After more than a month of wandering around Bengang, Jilonggang and other places, the blonde priest set off in the direction of Macao on the sea ship that Li Tianyang had specially sent him back to, with satisfied and nostalgic eyes.

Before leaving, the priest patted his chest and assured Li Tianyang that he would tell Father Julius everything he had seen and heard in Bengang and Jilong Harbor, and asked him to send a priest's team to preach in Bengang and Jilong Harbor.

At this time, Li Tianyang thinks that there is only so much he can do, as for whether it will succeed or not, it can only be described in one sentence, that is, it is in the people who make things happen, and the success is in the sky. It was only before the foreigner priest left, Li Tianyang specially pulled the priest aside and made a small request to him, or the old man behind him, that is, if they really sent a preaching priest, he hoped that the knowledge of these priests would be more profound, preferably the kind with a skill, such as Father Felix himself.

Invisibly, a big sycophant made the blonde priest's face flushed, but when he replied, the blonde priest said that he could only do his best to help Li Tianyang and them fight, as for whether it could be as Li Tianyang wished, it depended on how Father Julius arranged.

Seven days later, in the city of Macau, the blonde priest finally set foot on this familiar land again, and the anxiety and confusion before his departure have now become boundless impulses and expectations, hoping that he will immediately rush to the old priest and tell the old man the facts he has seen in these days.

As soon as he returned to the church, the blonde priest hurried to Father Julius's room with a few notes, ready to report to him what he had gained. And the old priest was indeed very attentive to the matter of the investigation, and had already received the news from below in the room, even if Father Felix did not come, he would call someone to summon him, and find out at the first time whether the place where the young man who aroused his interest was as he said, was of considerable scale.

While flipping through the notes made by Father Felix along the way, and listening to Father Felix's focused account of the investigation, the wise old man, while dual-minded, interrupted the blonde priest's report from time to time, and raised a few doubts of his own based on the notes and words.

The old man never thought that just on a whim, he would really let him discover a potential potential. If what Fr. Felix said was true, no, even half of what he said would have been enough for the head of the Jesuit Society in Macau to make the decision to send at least five evangelistic priests to Pongang to preach.

Seeing that the old man in front of him was still facing him with a somewhat skeptical look, the blonde priest couldn't help but reassure the old man: "Dear priest, I swear by the holy name of my Lord Jesus, that every word of what I say and what I have recorded are true, and not a word of exaggeration or fiction is true. ”

"Be careful, my child! The holy name of our Lord Jesus is not used for such mundane things as vows, and I believe in your faithfulness and faithfulness, but now what you have said is so incredible, that I must consider it. The old man's rebuke was filled with trusting words, which finally calmed down the excited blonde priest.

"I'm sorry, Father, but I was too impulsive." Heartfelt confession from the blonde priest.

"Since you have so much respect for this young man's territory and strength, how many priests are the most suitable for us to send out to preach this time?" Faced with the excited young priest, the old man had to bury his deep doubts in his heart and ask this young priest who had gone through the past and had practical investigation experience

"This ......" in the face of the old man's relief, the young priest breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, he couldn't help but hesitate a little, and finally his pious faith prevailed over the friendship with Li Tianyang, and Li Tianyang privately asked for and what he felt: "I think this Li Tianyang said that the teachings of his devotion to my Lord Jesus are false, in fact, he is more interested in our Western scientific and cultural knowledge, this time when he came back, he quietly hinted at me, hoping that I would advise you, If he were to send evangelists, he would prefer that the priests have a deeper scientific knowledge and a more superficial theology. ”

"In the past month or so of communicating with him, he prefers to learn about our European culture, technology and other knowledge, but rarely communicates with me to understand God's holy scriptures." Father Felix is not stupid, when Li Tianyang inquired about European culture and other things he cared about through communication, people were actually evaluating him in their hearts by observing his words: "But compared to the territorial power he has established, these are all tolerable in my opinion, after all, just a small town in Bengang, there are more than 20,000 people of their Ming Dynasty, as well as tens of thousands of people from dozens of indigenous tribes around it, so that the glory of my lord shines among them, It's acceptable to pay a price. ”

"Therefore, I think that if we can, we can send an evangelistic team of five or ten people, including a few priests who are more knowledgeable in science, to satisfy this cunning young man without delaying our sermon."

"And I am convinced that if we are given time, this young man who is enlightened enough to learn and absorb the knowledge of our European culture will surely fall down in the glory of our Lord Jesus."

"Oh?" Hearing the young priest's evaluation of Li Tianyang, Father Julius not only did not feel the slightest displeasure, but recalled with more interest the appearance of the young man, and at the same time, the meaningful smile on his face and eyes seemed to have a plan in his heart.

Although the wise old man dedicated his whole body and soul to Jesus, his Lord, it does not mean that he also asked all believers who believe in Jesus, or who want to approach Jesus, to believe in Jesus in the same way as him.

The longer he lived, the more he learned how many of the believers they preached to Jesus had actually joined them simply because of their own needs. The more such believers, the more they can grasp their intentions, so that by mastering their needs, they will gradually give their hearts and truly convert to the arms of Jesus.

Compared with the young man who showed his identification with the Jesuit doctrine from the beginning, and at the same time knew a little bit of the Jesuit canonical story, like a young man who was devoted to the Jesuits, the invitation from the young priest with a little self-interest and his own intentions was even more reassuring to the old man.

(End of chapter)