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Shaoxing City has been around for thousands of years, and has always been green and crystal clear, with pink walls and black tiles; stone bridges are flying and light boats are shuttled, everything is so elegant. Even the voices of people, hawking, playing, and singing are all filled with a leisurely and stable smell, as if their rhythm has not changed for thousands of years.

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People here enjoy this comfortable life, but they also feel a little bored and always feel a lack of freshness. But today people will not be boring because they encounter new things, and accuracy must be accurate. A new person has come to the city.

When the man appeared in the city, he became the focus of attention because his appearance was really different from the tall figures people saw in daily life, but his clothes were no different from those of Chinese scholars. His head was a golden color that people had never seen before, his eyes were blue, his nose was very high, and his eyes were very deep, and his eyes were bright and bright. This image was indeed unprecedented.

Everyone gathered around from afar, guessing where he was. Anyway, he was definitely not a Middle-earth person, but at this moment, something even stranger happened. This golden and blue-eyed foreigner actually spoke Chinese, and his amiable and polite expression suddenly attracted everyone like a magnet. He only heard him say: "Hello everyone, my name is Xavier, and I am from Spain from Europa,"

This person is Zaberro. According to the diary he disclosed after his death, he slept on the boat for a night and asked the direction of Shaoxing City early the next morning. Although he had been in the Ming Dynasty for a while, he had only been active in Shanghai. It is said that Shanghai has only been built for a few years, so of course it cannot represent the original appearance of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in Zaberro's opinion, this time was the real beginning of his trip to China. So he didn't take a bus and went to Shaoxing City step by step.

The battles were intertwined along the way, and Shabuliu was surprised to find no uncultivated land on both sides of the road. All the land was divided by neatly scattered with green rice planted on it. From time to time, farmers could be seen driving tame buffaloes to work in the fields. Spain also used oxen to plow the land, but the method here was much more clever. Here people only used a buffalo to pull the plow. Someone rode on its back and put a rope on the nose of the cow, which could easily guide the cow to move forward according to the human mind.

He also saw flocks of geese, including tens of thousands of adults, who were driven to the fields by people. He asked from afar, what was he doing. People told him that it was to let the geese eat the weeds growing in the rice fields, and the fish, shrimps, crabs and so on that harm the rice fields. "It's really a good way to kill two birds with one stone, and Zabby couldn't help but praise him.

In the distance of the rice fields, there are orchards and mulberry forests that cannot be seen; in the fields, colorful wild flowers can be seen, with pleasant fragrance dotted with layers of green, and birds singing, which makes Zaberi particularly happy.

When he left the Jianhu area and stepped on the flat and wide official road, he immediately saw another scene. He saw that passengers traveling from south to north on the road were endless. Some walked, some rode horses, and some were riding horses, and some were riding sedan chairs. In addition to pedestrians, there were also pack horses, mules and other commuters on the road. However, so many people and livestock were not crowded at all, because the road was very wide and more than ten people rode side by side. No one was hindering anyone, and the ground was covered with big stones, which were flat and easy to walk. The tall trees on both sides kept the pedestrians protected from the pain of the sun. There were also many villagers on the road selling fruits and herbal teas for tourists to cool down.

As he walked, Shappulu felt a little thirsty. When he saw a clear spring beside the road, he imitated people, squatted by the water and picked it up and tasted it. The taste was sweet and clear. He couldn't help but drink it. When he looked up, he realized that some people were watching themselves with curiosity on their faces.

This is the first time that Zabby has seen such a scene. He smiled friendly to those people and introduced himself in pure Ming Dynasty Mandarin. With these two powerful tools and his good cultivation, the misunderstanding was quickly resolved. People became kind to him and gave him fresh fruits and melons. When he was about to pay, people laughed and said, "What's the money? You come to our Ming Dynasty from all over the world, that's the guest, how can you care about the money you ask for?"

Shabuluo said in his heart that Confucius' teachings have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even farmers are simply practicing them. It is a very sensible way to treat guests with friends from afar.

In his conversation with those people, Zabbrevi heard that roads like this are everywhere in the south, if they go to the north. Although there is no such shade of green trees, the breadth is even greater. He really surprised him not to know that in Madrid, Spain, there is not such a wide and flat road. From this point of view, the gap between the two countries is still quite large.

He also became curious about the caravans traveling from south to north. Through inquiries, he learned that they not only transported things from one province to another, but even did business in the same province, and could also make high profits. Moreover, these merchants were gentle and polite, and seemed very well-educated, and were completely inferior to Western merchants, which made Xavier admire them very much.

