"How much?" Bi Fangji stood up in some surprise: "Double? How many times? ”

"A hundredfold!" Yang Bo nodded affirmatively, "It's ...... within half a year"

"A hundredfold? That's... That's 600 believers? Oh, my God! Bi Fangji's face was full of shock and expectation, you must know that the development of believers is not a simple multiplier growth, but geometric growth, if you take the first step, a few years later, it may be hundreds of thousands of scale, that is a great achievement that no pioneer has ever accomplished? Is this person okay? He doesn't even know what Catholicism is.

Yang Bo was secretly amused when he saw Bi Fangji's unsettled appearance, the faith of the Chinese is the most tolerant, and no matter what religion comes here, it can be accepted. What is religion? It is nothing more than a hope, a vision. In this troubled world, as long as you can give them hope, just like the White Lotus Sect that the imperial court has been purging over the years, but more and more White Lotus cultists have been suppressed.

"Yang Gong...... Oh, Brother Zhixian, is what you just said true? Bi Fangji's lips trembled, he hadn't yet recovered from the shock just now.

"Of course, the only advantage of me is that I never boast easily" Yang Bo patted his chest: "But it's ......"

Bi Fangji was anxious when he heard it, "Brother Zhixian, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly"

"But I still have a few conditions, but I don't know if the priest agrees?" Yang Bo looked at Bi Fangji with a smile, and looked at the priest in his heart.

"We are like exiles who have come willingly to this strange land to spread the gospel of the Lord, far away not only from our relatives, parents, brothers, and relatives, but also from the Christian nation and our homeland. Sometimes it's coming to a place where I haven't seen a compatriot for more than ten or twenty years......" Bi Fangji calmed down and said slowly: "In this case, what else can I not let go? ”

Yang Bo also admired the priest's persistence in his heart, "In this case, the priest might as well pack up, and we will set off in three days!" ”

"Go?" Bi Fangji found that he couldn't keep up with Yang Bo's rhythm: "Where to go?"

"Shandong Mansion ......" Yang Bo spit out two words very simply

Shandong Mansion? Bi Fangji asked with some doubts, "Forgive me for being rude, and please know that the idle brother is clear."

Yang Bo didn't answer in a hurry, but took two mouthfuls of food, and squinted his wine before saying slowly: "I don't hide it from the priest, I went to Shandong this time to pay donations......

"Donate? Could it be that the idle brother is ......" Bi Francis reacted quite quickly

"Yes, when I become an official, I will make all the people under my rule religious...... Isn't this what you often call the upper route? Yang Bo said with a smile

"But......" Bi Francis opened his mouth and protested silently, "but we can't force them to join the Church, that would be inconsistent with the doctrine......"

Yang Bo made a cross on his chest: "Believe me, Father, they will be more pious than lambs"

Bi Francis stood up suddenly; "Absolutely not, this method of reading is distorting the doctrine, my God? I will be the biggest laughing stock in the eyes of my compatriots, my parishioners......"

Yang Bo snorted, "I forgot to tell you, my profession is to understand the needs of guests. Ah, don't understand? Let's put it this way, I said before that you don't know the people of the Ming Dynasty at all, and if you want to recruit believers, you must first understand what they need,"

"Demand? What is the demand? Bi Francis stammered

"Various needs" Yang Bo did not directly answer Bi Fangji's question, but changed the subject: "I am going to build a private school, so that those who can't afford to read can ...... for free."

"Private school?" Bi Fangji was a little puzzled, Yang Bo's jumping thinking made him a little unable to keep up.

"That's right, not only is reading free of charge, but you're also going to take care of a meal! Father, do you think those people will come? Yang Bo asked solemnly

"Rice? Of course, I think they're going to smash the threshold of the private school! But? What does this have to do with our development of believers? Bi Fangji still couldn't figure it out, he looked at Yang Bo with a puzzled look, but Yang Bo didn't answer, just smiled and ate and drank by himself

"Could it be?" Bi Fangji suddenly slapped his thigh, "Could it be that as long as they are willing to join the church, they can enjoy this benefit?" Isn't it? Bi Fangji was so excited that his mouth was about to tremble, and Yang Bo's words suddenly showed a new world in front of him.

"That's right, Father, you see, you've already started to get started," Yang Bo laughed, "It needs to be voluntary, right?" There was no persecution from beginning to end, was there? ”

"But!" Bi Fangji was calm after all, and he calmed down after a while: "However, in this way, there are more problems...... First of all, it requires a large investment of silver."

Bi Fangji stroked his yellow-brown beard vigorously, turned around several times in a row, and said, "Second, how can I invite Mr. to teach?" Brother Zhixian, you know that those Confucian scholars are very repulsive to us Yidi, and if they know that this private school requires a religious entry to study, I think we will become the public enemies of the local gentry......"

Yang Bo turned around on the wine table, raised three fingers and said, "There is one more, the most important one, priest!" It is also necessary to clear the attitude of the local government, without their acquiescence, nothing can be done"

Bi Fangji sat back in his seat and sighed incessantly, Yang Bo painted a new world for him, but the door of this new world was locked several times.

"There will always be a way to solve the problem" Yang Bo patted the priest on the shoulder sympathetically, Bi Fangji was immersed in his own world, and did not care about Yang Bo's rude behavior at all.

"I'll leave these questions to me to consider, why don't we talk about quid pro quo now?" Seeing that Bi Fangji couldn't come up with anything for a while, Yang Bo took the opportunity to change the topic

"Really?" Bi Fangji ran over violently, holding Yang Bo's hand and shaking it vigorously: "Brother Zhixian! Do you already have a plan? ”

Yang Bo was a little overwhelmed by the priest's sudden enthusiasm: "I can't be sure for the time being, Father, it's just a plan, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, Bi Fangji was anxious for a while, but it made the idle brother smile" Bi Fangji realized his gaffe and sat back in his seat.

"Actually, what I want to know most is, since the pioneer Father Matteo Ricci came to my Ming Dynasty, you missionaries have brought what cultural exchange things have been brought?" Yang Bo thought for a moment and asked carefully

"Oh?" Bi Fangji was stunned, and slowly replied: "This question is the right person, but this topic is a bit big, let me sort it out and answer ......."

Yang Bo nodded, and made a gesture of please with his right hand

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