God and mystery

Chapter 133 The New Era's Rules for Suppressing Demons

Leaving the imperial city, two people, one big and one small, walked out. The adults looked like wholesale arms, and the children looked like wholesale magic weapons. In short, they all wrapped themselves into rice dumplings, armed from feet to teeth.

The muzzle of the firearm is black, and the flag and token of the magic weapon are dangling. It's really a frightening dress.

"What kind of new weapon is this, Five Thunder God Machine, I know this."

"This is a meteor cannon"

Large early class revolver "Five Thors".

Lightweight Franco cannon "Meteor Cannon" for single use.

The handgun "Lianzigun" made during the Jiajing period.

All kinds of Taoism, this is a musket!
All kinds of Taoism, this is artillery!
All kinds of Taoism, this is a grenade!

Daming manufactured a wide variety of firearms, ranging from cannons to pistols. Of course, most of these firearms were firearms, and they had not yet reached the more advanced matchlock guns.

But soon.

"According to the address given by Lao Zhang, I will visit Zhao Shizhen."

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a very powerful firearms expert named Zhao Shizhen. He and a Turkish friend Dosima made a Chinese version of arquebus guns and improved some Western firearms. If there was no rise of Jianzhou and natural and man-made disasters If the national power of the Ming court is lost, perhaps his firearms will be carried forward.

After that, there will be a man named Bi Maokang who will relay with Zhao Shizhen to make flintlock guns. It's a pity that by his time, the Ming court was already at the end of its strength. This weapon was mass-produced.

After all, the Ming court has been using three-eyed firecrackers on a large scale, not because of how powerful this thing is, but because it is easy to produce, cheap, and it doesn’t hurt to lose it after use.

Lao Zhang explained the source of the previous firearms. Most of them were given by Emperor Wanli. After all, the power of firearms is still considerable. Now there are new enemies. After the firearms are blessed with the Big Dipper Curse, they can exert great deterrent power .

Generally speaking, civilians are not allowed to own firearms, but Ji Xiang is an official, and one of the two Ascendants. As a privileged class, there is nothing wrong with holding firearms. That power is much greater than firearms.

The use of firearms is mainly to break some weird magic, things that are difficult to restrain with normal magic, and a single shot will often have a miraculous effect. After the Dongyue Temple incident, the current Ming army equipment is being enchanted by a large number of old Zhang.

Therefore, the firearms in Ji Xiang's hands were also enchanted by Lao Zhang, and they were seriously upgraded firearms.

As for firearms, Lao Zhang also mentioned one person, that is Zhao Shizhen. As a master of firearms in the late Ming Dynasty, Ji Xiang thought that he should visit Zhao Shizhen and provide him with inspiration for the Gatling machine gun. It was rubbed out with the simple machine tool at home.
Ashamed, this can be regarded as a small contribution to Daming.

After Ji Xiang went out, his appearance was so scary that not many people dared to approach him. Of course, some people in Shuntian recognized Ji Xiang. They didn't know where he was going to hunt down demons with this weapon.
"Now Taoist priests like this. It seems that they are indeed better than traditional Taoist priests."

"Really, I saw that Zhang Tianshi has a firearm on his waist. This thing is very useful for fighting those ghosts and ghosts!"

"I was in Dongyue Temple back then, so I can testify."

On the road in the ruins, soldiers of the Ming army on patrol greeted Ji Xiang, and at the same time, voices of discussion sounded quietly.

When leaving the imperial city, Ji Xiang didn't go through the south main gate, nor did he go to the west gate, but went to the east city.

Because if you want to go back to Wudang, the waterway in Dongcheng is the fastest. It only takes [-] days to reach Yingtian from Shuntian. The day is the waterway to walk.

After Yingtian, go up the Yangtze River and change the waterway to enter the Han River, which can reach Wudang directly.

Zhao Shizhen's residence is also here. He is a junior official of the seventh rank, so he can't live in the imperial city area. He lives at the junction of the inner and outer cities and is with his friend. According to Lao Zhang, this point should be I am writing a book about firearms - "The Spectrum of Artifacts".

