Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

The next day.

Fang Zheng Yi, along with Lai Gou'er, Lu Fa, and others, set off from the capital for Taoyuan County.

Behind them were the Fika people, led by Father Solje, accompanied by a large number of Embroidered Uniform Guards.

After all, these people were foreigners, and in order to prevent any special problems from occurring in the county, it was more prudent to have the Embroidered Uniform Guards watching over them.

In the carriage, Fang Zheng Yi looked at Lai Gou'er opposite him and asked, "How is the situation with the missions in the Court of State Ceremonial lately?"

Lai Gou'er replied, "Everything is going smoothly. Many people have already initially mastered everyday language. In another month or two, basic communication should not be a problem."

Fang Zheng Yi nodded: "Well, not bad. Teach them the language as soon as possible. I will also take them to Dongjiao University for a tour later and organize a social event. Although these countries are small, they will definitely be of great help in the future and are very important to my Great Jing. By the way, you've been back for so long, haven't you thought about relaxing? Xinzhu, don't you really want to go see her?"

Lai Gou'er's eyes changed slightly, and he shook his head: "I thought about it, but I'm still not going."

Fang Zheng Yi said playfully, "I remember you used to be a passionate lover, how come you say you don't like her anymore?"

Lai Gou'er was silent for a moment, then lifted the curtain and looked out, saying faintly: "Brother, the world is too big, there are too many things I want to see, let's put personal relationships aside. Besides, these years..."

"I'm improving, what about her?"

He forgot his old love after studying abroad, he's really promising!

Fang Zheng Yi clapped his hands and laughed: "Well said, this is what gives us men face!"

"By the way, brother, besides helping them with translation this time, do you have any other arrangements for Lu Ge and me?" Lai Gou'er asked.

"Besides translation, there is another task for you: to help them customize a textbook to facilitate their learning of the language of my Great Jing, so that they can integrate into society in the future. Secondly, the power of my Great Jing may penetrate the West from Fika in the future, and we must also cultivate some talents. It is certainly convenient for us to have foreigners working for us, but I don't trust outsiders."

Lai Gou'er nodded: "I understand, brother, don't worry."

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Along the way, accompanied by the loud shouts of the bumpkin foreigners, the convoy finally slowly drove to the city of Taoyuan County.

Ao Chen, who had received the news in advance, had already led the crowd to wait at the city gate.

Even though he was prepared, he was still taken aback when he saw hundreds of foreigners with high noses and deep eyes appear.

At Fang Zheng Yi's instruction, the missionaries were led by Father Solje to one side of the city wall, and everyone looked around, discussing something in a barrage of foreign languages.

Fang Zheng Yi then led Lai Gou'er and Lu Fa to Ao Chen.

Ao Chen immediately said: "Master, are these the missionaries you mentioned?"

Fang Zheng Yi nodded: "Have you chosen jobs for them?"

"I've chosen them, they're all odd jobs, enough to arrange for them." Ao Chen hesitated when he said this, "But master... is it appropriate for us to take half of the four taels we give them each month? That's almost as much as the black labor market outside."

"What are you talking about? What is the life like in our county? What is the environment like in our county? This sweet air and free atmosphere, they can't get it even if you give them ten taels of silver."

Ao Chen said: "But you said in your letter that these foreigners want to earn money to preach. Two taels is only enough to survive in the county, they can't save money."

"I didn't make it clear in the letter, I just want them to not be able to save money. Besides, they can go out to earn extra money. As long as they have enough energy, they can work part-time, and there's no need to stop them."

"But... if they really save money, will the county allow them to build a church?" Ao Chen glanced at the group of excited foreigners on the left and asked, "Our county doesn't like this kind of thing."

"Heh, if they really have the ability, then let them build it. Isn't there still a place in the county that hasn't been renovated? I remember there's an abandoned Land God Temple in the east of the county, let them have that piece of land, but there must be building standards, and the height cannot exceed the original site."

Land God Temple?

Ao Chen's expression was strange: "Land God Temple? That broken place isn't even as tall as my son, and the area isn't even as big as the outhouse, is that okay?"

"Taoyuan County is my territory, I'm the landlord, what's not okay? If they're not convinced at that time, they can come and talk to me!" Fang Zheng Yi said unhappily, "Besides, you have to find ways to create some obstacles for them in the county. How easy is it to preach?"

"How to create obstacles?"

Fang Zheng Yi slowly said: "Set a good number of work hours for each of them and then accumulate points. If the points and work hours are not enough, they are not allowed to buy land. In addition, when they are working, let them fully experience the atmosphere of Taoyuan County, and strive to assimilate them into our own people. These people are not uniformly loyal to the church, and can be completely divided."

Ao Chen was a little worried: "But there is another problem, even if these people don't have a church, they can still preach and do it secretly. There are so many people, it's impossible to stop them all, right?"

"That's not difficult." Fang Zheng Yi said, pulling Lu Fa and Lai Gou'er over, "Only one of these foreigners can communicate with us. Arrange for him to go separately and don't let him contact the others, and teach the remaining people the language separately."

"Can you use some tricks during the learning process... for example, change the word 'Holy Father' to 'Imperial Court', so that when they preach, they say that believing in the Imperial Court can get them to heaven, wouldn't that be the end of it?"

Lu Fa and Lai Gou'er had three black lines hanging down their heads.

Ao Chen shook his head: "This trick is not very useful, right? They will learn almost the same thing, and they will definitely change it back in the future."

"That's not important. When they understand and change it back, the people will think that these people are neurotic people who are jumping back and forth, telling them to believe in the Imperial Court one moment and then changing their minds to believe in the Holy Father the next. Isn't that schizophrenia? Who would believe their nonsense? If they come to us, you can just say that the textbook was translated incorrectly, just perfunctorily deal with it."

Fang Zheng Yi continued: "When there are apostate converts appearing, we can allow them to join Taoyuan County, but the prerequisite is that they have to withdraw from the Taifu Church. If they are willing to withdraw, we will promise to give them a sum of benefits, and return the wages we deducted from them before."

"However, we must let them leave two documents. Oh, one of them should be written in a foreign language, signed and fingerprinted, so as to prevent these people from being two-faced. Cut off their retreat, so that they can't survive even if they return to Fika."

"What if the die-hard believers never change?" Ao Chen asked again.

"Since guiding people to goodness is not successful, then find a way to make them degenerate. Foreign monks are also monks, and they have precepts. Do I still need to teach you what to do next?" Fang Zheng Yi had a wicked smile on his face.

"In short, the intention is bad, but the execution must be good."

Just as Ao Chen was about to agree, Lai Gou'er suddenly stepped forward and said: "Brother, don't underestimate these people. Those who are willing to travel across the ocean to preach are definitely the most loyal believers. What if all your methods are not very effective in the end?"

Fang Zheng Yi smiled slightly: "Not difficult. The people who want to join the church still have to be screened by the county government. At that time, we will give them the street loafers in the county, and then announce to the public that the county government will not hire church personnel or cooperate with them, and will no longer enjoy county benefits, and then promote it among the people or schools that only those who don't study well in the future can enter the church."

"Parents can also urge their children to study hard, so that the people will be ashamed of joining the Taifu Church and form a culture of shame. I will cooperate with the newspapers to promote other things, this evil trend must not leak out!"

My God!

Ao Chen stroked his forehead with his hand and secretly clicked his tongue.

With this set of combined punches, whether the Taifu Church will have a future in Great Jing or not, let alone that, even if there is a future in Great Jing, it will be infamous.

These foreigners are really full and have nothing to do, they can preach anywhere, they are really foreign calves who are not afraid of tigers, they have to come to Taoyuan County....

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