The sky in the east had just turned white, and Pascal II got up from his wooden house early. It was said that it was a wooden house, but in fact it was a low wooden shelf with some messy wood nailed to it. The gaps between the wood were stuffed with soil and weeds, which was not much better than a shack. It can be said that it was so simple that it could not be more simple.

Pascal II walked out of the door and looked at the village. The village was almost all the same low wooden houses. Then he came to a messy open space in the middle of the village. A tall tree grew beside the open space. Pascal II walked under the tree, then reached out to knock on a piece of scrap iron on the tree. The crisp sound soon spread throughout the village, and others began to get up one after another.

Pascal II is much older than a few years ago. He was originally the Pope of the Catholic Church. He was usually pampered and looked much younger than the actual ones. However, since becoming a prisoner of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Jia sent him and some Catholic diehards to this big island called Niudao. There is a Han port called Niuto Port nearby. These nobles of the Holy See are helpless and the Song Dynasty will not raise them kindly, so they need to solve their food and accommodation. In this way, he and others have to go out early and come back late every day to work hard for three meals a day. Their whole person is also dark and thin, so they naturally look much older.

As the ringtone of getting up rang throughout the village, the other people in the village also got up one after another, and then came to this messy square to gather. These people were all the Holy See nobles who were exiled here. When they were in Rome, they had many conflicts, but since they were exiled to Niudao, they had to let go of their previous grievances and cooperate, otherwise they would not be able to survive here at all.

"Everyone, it's already dawn. Women go to prepare meals, men prepare weapons and go out, and hunters and fishermen move separately. The rest continue to build churches with me!" Pascal II announced loudly when he saw that the people were almost here.

When they first came here, Pascal II and other Holy See nobles could not even have enough food. However, after gradually getting familiar with the environment here, they found that the cattle island was rich in prey and was close to the coast, so they could get food for hunting or fishing, so they slowly settled down. Some time ago, Pascal II proposed to build a church, which was also approved by most people. After all, although they were exiled, most people did not give up their faith, so Pascal II came forward to make some arrangements, and now everyone is under his command.

Hearing the instructions of Pascal II, the women in the village immediately started to work. When these women were in the city of Rome, they were all proud and arrogant ladies. They discussed the most every day what clothes were popular in the city and which craftsman made the most exquisite jewelry, but now they no longer looked like they were. They were wearing simple clothes made of cowhide, and their rough hands were filled with calluses. Where could they look like a lady?

Breakfast was ready soon. Seafood and wild vegetable soup with black roasted jerky, Pascal II and his friends ate almost all of this a day, because they really had nothing to eat except these.

Pascal II put a bowl of soup and took two slices of jerky, then soaked the jerky in the soup and ate it slowly. Because he was old, his teeth had fallen a lot in recent years and now he can't bite the jerky, so it was a big test for him every day. In addition, he also felt that his body was extremely weak and he had more frequent insomnia at night. This gave him a bad premonition, but he had made up his mind to build the church before he died.

After finally finishing breakfast, the women packed the tableware and went to collect wild vegetables and fruits nearby. The men divided into two teams to hunt and fish, and brought dry food, because they didn't come back at noon. As for Pascal II, he led some experienced men to stay, who were his main helpers in building the church.

Next, Pascal II dragged out a large box from his room, and opened it and exposed all kinds of tools inside. They saved a little bit of food that they had originally not much, and then sent it to Niutou Port for some money. It was finally saved enough to buy such a set of tools. Of course, this is also thanks to the cheap steel in the Song Dynasty and the price of tools is also low, otherwise they might not be able to afford it.

Pascal II took out all the tools in the toolbox and distributed them to these people. He remembered what tools each person used and would take them back one by one at night. After all, these tools are so precious, and there is only one set in the entire village.

After getting the tools, these people immediately took action. Some used an axe to clean the logs that had been cut down a few days ago, remove the branches on them, and cut the knots on the trunks; some of them saw the trunks in groups with large saws and saw them into wooden boards of the same thickness; and some people used shovels to start digging foundations that had not been completed a few days ago. This small small construction site was also a busy scene.

Due to limited conditions, Pascal II planned to build a simple wooden church, which was larger than the wooden houses they lived in, but it must be very strong, because huge sea breezes often blew from the sea, and if they were not strong, they would probably be blown down. In the past, their houses were overturned by strong winds several times, but now they have figured out the local climate and have accumulated some experience in building houses. I believe that the church will not collapse again after it is built.

Pascal II has limited work staff, so the progress of the project is also very slow, and I can't do much work all day long. However, there is a good news that the foundation has finally been dug, and from tomorrow, everyone can devote themselves to the preparation of wood, which will speed up the construction of the church.

In the evening, the man who went out came back, and today he had a good harvest and brought more food back than usual. So everyone gathered together to taste an unlimited dinner. Because the food was limited, all the food in all the villages were concentrated and distributed. Usually, everyone's food was quantitative, and everyone would only have a full meal when they harvested a lot of prey.

In the following period, Pascal II and his friends worked hard almost every day, and the church was finally built bit by bit. Finally, when they erected the carefully polished cross on the top of the church, everyone showed a happy smile on their faces. It happened that the next day was Sunday, and everyone expected that the first mass in the new church, but what everyone did not expect was that a group of uninvited guests came to their village the next day. (To be continued.) Mobile users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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