After resting, he said goodbye to the enthusiastic passers-by and continued on the road. At noon, he arrived outside Shaoxing City. The entrance to the city was extremely majestic, with a wall of fifteen or five wide and thick. There was an orchid door on the front, all of which were built with Qinban back to the ground. There were barbs like forests at the root of Shijian, which were obviously built to guard against the beggars.

Only these sporadic military facilities still have traces of resistance from the past. As far as he knows, there has been no trace of hunched enemies in the entire Xijiang River for more than three years. Shaoxing has not been burned for five years, and peace has once again come to the earth. People enjoy the peace and wealthy life.

With the introduction letter sent by Shen Mo to him, Shabbatura successfully passed the guard's inspection and entered Shaoxing City. He saw a very beautiful and humane street scene. The street was built along the river, and the roads were paved with bluestone. The river water was clear and the bottom was clear. There were exquisite stone arch bridges connecting the road. The bridge holes below could connect the large ships.

The road is full of exquisite buildings with white walls and black tiles. On the first floor facing the street, there are various shops, with distinctive signs hanging, filled with all kinds of unique and exquisite goods, and even many non-essential luxury goods. When Zappello was young, he went to Venice in the Water City, and he had to admit that it was the commercial center of Europe, but it was larger, spacious, tidy and prosperous than Shaoxing. He had to lose a lot, let alone other European cities.

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Aware of this, Xavi was a little discouraged, but he also strengthened his determination to start a career in this magical and rich oriental land.

Zabby was completely immersed in this beautiful Jiangnan city. He came to his senses and greeted everyone. When people asked him where he came from, they no longer held him as a warning and showed great signs.

There were many idle people in the city, and there were many people talking to him. After a while, they became familiar with him. Shabulu had a lot of problems. He just poured beans on the bamboo tube. He all mentioned, for example, he saw many beautiful door holes in the city, but there were neither walls nor gates. I don’t know what it was for. Everyone smiled and told him that it was not a door, but a archway, which was used by the court to commend filial sons and virtuous wives, loyalty, filial piety, integrity and righteousness, and to be a high-ranking official for good study.

"Oh, Zappu, who is used to promote goodness, nodded and said, "Then you really should build more." This caused laughter from everyone.

Everyone had a pleasant conversation for a while, and then it was lunch time, so they all dispersed. Everyone went to find a way to eat, and most of them were dealing with it outside, and there were very few people going home for dinner. Because there were many restaurants in the city, on land and in the river, they were all neat and clean, and the food was delicious, and the price was fair in terms of the income level of the locals.

Several people who had just talked to Zabberi enthusiastically wanted to invite him, and then continued to chat, especially when they heard that he was from 90,000 miles away, and became interested in exotic customs. Zabberi told the truth that he had eaten it, so those people took him to another type of "restaurant", a teahouse, and sat down here. There were various dried fruits and dairy products, as well as fruits and almond candies, and people invited him to enjoy it very kindly.

Zabby had to leave a pleasant conversation with them, telling them about the style of Europa, the thrilling sea navigation, and the unique scenery of places like Africa, India, and South China. He is an old missionary, with his natural eloquence and personal experience, which is particularly attractive when he speaks it. The audience is fascinated, and the number of people around him gathers more and more, and he refuses to disperse even when it gets dark.

But a famous local scholar stopped the party, because "Mr. Sha is too tired" and kindly invited Shabulu to live in his house. Shabulu had no silence of the Easterners, so he was very honored to agree.

At the home of the retired court official, he first saw the beautiful Jiangnan courtyard, which was an art of bringing mountains and rivers into buildings. When wandering in it, Shabby felt like walking in a painting. The kings and nobles of the West all lived in hard stone castles; those with more wealth and greater power only used larger and stronger castles to reflect their dignity. Compared with the retired officials of the Ming Dynasty, they were like barbarians.

Zaberi lived in the courtyard of this husband's husband's house for a few days. Every day, nobles from Shaoxing City came to visit. He was surprised to see the good demeanor, upbringing and noble manners of those nobles, as well as the seriousness of answering or asking questions, and there were also generous gifts when visiting, all of which reflected the true aristocratic demeanor. It was indeed more heartbreaking than the merchants in Shanghai. But even those great figures in Shanghai were enough to make Zaberi depressed, because in his hometown of Spain, the nobles were synonymous with stupidity and domineering. He could not win wide and heartfelt respect.

But Zappelle was not satisfied with sitting at home waiting for someone to come to the door. He had to walk around and take the initiative to attack. So after two days like this, he refused the owner's enthusiasm to keep him and moved out to a small hotel to live. But even such an inconspicuous small hotel is very beautiful. "The inside of the house is as white as milk, and it looks like smooth paper. The floor is paved with large and flat square stone, the ceiling is made of wooden structure, and the structure is beautiful and painted with bright colors, which looks like brocade, which looks very beautiful. The courtyard is also full of flowers and plants for viewing, and there is even a fish pond with ornamental fish. Zappelle repeatedly confirmed that the room fee was not outrageous before he dared to move in.

