. Xihun Pavilion, when the emperor saw Shaburo wearing ink purple Confucian uniform, red hair and blue eyes, and a towering nose, he stayed for a while, and then asked the silent person who was with him, "Isn't this a return?"

"It just looks like..." Chen Si sweated. Unexpectedly, Long Qing knew Huihui, so he hurriedly explained: "It's actually not the same."

"Oh..." Long Qing said that. In fact, he had never seen Huihui. He had just read the description in the book and felt it looked quite similar. He said to Zabby: "I heard you speak well in Chinese."

"Thank you for your praise from the emperor. Foreign ministers admire the heavenly kingdom." Zaphreus's elegant and gentle demeanor is indeed easy for people to feel good about: "I have been studying the culture of the Ming Dynasty hard."

"It's rare, how old are you? How many years have you been to China? Where have you been?" Long Qing asked curiously.

Zabuluo replied respectfully: "Return to the emperor, Yuanchen is 60 years old this year. He has been to China for four years. He has been to Shanghai, Songjiang, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing and other places. He came to Beijing last year and witnessed the great prosperity of the Ming Dynasty."

Longqing said happily: "Having been to so many places, do you know Songjiang dialect?"

"I know a few words." Zabber replied.

"You are just like the previous question, in Songjiang dialect." Long Qing said happily when he saw Lie.

Zabuluo answered in Songjiang dialect.

Longqing looked at the silence and said, "What's he saying?"

"Better than Weichen." Silently smiled: "In terms of language talent, I can't compare to Mr. Sha."

Longqing said happily: "It's not bad, it's obvious that he really put his heart into it. Give him some fruit food." It was a sign of comfort.

The little eunuch immediately picked up Jiaguo and gave two boxes of milky crisps to Zabulu.

Shabulu knelt down and thanked him: "I am honored by the holy grace and favor, and I cannot repay you if I want to be blessed by God, and the emperor will enjoy the blessing forever."

"I really know how to talk..." Long Qing's eyes narrowed. As the emperor, he was tired of good words, but the compliments from Westerners sounded fresh. The emperor became very interested in this foreigner who was even more Ming people than the Ming people and asked him how he came to China.

Zappello replied that the merchant ship on the Franco plane set out from Europe, traveled across the ocean for six months and arrived in Malacca, and then transferred to the merchant ship from the Ming Dynasty to Shanghai, which took about eight months.

"It will take so long..." Although Long Qing had seen the world map of this era, he had no intuitive impression of the distance between the East and the West, and he still had a perceptual understanding of the situation. He asked curiously: "Do you have an emperor there?"

"Yes," said Shabbat seriously: "Europa has many countries, each country has its own king, but the most powerful one is my motherland, His Majesty Philip II, the emperor of Spain, who is as old as the emperor, ruled the vast territory, but his level of civilization is not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty." Father Sha is still a honest person in his heart. Fortunately, Longqing was a very easy-going emperor. If Jiajing was changed, he would have to beat him out of the palace after hearing this.

Longqing was not the case. He was just deeply amazed. He developed a strong interest in the Western emperor who was about the same age and powerful as him. He asked about the architectural style of the palace where he lived. Zabber was fully prepared and immediately took out a bronze print of the Palace of St. Lawrence in Spain to explain it vividly for Longqing. Longqing wanted to know the emperor's etiquette of the supreme etiquette, so Zabber immediately presented the picture depicting the crowning of Philip II.

Seeing that the Western emperor actually knelt on one knee in front of an old man, Long Qing was surprised and said, "Is it because of the Supreme Emperor abdicating?"

Zabber was stunned for a moment before reacting, shook his head and said, "His father has passed away, that is His Majesty the Pope who crowned him."

"Pope?" Long Qing said strangely: "Who is that person?" In his heart, the emperor of heaven and earth was the biggest, so why is there anyone bigger than the emperor?

Zabbey was about to answer: 'In our Europe, the new emperor must be recognized by the church.' But when he saw the silent glance at the warning gaze, his heart was shocked, and he remembered that this was the sacred and inviolable Ming Dynasty. If he dared to say this, he would probably kill himself no matter how good the emperor had. He hurriedly changed his words: "We in Europe pursue the divine authority of the monarchy. The emperor kneeled on the heavenly emperor, not the pope."

"Then he shouldn't have stood here." Long Qing could not perform the power in his hands, but he cared about the emperor's dignity and even complained to his Western colleague: "This Western emperor has a very good temper."

