After sending Huang Tailai away, Zhou Chongyi turned around and just wanted to invite Father John and Priest Nader in, after all, Priest Nader also gave him some chili seeds, so he had to thank the other party anyway, although the other party was unwilling to accept money, but it should be no problem to invite them to a meal.

However, when Zhou Zhong turned around, he found that the short Dr. Wei was talking with Father John very happily, Zhou Zhong walked over to listen to it, and was surprised to find that this Dr. Wei was a very modest and studious person, and was asking Father John for his bloodletting therapy, and Father John also rarely met a person who was interested in him, so he did not have the slightest reservation, and told him about the bloodletting therapy he had learned without any reservations.

Zhou Zhong was also startled when he saw that Dr. Wei was listening very seriously, and even had an expression of eagerness, so in order to prevent the patients in the Chamber of Commerce from being poisoned by Dr. Wei's bloodletting, Zhou Zhong hurriedly interrupted their conversation, and then invited Father John and Priest Nader to the trading center.

Now the whole transaction has become a comprehensive area, here is not only the chamber of commerce and the owner of the goods, the owner and the owner of the business place, at the same time the garden also has its own restaurant, teahouse and accommodation place, some owners as long as they come to Beigang, will immediately enter the trading center, food, accommodation and business are all in this, after all, the security of Shuangyu Port is not very good, compared to the hotels elsewhere, the trading center here is much safer, at least do not have to worry about someone will come here to make trouble.

Zhou Zhong took Father John and the two to the restaurant inside the trading center and asked for a private room, and then ordered them a table of good food, but the food just came up. Before Zhou Zhong said anything. Father John's eyes were already glowing green. didn't have the heart to listen to Zhou Chong's words at all, and Zhou Chong had to let them eat first, but the two of them immediately began to gobble up, and it seemed that they were hungry during this time.

Finally, when Father John and the two of them had almost eaten, Zhou Zhong said with a smile: "Father John, you haven't answered my previous question yet, aren't you in the Nangang District, why did you come to the Beigang District again?" ”

Hear Zhou Zhong's questioning. I saw Father John and Priest Nader, who were eating with oily faces, look at each other, and then showed a wry smile on their faces: "Don't hide it from Zhou Gongzi, we actually can't get along in the Nangang District, so we came to the 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 the Xigang District, anyway, we will not give up spreading the glory of the Lord!" ”

"Oh, what did you do to make it impossible for you to mess around in Nangang, and I look at you. As if you haven't eaten in days? Zhou Chong asked very strangely when he heard this, he had been busy with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce during this time. There was no time to pay attention to the movements of the two Portuguese.

When Father John heard this, he smiled bitterly again, and immediately told him about the trouble he had caused in the Nangang District.

It turned out that after these two people arrived in Nangang District on the ship of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, they immediately began to preach to everyone they could reach, but they obviously still did not learn the lessons they had learned in Zhoushan Island before, and they did not have any skills at all when preaching, but just blindly preached to people how merciful God was, believed that God could enter heaven in the future, and so on.

Father John and Priest Nader's approach obviously could not have attracted anyone to become religious, and even aroused the disgust of many people, but if this was the case, they would not be able to get along in Nangang, and the most important thing was that the two of them offended a group of people in Nangang, so they were forced to leave Nangang.

Although Nangang District is the territory of the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, in addition to the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, there are actually some small and medium-sized chambers of commerce stationed in Nangang District, and it is one of the medium-sized chambers of commerce that Father John offended. As for the reason for the incident, it was not that the other party was bullying, but that Father John was at fault in the first place.

The Dominicans, where Father John and Priest Nader belong, belong to the Dervishesh Church, they do not accept money, and usually only live by begging for food from others, if it is in Europe, after all, it is the world of the Christian Church, and they can always find believers who are willing to give alms, but here in the Ming Dynasty, their behavior is no different from that of beggars. In addition, most of the residents in Shuangyu Port are family members of various chambers of commerce, they originally fled here when they couldn't survive in Daming, and they naturally despised Father John and his two hands and feet but did not work, and only relied on begging for a living, which directly led to the two of them not being able to get enough food at all.

Father John and Priest Nader had already been prepared for this situation, after all, they had already encountered this situation when they were in Zhoushan, and although the two of them were stubborn, they still knew how to be flexible under the pressure of survival, so sometimes when they could not find food, they would go to the docks to work as coolies for a few days, so that they could also earn some money to make ends meet.

