While Chen Shaohong, Zhu Guangjun, and Lu Liang were communicating, several French "Minghua elements" opposite were also thinking and communicating.
After they were melancholy for a while, a fat man in his thirties suddenly shouted:
"I see!"
People around him immediately asked:
"What did you understand?"
The fat man looked around, lowered his voice slightly, and said to a few familiar people around him:
"What General Ming meant is that before the handover, this place is under the control of France, and they will not interfere in the affairs of the French.
"But after the French leave, if we are willing to stay here, we can get the right of residence in the Ming Dynasty."
Several people around were a little confused.
"Aren't you just repeating what General Ming said just now?"
The fat man immediately smiled and continued to explain:
"The point is, the French didn't take us away, and after the French left, we were still here.
"If we want to obtain the right of residence in the Ming Dynasty, we must use our brains from these two angles."
Several Minghua people around him suddenly realized.
"We can hide."
"We can go to the mountains and come back after the French are gone."
"We can walk and then run back."
A group of Minghua elements quickly found their way, then silently saluted several Ming officers, and then quickly left the scene.
Zhu Guangjun explained Ming Dynasty's policies to the residents of Quebec and stopped paying attention.
Chen Shaohong commanded the troops to officially take over Quebec.
Chen Shaohong first sent a sentry with a total of 120 people to take over the bridge on the river.
A sentry was left to control the dock and be responsible for receiving more troops arriving later.
With a sentry, he followed Geoffrey to take over important facilities in European cities such as city halls, castles and churches.
According to the description provided by Honglu Temple, the church plays a very important role in Western Thai cities.
They are often the sturdiest buildings in the entire city and often serve as important bastions in urban street battles.
Therefore, they must be treated at the same level as the city hall yamen.
In particular, the cathedral in Quebec City is the cathedral of the entire surrounding archdiocese and the cathedral of Beiyinzhou.
Its status is more important, and its location is not far from the pier, closer than the Quebec Castle.
So Chen Shaohong planned to go to the church first and then to the nearby castle.
Bishop Jeffrey was already a little nervous. After hearing Chen Shaohong’s request, he became even more nervous:
"This...this, General, there are still many things to be packed up in the church. General can go to the castle first. The castle is more important..."
Chen Shaohong was stunned after hearing this:
"Why haven't you finished cleaning up yet? What have you been doing in the past ten days?"
The warlord Zhu Guangjun beside him added:
“Our takeover will not affect your packing, and you can continue packing under our supervision.
"Just to prevent you from damaging the items, the church will belong to the Ming Dynasty from now on."
Jeffrey felt aggrieved and subconsciously retorted:
"The church originally belonged to the church and was not an asset of the French colony. The change of colonial ownership should not affect the church..."
As a result, Zhu Guangjun gave a very serious and straightforward message without expression:
“The Ming Dynasty did not recognize all titles and social privileges within the Western Yi system.
“The Ming Dynasty did not recognize land ownership during the Western Yi rule period.
“The Yin State, the vassal state that the Ming Dynasty will establish here, will not grant citizenship rights to the local Xiyi people, and they will not have complete property rights.
“All Western barbarians can leave with their belongings, but the ownership of all land and attachments on the land belongs to Ming Dynasty.
“These provisions apply equally to any church.
“The church does not enjoy any privileges in the Ming Dynasty, and any behavior must comply with the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Rites.
“Churches and personnel are allowed to leave with church and personal belongings.
“But the land where the church is located, as well as the church building itself and its accessories, are all owned by the Ming government.
“The Ming Dynasty promised in the peace treaty that it would not deliberately destroy churches and would still allow believers to come and worship.
"Mr. Bishop, please be sure to abide by the peace agreement between the two parties, otherwise you will be responsible for all consequences."
In the Thai and Western cultural system, the church does belong to the church, and the church has great privileges.
If there was a colonial transfer between the Thai and Western countries, the church would basically not be significantly affected.
In fact, this is also true for ordinary people.
The private land and assets of local people will not be greatly affected. They will just pay taxes in another suzerain country.
But it's different if the handover party is replaced by Daming.
The Ming Dynasty did not allow uncontrolled organizations on its own land, and the Ming Dynasty would not grant citizenship rights to the Western Yi.
In fact, if Xiyi individuals were willing and able to stay, the Ming Dynasty allowed them to retain some reasonable land and houses.
It won't really all be confiscated.
But the French would not allow them to stay.
Jeffrey instantly understood that his previous logic was useless in front of Daming.
Suddenly his expression became extremely sad.
Jeffrey knew that he could not compete with the Ming army, so he could only plead hard:
"The servant of God has no intention of violating the peace agreement between the two parties. He just hopes that the Heavenly Soldiers can grant some grace, just one day."
At this time, Chen Shaohong said incredulously:
"We, the Overseer, have said that if we take over the ownership of the church, it will not affect your cleanup. Why the hell do you still have to delay it for one day?
"Is there anything shameful in your church that needs some time to be moved?"
Chen Shaohong said it directly without any hesitation.
Zhu Guangjun and Lu Liang, who were standing next to him, had actually discovered that there was something wrong with Jeffrey, but they just didn't point it out directly.
Jeffrey's mouth trembled slightly, not knowing how to answer this question.
