Section 102 Task Force and Priests (1)

For this reason, Wu Mingjin fully affirmed the entire anti-bandit campaign and gave all necessary official support, such as issuing public notices and issuing wanted documents. In order to avoid the leakage of information in the process of suppressing bandits, Wang Zhaomin simply went to Bairen City every day to discuss affairs. As for the price, it is natural to hand over the results of the suppression of bandits: the head or prisoner of the bandit leader to the county government.

Xiong Buyou was stationed in Daolu Village the day after the attack on the 13th Village with the rural social investigation team led by Du Wen.

This task force is composed of students from the Rural Cadres Training Center, which Du Wen and Ma Qianzhu personally gave lectures. Two squads of soldiers were sent by the Army to protect them. The vice captain is Dong Weiwei, a Ming fan girl who has a soft spot for the Emperor of the Apocalypse, finally has the opportunity to try rural social surveys in Daming - she has engaged in township propaganda work in another time and space, and she is very experienced in rural social work, and this time she wants to show her skills in a new time and space.

Two women came to conduct a social survey, not to mention that the locals looked at it, but even many people in the crossing group thought it was strange. However, since some people originally took the initiative to ask Ying to do the most difficult social work, everyone naturally couldn't ask for it.

We are fighting desperately, and County Magistrate Wu will immediately grab the credit." Xue Ziliang was very dissatisfied

Xiong Buyou said: "Give him some benefits, and he won't beat our idea all day long." We don't need it anyway, we don't need it. Besides, Mrs. Wu's essence is still good, and he belongs to a more conscientious official. ”

"About the human head-" Xue Ziliang was just about to say something, when he suddenly heard two women's screams outside. The two hurriedly ran out

I saw the door of the ancestral hall, and I saw Du Wen and Dong Weiwei hugging together, trembling vigorously.

"What? Are there rats or cockroaches? Xiong Buyou was puzzled.

"Needless to say, it's this." Xue Ziliang pointed to the door of the ancestral hall and poked at a row of spears, on which were the heads of bandits killed in battle. Although the blood was dried with lime, the gray skin and the black neck break really looked seeping.

"Team Xue, isn't this taste a little heavier?" People who have watched a lot of dead scenes like Xiong Buyou also feel a little hairy.

"It's called intimidation." Xue Ziliang said indifferently, "This is a non-security area, many people are bandits, there is nothing terrifying, and no one will be convinced." ”

"I thought the Yankees weren't interested in this—"

"Intimidating hostile residents is not a new tactic." Xue Ziliang looked at the head, "It's a pity that there is no bandit leader of that party, otherwise it would be better to hang it out in his hometown." ”

"Okay, He Ming's team should be back soon, and I'll have people send them to show the crowd when the time comes." Xiong Buyou said, "I'll hang it for you for three days, and after three days, you will be sent to the county office." ”

Xue Ziliang was very refreshing: "Deal!" ”

"What? How many more days is this thing going to hang? Du Wen felt sick.

"yes, a few more heads."

"Then I don't want to live here—"

"Aren't you a staunch communist? I'm not afraid to die for the sake of the revolution, but how many heads are I afraid? Xue Ziliang teased her.

Du Wen glared at him viciously, and just wanted to quote the scriptures to explain that hanging on people's heads is not communism. It also has nothing to do with her revolutionary spirit. Dong Weiwei said: "Forget it, let's live here." I looked at the village, where there were no decent houses at all. She boldly looked at the heads again, as if she was ready to try to adapt to their presence, "Anyway, it's only a few days, we still have a lot of soldiers and team members together, what are you afraid of!" ”

Du Wen thought too, if you don't live here, do you want to live in the people's thatched-roof bamboo fence houses? Anyway, if the head is not removed, she will hide in it first and not come out, and it will be out of sight.

"Alright! Let's get over it. She nodded solemnly and went in. The members of the work team immediately dismantled all the ancestral hall signs and lanterns at the gate, and hung up a white stubble wooden sign with the words "Rural Social Survey Team Headquarters in the Thirteen Villages" written in thick ink and large letters. One of the soldiers playfully lit a string of firecrackers by the door, which crackled.

"Another new yamen has opened." Xiong Buyou said.

