Those who deliver goods and those who seek livelihood are diverted from the two forks in the road, and the avenue into the city appears to be much wider. The taxi carriage galloped all the way south.

The north side of Old Town San Diego was once a wasteland, but now a patchwork of well-planned residential neighborhoods. However, these residential areas all have a distinctly Chinese style.

Houses in the entire area are decorated with lights, and shops on both sides of the road are decorated with auspicious couplets. The streets are full of festive goods and flavorful snacks.

Both the professor and Niels were very curious, "Has the Chinese house always been like this?" ”

"It's like a celebration of something!"

Osvaldo stretched out his hand and asked the roadside newsboy to buy a newspaper, and the newsboy told them, "Two days ago, it was the Chinese New Year, and everyone was like Christmas." ”

"Knock knock knock, knock knock!"

The carriage passed through the newly built natural square, surrounded by a yellow wall, and at the entrance was a tall archway covered in red and hung with colors, and a group of Chinese people were beating gongs and drums, and what ceremony was being held under the archway.

This is the archway of the newly built natural square, and the plaque in the center reads "Taoism and Nature".

The natural square was built at the strong request of Xun Su Ji.

Chef Xun is bent on following the pot neutron to engage in religious work. In order to show his determination, he called himself "Su Jizi", and recited the booklet "Natural Taoism" day and night, almost going crazy.

Hu Zhongzi was overwhelmed and recommended Xun Suji to the Executive Committee and asked him to follow the Keelung and Kaohsiung ships to the Americas to preach.

"I disagree!" Lin Dejia is still consistently and resolutely opposed: "This is the use of religion to confuse and deceive the people. ”

Bai Baoxiang said lightly, "If the 'Natural Dao' does not occupy the position of the Chinese in the Americas, it can only give up hundreds of thousands of Chinese to God." ”

In the end, the plan to go to the Americas was unanimously agreed.

Bai Baoxiang believes that missionary work in the Americas is a pioneering work, which requires not only the ability to spit lotus flowers, but also the need to know a little simple medical and health knowledge, and use the practice of medicine as a means to spread the "natural way", so as to get twice the result with half the effort.

After a short period of hygiene assault training, Xun Su Ji came to North America happily with two hygienist Taoist children, as well as two books "Natural Taoist Dictionary" and "Barefoot Doctor's Manual". After going ashore, he fell in love with the emptiness of the central square in the Chinese neighborhood of San Diego and strongly requested to build a natural Taoist temple here, Zhongfu Temple.

The construction of the Taoist temple was not a small project, and the American Bureau first built six houses in the center of the square as a temporary Taoist temple, and then surrounded the square with a wall. Today is the unveiling ceremony of the Nature Plaza.

"That's not Dr. Zhou!" A tall figure under the archway caught Professor Martin's eye, and he hurriedly shouted, "Stop, stop!" ”

Xun Suji originally planned to invite Lin Hanlong, Liu Gang and others to unveil the plaque and cut the ribbon of the Natural Square, but when the heads of the American Bureau became American citizens, they all claimed to be religious citizens, and they had to pretend to be neutral on religious issues and could not openly support the natural way. In addition, the natural way does not belong to the official ideology of the crossing team, and Lin Hanlong, Liu Gang and others don't want to fight too hot with the natural way, so Xun Suji had to invite the Chinese scientist Zhou Weisen to put the golden lion on the eye at the unveiling ceremony.

"The gongs and drums shook the sky, and the lion woke up and worshiped the Quartet."

The gongs and drums were noisy and the drums were jubilant, and Zhou Weisen came to the front of the golden lion with a brush in his hand, "A little gold in the left eye: golden light." Two points of silver in the right eye: silver shines. Three-point forehead: famous. Four o'clock lion's mouth: the world is peaceful, and the universe is quiet. ”

After the eye-catching, the two golden lions lying in wait jumped up, tumbling and dancing in the sonorous and powerful gongs and drums, and spit out the "blessing stickers" with the words "all wishes come true, everything wins", and the square was full of jubilation.

Professor Davis, Professor Martin and Osvaldo, led by Zhou Weisen, visited Zhongfuguan with great interest.

Zhongfuguan is the structure of a quadrangle, and the wings on the left and right sides are used as medical clinics and wards.

The main house is the main hall, which enshrines a huge Tai Chi Bagua map. The walls around the main hall are depicted with the "Naturalistic Dictionary. Picture of the Book of Genesis.

Looking at the figures of men and women kneeling down in front of the desk, worshiping the two fish of yin and yang entangled together, Professor Davis felt a little curious, "Dr. Zhou, what kind of totem is this?" ”

"This is the Taiji diagram, the Chinese believe that he is the origin of the world, the Tao!"

"Dao?"

Zhou Weisen organized his language a little, "Tao describes the objective law of how all things in the universe form and evolve, and he is the highest cosmic law in the hearts of the Chinese. ”

"The Tao is natural." Su Jizi was wearing a Taoist robe, looking like a fairy wind and bones, "Tao is the supreme god of everything, and it is the god in the hearts of the Chinese." ”

During this time, Xun Su Chicken prayed for blessings, prevented and cured diseases, making the "Way of Nature" a household name in San Diego and winning the hearts of the people.

