Father Dominic and Fr. Shrosheng watched Wu leave the church.

The heavy door was half-open, and the early winter sunlight poured in wantonly, and when the red figure gradually merged into the daylight, Shi Luosheng suddenly had a feeling of two worlds. It was as if the inside of the door was earthly, but outside the door was heaven...... And that gate is the gate of the Last Judgment.

Shi Luosheng closed his eyes slightly, drew a cross on his chest, and silently said in his heart: God makes the sun rise, and it shines on the wicked as well as the good......

After a long time, a small door behind the altar babbled, and a man walked out of it, the corners of his robe swaying and making a rustling sound.

"Pierre, what am I talking about? She's been injured, and she must have forgotten ...... two years ago."

The priest did not look back, still looking at the door: "Little Francis, do you think she will be like her mother?" ”

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Coming out of Nantang, Wu Yan went to Jia Ge Hutong by the way.

As soon as I entered the courtyard of the newspaper hall, I felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and the workers I met were all smiling...... Happy event?

Those workers were also shocked, and suddenly saw a red and reckless person appear in the newspaper hall, and thought that a big man had come to the palace?

"Oh, it turned out to be a small owner!" Mr. Ke recognized Wu Yan at a glance, and joked with a smile: "It's just you...... I don't know if I should call my father-in-law or ......"

"Casually," Wu Yan teased with him, just looking at him in surprise: "Yo? I haven't seen you for a few days, Mr. Ke is a lot younger, huh? Looks like he's recovering well......"

"Hehe......" Mr. Ke's old face was slightly red: "Thank you Xiaodong for your concern, the recovery is not bad." ”

Wu Yan felt amazing in his heart, lying in bed, how could it be the same as being reborn? Took the elixir?

"By the way, where did you come from?" Mr. Ke asked again with a smile.

"Nando ......"

"Nantang?" Mr. Ke was very curious: "How could the little proprietor go there?" ”

"They sent an invitation to ...... with me," Xu Yu asked again: "Mr. Ke, you often run the news, are you familiar with the church in the capital?" ”

Mr. Ke thought for a while: "I can't talk about it, I've heard of some things, what does the little proprietor want to know?" ”

Wu Yan tilted his head and thought for a while: "Just talk about it casually." ”

"Uh...... By the way, have you heard of the rich village opened by the church in the capital? ”

"Really?" Wu Yan was taken aback: "What do you do when you open a money bank?" ”

"Puff ......" Mr. Ke felt funny when he heard this: "What else can you do if you open a bank?" Of course, loan sharks......"

Wu Yan's eyes widened, and he didn't believe it: "They? Father...... Usury? "It's a bit beyond imagination......

"That's right, usury, but the interest is humane, not too excessive."

"How many money houses do they have in the capital?"

"Not much, it seems that there are only three, but the principal of each one is quite a lot."

Wu Yan couldn't help frowning, she knew that the Jesuit group was a new religious group formed after the European Reformation, and its real estate and financial reserves were far inferior to the old ones. But it is also because of this that they are involved in global economic and trade activities. There are slave plantations in South America, silver mines and sugar mills in Mexico, and tea and cocoa plantations in Paraguay...... The sugar industry, in particular, has almost monopolized the entire sugar industry in South America.

The Jesuits possessed almost all of South America's wealth, so their economic power gradually surpassed that of the Old Order. Although the Catholic Church lost England and Germany in the 16th century, it still had a steady stream of wealth, mainly gold and silver from the Americas.

The Society of Jesus was not only in the Americas, but also in Asia, and was involved in the maritime trade from Macau to Nagasaki, with investments in Japan focused on raw silk, gold and spices...... All of these commercial activities also brought great profits to this new order.

It's just that Wu Yan didn't think that their capital in the Eastern Empire actually used usury as a means of operation.

"What else is there to do besides loan sharking?"

"They also buy land for rent, and they win rent food."

"Oh, it's more money than finance, after all, agriculture depends on heaven to eat, and it's not stable."

"yes,