Chapter Three Hundred and Thirty People and Horses (Part 2)
Chapter 330 People from all walks of life (Part 2)
"There will be a huge demand for land in Lingao in the future," Wu Shimang earnestly advised the priest. "Land will be very tight."
"Lack of land?" Lu Ruohua shook his head, "Dean Wu, there are a lot of wastelands here in Lingao."
"There will be scarcity in the future. Don't you want to leave more religious property for the church?"
Under Wu Shimang's persuasion, Lu Ruohua bought another piece of land next to Bairen Monastery.
"This foreigner just doesn't understand the power of the commodity economy." Wu Shimang thought of how hard it was to convince him. In the future, land prices in Laigao will definitely rise very high. Whether he sells it or builds a house for his own use, he can bring benefits to the church.
Wu Shimang is not enthusiastic about religious issues at all. But he is very dedicated - since he has chosen religion as a career in this time and space, the church's industry must be managed well to reflect his value.
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When Wu Shimang returned to the monastery, the nun who was cleaning the door hurriedly came over to kiss his hand. Seeing the dark-skinned and wrinkled grandma kissing his ring, Dean Wu couldn't help but think of a beautiful nun.
Unfortunately, the current situation is that the dozen or so nuns in the monastery are all grandma-level.
"Priest Bai is back. He is waiting for you in the office." The nun reported to him respectfully.
"Oh, he's back too." Wu Shimang nodded. Bai Duolu has been following Lu Ruohua in Nanbao for the past few months to preach to the people who have been trading with him, and it is said that the results are not bad.
Wu Shimang walked through the gate. The Bairen Monastery was not large in size and had no tall buildings. It was just a courtyard that combined Chinese and Western styles, with three entrances from the front and back. The first entrance was the office space of the monastery. Because of the simple conditions, the monastery did not have
My own prayer room is shared with the Bairen Church. The two rooms behind are dormitories, classrooms and handicraft workshops, where nuns and "bandits" who were forcibly taken in are housed - most of these bandits are the family members of ordinary little bandits, and they belong to
Those that are not very harmful. After a period of religious brainwashing, those who pass the assessment of the General Administration of Political Security can be arranged for a normal way out, and those who fail are sent to labor camps.
He walked into his office. Bai Duolu was already waiting for him inside. Bai Duolu's originally pale face turned dark. It was obvious that he had been sleeping rough in Nanbao, and his expression was very depressed - he was there about the maid revolution.
Nan Bao heard about it, but it was a pity that he had the identity of a priest and could not openly make trouble for women. However, he was secretly fascinated in his heart.
I wonder if he had a role in assigning maids? Xiao Zishan wouldn't just treat him as a monk and just ignore him, right? Bai Duolu was thinking of a way to quietly remind the chief of staff not to forget the benefits.
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Fortunately, I resolutely resisted Mr. Wen's request and only served in the church in a secular capacity. Otherwise, my happiness in the rest of my life would be completely ruined. Although his belief was not firm, he was as thorough as Wu Shimang.
He cannot yet adopt the attitude of using religion as a tool.
Seeing this fake abbot walk into the office with a glowing face and an amazingly good complexion, Bai Duolu knew that he must be doing well in Bairen City. Every time he came back to report on his work, the size of the church and monastery was different.
Expansion means that the facilities have been upgraded to another level. It seems that the past training manager's activities are still very strong - the church has gradually grown in size under his hands.
"Xiao Bai, how are you doing? You look good and your missionary effect is very good." Wu Shimang sat down.
"Call me Peter," Peter said with some pain. "Also, you have to say 'spread the gospel.' You can't use a neutral word like 'preach'."
At Bai Duolu's insistence, Wu Shimang was baptized secretly - Bai Duolu was psychologically unable to accept a person who had never been baptized to manage the church. After the baptism, Bai Duolu gave him a
I gave him a general knowledge class on religion and gave him a few simple introductory books on doctrine to read, so that he would not make a joke when presiding over church work. Now it seems that this gentleman has not made much progress in this area.
"Well, cultists, um, no, the number of lambs has increased a lot."
"The effect is very significant." Bai Duolu said simply, "Not to mention this, this time you hurriedly asked me to come back before the conference. What is the matter?"
"I just thought of letting you have a good rest. The conditions in Nanbao are not as good as here. Besides, it is definitely not interesting to accompany the priest." Wu Shimang said, picking up the thermos and pouring him a cup of tea, "Also
It’s just to discuss the future direction of our church.”
Bai Duolu thought that this person was really addicted to being the dean. He had to seriously consider the future of the church. Bai Duolu knew that Mr. Wen and the big bosses of the executive committee had no religious concepts at all, and they were naked
pragmatists. The church must be just a tool in their hands. Wu Shimang’s so-called “future direction of the church” is nothing more than talking about how to make the church a better tool for transcending groups. They can also gain greater benefits from it.
