Chapter 423: Kill or not?

Should we destroy this European mission or let them go home?

Zhao Xing repeatedly measured the input and output of this matter - what will he gain and what will he lose in this matter?

What you gain is his benefits, what you lose is his costs.

After a long time, Zhao Xing felt that it was not worth taking this risk, because it was possible that Fox had already sent the collected information out of the Song Dynasty. After all, overseas trade was so busy that Zhao Xing could not check every ship or everyone's luggage.

In this way, once Zhao Xing takes action, he may lose a mature trade route, but he will gain very little. However, he may directly trade with Jerusalem...

When you think about it, you can only blame yourself for this matter, and blame yourself for your lack of confidentiality awareness in this regard.

Technology cannot be blocked by killing a few people. If you want to avoid being overtaken by others, you can only continue to innovate.

After thinking through these things, Zhao Xing's expression eased. He replied calmly: "It's already like this, let's just let it... You understand what I mean, right?"

Fox had been sweating coldly just now. After Zhao Xing finished saying this, he nodded quickly: "I understand! Please rest assured, sir."

The head of the European mission looked puzzled and asked, "Bachelor Fox, what did this official say just now? Why don't you translate?"

Fox quickly said goodbye to Zhao Xing, and led these people out of the meeting room to the door. He whispered to the mission staff: "Gentlemen, gentlemen in this country like to go around in circles and never tear their faces directly. The official just told me in this way that they have understood that we have obtained the recipe. Gentlemen, I once warned you. This official understands our language, please do not talk about our secrets in front of him. Now, let us leave quickly, so as not to regret this official."

Fox almost escaped from Jasmine Garden with the mission. When he passed by the gate of the fort, he passed by a team of scholars, and the commander of the mission stopped. He exclaimed: "Cross, how could there be a cross here? Is he our sect?"

Fox pulled the group out of the Jasmine Garden and whispered: "This is a branch of the Eastern Roman Catholic Church. The Inquisition designated them as heresy doctrines. They then fled to eastern Myanmar and became the camel religion on this land in the last dynasty. Orientals called them "Nestinism". Sir. Please speed up your pace. This group of people has nothing to do with us. What we need most now is to escape from danger."

In the castle, Zhao Xing shook his head and sighed: "How could this happen? I tried my best to cover up that secret. How could someone else go there easily?"

Those present were Yang Shi, Zong Ze, Qin Guan, Zhang Yi, Deng Yufu, and the prefectures of various states. These people came to the reception room because they would meet with outstanding students from prefectures of various states. This is Zhao Xing's usual project on the winter solstice recently. After Zhao Xing expressed his feelings, others were regretting this leak, but they were not as sad as Zhao Xing.

Zhang Yi chuckled: "How can we blame the people below? The saints say 'there is no distinction.' The students follow the church of scholars and wish that everyone in the world will be bathed in the teachings of the Master... Don't you often say that the worldview determines the behavior pattern? They have been taught this way since childhood. Naturally, they want to teach others all the knowledge they know..."

Qin Guan retorted: "When his ancestors were alive, they once opposed selling books to Goryeo. If everyone from the Song Dynasty had this enlightenment, how could this day happen easily!"

Zhao Xing waved his hand: "Forget it, we can't blame the scholars, blame us, blame us for not covering the secret. Fortunately, they took away only black gunpowder. Because this thing was recorded in the 'Martial Jing Zongyao', and the other three kinds of gunpowder we invented were secretly preserved by the Guangnan Ordnance Bureau. Only a few people and I knew the formula. Black gunpowder is the gunpowder we are about to eliminate. If it is lost, it will not harm us."

Zhang Yi nodded in agreement: "The world is so big, and we are so far away from these Europa people. It is estimated that the two sides will have a conflict, which will be a long time later. As long as we continue to create new gunpowder, we don't have to worry about being surpassed by others."

While he was speaking, the high priest An Sida led a group of students into the door. Zhao Xing looked at them and said thoughtfully: "Only the only God is metaphysical, this is the truth. Because the existence of the only God can form scientific theories. Otherwise, people always blame the role of the gods for unknown things. There are gods everywhere, and there is no system."