After moving out, he finally had the opportunity to observe Ming people more carefully and in-depth, and to pass on power in other countries... the second enterprise. He was very clear and carefully understood this country and the people. It was necessary to know before the start of the year and the flaws. Of course, he also had a very strong interest in everything here.

He has shown that the people of the Ming Dynasty attach great importance to blood ties. The elders of the family of their clan have the power to be irresistible to the younger clans. They will organize their clans to worship the graves of their ancestors at a fixed time of year. It is said that this kind of ancestor worship can play a role in keeping the relatives of distant families, so that everyone will not regard each other as passers-by because of their kinship distant relationships. In addition, the elders of these clans also require clans to obey the "ethical principles". For example, children should be filial to their parents, brothers and sisters should be kept in peace with each other during the day, and help each other in times of difficulties. Anyone who cannot do this will be severely punished by the elders. At the same time, they are despised by public opinion.

This strange ethnic relationship does not require the law to be clearly implemented, but is strictly followed by everyone. Therefore, it has formed a special social form of the Ming people. Some people are woven into their own ethnic groups. If they often interact with each other and have close relationships, they will naturally help each other. Even if they have a bad relationship with the tribe, they have the right to ask for help from elders in the tribe when they encounter problems, and they will usually be resolved.

Zabber felt that this was why he had never met a poor man who was begging on the street since he entered the country. This was incredible for a European; it was also very bad news for him; because when missionaries wanted to open up the situation in a strange place, they often started from poor people who could not eat. Through some good deeds of spreading food and treating diseases, they could easily attract the first group of believers and then grow stronger.

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But what surprised and depressed Zabuli was that the living standards and sanitary conditions in the city were enough to extinct many common infectious diseases. There were also enough doctors with excellent medical skills to treat the poor for free or at low prices, which was not comparable to him. And when he asked why he had never seen anyone begging, the people of Ming Dynasty answered that: There was a special area in the city, with many houses for the poor, blind, lame, elderly, and unable to make a living. Moreover, the government and the big households also supply rice regularly so that they would not starve to death. They could live in such a large charity-like building. Moreover, the handicraft industry in the Ming Dynasty was prosperous, and the city's labor was very scattered, so there were many job opportunities, so the poor could survive without begging.

After preliminary investigation, he was convinced that the routine he used to in India, Southeast Asia and Japan would definitely not work. With this awareness, Xavier felt very upset and decided to go out to take a walk and relax. This time he was wandering around, and he decided to walk along the street and count wherever he went. Unconsciously, he walked to the east of the city. He felt that this place was more beautiful than the street that entered the city, with more beautiful houses and archways, and the shops on both sides were also gorgeously decorated than other streets, so he saw more people worshipping.

Zabby saw that the crowds were crowded and bustling, and everyone was excited. After asking, he realized that today was the day of "a temple fair, so he walked in with the crowd. Sure enough, he saw many craftsmen who were not seen, as well as opera singers, monkeys, storytellers, and magicians. It was really lively. He was overwhelmed with the help of his parents. He only regretted that they had fewer eyes and could not see them all from all directions at once.

Following the crowds and walking, before he knew it, Shabuluo came to a magnificent temple. He looked up and looked at the words "City Wandering Temple, three words. He walked in. He saw smoke in the hall, the sound of firecrackers, the spacious palace, the mighty statues, and the men, women, and young and old who were kneeling devoutly. All of this made him believe that this was the belief of the Ming people.

Zaberro admired his grandson's words very much, "Know yourself and your enemy and win every battle." So he widened his eyes and looked at everything in front of him, wanting to record every detail so that he could go back and analyze the countermeasures. But when he slowly stepped into it, someone suddenly revealed this foreigner who was wearing Chinese clothes and looked rare, and suddenly exclaimed.

After a brief surprise, everyone realized that he was standing next to the statue of the god, tilting his head to the god. This was a very disrespectful act in the eyes of believers. How could he stand in front of Grandpa Cheng? It was simply unbearable for everyone. Someone shouted: "You barbarian, hurry up and kowtow to Grandpa Chengwan to Grandpa Chengwan!" As soon as this statement came, it immediately attracted a lot of echoes.

Zaberi didn't expect that he would become the target of public criticism. It was impossible to leave at this time, but it was impossible for him to kneel down to the pagan God. Otherwise, why would he still have the face to claim that he is the most devout believer of the Lord? To spread the Lord's gospel?

He was so humble that he insisted not to kneel down, so the two sides became stalemate.
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