My life skills in Daming Liver

Shangchuan Island is not far from Langbai'ao Island. Under the night, Su Ze took a boat and boarded the pier of Shangchuan Island.

Looking at Lin Mojun who was determined to follow, Su Ze landed on land with the help of the guide and looked at the small island.

The most eye-catching building on the island is the white church hidden in the moonlight. The cross on the top of the church is very eye-catching, and anyone who lands on the island can see it.

The Ming court blocked the island because of this white church.

Su Ze couldn't understand the missionary enthusiasm of these Europeans, just like Captain Alfonso couldn't understand why Daming refused to open the port and do business with people from other countries.

The last time he arrived at Langbai'ao, Father Pierre had been on Shangchuan Island, and he led Su Ze and Lin Mojun to the white church with ease.

Looking at this European-style wooden church, with candles burning in the church and the shrubs around the church neatly trimmed, Su Ze asked Father Pierre:

"Who is in charge of this church now?"

Father Pierre said, "It should be Father Gago, the assistant of Father Xavier."

The main entrance of this church is the chapel, and the back entrance is where the priest lives. Pierre led the crowd to the back.

Father Pierre was a senior member of the Society of Jesus, while Father Gago was just an assistant priest. He knocked on the door and then opened the door. Su Ze saw a middle-aged priest reading a book under the light.

The middle-aged priest raised his head and immediately stuffed the book in his hand into a stack of files after seeing Father Pierre, and said excitedly:

"Father Pierre! God bless you, you have returned safely!"

Father Pierre gave Father Gago a hug, and then looked at Su Ze and Lin Mojun behind Father Pierre.

Father Pierre introduced according to the speech he had already prepared:

"This is Daming's knights Su and Lin. They were the ones who rescued me after the New World ran aground."

"Not only did they fix the New World, they hired me and Captain Alfonso."

Pierre looked at Su Ze. He knew that Su Ze was proficient in various languages, and he said according to Su Ze's instructions:

"Under my influence, Su accepted the Catholic faith."

This is the rhetoric that Su Ze had prepared a long time ago. It was to attract more priests to Changning Guard and to deal with them better.

Sure enough, when he heard that Pierre had successfully converted a "knight" of Ming Dynasty, Father Gago showed an excited expression.

Over the years, the Frangji people have been preaching in the coastal areas, and they have also accumulated some believers.

But these believers are mainly fishermen along the coast, or some overseas immigrants who left Daming.

These are the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty, and none of the true believers of the Ming ruling class have developed.

"Knights" are the lowest-level lords in the West, and they are also the lower-level rulers who own territories, so according to Pierre, it means that he has obtained the qualification to preach in Su Ze's territory.

God bless! This is huge progress!

Father Gago quickly blessed Pierre, but Pierre looked at Su Ze, but couldn't be happy.

Su Ze stepped forward and said in Portuguese: "Father Gago, can I read the manuscript materials left by Father Xavier?"

Father Gago believed Pierre's words even more when he heard Su Ze's fluent French language.

The scholar-bureaucrats in Ming Dynasty were very proud. Xavier tried to enter Guangzhou to preach, but he was stopped outside Guangzhou because he could not speak Chinese.

Not only the Ming Dynasty, but now the whole of East Asia has a sense of superiority in civilization.

Father Gago followed Father Xavier to preach in the country of Japan. Every time he debated with the monks in the country of Japan, these monks would bring up "Why didn't the Ming Dynasty believe in Catholicism" and "Why didn't the Ming Dynasty say that" to refute Father Xavier, Use those Chinese philosophy books passed down thousands of years ago to refute their views.

Father Xavier was speechless after being refuted, and after returning to Lang Bai O, he began to study Chinese hard.

It's just that when he was in Langbai'ao, Father Xavier contracted malaria and died.

As a proud "Master of the Great Ming Knight", Su Ze is willing to learn Portuguese, which shows the achievements of Pierre's missionary work.

But Su Ze's request made Father Gago hesitate.

"Father Xavier's manuscripts are his private property, and are to be shipped back to Europe."

