Smuggling Daming

After sending Huang Tailai away, Zhou Zhongyi turned around and was about to invite Father John and Priest Nader to go in. After all, Priest Nader gave him some chili seeds, so he had to thank the other party anyway, although the other party was unwilling. Money is accepted, but there should be no problem treating them to a meal.

However, when Zhou Zhong turned around, he found that the short Dr. Wei was having a good conversation with Father John. Zhou Zhong went over to listen and found that this Dr. Wei was actually very humble and studious. He is asking Father John about his bloodletting therapy, and it is rare for Father John to meet someone who is interested in him, so he has no reservations, and he speaks about the bloodletting therapy he has learned. .

Zhou Zhong saw that Dr. Wei listened very seriously, and even had an eager expression, which made him jump. In order to prevent the patients in the chamber of commerce from being lethal by Dr. Wei, Zhou Zhong hurriedly interrupted their conversation. Talk, and then invite Father John and Priest Nader to the trading center.

Now the entire transaction has become a comprehensive area. This is not only a place where the chamber of commerce and cargo owners, cargo owners and cargo owners negotiate business, but also has its own restaurant, teahouse and accommodation in the garden. As soon as some cargo owners come to Beigang, they will immediately Entering the trading center, food, accommodation and business are all here. After all, the security of Shuangyu Port is not very good. Compared with other hotels, the trading center is much safer here, at least you don’t have to worry about people coming here to make trouble.

Zhou Zhong took Father John and the two of them to the restaurant inside the trading center to ask for a private room, and then ordered a table of delicious dishes for them.As a result, as soon as the food was served, before Zhou Zhong could say anything, the two priests’ eyes were already glowing green. It seemed that they were quite hungry during this time.

After finally waiting for Father Ruowang and both of them to eat, Zhou Zhong smiled and said: "Father Ruowang, you haven't answered my previous question. Aren't you in Nangang District? Why did you come to Beigang District again?" gone?"

Hearing Zhou Zhong's question, Father John and Priest Nader looked at each other with greasy faces, and then said with a wry smile: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Zhou, we are actually in Nangang District. I went down, so I came to Beigang District to try. But we also know that Beigang is your territory. If you don’t want us to stay here, then we will go to Xigang District. Anyway, we will not give up the spreader glorious!"

"Oh, what did you do to make it difficult for you to survive in Nangang District, and I look at you. It seems that you haven't eaten for a few days?" Zhou Zhong asked strangely when he heard this. Time has been busy with the chamber of commerce.There is no time to pay attention to the movements of these two Portuguese.

I saw Father John smiled wryly again when he heard this, and immediately told about the disaster he caused in Nangang District.

It turned out that after the two arrived in Nangang District on the boat of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, they immediately began to actively preach to everyone they could come into contact with, but they obviously still did not learn from the previous lessons on Zhoushan Island, and they did not have any skills at all when preaching , just blindly propagating to people how merciful God is, and believing in God can enter heaven in the future and so on.

This practice of Fr. John and Reverend Nader.Obviously, it is impossible to attract anyone to believe in religion, and it even arouses the resentment of many people.However, if that was the case, they would not be able to get along in Nangang. The most important thing was that the two of them offended a group of people in Nangang, and they were forced to leave Nangang.

Although Nangang District is the site of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, besides the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, there are actually some small and medium-sized chambers of commerce stationed in Nangang District. Father John and the others offended one of the medium-sized chambers of commerce.As for the cause of the matter, it was not that the other party bullied others, but that Father John and the others had made mistakes first.

The Dominicans, where Father John and Reverend Nader belonged, belonged to the beggar church. They did not accept property, and they usually only lived by begging for food from others. It would be fine if they were in Europe, after all, it was the world of the Christian church. You can find believers who are willing to give alms, but in Daming, their behavior is no different from beggars.In addition, most of the residents in Shuangyu Port are family members of various chambers of commerce. They fled here because they could not survive in Daming. Naturally, they despise them very much, which directly caused the two of them to not be able to get enough food.

For this situation, Father John and Priest Nader have already prepared for this situation. After all, they have encountered this situation in Zhoushan, and although the two of them are stubborn, they still know some flexibility under the pressure of survival. , so sometimes when they really couldn't find food, they would go to the wharf to do coolies for a few days, so that they could earn some money for living.

