Win the Ding 1617

Galileo had a very comfortable life these years.

As a scientist who has left a strong mark in the history of human science, the standard he uses to evaluate life naturally cannot be that of a cow, wife, and children on a [-]-acre field.Although he is extremely satisfied with the current living conditions, "Even the Roman emperor back then may not be as good as I am now!"

Once, because of strong homesickness, on a whim, he ordered the servant who took care of him to find some sailors on a Latin ship on the pier, and bought some local products from them that were said to be from Naples.The old man is going to use these to satisfy his homesickness.In the words of Han Chinese scholars, it is "when the autumn wind blows, people often think of perch and water shield." Oh, this is China on the tip of the tongue, right?

However, when the salami, macaroni, and cheese were carefully cooked by his cook and brought to him, the visual effect seemed far from the hometown food in his memory. "Having sailed tens of thousands of miles to this point, it is natural that it cannot be compared with freshly baked ones." The old man found a reason for himself.As a result, after one bite, the old man's facial features were immediately brought together, and his wrinkles became like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Bah bah! Bah! Such an unpalatable thing!"

He gave the food from the Italian peninsula a final bad word and ordered it to be taken far away, preferably in the trash.After finishing all this, he asked the cook to cook him a bowl of seafood noodles, "Remember to put some of the sea sausage powder sent by His Royal Highness! Those things are the most delicious!"

His Highness the Duke that Galileo was talking about was Li Huayu, and this Highness was also Galileo's disciple.In addition to sending someone to report the safety of the parents and siblings at home, he also sent a heartfelt message to his teacher.It was the sea intestine powder that he ordered people to buy at the beach of Denglai.

Before the Japanese invented Ajinomoto, several major cuisines of Chinese food and cooking showed their own special skills for the word "xian".racked my brains.Cantonese cuisine pays attention to soup, while Huaiyang cuisine focuses on broth, while Shandong cuisine, which dominates the country in the north, has its own secrets.The secret is that the chefs use sea sausage, a specialty of their hometown, and grind it into powder after drying, and add it in an appropriate amount when cooking dishes, which has become a must-kill skill for delicious dishes.

Pay attention to enjoyment in food and clothing.Far more than any monarch in Europe at this moment, however, Galileo as a figure who left his name on the moon.Although he is also a mortal body, his pursuit or more pleasures do not come from these material things.

The greatest pursuit of Chinese literati is nothing more than to become the "teacher of the emperor", to be the emperor's teacher and the king's assistant. This is the highest goal in the hearts of scholars of all ages.Even if you can't become the teacher of the king.So.It is also very rare to become an official of the Jingyan lecture and explain the way of Confucianism to the emperor, which is enough to comfort the ancestors.

Galileo, as a European, didn't have such a concept in his mind, but he was the behemoth of the Southern Cantonese Army at this moment.The so-called "Wang Zuo Dishi" who is the owner or creator of this huge political power, because.He is the principal of Nanzhong University!

Outside the city of Hue, within a radius of tens of miles, there are dozens of large and small schools scattered all over the city, which are the various schools of Nanzhong University.It's a pity that the name of university is empty, but it doesn't match "the way of university in Mingmingde" at all.The courses taught range from metallurgy to mining, from animal husbandry to farming and mulberry, from shipbuilding to building roads and houses.But there is only one basic course about the Four Books and Five Classics.

Don't worry about being sent to religious court or even sent to the stake because of some heresy that comes from your own mind.On the contrary, there are a lot of scientific research funds and auxiliary institutions for them to spend.For example, if a certain star is found to be helpful for navigation, the navy and SF Bank will allocate a lot of silver dollars to buy telescopes for the astronomy department as observation equipment.And the students who go to various places for exploration, development, and internship will also take the plants they collected in the tropical rainforest, and the giraffes they bought in the Mugudushu (Mogadishu, is the name familiar?) market in the The kangaroos and platypuses captured by the ten states were sent here for the gentlemen to continue their research.

With such a good environment, you can slowly turn your ideals into reality, and gradually verify the ideas in your mind. How can such a day be uncomfortable for a scientist and educator?

You don’t have to worry about being sent to the religious court, you don’t have to worry about being purified from the soul to the body, you don’t have to worry about being sent to the stake, and you have sufficient and generous material conditions to guarantee your life and scientific exploration. It stands to reason that Galileo should be satisfied .

But no!

This great scientist who was sent to prison for questioning the geocentric theory supported by the Holy See in history, and finally died in prison, his heart and even the entire spiritual world was a devout Catholic.As the saying goes, the bigger the outer edge of knowledge, the bigger the unknown world we will face.As a devout Catholic, the more in-depth his scientific research was, the stronger the sense of guilt and fear and tension in his heart became.

