Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more awkward, mainly because Father Martin was a little unable to keep up with Tom's rhythm, Milia walked out and adjusted the atmosphere.

"Mr. Smith, I heard Mrs. Smith say that she would like to adopt some orphans, and on the way Father Martin told me that his lifelong dream is to help more orphans like him come out of the shadows and live well."

"I want money to build an orphanage! Earlier, Milia, go and tell John to prepare tens of thousands of dollars, and we're going to build a heroic orphanage. ”

"Yes, Mr. Smith."

"Remember to inform the new governor that the establishment of a state orphanage could "rescue" many children who had been captured by the farmer as serfs. ”

"I remember."

Milia slowly exited the office, knowing that Tom was going to talk to Father Martin about the details of the "Heroic Orphanage".

Millia had long wanted to build an orphanage for Tom to "choose a concubine".

The little orphan girl who grew up from childhood to adulthood, or Milia can monitor, educate, and cultivate her on the side, for Milia, it is definitely easier to control than a little girl with parents.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Smith, hundreds of thousands of dollars will surely make it possible for orphans all over Houston and all of Texas to have a wonderful childhood."

"It's too much, and when it comes to a good childhood, it's true that children deserve a "good" childhood. ”

"I start by thanking you on behalf of all the Texas orphans."

"No need, no need, the recent expansion of the hero company, there is too much shortage of manpower, the orphans have been robbed by the farmers, use the state free orphanage to attract children, good idea, add a few orphanages next to the factory as a dormitory."

"Mr. Smith, you're not adopting orphans, you're recruiting child laborers, are you?"

Father Martin, who was full of joy, was a little shocked when he heard the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy in front of him say the "child labor plan" indifferently, and he couldn't believe that the pious Penny's child could say such a thing.

"Don't be foolish, our hero company does not recruit child labor, this is to help these children adapt to life in advance and adapt to a better tomorrow, so it is called "intern workers" or "holiday workers". ”

"Holiday workers? What does that mean? ”

"It's just going to school on weekdays and coming to work during the holidays."

"Can I still go to school? That's okay, it's also a good idea to let them work and help during breaks. ”

Father Martin suddenly felt that the teenager in front of him was really visionary, and it was indeed a good idea to let the children work during the holidays and study on weekdays.

"That's it, you will manage the orphanage in the future, and you can arrange whatever the professor is."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, every year at the State Hero Orphanage, except for Christmas, the whole year is off, and during the holidays, you come to the Hero Factory for fifteen hours a day to "intern", and there is no pay, as long as you don't pay your salary, it is not considered child labor. ”

"Let me refuse!"

"Boom!"

Father Martin couldn't stand it anymore, this is what Tom is doing child labor in the name of the orphanage, and bullying these orphans without parents, and not even paying their salaries!

Enraged, Father Martin slammed his hands on Tom's desk and sternly rejected Tom.

"It doesn't matter if you refuse, anyway, there are priests in Texas, just find a few priests, and I'm sure most priests prefer to take care of orphans "carefully" than you. ”

"This ......"

The angry Father Martin did not lose his mind either, and he knew what Tom meant by "meticulous".

"I ......"

Father Martin suddenly felt so weak, and the same feeling he had when he came back from the Vatican returned.

Father Martin saw the papal wealth at the Vatican.

The splendid churches, the bishops' "overalls" with gold and silver threads, and the greenery of gold branches and jade leaves......

These scenes, without exception, are not impacting Father Martin's three views.

Father Martin even eavesdropped on the conversation between the two priests curiously.

They are competing to see who has "enlightened" more boys, who has more assets, and who has more illegitimate children......

The Pope and the bishops are unimaginably rich, and even most of the unscrupulous and unfaithful priests in Texas make a lot of money.

Fr. Martin recalls what a priest said to him when he asked to see a bishop at the Vatican:

"See the bishop? You won't necessarily see how many indulgences you want to buy. ”

Father Martin gave up his request to see him and returned, back to Houston.

Father Martin even thought about it.

It was the Lord, the Lord who pulled Father Martin back from the abyss, and Father Martin wanted to continue to carry forward the Lord's will, so that more people could know the real "Lord", not the "Lord" of the Church.

But today, Father Martin was once again dealt a hard blow.

Yes, if the rich donate a few hundred or thousands of dollars, can it be pure "kindness"?

Once again, in front of an ordinary "priest", Tom saw what he had seen in President Benito at the Spoils Conference in Mexico - his eyes were full of light, because he had lost his "highlight" in a single sentence.

Tom knew that it was a sign of the disillusionment of faith.

Whether it is the great "Father of the Nation" of the United Mexican States or the ordinary pious "Father", the people who strive for great ideals are actually exactly the same.

Tom understands the mood of such people.

Because Tom is also a "pioneer" in the struggle for the ideal of "greatness".

Tom pulled out his golden fake cigarette, took a few puffs of filtered air, slowly stood up, walked behind Father Martin, and gently patted Father Martin on the shoulder.

"Actually, it's not that I don't want to be kind to children."

"However, I don't use child labor, the Yankees use it, and the Europeans use it, so it's a burden for me to raise these children."

"You say, under the trade-off, my hero company doesn't lose hundreds of thousands of dollars every year?"

"If it's just a few hundred thousand dollars a year, I can accept it, but I'm afraid that Hero Inc. will go bankrupt because of the lack of child labor."

"Won't these children be even worse then?"

Father Martin listened to Tom's explanation, and was a little puzzled, Martin, who had grown so old and been a priest for thirty years, had never touched more than four digits of dollars at all, except for Penny's previous donations of a few hundred dollars a month and a thousand dollars for important religious holidays.

Tens of thousands of dollars made Father Martin so excited that he couldn't control his emotions perfectly, and he didn't quite understand the concept of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"Mr. Smith, does not using child labor really make Hero lose so much money? Can you go bankrupt without child labor? ”

"Do you think, other companies use child labor, but Hero companies don't, is their cost lower than Hero Company."

"Yes."

"Then if their cost is low, will they be able to lower the price?"

"That's right."

"The same thing, they are cheap, the hero company is expensive, and over time, the hero company will not lose hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, but it can't sell things and goes bankrupt completely!"

"I don't know much about business, Mr. Smith, is the impact of not using child labor really that badly on the factory?"

"You don't understand, if Hero Company doesn't use child labor, bankruptcy is a matter of minutes."

Father Martin, who had recovered a little, turned around to look at himself, and Tom was about to add another fire.

Tom took a deep puff of his golden fake cigarette with a solemn face.

"I'll be honest with you, those who advocate the use of child labor are conspiracy theories from outside forces to sabotage our hero company."

"These external forces can't see that we Texans live well, and we Dixies have our own national factories."

"It's not just them, but the outside forces that claim to reduce working hours are also such people."