Everyone hahadaxiao, at this time, I saw a burly guy wearing an ill-fitting wide robe striding over, it turned out to be a foreigner, and the soldiers felt that it was rare, and they crowded over to watch.

When they walked through the crowd, it turned out to be the Jesuit Lu Ruohua, who had come a few months ago to talk about missionary matters, and this person had replaced his crow-like black-colored monk's robe with a blue-color-Songjiang cotton gown, with a ** uniform hat on his head, and an ebony crucifix hanging from his neck, which looked very incongruous.

Behind him, it was Bai Duolu, who was crying and mournful, carrying a huge duffel bag and carrying a board of white stubble.

"My kid, hang the sign here. This is a house that God has given us. Lu Ruohua said seriously.

"Yes, Father." Bai Duolu was full of helplessness and regret - why should I confess that I am a believer! Since his Catholic identity was exposed, the Executive Committee has automatically ignored all of his other attributes. Although he rejected the title of "Bishop of Lingao", Wenji did not let him go, and asked him to continue to contribute to the religious affairs of the Crossing Group. So acting as Lu Ruohua's local escort has become his glorious task. The public title is the secular priest of the Lingao Church, and the secret identity is the deputy head of the Office of Religious Affairs of the Executive Committee. The director is naturally He Ying -- the external title is the religious affairs officer of the Executive Committee.

After Lu Ruohua returned to Lingao from Macao, he brought back a certificate of approval from the Jesuit Society, which was in charge of missionary affairs throughout East Asia, and concluded a missionary agreement. He brought with him a large number of Chinese religious books and foreign money printed in Macao - He Ying told him that the crossing group would not provide funds for the missionaries, and that the church in Australia could not provide funds for the time being, and that all expenses would have to be sponsored by the Jesuits.

So Lu Ruohua happily bought a piece of land on a side street in Dongmen City - the East Gate was very rainy and sold for 200 yuan. The missionaries then hired the Lingao Construction Company to build a small church, the Bairencheng Church, which would be the seat of the Lingao Church.

Before the church was completed, Lu Ruohua continued to live in the merchant hall, and every day he made an appointment with Xiong Buyou to learn the language in the merchant hall - he now has no problem communicating in Mandarin, this time he learned Lingao dialect. Bai Duolu sincerely admired his enthusiasm and studious spirit, and after chatting, he found out that this was the third Chinese Chinese language that Lu Ruohua had learned. Before that, he had learned Cantonese vernacular and Mandarin. When he was free, he also talked with Bai Duolu about the issue of righteousness - of course, with Bai Duolu's level, he could not talk about any new tricks, but Bai Duolu gave him a shocking blow. One day, he came with a porter carrying a suitcase.

"What is it?" Lu Ruohua felt strange, this group of Australians was not hospitable, he lived in a merchant house and had to pay rent every day, and he had to pay for meals, although it was not expensive, but it was not free, why did he suddenly send something to him?

"Father, take a look, you'll love it." Bai Duolu smiled mysteriously.

The box was opened, and it was full of books, twenty or thirty of them. The binding is simple. He casually picked up a book, but it was a "Complete Book of the Old and New Testaments" with a Chinese title, and it still exuded the fragrance of ink.

"This is?!" Lu Ruohua turned a few pages and was surprised, he still spoke Chinese very poorly, but he was already quite proficient in the written language of Chinese, which is obviously a full Chinese Bible!

The impact on him was so great that Lu Ruohua knew that no missionary, including Matteo Ricci, who had achieved the greatest success in Jesuit China, had ever translated the entire Bible. During this period, only a small number of abstract-sexual passages were translated: Luo Mingjian's 1584 translation of the Confession of God, Matteo Ricci's 1599 Truth of God, and Pondy's Passion for the Past. Strictly speaking, it is not a true translation of the Bible, but an interpretation of some of the passages. The difficulty in grasping the precise meaning of Chinese is one reason, and the disagreement over the doctrinal issues involved in many of these translations is another. What neither the traverser nor Lu Ruohua knew was that at the same time, China's first group of Catholics and Western missionaries were arguing over what the word "god" should be translated into in a large mansion in the south of the Yangtze River.

