, you can just speak, Cooper and I are willing to serve the Governor." ”

Bernie was a shrewd man, and since he entered the palace, he knew that the young governor must be a powerful figure.

If you can help this governor to do something, then there is hope for him to preach in Wuchang later.

"Well, you two are really happy, I hope you can take my men to Macau, help introduce them to the Governor of Macau, I want to make a deal with your King of Portugal."

"Deal? I wonder what the Doge wants to do? ”

"I want to buy your Portuguese artillery, muskets!"

"The Governor wants to buy arms?"

"Yes, I like your artillery technology very much, I hope to be able to buy dozens of them, and I also hope that the Governor of Macao can send me two hundred Portuguese soldiers to train my subordinates for me, I wonder if you two can help with this?"

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