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Bai Duolu himself has no interest in religious professions at all. His profession is printing, and he knows some surveying, mapping and field exploration. He is still working part-time in the remote exploration team. When he goes out to preach, he does surveying and mapping, and sometimes
Conducting social surveys for the Social Work Office. No matter what kind of work he did, he felt it was more interesting than following the priest as a follower to preach.
"We should not listen to the executive committee's decision on how to develop." Bai Duolu said nonchalantly, "Isn't this church itself established in accordance with the will of the executive committee?"
"Xiao Bai," Wu Shimang just started to speak, but when he saw Bai Duolu's unhappy eyes, he quickly changed his words, "Old Bai, your idea is too outdated. There are so many things for leaders, how can they cover everything and think of everything for us?
Okay? This kind of thing requires subjective initiative. After all, they are not exposed to actual practice and do not understand the situation at the grassroots level like us." He simply stood up and walked around the office, "This is the second general meeting, we
The church should come up with a comprehensive and appropriate development plan for the new leaders to consider."
"It's okay, but what new tricks can we create in religious activities?" Bai Duolu thought, it's nothing more than education and charity, which are the most commonly used methods. Lu Ruohua went to Nanbao to preach. Although he couldn't engage in education, it was still
It starts with simple acts of kindness.
"It's not just playing tricks." Wu Shimang shook his head, "Our church should strive for the important task of doing people's ideological work. The current brainwashing work for the indigenous people is not enough, and there is no specialized organization to do it. It is a blank spot," he said
The conclusion is of course well-founded. If you think that Dean Wu is just doing basic construction this year, Sister YY is totally wrong. He is not interested in doctrinal learning, but he has read many books on church history in his spare time.
I gained a lot of insights from my articles and papers. I also often exchanged ideas with fellow believers and took a lot of notes on my thoughts.
Wu Shimang believes that the spiritual life of the indigenous people in Lingao is extremely empty, and they do not even have much of the most common religious life in traditional society. Due to the problem of economic capacity, although there are a few temples in this county, most of them are in a low level.
In a semi-dead state, few temples have permanent monks and Taoists. Various folk superstitions are very popular, and witches and gods are common.
“Currently, the publicity to the indigenous people is not enough. Apart from a few general slogans, the indigenous people within the system are paid a lot of attention, but the indigenous people outside the system are seriously under-emphasized, and there is no systematic brainwashing work on them. There is still no systematic brainwashing work.
If you can't see the problem, there will be big problems in the future!" Wu Shimang said very seriously and seriously.
"The church should seize this opportunity, take advantage of the vacancies in the local people's faith and the prevalence of superstition, and promptly promote it into all aspects of their social life - rather than just engage in small charity activities and be done with it."
Bai Duolu was shocked. Unexpectedly, Wu Shimang, the director of personnel recruitment and training, was really ambitious. Seeing this, he was positioning the church at the level of a "national church." When Wu Shimang said this, Bai Duolu also
I feel that Chuanchuan Group is too lacking in the field of superstructure and is too focused on climbing the technological tree to develop productivity.
"What do you want to do?" Bai Duolu couldn't help but be attracted by his grand plan.
"I'm only telling you this because I am the only one who can tell you." Wu Shimang said, "I want to start with weddings and funerals."
Bai Duolu was puzzled for a few minutes, and then he suddenly realized.
"This is unlikely. The power of customs is very strong!" Bai Duolu knew that customs and habits are very stubborn and will hardly change unless the social environment changes significantly.
"Customs and habits will change, provided there is a strong force to impact this society." Wu Shimang is confident, "Now the Crossing Group is impacting this traditional society. This is an excellent opportunity to change social life customs!"
Starting from the customs and habits of daily life, the people gradually become accustomed to the existence of the church. The so-called belief is mostly manifested as superstition among the people. According to the main theory of Malinowski's "Social Functional School", superstition and religion are
It is a way for society to release its own pressure and stabilize the social structure. If the pressure does not disappear, superstition cannot be eliminated. New superstitions will only emerge in endlessly unless society itself is eliminated.
Of course, the future empire will not be a paradise on earth. Since social pressure exists, it will be an effective way to provide the so-called "spiritual opium" to the people and give them the guarantee of the afterlife.
"Instead of letting superstition, including those very dangerous cults, take over, we should provide them with a faith," Wu Shimang said, apparently after careful consideration, "and let the influence of the church go deep into every level of society to ensure the future.
The empire maintains a high degree of unity in the ideological realm of the people!"