Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 13
After the worship service, Wu Han continued to take Sun Shiwan to visit the church hall.

As a landmark building of the Zizhang Khanate, the Niangniang Temple has a long history, and has concentrated a large amount of resources of the Khanate for reconstruction and maintenance, and the layout is very exquisite.Sun Shiwan watched with relish.

"The temple has been damaged and repaired repeatedly since it was built, but the main body is still a monument from 1000 years ago. It is a miracle that it can be used until now," Wu Han said.

"Of course, this is also related to the decline of Rome. For such a long time, the dynasties have no money to build a new one. Even, sometimes, they can't even get the funds for maintenance. When the Greek dynasty ruled before, this temple was built All the money was donated by Moscow.”

"At least it's a skill to raise money." Sun Shiwan pointed out, "We're doing business, and that's what we're looking at."

"The main reason is that it didn't work out." Wu Han added: "The Greeks got the money, so they embezzled the money and hired the Turkmen to fight the civil war. Osman was brought here by them at that time. "

"This is really a prodigal..." Sun Shiwan also felt emotional.

"But it's much better now." Wu Han pointed to the top of the hall, and said, "When Daoist Yin was the abbot here, he spent more than ten years renovating and strengthening the upper and lower parts. Now the condition of the building is much better. .”

"Also, over the years, we have added many other functions to the sacrificial hall." He walked to a table next to him and pointed to the button on it: "The Khanate wants to receive Romans from all corners of the country. Everyone has different beliefs. It is really difficult to use the same set of altars. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of our friends, we have also installed many replacement devices.”

"Look, this is a Catholic series of sacred vessels designed and installed under the sponsorship of our sincere old friend, His Majesty the Roman Emperor." Wu Han introduced: "Of course, you can also call him a Latin suit. The word It was proposed by Mr. Guo, and I think it is more appropriate."

"Then please show me quickly." Since the beginning of the visit, Sun Shiwan has seen so many distinctive exhibitions, his curiosity has been aroused, and he can't wait.

"Okay." Wu Han said, and tapped a white button: "You wait."

As the button was pressed, several bells rang in the church.Sun Shiwan was surprised to see that the entire semicircular shrine began to move backwards, and two wooden doors painted with religious paintings protruded from both sides, and gradually closed.Upon closer inspection, it turned out that there was a track on the ground in front of the shrine, along which the wooden door slid out.

At the same time, the floor was also opened, and a sacrificial table was slowly raised.According to Catholic standards, scriptures, crosses, bread and wine are placed on it.Sun Shiwan took advantage of the fact that the floor was not yet fully covered, and looked down. It turned out that there was a basement below, and several priests were busy inside.Someone saw him and nodded in a friendly manner.

At this time, there was another crackling sound of metal clashing overhead.Sun Shiwan looked up and saw that it was a huge cross hanging from above.Just as he was about to comment, suddenly, the statue of Brother Tian in front of the hall also changed.

It was originally sitting on a chair like the statuette in the shrine.However, with a pop, the seat and the robe on Brother Tian were opened directly.Sun Shiwan was startled, and when he came back to look again, he found that the seat and clothes were made of wood, and the front and back halves were just stuck on the statue.

At this time, two ropes hung down from both ends of the cross above.

The priests had already been dismissed, and Wu Han and Guo Kang did it themselves.Wu Han walked over and pulled out a buckle on Brother Tian's back, only to see his arms loosen and fall to his sides.It turns out that the joints of this arm are all movable.

The two each picked up a rope end, where there was a hook made in the shape of a nail.Sun Shiwan took a closer look, there was a hole left on Brother Tian's wrist where the robe had previously covered.They inserted the iron nail into the hole, and it happened to be buckled on the hand of the statue above, and it was firmly fixed.It seems that the movement is quite skilled, and I don't know how many times I have used it.

"This step is the big problem." Wu Han explained: "We have no way to let the rope hang up automatically and accurately. The staff can only insert the buckle."

With that said, he returned to the console and pressed a small button again, a few bells rang, the cross made a clicking sound, and he began to draw in the rope.

After a while, the rope was finished, and the two hooks just hung Brother Tian on the cross again.It is estimated that there are limited snaps on the shoulders, so that the arms and body just form a "Y" shape.

Looking further down, under the position of the loincloth, there is also an obvious movable structure—Brother Tian’s leg joints are also movable.After being hung up, it naturally goes down and hangs there.

"How?" Wu Han said quite proudly: "We also invented this automatic hanging device. This kind of advanced equipment has never been seen in any other church. Of course, there is indeed room for improvement, and we will continue to do so in the future." I will continue to work hard. May I ask Mr. Sun, do you have any suggestions?"

"I think...it's okay." Sun Shiwan seemed to be seeing this thing for the first time: "However, why not just replace it with a statue? Shouldn't it be easier?"

"This is specially designed for display to the guests." Wu Han explained: "Religious sacred objects all have strong symbolic meanings, such as our brother-in-law statue, which symbolizes that no matter which sect, they all worship the same God. Brother, move the mouse. If you change the statue, there will be no such clear meaning."

"So that's how it is." Sun Shiwan suddenly realized, but after thinking about it, he asked again: "You said this was for Catholic guests? Did you hang up Brother Tian in front of them? Isn't it impolite?"

"It doesn't matter, because we are Romans." Wu Han waved his hand and argued, "It's nothing that the Romans hung up Brother Tian. We are restoring history."

"Then there is no problem." After Sun Shiwan finished speaking, he looked at Brother Tian who was hanging up, and reminded: "Oh, by the way, do you want to change that expression too?"

Wu Han raised his head, only to see Brother Tian was hanging, but he was still smiling and very happy.To be honest, it is indeed a bit inconsistent.

"I have already told them about this." Guo Kang said: "My idea is to make some replaceable face statues. Every time you change the pose, just change the face."

"However, this requires further modification of the statue, and someone has to replace it. Some priests think that it is not good to change the face in public. So, I have not done it for the time being. If I have other methods, I will try it later. "

"If there is a chance, I really want to hire the craftsmen here to make some similar things at our place." Sun Shiwan looked very satisfied: "This is indeed a manifestation of technology."

(End of this chapter)