No one understands what Zhao Xing said, and what Zhao Xing said is exactly what modern society thinks is terrible in the West. They have to find a system in everything. With a specific system, scientific experiments will be separated from the empiricism of just talking about things, and scientific laws will be easily discovered...

An Sida took the lead in salute to Zhao Xing. The etiquette of Nestorians is similar to the combination of Buddhism and Christianity. He did something with one hand and drew a cross in the void, then reached out with the other hand to make the shape of a lotus flame, and said kindly: "Bless you, my child!"

Zhao Xing hurriedly stood up and returned the greeting: "Master, are you safe?"

An Sida nodded: "Your mercy shines on the land of Shaanxi. In recent years, the war orphans have been supported. I have brought this group of students this year, no longer limited to war orphans. There are also some lambs whose parents died of poverty and illness. I have entrusted you with the blessings of you. They are now supported. May the Lord bless you and may the glory of God be with you."

This was the first time An Sida went out of Shaanxi and escorted a group of students to Hangzhou to receive Zhao Xing's face-to-face training. In the past, the people present knew that Zhao Xing had taken over Su Shi's inheritance and liked to support some people who were unable to study due to poverty and illness, but this was nothing, because "raising the seeds of reading" was a tradition of scholars in the Song Dynasty, but Zhao Xing actually successively funded the orphans of war in all parts of Shaanxi, which made the people present respect him. Zhang Yi stood up first: "Good deeds are unknown. I thank my husband for this kind of good deed for the people of Shaanxi."

Zhang Yi is from Shaanxi. He solemnly thanked Zhao Xing as a Shaanxi native. Originally, he was a servant, so he naturally knew the difficulties of studying, so he empathized with Zhao Xing's righteous deeds. However, the doctrine of Confucianism requires people not to show their joys and anger. Although Zhang Yi was moved and tears filled his eyes, the words of thanks were said indifferently.

Zong Ze was different. He had been an official in Shaanxi. During his tenure, he heard that some wealthy businessmen helped orphans in Shaanxi study. He didn't pay much attention to this matter before. Now he knew that Zhao Xing was the main sponsor of the local area. He took the lead and bowed to Zhao Xing solemnly: "I used to hear that the Taiwei's mansion was huge, and I often blamed the Taiwei for being arrogant and extravagant. I often compared the Taiwei to Cai Jing. Today, I was wrong. Taiwei left office for many years and was still worried about the poor local people. It was not as good as the loving people, and I felt very ashamed!"

An Sida stood opposite, looking at everyone's discussion with a warm smile. The great patriarch is now becoming more and more charlatan. His every move is full of compassion. After the above talks, he waved his hand: "Children, come and see your sponsors."

The children below knelt down, all of whom called "admitted father". Zhao Xing's face imitated An Sida's kind expression, but he muttered in his heart: "I'm just doing a step further than Tong Guan's eunuch. Tong Guan even knows how to fund the orphans of war. Am I not even as good as him?"

This is a humanistic society. The group of senior officials mentioned above have heard the academic edicts in various places. They muttered privately: "We are ashamed of being a scholar edict. I remember that I have not sponsored a lonely and cold man in my life. The governor of the Zongzhou is still shameful. If we do not do anything, wouldn't it be..."

The following school edicts were discussed. They forgot to come forward to encourage the students with Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing had already brought the high-ranking officials to those students. An Sida brought not only the lonely students in Shaanxi, but also some outstanding students from the Ministry of Education who were willing to make a living at the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. Zhao Xing asked about the students' hometown, name, and their future ambitions one by one, and took Deng Yufu's hand and introduced to the students: "Come on, please see you. This will be the head of our sailing school, the famous Deng Yufu, who is determined to learn sailing. Come to this Deng Yingxiong to report, he has a lot of overseas stories waiting for you to master..."

When they heard Zhao Xing introduce Deng Yufu, the Xueyu in various places came to their minds. They quickly went up to greet and asked about the students' ambitions. After a while, the students were divided up by the Xueyu according to their ambitions. After a little, the maids served a cold meal, and the students held a plate in front of the Xueyu and exchanged knowledge with the Xueyu.