Su Ze looked at the table and saw the books hidden in a pile of documents, then sat down on the chair and said:

"As a Jesuit clergyman, is it really good to read The Divine Comedy?"

Su Ze opened the book on the table. It was a thick parchment book, and the title of the book was "Divine Comedy" in Latin.

Father Gago's face changed slightly. The book "Divine Comedy" is not banned in many places, but the most conservative Jesuits still prohibit reading it.

The reason is also very simple. Dante wrote a pope imprisoned in hell in the Divine Comedy, which offended the Roman Church and was once listed as a banned book by the Holy See.

Protestants also often use the Divine Comedy to attack the authority of the Catholic Church, so after Su Ze opened the "Divine Comedy", Father Gago's heart skipped a beat.

Su Ze read a passage in Latin, and then asked Father Gago:

"Father, do you think Virgil or Beatrice, whose guidance is more important?"

Father Gago looked at Su Ze in surprise. He never thought that in the far east, someone would discuss the content of "Divine Comedy" with him?

Virgil and Beatrice are the "angels" who guide Dante in the Divine Comedy. The former symbolizes the rational spirit of man, while the latter represents faith.

"Divine Comedy" had a huge influence in the Renaissance. It is not only Dante's fugue description of hell, but also a reflection on human rationality.

Father Gago looked at Su Ze and said his answer: "I personally think Virgil's guidance is more important."

Su Ze nodded and said, "I also think people's rational spirit is more important."

Su Ze said again: "I want to check the notes of Your Excellency Xavier, because I want to know the progress of Catholic missionary work in Japan."

"Compared to pious belief, the spirit of reason can guide us forward."

Father Jia Ge looked at Su Ze in surprise. He, a "knight" of the Ming Dynasty, actually wanted to preach in Japan?

However, it was Xavier's last wish to preach in the Far East, and Gago, as Xavier's assistant, did not return to Portugal after Xavier's death, which also shows that he was a fanatical missionary.

Father Jia Ge thought for a while and said: "In that case, please wait a moment, I will go and get Lord Xavier's manuscript."

Father Gago put on his clothes and moved out a box from another room. After he opened the box, several parchments and scroll manuscripts were placed in the box.

Su Ze's historian's occupational disease is onset, and he can't take his eyes off all of a sudden. These are all priceless first-hand historical materials!

Xavier can be said to be the missionary who traveled the most in the country of Wa in this era. Naturally, there are records of the current situation of the country in his manuscripts, which is very useful for Su Ze to understand the current situation of the country.

Xavier even went to the capital of the Wa country, met the down-and-out Japanese kings and ministers, and traveled throughout Kyushu. These are the information Su Ze is eager for.

Moreover, Xavier only returned to Langbaisha from the Wa Kingdom three years ago, which means that this is all information about the current situation in the Wa Kingdom!

By reading history books, Su Ze's history has reached Lv7, 200/3000, which is already considered the level of a senior historical researcher.

However, history is a vast field of knowledge. How can Su Ze, who is a mere Lv7 in history, know the historical details of ancient and modern China and foreign countries.

Su Ze's current situation is that he can remember the occurrence nodes of major events in history, but he is not clear about those less famous historical events.

As for the historical details behind the historical events, Su Ze is not clear.

Taking the current Japanese history, what Su Ze can remember is Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu and other famous figures, as well as the historical battles related to these celebrities.

As for the Otomo family, the Shimadzu family, and Ryuzoji in Kyushu, Su Ze can only remember the name of the family governor, and the "Nikaido Incident" in which Otomo Yoshizhen usurped the throne, and the battles between these families, Su Ze knew nothing about internal family struggles and major military forces.

This is why he needs Xavier's notes. On the one hand, studying Xavier's historical materials can continue to increase Su Ze's historical experience.

On the other hand, through these notes, Su Ze can grasp the situation in Kyushu, Japan, and provide more information for the next layout.

Su Ze looked at these precious materials and said to Father Jiago:

"Can I stay here and hire someone to transcribe these materials?"

Father Jia Ge thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have already finished transcribing the notes of Your Excellency Xavier."