Chen Si finally couldn't stand it and coughed gently, "Your Majesty, that crown was passed down by the Emperor of Great Walk. The Pope gave it to the new emperor on behalf of the Emperor of Great Walk. Of course he had to kneel down to take it." He paused and said, "Just like the will of our late emperor..."

"You can understand it if you say so..." Long Qing said: "So the Pope is an eunuch who is the eunuch..."

Zabber was frightened and said to himself: 'This will not be passed back to the Holy See, right? The Pope won't kill me yet?' But the situation is stronger than others, and it is most important to dispel the emperor's suspicion. He could only bite the bullet and say: "You can also say that..."

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Fortunately, the emperor did not ask any further questions. He asked someone to bring the Western piano over and asked Zabby, "Can you play it?"

"I understand a little, I understand a little." Zabera nodded modestly.

"Then come and listen," the emperor said as he looked at the bead curtain on the left. Concubine Li was hiding behind, listening with breathing and concentration.

Zaberi was born into a noble family and had undergone strict artistic influence since childhood. In fact, he played the piano well. He saw him ask for a round stool, sat upright in front of the piano, took a deep breath and pressed the keys...

The melodious sound of the piano sounded, the emperor, the imperial concubine, the elder, the eunuch, the palace maid... Everyone was as if they heard the sound of the sky, and were immediately attracted to this wonderful fairyland that had never been heard. They seemed to be in the green forest of green mountains. The sun had just risen, and the light shone on the mist in the mountains, emitting a faint golden light. Suddenly, a dripping sound sounded, an old cow carried a shepherd boy with a innocent smile, passing through the mist. In an instant, the breeze blew, the mist dissipated, the birds sang, the flowers bloomed, and the scenery was extremely beautiful. However, the shepherd boy seemed to remember something troublesome, and actually smiled, and a faint sadness hung on his face, which made people ask with heartache: "What's wrong with you?"

At this time, Zabby sang in the slightly hoarse baritone:

‘The shepherd boy suddenly felt worried and was disgusted with this mountain.

But looking at the beauty of the mountain from afar, you can worry about it.

When you reach that mountain, you are close to that mountain, it is not as far away as you are close to it.

Shepherd boy, shepherd boy, who is easy to live in, is it better to be easy to live?

Where can you leave yourself?

Worry and happiness come from the heart, and peace and happiness are everywhere.

The heart is illusory and worry everywhere, and the eyes are slightly scattered, and people quickly get it.

And is it wider than the cone of the heart?

If you respect yourself outside, you will not be able to be satisfied.

Why can't we cure our original heart and be at peace with the old mountain forever?'

The lyrics mean: "A shepherd boy suddenly felt sad one day. He hated the hill where he was. He thought that the distant mountains he saw must be much more beautiful than this hill. Going there would make all sorrows disappear. So he walked towards the distant mountains, but when he approached the mountain, he found that it was not as beautiful as it looked from afar. Oh, shepherd boy, shepherd boy, how can you expect to change your place of residence and change yourself."

‘If you leave, can you leave yourself? In fact, sadness and joy come from the heart. If the mind is calm, you will be happy everywhere. If the mind is troubled, it will bring you sad everywhere. A grain of sand falls in your eyes and you will soon feel uncomfortable. How can you ignore the sharp cone that pierces into your heart. If your expectations exceed your ability, you will never get what you want. Why not let yourself be calm and find the peace of mind in your hills.’

The sound of the piano is melodious, although it has the charm of Kunqu opera, it is completely different from oriental music, and is more infectious and expressive; the lyrics are elegant and simple, and the literary talent makes everyone immersed in it, thinking about something. Longqing felt that this song was a portrayal of his soul; Concubine Li was completely intoxicated by the music and had long been full of tears; Shen Mo was a little lost and asked himself secretly, would he be like the shepherd boy who finally approached the distant mountains, but found that it was not as beautiful as he imagined? Is his goal he was pursuing hard, really suitable for the Chinese nation?

After a long time, everyone came to their senses. They wanted to cheer, but they felt that the cheers were too vulgar. After holding them in for a long time, Longqing still said, "This thing is so amazing. It can be left behind the streets of the Ming Dynasty's musical instruments. I can use it to play Shao music in the future..."

