In the next two days, Li Tianyang arranged for the sea ship to send Felix back, but Felix kept him in Macau. The old priest began to take the list of Jesuit priests in the city, and pondered name by name, who to send to preach.

The distance between Europe and Asia is too far, no matter whether you take the land route or the sea route, even if it is smooth sailing, it is impossible to get from one end to the other in less than half a year, not to mention the natural and man-made disasters anytime and anywhere on the way, so that there are too few clergy who can come to the ancient countries of the Far East.

Carefully calculated, there are only a few dozen priests canonized by the headquarters of the Church in Rome in the entire land of China, and less than 20 of them are still in the church of St. Paul's in Macao. Most of them were among the twenty priests who had just been sent by the Roman Church at the beginning of last year, otherwise Macao would not have been able to devote its manpower to a wild and isolated island to preach.

Of course, the maximum number of ten people suggested by Felix may not be possible, but as the young priest said, because of Li Tianyang's interest in Western culture and science, the old man did not mind sending a few congregants with good knowledge and skills to do what he liked and bring some benefits to his own evangelistic team.

In the end, it didn't take long for the old man to decide on the manpower of the dispatch team. After all, there are only a few priests, and it is actually clear who to send and who not to send, but it takes a lot of attention for the old man to send the congregation.

For example, in addition to the clergy, even if Li Tianyang does not make his request, there must be a building technician in this team who will build a church in their Western style and use it for preaching.

As the priest with whom Li Tianyang had been with him for the longest time and had the best relationship, Father Felix became the leader of this preaching process, and under him, he was accompanied by three official priests and five congregants. A total of nine official members, together with their respective servants, on the third day of Father Felix's return, a party of more than twenty people boarded the Hongtang warship again and headed for Ben Harbor.

Li Tu did not expect that the old man who had been in contact with him at the beginning would be so resolute, and only a few days after Father Felix returned from his inspection, he made up his mind, and selected the evangelist to follow the warship that escorted Father Felix back and rushed back.

When he received the news that Father Felix and the others had arrived in Bengang, it was already the second day that Father Felix and the others had arrived in Bengang. When he hurried over from Chicken Coop Harbor, almost two more days passed.

"I'm really sorry, but as the host, I didn't come to greet you until now." Seeing Father Felix and his entourage, who had settled down in Bengang, Li Tianyang apologized from the bottom of his heart: "A few days ago, I was wondering how long it would take to see Father Felix here and listen to God's will!" I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon, and we also brought these honorable priests, who can be regarded as our distinguished guests in Bengang! ”

"Actually, I didn't expect Father Julius to decide so quickly, and even my plan to pack up was frustrated." As the captain of the team, Father Felix now has a stage to freely display his talents, and he is naturally extremely excited: "This is a gift from Father Julius to you, and it can be regarded as a reward for Lee's support of our preaching. ”

"What's so embarrassing!" Li Tianyang said, but looking at what Felix was holding in his hand, he couldn't take his eyes off.

What can make Li Tianyang greedy may be nothing in the eyes of others, because they are just a few ordinary books, but just a few Chinese characters written in block letters on the books in Felix's hand have already surprised Li Tianyang.

The title of the book "Geometric Original" seems to be the same as the title that Gan Dabiao gave to Li Tianyang some time ago, but the whole set of four complete translations is much more precious than the books that Gan Dabiao collected with only the first volume. It's not that Gan Dabiao perfunctory Li Tianyang, but the original last three volumes were translated and printed by Father Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi in Beijing in his later years.

Of course, the set of books in Felix's hand was only one of the books that Father Julius gave to Li Tianyang, and at his feet, a knee-high small wooden box was full of books, pointing to these books, Father Felix looked a little proud: "These books are all translated and compiled by our late Father Matteo Ricci, and they are his precious legacy in the world. ”

"This is really a heavy gift, boy, I feel flattered!" When Li Tianyang heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and looked at these books with a bit of reverence: "The kid will definitely live up to Father Matteo Ricci's hard work, spread this knowledge, and give full play to its due light." ”

"Hallelujah!" Father Felix also sighed with remembrance and admiration for the deceased.

After that, there was another introduction to each other, and Li Tianyang greeted the priests who came with Father Felix stupidly and diligently, especially the few sect members who had a skill.

Li Tianyang's heart is really like eating honey, sweet, these sect members are really a treasure in Li Tianyang's eyes! Architectural designers, accountants, blacksmiths, etc., most of them are compound talents with a high level of education, and they are taken out to be teachers in Bengang School, except for the broken Chinese that is more difficult to understand, they are completely competent in other aspects.

It seems that Father Julius is really the right person, and the day after the arrival of these talents, Father Felix gave them the wind, Li Tianyang led a group of people to a vacant land in the eastern district of the residents to help them measure the land for them to build churches and residences.

Moreover, this piece of land, which covers a large area, was completely given to them by Li Tianyangbai, and at the same time, a batch of finished cement, wood, and stone were also provided to the priests as construction materials, and they did not take a penny. A few days later, the five sect members also agreed to join the Bengang Academy and the Craftsman Zuofang and become a member of Li Tianyang's command.

Of course, in addition to the materials and land that Li Tianyang gave them, the other human resources had to rely on Father Felix and them to pay out of their own pockets to hire the natives of Bengang to help.

(End of chapter)