"My God! Lord! Please forgive my humble soul!" More than once, when he dreamed back in the middle of the night, Galileo shouted the words of begging for forgiveness in his dream, but after waking up, his head was covered in cold sweat.

Thus, a very strange but extremely weird phenomenon appeared harmoniously on Galileo.During working hours, he is an extremely fanatical leader who leads everyone to explore natural science and the unknown world. In his spare time, he immediately becomes a fanatic who is obsessed with religious affairs and public welfare.

And I don't know what kind of mentality he has, but he is also unusually enthusiastic about introducing or abducting those who have made achievements in the field of natural science from Europe.This is probably from the point of view of sharing the crime: "One charge, one person is to go to hell to be the company of Satan, but if there are 5000 people, 1 people who sin together, maybe, piously repent in front of the priest. , Confess, and you will be freed and go to heaven.”

For this ulterior purpose in the heart, almost every European ship travels between Europe and Hue, Malawi and other places.Both are obliged to deliver letters for Mr. Galileo.One by one, people who have made achievements in various fields and have their own unique insights, are threatened by the increasingly fierce war in Europe.Citing and introducing each other, being guided by Galileo's invitation letter, enjoying the captain's meticulous service all the way, was abducted to the territory of the Nanyue Army, and became a branch and leaf of this technological tree.

(The captains are naturally very happy. There is such a person on board. According to the rules of the Southern Guangdong Army that have never been put into writing, such a scientific and technical talent can fill the compulsory import quota of two stallions! The two stallions How much more goods can be stuffed into the saved capacity space? There is really no need to stuff it in. You can also get more cotton or a few orchids and a few slaves from India to stuff it in! Anyway, it is a short-distance transportation. Slave trade, no So much attention, as long as they are still alive after passing Lingjiawei Island!)

"Find out my new satin jacket, I'll wear it to church."

While greedily tasting the sweet and fresh soup of the hot seafood noodles.On the one hand, he ordered the servant to tidy up his clothes.But Galileo would never have dreamed of it.If he hadn't come here, he would have become a corpse in the cell of the Holy See who died in a deep prison because of spreading heresy.

"Sir, your clothes have been ironed for you and put there. But, sir, you forgot, didn't you say yesterday that you would go to the pier to pick up friends from Rome, Milan, France, etc.?" Galileo The housekeeper at home reminded him that there are other arrangements for today.

He couldn't help beating his bald head in frustration.Galileo changed his clothes, got on the carriage and told the driver, "Go to the pier! Go to the pier!"

Bai Li Shouhan spared no expense in recruiting all kinds of talents from all over the known civilized world.In Nanzhong University, which is run by Galileo, there are a lot of talents from all over the world.The age echelons of the old, middle-aged and young are equipped very reasonably.Among these people, Galileo also found many people who were accomplished or gifted in physics, astronomy, geography, metallurgy, mathematics, etc.Therefore, this moment when a newcomer arrives is often a feast for his spirit.He can get extremely pleasant satisfaction from academic to spiritual.

On the pier, a Dutch plywood ship from Europe was docked at the far end of the pier tiredly and timidly with the salty taste of the Mediterranean, just like a child who just entered the city from the countryside, lest he accidentally provoke It's a disaster.A group of friends and acquaintances lured by Galileo and their friends and acquaintances with letters and accompanying letters, under the oppression of European wars, half pushed across the sea to this mysterious and rich east. Know what fate awaits them.Will the Duke of Lee, like the brutal oriental monarchs promoted by European kings, adopt different attitudes towards people of various religious beliefs, and charge high poll taxes for people who believe in God.

And on the wharf built with ashes mixed with stones, a group of blond and blue-eyed Europeans were waiting there with red faces, ready to welcome their poor relatives from their hometown.Although these people still have to go through a period of isolation and quarantine, as relatives and friends, appearing on the pier to greet them is also a great psychological comfort for these wanderers. (Actually, it is more that these people who came first want to show their living conditions in front of the newcomers. The so-called wealth and honor are like walking in brocade clothes at night. This is not only the case in China, but also in Europe! Well done, how can you not show it off to relatives, friends and old friends from your hometown? Especially the current situation of these people is extremely bad!)

The leaders of this group were Mr. Galileo and Father Alfonso.The rest of the people stood around the two of them like stars holding the moon, chatting happily, many people took this opportunity to quietly contact each other, and negotiated a few small business deals.

Although Father Alfonso was only a priest on the list of the Catholic Church back then, his power, influence and wealth were no less than that of a cardinal.

After more than ten years of hard work, a group of 10,000+ Catholics has been formed in Nanzhong. Although the number of these people is not as large as those in Europe, their economic conditions are far superior to theirs.

There are beautifully decorated Catholic churches with murals of biblical stories described by Chinese painting art on the walls, and tall glass windows decorated with colorful stained glass.It divides the light projected from the outside with splendor.

