When Wu Zheng heard the strange and familiar name "Wei Kuangguo", Wu Zheng's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Wei Kuangguo, his tomb in history was on the outskirts of Hangzhou.

For later generations like Wu Zheng, whose ancestral home is not far from Hangzhou, this name is well-known.

If the telescope is an important stepping stone for the Jesuit mission to knock on the door of China.

Then Wei Kuangguo later participated in a dispute over China's etiquette in Rome, and debated fiercely with the Domingo faction. Finally, he won with his opinion. The Roman Catholic Church later issued an edict saying that the Chinese believers' etiquette of respecting heaven, worshiping ancestors and respecting Confucius could be practiced as usual as long as the spread of Catholicism is not hindered.

As a result, the obstacles for Western missionaries to enter China were eliminated, and Catholicism gradually became sinicized. His contributions to this were indelible.

Not long after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he participated in the anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and did not give up until Zhejiang fell.

However, at this time, Wei Kuangguo was only a foreign missionary who had only been to China for three or four years, and the merchant was just a part-time job outside his missionary status.

"You speak Chinese well." Wu Zheng sincerely exclaimed.

"Your Excellency Xie Jinghai Hou praised me. My surname is Wei and my name is Kuangguo. In order to save the country, the country refers to the Ming Dynasty, whose courtesy name is Jitai. He means help, assistance, and rescue, so as to show my intention to support and defend the Ming Dynasty."

Wu Zheng was surprised. This was such a rare international friend.

"Okay, okay." Wu Zheng said with his hands, "My Ming Kingdom is now at a time when mountains and rivers are broken and wind and rain are shaking. It is a blessing for the court to have foreign friends as clear as you. I heard that you and your fellow believers have donated and participated in the defense war in Jinhua before?"

Wei Kuangguo sighed: "It's a pity that the muskets I brought from my motherland cannot stop the barbarians in the north. You may not know that the barbarian cavalry are too fast, and the effective range of the muskets is only within a hundred steps. This distance is for the cavalry... Alas, it's only enough for the musketeers to shoot twice."

Wu Zheng agreed, "Yes. Didn't your country think of the way to deal with cavalry by muskets?"

Wei Kuangguo shook his head in surprise and said, "I'm afraid only God can do this."

Wu Zheng felt at ease and asked again: "Do your country's army have a large number of equipment and muskets?"

Wei Kuangguo replied: "Folangcha (France), Flandes (Netherlands) and other countries have been equipped with muskets ten years ago, but because the accuracy of muskets is slightly insufficient compared to crossbow arrows and has not been recognized by the army, it has not yet been equipped on a large scale."

Wu Zheng smiled like a fox, "You said before that you used muskets to meet the enemy in the Jinhua defense war. I want to know, do you still have muskets now?"

Wei Kuang Guodao: "It seems that you, Jinghai Hou, are interested in muskets. I still have dozens of muskets. If you want them, I can give them."

Wu Zheng burst into laughter and shook his hands repeatedly, "No, you misunderstood. Dozens of muskets are useless to me. I just asked casually... Oh, by the way, how much silver does this tunnel musket cost?"

Wei Kuangguo thought for a while and replied: "In Flanders, this ordinary tunnel musket costs four or five pounds... Oh, if converted into silver, it will probably be thirty taels."

Wu Zheng smiled and said, "Then how much production of this kind of tunnel musket is? I mean, if I can buy one or two thousand, how long will it take to deliver it?"

Wei Kuangguo shook his head and said, "The effectiveness of tunnel muskets is not optimistic. They are only made on a small scale in European countries. If you want to buy such a large quantity, you may not be able to get it in one or two years."

Wu Zheng felt a chill. It had been too long. After such a long time, I would probably have no time to train musketeers. According to Wu Zheng's estimate, the Longwu Dynasty in Fujian may not be able to last for several months.

Once the Qing army destroyed the Longwu Dynasty, it would encircle the prefectures and courts such as Shaoxing, Hangzhou, and then the armistice agreement would be nothing more than a piece of waste paper.

In other words, your preparation time will not exceed one year at most.

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Can Mr. Wei go back for me and recruit a group of craftsmen who cast muskets to Hangzhou, and buy a batch of machines for cast muskets? Of course, I will pay you and the craftsmen I recruited to huge rewards. What do you think?"

Wei Kuangguo was a little shocked and shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no... Your Excellency Jinghai Hou, I am just a missionary from the Roman Catholic Church. It is my duty to spread the gospel of the Lord to the people. If you say that, it may push Europe into the battlefield in the East. This... I can't do it, sorry!"

Wu Zheng smiled, "Okay, I'm just talking casually, you don't have to mind."

After hearing what Wu Zheng said, Wei Kuangguo relaxed.

Wu Zheng changed the topic and said, "I don't know what I want to tell me about when I come to see me this time?"

Wei Kuang Guodao: "I was appointed by the Roman Catholic Church to come to the east to spread the voice of the Lord. However, the Ming Dynasty was invading the barbarians in the north, and the lives of the people were not preserved, so naturally they had no intention of listening to the voice of the Lord. Fortunately, you have recovered Hangzhou and other places, so I was wondering whether you would like to ask you to allow me to preach in Hangzhou and other places?"

Wu Zheng understood, and nodded and said, "The mutual spread of civilizations is a success. But as you said, the Ming Dynasty is invading by the barbarians in the north, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are poisoned, so I am afraid there is no energy to listen to you spreading God."

Wei Kuangguo sighed in disappointment.

Wu Zheng suddenly changed his tone and said, "Agoing the New Year, Mr. Wei was chivalrous and participated in the Jinhua defense war. Although Jinhua Mansion finally fell, I still admire Mr. Wei's righteous deeds."

Wei Kuangguo quickly shook his head and said, "The Ming Dynasty is a civilized country, and the Qing people in the north have not yet been civilized. Civilization has been invaded by barbarians. It is worth it that I will contribute to protecting civilization. This does not involve any politics, nor has it any connection with the decrees and decisions of the Holy See."

Wu Zheng stopped exploring it and changed the topic: "In the opinion of Mr. Wei, what is the main reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty?"

Wei Kuangguo did not hesitate and replied: "According to my observation, the Ming Kingdom is one of the few civilized countries in the world today. The Ming emperor was very tolerant of the people under his rule. Its demise was not because of the development of civilization, but because of natural birth, old age, sickness and death like a person. However, if the root of the demise was pursued, there were three aspects, from the Tianqi to the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Liaodong War, the uprising of refugees such as Li Zicheng and the dictatorship of eunuchs, were the three factors that destroyed the Ming Empire."

Wu Zheng was not surprised and asked: "Why in your opinion, the eunuch party and eunuch dictatorship can be compared with the war in Liaodong and the uprisings of refugees such as Li Zicheng?"

Wei Kuangguo said firmly: "Wei Zhongxian, he is a wicked man!"
Chapter completed!