"Oh my God, this is the kingdom of God. Why is it so rich here? Why are the people here so polite and elegant?"

Croner sighed.

Then he saw that the official road here was wide and neat, spreading like a spider web, with carriages as numerous as flowing water and very orderly, while those walking beside the sidewalk had smiles on their faces.

Unlike in Europe, where the streets are covered with filth, and the nobles and citizens do not like to take a bath, especially on rainy days, the whole city is stinking.

Therefore, he felt even more that Spain was really incomparable to the Ming Dynasty.

"Oh my God, do the civilians here also live in brick houses like this castle? You know, our civilians can only live in shacks, and the beautiful brick castle belongs to the nobles."

Abukui said in surprise.

"The gap between nobles and civilians cannot be seen here. The civilians here also have their own houses and gorgeous clothes, and can also receive education. If they are sick, they can still get treatment opportunities. There are many clinics opened by the government. Doctors are hired by the government. Because of the government's subsidies, civilians can get treatment without paying a higher price when they are sick. Even infectious and fatal diseases must be registered. My God, they can actually cure the disease without bleeding! The government here does not seem to serve the nobles. They have sufficient taxes to ensure the lives of civilians."

"The people here love reading very much. Every family has books. They often see people who hold books and even special newspaper readers to read for the common people. Moreover, the books they read are very diverse. Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism can take root and sprout here, and even our teachings are discussed here. Oh my God, if this is with us, other types of doctrines are not recognized except as allowed by the church. How can the church here be so tolerant of culture? However, they do not seem to have a religion that they must believe in;"

"Their emperors were not crowned by the church. I dared to ask, saying that the emperor was granted by the will of heaven, that is, their emperors were the secular rulers and their God? But based on their understanding of their history, they seemed to be able to overthrow their emperor, and their emperors were also pushed up by themselves. The throne ceremony in their record detailed records of the process of the people of the world supporting them as emperors. Therefore, it should be said that their emperors were chosen by themselves, which is different from us. Our emperors were not decided by us. They also had kings, princes, generals and ministers who had made a statement. Moreover, they were proposed more than a thousand years ago in their country. This is really surprising. No wonder they are very powerful. I believe that the nobles here have to face the pressure of being eliminated. Our nobles have always been of blood. If there is no noble blood, you can't think of becoming a noble. Our gap is really too big."

"I finally arrived at the capital. The prosperous towns on both sides of the Grand Canal made me feel that the richness of any city is far greater than that of our Lisbon. So, I am more looking forward to how prosperous their capital will be. When I saw it, even though I was mentally prepared, I was still shocked by his prosperity. This may be the city of God! I seemed to have come to heaven, and the whole city seemed to be covered with brocade. The rich commodities dazzled me, everyone was smiling, they were like

I don't know the terribleness of death and the hardship of poverty. Hunger seems to be inseparable from them forever. The nobles here seem to contain infinite wisdom. For example, their elder Xu Ge has long known all our knowledge and knows geometry and geography better than me. I finally met their emperor, my God, their emperor is so young, but wise and knowledgeable, because he actually knows our history and makes us wary of England. There are not enough nobles in our own country.

Realizing the threat from England! Also, I was lucky enough to see their Guards. They were really the most invincible army in the world I have ever seen. They were tall and tall, very brave. The key was no less than 50,000. They were equipped with many firearms and artillery, mainly because they were manufactured quickly. Their Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, I heard that there were hundreds of thousands of craftsmen participating in the manufacturing, and many artillery equipment entered the army every day. Even if we increase the tax rate to 80%, we can't support such a huge army and labor

Craftsman! Their strength is unimaginable, and it is no wonder they can manage such a broad territory. This undoubtedly proves the advanced nature of their ruling system! Perhaps, if I want to become such an empire, I have to learn from them. Their Chinese characters seem to be more conducive to expression and easier to enlighten people's wisdom. I think if we want to become such a powerful super empire, the first thing we have to do is to popularize Chinese characters and learn their culture. I have to say that this is really a kingdom favored by God!”

Abukui began to learn from Marco Polo along the way, writing his travel diary, and wrote his experiences in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, like Marco Polo, he praised the Ming Dynasty without hesitation.

Even, like in modern times, China was backward and many literati who had inferiority complex because of seeing the power of the West believed that their country was backward because of the different writings and actively advocated giving up Chinese. Now Abukui has begun to shake his confidence in his writing and culture.

Croner naturally had the same feeling. He had already begun to take the initiative to buy the Four Books and Five Classics, Tang Poems and Song Poems and Song Poems published by Chongwen Temple, "The Ming Dynasty Collection" and "The Emperor Ming Ancestors' Instructions", he was determined to find the secret of the prosperity of the Ming Empire from the Chinese literature and history. As the governor, they naturally hired general translations. To understand Chinese culture, they could also understand some.

Abukui and Kroner did suffer a great impact when they came to the Ming Dynasty this time.

Because in this era, except for the emperor being a time traveler, the literati of the Ming Dynasty were not as conservative as those of the Qing Dynasty, and were more proactive and open than Westerners in understanding foreign cultures.

Even many Han officials took the initiative to call some knowledgeable and moral Western missionaries the great Confucians of Taixi.

The Han scholars and officials of this era also formed active thinking through this active and proactive cultural exchange and formed their own new ideas.

On the contrary, the Westerners in this era did not take the initiative to absorb foreign cultures because they were still relatively barbaric and focused on direct colonial plundering to the outside world. In terms of cultural exchanges, they also forcibly assimilate other cultures as heresy, and even directly eliminated people with other cultures, otherwise there would not have been many religious wars.

In the current Ming Dynasty, since the emergence of Xinxue during the Zhengde Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism's overlord position in the ideological world has been shaken, and many literati who do not conform to mainstream ideas have emerged, such as Li Zhi;

The admirers of Neo-Confucianism are not able to suppress other academic thoughts like the Western church. In addition, what Emperor Zhu Youxiao likes is the practical study that focuses on exploring the essential laws of things and transforming social practical applications, as well as the emergence of various new social production relations. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's current ideas are very diverse and open, so affected by this, all kinds of scholars and officials have them. Although there are conservatives, there are also many open schools who actively study other cultures and intend to create new knowledge.

This makes it more open and civilized now than Western foreign countries.

Therefore, we could not help but be amazed by two nobles from the West, Abukui and Croner, and felt ashamed of themselves.
Chapter completed!