In the past few days, Pei Siqi's idlers have a new point of conversation, that is, the name of "Zhong Ming Slave Company" has been changed, and the name has become "Zhong Ming Colonial Company", it is said that the company's main business will change from slaves to colonization, this new thing caused a burst of talk among idlers, and then slowly subsided.

Zhong Ming didn't care how people chewed their tongues, he was busy starting his own project, listing and reorganizing his company, and when things were on the right track, Zhong Ming booked to return to his hometown, ready to search for some civilians who had nothing to go bankrupt for a long time, which was very easy, because there was another economic bubble last year.

Last year's economic bubble was related to cotton, a few years ago there was a cotton plague outbreak in cotton planting areas, a large number of cotton because of the plague and extinct, resulting in a series of price surges, some speculative businessmen took the opportunity to raise the price of cotton, the cotton bubble was blown up, and the result was burst last year.

The bursting of another economic bubble has caused a large number of people who originally had jobs to fall into poverty, and they are falling into the acceptable range of the Poor Law at a speed visible to the naked eye, these people must not want to do so, after all, entering the workhouse is nine deaths, so they will be easily tempted by Zhong Ming, after all, no matter how dangerous the slave hunting province is, it is not as good as the workhouse.

However, this kind of thing still needs to be dealt with by the local officials, although Pei Siqi has promised to ventilate with the upper echelons and let the upper echelons turn a blind eye, but isn't there an aphorism in the divine realm? "Hades is aggressive and difficult to deal with", Zhong Ming personally returned to his hometown, one of the tasks is to take care of the little ghosts, no matter how to say that helping the poor escape the "Poor Law" is illegal after all.

Zhong Ming's target is the real local, because only the local will have a large number of burghers who are caught up in the bubble, and only the local can provide free labor, and most of the serfs in the raw material provinces are bound to the plantation, and it is really difficult to touch the mold of the planters.

Therefore, Zhong Ming set off from Pei Siqi, took some slaves and local specialties along the way, passed through Nata Baba to Taugocha to be consigned, and then traveled north through Mando, New York, and entered the mainland from Yashiyi, which belonged to the southern Sib province.

Yashiyi is Zhong Ming's first stop in the mainland, this main city with an elegant name has always been less affected by war because it belongs to the south, and it seems to have been affected here last time when it was the "First Lina War".

When Zhong Ming arrived at Yashiyi, he heard that Yashiyi was blowing up a meeting, of course, not an official meeting, but a meeting presided over by some famous gentlemen, known as the "Rational Movement Judgment Conference", and the famous worship Arue was the host of this meeting.

Since it happened to be this meeting, Zhong Ming decided to go to the venue to have a look, anyway, it was also a stopby, but I don't know if Arue still remembers himself.

When Zhong Ming entered the venue, Arue was directing the layout of the venue, Zhong Ming took out his outstanding student graduation certificate that he had to keep with him when socializing, and walked up, and when he was about to talk to Arue, he saw a person dressed in priestly clothing, murderously rushing in front of Arue.

"Your Excellency, I heard that for more than ten years, you have been instilling some evil ways in the respectable gentlemen and ladies, so that they no longer believe in the gods, don't you know that after death, you will not be protected by the gods, and you will become an experiment of the devil!

At this time, Arue was 47 years old, and compared to Arue when he spoke 12 years ago, his face was covered with wrinkles one after another, but these wrinkles did not make Arue weak, but made him look more intelligent and determined.

"Your Excellency the Priest, or Your Assistant, I am a devout disciple of the God of the Mountains, why do you slander a devout believer so much?"

At this time, the people around him were all around, but they didn't say anything to help Arue, it's not that they ignored Arue, but they knew that Arue liked to debate with others the most, and as Arue's fame grew, there were fewer and fewer people who dared to debate with Arue.

The crowd gathered around to hear how Arue refuted the accusations of the priestly man, and Zhong Ming followed the crowd to stand beside Arue.

Without hesitation, the priest opened a book, easily followed the label to find the page he had marked, and then pointed to a paragraph and called, "That's it, what else do you have to say?"

Zhong Ming tilted his head and saw the title of the book held by the priest, "On the Rationality and Ignorance of Belief", the author was Arue, although Zhong Ming had never read this book, but he had roughly guessed what the language that made the priest so angry, and Zhong Ming also wanted to see with interest how Arue refuted.