You should know that when information was not smooth in ancient times, such face-to-face teaching was of extraordinary significance to students. They came from the countryside of Shaanxi, and they had some knowledge of the countryside. In most cases, the problems that students did not understand were not understood by the scholars. And here is different.

Here are Qin Guan, a talented man, a great poet, a great dramatist, and a great screenwriter; Zhang Yi, a great master of the Cheng Yi school, and the famous educator, Yang Shi, a famous minister who cultivated Yue Fei, and a famous traveler who traveled overseas, Deng Yufu... Even Zhao Xing also has many dazzling halos. He can be regarded as a great economist, a military master, a general who wins every battle, a capable official in governing the local area, and no matter who has a huge doubt, anyone who finds out here can answer them.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Xing pulled out and approached An Sida. At this time, there were only a few devout students around An Sida. They silently watched the lively communication scene, but their expressions on their faces were very indifferent.

Except for Zhao Xing, there were Confucian scholars in other places. Even Deng Yufu, an agronomist, was not very tempted by Nestorians. Therefore, no one around An Sida came to greet him, but An Sida still smiled kindly, warmly, and calmly admired the scene in front of her.

Zhao Xing first apologized to An Sida: "The great Patriarch, the academic edicts in various places are Confucian believers. They also admire Patriarch An's compassion, but they cannot express it in person. Sorry."

Ansda replied with a smile: "Sorry, the doubts that have been entangled with my children for many days have been answered. I am only happy. As for me, no one comes to greet me is nothing. If they greet me and make my lambs neglect, I will not be happy."

Zhao Xing immediately asked again: "How is the recent development of Nestorianism?"

Ansda shook his head slightly: "No! I originally thought that Nestorianism solved the problem of worshiping ancestors and received your support. It should have made great progress, but the actual situation puzzled me... What puzzled me the most was that believers do not like to repent. If they did something wrong, they always have to find many reasons to defend themselves. How could this happen? God is watching, why are they not enlightened?"

Zhao Xing smiled: "Patriarch, think about it again. If a slave has neither property rights nor personal safety, nor personal freedom, he will have a sense of responsibility? It is impossible for a slave society to have a sense of responsibility. A group of slaves have no guilt, so they have made mistakes, which is not their reason. Naturally, they have to find various reasons to excuse themselves. Please be patient and be more patient!"

After hearing this, An Sida turned to Zhao Xing with a smile: "When I talked about this, I suddenly remembered that although you support Nestorianism, you have never been to church for a week. You have not confessed once, right?"

After a moment of pause, Ansda smiled and said, "Average clergy may not be able to receive you. Do you need me to preside over your confessional ceremony in person?"

Zhao Xing turned his face with a smile, looked elsewhere, and said to An Sida: "There are so many secrets in my heart. I still have a huge secret. I can't tell others no matter what, and I can't even tell you the dying repentance... Master Bishop, don't be anxious. When I die, I will make a confession and tell you all the sins I can say."

Zhao Xing looked elsewhere and happened to see Zhao Feng walking in. He waved to Zhao Xing hiddenly at the door. Zhao Xing nodded slightly, and Zhao Feng immediately flashed and sneaked out of everyone's sight while no one noticed it.

After greeting everyone for a while, Zhao Xing made an excuse, sneaked out and arrived at another small reception room. As soon as he saw Zhao Feng, he asked, "Why did you come back so quickly? How many days will you take? Have you seen your wife?"

Zhao Feng nodded: "I have notified Qingzhao and asked her to come to see me quietly. The Iron Cavalry Army and I left the capital together, and Dazai Zheng Juzhong also accompanied him, saying that he planned to escort Princess Chang to Hangzhou and cross the sea to inspect the territory of Changguo. However, the Iron Cavalry Army moved slowly, so I took a fast boat from the waterway to go south, a few days earlier than they did."

After talking about his situation, Zhao Feng immediately asked: "Legitimate Father, when I was in Zhending Mansion, the Supervisor once laughed at his father for building a watchtower group in Xuzhou. He said: Without a firm guard, no matter how strong the castle is, it is smooth. What does my father think?"

Zhao Xing was silent for a moment and said slowly: "This time I encountered a folk fight in Yiwu..."
Chapter completed!