But coolies are not something that everyone can do, one day when they were carrying goods at the dock, they accidentally broke a box of goods, and it happened that there were fragile porcelain inside, and these porcelain were the goods of a medium-sized chamber of commerce in Nangang, and the other party naturally wanted them to pay.

Father John and Priest Nader were penniless and had no money to pay each other at all, and the Chamber of Commerce did not force them to lose money now, so they proposed a way to let them work in their own Chamber of Commerce and lose money, and when they paid off the money and then left.

Originally, this was nothing more than selling more strength for ordinary people, but Father John and Priest Nader still wanted to preach everywhere, and it was only their part-time job to come to the docks to work as coolies, and it was impossible for them to work in each other's chambers of commerce for a long time, so they discussed it later, and they escaped while the other party was not paying attention.

The immoral practices of Father John and Priest Nader naturally angered each other, after all, most of the smuggling business was similar to pirates, and if they provoked them, they naturally had no good fruit to eat. So now that the other party has already sent a message, he has to catch Father John and the two and let them know what will happen if they offend them?

It is precisely because of this that Father John and Priest Nader can't stay in Nangang at all, otherwise if they are caught by that chamber of commerce, they may have to be killed, so in this case, the two left Nangang and ran to Beigang to avoid the limelight, after all, the other party is only a medium-sized chamber of commerce, and it is impossible to extend their power to this side.

After listening to Father John's story, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but laugh, speaking of which he also felt that the two Portuguese in front of him were very interesting, as ascetics, sometimes they did behave like a devout Catholic, even if they were alone in the Ming Dynasty, they also strictly abided by the teachings of the church, but sometimes in order to survive, they often did some things that violated morality, such as when they were in Zhoushan Island, they stole food from the local people in order to survive, and this time they broke things in Nangang without compensation, Both of these contradictory states are manifested in them, which is a very interesting phenomenon.

"Father John, what are your plans now, don't you just want to hide like this?" At this time, Zhou Zhong took a sip of 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: "Qi Zhou Gongzi, we haven't thought about this yet, but we plan to stay in Beigang for a while, and if the other party doesn't chase after us, then we may continue to preach here until someone is willing to become a believer in God." ”

Sure enough, Father John's words were not unexpected, but he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and thought of something very important, and then he muttered for a moment and said: "Father John, we have known each other for a long time, and we can be regarded as friends, but as a friend, I have a small suggestion for you!" ”

Seeing Zhou Zhong so polite, Father John also stood up a little flattered and said: "Zhou Gongzi, you are too polite, if you have any suggestions, please mention it, it is rare for Priest Nader and I to have a friend who understands Daming, so we will definitely consider your opinions!" ”

I haven't seen him for a few months, and Father John has become more and more fluent in Chinese, and he has used honorifics for Zhou Chong, but Zhou Chong doesn't care about this, and he sees a flash in his eyes and says: "You two, you first preached in Fuzhou and Zhoushan, and then came to Shuangyu Port, but these three missionary experiences are all similar, and no one wants to believe in religion at all, right?" ”

Father John and Priest Nader also nodded when they heard this, and then Zhou Zhong continued: "The three missions have failed, which is enough to show a problem, that is, there is a problem with your missionary methods, and it is a big problem, otherwise you would not have been able to develop a single disciple until now!" ”

"This ......" Although Father John and Priest Nader were stubborn, they also knew that Lu Dao's careful analysis was very reasonable, so they nodded again and said, "Zhou Gongzi is right, we admit that there should be a problem with our missionary methods, but now we don't know how to change Lu Dao, so we can only use this stupid way to preach." ”

"Haha~, in fact, you don't have to use this stupid method at all, I have a way here to make you stand firm, although it will not allow you to develop believers, but it is definitely much better than your current aimless mission!" Hearing Father John and his wife admit that there was something wrong with their missionary methods, Zhou Zhong suddenly said with a big smile.

He suddenly thought just now that the West had surpassed the Ming Dynasty in some scientific and technological techniques, and he might be able to take this opportunity to open a gap in the two priests in front of him and learn those advanced techniques. As for any missionary matter, it is just a piece of cake for him to attract the other party to work for him! (To be continued......)