The priest, who was almost 70 years old, was named Fernandez Moreno. After seeing Yang Jing and Princess walking into the church hand in hand, they first introduced the church to the couple happily, and then led them to another room outside the church.

What surprised Yang Jing and Princess was that this church, which looked small, had a history of more than 250 years, even older than the city.

But when the Spanish invaded South America, the missionaries were the ones who led them, 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 Catholic churches, and these cities even developed with Catholic churches as the center.

Ita is not large in scale, and as Asuncion's satellite city, the city was most likely developed by this inconspicuous Catholic church back then.

After leaving the side door of the church, there is another house in the church only ten meters away. Most of these houses are prepared for the priests and other church staff. They are usually a place for the priests to rest. Of course, some items that cannot be placed in the church will be stored.

The house covers a large area, only a little smaller than the church. Father Moreno took out a bunch of keys, opened the secret lock on the door and took Yang Jing and his wife into the house.

The houses are very neat, rows of shelves are filled with various items, including crosses, imitated holy grails, Bibles, porcelain, metal products, etc., and there are many types.

"These things were donated to the church by local religious people. They worship God's will. The church will preserve these items well. The oldest of these items can be traced back to the mid-18th century, when the church was just established. Look at this vase from China, which was donated by a Spanish general in Paraguay at that time. At that time, Ita was just a place that was not much bigger than the village."

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

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

These things are not very valuable, but these things together just can write a history of Ita, and even the entire 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 single layer are obviously donated by celebrities in Paraguay's history. The further they go, the more things there are on the shelf. When it comes to the back shelf, the shelf is simply filled with various boxes. Needless to say, the boxes are filled with donated items, but most of the donors are ordinary people.

Father Moreno took out his reading glasses and put them on, searched on the penultimate shelf for a while, then pointed to a vine-wood box placed on the bottom of the shelf and said, "This is the item donated by Mr. Schroeder back then, but we have limited places here, and many people donated items can only be placed in the box."

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

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

There are many things, but most of them are small pieces, such as silver crosses, statues of Our Lady, statues of God, and some other silver products. Of course, there are also several books that look very old, mostly Bibles.

Most of these things are made of silver, and if they were left half a century ago, they would be worth a lot. Of course, Martin Bowman could have donated these things back then, and probably donated a lot of checks or cash.

Because the church is a non-profit organization, all operations, such as water, electricity, coal, house repair, and living expenses of clergy, depend on the donation of donations. In addition to donating some items, the church will also donate money, which is the key to whether a church can continue.

This church can be favored by so many celebrities and donated items, so many celebrities must have received a lot of donations. The reason why Martin Bowman's donation can be left here must have donated a lot of money at the beginning, otherwise the things he donated would 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 have been around for more than half a century, and there are few people here, so we don't have the energy to maintain the items donated by the church members."

Yang Jing nodded. Of course he heard another meaning in the priest's words - take a look. If you think it's OK, you can take these things back. There are few people here and there are few places, so you can't put down so many things. Of course, you'd better take some storage fees and other things as a way to worship God...

This kind of thing is very common in churches abroad. Many church members donated some items to the church a long time ago, but some of these items may be very memorable to their descendants, so the descendants of these church members will spend money to "redeem" these things...

Yang Jing carefully took out these things one by one, looked carefully for about ten minutes, and finally took all the items back into the box.

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

Hearing Yang Jing's words, Father Moreno smiled happily on his face, "God will bless you!"

This is what I agree.

In fact, although most of these things are silver products and have been around for more than half a century, the total value is estimated to be more than 10,000 US dollars. Yang Jing "buyed" back with 50,000 US dollars. As long as Father Moreno is not stupid, it is absolutely impossible for him to agree.

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

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

"I'll help you find it after you go back! I know Spanish..."

Yang Jing said with a smile: "But Martin Bauman is a German..."
Chapter completed!