Early the next morning, Father Felix, who had two red eyes, ran to the Fuxi Inn early, knocked on the door where Li Tianyang and the others were, and called the sleepy-eyed Li Tianyang out of the bed.

"I'm sorry, Brother Zhang, but Father Julio, the head of our Jesuit Society in Macau, would like to see you in person." Father Felix looked at Li Tianyang with excitement and a little apprehension in his eyes, and conveyed to him the invitation from above.

"Okay, Father, please allow me to tidy up my meter." Li Tianyang nodded, pointed to the underwear he was wearing, and said apologetically.

It didn't take long for Li Tianyang, who was neatly dressed, to walk out of the gate of the Fuxi Inn with the three teenagers, and followed Father Felix in the direction of St. Paul's Church.

While walking, Li Tianyang observed the appearance of the city of Macau at this time. Perhaps because of the habits of foreigners, although the east has begun to turn white at this time, the villagers living in the city of Macao are more lazy than the people in other places, and they can not be seen getting up and going out to work. On the city wall, the figures of the foreign soldiers who could still be seen from time to time yesterday were also no trace of them at this time, except for the three or two soldiers on duty at the closed gate who were dozing off crookedly, but the sentry posts on the bright side of the whole Macao were so careless and careless.

Shaking his head, he sighed incredibly at the difference in military discipline of foreigners, Li Tianyangshen was glad that his team was in order.

St. Paul's Church brought a bit of surprise to Li Tianyang, and at this time, in the church, there were already congregants and attendants who began to come to the church to start praying in the morning. In the dim morning light, the church extravagantly lit up the entire church with more than a dozen arm-thick candles.

Along the stairs, Li Tianyang and the others came to the second floor of the church, which they could not visit yesterday, and after Father Felix walked into a large and bright room. In the middle of the room sat an old man of fifty or sixty years old with a full face and a thick beard.

The old man wore a cylindrical flat-topped priest's hat, a one-piece black standard priest's suit, and a pair of silver-white pendants made of all-silver hung around his neck.

Li Tianyang's arrival broke the old man's concentrated Bible study at the table: "Welcome, my child! ”

"Hello, Dear Father Julius!" Li Tianyang also expressed his kindness to the old man in front of him with heartfelt respect.

When he was far away in Jilong Harbor, Li Tianyang heard the names of several foreign priests who lived far away from Gan Dabiao's mouth, including this Father Julius. It's just that what Li Tianyang didn't expect was that it was just a small invitation, and in Li Tianyang's opinion, it would disturb the middle Jesuit priests at most, but he didn't expect him to meet one of these outstanding priests.

"When little Felix reported this news to me last night, I was surprised and relieved that the name of our Lord Jesus had spread so far and wide, that even the lost Lamb in the wilderness had heard of His existence." The old man is very kind, with a slight accent in Chinese, but the words are clear, unlike other foreigners, Li Tianyang needs to listen attentively to understand: "Therefore, I was thinking, no matter what, I must meet this child and listen to his thoughts." ”

Father Julius spoke very lightly, but his heart was full of anticipation and anxiety, and that missionary work was never easy or easy, but whenever a new person arrives in a place and starts from scratch to spread the faith of a denomination, there are always tangible and invisible obstacles that stand in the way.

On other continents, the indigenous civilizations faced by their Westerners are all backward and ignorant civilizations, and under the dual means of sticks and candy, their Jesuits can always gain a firm foothold in that continent. However, in the vast land of the Ming Dynasty, the upper echelons of the government consciously or unconsciously restricted them from spreading the glory of Jesus; In the middle and lower classes, there was a strong resistance from various denominations to the newcomers, which made their preaching career difficult.

"Here, I want to apologize first, in fact, my real name is not Zhang Chong, but Li Tianyang, and I am the leader of the two villages and towns of Bengang and Jilonggang on Dayuan Island. The reason why I came to Macau City this time was to get to know the Francophone people in Macau, so that I could have business contacts with the Francophone people in the future. "Li Tianyang's truthful confession of his origin with Father Julius today was also well thought out.

Yesterday afternoon, when Li Tianyang said Dayuan Island, as long as he had a heart, a wise man like Julius had already sensed that his identity would not be simple. Because since ancient times, except for pirates and desperate people, no Ming people have risked their lives to settle in this miasma-ridden land, until Li Tianyang and their team appeared.

As a naval military organization suspended overseas, the Franc machine man is much more sensitive to the movement at sea than the movement on land, and the small pirate gangs in the South China Sea come to trade, so it is not too easy for the Franc machine to understand the movements of the South China Sea.

Coupled with the contact he had with Father Felix yesterday afternoon, he was even more determined to get a few priests of this kind who studied various disciplines to help him and his team cultivate talents. Therefore, only by telling them his true identity and letting them know his strength and background will his invitation be taken seriously.

"Oh, it's okay, my child, white lies will always be forgiven, and besides, don't you confess to us now?" Sure enough, as Li Tianyang expected, this priest Julius was not surprised at all after hearing Li Tianyang's confession, but looked at him with a bit of scrutiny.

"But rest assured, I would like to invite you Jesuit priests to preach in Bengang, and as long as you agree, I will definitely welcome you with the warmest heart, and at the same time help you to build a church in Bengang." Li Tianyang sincerely extended an invitation to the old man in front of him again.

"Tell me your reasoning!"

"The boy has the audacity to ask the priest a few questions."

"You say!."

"For the Jesus religion and the priests who preach, the Ming government actually has a kind of resistance attitude, is there more?"

"Yes."

"The people at the bottom, as long as they live their lives, they are not interested in your church and teachings at all, right?"

"Yes."

"What's more, wherever you go, the gentry of that place will put pressure on you, all kinds of alarmism, and messages demonizing you will be piling up, right?"

"Yes!"

After a few questions in a row, the person who asked the question seemed to be confident, but the person who was asked could no longer get up at ease, and when he answered, he was more surprised and appreciative, although he had not yet entered the topic, but Father Julio's interest in Li Tianyang became more and more intense.

(End of chapter)