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Chapter 330: People from all walks of life exit
"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 the difficulty in convincing him. The land price in Laigao will definitely rise very high in the future. Whether it is sold or built for personal use, it will bring great benefits to the church. Wu Shimang is not at all enthusiastic about religious issues. 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.
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 convent 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 preaching to the people in Nanbao who have been doing business for the past few months, 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 towering buildings. It's just a courtyard that combines Chinese and Western styles, with three entrances from the front and back. The first thing you enter is the monastery’s office. Due to the poor conditions, the monastery does not have its own prayer room, which is shared with the Bairen Church. The next two entrances 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 small bandits and are not very harmful. After a period of religious indoctrination, those who pass the assessment of the General Administration of Political Security can find their way out normally, while 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 fair face turned dark. It was obvious that he had been sleeping rough in Nanbao, and he looked very depressed. He had heard about the maid revolution in Nanbao, but it was a pity that he had the identity of a priest. It is inconvenient to openly make trouble for women. But I was also secretly yearning for it.
I wonder if Xiao Zishan had a role to play in assigning maids. Wouldn't Xiao Zishan really treat him as a monk and just ignore him? Bai Duolu was thinking of some way to quietly remind the chief of staff not to forget the benefits.
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 have been completely ruined. Although his faith is not firm, he cannot yet adopt the attitude of using religion as a tool as thoroughly as Wu Shimang.
Seeing this fake abbot walk into the office with a glowing face and looking amazingly good, Bai Duolu knew that he must be doing well in Bairen City. Every time he came back to report on his work, the church and monastery had either expanded in size or upgraded their facilities to another level. It seems that the training manager's activities in the past were still very strong - the church has gradually grown in size under his hands.
"Xiao Bai, how is your health? You look good and your preaching effect is very good." Wu Shimang sat down.
"Call me Bai Duolu," Bai Duolu said a little painfully, "Also, you have to say spread the gospel. You can't use a neutral word like missionary."
At Bai Duolu's insistence, Wu Shimang secretly accepted the baptism - Bai Duolu was not psychologically able to accept a person who had not been baptized at all to manage the church. After the baptism, Peter gave him some religious knowledge classes and gave him a few simple introductory books on doctrine so that he would not make a fool of himself while presiding over the church work. Now it seems that this man has not made much progress in this area.
"Well, cultists, um, no, there must be a lot more lambs."
"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 going on?"
"I only 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. It’s time to seriously consider the future of the church. Bai Duolu knew that Mr. Wen and the big guys on the executive committee had no religious ideas at all and 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. You can also get greater benefits from it.
Bai Duolu himself has no interest in religious professions at all. His major 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 he also conducts social surveys for the social work office. No matter what he did, he felt it was more interesting than preaching as a follower behind the priest.
"We are not allowed to listen to the executive committee's decision on how to develop." Bai Duolu said nonchalantly, "Isn't this church itself built 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? Well, 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 of our church. A comprehensive and appropriate development plan should be put forward for consideration by the leaders of the new sector."
"It's okay, but what new tricks can we create in religious activities?" Bai Duolu thought, it is nothing more than education and charity, which are the most commonly used methods. Lu Ruohua went to Nanbao to preach. Although he could not engage in education, he also started from simple good deeds.
"It's not just playing tricks." Wu Shimang shook his head. "Our church should strive for the important task of doing ideological work for the people. 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 infrastructure construction this year, by the way, you are totally wrong. He was not interested in doctrinal learning, but in his spare time he read many books and papers on church history and gained a lot of insights. 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 Lingao aborigines is extremely empty, and they do not even have much of the most common religious life in traditional societies. Due to the problem of financial capacity, although there are a few temples in this county, most of them are in a state of survival. Very few temples have permanent monks and Taoists. There is a market for various folk superstitions, 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. Now there is still 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 vacancy in local people's faith and the spread of superstition, and promptly promote it into all aspects of their social life - instead of just doing some small charity activities."
Bai Duolu was shocked. Unexpectedly, Wu Shimang, the head of personnel recruitment and training, is really ambitious. Judging from this meaning, he positioned the church at the level of a "national church." Wu Shimang said this, and Bai Duolu also felt that Chuan Chuan Group was too lacking in the field of superstructure and was 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 without major changes in the social environment.
"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, and this is an excellent opportunity to change social life customs."
Starting from the customs and habits of daily life, the people will 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 a way for society to release its own pressure and stabilize the social structure. If the pressure does not disappear, superstition cannot be eliminated, and 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 belief," Wu Shimang said, apparently after careful consideration, "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."
