Ming Zuo

Chapter 140 Poisoning
"Linqing is the thoroughfare from the north to the south, with many eyes and ears, but there is a change, and it will become a prairie fire. It is not a suitable place in the city. If you want to build a church, this is the best place."

Regarding Deng Yuhan's preaching, Qu Shixu gave such a suggestion.

Not in the city.

There are too many people, and they come from south to north, which can easily cause criticism.

And Zuo Zhuang is very good.

This is a completely closed place, outsiders can't come in, so naturally they can't spy on the situation inside.

By building the church here, the impact can be minimized.

Qu Shixu's suggestion was exactly what Zuo Menggeng hoped for most.

Deng Yuhan doesn't live in Zuozhuang, how can he take out all the knowledge of this powerful man?

Deng Yuhan is also willing to stay here.

He has no relatives in Linqing, except for Zuo Menggeng, he doesn't get any support.

In addition, his mind is not on preaching.

He even hopes to have a quiet place for scientific research.

Only Zuo Menggeng could provide him with these.

"Mr. Deng, I will build you a completely Europa-style church on Zhuangzi for your mass and residence. If someone in Zhuangzi adopts your religion, I will not stop it, as long as your religion does not interfere with secular affairs. .”

The conditions given by Zuo Menggeng made Deng Yuhan very happy.

"Left, although you are not a believer in God, you have contributed more than others in everything you have done. Please rest assured that I will properly restrain the believers and let them concentrate on feeling the Lord's gospel."

In a few words, the two sides reached a tacit understanding.

Zuo Menggeng supported Deng Yuhan's missionary work and asked him to explain to his superiors.

But the church is not allowed to interfere with secular affairs, otherwise thunderbolt means will be adopted.

On this point, the missionaries who came to China have long recognized the reality.

This is not Europa, where the rulers will not allow religion to override everything.

Here, religion is just a belief.

Religion can be a tool to assist in ruling, but religion itself is not allowed to be a ruler.

Over the years, the missionaries traveled north and south and bumped into countless southern walls. They have already understood that in this land, Europa's way will not work.

All persistence and firmness are false, and compromising with reality is the only way for missionaries to survive.

Not to mention that Deng Yuhan himself has no interest in preaching.

After hearing that Zuo Menggeng would build a church for him, he didn't even care what the church looked like.Instead, he followed Zuo Menggeng excitedly and visited the school and workshop here.

Seeing the proficient glass production technology here, Deng Yuhan was really happy.

"With these things, I can build a better astronomical telescope. But I need some help, some craftsmen who can polish glass."

Zuo Menggeng responded to Deng Yuhan's request.The youngest and most diligent glass craftsmen were directly sent over, and they secretly gave orders.

You must be humble, you must be eager to learn, and you must be easy to ask.

Whoever can learn more from Deng Yuhan will be rewarded!
And among these craftsmen, there was a little girl.

That is Lu An.

Zuo Menggeng always remembers Lu An's dream.

However, there was no one who could make astronomical telescopes here before, so Lu An had no way to learn.

Now with Deng Yuhan as a great power, Zuo Menggeng arranged for Lu An to come in.

Deng Yuhan didn't care about it at all.

On the contrary, these modest, diligent and studious young people are very appetizing to him.While he was busy with his own research, he also devoted himself to teaching.

Zuo Menggeng also made a request to Deng Yuhan.

That is, I hope that Deng Yuhan can give lectures to managers in his spare time.

The management personnel here are basically people who are relatively good at studying cultural subjects, and of course they are also the group of people who have the best knowledge and skills.

But what they can learn now is obviously not comparable to Deng Yuhan's knowledge.

With this powerful person teaching by example, not to mention how many masters can appear among these managers.At least when they are allowed to teach younger children, the quality of teaching can be improved a lot.

Deng Yuhan also saw the textbook written by Zuo Menggeng.

Although it is very rough, Deng Yuhan is very surprised by the way of writing and expression.

In particular, the various formulas are concise and precise, and the use of various symbols is wonderful.

Deng Yuhan absorbed it eagerly, and he hadn't taught any talents yet, but he learned something first.

The happy atmosphere was broken by the sound of hurried footsteps, a crying little kid rushed into the room and grabbed Zuo Menggeng.

"Qianza, my grandfather has been poisoned and is dying!"

The little boy is called Qin Luo, the grandson of the old Qintou.

Hearing what he said, Zuo Menggeng turned pale with fright, and hurriedly dragged him to run outside.

