As soon as the eastern sky turned white, Pascal II got up early from his wooden house, which was actually a low wooden shelf with some messy wood nailed to it, and the cracks of the wood were stuffed with earth and weeds, which were not much stronger than a shack, and could not be more shabby.

Pascal II walked out of the house and looked at the village, which was almost all the same low wooden houses, and then he came to a messy clearing in the middle of the village, next to which a tall tree grew, and Pascal II walked under the tree, and then reached out and knocked on a piece of scrap metal on the tree, and the crisp sound soon spread throughout the village, and the others began to get up one after another.

Compared with a few years ago, Pascal II is much older, originally he was a Catholic pope, usually pampered, and his appearance looks much younger than the actual age, but since becoming a prisoner of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Jia sent him and some Catholic diehards to this big island called Niudao, there is a Han port named Niutougang nearby, they are helpless and helpless, and the Great Song Dynasty will not kindly raise them, so they need to solve their own problems with food and housing, so as to do so, He and the others had to work hard every day for three meals a day, and the whole person was tanned and thin, so he naturally looked much older.

As the wake-up bell rang throughout the village, the rest of the village also got up and gathered in this messy square, all of them were papal nobles who had been exiled here, and they had been in Rome when they were in conflict, but since they were exiled to Cow Island, they had to put aside their previous grievances and cooperate, otherwise it would be impossible to survive here.

"Guys, it's dawn. The women went to prepare the meals, the men prepared their weapons and went out, the hunters and fishers went separately, and the rest continued to build churches with me! Pascal II saw that the people were almost coming, and immediately announced loudly.

When they first came here, Pascal II and other papal nobles did not even have enough to eat. However, after slowly getting familiar with the environment here, they found that the cattle island was rich in prey, and it was close to the coast, whether it was hunting or fishing, they could get food, so they slowly settled down, and some time ago Pascal II also proposed to build a church, which was also agreed by most people, after all, although they were exiled, most of them did not give up their faith. So Pascal II stepped in and made some arrangements, and now everyone was under his command.

At the command of Pascal II, the women of the village immediately became busy, and these women, who were all proud and untouchable noblewomen when they were in Rome, discussed most every day what kind of clothes were in vogue in the city, and which artisans made the most beautiful jewelry, but now they have long since lost their former appearance. They were unkempt and dressed in simple clothes made of cowhide, and their rough hands were full of calluses. Where is the appearance of a lady with half a point?

Breakfast was soon prepared, a soup of seafood and wild vegetables topped with blackened jerky, which Pascal II ate almost all three times a day, for they had nothing to eat but that.

Pascal II took a bowl of soup himself, took two slices of jerky, and then soaked the jerky in the soup and gnawed slowly. Because he is old, he has lost a lot of teeth in recent years, and now he can't bite the jerky, so every day when he eats is a big test for him, and he also feels that his body is very weak. Insomnia at night gave him a bad feeling, but he had already made up his mind to build the church before he died.

After breakfast, the women went to the neighborhood to gather wild vegetables and fruits, while the men divided into two groups to hunt and fish, and brought dry rations, for they did not return at noon, and Pascal II led some of the older and more experienced men who were his main helpers in the construction of the church.

Next, I saw Pascal II drag out a large box from his room, and when he opened it, he revealed all kinds of tools inside, all of which were all tools that they saved a little bit of food that was already small, and then sent it to Niutougang to exchange some money, and finally saved enough to buy such a set of tools, of course, this is also thanks to the cheap steel of the Great Song Dynasty, and the price of tools is also low, otherwise they may not be able to afford it.

Pascal II took out all the tools in the toolbox and distributed them to these people, and he remembered what kind of tools each one used, and he would take them back one by one at night, after all, these tools were so precious that there was only one set in the whole village.

After getting the tools, these people immediately went into action, and some people used axes to clean the logs that had been cut down a few days ago, remove the branches on them, and cut down the knots on the trunks; Others sawed the trunk of the tree in pairs with a large saw, and sawed it into planks of uniform thickness; In addition, people began to dig the foundation with shovels that had not been completed a few days ago, and this small construction site was also a busy scene.

Because of the limited conditions, Pascal II planned to build a simple wooden church, larger than the wooden house they lived in, but it had to be very strong, because the sea often blows a huge sea breeze, if it is not strong, it is likely to be blown down, in the past their house has been blown over the roof by strong winds several times, but now they have figured out the local climate, and have accumulated some experience in building houses, I believe that the church will not collapse again after it is built.

Pascal II's men were limited in their work, so the progress of the work was extremely slow, and there was not much work to be done throughout the day, but the good news was that the foundation was finally dug and everyone could start preparing the timber from tomorrow, which would speed up the construction of the church.

In the evening, the men who had gone out came back, and the harvest was good, and they brought back more food than usual, so everyone gathered together and tasted an all-you-can-eat dinner, because the food was limited, all the food in all the villages was distributed together, and usually the food for each person was rationed, and only when a large amount of prey was harvested would everyone have a full meal.

In the following period, Pascal II and his family worked hard almost every day, and the church was finally built little by little, and finally when they erected the carefully polished cross on the roof of the church, everyone had a happy smile on their faces, and the next day was Sunday, and everyone expected to celebrate the first Mass in the new church, but what everyone did not expect was that the next day a group of uninvited guests came to their village. (To be continued.) )