Wheat and Hillhouse crossed the Cook Strait to Wellington, the largest city in the North Island, where all captured British colonists, including officials, soldiers, and owners, were temporarily detained.

All the British combined, there were only about 3,000 people, and that included the four recent arrival of the emigrant boats.

It can be seen that the number of colonists who came to colonize was not comparable to that of the local Maori, which is why the clever colonizers have always treated the Maori in a gentle manner.

Otherwise, there will be conflict, and the Maori heap will also kill theirs.

Of course, there was a good side to the colonizers, because they all came from England, which is a country that has long adopted Christianity as its state religion.

On the other hand, these colonists came from thousands of miles away from their homeland to make a fortune, but if they threw away their lives in order to make a fortune, most of them did not think it was worth it, so they tried to avoid the risk of losing their lives.

Now, all these people are captured and gathered together, even if they are organized by themselves, and they have never been so complete.

Although they were captured and forbidden to go elsewhere, they were still free to move around the governor's palace, visiting each other, exchanging news, and no one restricted them.

Governor General Patton was always chatting with two men, one of his Commanders of the Armed Forces, Gilpin, and the other of the newly arrived Captain Rose, about what their fate would be.

All three of them raised some possibilities, but none were sure, and the consensus of the three was that the future was uncertain.

When the mood is heavy and there is nothing to do. Mai Ke and Hillhouse walked in.

The five of them each introduced themselves, and when Mai Ke heard that they were exactly the three people he was looking for, he immediately sat down and said, "What are you discussing......?

General Patton told Mai Ke about the topic just now, and then said: "Since you, Mai Ke, are the first decision-makers in the Kingdom of Heaven, why don't you tell us about it, and let us get rid of this state of 'uncertain future', after all, you have the final say, and no matter how much we guess, the future is still uncertain." ”

The other two also chimed in: "Yes, yes, Mai Ke, you say!

"Let's change the subject. Are all three Christians? Do you have any dreams that are unique to you as Christians?"

"Of course!" replied all three in unison.

At the same time, he vomited in his heart: "Isn't this nonsense? Who dares not to be a Christian in England? Those who are not Christians have long been killed by the Inquisition." Moreover, we are all true lovers of the Lord. ”

"As for ideals, I'll talk about mine first. Barton said, "You may not know the way, Mai Ke. Everything goes to overseas colonization. Most have a deeper reason, which is to seek fertile ground for greater freedom of faith. So, one of the most important of my ideals. It is to abolish the Inquisition, or something like that, and never interfere administratively in decisions of faith and in religious affairs. ”

Mai Ke glanced at him and said in his heart, well, it's not bad, he has the wisdom of separating church and state.

As soon as Barton finished speaking, Ross eagerly picked up the conversation: "I have a specific ideal, which is to build a Christchurch, beautiful like a garden, and people live in it like heaven!"

Christchurch? Mai Ke has really heard that there is indeed such a city in New Zealand in later generations, which is generally literally translated as "Christchurch", the first four words are the literal translation of Christ in English, and the last two are the literal translation of the English church.

Mai Ke has never been to this city, and it is said to be very beautiful, like a garden.

Of course, this can be achieved, but whether Christchurch is worthy of the name is mainly in the software, not in the hardware.

However, Mai Ke also felt that this was a good opportunity to lead to Christchurch, which met the requirements in both substance and form.

In the current practice of the kingdom of heaven, all our work is to glorify God, and everyone worships God in whatever he does every day, so we have no church, only a large number of Christians, and a large number of pastors, who harmoniously fulfill their Christian responsibilities in their daily lives.

"The separation of church and state is not to separate the worship of God from the non-worship of God, and to set aside a special area where you can not worship God and not glorify God, and there is no such place in the kingdom of heaven, but to separate the two and worship God in different ways, to glorify God, or to better achieve the purpose of glorifying God.

Therefore, as long as the end is achieved, different ways can be tried, and as long as the nature and purpose remain the same, they are all allowed and even encouraged. ”

"What about you?" Mai Ke said to Ji Mu.

"I, I don't have independent ideals, just to ensure that the ideals of the two of them are realized, hehe. ”

"In that case, I will give the three of you a task - to realize the ideals of Christchurch! You can find a suitable site anywhere in the South and North Islands, design the best blueprint, and then build it!

"Everything you need, you can ask Hillhouse for it, if you can't meet it here, you can submit it directly to me, and I will be responsible for meeting your requirements.

"Your main strength is the immigrants from England, who will also be the main inhabitants of Christchurch.

"I only remind you of one question: 'No matter how beautiful the city is, if the people are not good, it is not Christchurch at all!'

The three of them couldn't help but straighten their waists, and their expressions were shocked, it turned out that they had just thought about how to build the city beautifully, and they didn't think about the essential requirements of people.

Ross said in fear: "I feel that I can't do this thing to change people's hearts......!

Mai Ke said a word of appreciation, and then asked, "How many of your two thousand are pastors and preachers?"

Barton took a form out of the drawer and read it with weight: "One hundred pastors, three hundred and sixty preachers, and one hundred and forty interns, six hundred!"

After reading it, I was secretly glad that fortunately, on a whim a few days ago, I counted this number.

It seems that the brothers in the Anglican Communion attach great importance to the preaching of the gospel, and this force is very large, and I should make good use of it.

He then said to Barton, "Well done, brother! I was going to bring in a pastor from elsewhere to lead the faith in the Holy City, but now it seems that I don't need to." Hehe, how about I talk to you?"

"What's the matter, as long as you can, you can't give up a definition!" Barton said.

"How about recommending a Holy City leader to lend me 300 pastors and missionaries, and draw them according to their proportions?"

Barton smiled bitterly: "Mai Ke, I find that your appetite is not ordinary! I built Christchurch, there were not enough manpower, and you took away so much good labor at once, and I am even more stretched." ”

"You don't have to worry about this! You give me a full-time god to pounce, and I will compensate you for three full-time workers, you are absolutely good at the work! Mayor Hillhouse! Give General Patton a thousand Maori first-class laborers, no problem, right?"

"No problem!When you need it!" (To be continued......)