178 The shock of foreigners
Li Tianyang and their return journey began to be in full swing after Father Julius appointed a priest to go to investigate. When the priest, who did not know whether to call it unlucky or lucky, came to the dock with his luggage and a few servants, and boarded Li Tianyang's ship, Li Tianyang and the others set sail and set sail towards the east.
This priest who was sent was Li Tianyang's old acquaintance, it was Father Felix who had talked to Li Tianyang for an afternoon yesterday afternoon, and he still had a somewhat confused look at this time, and he didn't ease his breath until he got on Li Tianyang's ship.
However, Father Julius sent him out, perhaps because of the rapport he had with Li Tianyang yesterday, in the hope that the young priest would be able to take advantage of this relationship and save his life.
Although Li Tianyang does not seem to be a murderous person, since he opened up and was honest with Father Julius, his identity has naturally been exposed to this priest. Therefore, Father Julius also took many risks when it came to sending visiting priests. Although it is not known whether this little pirate who is engaged in murder and trading is truly converted to the arms of the Son of Jesus or has other motives, his explanation does touch the heart of Father Julius.
As a clergyman who devoted his body and mind to the Society of Jesus, Julius did not have many selfish motives like others, and he may refuse to let the priests in his hands die because of the inevitable murderous opportunity, but he would never give up the opportunity to spread the glory of the Son and the Father on a foreign land because of unknown unstable factors.
In yesterday's conversation, Father Felix showed himself to Li Tianyang and them, a heart of compassion for the world that had been instilled in them since childhood. But now on the vast sea, facing a group of strangers who only have a one-sided relationship, and others who are even more ignorant, it is definitely impossible for Felix to say that there is no apprehension and anxiety in his heart. In particular, he knew very well that all the seafarers who came to the city of Macau to trade, their identities were bound to be not serious occupations, although Li Tianyang seemed to be very amiable.
In this way, in the midst of anxiety, Father Felix was pulled by Li Tianyang with a bit of restraint and flattery, and told Li Tianyang what Li Tianyang was interested in and what he knew.
For this reason, Li Tianyang also deliberately took a teenager by his side and recorded the conversation between them, for fear that he would forget which conversations he would forget if he was negligent.
Two days later, Li Tianyang and the others returned to the familiar sea again, and it didn't take long for a rolling horizon to appear in front of them, and the turbid sea water was also telling them that they were not far from Bengang.
The last time I returned to Bengang, it was the Spring Festival more than a month ago, and Li Tianyang, who had not been alone with Yumo for a long time, did not stay in Bengang for a few days, and hurriedly returned to Jilonggang with people and horses. Because the flying pigeon over there passed a book, saying that there were changes in the surrounding aborigines, which made him really feel at ease.
This unexpected surprise, combined with the Western gadgets purchased in Macau City, really dispelled the boundless resentment in Chen Yumo's heart.
The first time he set foot in Ben Harbor, Father Felix seemed to be stunned, and what unfolded in front of him was a clean, tidy, and well-organized fairyland-like place.
On both sides of the wide avenue, evergreen trees are planted lushly, and under the trees, there is a small flower bed, which is full of flowers because of the gradual arrival of spring.
The cultivation of these plants is Yumo's idea, and as a woman, it is their nature to yearn for beauty. The cookie-cutter gray-white avenue may seem neat at first, but in the long run it is boring. Therefore, in the slack season, Yumo began to arrange the manpower of their neighborhood committee to organize manpower, and planned and designed such a natural scenery that belongs to everyone.
In fact, this is also out of desperation, in the offensive and defensive battles of Bengang, the men lost by Bengang accounted for most of the city, so today's Bengang, almost every household lacks the existence of a pillar to support family expenditures. As women, although the ancients were industrious enough, their inherent disadvantages made women suffer a lot when doing farm work, and they had to hire indigenous men to help take care of the farm work.
But although Bengang is not stingy and has issued a generous enough pension, but in the family of people who have no financial resources, they can't just rely on this pension to live, and the days before the children reach adulthood and support the family are still long!
Therefore, Yumo can only set up a greening team and a cleaning team in the name of the neighborhood committee to resettle those families who are in difficulty and lack labor, and in this way, subsidize their families.
On both sides of the avenue, neat and uniform houses are built on both sides, and from time to time people walk in and out of the houses, dumping sewage into the drainage ditch in front of the door, or throwing garbage into the bamboo baskets at the door.
Compared with Macau City, Felix even thinks that these foreigners are a group of indigenous people with no quality.
Here, you don't smell the dung left by cattle and horses, and there is no trace of vagabonds or unruly soldiers. Here, the living facilities are so perfect, every few hundred meters, there is a well-built well, in the well body that seems to be built into one without knowing what things, through a strange way from the bamboo pipes flow out of the clear well water; Here, sewage canals are built to the home, and each house will have a sewage outlet in front of their house.
"Oh my God, am I the hell?" The anxiety he has been feeling for a few days is not as good as the impact that Bengang has brought to him at this moment. If it weren't for the fact that he saw that there were still many **** upper bodies, walking around the street wearing rough-made fur aprons, which made him find a little real feeling, he would have slapped himself a few times to see if he was dreaming.
"Father Felix, this is our Bengang, and the place where you are standing at this time is the western district of our Bengang." With great pride, Li Tianyang showed this foreigner the treasure in his heart.
"I would like to express my sincere admiration to you, dear Li, I did not expect that you could build such a beautiful town in this wild overseas land, and it is probably a very lucky and happy thing to live here." The blonde foreigner expressed his respect to Li Tianyang from the bottom of his heart.
Along the way, although Father Felix was worried about his own safety, but during the conversation with Li Tianyang, he saw how erudite this native of the Ming Dynasty was, and many of the knowledge that even he didn't know was so simple in the eyes of this young man.
Akari did not express his admiration for Li Tianyang, because of the unique reserve and pride of Westerners, but in fact, in his heart, Father Felix had already identified with this young man, and hoped that their Western culture and beliefs could include such an excellent young man in their arms.
At this time, after seeing the different towns, he was already shocked by the talent of this young man just by a cursory glance, and finally had to bow the arrogant heads of their Westerners, wanting Li Tianyang to express their praise.
(End of chapter)