After a while, Zhou Xian found that John was really good at talking, from astronomy and geography to the customs and customs of various places, he knew everything. Although Zhou Xian had known before that these missionaries were all knowledgeable people, it was rare for him to be like him. The more they talked, the more they became more and more speculative, and finally they simply found a teahouse and chatted while eating snacks. The jade deer was also bought by him and forced to give it to Zhou Tai.

Zhou Xian joked, "Mr. John, this is eighty taels of silver. In the Ming Dynasty, you can buy a small house elsewhere. You gave it out like this, don't you feel sorry at all?"

John smiled and said, "Don't you Ming people often say that money is something outside of your body? When you meet a confidant, it's okay to spend all your money. Besides, I have a salary given by the church, some donations from the church, plus the official salary from the Ming Dynasty. The income per year is not small, and it is considered wealthy in the Ming Dynasty. This little money is nothing to me."

Zhou Tai patted John on the shoulder and said, "Uncle, this foreigner speaks in a very literary way, even better than me."

Zhou Xian ignored Zhou Tai and turned to John with curiosity, saying, "Mr. John, are you working in the court? Why do you have the official salary of my Ming Dynasty in this income?"

John looked weird and had an awkward expression of being caught, saying, "Didn't I tell the young master this? I work in the Imperial Heaven Supervisory and is usually responsible for translating calendars, promoting astronomy and making various instruments. Therefore, he has an official salary. But now His Majesty the Emperor asked me to supervise the war artillery with Western methods, and I don't like this very much."

Zhou Tai's face suddenly changed and he said cowardly: "You... are you an official in the court?"

John smiled and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor was appointed as the deputy chief of the Imperial Heaven Supervision not long ago. According to your Ming Dynasty, you should be a sixth-rank official."

When foreigners arrived in the Ming Dynasty, due to different customs, they usually preached at the bottom. Few people could get into the upper class, and few people like him could become officials. When they heard that he was responsible for supervising the construction of artillery, Zhou Xian thought of a man, Johnson Chan, who was extremely influential in the Ming and Qing dynasties. He couldn't help but ask: "Mr. John, do you recognize Johnson Chan, Mr. Tang?"

John said with a shocked face: "Ah! Young Master, John Tang is my Chinese name! How did you know?"

Zhou Xian didn't expect that this foreigner was really John Tang, so he bowed and said, "Mr. Tang's wisdom has long been heard. He is aware of astronomy and geography. He is a rare talent among foreigners. Your "Travel Mirror" and the "Chongzhen Calendar" compiled by Shangshu Xu (Xu Guangqi) were read in the next few days. I just don't know if Mr. Tang can send it to the next telescope? I am very interested in that."

Tang Ruowang smiled and waved his hand and said, "That's all the praises from others, and it's hard to count. As for the telescope, the young master can tell me where you live, and I'll send it to you when I have time."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "For this reason, I would like to thank Mr. Tang."

Zhou Tai looked at Zhou Xian in confusion and said, "Uncle, what is a telescope?"

"A telescope is an instrument that helps you see far. For example, standing on the second floor of this restaurant and looking into the distance, as long as there is no obstruction, you can clearly see everything tens of miles away."

Zhou Tai grew up and said, "So magical?"

Tang Ruowang smiled and said, "In fact, it's more than that. Recently, I have made a new one, which can be clearly seen twenty miles away. Next time I have time, I will bring it to the young master."

Zhou Xian nodded with a smile, thinking that this Johnny Chan is really generous and gives away everything you say.

Tang Ruowang looked at Zhou Xian and said with great anticipation: "Young Master, since you know so much about the West, you must also know God. If you have time, can you listen to you to teach you the teachings?"

The two were having a stir. Zhou Xian almost forgot that Joey Wong’s serious job was a missionary, and everything he did was to serve the missionary. However, although Zhou Xian had no dislike for Christianity, he could not say goodwill. He hurriedly said: "It's okay to talk about it, but it's not too late today. Let's talk about it in detail another day!"

Tang Ruowang looked a little regretful, but then he smiled faintly, took off his cross from his neck. He handed it to Zhou Xian solemnly and said, "Young Master, I will give this cross to you first. As for the doctrine and other things, we will talk about it later."

Zhou Xian smiled, asked the store for paper and pen, wrote his address, and handed it to Johnson Chan and said, "Sir, this is my address. Mr. Tang also wrote down his address. If you have time another day, I will definitely go to visit Mr.."

Zhou Xian and Zhou Tai said goodbye to Jokovic Tom and walked towards his home. Along the way, Zhou Tai saw that Zhou Xian was silent all the time, hesitated and asked, "Uncle, what are you thinking!"

Zhou Xian thought for a while and said, "Xiao Tai, these missionaries are all very talented people. Although their purpose is to preach, if they make good use of it, it will be of great benefit to our Ming Dynasty. My Ming Dynasty has always considered itself a country of the Celestial Empire, but at present, some aspects are obviously inferior to the West. If this continues, one day in the future, they will completely surpass my Ming Dynasty."

Zhou Tai said disdainfully, "How is it possible, just relying on those foreigners?"

Zhou Xian smiled bitterly and said, "It is because there were too many people with your thoughts in the Ming Dynasty who have always been self-confidant and unable to make a big breakthrough. The biggest problem is that the court attaches importance to the imperial examinations, and most of the talented people in the world are obsessed with Confucian scholars, and other aspects are called miscellaneous studies and strange techniques. But this day, it will soon change but they do not know it. If this continues, the future of the Ming Dynasty is really worrying!"

Zhou Tai said happily, "Uncle, what are you talking about? Just those Confucian scholars, except for studying hard, what's the use? To be honest, many are not as good as me!"

Zhou Xian knocked Zhou Tai's head with his hand and said, "You are so shameless."

Zhou Tai said "Oh" and said, "Uncle, it hurts." Suddenly, his eyes were stunned and pointed forward and said, "Uncle, look at our family, why are there so many people?"

Zhou Xian looked at him and saw a strange team at his door. More than 30 guards in military uniforms and long swords stood outside the door, dressed exactly the same as those seen in the Ming Dynasty Imperial Guards in the palace in the past. A red painted carriage was parked beside them. His face changed and he said to Zhou Tai: "It should be people in the palace, let's go quickly."

Zhou Xian and Zhou Tai had just walked into the yard and saw Gao Tian serving someone. Zhou Xian had seen that it was Wang Chengen, the father-in-law beside Emperor Chongzhen. Zhou Xian stepped forward and bowed and said, "Eunuch Wang, why are you here?"
Chapter completed!