Easy Tycoon

Chapter 882
The nearly 70-year-old priest's name is Fernandez Moreno. After seeing Yang Jing and Gege walk into the church arm in arm, he first introduced the church to the couple with great interest, and then led them to the church. Go to another room outside.

What surprised Yang Jing and Ge Ge was that this seemingly small church has a history of more than 250 years, even older than the city.

But think about when the Spaniards invaded South America, those missionaries were the first ones, and the soldiers were even slower than the missionaries.

This situation is very common in South American countries. Most of the oldest buildings in many cities are some Catholic churches, and these cities have even developed with the Catholic Church as the center.

The scale of Ita is not large, and as a satellite city of Asunción, it is very likely that the city was developed on the back of this seemingly inconspicuous Catholic church.

Out of the side door of the church, there is another house of the church only ten meters away from the church.This kind of room is mostly prepared for priests and other church staff. It is usually a place for priests to rest. Of course, some items that cannot be placed in the church will also be stored.

The floor area of ​​this house is not small, only a little smaller than the church.Father Moreno took out a bunch of keys, opened the hidden lock on the door, and led Yang Jing and his wife into the house.

The house is very tidy, with rows and rows of shelves filled with all kinds of objects, including crosses, imitation holy grails, bibles, porcelain, metal products, etc. There are many kinds.

"These things were donated to the church spontaneously by the local believers. This is their desire to worship God. The church will preserve these items very well. The oldest of these items can even be traced back to the mid-eighteenth century. That’s when the church was just built. Look at this vase from Huaxia, which was donated by a Spanish general stationed in Paraguay at that time, and Ita was only a place not much bigger than a village at that time.”

"Look at this silver cross, which was donated to the church by Francia, the great dictator after Paraguay's independence. There is also this silver statue of the Virgin Mary, which is Carlos Antonio, the first president of Paraguay. .Lopez donated to the church; and this"

With Father Moreno's slightly proud tone, Yang Jing seemed to have walked into a museum.

These things are not very valuable, but they can add up to write a history of Ita, and even the history of Paraguay, which can be clearly seen in these donated items.

These things that can be placed on the front shelf and occupy a separate floor are obviously donated by those celebrities in Paraguay history.The farther you go, the more things are on the shelves. When you reach the back shelves, there are all kinds of boxes on the shelves. Needless to say, the boxes are filled with donations, but most of the donors are Just ordinary people.

Father Moreno took out his reading glasses and put them on. After searching for a while on the penultimate shelf, he pointed to a rattan box on the bottom shelf and said, "This is the item donated by Mr. Schroeder back then. It's just us There is limited space here, and the items donated by many people can only be placed in boxes."

Yang Jing shook his head with a smile, indicating that it was okay, then stepped forward with a little force, and pulled the slightly heavy box out of the shelf.

After opening the box on a table, Yang Jing saw what was inside.

There are a lot of things, but most of them are small pieces, such as silver crosses, statues of the Virgin Mary, statues of God, and some other silver products. Of course, there are also several books that look very old, most of which are Bibles.

Most of these things are made of silver, and if they were placed half a century ago, their value would be considered acceptable.Of course, Martin Bowman was able to donate these things back then, and he must have donated a lot of checks or cash.

Because the church is a non-profit organization, all operations, water, electricity, gas, house repairs, including the living expenses of the clergy, all depend on the donations of the church members.In addition to donating some items, church members will also donate money, which is the key to the continuation of a church.

This church can be favored by so many celebrities, and there are so many celebrities who donate items, presumably they usually receive a lot of donations.The reason why the things donated by Martin Bowman can stay here is that he must have donated a lot of money at the beginning, otherwise the things he donated might have been sold by the church for money.

"Can I see these things?" Yang Jing asked Father Moreno.

Father Moreno nodded, "Yes, but you have to pay attention, these things are more than half a century old, and we have few people here, so we don't have the energy to maintain the items donated by these church members."

Yang Jing nodded, of course he heard another meaning in the priest's words - take a good look, if you think it's okay, you can take these things back, we have few people here, and there are few places, so we can't put them away So many things.Of course, you'd better take a little storage fee and the like, and treat it as an offering to God.
This kind of thing is very common in foreign churches. Many church members donated some items to the church a long time ago, but some of these items may be very commemorative to their descendants, so the descendants of these church members will spend Money "redeemed" back these things
Yang Jing carefully took out these things one by one, looked at them carefully for about ten minutes, and finally put them all back into the box.

"Father Moreno, I think these items left by Mr. Schroeder are very commemorative to my family, so I want to take these items back. Of course, in order to show that the church has preserved these items for a long time, I will donate Fifty thousand dollars for the church. What do you think?"

Hearing Yang Jing's words, Father Moreno showed a happy smile on his face, "God will bless you all!"

This is promised.

In fact, although most of these things are made of silver and have been around for more than half a century, the total value is estimated to be more than 1 U.S. dollars. Yang Jing "bought" them back with [-] U.S. dollars. , it is absolutely impossible not to agree.

After Yang Jing was sent out of the church by Father Moreno carrying the big box, Ge Ge asked in a low voice: "Yang Jing, are there any clues in these things?"

"It's not sure yet, but there is a notebook left by Martin Bowman in it. Maybe some clues can be found in this notebook, but it will take time."

"Then I'll help you find it when I get back! I can speak Spanish."

Yang Jing smiled and said, "But Martin Bowman is a German."

Gege is embarrassing.

(End of this chapter)