Su Ze was overjoyed immediately, and he soon realized that Father Gago had other conditions.

Sure enough, the middle-aged priest said: "I hope Your Excellency Su can take me to preach."

Sure enough.

But this is also in Su Ze's arms. Father Jia Ge actually sent him to the door. After getting the sea to Changningwei, he has to obey his own control.

Father Pierre looked at this junior with sympathetic eyes, and he didn't know whether the following life would be good or bad for Gago.

In all fairness, Su Ze is a very good lord. He is generous and generous in sponsoring research, and he also takes great care of Father Pierre.

Now Father Pierre has come out of the shock of the "heliocentric theory". He is actively drawing star maps, and with the help of Su Ze's new mathematical knowledge, he has developed great enthusiasm for the movement of celestial bodies.

This time, Su Ze was able to pull him out of the observatory on Dong'ao Island under the guise of sailing and mapping star maps.

But the more he researched, the more Pierre's faith was shaken.

The movement of celestial bodies can be summed up through mathematical formulas. The "Three Laws of Planetary Movement" written by Su Ze can perfectly calculate the law of celestial body movement!

And all of this can be presented perfectly with geometry and equations, and the formulas are as perfect as God's creation!

Now Pierre can only instill a set of new theories in himself. The laws of the movement of celestial bodies are created by God, and only the creation of God can be so perfect!

But at this time, Su Ze put forward that "rational thinking is the only way to approach God", this crooked theory made Pierre, a traditional Catholic, almost explode his head.

At the thought of Gago also becoming his companion, accepting the baptism of Su Ze's terrible knowledge.

Father Pierre has already begun to pray for Father Gago's future.

Su Ze looked towards the church and asked, "Father, you follow me to preach, what about this church?"

Father Gago said calmly: "Father Barrett, a new missionary sent by Goa, has arrived in Sabai'ao, and this church can be handed over to them. However, Priest Barrett wants to build a church in Macau, and he is negotiating with Daming negotiate."

It is no wonder that this church is so deserted. During this period of time, the main task of the Jesuits in Macau is to build a magnificent cathedral in Macau, so as to attract more believers of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ruins of St. Paul's, a famous modern tourist attraction in Macau, is actually the ruins of the cathedral built by these Jesuit missionaries.

It is not known whether the church was built under the auspices of the priest Barrett.

Since Father Gago can leave at any time, Su Ze is naturally very happy, and he does not plan to stay in Macau for too long, so he said:

"If Father Gago has any belongings, I can send someone to help you carry them aboard."

Father Gago said: "I don't have many personal belongings, only some books."

Hearing the books, Su Ze's eyes became brighter, and he immediately said: "Of course no problem! Father Gago, you can move any books to my territory! Can you let me see your book collection?"

Father Gago said, "Of course, no problem, my lord."

The Jesuits are one of the most conservative denominations in the entire Catholic Church, and their favorite model is the dual model of lord-priest.

This is also the model of most medieval knight territories, that is, the priests are loyal to the lord, and the lord guarantees the religious rights of the priests and maintains this secular-religious dual rule.

So Gago did not have any hesitation in his allegiance to Su Ze, but he didn't know his so-called "Knight Lord", and he had no interest in his missionary work at all.

Gago led Su Ze to his library. Books are expensive in the West these days, so Gago doesn't have many books.

"Ten Days Talk", um, old uncle.

"Don Quixote", this is the best-selling popular book in Europe today, and Su Ze secretly read it when he was in high school.

In "Ode to Fools", Su Ze glanced at Gago again. This is a book that satirizes the Catholic Church. It seems that this Father Gago is also a bit deviant.

I'm not afraid that he is deviant, but I am afraid that his beliefs are too pious!

Su Ze has also read "Gallic Wars" and "Homer's Epic", but the current version is probably somewhat different from the later version.

It's a pity that reading these books can only increase the "language" skills, but not the "literature" skills. If you want to brush up the literature skills, you have to write things yourself to spread them.

Returning from Shangchuan Island, Su Ze quickly sold out the black tea on board, contacted several businessmen, and agreed on a long-term cooperation intention. The New World sailed and set sail again.