But before going far, Ji Xiang was stopped by someone.

Matteo Ricci tidied up his clothes and appeared in front of Ji Xiang. He wanted to apply to enter the imperial city, but because of Nurhachi's incident, both the Forbidden City and the imperial city were closed, and no outsiders were allowed to enter or leave. Shangshu Laowang was also arranged to rest outside the imperial city. To put it simply, they could only be let in after inspection.

And Emperor Wanli also had no time because he went to see Concubine Shang, so Matteo Ricci and others have been living outside the imperial city.

Matteo Ricci now wants to report the fierce land of Dongyue Temple, and then ask the emperor to approve a note to build a church for him, but this matter has not been known to Emperor Wanli, and it has been rejected by peripheral personnel.

"You take Jesus Christ to line up with the immortal officials of the Song Dynasty. You are so powerful."

"I told them, is it okay to try, and they just scolded me like that."

When Matteo Ricci saw Ji Xiang, he came to build a relationship. After all, the other party was a reader of his translation of "Elements of Geometry". Since you have read my book, then we are friends.

In Daming, many friends have many paths, not to mention that Ji Xiang is also the "religious leader" here, and Matteo Ricci has already asked someone to popularize the soap-colored clothes on his body. This is a high-ranking official. big.

After all, there are very few Taoist officials who can be awarded by the court to wear soap-colored clothes, and Lao Zhang is one of them, but he usually wears blue clothes, and sometimes wears a blue cap.

A good relationship with the local religion is conducive to the development of overseas business. Although polytheism and monotheism conflict, it is a matter between gods and has nothing to do with us mortals, just like God does not need Go to the toilet, but didn't say that the priest didn't need it.

Moreover, Matteo Ricci himself also has a nickname, called "Great Western Region Mountain Man", with the word "Xitai".

And when Ji Xiang saw Matteo Ricci appear, he suddenly had a thought!
When it comes to usages such as wishes, isn’t Christianity the big one?
"Since we're friends, can you give me a Bible?"

Faced with Matteo Ricci's familiarity, Ji Xiang also unceremoniously fought back!
Now that we are all friends, can I prostitute your book for nothing?

However, the word "Bible" stunned Matteo Ricci for a moment, but he quickly realized, and said, "Our Father is not called "The Bible", but your name is not bad. I will change it later."

"But scriptures can't be given away for free! Do you want to believe in religion! You obviously don't believe in religion, so you can't give it away for nothing!"

"But I can sell it to you cheaper."

Matteo Ricci said that the Bible is the only guide for Christians to enter heaven. If you believe in Christ and become a Christian after baptism, then the priest will send you the Bible as a friend. May you be blessed in this world and have a good place in the future.

But if you don’t believe in Christ, of course you can’t give it away. It’s not a matter of whether you have friends or not. You get it for free when you join a church, just like a supermarket egg at fifty cents a catty. But if you want to become a member, if you don’t, you can only buy it at the original price.

Ji Xiang stretched out a finger: "A tenth of the original price?"

Matteo Ricci said, "No, a copper coin will do."

This is the unique humor of the West. Seeing Ji Xiang startled slightly, Matteo Ricci's beard trembled, and he said with a smile: "People in Middle-earth act too seriously, and the relationship between friends cannot be measured by money. Of course, we I also sincerely want to make friends with you.”

"I have been in Middle-earth for 12 years. I have met all kinds of people. There are those who are interested in profit, those who have good clothes, those who have power, and those who are beautiful. I made many friends when I first came. When there is nothing to do, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of a friend; when there is a crisis, the friendship will be revealed."

"I have inquired a lot about you in the past few days. After learning about your charitable deeds in the West City, saving thousands of people from suffering, killing demons and demons without hesitation, I believe that you are the kind of person who can be friends with!"

"The god I believe in also told me the same way, in times of crisis, lend a helping hand to those who are in trouble!"

(End of this chapter)