Chapter 48: Planting Hope
In the martial arts training ground of Ying'en Temple, rows of children stood there in a proper manner. There were women who specialized in sewing clothes, so the children, despite their different ages and appearances, were uniformly dressed.
These children are at the age of being naughty and mischievous, and when they saw the three foreigners behind Zhu Yousong, they all pointed and shouted. The second general behind Zhang Hao, who was too old and was not selected, followed Zhang Hao majestically. Seeing them arguing, Li Dingguo stood up angrily and shouted loudly.
Li Dingguo suppressed the hundreds of children in the martial arts arena with a single sound, felt that he was in the limelight, saluted Zhu Yousong, returned to Zhang Hao, and winked at Sun Achou. Zhu Yousong had a chill, that's not what is written in the history books. said that the young family was poor, but because of his extraordinary appearance, he was accepted as a son by Zhang Xianzhong who was passing by? What's going on with this white and chubby monster living treasure.
secretly slandered a few words, and the history was really written by his own imagination to portray the characters in history, and the credibility was really not high.
Jagurts looked at these children excitedly, as if he saw hundreds of devout cultists taking root in this excess. This is a group of children, and it is much more difficult to develop a child and be baptized from an early age than to develop an adult. He rubbed his hands together and said, "My lord, shall we begin?" ”
Zhu Yousong nodded, coughed lightly, and the children all looked at him.
"You are all born and raised in our Henan Mansion, and no one of you may have seen the sea, do any of you know what it looks like to be big?"
The children looked confused, their eyes widened, and hundreds of little heads shook together, and none of them knew what the sea was.
Zhu Yousong saw that it attracted their attention and said with satisfaction: "The sea is endless water, which is bigger than the largest lake in our Ming Dynasty. On the other side of the sea, there are many countries like our Ming Dynasty. There are all kinds of novelty gadgets there, they can build explosive artillery, and they can blow up the rockery in the backyard in this place. There are also many interesting games. They like to use a piece of red cloth, provoke a bull, and then kill it. ”
Although the children didn't know why the prince came to tell them stories, they all listened to them with relish. The three priests were also excited, and Jagurts said excitedly: "This is incredible, my lord, have you ever been to our country?" ”
Zhu Yousong pretended to smile deeply, did not answer his question, and continued to say to the children: "Do any of you want to go to the sea, to their country? ”
Every boy has a dream from afar, just like every teenager dreams that he will one day fight the sword. Some of the boys were already eager to go to the magical sea in the king's mouth and the country across the sea. Zhu Yousong saw that the goal was achieved, and only by selecting children with this interest could he achieve his goal.
If you choose a group of honest babies who just want to stay here and stay with their parents, I am afraid that even if they go to Europe, they can only immerse themselves in the sorrow of being far away from their homeland every day. Only those children who have a wild temperament, a strong sense of curiosity, and a desire for knowledge are the most suitable. These children are seven or eight years old, and the oldest is already in their teens, if they really go to Europe with the purpose of studying abroad, Zhu Yousong has already imagined that he has too many talents in his hands and does not know how to use the sweet trouble.
The three of Jaggers didn't know Zhu Yousong's thoughts, and they still thought that he was dedicated to helping him preach. I was eager to present him with a Friend of Christ, and nodded his head in great satisfaction.
Zhu Yousong struck while the iron was hot, pointed at the three of Jaggs and said loudly: "They crossed the endless sea and came to our Ming from the other side of the sea. If any of you wants to cross the sea like them, stand up now. ”
There was a commotion among the children, and Zhu Yousong decided that there must be a child with the wildest temperament who stood up first, and only then did the others dare. I was not in a hurry, and waited patiently with my hands behind my back, but there were three foreign priests with anxious looks.
To his surprise, the first to walk out was a dumbfounded boy with a string of snot bubbles on his face. The boy was thin and weak, with small eyes squinted, and he couldn't see his gaze clearly.
"I... I want to go. Under the gaze of hundreds of people, the boy was a little nervous and stammered.
Before Zhu Yousong could speak, suddenly there was a voice from behind him, "No!" You can't go! ”
Zhu Yousong, who was startled, looked back and saw that it was Li Dingguo, Zhu Yousong looked at him and asked funny: "Li Dingguo, why don't you let him go?" ”
"He's stupid, I'm not at ease." Li Dingguo scratched his head and said in a low voice. It turned out that it was him and Sun A'Chou's companion who stood up, Dumb.
"Xiaonan, I really want to go, I like to set off firecrackers the most."
"If you really want to go, I'll go with you."
Zhu Yousong vetoed: "You can't go, he can go." "Just kidding, you just stay here and grow up to be a god of war, being a scientist is too humiliating for you.
Zhang Hao grimaced and said sharply: "Li Dingguo, where is there a place for you to talk here, come back to me." ”
Although Li Dingguo was worried, he didn't know why, the prince, who had always been easy to speak, had a resolute attitude this time and could not be questioned. He retreated behind Zhang Hao and glanced at Sun Achou, both of whom saw the worry in the other party's eyes.
Since someone had started, many boys came out one after another, and the eyes of the three of Jagurts were full of stars, and the happiness in their hearts deepened with each child who came out, and now they were about to faint with joy.
The children's herd mentality is the most powerful, and more than 100 children have come out. Zhu Yousong knew that only some of them might be able to cross the sea, and some of them might just be on a whim, and they might regret it after sleeping. But it's already very good, Zhu Yousong walked past each of them, looking at these immature faces, his heart was full of hope.
"You first follow these three priests and learn their language." The children looked like Jagurts, Topernicus, and Lydibal, and the three of them tried to put on the most charitable smiles.
Zhu Yousong said proudly: "Father, you will stay here for the time being and teach these children. I will build you a church in my royal house, and it will be done on the day that you baptize these children. But you have to send someone to guide my craftsmen, and there is no one in this land who has not built a church. ”
Jagurts drew a cross on his chest and whispered to the Lord about his great achievements. His eyes were moist, and he said sincerely: "My lord, you are our eternal friend." ”