Lu Ruohua flipped through a dozen pages with trembling hands, and it was obvious that this translation was smoother and more accurate than any translation he had seen, and the choice of words and sentences seemed to be in line with Chinese usage.

"This is the translation of the Church of Australia?!"

"Exactly." Bai Duolu said with a smile.

"Great, great!" Looking at his appearance, it seemed that he was about to kneel down and thank God. "I'll send the proofs to Macao and ask the president for approval......"

"These books were donated to the mission by our Australian churches." Bai Duolu said, "This translation has been circulating in our country for hundreds of years. ”

The implication is that if it's okay, please don't toss the words in it, so as not to make another wave over the translation of the name. Of course, Lu Ruohua could hear this, and he naturally had no objection -- he had found the lost church, and now he had obtained the Chinese Bible translated by this church, and these achievements alone would be enough for him to receive the holy grace of the pope when he returned to Rome in the future.

After getting the book, Lu Ruohua went to the church site every day to inspect it as if he had taken a stimulant, but so far there is only a wooden sign on the construction site that reads "Bairen Church Land", which has been planted with vegetables by hard-working laborers, and it is lush.

Lingao Construction Corporation is busy with various infrastructure projects, and has been working in two shifts 24 hours a day for several months, where is there still time to build churches. Merlin saw that the foreigner who had come to pester him every day hit Haha, and then simply avoided it.

After Lu Ruohua negotiated with He Ying many times without success, he proposed to use the merchant house or rent a house by himself, and start preaching and worshipping in advance. But He Ying politely refused.

"According to our laws, religious ceremonies cannot be carried out without a place of worship. So you can't preach without a church. He Ying immediately refused solemnly.

"Is Australia under the rule of such a group of unbelievers?!" Lu Ruohua often complained to Bai Duolu.

Bai Duolu carefully reminded him that Australia is a secular republic. ”

"I know." Although Lu Ruohua is French, he is no stranger to this Italian specialty.

Just when Lu Ruohua was angry because he had nothing to do, He Ying suddenly came.

"Father," he said mildly, "we have prepared a chapel for you, where you can begin your missionary career. ”

After the elimination of the party's bandits, although the 13 villages area controlled by the bandits for a long time fell under the control of the crossing group, the long-term turmoil caused chaos and chaos in the social environment here, and the contradictions were sharp. It is a place that needs religion to "purify": to soothe people's hearts, to improve the social atmosphere, to stabilize the order. Working together with the task force may be able to serve a two-pronged function. It is only fitting that Lu Ruohua can be used to preach in the past.

So, Lu Ruohua and his assistant Bai Duolu came to Daolu Village together.

Bai Duolu hung a sign with four Chinese characters inscribed "Daolu Church" and a line of beautiful Latin characters on the other side of the gate, which complemented the sign of the "Social Investigation Task Force". The crowd was dumbfounded. On both sides of the gate of the ancient ancestral hall, a white stubble wooden sign is hung, plus the text on it, which is very modern art.

But Du Wen clearly did not welcome this common tenant. Rejected his move-in, and even more opposed to turning part of this place into a "church". Bai Duolu had to come forward to act as a negotiator, and after several unsuccessful negotiations, he called the executive committee for help. Under Ma Qianzhuo's direct order, Du Wen reluctantly allowed them to enter.

With everyone's coordination, the two sides divided the ancestral hall: the gate and the foyer were shared by both parties. The task force occupies the first and second courtyards, and the church occupies the third entrance. The two sides also agreed that they would refrain from any public propaganda attacking each other within the gate.

The next day, Du Wen just wanted to renovate the house to better suit the needs of office and residence, but found that the plasterers and carpenters in the village had already renovated the chapel in the third hall - "Father Lu" had a lot of foreign money available, and he had more advantages than Du Wen.

"We'll see! In the end, the people are afraid of US imperialism, or US imperialism is afraid of the people! Du Wen's voice echoed in the empty hall.

"He is a missionary sent directly by the Executive Committee, so we should pay attention to our attitude." Dong Weiwei reminded her.

"Let this kind of imperialist elements engage in feudalism, superstition, and faith, I really don't know what Qianzhu thinks."