Wu Chaoyue was purely worried. Although his comprador grandfather Wu Jianzhang was a corrupt, bribery, smuggling and selling, and was also a dynamic social organization, he was a conscientious person at work. He took the time to come back to see his grandson in his busy schedule, and then immediately returned to the customs office to preside over the important matter of tariff collection. Therefore, after Wu Chaoyue returned home, he not only did not have to worry about getting a ruler, but also invited Father Martin into the house in the surprised eyes of the people of the Wu family, and held a banquet and a drink to entertain the guest who came from thousands of miles away.

It is convenient to have money at home. At the command of Wu Chaoyue, a table of good wine and food was soon placed in front of him and Father Martin. Then Wu Chaoyue naturally had to teach Father Martin how to eat with chopsticks. However, after practicing hard, Martin still had no choice but to change into a spoon and taste the food of Wu's mansion. At this time, Martin couldn't wait to invite Wu Chaoyue and said, "Chaoyue, you are so familiar with Western culture, why are you baptized in the church and truly integrated into Western civilization? If you want, I am very happy to baptize you."

"Dear Mr. Father, I must consider this carefully." Wu Chaoyue was not interested in God, but was unwilling to bear the bad reputation of the two devils in this era. He quickly shook his head and shook his head and made excuses to tell the truth: "There are two reasons. The first is that I really don't know much about Christ Jesus, and I don't understand why I believe in Catholicism. The second is that my grandfather is currently a Chinese official. If I accept baptism without his permission, I may cause him a lot of trouble, so I must discuss it with him first."

"Why?" Father Martin really didn't understand China in this era and asked in surprise: "Why did your baptism affect your grandfather?"

This question is not difficult to answer. Wu Chaoyue also frankly told Father Martin how conservative and closed the Qing court in this era was, and how blind xenophobic and xenophobic it was because of the war. There was no Catholic from top to bottom. Therefore, if his comprador grandfather set this precedent, he would inevitably be scolded and interrogated by the court, and he might even lose his official position.

In his words, Wu Chaoyue, who had just traveled for a few days, was a bit too direct and he was disrespectful to the Qing court. Fortunately, Father Martin did not think about going to report Wu Chaoyue, and also understood the reason for all this with Wu Chaoyue's patient explanation. So in the end, Father Martin not only reasonably gave up persuading Wu Chaoyue to join the church immediately, but also drew a cross on his chest and said, "Omnipotent Lord, please use your omnipotent sacred power to wake up quickly, Amen."

"It must be, there will be this day." Wu Chaoyue said the truth and comforted Father Martin, saying: "With Mr. Martin, you missionaries from the West, keep working hard. I believe that sooner or later, the Chinese people will open their eyes to see the world, and will definitely like and accept your Western culture, the Lord's gospel will be freely spread on the land of China."

Of course, modern people know that what Wu Chaoyue said is the fact. Unfortunately, Father Martin is not a time traveler. On the contrary, he smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Is that easy? I have been in China for more than half a month and learned about the situation from many Western priests who have come to China before. I have heard them talk about how difficult and hard it is to preach the gospel of the Lord in China. At first I didn't believe it, but what happened on the dock today has told me that they have no exaggeration at all. Preaching in China is ten times more difficult than I imagined."

Wu Chaoyue nodded bitterly, agreeing with Father Martin's view. After saying these words, God Martin looked at Wu Chaoyue, the only Chinese who could communicate directly after he came to China. He suddenly had an idea and said hurriedly: "Dear Wu, since you know China and the West very well, do you have any good ways to let the Chinese accept our teachings? How can they become believers of the Lord?"

Wu Chaoyue smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "Dear Mr. priest, I have no choice but to do anything about this. First, I really can't think of any good way to help you spread the teachings, and second, I don't have the ability to help you, I hope you can understand."

Martin was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he was unwilling to give up. After a moment of calculation, Martin said: "Wu, I don't need Chinese people to understand Western civilization immediately. I just need some Chinese people to know the Bible, recite the Bible, believe in the glory of the Lord, let them first get into Western culture, and then slowly influence them. Is there nothing you can do about this?"

Wu Chaoyue wanted to continue shaking his head, but when he was halfway through his head, Wu Chaoyue suddenly stopped and thoughtfully. Father Martin observed his words and said hurriedly: "Dear Wu, what have you thought of? Is there any good way? If so, please tell me immediately. No matter whether it can succeed or not, I will definitely thank you."

