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Chapter 796 Christians in Shengjing Church (Part [-])
After Zhu Yousong learned that Li Quan and his wife had successfully mixed into Shengjing, bad news came soon. Tang Ruowang is now working wholeheartedly for the Qing Dynasty, and has established a church in Shengjing to recruit disciples and give lectures. In addition to preaching, he designed a new type of cannon for the Qing Dynasty. Its range and power have been greatly improved. These red cannons have been mass-produced. commit.

"This German guy is really heinous, and he is helping the evil. Now that he is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, even if he gets him back, will he still do things for us? Let Li Quan and the others kill him."

When Lu Jiude and Xiao Liu waited for others to hear this, they gritted their teeth with hatred.

But instead of being angry, Zhu Yousong laughed and said, "If such a talented person is killed, wouldn't it be a waste of money? No matter whether he is loyal to the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, let's get him back first. I would rather keep him." Let Li Quan and the others act cautiously, let Huang Degong of Shanhaiguan, Ma Bao of Chengde, and Zu Keyong of Xifengkou be ready to respond."

"According to the order."

Lu Jiude had to pass on the will.

It is about thousands of miles from Beijing, the capital of Ming Dynasty, to Shanhaiguan, and from Shanhaiguan to Shengjing, the capital of Qing Dynasty, but it is also very fast to transmit information through the factories that have been laid out along the way.

Zhu Yousong's imperial decree in Beijing can reach Shanhaiguan within two hours. Although the area outside the pass to Shengjing is an enemy-occupied area, from Shanhaiguan to Shengjing, Zhu Yousong's secret decree is also a matter of three to five hours.In other words, Li Quan and Zu Hai could receive Zhu Yousong's will in Beijing on the same day.

The distance of nearly 2000 miles, the mountains and rivers are far away, it is not the high speed of later generations, and there is no locomotive, it all depends on the four legs of the horse. Under the conditions at that time, the speed of information transmission was unimaginable.

However, Zhu Yousong and the others were able to do it thanks to the ubiquitous and huge information system of the factory guard.

It has been a few days since Li Quan and Liu Chunhong came to Shengjing according to Zhu Yousong's order.The couple brought 500 Jinyiwei disguised as Han merchants to sneak into the Qing capital. The purpose, of course, was to bring Tang Ruowang back to Daming.

Now they have figured out that Tang Ruowang was working for the Qing Dynasty. While preaching, he designed and produced cannons for the Qing Dynasty. Li Quan and his wife wanted to kill this German guy.

But the sacred order was hard to disobey. They passed the news to the capital of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing in time, and after receiving the order, they still took actions according to the original plan.

The 500 people were divided into dozens of groups and found a shop to live in.Then, Li Quan and Liu Chunhong came to Shengjing Church.

This cathedral is not small. There is a statue of Jesus beside the white marble gate, and a red cross is engraved directly above the gate.On both sides of the gate, there are Tazi soldiers on duty. They wear red-tasseled melon skin hats, green trousers with machetes, and shake off the long braids behind their backs. They walk around to maintain order here.

"What are you doing?" As soon as Li Quan and Liu Chunhong approached the church, the patrolling Qing soldiers stopped them when they saw that they were Han Chinese.

"Master, we are here to listen to the doctrine."

"Listen to teachings? Do you have a badge?"

"We are long-distance merchants. Due to business reasons, we will stay here for a while. I want to come and listen to the master's lectures when I have nothing to do. I haven't received the waist card yet."

As soon as these Tartars heard this, they knew that they were not locals. After Li Quan said this, they stopped obstructing them. Now there are many businessmen coming and going, including Han Chinese, Koreans, and Mongolians.Their little emperor has a decree, welcome businessmen from all over the world to do business with them, especially iron and gunpowder business.In addition, not only must we not interfere with church admissions, we must encourage and protect them.

Therefore, Li Quan and Liu Chunhong entered this holy church without much trouble.

The bell has rung.The hall was full of men, women and children.There are Han Chinese, Manchurians, Mongols, and Koreans.There are all kinds of things.

Tang Ruowang, with curly hair and gold-rimmed glasses, is talking about how Jesus loves the world.

After Li Quan and Liu Chunhong came in, they found a place to sit down.After Tang Ruowang finished speaking, all the believers dispersed one after another, and Li Quan, Liu Chunhong and his wife came to Tang Ruowang.

"Sir, what you said was really good, and I have benefited a lot from it."

"Both of you are honored. I saw you meeting each other. Is this your first time here?" Tang Ruowang has lived in Daming for decades, and he already speaks Chinese fluently from Hong Kong to Beijing.

"Yes, sir, to tell you the truth, we are businessmen from Daming. We will live here for a while, and we will come to listen to Mr. every day from now on."

"The Lord will bless you." Tang Ruowang smiled happily, but once he tasted the word Daming, it brought back many memories for him. Tang Ruowang looked at the two of them carefully, and asked with interest, "Which place is Daming?"

"The capital of Ming Dynasty, Beijing." Li Quan and Liu Chunhong glanced at each other.

"Beijing is a good place..." Tang Ruowang was not without emotion.He has set foot on this sacred land since 1619, arrived in Beijing in 1623, and then in unforgettable 1644 and 1645.

During this period, his experience was more dramatic, from a missionary to an official of the Ming Dynasty, and on several occasions, he even had face-to-face conversations with Emperor Chongzhen.But the good times didn't last long, and the thieves became more and more fierce. In 1644, Emperor Chongzhen died, and Li Zicheng's army came, and then left in a hurry.The Manchu Tartars came, then left in a hurry, this time taking him with them.Then the memory of being in Beijing was cut off.

The two young people in front of us today, who looked like a couple, suddenly spoke about Beijing that was unforgettable to him, which brought back many memories for him.

"Sir, have you heard of Beijing?" Liu Chunhong asked knowingly.

"Hahaha, kind girl." Tang Ruowang smiled proudly, "I've heard of it, I've lived there for decades."

As Tang Ruowang said, he looked affectionately in the direction of Beijing.

Li Quan and Liu Chunhong chatted with him, and they thought it was okay, this German guy is still a kind and righteous person.So it seems that His Majesty has the foresight, and it may be useful to bring him back.

If you really can't get it back, you can't stay here even if you kill him after asking for an order, and become a disaster.

"Really?" Li Quan pretended to be surprised and widened his eyes.

Tang Ruowang nodded.

"Then why did you come to Shengjing again?"

Tang Ruowang looked at them, no one paid attention to them, he was a little frustrated, "It's a long story, Zhan Luan, everything starts from Zhan Luan."

"Would you still like to go to Beijing, sir?"

"I can't go anymore."

"Mister's speech is very good. There are many people in our company, and we also want them to be educated, but these guys are a bit stubborn. Can you come to us to enlighten them?"

"This." Tang Ruowang hesitated for a moment. As a devout Christian, he was willing to teach doctrine wherever he went, as long as someone listened.But now he is in the Qing Dynasty, with a special status, and his whereabouts are not very free. "Where do you live? How many people are there?"

"It's not far from here, at the entrance of Dongjie Hutong, Zhang's old store. There are more than 100 people including the drivers."

Li Quan was fooling him, there were only five of them living in the Zhang family's old store at the entrance of Dongjie Hutong not far from here. The 500 Jinyiwei were all dispersed, otherwise they would definitely arouse the suspicion of the Tartars.

There are not many opportunities to develop more than 100 believers at once, and they are all Han Chinese. Tang Ruowang hesitated for a while before agreeing.

(End of this chapter)