Seeing his reaction, Chen Shaohong became really interested:
"Looking at you like this, I really need to go and see it. Everyone is here. Run forward and aim at the Xiyi Church."
The church is a total of one kilometer away from the dock. Chen Shaohong and the other three people led the infantry and ran to the place in one breath.
In the square in front of the church, there were more than a dozen large vehicles, and dozens of priests and nuns were moving things out.
Their movements were quite slow, both because they were moving things carefully and because they were unwilling to leave here.
Seeing the groups of Ming soldiers approaching, the priests and nuns were startled and immediately stopped what they were doing.
Chen Shaohong ignored the surprised priests and nuns, leaving a few people guarding the door, and led them directly into the church.
Jeffrey had accepted his fate and ran with the Ming troops, but his physical strength was obviously far inferior to that of the Huangzhuang soldiers.
It didn't take long for him to be unable to keep up with the soldiers. When Chen Shaohong led people into the church, he ran to the door out of breath.
He held on to the pillar to catch his breath, and then immediately followed him into the church.
Chen Shaohong had already taken a look around the church hall. Guards guarded all entrances and exits inside.
Seeing Jeffrey coming in, Chen Shaohong asked directly:
"Where are the things you want to pack?"
Jeffrey was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the other party to be so direct.
But no matter what, it was impossible for Jeffrey to answer, and he said directly and vaguely:
"Perhaps the priests have sorted it out."
Chen Shaohong suddenly felt a little proud and pointed at Jeffrey:
"How dare you, Xiyi, be so cunning..."
Jeffrey took a step back, and then said quite seriously:
“The things our church owns are not directly related to Ming Dynasty, and we do not need to inform Ming Dynasty.
"France and Ming Dynasty have also ceased war, and I do not want another conflict between our two countries."
Chen Shaohong couldn't bear it anymore and was about to take action:
"You're so damn stubborn..."
Zhu Guangjun next to him quickly stopped him:
"Old Chen, please don't be impulsive. We will arrange for people to stay here and watch them clean up.
“If he has something hidden here, he definitely won’t be able to fly out.
"And Mr. Lu, you guys can start taking action..."
Lu Liang smiled and nodded, then looked at Jeffrey:
"Bishop Jeffrey, please take us to see your basement."
The people in Xichang are very familiar with the various ways and customs within Taixi.
There is also a small notebook left by Emperor Shizu inside the West Factory, which contains various fragmentary guidance experiences, such as:
"Westerners like to build basements. There are often things hidden in the basements of Western monk temples, and there may even be boys and girls."
People from Xichang conducted special verification and found that Emperor Shizu was really prescient.
Later, when I took over the church, I used to go to the basement first to see if there were any children in need of help.
When Jeffrey heard Lu Liang's words, his serious expression suddenly froze:
"this……"
This time Lu Liang didn't need to speak, Chen Shaohong spoke directly:
"Looking at you like this, you're really hiding something. Take us to see it quickly, or I'll shoot you!"
As soon as Chen Shaohong spoke, several guards around him lowered their guns and pointed them at Bishop Jeffrey.
Jeffrey was so frightened by Chen Shaohong:
"No, general, calm down, calm down..."
Chen Shaohong ignored him, raised the palm of his right hand to the side of his head, and gave a final warning with a straight face:
"I'll give you three seconds, one..."
"I go……"
Jeffrey couldn't hold on for a second before giving up.
As the bishop of Quebec, Jeffrey's status in Tessie is actually very high.
No country in the West would dare to execute a bishop for no reason.
But Jeffrey knew that Ming Dynasty did not care about these things.
Jeffrey took Chen Shaohong, Zhu Guangjun, Lu Liang, as well as a dozen guards and several West Factory officials to the basement.
In the rear wing of the church, there is a wooden door that lifts upward.
Chen Shaohong asked several guards to stand guard around him, and arranged for two guards to help Jeffrey open the door.
Inside, a staircase stretches out into the countryside, and at the end of the staircase there is a portal to the side.
The guard escorted Jeffrey down and opened the door. The two guards and the West Factory officer went in first to take a look.
Then one of the officers ran back and reported to Chen Shaohong and other officers:
“The Zhenfu, the Warlord, and the stalls all have a large space inside, and they are very luxurious and brightly lit. It’s like an underground palace.
“And there were wine and food on the table, some of the things were still hot, and many of the things were half-eaten.
"There are many rooms inside, and the brothers below are still exploring."
Chen Shaohong was a little surprised:
"These Western monks must be sick. Why build an underground place where they eat? Don't they think it's too damp?"
Zhu Guangjun said with a playful expression:
"Old Chen, you also said that they are Western monks. According to the teachings, monks like them cannot enjoy it and cannot get married for life."
Lu Liang added:
"So they often do tricks in the basement. We have seen them a lot, otherwise we wouldn't ask directly about the basement."
Chen Shaohong scolded him directly:
"On the surface they pretend to be gods and ghosts, acting like gods, but behind the scenes they still drink and eat meat. Do you think they are cheap or not..."
At this moment, a soldier ran out from inside:
"The governor, the governor, the stall owner, there are people down there, men, women, and children..."
Chen Shaohong was stunned:
"The hell did you raise your own child in the basement?"
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