Chapter 10                                                             �

While thinking about the various disputes in the capital, Zhou Mengchen was preparing to prepare for an exhibition of the Sixteen Worlds. First, let the merchants and envoys who came here temporarily live in the newly prepared Fan District.

The so-called Fan District is actually a large courtyard with simple construction of houses.

I didn't let them go out for several days, but sent doctors to treat them one by one. It was also the most primitive method of epidemic prevention.

It was not until seven days later that they were released. These people were allowed to move freely. But they could not leave Shanghai County. Of course, there were no specific restrictions, but they had to come back tonight.

At the speed of walking alone, they cannot get out of Shanghai County. Even if they can really get out, they will not be too far.

In fact, Zhou Mengchen did not care about foreigners going deep into China. But Zhou Mengchen knew that many of his reform measures were from opponents. Although he defeated the opponents' ability, this ability was used with caution and should not be placed in irrelevant places.

Whether foreign merchants go deep into the Ming Dynasty is not a key issue for trade. However, there are many people who want to get entangled, so Zhou Mengchen naturally gave up the arguments on this.

Therefore, in the future, foreign merchants are not allowed to leave the county where the port is located, and it will become one of the rules and regulations of the court.

However, at this time, most people in the foreign regions could no longer suppress their desire to get out. They got off the boat and looked at the two sides of the Wusong River with a glance, and were already amazed. For the South Asians, the legend of the powerful and prosperous Ming Dynasty has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. For Westerners, Marco Polo's writings are the dreams of many Westerners. They have come here, just one step away. Naturally, they are extremely happy and hope to go out.

Finally, the soldiers guarding the Fan District relaxed the restrictions.

There are two Westerners, one with red hair and the other with black hair. The clothes of the two are very similar and they should look together, but they look uncomfortable when they look at each other. But in the East, they have the same educational background. Although they hate each other, they are the only ones who can speak on the boat.

Therefore, although both parties do not like each other, they can only join in this strange place.

This doesn't prevent them from hating each other.

The red-haired one is called Andres de Udaneta. He is the bishop of Cebu who came with the Spanish army. The black-haired one is called Zabbello.

The two people have different backgrounds, and they are both from Spanish aristocrats. However, they have completely different choices. On the contrary, after knowing each other, they both feel that each other hates each other very much.

Although Andres was a priest, he was essentially an official and bureaucrat. He had real power on Cebu Island. However, the Spanish were not stable on Cebu Island and suddenly received an invitation from the Ming Dynasty. Although it was vague, for the Spanish on Cebu Island, this was an opportunity that cannot be missed.

So Andres, as the highest priest on the island, participated in this operation, essentially, he was the official representative of the Spanish.

But Zappu is different.

Zappello was also a Spanish aristocrat, but when he entered the religious academy in Paris, France, he was determined to spread the gospel of the Lord. When he saw Andres, he smelled the priests who failed the Lord's teachings from the other party. They all tried to seize property. For them, property was something more important than the gospel. That kind of bureaucratic smell.

So Zappu is very annoying.

Shortly after graduation, Shabbat joined the Jesuits and became one of the earliest priests of the Jesuits, thus coming to Southeast Asia to develop. He first preached in Malacca and Ambon, and later preached in Japan. Later, he felt that it was absolutely impossible to preach in East Asia, but on the way to preach in China, he encountered a storm and died. He finally returned to Malacca. After a while of cultivation, he learned that China had opened its own sea. He followed the Portuguese envoys here. The Portuguese had been here for a longer time and knew China better. Therefore, the Portuguese did not send any official representatives at all. As long as they could do business, the rest would be tacit understanding.

One of the two people thinks that the other is a traitor of the Lord, an insatiable person who defiled the Lord's glory. The other person thinks that it is for a reputation and does not estimate anything, but instead makes it seem like someone who pursues worldly interests wrong. It is really hateful.

However, at this moment, both parties have no intention of arguing with each other.

They walked in the streets of Shanghai, looking at the solid ground under their feet, as if they were a whole big stone. But no one knew that it was impossible to have such a large stone. Fortunately, Zabbell was quite knowledgeable and said, "Is this Roman cement?"

During the ancient Roman period, the Romans used a large amount of natural cement with volcanic ash and lime to build a large number of buildings and roads. After the demise of Rome, these things were ruins, and modern cement was reinvented in the Eighteenth World.

There was no cement in Europe at this time.

But as a knowledgeable and knowledgeable person, Zappello has been to Rome, so he naturally saw what this is.

But he never expected that Daming would use cement.

"I want to get him." Andres said in his heart.

A golden light almost popped out of his eyes. The beads seemed to have turned into gold coins. He could immediately think of how much wealth he would get if he could bring these cement back to Spain.

What Zabber was worried about when he saw this was more that the Chinese were so wise that they could naturally make greater contributions to God's cause. But the biggest question now is how to make such a smart Chinese become the Lamb of the Lord. Andres was already thinking about the possibility of conquering China in his heart. The Spanish great formation was invincible in the world, and the Spanish invincible fleet was invincible in the world. The only thing he was worried about was that China was too far away.

But they soon saw that the other side of China was the beautiful houses, cities, farmlands that could not be seen at first sight, and the docks that had dozens of miles of continuous quay on both sides of the Wusong River.

Also, there are two factories that look like cities on both sides of Wusongkou. The shocking feeling of a huge creature.

It shocked Zambelu, and suddenly felt that Paris was nothing. Not to mention anything else, the cement roads and bluestone roads were connected, and the streets were clean as if they had been washed aside. Although there was some sand, I would not feel any obstacle when I walked up barefoot.

It is a very different experience from the situation where you have to wear high heels and walk on feces in Paris. It is a very different place. In this regard, Paris is not as good as here. At this time, Paris had only six districts, and Shanghai County, now Shanghai County, plus the industrial area along the river and the small towns in Jiangnan along the coast. In terms of scale, there is an illusion that Shanghai is not smaller than Paris.

And it's a feeling of winning in all kinds of temperaments.

Of course, their feelings may not be all illusions.

Although the county town in Shanghai is not big, Shanghai is the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan. Shanghai and some small towns outside Shanghai are slightly less prosperous than Suzhou. Not to mention that after Zhou Mengchen decided to open a port in Shanghai, they have been investing in the infrastructure construction of Shanghai, such as the dock industrial zones on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the cement floor under their feet, etc. This is the result of Zhou Mengchen's vigorous promotion. In addition, Hai Rui reduced the burden on the people of Shanghai, which allowed the people of Shanghai to have spare money and could invest in the repair of their own houses.

You should know that a few years ago, Shanghai had repeatedly suffered from Japanese pirates and experienced a lot of destruction. Many places needed to be rebuilt. This was built with the help of the east wind of Hairui's tax cut this time.

What appeared before them was an ancient and brand new city.

For a moment Andres couldn't help but say, "Maybe this is heaven."

Zappello rarely agreed with Andres's point of view, but soon Zappello prayed silently at three o'clock in his chest and began to confess. He felt that he should not think that the pagan city seemed like heaven, which was defiled to God and his disloyalty to the shops.

But while he confessed, he still felt that this place might not be in heaven, but it must be the city closest to heaven.
Chapter completed!