"Honorable General, I hope you will allow me to preach on the islands under your rule. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "Francis was in his forties, with a high nose, deep-set eyes, yellow hair slightly curly, and a pale face with a sickly look. He saw that Ren Siqi did not salute, but only bowed slightly, which made Anthony on the side very dissatisfied.

"Mr. Francis, your words are very good," Ren Siqi said lightly, "Since my subordinates have promised you, of course I will allow you to preach on the island." But have you ever thought about how you can succeed in your mission? ”

Ren Siqi was indifferent to Francis's mission, because he knew that it was destined to lead to nothing. The Chinese are a multi-faith people, they believe in the Buddha Lord, Taishang Laojun, Jade Emperor, Dragon King, Sea God, as long as it is a god they are in awe. Now it is not impossible for them to believe in an alien God, but the problem is that there is only one Catholic God in the West, and after believing in God, they cannot believe in other gods, which is very contrary to Chinese tradition.

Therefore, Ren Siqi is not optimistic about Francis's mission. However, these Western priests were all knowledgeable people, and many of them were proficient in astronomical calendars, physics and chemistry, so Ren Siqi naturally hoped to use them.

"I heard that you have been preaching in Daming for more than ten years, but you have achieved nothing, if you continue like this and do not make changes, I am also not optimistic about your missionary work on the island."

Listening to Ren Siqi's words, Francis's expression became serious, in fact, after all these years of failure, he also realized the problem of his wrong missionary line, but he didn't know how to change it.

He once also wanted to take the upper echelon route of the imperial court like John Tang, but he also understood that although John Tang became an official of the Ming Dynasty, revised the calendar for the Ming Dynasty, cast cannons, and the Ming Dynasty also agreed that he built a Catholic church in Beijing, in fact, his missionary career did not make much progress, and there were not many believers, which was also the reason why Francis was reluctant to adopt the route of John Tang.

"Honorable General, please give me your advice." Francis's eyes sparkled as he looked at the young Ming general in front of him, and now he was hoping to get the right advice.

"My Ming is different from you in the West, your skin and your appearance are significantly different from those of the Ming people. The customs are different, the appearance is very different, and it is difficult to get the Ming people to believe in your God! But it's not impossible, and it takes a lot of effort. ”

"Honorable General, could you please tell me what I should do?" Francis was anxious, he knew there was something wrong with his mission, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was.

"The solution is actually very simple, you need to be able to blend in with the Ming people, make friends with them, be a useful person to them, make them respect you, love you, and then it will be easy to preach."

"I'm afraid it's going to be hard!" Francis had a sad face, he had done this before, and he had tried to communicate with the Akito. But many Ming people saw him as if they were ghosts, and fled from afar.

"It's not hard to say. Well, I'll give you a suggestion, you are a missionary, you should have a lot of knowledge of mathematics and physics, and I can hire you as a teacher to teach the children of the island about the natural sciences of the West. The Ming people are the most respectful of teachers and teaching, and if you become their husband and teach them useful knowledge, they and their families will naturally respect you, and then it will be much easier for you to preach. ”

Ren Siqi had long planned to build a school on the island so that all school-age children under his rule could attend school. However, due to the lack of teachers, there has been no progress.

Although it is said that dozens of scholars such as Tong Sheng Xiucai are now employed, these people can be asked to teach the four books and the five classics, but they do not know anything about other knowledge.

Ren Siqi hopes that the school he opened can cultivate all kinds of talents, instead of cultivating some nerds who can only share eight shares.

Of course, Ren Siqi himself received a higher education in his later life and knew some arithmetic and physics knowledge, but where did he have time to teach. Now the arrival of Francis has given Ren Siqi a glimmer of hope. If he can agree, there will be a candidate for the teacher of natural sciences.

After hearing Ren Siqi's advice, Francis pondered for a long time. I agreed.

His missionary career had been struggling for many years and was in urgent need of a breakthrough, and since Ren Siqi had shown him a path, he was willing to follow it.

With the addition of Francis, Ren Siqi decided to open a academy and named it Daishan Academy.

The site of the academy is in the northwest of Gaoting Chongfu Temple, Chongfu Temple used to be the location of pirates, there are more than 10 main halls and side halls, as a school is just right.

With a few recruited children as teachers of Chinese culture and Francis as physics teachers, he taught natural science knowledge, and hired several account rooms in shops in Gaoting Town as arithmetic teachers to teach arithmetic. In this way, Daishan Academy can open three subjects: Chinese Studies, Arithmetic, and Physics. Children between the ages of eight and thirteen learn these three subjects.

Schoolchildren over the age of thirteen, in addition to these three subjects, also need to learn military knowledge.

Of course, now everything has just been established, there is a shortage of talents, and there are no lesson plans and handouts for teaching, so it can only be done temporarily.

After sending people to renovate the Chongfu Temple, Daishan Academy was formally established, Ren Siqi himself served as the head of the academy, appointed Francis as the head of the natural science section, appointed a scholar recruited from Yin County, Lin Wenle, an old talent in his fifties, as the head of the Chinese Studies Division, and appointed Qian Mu, the account office of Qiyun Commercial Bank, as the head of the Arithmetic Division. The shelves of Daishan Academy are set up.

In addition to Francis, who was able to teach natural sciences, former captives of the Dutch, such as White and Bell, who were craftsmen and knew some knowledge of natural sciences, could teach part-time.

There are more than 20 scholars recruited from Yinxian County, although they are all working under the Yamen of the Inspection Department or Chen Zhong, they can also teach children literacy part-time, and the teachers of Chinese culture are the most.

As for arithmetic, there are no professional teachers for the time being, and they can only be managed by the bookkeepers of each shop. Ren Siqi decided to take the time to write an arithmetic textbook by himself, although calculus and the like were almost forgotten, but there was still no problem with arithmetic knowledge such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

After the establishment of Daishan Academy, enrollment began for all children between the ages of eight and fifteen.

Ren Siqi stipulates that all students do not charge any fees and are admitted free of charge, and the school will customize school uniforms for students in the future and provide free meals.

Chinese have attached great importance to education since ancient times, and in Daming, as long as the economy allows, parents will want their children to read. Now that there is such an opportunity to read, every parent does not want to miss it.

In the first batch of enrollment of Daishan Academy, more than 300 children were recruited, all of whom were children from families near Gaoting, as well as children from immigrants from Shandong. (To be continued.) )