Prince of Chaos

Chapter 619 All roads lead to Rome

There is a Tessie proverb called: "All roads lead to Rome"!
Today, Chen Zhenlong, who has been drifting at sea for nearly a year, finally arrived at the prestigious city of Rome under the guidance of Matteo Ricci and other Westerners.

It was also the first time for Chen Zhenlong to see that in a distant foreign land, there is actually an ancient city that is not inferior to the style of Daming!
Matteo Ricci looked devoutly at the location of the Roman Catholic Church, and said excitedly, "Chen, the great city of Rome is ahead! Our pope is right there."

Standing on the deck, Chen Zhenlong looked at the majestic city in front of him, and couldn't help sighing: "I never thought there would be such a majestic and majestic city outside of Daming! This should be the capital of your Taixi."

Matteo Ricci said: "No! This is our holy city!"

Chen Zhenlong couldn't understand, but he didn't ask too much.

He came to Taixi to complete the mission assigned by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, to bring back Taixi's classics and scientific research at this moment to Daming, and if possible, he would also bring those university scholars who were judged as heretic They also take away.

This is also the task Zhu Changluo gave him. Chen Zhenlong is very puzzled about this task.

Why take Tessie's criminals?

However, Chen Zhenlong will not disobey the crown prince's will, and he will try his best to complete these tasks.

At this moment, in Chen Zhenlong's mind, he was wondering who the Jia family who was missed by the crown prince was?

How could it make His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is hundreds of millions of miles away, think about it?

Thinking of this, Chen Zhenlong could only explain it by saying that the crown prince is a born saint, and this Jia family may be the crown prince's virtuous minister in Yingmeng!
Looking at the crowds of people on the pier in Rome, countless Roman citizens and congregants gathered here.

They had received the news of the arrival of the Ming envoy early on. At this moment, they were all looking forward to seeing the elegant demeanor from the mysterious east.

In the biography of Marco Polo, they knew that the mysterious east was a treasure land full of gold, and before the history of reluctance, their ancestors also said that there was a great invincible fleet that once crossed the ocean and was invincible!
Even the Spanish fleet, now known as the Armada, cannot be compared with the legendary Eastern Fleet 200 years ago!
Now, the mysterious East finally sent their envoys to Rome.

The excitement in the city of Rome can be imagined.This excitement is even more exciting than their celebration of Christmas!
After all, Christmas happens every year, but the mysterious oriental messenger does not happen every year.

Moreover, this time was the first time in thousands of years that an envoy from the East arrived.

This excitement and uniqueness are enough to make everyone crazy!
"My God, is this the messenger from the East?"

Little York, who was standing in front of the pier, looked at the huge ships coming in the Mediterranean Sea, and he asked his friends around him suspiciously.

His friend also climbed on the same mast as he did, and said suspiciously: "It should be, these ships are different from ours, and there seems to be a flag of a worm totem hanging on their ships." .”

When Little York heard his friend say that it was a long worm, he immediately popularized science: "Augustin, that is a dragon, that is an oriental dragon. I heard from my father that the orientals worship dragons."

Augustine asked in surprise, "Aren't dragons evil creatures?"

He looked at Daming's fleet and couldn't help feeling frightened, fearing that there would be some terrible demons in this fleet!

Little York looked at Augustine's ignorance, and he laughed and said, "Augustine, you should read more books outside and chat with wise men more. In God's book, only God knows this world, and the outside world is still very big."

"The dragons in the East are different from our Taixi dragons. Their dragons are gods. They can be big or small, hidden or visible. They can call wind and rain, summon thunder and lightning, and they are a symbol of power!"

Augustine looked at Little York adoringly, "Little York, you know so much."

Little York proudly said: "This is what the wise men told me."

Augustine stopped talking, because he knew that the wise man Little York was talking about was a traitor who had been named by the Inquisition.

Augustine's father was a priest with a priesthood and served as a tutor in a monastery. What his father hated most were these so-called "sages".

In his father's eyes, these wise men were all sinners who committed the most heinous crimes!
How dare they use so-called "science" to look directly at God, it is unforgivable!
Everything in the world was created by God, which has long been recorded in the Our Father.

But these wise men dared to doubt all this, to doubt God.

This is to shake Tessie's foundation!

Therefore, Augustine's father, the old Augustine, hated this!
Little York looked at the perplexed Augustine, who knew why his dear friend was silent.

He smiled and patted Augustine, "If you want to know what the outside world is like, you can chat with these envoys from the mysterious East."

Augustine asked blankly: "Is this okay?"

Little York said with a smile: "I may not be able to, but you must be able to. The residence that the Pope arranged for the Eastern envoys is your father's monastery. You also live there and communicate with them. Isn't that easy?"

A smile suddenly appeared on Augustine's face: "Yes. I can."

The two children just lay on the mast and watched the Deming Fleet approaching from the sea. In the children's words of one question and one answer, they showed the current Rome and Taixi's understanding of the mysterious East.

In fact, their understanding is very one-sided, just like Chen Zhenlong's understanding of Taixi.

Although Matteo Ricci told him many stories about Tessie along the way, Chen Zhenlong still felt that this place was very strange when he really arrived in Rome.

This place is different from Daming, there are tall tower-like buildings everywhere, with gradual corners, and there are crosses standing on the corners.

After getting along with Matteo Ricci for so long, Chen Zhenlong naturally knew the meaning of the cross.

But when he saw that almost all the buildings here carried crosses, Chen Zhenlong couldn't help wondering, aren't the Thais afraid of overtaking the Pope?

However, Chen Zhenlong also felt relieved when he thought about Matteo Ricci's explanation to the Pope.

The Pope is nothing more than the servant of the Taixi God in the world, and in the words of Daming, he is a priest.

How can there be any arrogance in the sacrifice of a god?

However, there was one more thing that shocked Chen Zhenlong.

In Taixi, the royal power should be attached to the priest of the Pope, which is really inconceivable!

No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince repeatedly asked him not to bring back Taixi theology books.

In the eyes of Chen Zhenlong, a Confucian businessman deeply educated in traditional Confucianism, these theological books are even more extreme than heresy.

A priest dares to fool the people and manipulate the world!
This is simply an unforgivable crime in Daming!

He was going to be quartered by five horses, executed Ling Chi, and exterminate the nine clans!

However, in Taixi's place, it turned out to be a grandiose thing.

It can be seen how depraved the land of Taixi is.

However, these are not things Chen Zhenlong would criticize.

After all, Chen Zhenlong is not a rotten scholar who reads dead books. He is a big businessman who has seen turbulent waves. He talks about people when he sees people, and talks about people when he sees ghosts. This is his basic quality.

Therefore, after arriving in Taixi, Chen Zhenlong will still go to the countryside to learn the etiquette and laws of Taixi, and never talk about the political system of Taixi!
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(End of this chapter)