Chapter 74 Foreigners will never be slaves, unless they are fed and sheltered
Kinney Pavilion brought so many books, but most of them were in Latin, Spanish, German, and French.
The original plan was to let people learn foreign languages while preaching, and then gradually translate them into Chinese to achieve the effect of dissemination and communication.
However, Wang Hongyu has a friend who has to learn Latin, and even Wang Hongyu will do so.
But it's not that convenient after all.
It is better to let the missionaries translate it themselves~
Now that Wanli has died, the power of traditional scholars such as the Donglin Party has increased greatly, and it is impossible to continue to tolerate these foreigners staying in the capital.
That's a contradiction.
It's just time to "pick up wool" again.
"I have important news that I can give you ahead of time."
Wang Hongyu can bring important news every time, and foreigners feel that his hands and eyes are open, and those who understand Chinese come over and listen sideways.
"Bad news, as a reminder...... A group of newly appointed officials want to drive you out of the capital. β
"Huh? Alas......." Long Huamin sighed.
"How can this be?" The missionaries were weak.
Only the face of Kinney Pavilion, which seemed to be Gandalf, still seemed wise and steady.
"Mr. Jinnige, is there a way for you to stay in the capital?"
Looking at Wang Hongyu's warm smile, Jinnige responded with a polite smile: "I can't help it, but Mr. Wang Hongyu has a way, right?" β
"Oh?"
"You know me?" Wang Hongyu has never revealed his name in front of foreigners, in order to maintain a sense of mystery.
"Now I know~" Jinnige leaned in and whispered, with a little evil smile on his face, more like an old wizard.
Unexpectedly tricked himself out of this guy's little trick, Wang Hongyu smiled, took a step back, and kept a safe distance.
Jinnige leaned over mysteriously and whispered, "Don't worry, no one else knows except me." Bao Lu or Xu Guangqi only told me about your existence, and he said that we can come together. β
All right...... Jinnige is indeed different from Long Huamin and others, he has more understanding of the potential power of the Ming Dynasty, and he has great respect and love for Chinese history and culture.
"Wang Xiaoyou is bold and careful, he is a person who has insight and can do really big things, you and I can work together with Baolu and others to communicate science and technology and culture between the East and the West, so that the Ming Dynasty can increase its influence in the world, and we can get allies, and you can also gain a lot and expand your influence."
Jinnige's Chinese spoke very quickly, and his voice was low, and no one could hear it clearly except Wang Hongyu in front of him.
Missionaries are not monolithic, like the Kinni Pavilion can become a friend who exchanges science and technology and connects the East and the West.
Wang Hongyu had already thought about this, and said to him with a slight sense of mystery: "70 years ago, Sha ignored and built the first bridge of contact; Thirty years ago, Matteo Ricci found an effective way to communicate...... However, these are not enough. β
Jinnige sighed and said: "I followed Matteo Ricci to learn to be familiar with the Ming Kingdom and the East, and I have the intention to become an ambassador for diplomatic relations, and greatly expand trade and scientific and technological exchanges. It's just that there are many difficulties, and even Matteo Ricci's past achievements are difficult to achieve ......"
"Actually, just change your thinking...... Matteo Ricci was flexible and adjusted the monk's thinking, but Matteo Ricci's experience can also be adjusted~"
Listening to Wang Hongyu's words, Jinnige's eyes lit up, and he was suddenly inspired.
"Ahem!"
Long Huamin, who was waiting on the side, deliberately coughed twice, expressing his dissatisfaction with Jinnige and Wang Hongyu's private chat for too long.
"Mr. Long Huamin, the civil official will ask you to leave soon, I have a way to get you to stay, and you can translate books."
Speaking of this, Long Huamin also became interested: "What is the way?" β
"Part-time job, part-time work in my workshop. In this way, you are no longer missionaries, but migrant workers~"
The missionaries who could understand Chinese were stunned again.
"Foreigners will never be slaves~" An anxious Neapolitan missionary rushed to answer.
"It's impossible to work part-time~" Long Huamin also shook his head.
Suddenly, a missionary hurriedly ran in, muttering something, Long Huamin and the others' faces sank suddenly, and then the more they listened, the more panicked they became, and finally they hung their heads.
Wang Hongyu smiled secretly, he had already gotten the news from his uncle, so he calculated the time to come first~
Jinnige was still as steady as Gandalf and Dumbledore, and lightly translated to Wang Hongyu: "We have been officially notified that we are not allowed to preach in the capital, let alone influence officials and people here. β
He saw that Long Huamin and the others were deflated, and simply persuaded them to accept Wang Hongyu's suggestion.
After saying that, everyone looked at Long Huamin's face.
"Now it's up to Kinney to do what he suggests."
"Okay." Jinnige took the lead: "There is no special arrangement in the future, you can go to Haojingao, you can go to the home of the enlightened doctor in Jiangnan, or you can work with him......"
Jinnige looked at Wang Hongyu.
Although he was young in front of him, his eyes were full of wisdom and he couldn't see through his thoughts at all, but after listening to Xu Guangqi's introduction, he felt that it was worth getting to know him specifically, and after this meeting, he had a feeling that if he cooperated with this person, he could achieve much greater achievements than Matteo Ricci.
"What do you want us to do part-time?"
"There are a lot, making glass, engaging in soap, stockings and high heels, translating books~"
Hearing Wang Hongyu say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They are afraid of being found to use firearms, and now they are doing this glass, soap, stockings, high heels and translating books, all of which are good jobs~
"What's the treatment?" β
"With food and shelter, as a worker, I can stay, earn some money, and communicate according to my plan."
"Oh yes!"
The Neapolitan missionary shouted in Chinese: "Foreigners will never be slaves, unless they are fed and sheltered!" β
"It's so fragrant~" Long Huamin also smiled.
"Part-time job ~ part-time job ~"
The missionaries were excited like children, cheering for becoming migrant workers.
Others are engaged in invention and creation by themselves, and they do it from beginning to end, which is more personal than Zhuge Kongming.
But it's up to me~
That is to let foreigners come to work, and they "pick wool", and none of the luxury goods such as glass, soap, and stockings will be left behind.
"Mr. Wang, you'd better choose a foreign name, so that we can also call it well."
Jinnige's voice was very low, and although the missionaries would know about his natal Wang Hongyu sooner or later, he didn't plan to take the initiative to say it.
"Hmm...... It's called Tolkien~"
"Tolkien? That's a good name. β
Kinney Pavilion can sense the unusualness from the name: "By the way, Mr. Tolkien, you just said that the work of translation, how to do this?" β
"I'll tell you a story, it's definitely a best-selling novel, you translate it into Latin, Esbanya, FranΓ§a and other Chinese languages and sell well in Europe, and then we split fifty-fifty."
"Sure it's going to be a hot deal? What is the name of the book. β
"The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien."