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Hearing the sound of the waves in his ears, Xavier opened his eyes slightly, and saw Shen Mo smiling at him, and quickly smiled apologetically to the other party.

"Father, you're awake." He smiled silently.

"Oh, Lord Shen, how long have I been asleep?" Xavit was a little confused.

"It's been more than a day," Shen Mo apologized, "I'm really sorry." ”

"My God" Xavier was also surprised: "This wine is so strong, it makes the three feet on the side secretly laugh."

"I'm not very drunk either," Shen Mo comforted him: "It seems that this old wine is amazing, but it's not good." ”

Xavier found that he was refreshed, and he hadn't been in such a good state for a long time, and praised: "It seems that Lord Shen's collection is indeed good wine."

Seeing that he had no doubts, Shen Mo got up and said, "Hurry up and clean up, let's get to the shore soon." As he spoke, he pointed to a stack of clothes at the head of the bed and said, "This is not as good as the treaty ports of Shanghai and Suzhou." No one has ever seen a Westerner like you, so to avoid being watched, you'd better be

"I know, do as the locals do," Xavier snapped.

ten thousand

"Probably... That's what it means. Shen Mo smiled. He left Xavier's room.

When he came to the cabin, he saw that the coastline was getting closer and closer, Shen Mo suddenly turned his head, looking at the boundless and vast sea rippling blue waves, boundless, and Wang Zhi's giant ship had long been missing, and Shen Mo had already issued a gag order to his guards, and he was never allowed to mention everything that happened yesterday.

But that meeting, that conversation full of ideals, was forever clear in his silent heart, and it was almost the only thing that lifted his spirits after he came down from the post of governor of Su Song, and throughout the voyage, he was immersed in that strange, great, but unrealistic fantasy, and presumably Prince Enrique had thought the same thing."

But when he vaguely saw the land and Lin Zhen, those ideal things were suddenly pressed in the bottom of his heart, and his silent thoughts returned to reality. He had to face a cruel reality, that is, when he talked about the Age of Discovery with any official of the Ming Dynasty, he would not have the same resonance as Wang Zhi, let alone any great ideas.

Because he has been in this era for so many years, he deeply knows that these scholars and doctors who are poisoned by Cheng Zhu Lixue and have suffered from the isolation of the country, do not know how big the world is, but they are arrogant, in their opinion, there is no other king, dynasty or culture in the world that can be compared with their own country, even if they tell them about the vast new continent, they will think that it is a barbarian land that is not worth mentioning, and will never support anyone to occupy it, but will fiercely oppose it.

In a word, he knows what the right path is, but the problem is that no one else knows!

If there is anything more difficult than changing a person's mindset, it must be. Change the mindset of all people.

This task is so arduous that even a person with a stoic temperament like Shen Mo feels that there is little hope, looking up at the blue sky, he can't help but let out a long roar: "Sorry, the danger is high, the difficulty of Shu Dao, it is difficult to go to the blue sky!" ”

"Silkworms and fish ghosts, the founding of the country, how dazed...", a slightly exotic accent sounded behind him, and it turned out to be Xavier, who had changed his clothes, and also appeared on the deck.

"You are forty-eight thousand years old, and you are not populated with Qin Sai" Shen Mo was slightly surprised that this foreigner could memorize Tang poems in a low tone, and continued.

"Xidang Taibai has a bird road, which can cross Emei charcoal!" Xavier replied.

The silence was a little distracted. He muttered in a low voice: "Do you really want the earth to collapse the mountain and destroy the strong man to die?" Can there be a ladder stone stack hooked together? ”

Xavier smiled and said, "Yes, because there is a high standard of six dragons returning to the sun, and there is a return to the river with waves and reversals." The flight of the yellow crane is not yet passable, and the ape wants to climb through the sorrows. ”

made Shen Mo depressed and said: "I heard Zigui crying the night moon again, and I was sad about the empty mountain." The difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, so that people listen to this withered face, "I said Father, do you have to make me sad to death?" ”

Xavier smiled and said, "I see that the adults occasionally frown, sometimes sigh softly, and now they are reciting Li Taibai's poems. You can't help but guess what is going on with you. After a pause, he added, "It's hard, it's hard, it's hard." ”

"Haha" Silent couldn't help but laugh: "Father, I have a question I want to ask." ”

"Your Excellency, please speak." Xavier said in a respectful voice.

"You are of noble birth and well-educated. You deserve to live a noble life that is admired by others," Shen Mo said slowly: "Why can you leave everything you have, travel thousands of miles, travel across the ocean to preach in strange Asia, and have been wandering for decades, suffering so much that you almost lost your life, but as far as I know, "Your work has actually had little effect, and most of the regions do not accept your faith. ”

"That's right." Xavier had a frankness that the Orientals did not have, and said: "So I don't lead to the center of Eastern civilization, as long as the Ming Dynasty accepts us, the entire Oriental Shichai will accept it than Chen Chen."

"You don't have to wear a high hat for me all the time" Shen Mo shook his head and said: "My question is, where do you have such a strong self-confidence to support you to keep walking on this difficult "maybe never end on the road" said with a smile: "There is a saying that the sea of bitterness is boundless, and you never thought of returning to Spain, returning to your relatives and friends, and living that kind of respectable and superior life?" ”

Listening to the silent question, Xavit lost his mind slightly. After a while, he whispered: "It's false to say that I haven't wavered, especially when I am turned away, suspicious and sarcastic, and so sleepy that I can't even eat, I think it's better to forget it like this" said and shrugged his shoulders and said: "But I have a Jesuit mission." Across the ocean to the Far East. Nothing has been achieved for twenty years, how can you retreat halfway?

"With all due respect, the Eastern world has its own belief system and ideology" said silently: "If you want to achieve your goal, it is too difficult and too difficult", maybe it will not be possible for several generations.

Xavier nodded and said, "My lord is right, through the missionary work in Japan, I especially agree with this, the Eastern world believes in Buddhism, and if you want to replace it, it is indeed difficult to go to the sky." ”

"Then you're still," said silently.

"Since he has chosen to be a clergyman as his life's work, since he has sworn in front of the statue of Our Lady to dedicate his life to spreading the gospel of the Lord" Xavier said leisurely: "Then I am destined to have only this way in my life" At this moment, he has no sorrow or joy, only pure faith, and the sound of the waves cannot hide his firm voice: "I also know that I am likely to fall on this road." But if I can point out a correct path for future generations, I believe that I have completed my mission," he said to Shen Mo: "I feel that many things are not done well by one generation, just like planting a ginkgo tree, maybe after you plant it, you will not see it in the shade for the rest of your life, but you can enjoy its benefits to your grandchildren." He habitually spread his hands and said, "Although I can't taste the fruits of victory, they can't take away the glory that belongs to me, because I planted that village." ”

After listening to Xavier's words, Shen Mo suddenly fell into deep thought, and when the boat entered the Shanyin River from Houhai and then into Jianhu Lake, he came back to his senses and said apologetically to Xavier: "I'm sorry Father, I'm distracted." ”

Xavier saw that he was refreshed, and his face was full of sorrow. He smiled and said, "Meditation is the cultivation of the soul, and if you have something, you will be congratulated." ”

Shen Mo laughed and said, "Thanks to your words, yes, I have thought clearly, I used to suffer from gains and losses, and the psychological burden was too heavy, but I will not be in the future, thank you, priest." ”

Although Xavier didn't know what he meant, he was very happy when he saw that Shen Mo's heart knot was opened, so he took the opportunity to ask, "My lord, can I walk around in Shaoxing City?" ”

"Of course," Shen smiled silently, "Your freedom is completely unrestricted, but if you are watched, please ask Father Haihan." ”

"I'm all tame." Xavier smiled and said, "Your Excellency only cares about me, you don't have to think of me." As he spoke, he shook the robes on his body and asked Shen Mo: "How is it, do you still want to do that." ”

Shen Mo smiled and nodded, "It's very similar to that." ”

, know, 10,000

Jianhu Lake is known as 800 miles, next to the city of Shaoxing, "but that was the matter of the Han Dynasty." Since the Tang Dynasty, the rich and wealthy families have been silting up the river and enclosing the lake to make fields, so that the water surface of Jianhu Lake is getting more and more now from Jianhu Lake to take a boat, and it is no longer possible to enter the city immediately. If you're unlucky, you'll have to rely on two legs for the thirty miles.

Silence's luck was not bad, there was indeed a carriage on the dock, and it was still tented. But the home is not specially for carrying people, but waiting for the goods to be purchased, because from afar you can smell a strong fishy smell emanating from the carriage.

Wow, it's really Sanon, everyone can't help but cover their noses.

But if you don't take this ride, you can only walk back, and now that it is getting dark, it is too late to go into the city, so you can only sleep outside the city for the night.

Sanchi asked for Shen Mo's opinion, Shen Mo was already homesick, and he didn't want to delay any longer, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Anyway, it's okay to go back to your own home, and it doesn't hurt to have a little smell on your body!" ”

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