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    Europe in the seventeenth century was far from the environment of another time and space.  Moreover, the people living on the European continent in this era, whether men or women, were not the kind to have humanistic concepts.

    Disease, war, hunger, greed for gold, selfishness and other negative concepts filled the minds of Europeans in this era.

    If you want them to become 'tall, rich, handsome' or 'white, rich and beautiful', you have to wait at least more than 280 years.

    People living on the European continent at this moment can basically be described using popular Chinese vocabulary from another time and space.

    Diaosi!

    Yes, Europeans in this period had a strong diaosi flavor both inside and outside their bones.

    "Compared with them, the people of the Ming Dynasty during this period were truly 'rich, rich and handsome'.

    This is why when Europeans set foot on the land of the East, they were immediately fascinated.

    Because the East is really very advanced compared to the West at this time.

    ??Have you not seen that in various cities on the European continent during this period, there was still a lot of excrement and water flowing across the sky?

    But the cities and even the villages of the Ming Dynasty were not like this.

    Clean and tidy, this is the first impression of those Europeans who went to the East to see the Ming Dynasty.

    Based on the news spread by those Europeans who arrived in the East, Europeans can almost conclude that the East is now very advanced and civilized compared to Europe.

    The church also judges this.

    But it is precisely because of this reason that the church also has a great headache for Ming Dynasty.

    It¡¯s very simple. There were huge obstacles in the spread of the church¡¯s faith in the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible to spread its faith at all.

    You must know that, apart from encountering resistance in the Arab world, the church has not encountered any obstacles in spreading the gospel of glory on behalf of the so-called "Lord" they believe in.

    Whether it is Africa or early America, they basically developed very smoothly.

    But the church encountered considerable setbacks in the Ming Dynasty.

    As a result, churches are simply unable to develop channels for spreading their faith.  There are even some missionaries who live a very miserable life, almost to the point of not having enough to eat.

    In fact, this is not surprising at all, because the East and the West are different. They believe in various gods and have their own needs.

    "The so-called 'Lord' in the West is far, far behind the gods believed in by Easterners.

    Someone slaps you on the left cheek.  You have to give the other person the right cheek as well.

    Look, what kind of bullshit god is this? It¡¯s not powerful at all.

    If this were a god from the East, he would have withdrawn it long ago.

    Because of the difference in concepts, the church in the East is simply unable to unfold the glory of their so-called ¡®Lord¡¯.

    ??In other words, the way to brainwash Europeans into brainwashing.  There is no market at all in the East.

    At this point, Easterners are much smarter than Westerners.

    Especially after the early missionaries came to the East, they behaved the same way they did in Europe, saying that they could only believe in their gods, and extremely rejected the native gods of the East.

    It¡¯s just that they forget that Easterners and Westerners are different.

    There are even missionaries who are so stupid that they say "divine right of kings" and demand that the emperor of Ming Dynasty ascend the throne.  It must be approved by the church.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away from you, isn¡¯t this crazy?

    In the East, the emperor still needs the approval of your church to ascend the throne?

    This is simply unreasonable.

    With such idiotic remarks, how can the church develop smoothly in the East?

    As long as the emperor of Ming Dynasty is not a fool, he will definitely not allow the church people to develop.

    It¡¯s very simple. Who wants to have an extra Supreme Master above their head?

    What¡¯s more, things in the East.  Why do you, the Western church, interfere?

    ¡°And you don¡¯t exert any force at all, just by opening and closing your mouth, do you want the emperor to listen to you?

    This is simply impossible.

    Therefore, the early Western missionaries who were active in the East were unable to give the church a foothold in the Ming Dynasty.

    Even in the Japanese country, the activities of missionaries were very restricted.

    Of course.  Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the life of the missionaries in the Japanese country was much easier.

    Because in the Warring States Period, those famous people wanted to fight againstThe local Buddhist forces in Japan therefore supported the church forces.

    so.  The church is quite popular here in Japan.

    The daimyo of Japan are not fools. Of course, they also discovered that the church¡¯s desire for secular power and private ambitions are not less than those of Japan¡¯s native Buddhism.

    It¡¯s just that Buddhism was very powerful at that time, and in order to fight it, we had to support the church.

    When the Warring States Period ended and the Ishida shogunate came to power, they immediately began to restrict the development and spread of the church.

    Furthermore, the missionaries called believers to riot because of this.

    This time it was good, the church¡¯s ambition was completely exposed.

    " Of course, the Ming Dynasty, which is across a strait, also got the news about such a thing.

