Dressed as a family of cannon fodder, the villain brother is busy opening up wasteland

But they only dared to complain in their hearts. After all, this iron rice bowl that they had worked so hard to get had changed, and it would be bad to lose it because of talking too much.

Although the conditions offered were generous, those vassal states were native to Annam after all, and it was not realistic to ask them to leave their hometown and come to live in Annam. For a long time, no one came to sign up, and even the Annamites who returned from the vassal states did not get much success in persuading them.

Li Yi was almost worried to death.

At this time, a man who had returned from the vassal state found Li Yi and Wen Yao and said that there were two people who were willing to stay in Annan to compile books in the vassal state's language and help them teach the vassal state's language.

Wen Yao and Li Yi were naturally happy, and after asking, they found out that they were missionaries who came from the vassal state.

Li Yi didn't understand what missionary meant, so Wen Yao explained it to him.

"Just like our Taoist priests and monks, the vassal states also have their own gods and Buddhas."

Li Yi understood that every country has its own beliefs. They have numerous gods and Buddhas and Taoist ancestors, and the vassal states naturally have their own gods.

But it is definitely not that simple for these missionaries to take the initiative to compile teaching materials.

"What do they want?" Li Yi asked the person who came to report the news.

The man hesitated a bit, but still said: "My Lord, they want to build a church in Jiazhou City to promote their faith."

When Li Yi heard this, his brows furrowed.

Although Confucius never spoke of the supernatural, he also understood that religious invasion was also an invasion of a country. If he really allowed those missionaries to spread their beliefs on the land of Annan, wouldn't that be tantamount to allowing their culture to invade in disguise?

This was a little hard for Li Yi to accept.

Wen Yao, on the other hand, just frowned slightly and said nothing.

Li Yi glanced at her, then looked at the man: "Let me think about this matter, you go down first."

"Yes."

As soon as the man left, Li Yi looked at Wen Yao and asked, "Yaoyao, what do you think?"

Wen Yao is their last trump card. If there is really no other way, they can ask Wen Yao to produce a set of teaching materials. However, that would put Wen Yao in danger, which is not what Li Yi wants. Therefore, if they can start with the vassal state people, they have to start with the vassal state people.

Wen Yao thought about it and felt that, in fact, it was just building a church and agreeing to let them recruit some believers, which didn't seem to be a big deal. Besides, these foreigners' belief in Jesus was the same as their belief in Tathagata Buddha, which was just a psychological sustenance.

When saying this, Wen Yao felt inexplicably guilty. If there were no gods or Buddhas in this world, how would they explain their family of three?

But if there are gods and Buddhas, then it would be even more difficult to explain for their family of three.

Moreover, as the number of merchant ships from the vassal state increases in the future, those foreigners will also need a belief to exist here, and they will have to go to church to worship at fixed times.

Wen Yao felt that she couldn't make the decision on this matter alone, so she called Wen Xiuyi and Wen Jun again.

The four of them sat around the table and discussed the matter. Finally, they decided to agree to the missionaries' request and allow them to build a church and preach in Jiazhou.

But how much can be spread depends on their own abilities.

The next day, Li Yi took Wen Yao to meet the missionaries. As soon as they approached them, they smelled a strong fragrance.

Li Yi suppressed his discomfort and looked at Wen Yao, his eyes full of disdain.

Why don’t these vassal people like to take a bath?

Wen Yao shrugged her shoulders. She knew the answer to this question. Generally, foreigners have a stronger body odor and do not pay attention to hygiene and do not like to take a bath. So they like to use some perfume to cover up the smell on their bodies. That is why foreign perfumes are so famous.

However, these missionaries were already good, much better than the ones they had met at the Chamber of Commerce before.

There were three missionaries in total, wearing church uniforms, and they started talking a lot when they saw Li Yi.

There were Annan people who understood the language of the vassal state nearby, but Li Yi still approached Wen Yao and asked her in a low voice: "What are they saying?"

Wen Yao raised her fan to cover her mouth and whispered, "They greeted you and expressed their gratitude for your agreement to build a church in Jiazhou City. They also said that their Lord will bless you."

Li Yi frowned: "Who wants their Lord to bless them? Even our thousands of gods and Buddhas can't protect them."

Wen Yao smiled: "That's the truth."

Fortunately, the translator who came with them did not hide anything and translated it truthfully to Li Yi. Li Yi then expressed their meaning and asked the translator to tell the missionaries.

Wen Yao was supervising the whole process and there was nothing wrong with it. The translator also did not show any bias in the message he conveyed.

Although Li Yi's request was a bit troublesome for them, as long as Li Yi agreed to let them preach and build a church in Jiazhou City, the three missionaries would endure it. However, they also put forward conditions, fearing that Li Yi would obstruct their preaching, so they had to agree first to allow them to build a church and hold services, and also to allow them to wander among the people and preach their Lord.

After listening to the translation, Li Yi glanced at Wen Yao, who nodded slightly, indicating that the translation was indeed correct.

Li Yi then said, "Of course, but the three godfathers must also keep their word and compile teaching materials in the vassal state's language for Annan."

The translator conveyed the message truthfully. The three missionaries saluted Li Yi and then started talking in a bunch of gibberish.

Li Yi rubbed his brows. His head was buzzing after hearing the vassal state language. Did he really want to learn it?

He glanced at Wen Yao, who nodded. Li Yi then had the three of them taken away. As for where to build a church for them, that still needed to be discussed with the government office. Of course, they could temporarily live in the Maritime Trade Government Office during this period of time. As long as they compiled the teaching materials on time, they would be allowed to go out and promote their religion at other times.

The three of them thanked Li Yi again, and then followed the translator to settle down.

They are now living in the Chamber of Commerce with the merchants from the vassal states, and they have to pack their luggage and move here.

As soon as they left, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief and asked someone to open all the windows to dissipate the smell.

"How much these people love to use spices." Li Yi complained.

Wen Yao burst out laughing: "It's not that bad actually. Once they stay here for a long time, they will naturally assimilate slowly. In fact, it's good for them to stay. We can assimilate them too."

Li Yi raised his eyebrows, indeed.

Thinking of these three people compiling teaching materials, Li Yi looked at Wen Yao with a look of distress: "You will have to work hard then."

Wen Yao smiled slightly: "It's okay." At most, I just need to read the book again.

But, she can’t suffer alone… No, it’s hard, and she needs to have someone to accompany her.

During this period, several teenagers who followed the fishermen from the fishing village near Jiazhou City to go fishing suddenly felt that the wind at the beach was a bit strong today, making them shiver a little.