Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 570 Missionary Practice

On April 1647, 4, the Strait of Magellan was rough and windy.A fleet of seven ships cleaves through the undulating waves and moves forward with difficulty. Judging from the appearance of the ships alone, this fleet is undoubtedly a fleet from the East Coast Republic.Because the unique distribution of masts and chimneys emitting black smoke all remind people of their origins, yes, they are the fleet from the east coast!

There was not a single combat ship in the fleet, but instead there were two ammunition supply ships, two water supply ships, a troop carrier, a repair ship, and a coal carrier, all seven of which were steam sailing ships , with a gross tonnage of more than 120 tons.These ships are all new ships that just entered service last month. Fortunately, they are not warships. The seven ships only need 120 sailors, so the navy can finally support them.But even so, at least half of the [-] people are rookie sailors who have been trained in a hurry and have not gone to sea a few times.

The consequences of rookie sailors are obvious.No, under the guidance of the adjutant, Captain Huang Yang, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, has already seen the water supply ship "Grocery Store" sinking slowly in the wind and waves.The boat appeared to have been mishandled in the wind and waves, and it didn't quite hit the rocks.Even the hull made of hard red sandalwood transported from New China could not withstand such a violent impact. A big hole was broken in the bottom of the boat in an instant, and then the water quickly entered. .The captain began to order to abandon the ship, and the sailors rode in the traffic boat dejectedly, struggling to row towards the nearest large ship in the swells that fluctuated from high to low, from left to right.Sometimes a wave would throw the sailors in the skiff into the sea, and then there would be nothing left but a cloud of foam on the surface.

After working for more than three hours, about half (9 people) of the crew on the "Grocery Store" were rescued, and the remaining 8 people disappeared forever in the rough sea water.After dealing with this incident, the people who were still in fear continued to move forward, and finally drove slowly into the east coast intelligence station in the Rio Verde area on April 4.

The intelligence station has changed a lot since last year when Lu Ming led his team here.First of all, there are more people stationed here on the east coast. There are more than 30 special agents from the State Intelligence Bureau and the police from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and about 70 tall Patagonian servants recruited by the intelligence station. The population of this secret stronghold has reached more than [-] people.Not to mention that there are some Araucans who come here for recuperation and training. It is certain that the population of the entire intelligence station will exceed [-].

The pier trestle is still the original simple trestle made of logs. The east coast fleet, which has been reduced to six ships, approached one by one, unloading a large amount of weapons, ammunition and food supplies, as well as some medical equipment and medicines.The gold and silver coins, precious jewelry and other items accumulated in the information station that the Araucan people exchanged will also be transported away. As for the livestock such as cattle, sheep and horses, it is inconvenient to take them away, so they will stay here and be served by the Patagonian servants. They grazing and breeding to supplement some fresh meat for the ships on the east coast that may pass by.

Along with the ship came a small number of various talents recruited from the mainland, including a doctor, a tailor, two veterinarians, two gun repairers, two blacksmiths, four Taoist priests and a hundred architects. Worker.They will start building a large number of masonry buildings here with the huge amount of building materials brought in, so as to build this secret intelligence station into a strong permanent stronghold.

Zhao Yan also disembarked with the team of construction workers. Bilas, the person in charge of the intelligence station, was receiving people from the mainland with a smile on his face. When he saw Zhao Yan, he was surprised at first, and then Just with a wry smile on his face, who invited this master here?

As the first group of immigrants on the east coast, more than 180 Calvinists from Switzerland are already active in every corner of the east coast, and Bilas is one of them.Originally quite excluded in the old continent, they thought that the new continent would be a free world, but they didn't expect that it was a religious prison.Here, Catholicism has been suppressed in a vague way, not to mention the heretical Calvinism.Bilas, who originally hid his beliefs in his heart, thought that this would be the end of his life. With shady beliefs, he acted as a dark secret policeman, doing dirty and despicable things...

Unexpectedly, one day this "nobleman" named Zhao Yan would come to his door suddenly, and then chatted with him about what he thought was "crazy". Bilas still remembered that the deputy director Zhao of the Religious Affairs Office How did you tell yourself.

"The only true god in the world is Tianzun. The image of Tianzun in the world is changing and powerful. Tianzun summoned Huangdi Xuanyuan in China to be a pious and wealthy king. He finally fulfilled the summoning with his firm belief in God. , became the co-lord of the rich and vast land of gods, and multiplied for many generations."