    In view of the church¡¯s style, Ming Dynasty will certainly be vigilant and prohibit it.

    ??Besides, during this period of the Ming Dynasty, there was still the so-called White Lotus Rebellion.  If this creates a church from the West, wouldn¡¯t it be even worse?

    Pieces of miserable news were fed back to the Vatican by missionaries through various means.

    And after the bishops in the Vatican learned the news from the East, they were also very helpless.

    To be honest, I am very coveted for the power of the church in the East during this period.

    Without it, the Eastern economy at this time was very large and had a large population.  Compared to Europe, which is short of supplies, whose economy is getting worse year by year, and whose people have been plundered, it is simply a country where gold flows.

    Originally, the church did not attach much importance to the East. After all, America was discovered in the early days.  And a large amount of silver and gold in the Americas was mined and shipped back to Europe.

    Let Europeans see the wealth beyond the East.

    However, with Zhao Hongyu appearing in Europe and defeating the British and French, he established the Song Empire.  And he also took advantage of the situation and moved south in one fell swoop, defeating the Dutch and Spanish entrenched in Central and South America. After completely controlling the Americas, the church could no longer absorb wealth from the Americas.

    As for the powerful Song Empire, the church suffered heavy losses after several trials.  I also understood that the Song Empire was really not easy to mess with.

    In addition, the Song Empire was too far away, and even the so-called "Crusader" invasion launched by the church would be of no avail, so the church temporarily gave up on America.

    The reason why it is said to be ¡®temporary¡¯ is because the church still has a lot of shit to clean up.

    Therefore, they have no time to be distracted and allocate their energy to deal with America.

    After all, the churches are now allied with the schismatic Protestant sects.  The purpose is to fight against Portugal and France, isn't it?

    Therefore, until Portugal and France are defeated, the church will not be able to devote its energy to planning America.

    Even the current churches in the East don¡¯t care about it.

    Hegemony in the Mediterranean is still being fought for.

    If it is impossible to control the maritime hegemony of the Mediterranean, the ships of the Church will simply not be able to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar.  Not to mention heading east.

    And if you take the land route, you have to pass through Arab territory.

    Because of the historical entanglements between Europeans and Arabs, this is obviously impossible.

    It was simply impossible for the Arabs to make way for them.

    Fortunately, some time ago, the British took advantage of the joint naval operations of the Portuguese and the Church who occupied the Strait of Gibraltar to seize several strongholds that controlled Gibraltar, and thus controlled the entrance and exit of the Mediterranean Sea.

    Otherwise, the church will become even more angry.

    but.  The British were already excluded.

    So, the control of the Strait of Gibraltar is in the hands of the British, and the church will not get any benefits.

    ????????????????????? What¡¯s more, the British support the Protestant sect, which is the enemy of the old church.

    ??In terms of ideology, the British cannot deal with them.

    However, now that the Protestant Church and the Church have united, they have temporarily given up their grudges.

    After taking this into consideration.  The church still feels that it should talk to the British.

    However, the people on the church side, after going through some arduous and difficult detours to meet the British, found that the British did not make sense at all.

    The British who occupied the Strait of Gibraltar did not care about them at all.

    This made the church extremely angry.

    However, the situation is stronger than the people, and the church is really short of money now.

    ? ???Yes.  Even if they face difficulties from the British, they can endure it, right?

    Therefore, people in the church are still looking for opportunities to contact the British.  I hope that the other party can open the Strait of Gibraltar to them so that the merchant ships under the joint church can go to sea for trade.

    Although we can¡¯t go to the Americas and the East, the products in western and southern Africa are also very profitable.

    Given the current situation, the church is not very picky anymore.

    "Boss, this is the situation now. According to information from informants, the church's finances are very tight now, so they are constantly looking for opportunities to contact the British."

    The church headquarters is located in the Vatican.

    In an inconspicuous building, Jenny and her men are hiding here.

    Since leaving Marseille, she and her men have lived in the Vatican for five or six days.

    Although Jenny wanted to cause earth-shaking here, she still calmed down and prepared to get some intelligence information before she started her revenge.

    ¡°This is not only to save herself, but also for the sake of her subordinates.

    ¡°The church doesn¡¯t have money?¡± Jenny sneered when she heard this, curled her lips and showed disdain, and at the same time she also showed that she didn¡¯t believe it at all.

    Others don¡¯t know it, but she, Jenny, knows exactly what the church¡¯s bishops are.

    What¡¯s more, the church has plundered the wealth of the European continent for more than ten centuries. How can it run out of money in a war?

    This is simply a joke!
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