"Why don't you say it?" Wu Chaoyue didn't want to care about this kind of idiot that he had no benefit, but he had another plan in his mind and said to himself: "The Xiaodao Uprising will break out in Shanghai sooner or later, and the Qing court is simply hopeless. If I don't plan ahead and prepare for myself more ways to retreat, it may be too late to cram the Buddha's feet at that time..."

"Damn it! Let's make this American friend first. Sell him a favor. At least you can run to his church to survive in critical moments. It's much easier to ask him to help get an American green card!"

After making up this idea, Wu Chaoyue said, "Father Martin, if you just want many Chinese people to know the Bible and recite a few words of the Bible, instead of asking them to join the church immediately, then I have a good idea, and it is a pretty sure way."

"That's great." Martin was overjoyed when he heard this and asked, "Dear Wu, please tell me your good idea."

Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "Actually, it's very simple. Nowadays, foreign merchant ships often come to unload goods on Shanghai docks. Many Chinese dock workers make a living by loading and unloading goods for foreign merchant ships. If that's the case, why don't you ask these foreign merchant ships to hire dock workers who can recite the Bible? Even if you can only recite one or two Bibles, you won't hire a single Bible, so that they won't have food to eat. In this way, even if those dock workers don't want to, they have to study the Bible and recite the Bible."

"Is this OK?" Father Martin asked in surprise: "Wu, although your method sounds reasonable, doing so is still equivalent to forcing them. What if they still don't want to?"

"Dear Mr. priest, you can also add temptation." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "Mr. Martin, you can add this one. For all dock workers who are willing to recite the Bible, you Western merchant ships will not only hire them, but also reward each person with ten cents of wages. Those who are unwilling to study the Bible will not give them the opportunity to work for Western merchant ships, so that they cannot earn money and eat. In this way, the workers at the dock will certainly understand what to do."

Tempting the faith in God has always been a specialty for Western missionaries, so after listening to Wu Chaoyue's method, Father Martin began to be moved and hesitated, "Wu, you may think about it, but if you want our businessmen to pay more money to hire workers, it is afraid it will be difficult."

"It's okay, I'm willing to donate 300 tael silver to the church to help you do this." Wu Chaoyue didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately took out the 300 tael silver notes that the comprador grandfather rewarded him today, handed them to Father Martin, and said with a smile: "Three hundred tael silver, equivalent to 600,000 copper coins, is enough for the dock workers of 60,000 people to recite 60,000 Bibles. As for future funding issues, we can find another way, or slowly cancel the reward and only retain the punishment."

"Dear Wu, you are my eternal friend." Father Martin hugged Wu Chaoyue excitedly and said, "Wu, I will go back to the concession to discuss with other missionaries. If they also think your method is feasible, then I will start implementing it with them immediately, so that all the workers at Shanghai Pier will come to study the Bible and come to contact our Western culture."

Wu Chaoyue nodded with a smile and muttered in his heart: "If you think it is feasible, go and do it. Don't blame me. The workers at Shanghai Pier, don't blame me. Anyway, you must understand something about the West and God sooner or later. I will pay money to buy friends and help you open your eyes to the world and increase your income sooner, for your own good."

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With the money donated by Wu Chaoyue to the church and the good idea of ​​seducing Chinese people to contact Western civilization, Father Martin happily left and went back to the concession. Wu Chaoyue immediately left the matter behind and returned to his room to continue teasing the beautiful maid. However, Wu Jianzhang, who was busy with official duties, did not return home until it was dark. As a result, after hearing that his baby grandson brought a foreigner back to visit, Wu Jianzhang was also shocked and asked the butler: "Did the foreigner come to me? What did he say?"

"By the master, that foreigner is not here to find you. He seems to be a new friend of Young Master Sun. He was invited by Young Master Sun to visit our house." The housekeeper answered truthfully, and said, "Young Master Sun has been talking to the foreigner in foreign languages. He was very happy, but he didn't know what they said, and no one in the family could understand."

"I'm very happy to speak with foreigners?" Wu Jianzhang widened his turbid old eyes and said in surprise: "When did that little bastard have this ability? I have taught him foreign language for so many years, but he still can't remember one of the ten sentences. How could he say such fluent foreign language?"

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "Master, Young Master Sun seems to be asleep. Should I send someone to wake him up and ask him to come to you to ask me what happened?"

Wu Jianzhang was a little moved, but when he spoke, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, it is not good for a child to sleep enough. Let's wait tomorrow, let the little bastard have a good night's sleep and don't wake him up. I'm tired enough today, so I'd better go to bed early."
Chapter completed!