When I came to the place where the accident happened, I saw that it was surrounded by people.Chen Zhi, Wang Yun and others were also there, busy with sad faces, obviously the situation was not very good.

Zuo Menggeng squeezed into the crowd, and saw Old Qin's head sprawled on the ground, his face blushing almost dripping with blood, he opened his mouth wide and tried to breathe, but his beating chest seemed not to allow him to do so.

He ran over and asked, "What happened? Okay, how did you get poisoned?"

Seeing him coming, Chen Zhi stomped her feet and said, "Qianzuo, those crops you asked us to grow are actually poisonous substances. Old Uncle Qin just took a bite, but he was poisoned."

Is there poison in the seeds?

Zuo Menggeng was terrified, and asked: "What did old Uncle Qin eat?"

A farmer pointed to the field next to him and said while crying.

"It's this thing. Seeing that it bears fruit, the red one looks so pretty. Old Qin uncle said to try it, to see how delicious the thing Qianzuo valued. Who knew that old uncle Qin would be speechless after one bite. It's hot all over, like it's on fire."

Another farmer was also terrified.

"Qianza, what kind of poison is this?"

Zuo Menggeng followed the directions and saw that in the fields beside the road, the green seedlings were growing extraordinarily luxuriantly, all of them were as high as a person's waist.There are many bright red fruits growing on each seedling, which are extremely attractive under the sunlight.

These fruits are different from common fruits, they are all slender and slender, like daggers.

Zuo Menggeng was afraid that he might not be able to see clearly, so he simply walked over.Looking again, I can't help scratching my head.

That's right!
It must be chili!
But he wasn't sure.

After all, these seeds had just crossed the ocean and came to China. What if poisonous things were mixed into them?
In order to confirm, Zuo Menggeng picked one off at random.

"Old Uncle Qin eats this stuff?"

The dealers nodded one after another, and backed away in fright.

Zuo Menggeng also hesitated a little.

Is this thing a pepper?
After thinking about it, he decided to give it a try.

Just in case, he broke off a little bit.That way, even if the thing is poisonous, it won't hurt yourself.

Any poison that only talks about toxicity but not quantity is nonsense.

Zuo Menggeng put that little thing into his mouth slowly, but it frightened the others.

"Qianza, no."

"Chiza, spit it out quickly."

"You are the body of a thousand gold, how can you easily take risks?"

Zuo Menggeng shook his head, telling these people to be quiet.At the same time, the tongue and teeth moved gently.

Soon, a needle-like spicy taste filled the mouth, and then went straight to the lungs.

Good guy, it's a bit spicier than the hottest Chaotian pepper he's ever eaten.

Zuo Menggeng couldn't help opening his mouth to exhale, and at the same time, he was sure that this thing was pepper.

It shouldn't be, how can eating chili be poisoned?

Chen Zhi was very worried.

"Chiza, are you alright?"

Zuo Menggeng shook his head, continued to feel it, and found that it was the stimulation of pepper.

"This thing is not poisonous."

Wang Yun pointed to the old Qintou who was still panting violently.

"Then why did Uncle Qin become like this after eating just one?"

Eat... one?
Zuo Menggeng's head was full of black lines, and he finally understood what was going on.

Pointing at Old Qin's head, he said, "Pour water! Pour cold water!"

Everyone was puzzled, but they still did it.

Two ladles of cold water were poured down, and a miracle happened.

Old Qintou's panting finally became less rapid, the hotness on his body began to fade away, and his eyes became lively.

After a while, the person sat up thumping.

"The one next door to Spicy, I'm so spicy."

Seeing that old Qintou was alive and kicking again, Chen Zhi was very puzzled.

"Qianzuo, can this thing be detoxified with cold water?"

Zuo Menggeng pointed at Old Qin's head, and said angrily, "Is that poisoned? That's hot."

"Spicy...spicy?"

Chen Zhi, Wang Yun and the others were all dizzy, feeling as if something had happened.

Zuo Menggeng broke the pepper in his hand into many small portions and handed them to everyone.

"Try it all of you. This is a good vegetable and can also be used as a condiment. It's a bit spicier than wasabi, but the spiciness is more pure."

Everyone listened, and seeing that Zuo Menggeng was fine after eating, they carefully put the pepper into their mouths.

"hiss……"

"Spicy and ruthless!"

"Spicy and enjoyable!"

(End of this chapter)