"After completing this enlightenment, Tianzun rode a green ox out of Tongguan to the west, and then summoned the pious Abraham. Of course, because Tianzun left China earlier, the later successors of the Yellow Emperor, like King Solomon, paid more attention to worldly pleasures, which led to China's loss. The orthodox inheritance of Tianzun. And the ignorant people mistakenly think Tianzun is a god of paganism in their muddle, it is really pitiful and lamentable."

"Later, why did the Orthodox Church of Assyria send people to China for activities? This is for the sake of rectifying the source! However, their own teachings are inherently biased, and their hearts are not firm enough. Bewildered by the secular world, we failed to complete the mission. Now, we, East Coast Taoism, will complete this historical mission.”

all kinds.These remarks once made Bilas furious and unacceptable, but after a long period of brainwashing by Zhao Yan, a former core member of the MLM organization, a veteran liar who sold incense candles at Shaolin Temple, watched Feng Shui at the foot of Wudang Mountain, and has a good tongue Well, this Swiss may have really believed in this, or he may have other purposes, in short, he joined Taoism reluctantly.

Although he joined Taoism in a daze, it didn't mean that Bilas himself could accept this religion which seemed awkward to him.Therefore, although he has been at the Magellan Information Station for several years, he is not very active as he shoulders the mission of preaching among the Patagonians. People don't know how to teach.Knowing that there is a difference in love, Zhao Yan simply applied to the Religious Affairs Office to come here to take a look. It happened that a group of senior gods in the Religious Affairs Office were also arguing endlessly about the new doctrine written by him. I didn’t dare to draw conclusions about the consequences of copying the teachings of Calvinism, so Zhao Yan decided to let him go to the Magellan intelligence station to preach among the Patagonians and Araucans, and evaluate it. Let's talk about the effect.

So Zhao Yan picked four assistants from the Presbyterian Church in the capital, and then hurriedly boarded the navy ship with them, and followed them to the Magellan Intelligence Station.What he saw really disappointed him. There are only a dozen or so people in this intelligence station who believe in Taoism.Except for a few people who were Taoist believers when they came from the mainland, there are only five believers who have developed in the past few years, and only one of them is a Patagonian!

How can this be!Zhao Yan gave Bilas a hard look, and at the same time sighed inwardly, and said to himself: The foundation is weak, and it is not easy to preach, so maybe we have to start from scratch here.

Due to the letter of introduction issued by the government, some of the building materials brought in from the local area will be used to build a small Taoist temple as the core missionary institution in the local area.Zhao Yan calculated that with the four god-level Taoist priests he brought along, and a large number of holy medicines (aspirin, ferrous sulfide, whale liver oil, etc.) supported by the local people, when those ignorant Patagonians, Open the market among the Araucans and gain a large number of believers.

With these believers, he can rely on these believers to vigorously practice the teachings locally, that is, "the world is our place of practice, and the work in the world is the main way for us to practice, it is a task arranged by the gods, and it is sacred. A bounden duty. Everyone has to enter the world to practice, and managing one’s work and life in the world well is practicing and worshiping, and fulfilling the duty of a believer.”

Zhao Yan firmly believes that such teachings are very suitable for the current system on the east coast, and have a positive effect on the country and society that cannot be underestimated, and are also of great benefit to the naturalization of new European immigrants. Promotion and financial grants, then flourish.However, the concerns of the Office of Religious Affairs are also right. First practice it in a small remote place. Any benefits or adverse consequences can be verified and evaluated over time.Moreover, in fact, the current teachings written by Zhao Yan are full of loopholes, and there must be a process to perfect them, so it is very appropriate to preach among these few barbarians.If everything goes well, that's good, and even if something goes wrong, the impact won't be too bad, isn't it just a few barbarians, what bad impact can it have?

Therefore, before getting off the boat, Zhao Yan had no time to rest. After discussing the construction plan of the Taoist temple with the person in charge of the construction team, Zhao Yan hurried to the living places of the Patagonians in the camp. The men struck up a conversation.This process naturally has to bring Bilas, because this guy can speak some Patagonian languages, how can he communicate without him being there to translate?

In desperation, Bilas could only arrange for his subordinates to discuss with those Araucans first, asking them to launch an offensive in the near future to support the actions of the East Coast Army in La Plata.And I followed Zhao Yan to the wooden house where the servants lived, and started the journey of deceit and abduction.

(End of this chapter)