I saw Arue laugh a few dashing laughs, first confusing the priest, and then asking angrily, "What are you laughing at?"

Zhong Ming, who has debated - or scolded the street, knows that as soon as this sentence comes out, this priest is afraid that Zhong Ming will lead the rhythm away, and this priest seems to be used to oppressing people with power, and he is not a person who is good at debating, I am afraid that it will become a new source of Aroue's fame.

"What am I laughing at? I laugh at some people who only have linen clothes sewn from coarse cloth, and there are people who question some of the gods' actions, but they are more religious than some people who stand on the altar and wear clothes that serve the gods and pray to the gods every day!"

"How can this be reasonable! you who wrote such presumptuous sentences will actually be more pious than us!" the priest was furious, he was still holding the book, and the strength of his fingernails scratching the pages made Zhong Ming feel that the book was about to be torn.

"In this book, you actually say that people should think more and think more by reason! As believers, we only need servants to be guided by the gods on the earth.

"I'm just advocating rational belief in the gods and thinking about the oracles of the gods, and the antonym of reason is ignorance, do you mean that our belief in the gods is ignorant?"

The priest obviously couldn't turn his head, and he didn't know how the topic had shifted here, his eyes were confused for a moment, and then turned ferocious: "Yes! In the religious realm, ignorance does not mean error! If everyone could 'ignorant' believe in the gods, there would not be so much violence and aggression in this world!"

Arue laughed, then turned to the crowd: "Gentlemen, let me give you an interesting little story as an answer to this priest. ”

There were cheers all around, and it was evident that the men had been following Arue for a long time, knowing that Arue would inevitably bring their favorite little stories next, and the priests' protests were drowned out in applause.

Seeing this, Zhong Ming also smiled secretly, that is, a nobleman from the François family like Aruet can treat a priest like this, if he dared to treat a priest like this to the citizens, he would have been sent to the judgment seat and burned, and how could he give people the opportunity to tell stories.

"One day, a devout believer fell overboard while riding a boat, so he prayed to the god of the mountains and asked the gods to save him from the shore. ”

"A moment later, a fisherman who had gone out to sea to fish spotted the man who had fallen into the water, and he tried to pick him up, but he refused, saying: 'I am a devout believer, and the god of the mountains will surely come to my rescue.' The fisherman had no choice but to leave. ”

"After the fisherman had gone, a nobleman who had come out to see the sea found the man who had fallen into the water, and he mercifully tried to pick him up, but he also refused, saying: 'I am a devout believer, and the god of the mountains will surely come to my rescue.' The nobles had no choice but to leave. ”

"After the nobles were gone, our great President of the Sib Nation also found the man who had fallen into the water when he came out to see the sea, and he mercifully tried to pick him up, but he was rejected by the man who said: 'I am a devout believer, and the god of the mountains will surely come to my rescue.' The President of the United Nation had no choice but to leave. ”

"As a devout believer, the man who fell into the water went to the temple of the god of the mountains after his death, and the man who fell into the water was wronged, and he asked the god of the mountain, 'I am such a devout believer, why don't you come and save me?'"

"The god of the mountains was astonished when he heard this, and replied, 'Why didn't I send someone to save you?'

At this time, the field had become a sea of joy, and even Zhong Ming couldn't help laughing, only the priest still blushed, and roared in a roaring voice: "Arrange the gods, blasphemy! This is blasphemy!"

"Do you mean that the great noble man must send an envoy, or go down to earth to save the fisherman?"

Arue's questioning silenced the priest, the pride of being a nobleman kept the priest from caring about the life and death of a fisherman, and the dispatch of the oracle was a very serious matter, and the priest could not accept the oracle to save a fisherman.

Seeing that the priest could not answer, Arue took advantage of the silence and shouted, "So this is not blasphemy! This is ignorance! shameful foolishness!"

A smile faded from Arue's face, and he said loudly: "You have in your hand the foolish belief that I have criticized in this book, and this is this kind of belief! This story is certainly made up by me, but if every believer remains in the ignorance of the Middle Ages, then one day this story will become a reality!"

"! it's!" the priest could no longer offer a strong rebuttal, but continued to scream in his voice, claiming that Arue would definitely be a test subject for the devil, and the priest was carried and thrown out of the hall amid the boos of the onlookers.

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