Prince of Chaos

"Mr. Xitai, I didn't expect that the customs and customs of your Taixi are so different from those of Daming. You people here are very devout and trust your Holy See. There are temples for your Taixi gods everywhere here, and the people will see you every day. Go to the temple to worship. It's so pious."

Chen Zhenlong and Matteo Ricci were gossiping.

Matteo Ricci said gloriously: "This is because our God created the world for us, so we are extremely respectful and devout to Him. And we pray that after our death, we can also be led by our God to His Kingdom of God, where Eternal happiness in His kingdom."

Chen Zhenlong hummed, "This is very similar to our Daming Buddha. Our Daming Buddha also has his Paradise of Bliss. People who believe in Buddhism also long to go to the Buddha's Paradise of Paradise after death and enjoy eternal life."

Matteo Ricci said: "I have known about the Buddha of Ming Dynasty, but in my heart, only our God is real and unique."

Chen Zhenlong smiled and did not refute, because Chen Zhenlong understands the psychology of these people, he has also been to temples to talk about scriptures with monks, and he has also been to temples to discuss Taoism with Taoist priests.

Those who believe in God stubbornly believe that only what they believe in is true.

Therefore, as a scholar who cultivates righteousness and pays homage to the saints of Confucius, Chen Zhenlong still respects ghosts and gods and stays away.

Of course, except Mazu!
Because Mazu is the god who can really bless him at sea, so in Chen Zhenlong's heart, he truly believes in Mazu as the only god.

After all, Chen Zhenlong worshiped Mazu during his life at sea for so many years, and he never encountered any fatal danger.

Therefore, in Chen Zhenlong's mind, Mazu is the only reliable true god.

It can be seen from this that the belief of the Chinese is a very realistic belief. They only believe in the blessings and protection they can get, as for the illusory world of bliss and the heaven of gods.

These are based on the principle that if you believe it, you have it, if you don't believe it, you don't have it.

There is no belief at all, at most it is a trust or awe.

The two stopped and went, and Matteo Ricci told Chen Zhenlong about the history and creative inspiration of each landscape.

But after Chen Zhenlong stopped, he found that Matteo Ricci's stories were almost all stories about Taixi God and the son of Taixi God, and occasionally there were stories about the Virgin Mary.

When Chen Zhenlong heard the story of the Virgin Mary conceiving the son of Taixi God in the body of a virgin, Chen Zhenlong's spirit was visibly lifted.

Chen Zhenlong is familiar with the routine of this story.

In the history books of Ming Dynasty, all the legendary sages, emperors and founding emperors seemed to be born in this way.

Among them, one of the most widely spread legends is the story of the mother of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, pregnant with Liu Bang.

Although, Liu Yu is not like the Virgin Mary of Taixi, but Gaodi who was conceived as a virgin.

However, the legend of Liu Yu being pregnant with Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty is similar to that of the Taixi Virgin Mother Huaitaixi God Son.

Legend has it that Ms. Liu once rested beside the Daze, dreaming of meeting with a god. At that time, there were thunder and lightning and the sky was dark.Liu Bang's father Liu Taigong went to look for it, and saw a dragon lying on Liu Nai's body, and soon became pregnant and gave birth to Han Gaozu Liu Bang.

It can be seen that, according to the legend, it should be the god who gave Liu Taigong a hat, so Liu Bang was born.

As for what happened to Our Lady of Taixi, Chen Zhenlong didn't bother to investigate it. After all, it happened 600 years ago, so I can't even explain it clearly. Therefore, there is no need to delve into this issue.

Moreover, after the in-depth investigation is over, whether you can retreat completely is a problem.

Therefore, it is more pragmatic to adhere to the principle of do as the Romans do and respect each other.

If you really want to raise the bar, then wait until a certain day when the ships that come are all equipped with cannons, and then explore.

Otherwise, it is better to be civilized.

After playing for a day, Chen Zhenlong was also tired.

In the days that followed, Chen Zhenlong stopped asking Matteo Ricci to be his tour guide.

In the rest of the time, he will host a book buying event.

Taixi has almost collected the books of the sages with names and surnames.

There are only contemporary and modern personal works, and Chen Zhenlong has not collected many.

Therefore, in the following days, Chen Zhenlong asked people to place signs for buying books on the most conspicuous places on the streets of Rome.

The books that Chen Zhenlong wants to collect this time are the private works of various famous writers since the Renaissance. These works may still be in a state of dust or shelved and only a few people with lofty ideals are studying and studying.

Therefore, the difficulty of purchasing is also somewhat more difficult than traditional sage masterpieces.

But, after all, this is a buying booth set up by Orientals, so in the next period of time, there will be many, many people who come here to offer their own works or the works of their teachers and ancestors.

When Chen Zhenlong collected these private works, in order to show the grandeur of the Heavenly Dynasty, he stipulated that each work could be exchanged for a ceramic tea bowl from Ming Dynasty!

This ceramic tea bowl is as expensive as gold in the eyes of the Thai and Western people. For a while, the people in Rome and the vicinity of the city were excited and crazy.

Anyone whose family has produced celebrities and has a collection starts to rummage through boxes and cabinets, hoping to find some family heirlooms that can be exchanged for oriental porcelain.

Moreover, because of Chen Zhenlong's generosity, the loss rate of draft books in Roman libraries and private collections of nobles has increased.

It can be inferred from this that these drafts of books in private collections must have been stolen by some house thieves.

However, these nobles who lost their book manuscripts could only lament, and took the initiative to move their own books out to exchange porcelain with Chen Zhenlong.

In the end, Chen Zhenlong got too many books, and the porcelain he brought was not enough.

Therefore, Chen Zhenlong had no choice but to make a decision in grief. From now on, ten works can be exchanged for one piece of porcelain.

However, even so, the enthusiasm of the Taixi people was still blocked. They still frantically collected books from all over the world and exchanged them for porcelain in Rome.

Chen Zhenlong looked at the enthusiastic Taixi people, and he sighed, these people are really warm and selfless.

Such good knowledge is willing to exchange it for porcelain.

This is almost impossible in Daming.

Many Ming craftsmen would rather bring some things to the coffin than leave a word, lest their unique skills be learned by others.

The Taixi people are good, they actually wrote down their works in such a grand manner, and racked their brains to spread them.

This is very different from the ideas of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, one left and one right.

Maybe, that's why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked himself to collect Taixi's books and artisan cheats.

It's so easy.

Finally, Chen Zhenlong found that the ships he brought could not hold these books, so with the help of the Pope and enthusiastic Thai and Western nobles, Chen Zhenlong bought more than a dozen large ships from the Dutch and Spaniards!

By the way, Chen Zhenlong also sent hundreds of sailors and ship repair craftsmen.

Seeing such an enthusiastic Pope and Thai and Western nobles, Chen Zhenlong was moved to tears.

Thai people are so hospitable.

In this regard, Chen Zhenlong also drew a big cake for the Pope and the Thai and Western nobles.

He took out an imperial decree given to him by the crown prince.

This imperial edict is a blank imperial edict, and it is for Chen Zhenlong to decide whether to use it or not in Taixi.

Originally, Chen Zhenlong planned to keep this blank edict as a family heirloom.

Now, seeing these enthusiastic Thai and Westerners, Chen Zhenlong decided that he would use this decree to make a big deal for the Thai and Westerners.

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