"..." Shen Mo's mind suddenly appeared. When the emperor was married, the Dan You no longer had chime bells and chimes, but changed it to a piano. The "wedding march" with his hands together was the 'dang, dang...dang...dang...dang...dang...dang...dang...dang...dang's 'wedding march' immediately, and he swallowed hard and said, "I'm afraid this won't work..."

Long Qing just said casually and quickly diverted his attention: "Who wrote the song you sang just now?"

"It was a gentle minister who composed the lyrics." Shabuluo quickly stood up and replied, "There are eight songs in total, collectively called "The Eight Songs of Xiqin". The song I just played was one of them, called "The Shepherd's Travels to the Mountains."

I heard that such a song with such a Chinese artistic conception was actually written by this Thai man. Long Qing was completely convinced and said repeatedly: "I am not a talented man from the Ming Dynasty."

Shen Mo also recalled this time, and it turned out that this was not just music, but music with religious meaning... Its purpose was to arouse people's religious emotions through the fleeting time and the shortness of life. This Zappello was indeed using all possible opportunities to spread Catholicism, but the clever communication and clever connection with Chinese culture forced him to admire it.

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Longqing still remembered Concubine Li's instructions, so he said to Shabbat: "I want to send musicians to learn these Western musical instruments from you, but I don't know what the teacher thinks?" With the respect of the emperor, he can respect people more. This is a very touching thing about this emperor.

"I am willing to serve the emperor." Zabulu agreed immediately.

"I also like the self-ringing bell you offered." Long Qing said again: "But no one in the palace can operate that big self-ringing bell, and you have to guide you." Among the tributes presented by Shaburo, the one that interested the emperor the most were those self-ringing bells, the largest one, which was more than seven feet high. When transported into the palace, it had not been debugged and did not leave or ring. The emperor ordered the eunuchs to repair it, but the principle was completely different from those small clocks, and the eunuchs were helpless.

Faced with the emperor's request, Shaburo naturally agreed and said that it was not difficult to operate and maintain, and could learn it in two or three days. So Longqing ordered him to debug immediately and sent Feng Bao, the most learned eunuch around him, to take four eunuchs from the Imperial Heaven Supervision to visit and learn clock technology, and ask them to repair the big clock within three days.

In the next three days, Zabuliu explained the principles and usage methods of the self-tone to the eunuchs day and night, and tried every means to create words that were not in Chinese so that the eunuchs could understand his explanation. Feng Bao and others also worked very hard to learn. In order to prevent mistakes, they recorded Zabuliu's explanation word by word to help memorize the internal structure of the self-tone to debug independently in the future.

Before the three days arrived, Emperor Longqing couldn't wait to see the big bell. When he watched the pointer move around vigorously and at a constant speed, he made a "tick-tick" sound. The emperor was very happy and praised Feng Bao and others fiercely, and wanted to reward Shabuluo.

Feng Bao smiled flatteringly and said, "Master, Mr. Sha said, this is just the dial part of this big clock. In fact, there is still a pendulum that has not been installed."

"Why not install it?" Long Qing said strangely.

"Because it is too tall and too big, the inner hall cannot be installed." After three days, under the deliberate approach of Zabuluo, Feng Bao had already formed a deep friendship with this "foreign talent", so he spoke for Zabuluo: "Mr. Sha said that he has a drawing of a bell tower. If the emperor wants to, he can make an exquisite bell tower for this bell." There is no wonder he is so enthusiastic.

"This..." Long Qing was very moved, but he felt that it would be a lot of money, so he couldn't help but say, "Let's go slowly." He thought that one million taels of silver would be paid at the end of the year, and it wouldn't be easy to build a bell tower at that time?

Feng Bao thought the emperor didn't like this proposal, so he hurriedly kept silent.

Although the emperor did not agree to build the bell tower, he still gave Shabbat the identity of a "court musician" and allowed him to enter and exit the forbidden palace. He taught several young eunuchs to learn Western musical instruments, and then they turned back and gave it to Concubine Li.

Zaberi had a very strong communication skills. He had only taught the eunuchs for three days before getting familiar with them. Through conversation, he already knew that it was actually the emperor's concubine who wanted to learn these instruments. He couldn't help but wonder: "Why don't you come directly to learn? You have to transfer the teachings, which is much worse."

The eunuchs laughed and said, "It's not impossible if you want to teach the Empress directly. As long as you are like us, you'll get a knife from below."
Chapter completed!