Chapter 150 Gift Giving
“This is it?”
Pastor Anderson looked at the box in confusion.
“Let’s go in and talk!”
“Okay, Lord Earl, please come over here.”
After entering the small parlor in the church, Paul was not in a hurry to open the wooden box, but started to chat with the priest.
“I heard that Father Anderson has a wide range of interests. As expected today, the place is full of exotic flowers and plants.”
“Ah...this little hobby makes you laugh.”
Anderson felt bitter inside.
Paul looked longingly and asked him: "I heard that you are a member of the Clear Council, is it true?"
"Well...I'm not yet. Of course, I also want to be one of them. Uh...I admire them very much. The people inside are all well-educated people."
"Then why don't you join? What?"
Anderson blushed and said, "This sect has relatively high requirements for new members. They must have major academic achievements or new discoveries before they can join."
" And I... made you laugh."
To be honest, Paul is quite interested in this special sect, the Ming Li Church.
Before, he thought that the people in the church were just fools who only chanted scriptures and prayed every day to deceive people. Unexpectedly, there was a group of people in the church who were doing things similar to scientists, advocating "getting closer to the truth by exploring nature." God”.
But having said that, in the modern history of the earth, there are many people with religious backgrounds, such as Copernicus who proposed the heliocentric theory, Mendel, the founder of genetics, and Lemaître who proposed the Big Bang theory. They are all Catholic priests.
The reason is that Catholicism preserved the cultural knowledge from ancient Greece, ancient Egypt and other civilizations before the Middle Ages, and the schools run by the church were one of the few places at that time where people from common people could receive education. one.
“Don’t be discouraged!”
Paul encouraged Father Anderson: “Gold will always shine! You will definitely be able to gain their approval.”
"Thank you for your kind words!"
Although he said this, Father Anderson felt that this goal was already drifting away from him. In the future, when he became the abbot of the monastery, he would have no time to do anything else. Research.
Paul placed the box on the table, "So, I decided to help you! I specially invented this tool for Mr. Father!"
Under Anderson's curious eyes, Paul opened it The box revealed the object inside - a microscope.
In fact, after he heard about Anderson's interest, he originally planned to send a microscope to the priest, but he forgot about it because there were many things going on in the previous period.
Anderson couldn't figure out what this thing was for.
"Please wait a moment..."
Paul held up a thin piece of something to show the priest, "This is a thin slice cut from a piece of cork."
Paul placed the thin film under the eyepiece, "Mr. Father, please look at the mirror behind this metal tube."
According to Paul's knowledge, Father Anderson put his His eyes were brought to the eyepiece of the microscope.
"This is...?"
At first glance, Father Anderson was greatly surprised. He found that he saw grids, or small rooms, one after another. How were these made?
Paul said proudly: "This treasure is called a microscope. It uses the refraction of light by the lens to magnify the observed object hundreds of times. What you see now is the magnification of the cork slice. The scene after hundreds of times!”
“Incredible! This is incredible!”
Father Anderson exclaimed, but his eyes were still glued to the eyepiece of the microscope, reluctant to let go. leave.
"If what you say is true, is the body of wood made up of small grids like this?"
What Father Anderson saw at this time was actually the dead cell wall of the plant. Paul smiled and said: "The truth needs to be verified carefully by people like you who like to study!"
The priest then raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, this... ...this..."
"Microscope"
"Are you going to give me this microscope?"
"Of course, Mr. Father, didn't you just say that?"
Anderson was so excited that he put his eyes to the eyepiece lens At that moment, a door to a new world opened to him.
He came and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Lord Earl."
"Haha, easy to talk." Paul waved his hand and reminded him: "Maybe you can Use it to look at other items, such as slices of other plants, leaves, or raw water, and I guarantee you will be surprised. ”
At the end, he said with a smile: "Of course, if you have time..."
This sentence brought back Father Anderson's sadness, and most of the excitement just now was extinguished.
He finished it dejectedly and sighed: "Alas...I'm afraid I will have very little private time in the future."
Paul pretended to be surprised: "Oh? Why is Mr. Father like this? What do you mean?"
Anderson said honestly: "To be honest, my teacher, Dean Leonard, is about to take over as the bishop of Northwest Bay."
"It's a good thing. With the old dean's fairness and piety, the congregants will surely be bathed in more glory from God."
"Well...this is indeed a good thing. I am very happy for the teacher."
Anderson hesitated for a moment, then continued: "But the teacher appointed me to take over his original position, which is to manage the nearby monastery..."
Paul immediately pretended to be a priest. Happy look: "For you, this is also a promotion!"
"Where is it! As a servant serving the Lord, it doesn't matter whether you are promoted or demoted. But...but..."
Anderson frowned and said hesitantly: "Managing a monastery is not a simple matter. It requires a lot of energy every day. I am not afraid of hardship and fatigue, but these hobbies I usually have..."
"I Got it!”
Paul showed a deep understanding.
“Since I took over the position of lord, I can no longer be as unrestrained as before. Every day I have endless official documents to approve, endless reports to read, and I have to always pay attention to my words and deeds. Yes. I feel your worries right now!"
Anderson was a little touched: "Thank you, Lord Count, for understanding me so much"
"But the teacher insisted that I take on the position of dean, and as a servant of God, how can I shirk responsibility because of my personal hobbies?"
Anderson suddenly showed a very conflicted look: "Ah ~~I am really guilty. It is so ungrateful to hesitate on this issue."
Paul shook his head, "After I heard this, fish is what I want to eat. , I also want to eat bear paws, but I can’t have both. That’s probably how you feel.”
“Ah—I’m just making a metaphor.”
He quickly apologized. It was not appropriate to use food that satisfies appetite to compare the priest's inner piety.
"Huh? That's right!"
Paul looked like he suddenly thought of a good idea. He slapped his thigh and said hurriedly:
"Father Anderson, I recommend you a How about an assistant? With his help, you will definitely be able to save a lot of time, so you can have time to do your own things."
" Oh?" Father Anderson was stunned. Your Excellency wants to recommend an assistant to him.
If this person can really help him take care of the monastery...
It does seem like a good idea!
(End of this chapter)