Chapter 42: Give Me Back

Wang Hongyu quietly blocked Li Tiezhu to prevent Xu Guangqi from discovering their true purpose.

"It's not bad, it's a good thing from Italy."

Xu Guangqi felt that the eyes of the two were wrong, so he quickly covered it with a whole piece of cloth, as if others would not be able to see it.

"Italy~" Wang Hongyu's smile was more gentle, it seems that this chiming bell will be more similar to the one sent by Spain.

His finger was like lightning, pointing to the location of Italy on the map.

"This place is a good place, the Roman Empire back then, that is, the Great Qin in our history books, was centered on this place."

!!!

Xu Guangqi was shocked!

He had always thought that Italy was so far away that no one had ever touched it before.

Wang Hongyu does not need to take the controversial Marco Polo as an example, and directly compares it with Rome, the most powerful in European history, and it is clear at once......

“…… You see, this is Eastern Rome, also known as the Byzantine Empire, which in our history is called the Whija ......"

Although Fu Lao is not as famous as Daqin, Xu Guangqi also knows it, corresponding to the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and he was contacted at once.

"This is the Germanic people in the north who destroyed Western Rome, and then the Frankish Empire, you heard it right, the Franks and Francha have similar pronunciations, and they are having a relationship between the front and back......"

The Franks then split into three, constituting the Francha, Italy, and the Holy Roman Empire.

And in the south of Arabia, that is, the rise of the Great Food.

"Big Food used to attack Europa too!? There used to be such a large area and such a powerful combat force...... No wonder Datang will lose to Da Shi in Hengros. ”

"Not only military, but also technical and commercial achievements, there were many large food merchants in Canton, and the revival of Europa also absorbed a large number of Arab technological ......"

Next, a little introduction, basically strings together history, and the mystery is broken at once.

It was true that these missionaries disseminated some of the techniques, but in order to enhance the mystery and impress the scholars, they would talk less about their own history and try to avoid discussing the fact that the nations of Europe were now at war raging.

Don't go into their "predetermined battlefield" and spend a lot of time discussing philosophy and logic, not because you can't talk about them, but even if you win, they won't have any influence or change, but will think that you are stubborn and untouchable.

Because their original intention is not to communicate, but to do work.

In turn, to deal with them should go and talk about their "short".

Wang Hongyu didn't want to talk about the Black Death, the slaughter of cats, the burning of Copernicus, and the persecution of witches, because this was basically tantamount to breaking off friendship. I don't intend to use the superiority of scientific knowledge in later generations to argue with them, because this is tantamount to divulging many "secrets" to them.

Rather, it is to take advantage of the situation to talk about the wars of religion today, the conquests between the Holy Universe and Spain on the one hand, and the Netherlands and France on the other. Spanish missionaries, then tell him Holland; Came from the Netherlands and told him about Spain. When the Shinra came, tell him about Luther. If you come from Italy, let's talk about Milan, Venice or Florence......

In this process, we should look at the position of the other side and draw the other side from the perspective of "doing work" to the equal exchange that needs to communicate, do business, form alliances, and isolate hostile forces with Huaxia.

That would be the way Portugal and Spain liaise with the Ming Dynasty, hoping to build a trade system and not let the Netherlands and England interfere. In turn, the Netherlands and England also hope to unite with the Ming Dynasty and squeeze out the Iberian market.

Naturally, they ask me more than they do our work.

The veil of mystery that the missionaries had concealed was revealed.

"I see, I see! They actually came to China for these reasons. ”

Xu Guangqi sighed incomparably, at the beginning, there was a feeling that his dream was broken, but now he suddenly became enlightened.

Wang Hongyu gave him a concise and clear explanation of why a large number of missionaries came to the East at this time, because they were Jesuits, and it was the Pope and others who responded to the pressure of the new factions in the Netherlands and England, and Spain and Portugal were challenged by their trade, so they urgently came to the East to gain a foothold.

"However, this is also a good opportunity~"

He told these secrets, but he did not tell them for the sake of telling them.

"This is a period of initial globalization, and it is also a stage of rapid development of science and technology, and seizing it is a great opportunity for individuals, groups, the Ming Dynasty, and even China and the world."

Xu Guangqi deeply thinks that this era is so good, but it is not good...... It is also possible to encounter a major setback and disaster directly.

The two chatted and chatted, and soon a morning passed.

This is a little strange, why has the bell not moved?

When I looked back, I saw Li Tiezhu sitting next to the desk, with gears, clockwork, hands, dials, and shells dismantled into more than a dozen pieces.

"This thing is quite complicated, but I figured it out in one morning, it's not much more difficult than building a wheelchair~"

He played with the clamp in his hand and carried the clockwork, and the small parts formed an extreme contrast with his fat body.

Wang Hongyu glanced at Xu Guangqi, and saw that his eyes were dull and did not move, maybe he didn't figure out what was going on~

"This is the gadget we bought at the grocery store in the morning, and we will take it away immediately so as not to mess up Mr. Xu~"

While talking, he gave Li Tiezhu a look and asked him to pack up all the parts of the chime bell and take them away.

"Gadget...... Xu Guangqi still stared blankly, muttering to himself.

Wang Hongyu took advantage of his lack of reaction, and hurriedly said: "When the time comes, please ask Mr. Xu to introduce you, and let Long Huamin and them also give some gadgets~"

"............" Xu Guangqi's face turned purple, his lips trembled slightly, and he was about to break out.

Li Tiezhu held the parts of the chiming bell and put them in his pocket, Wang Hongyu replied with a polite and warm smile, and the two walked out with a swish.

"Wang Hongyu! Give me back my watch! ”

This sound is comparable to "return my legion", the legion can't be repaid, how can the clock get its wish?

However, the people stayed, and told Xu Guangqi that this clock repair is secondary, the key is how to guide the group of missionaries according to the plan just now.

Then let them hand over the clock and contribute to the friendship between the Ming Dynasty and the Holy See.

As soon as he talked about this, Xu Guangqi was not sleepy: "Are you saying that as long as you get their clocks, watch changes, and self-striking clocks, you can promote these two things?"

"That's right! Let's have a big fun together~"

Wang Hongyu's smile is difficult to refuse, and Xu Guangqi is also infected, with meaningful happiness in his smile.