Great Power Technology

"So, what you call helping us is to give us five thousand yuan a month? Pastor, do you know what the price of goods is in South Island now?"

Liao Guoxing looked at the pastor sitting on the sofa with some disbelief and asked involuntarily.

The other party obviously regarded the staff sitting next to him as his ordinary friend, and he did not know that his debt had been paid off through a loan from the Cross-Strait Business Association. In the conversation just now, he said a lot of words such as "suffering" It’s the Lord’s test”, “The Lord has not abandoned His Lamb”, “As long as you persist, the debt will be paid off and your life will get better” and other beautiful words that don’t require money.

But when they finally talked about the so-called help, Liao Guoxing was almost shocked by the conditions put forward by the other party.

A monthly subsidy of five thousand yuan was provided, with the condition that no more loans from the fraternity were allowed.

For Liao Guoxing, this condition is just like a joke.

Is it the five thousand yuan that I lack?

What I lack is 600,000!

According to the current prices in the north of the island, five thousand yuan can barely keep a family fed and clothed for a month, but considering the consumption of various daily necessities, this means that they can't even buy meat except seafood!

What is the point of such assistance? Can you truly get yourself out of trouble? Can you solve your growing debts with compound interest? Can you allow your daughter to pay school fees? Can I let my father use a life monitor?

Liao Guoxing looked at each other and the staff on the side looked at each other, and a somewhat sarcastic smile appeared on the other person's face.

He sighed slightly and remembered that he had talked to the staff of the fellowship about the church's subsidies before. The other party said that it was just a show in the religious field. At that time, he was still doubtful. Unexpectedly, just a few days later, this statement was confirmed. come true.

Isn't this just a show?

Spreading out large sums of money to people who may or may not need it, and using such small favors to win people's hearts, what is the difference between this operation and those parties giving red envelopes to the people before the general election?

Those who received the red envelopes may be happy, but those who can't live with it still can't live with it.

The so-called church doesn't care who they help, nor how much they help. What they care about is how many people will speak out for them because of these few hundred South Island dollars, thereby expanding their prestige.

The priest opposite noticed his expression, and his face became serious. After a pause, he said:

"Proverbs say that the Lord saves those who save themselves. Mr. Liao, although these five thousand yuan are not much, it can also solve your immediate needs. You also have a job, don't you? With this money, you can concentrate more on your work. Go do your own thing and don’t worry about food and clothing at home.”

"We know that the sorority has made tempting terms to you, but please believe me, it is just a poisoned apple. They lure you to eat it, but after you eat it, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Do you really believe the ultra-low interest rates they are proposing? Do you really believe they will forgive your loan?"

"No, how could they be so kind? They just want to use you to influence more people and achieve their evil purposes."

Hearing this, Liao Guoxing frowned slightly, but before he could answer, the staff member on the side asked:

"What evil purpose?"

The priest opposite sighed and asked:

"Isn't it obvious? They want to destabilize the cross-strait situation, Mr. Liao, you are a smart man, you can't see it, right?"

"I can see that."

Liao Guoxing's expression was calm.

"But, so what if you see it? I don't think there is anything evil in this. Don't you think that an official who doesn't care about the life and death of the people and just punishes a fisherman to bankrupt his family for the benefit of his own party is evil? "

"Mr. Liao, you seem to have been blinded by the devil. But it doesn't matter, the Lord will not give up any lost lamb."

"We all know the issues you mentioned, but this is not something that the Lord's servants will pay attention to. We don't care about such secular disputes. Our purpose is just to let the kingdom of heaven come to this land again."

"Then why do you say the other side is evil? Isn't this also a secular dispute?"

The staff member interrupted again.

The pastor opposite was obviously stunned for a moment. He still hadn't guessed the identity of the staff member. After a moment, he answered:

"No, it's different."

"You know, the other side is a country without religious freedom. There, the voice of the Lord cannot be spread, and the Lord's believers cannot freely practice religion. If we let it go, the South Island will become like them. This is our absolute Unacceptable outcome."

