174 Priests

Macau is only so big, and in less than half a day's effort, Li Tianyang and they visited it under the guidance of Peng Zhiwei. At this time, Li Tianyang and the others were standing in front of the tall, pointed, and uniquely shaped Jesuit church, admiring this exotic Western building, and at the same time listening to Peng Zhiwei's slightly respectful talk about this so-called Jesuit sect.

Compared with the Christianity of later generations, the Jesuits were of course different from them, but in the eyes of the atheist Li Tianyang, he was not aware of these differences at all. In addition to hearing from Peng Zhiwei about the wisdom and erudition of the Jesuit priests, as well as their generosity and selflessness, he heard a little about the other weaknesses of these priests.

"It seems that these priests who serve the gods are not without desires!" Li Tianyang sighed secretly in his heart, and at the same time, his mind involuntarily began to work rapidly, to see if he could use these weaknesses to seduce a few priests with real talents and learning to settle in Jilong Harbor.

In fact, it is a weakness, but rather a mission of these priests. As far-flung oceans, risking their lives to run to distant eastern lands, these Jesuit priests certainly came with a mission.

The so-called mission is actually to promote the Jesuits, the holy and only religion in their eyes, in the rich land of the Ming Dynasty, and to swagger the light of the one Father God Jehovah and the Son Jesus on the heads of the lost lambs in the vast east of the East, so that they can convert to the arms of the Jesuits and wait for the final salvation.

For this mission, the Jesuit priests Matteo Ricci, Kinney Pavilion and other learned and intelligent priests persistently spread the glory of God in the Ming Dynasty, and engaged in a silent contest with the Ming Dynasty, a group of corrupt Confucians who ate the ancients, and struggled, but resolutely contributed all their wisdom and wisdom to this great cause. Among them, of course, there is a tragedy of wise men like Matteo Ricci who died in a foreign land and finally buried their bones overseas, and at this moment, among the many tombstones behind the church of St. Paul's, there are many priests and believers who dedicated their lives to this purpose!

Therefore, after hearing about the mission of these priests, Li Tianyang couldn't help but think of the two territories under his command, Bengang and Jilong Port, which add up to a total population of more than 20,000 people, in the eyes of these priests, it should be a lot of fat!

Even if you can't hook up with a long-renowned priest like Jinnige, Guo Jujing and Julio, the ordinary little priest should still not let go of this opportunity to shepherd a lost lamb of 20,000 or 30,000 scales!

"Welcome to the Father's Lost Lamb, guests from afar!" Compared with the foreigners who ignored the exchange and several shops, Li Tianyang and his party in the church were warmly welcomed.

"Dear Father Felix, good afternoon!" Peng Zhiwei changed his hippie smiling face, grovelled and bowed, and shot his serious and respectful eyes at the blonde foreigner in front of him in a black priest's suit.

Whether it is for a show or an attempt to buy people's hearts, these foreign priests deserve to be treated with the most respectful attitude in the eyes of the villagers born and raised in Macao.

Every year, there are always a few short-sighted typhoons that slip through the vicinity of Macao, and for the ordinary people who have no money to build green brick houses, every time this raging typhoon passes, it is to ruin their fortune. If it weren't for these priests who donate some building materials to them every year and guide them to build houses, the life of the Macao villagers would not be as easy as it is today.

Moreover, if any family in the city of Macao is trapped by life and lacks food and clothing, and asks for it, most of the priests will also give some help to help these families out of their predicament.

"Brother Peng, who are these guests?" The blonde priest asked Peng Zhiwei with a kind face.

"Oh, these are maritime merchants who came from far away Quanzhou to do business with adults!" Although everyone knows what Li Tianyang and them actually do, but in order to talk to each other harmoniously, no one will pierce this identity: "This young son is the proprietor who hired me this time, Zhang Songgongzi." ”

Li Tianyang greeted the priest kindly and respectfully, and at the same time tapped his right hand on the center of his eyebrows, left and right shoulders, and chest in the same way as the Christians he had seen in the television and movies he had seen in later generations.

"Ou, it turned out to be Brother Zhang of the church, welcome to you, may the Lord bless you!" Father Felix looked at Li Tianyang with joy, and talked to Li Tianyang and them even more cordially.

"I'm sorry, Father, I'm just a lost lamb, I've always heard of the great name of Jesuit's mercy and salvation, so I've met it today, so I want to come and have a visit!" Li Tianyang smiled apologetically, and at the same time, the flattering words on his lips were not abrupt at all: "This action was only learned when I met a priest who was preaching, and the kid was taught by him. ”

"It does not matter, my brother, as long as you have the name of our Lord Jesus in your heart, he will be by your side." A little disappointed, but then with more excitement, Father Felix had followed Father Kinnige to the Ming Dynasty for several years, but he had been unable to open the situation with the mission.

Even in the city of Macao, there are more than 2,000 people in the Ming Dynasty, and the number of people who have been converted by them is now only a dozen or so families. On the surface, they listened to the words of the priests and obediently did not make any resistance, but in fact, behind the scenes, they were more willing to believe in their Sanqing Daozun, Buddha and Mazu, and they would not only believe in the divine power of Jesus and the Son.

Therefore, now that he met a Ming Dynasty man who was full of interest in the Jesuits, how could he not make Father Felix happy.

Without waiting for Li Tianyang and them to react, Father Felix took Li Tianyang and them to visit the St. Paul's Church.

Along the way, one has the intention of spreading the power of the Jesuit Son, and the other has ulterior motives and wants to kidnap a few priests to teach advanced scientific knowledge in the deserted Bengang. In the case of this Lang being affectionate and the concubine intended, the conversation between the two sides is naturally very smooth, and the people who say it are very interested, and the people who listen to it are nodding like pounding garlic, and the two are appropriate.

But speaking of which, the Jesuit Society has become the most widespread church in the world, unlike the other two major churches, which only flourished in a local area, thanks to this group of priests who have gone one after another. It is the spread of the glory of the Society of Jesus by these priests who are not afraid of hardship and perseverance that has brought about Christian churches all over the world.

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