Relying on the good cooperative relationship between the Portuguese and the Southern Cantonese Army, Father Alfonso established churches in Hao Jiang, Thang Long, Hue, and even more distant Ayutthaya and the Chao Phraya River valley.Of course, they were all applied and registered in strict accordance with the laws of the General's Mansion.

After more than ten years of operation, Father Alfonso has changed from a shepherd of God to a businessman with a big belly.A purple silk embroidered robe inlaid with gold and silver threads, even under the Pope's crown, would make the Pope's saliva drip down on his feet.A high crown woven with gold thread and inlaid with a huge ruby ​​made him stand out from the crowd even more.In his hand is a staff made of huge ivory bones, with intricate patterns inlaid with gold, silver and gemstones of various colors, and a huge sapphire shining in the sun on the head of the staff.

Such a dress, if Li Shouhan saw it.He would definitely sneer and comment, "A European beetle! Nouveau riche!" That's right, Father Alfonso's attire certainly has a strong sense of nouveau riche.However, looking at the three major religions in the world, including Taoism in China, which one is not a monk who does not love money and the more the better?Which temples, churches, Taoist temples, monasteries and lamaseries are not magnificently built and become masters of human architectural skills?Many are still the material cultural heritage of mankind?

Speaking of religion.Immediately, Mr. Galileo and Father Alfonso found a topic of common interest.One is a leading figure among Catholic believers.One was the head of the Catholic clergy in Nanzhong. The two got together and immediately had a lively discussion on how the Catholic Church would continue to spread the Lord's gospel under Duke Li's rule.

In the territory controlled by the Southern Guangdong Army today, religious issues are as colorful as race.It can be said that the various schools of the world's three major religions, such as Theravada Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, and the Yellow Sect and the Red Sect among the Lamaism, Zen Buddhism and Tiantai Sect from the mainland.There are also various sects of Islam from the Middle East, plus Taoism, a Chinese specialty.As well as various primitive religions, they converge on the land of Nanzhong, forming a colorful landscape.

However, in Alfonso's eyes, this is a great opportunity for Catholicism to expand its power!

If the rebellion and turmoil that broke out in various places in Nanzhong after Duke Li left, if there were no shadows of the various sects of the three major religions behind them, what about those local kings, sultans, village chiefs, and the old and young of various regimes? The organization incited the people?Among other things, in Taiwan, which was just pacified by Zheng Sen and others, behind the rebellion of the natives, there is the shadow of the Protestant Calvinism that the Dutch believe in!

As a Portuguese, Father Alfonso believed in Catholicism, but the Dutch lowlanders were Protestants.There are several sects in Protestantism, among which the Dutch believe in is Calvinism. Calvin believes that who is saved by God and who is rejected is all predestined by God, and only God's "chosen people" (chosen people) can be saved , and produce faith to be justified, only self-discipline, frugality, and hard work can win God's favor and selection.The main gap between Protestantism and Catholicism is the denial of the authority of the Pope, and both sects are eager to strangle each other.

This point is also clearly contradictory in the Taiwan parish dispute.When the Dutch and the Spaniards invaded Taiwan from the south to the north, the two invaders also spread their own teachings to the natives.Gradually, the natives in the area occupied by the Dutch in the south believed in Calvinism, while the Spaniards in the north believed in Catholicism.And this time among the rebellious Dong Fans in Taiwan, a large part of them believed in the Calvinism spread by the Dutch!Relevant tokens and scriptures of Protestantism were also found on many captives.

On the contrary, in the northern part of Taiwan, where the majority of Catholics are Catholics, and even in the entire Luzon region farther away, although there are disturbances among the natives, they are at most considered security cases. Bi, it is simply a peaceful and kind people!

Those sultans and imams incited the people under their rule to rise up for a jihad, drive away the infidels, and drive away those Kafir who did not believe in Allah. Even if they died in the battle, they would go to heaven and flow With water, milk and honey, the tree is full of fruit and bread, enjoying the service of 72 virgins.

In the north, in the area where the remnants of the Zheng family and the Mo family were in trouble, monks in temples and monasteries quietly provided food and money for these rebel forces.The extravagant hope is that they can get or take back their temples to continue to occupy the land and continue to enjoy the privilege of not paying taxes or fulfilling obligations.

In Alfonso's eyes, the fact that so many sects are against Duke Li overtly and covertly is precisely the best opportunity for him and his master to claim credit in front of Duke Li!

This is the main purpose of why he came to the pier in such a grand manner today to welcome these European refugees who arrived in Hue on a Lowlander boat.He wants to highlight the influence of Catholicism among the largest European population.

At least, proselytizing, between Catholicism and Protestantism, there isn't that much of a gulf. (To be continued..)