“We will defend the Lord’s land and defend the Lord’s Lamb.”

"The evil people of the Federation cannot save the people of South Island. Only by throwing themselves into the arms of the Lord can they be saved."

Upon hearing this, the staff suddenly stood up.

He looked directly into the pastor's eyes and said word by word:

"Pastor, your coming here today represents a kind of goodwill. I am grateful for your help to the people of South Island."

"But you said that you are protecting the Lamb of the Lord, but I cannot agree with it, because this statement is too ridiculous."

"I am also a South Islander. For a long time, I also believed that we were independent. I also believed that both sides of the Taiwan Strait should maintain the status quo and develop independently."

"However, this does not mean that I can let you talk nonsense here, and I can forget the suffering that you sanctimonious missionaries from the Vatican have brought to my nation."

"You said you were defending the Lamb of God. Who were you defending?"

"Since the 18th century, when you were transporting opium on clipper ships to be sold to our people, and then accepting donations from those opium traffickers, who were you protecting?"

"Since 1842, when you participated in planning various treaties, occupied our land, seized our gold and silver, and plundered our cultural relics, who were you defending?"

"Since the 1860s, when your missionaries went deep into the mainland of China to occupy land, interfere in internal affairs, protect the church members, and engage in loan sharking, who were you protecting?"

"In 1900, European Catholic missionaries put forward the slogan 'head against head' and killed 680 innocent people on the grounds that 680 Catholics were killed. Who were you defending at that time?"

"Just a few years ago, when you canonized Marais, who had done many evil things in our country, who were you protecting?!"

"Yes, I also admit that in the later period, your missionaries gave us some help in the war against foreign aggression. These are objective facts."

"But what was your attitude towards us after 1950? Just because a country chose a political system that was different from what you expected, your Holy See issued two decrees against this new country!"

"Not only that, your Holy See has even announced that it will impose the so-called 'super excommunication' on ordinary believers who are still freely active!"

"Who are you defending? You haven't even defended your most loyal lamb!"

"Now, don't you think it's ridiculous for you to say that 'the Holy See doesn't care about worldly disputes'?"

Hearing the staff's questions, the pastor stood up with a blushing face. He was speechless for more than ten seconds before finally uttering a sentence:

"We also helped many people during the war"

The staff member smiled coldly and replied:

"Yes, I don't deny this. But, they are not you."

"Their roots are in China. They are Chinese first, and then they are believers. And your roots are in the Vatican, in Rome, and in the West. You can never truly serve the interests of China and the Chinese people."

"You said you helped many people. I just want to ask you, what were you doing when all the Taoists in Qipantuo Taoist Temple died for their country and the huge Taoist temple was burned to the ground?"

"We have never been against religion, and we have never restricted freedom of belief. What we are against are you group of so-called believers who are coerced by Western interests and use so-called beliefs to cover up their dirty purposes!"

Having said this, the staff paused for a moment, and then continued:

"Now, you still want to use the same old methods to stop us and deceive our compatriots. Then I want to ask you, are you worthy?"

"You can't save the people of South Island, only socialism can save the people."

Then, before the pastor could answer, the staff turned to look at Liao Guoxing and said sincerely:

"Mr. Liao, I hope you don't mind if what I said is offensive."

"We are not against freedom of belief, and we will not kill all religions with one stick. We just want to tell you that on that continent, there are truly worthy beliefs."

"That kind of faith. As long as you understand it, you will know that it is absolutely higher than any faith you are familiar with."

After hearing the staff's words, Liao Guoxing was silent for a long time.

He paid no attention to the pastor who finally came to his senses and was blabbering on the side, but asked the staff:

"What will happen if I don't believe in the faith you mentioned? Will you take back my loan?"

"They will!"

The priest on the side shouted anxiously.

But the staff just shook their heads slowly.

"We won't. I can tell you directly that this money comes from this island. It belongs to you and belongs to you."

Hearing this, Liao Guoxing nodded slightly, then looked at the pastor and said:

"Sorry, I voted for the Communist Party."