But coolies are not something everyone can do. One day when they were carrying goods at the pier, they accidentally broke a box of goods. It turned out that there were fragile porcelains inside, and these porcelains belonged to a medium-sized chamber of commerce in Nangang. As a result, the other party will naturally ask them to pay for the goods.

Father John and Priest Nader were originally penniless and had no money to compensate each other. The chamber of commerce did not force them to lose money now, so they proposed a way to let them work in their chamber of commerce to lose money , When to pay off the money and when to leave.

Originally, this is nothing to ordinary people, it is nothing more than putting in more effort, but Father John and Priest Nader still want to preach everywhere, and it is only their part-time job to work as a coolie at the dock, let alone for a long time. They worked in the other party's chamber of commerce, so they discussed it in the end, but they escaped while the other party was not paying attention.

The immoral actions of Father John and Reverend Nader naturally angered the other party. After all, most people in the smuggling business were similar to pirates, so it was not good to offend them.So now the other party is already sending a message, insisting on arresting the two priests, John, and letting them know what will happen if they offend them?

It was precisely because of this that Father John and Priest Nader could not stay in Nangang any longer. Otherwise, if they were caught by the chamber of commerce, they would have to be beaten to death. So under such circumstances, the two left After leaving Nangang, they ran to Beigang to avoid the limelight. After all, the other party was only a medium-sized chamber of commerce, and it was impossible to extend their influence here.

Zhou Zhong couldn't help laughing after listening to Father John's narration. Speaking of which, he also felt that the two Portuguese in front of him were very interesting. As ascetic monks, sometimes they really behaved like devout Catholics, even if they were alone in the Daming also strictly abides by the teachings of the church, but sometimes they often do some unethical things in order to survive. For example, when they were in Zhoushan Island, they stole food from the local people in order to survive. This time in Nangang It is a very interesting phenomenon that these two contradictory states are manifested in them.

"Father John, what are your plans now, don't you just want to hide like this forever?" At this moment, Zhou Zhong sipped his tea and asked with a smile.

When Father John heard this question, he couldn't help but look at Priest Nader again, and then said with a wry smile, "I've not thought about this, Mr. Zhou, but we plan to stay in Beigang for a while. If the other party doesn't If we catch up, we may continue to preach here until someone is willing to become a believer in God."

Sure enough, Father John's words did not surprise Zhou Zhong, but he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and thought of a very important thing, he pondered for a moment and said: "Father John, the time we met is also It’s not short, you can be regarded as friends, but as a friend, I have a small suggestion for you!”

Seeing Zhou Zhong being so polite, Father Ruo Wang also stood up a little flattered and said: "Mr. Zhou, you are too polite. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to ask. It is rare for me and Priest Nader to have a friend who understands Daming, so for your suggestion We will definitely consider your opinion carefully!"

After not seeing each other for a few months, Father John's Chinese became more and more fluent, and he knew to use honorifics for Zhou Zhong, but Zhou Zhong didn't care about it, and he saw a flash of light in his eyes and said: "Both of you, before you I have preached in Fuzhou and Zhoushan, and then came to Shuangyu Port, but the experience of these three missions is similar, no one wants to believe in religion, I am right in this point?"

Father John and Priest Nader also nodded when they heard this. At this time, Zhou Zhong went on to say: "The three missions have failed, which is enough to explain one problem, that is, there is something wrong with your missionary methods, and It’s still a big problem, otherwise we wouldn’t have failed to develop a believer until now!”

"This..." Although Father John and Priest Nader are stubborn, they also know that Zhou Zhong's analysis is very reasonable, so they nodded again and said, "Young Master Zhou is right, we admit our way of preaching There should be a problem, but now we don’t know how to change it, so we can only preach in this stupid way.”

"Hahahaha~, in fact, you don't have to use such a stupid method at all. I have a method here that can help you gain a firm foothold. Although it will not make you develop believers, it is definitely better than your current meek and purposeless preaching. It's much better!" Hearing that Father John and Father John admitted that there was something wrong with their way of preaching, Zhou Zhong suddenly laughed and said.

It suddenly occurred to him just now that the West has already surpassed Daming in some science and technology, and he might take this opportunity to open a gap from the two priests in front of him and learn those advanced technologies.As for the matter of preaching, it is just a piece of cake for him to attract the other party to work for him! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)