The two sat in the lounge for a while. Although Wu Han said he did not want to entertain, Wu Han still sent someone to bring tea and snacks. But they didn't have to wait long before the meeting ended.
Guo Kang stood at the door and watched a large group of Father Ross wearing new robes and bearded men filing out of the conference room. Several high priests wearing black turbans followed. Lama Wang finally came out and said goodbye to everyone in a friendly manner.
After they dispersed, Lama Wang called Guo Kang over.
Guo Kang called Theodora back and walked into the conference room with her. Most of the people inside have left, except for the great Lama Wang and two familiar-looking priests, and two people wearing simple outer robes.
Neither of them is wearing new robes. The one on the left is a middle-aged man, wearing an undyed coat, with short hair and beard, a gentle face, and a wooden cross hanging around his neck. He is chanting with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes. What are you wearing?
On the right is an old man. His clothes are more tattered and patched. He doesn't even have shoes on his feet. His long beard is a little messy, but his eyes are bright and he is looking at Guo Kang and Theodora.
Guo Kang estimated that they were invited from the Rus area by Lama Wang and others. There, there were some priests who advocated asceticism and refused new clothes. It is estimated that these two people were like this.
These people were not even willing to take a shower before. Later, Lama Wang saw Guo Kang's steam equipment and invited them to visit it. The huge steam organ and the steam shrines that circulated back and forth gave these ascetics who had been active in remote areas all year round a huge shock. Lama Wang took the opportunity to tell them that there was obviously a divine presence in the steam. In some places, people unconsciously invented the form of steam bathing, obviously inspired by it unintentionally.
As a result, he successfully fooled all these people into taking a sauna.
Seeing Theodora also coming, Lama Wang was a little surprised. He only asked Wu Han to find Guo Kang at that time, and the rest should be related to religion and military affairs. But now that she was here, she couldn't be driven away, so she had no choice but to step forward, pay homage, and then start introducing her.
"Allow me to introduce you. These two are my assistants, Father Marco and Father Leo. Mr. Guo should recognize them." He said, then turned to the other side: "The two new faces here are Father Mikhail and Father Andrei.”
"Everyone, this is our Princess Theodora, and my advisor and church scholar Mr. Guo." He said to the two Ross monks.
Several priests stood up and paid homage to Theodora. Theodora nodded and asked everyone to sit down.
Seeing their reactions, Guo Kang thought that since he was the one who brought him here, he might as well explain it. Although he thought about it, he really didn't expect how he brought Theodora here. It seemed that he didn't realize it. this matter……
"Oh, the princess happened to be here this time, so I invited her to come with me." Guo Kang explained: "On the one hand, you can communicate with her in advance about the new recruits; on the other hand, about the new parish in the Ross area , I have some suggestions about the ordination of nuns, and I can ask her to come and listen to them.”
Of course, the Great Lama Wang and his two assistants would not object, and the other two Father Ross also expressed their gratitude to her.
"We welcome Your Highness very much." The middle-aged Father Andre said, "I just don't know what's going on with the nuns? Nuns don't need to be appointed, right?"
"Of course. But what we are thinking about is whether we can reorganize the various nuns who are currently in chaos." Guo Kang said: "Just so, aren't we discussing the regularization of dioceses recently? The two things can actually be solved together. of."
"Mr. Guo has already given us a report on this issue." Father Marco, who served as an assistant, told them: "We can talk about it in detail when Sir Pronsky comes."
"Okay." Guo Kang said and couldn't help but laugh: "Don't you know what his title is?"
"The titles there are quite confusing, and there are various problems in translation." Father Marco couldn't help complaining: "And in the past translations, there were often big differences from the original meaning."
"Oh? Will these have any adverse effects?" Theodora asked.
"Most of the time it's okay, but there may be misunderstandings on some occasions." Father Marco bowed and replied: "For example, the monarch of the Rus' country speaks of the big concept knyaz. This word is very similar to the Alemannic konig. They are so similar that we think they have the same origin and both mean 'king'. It is actually unreasonable to call them Grand Dukes."
"I think it stands to reason that you should at least be called a prince. Or you can also be called a prince - because the holders of this title are all members of the same family, and everyone has the right to inherit, but not all members of this family are necessarily A monarch in power. If there is a deviation in the understanding of these concepts, it may affect some of our judgments. For example, the mentality of these people is obviously different from that of the European dukes, and they are much more independent from each other."
"You mean, these two families were related in the early years?" Lama Wang was a little surprised.
"The rulers of the Rus came from the North Sea, and the ancestors of the Alemannic people may have been fellow villagers in ancient times." Father Marco told him: "So they have some similar vocabulary, which I think is normal."
"Oh, yes, I forgot about this problem." Lama Wang was calm and admitted it directly.
"It's not surprising. Many languages have a large number of loanwords." Guo Kang told him: "And many of these loanwords are obviously concentrated."
For Russians, this is normal. After all, starting from Kievan Rus, the country here has almost never been governed by its own people - either Nordics, Germans, and later even Georgians.
"Hey, in some places, I wonder if they can only realize their potential when they are controlled by foreigners." He casually complained to Theodora in Chinese.
"What are you talking about? The influence of foreigners?" Father Marco asked doubtfully in somewhat standard Chinese.
"Oh, it's nothing." Guo Kang didn't notice that he also knew some Chinese. He thought about it and felt that it was still not good to directly use the Russian people as an example in front of the other two people, so he explained: "I'm talking about Cochin!"
"What is that place?" Father Marco asked curiously.
"It's an area in the south of Seris." Guo Kang told him: "People in this place often wanted to split. In the early days, some female leaders took the lead in making troubles, such as the Second Expedition in the Han Dynasty and the Zhao Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms. Woman. Later, the local upper class gradually assimilated to the Central Plains, and many powerful chiefs were directly descendants of immigrants from the Central Plains. Wu Quan, who established the first political power, had ancestors from Hebei; the ancestors of the Ding tribe who followed were from Guangdong; after defeating the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Huan, who founded the new dynasty, was from Guangxi; Li Gongyun, who replaced them, was from Fujian; Chen Yu, who defeated the Yuan Dynasty, was also from Fujian."
"A place like this can only fight with the leadership of women and foreigners." He prevaricated: "That's what I meant."
"Oh..." Father Marco suddenly realized.
In this way, Rose's problem was temporarily covered up.
(End of chapter)
