The Jesuits in Macau spent a lot of money on missionary work.

Before Portugal was annexed by Spain, it seemed theoretically that the Portuguese crown should provide money to the Jesuits in Macau under the Portuguese Protectorate, but in fact the Portuguese maritime empire was unable to meet the demands of the various religious orders, although it had great obligations.

The money of the Holy See and the Jesuit Societies was often slow or unsustainable.

Sometimes private donations and charitable legacies can partially balance this need, but in places where there is no financial means, local Christians are too poor to support their churches or even manage them.

In such a situation, the only way to survive is through guò trade.

The Jesuits, consciously or unconsciously, supported their missionary work by means of guò trade, especially in Macao.

At the time, there was a common sarcasm that "in the Portuguese-ruled part of Asia, there was either too little or no support from the royal family." ”

The governors, the captains, and the captains complained in turn: "The king always gave priority to the missionary orders and parishes than to the navy, the army, or other civil needs." ”

In fact, the king did this very often.

The coffers of the Portuguese royal family are often blank, and it seems that everyone is short of money to spend. At this time, the Portuguese in Macao were engaged in trade activities, which provided an opportunity for the Jesuits to find a solution to the financial crisis of the Order, and they had to devote themselves to this mundane work.

If the Dutch and English clergy often helped their colonists to maintain their missionary activities by helping their colonists to manage their local administrations, the Jesuits often financed their trade together.

For quite a long time, the clergy, whether Protestant or Catholic, whether they were truly pious, or who took the opportunity to make a fortune, were generally ridiculed by the people of the Han and Tang groups or the people of their region, which was definitely a great test of their willpower.

In the northern part of Taiwan, Pastor Farnberg and Pastor Danley Ni were often ridiculed by the Han Tang clique, especially a guy with a red face covered in red pox.

According to others, the guy was a doctor with the ability to bring the dead back to life, but as soon as he saw the two of them in the concentration camp praying for every family or leading them to pray to God, he shouted: "Welcome, everyone, here are the two servants who collect taxes for God!" ”

If two people can't understand Mandarin, it's fine if everyone can't understand Mandarin, but most people can.

When it came to such a time, everyone was silent, and he was telling the truth.

At this time, the two pastors, who had always been straight, immediately softened a little, blushed, and their steady steps were a little messy, and the two of them almost turned around and left, and went back to confess to God what they had done, we are really, really just serving God! They kept repenting, and then they carefully washed their ears of the guy who was full of malice—the real truth.

They will never leave behind these people who are suffering, they are God's people!

Then the two of them appeared in front of everyone with a fearless spirit, until another such blow.

When the two pastors confessed themselves, they were also very puzzled, how could that guy know so many real ugly things about us??

The red acne on that guy's face became less and less, fortunately he only came to the concentration camp once a month, and fortunately, not everyone in the Han Tang group did this to the two of them, most of them were desperately busy with their work.

Pastor Farmberg and Pastor Daniel Nee naturally and resolutely avoided that guy, God would have forgiven the young man, or there would have been fewer and fewer red pimples on his face?

They always thought in their hearts, "If any of you is sinless, let him be stoned." But God forgive us for our mistakes, don't let that young man laugh at us, all mistakes will surely pass, and God will forgive us. But the young man's laughter was so loud that it scared them.

From the mid-to-late 16th century to the first half of the 17th century, the Jesuits in the Far East engaged in trade by participating in the transshipment trade between Macao and Nagasaki.

At that time, the Ming government pursued a policy of seclusion and seclusion, but tacitly acquiesced in the overseas transshipment trade of the Portuguese in Macao, and allowed them to come to Guangzhou at a fixed time every year to engage in the silk trade, while the Portuguese in Macao shipped Chinese raw silk to Japan in exchange for Japanese gold and copper needed by China.

At that time, the Macau City Council sometimes organized such trade activities, and local merchants gave a certain share of the goods according to their financial resources to leave them to the Jesuits.

The Portuguese merchants in Macao were, of course, the main cargo owners, and they were the main ones engaged in maritime trade.

However, in order to maintain their own livelihood, the church groups in Macao often invest in it and become one of the owners of consignments.

These ecclesiastical groups, including the Jesuits, often entered into agreements with the council to take their own share of the goods transported by large ships, and in this form participated in the international trade activities of the time.

Because the Jesuits were fluent in the two different languages of the Ming Dynasty and Japan, the Jesuits maintained friendly relations with the upper echelons of both countries, although the two Asian countries were in a hostile state at that time because of the "Japanese Invaders", which provided them with unique conditions to participate in and engage in international trade at that time.

The fact that the Jesuits could not participate in business activities in all their hands subverted their core belief that they could survive.

Every three years, they elect a general servant who specializes in general affairs.