Seeing two white scholars and a white journalist visiting the Taoist temple, the chef's heart itched, if he could fool the scientist into a fan of the Tao of Nature, it would be a big deal!

Osvaldo almost jumped, "How can this be God?" ”

Xun Suji smiled slightly, "There is only one master of all things in the universe?!" ”

"Yes!" Osvaldo added, "That's God! ”

"For millions of years, the brilliance of 'Him' has shone on the universe, and all regions and races on the earth have received divine grace. Every nation has its own one true God. For the Jews, 'He' is God, and for us, 'He' is the Word. ”

"You mean that God is the Word!" Osvaldo felt incredulous, he shook his head again and again, "How is this possible, how can God be the 'Word'!" ”

"The two scholars can testify that astronomers have discovered Neptune according to the law of gravitation, confirming Copernicus's theory of the solar system." "The very small stars in the night sky are actually very huge, the moon is a satellite and revolves around the earth, and Mars, like the earth, is a planet that revolves around the sun. ”

Professor Davis was a little surprised that this Chinese wizard also knew astronomy, but he still honestly said, "According to the observations of the astronomical telescope, the Moon and Mars are very huge."

"God created man on Earth, will He create the same variety of creatures on the Moon, Mars, or other planets?" ”

"It's very likely!" Professor Martin is a biologist and was excited to hear that there may be a variety of biospheres in space.

"Will the Bible of the Martians be the same as the Bible of the Jews?" The chef shook off the dust, "God is the supreme Lord of the universe, and justice and peace are His virtues. He treats all things equally, not just 'God's chosen people.' ”

The Jews claimed to be "God's chosen people," and the Old Testament records the relationship between God and his people, the Jews, and their stories.

"This~~" The Martian also recited the Old Testament and recited the Book of Exodus, which Osvaldo was a little unimaginable.

Xun So-ji continued, "What we call 'Tao' existed before heaven and earth, and no one can name Him, nor do anyone know His form, but He is colorless, imageless, formless, and the supreme Lord of the universe! ”

"This is God!" Professor Johnson, Professor Martin, and Osvaldo nodded silently.

Professor Martin asked Chow Wai-sen, "Dr. Chow, do you believe in this Tao too?" ”

"I'm a scientist, and I believe in Scientology." Zhou Weisen said without thinking. He paused, then continued, "In all my research, whether it is optics, electricity, or biology, all phenomena must have their own inevitable laws, and there seems to be a supreme master in the dark. ”

"Deism holds that the essence of God is spirit, and that God, as the 'Creator' of the world, no longer intervenes in the affairs of the world after the creation of the world, but allows the world to exist and develop according to its own laws."

Professor Davis and Professor Martin nodded silently, both of them believing in deism.

"But I think that 'He' is the supreme law of the universe, and that 'He' spiritual essence has no body, but it is the truest entity of all things in the universe." He 'created the universe, created all things, and moved the world to exist and develop according to the law.' Zhou Weisen said slowly, "I only believe in one 'Him' and nothing else." 'He' can be said to be God, or it can be said to be the Word. ”

Zhou Weisen consciously fooled Johns, Martin and others, and the philosophical ideas of natural Taoism are similar to deism.

Horse-drawn carriage carrying Nils into Old Town San Diego.

The town hall was empty, and only two clerks received Nils.

"Sir." A clerk respectfully told him that today was the first fleet sent by the city of San Diego to China, and the "Keelung" and "Kaohsiung" of the Chinese Ming regime also set sail at the same time, so the city officials all went to the dock to see off the fleet.

The Keelung and Kaohsiung ships left Japan in mid-January, sailed for 10 days to the Hawaiian Islands, and arrived in San Francisco in early February.

This was the first fleet to come to the United States from the East, and Nils vividly remembers that the entry of two Chinese ships into San Francisco caused quite a stir.

The "Keelung" and "Kaohsiung" ships hoisted the red flags of the sun and the moon on their masts, and the 21 gun salutes were fired and slowly sailed into the port of San Francisco. The U.S. Anti-Smuggling Ship Bureau, harbor batteries, and merchant ships of various countries anchored in the harbor fired their guns in return, and the harbor was filled with welcoming crowds.

Standing on the balcony of the town hall, Nils saw a lively scene in the direction of the pier. Officials from San Diego City Hall, senior executives of the Huafu Group, and many citizens poured out to see off the fleet.

A clerk excitedly told Nils that San Diego was once just a small border town with an economy based on fishing and agriculture. If the fleet can open up the Chinese market and bring back large quantities of silk, tea, and porcelain, San Diego will continue to thrive as the most developed city on the West Coast, and the city government's tax revenues will rise.

At the sound of the salute, twelve galleons laden with iron ingots left the dock and sailed out of the harbor in turn. In the end, the Keelung and Kaohsiung ships also left the dock and sailed towards the deep blue.