The year before, the Jesuits elected Father Rob. At that time, he was saddened, trade with Japan was terminated because of the teaching plan, trade with Manila was restricted by the Spaniards because of the short-sightedness of Portuguese merchants, and there was a war on the Ming continent, and many supplies were cut off...... For a while, trade with India could only be maintained, but the total amount was too small, especially the Dutch pirates frequently harassed sea ships, and the business could be maintained, but I am afraid that it would be difficult to continue in the future.

The emergence of the Hantang Group brought them opportunities, and the southern Fujian region unexpectedly opened up the market, and no matter how high the tax rate was, the open trade was much stronger than the blockade trade.

Father Rob bought the right to use the merchant directly from the market of Gerancho with the Portuguese merchants, and lived here with peace of mind.

Father Rob has accumulated his knowledge of the Han Tang Group bit by bit, and his diary is extremely messy, but it is all his true knowledge:

They had gunpowder of incredible power, and although he couldn't get close to observe, he could see from a distance the smoke and loud sound of the explosion that was about to blow a mountain to the ground.

They smashed the stones with strange things and transported them to a factory with a tall chimney, which smoked all day long, higher than St. Peter's Basilica.

There's something called cement there, and I think I've seen it somewhere, but I'm sorry, I can't remember it.

Businessman Jesley said the same.

Jesry the merchant was the first Portuguese merchant to come here, and he was handsomely rewarded for it.

The first goods he brought back were quickly sold out in the market, and now he had a larger quota of dyes than others, but fortunately he was a devout Catholic and promised to give a certain share to the Society of Jesus every time, and the light of God's mercy shone on the world...... However, his keen business vision should have paid more attention to God, and now he is obsessed with the things produced by the Hantang Group.

Hantang Group's things don't need to go out of Malacca, any port in Southeast Asia can be sold and exchanged for more spices...... Last year's Jesuits received more funding, otherwise they would not have wanted to build a church in the Geranza area......

Jesley, a businessman, was even fascinated by the food of the Han Tang Group...... That's a weak-willed appetite!

At this point, Father Rob took off his reading glasses, put down his wood-tipped pen, and put his head down and touched the bridge of his nose with his hand—he was forty-eight years old, and his eyes were glazed unconsciously, and he used to be able to transcribe the Bible in beautiful Latin font and with a quill under a dim oil lamp, but now, under the much brighter oil lamps produced by the Han and Tang Groups, he could not see clearly, perhaps because he was busy with trade, and even on cloudy days.

A few days ago, he went to Hantang Customs to handle the export tax payment form, and looking at him holding the documents to check it, Commissioner Ma Dehua, who had known him for a long time, suddenly asked: "Lao Luo, I remember that you are forty-eight years old, right?" ”

Father Rob thought about the age of the Ming people and said, "I'm forty-seven years old—"

Commissioner Ma Dehua suddenly sighed and said: "This person's eyes are really 'flowers don't flower, forty-eight', I was the same as you at that time - what small words are uncomfortable to look at, and sometimes people laugh -"

Commissioner Ma Dehua went on to say a great deal more, and Father Rob listened patiently.

Commissioner Ma Dehua said for a while, and suddenly remembered that this middle-aged foreign devil couldn't understand it.

But looking at his honest appearance, Commissioner Ma Dehua said: "Count yourself lucky, I have a pair of glasses, if you wear them, you can wear them first--but, you will have to pay me back later, but maybe we can process them now, but it will always be mine, even if it is a stall, it will always be mine." ”

Commissioner Ma Dehua really got him a weird glasses.

Commissioner Ma Dehua said: "You can wear it and take a look, Lao Luo, is it appropriate?" ”

Father Rob, under the zealous guidance of Commissioner Madeward, put it on, and when I looked at the little print again, my God, it was all too clear.

Commissioner Ma Dehua said: "I don't have a round mirror here for you to see, your face is long, mine is round, this frame is not suitable for you, it is not good-looking." By the way, do you see clearly? ”

Fr. Rob said movingly: "I can see it very clearly below! How much is this worth? ”

Commissioner Ma Dehua may be a little lonely since the electrician Gao Degao Gongzi was transferred out again, and he said again: "Lao Luo, you are using our Mandarin voice to speak the language of the Ming people, which is quite good." ”

Commissioner Ma Dehua laughed for a while, and then said: "Although it is a stall in the world, fifteen yuan and what currency to buy, but it is still my favorite." If it was folded into this side of the horse ticket at that time, it would be about five horse tickets, but now it is estimated that it is four horse tickets, and it may be three horse tickets if it is not good. ”

“――”

"Don't understand? Well, priceless, actually. ”

Father Rob sighed, indeed.

"However, I said that borrowing you to wear it is borrowing you to wear it, this is what I say, don't learn from Mingren, I don't look used to it! When you go back, burn incense in front of your God, and make a wish, so that good people will never be dazzled, and by the way, you don't burn incense, you light candles. ”

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