The Adventures of the Mad County King on the Domain [Infrastructure]

Without waiting for the wizard to refute, Xie Qian said again: "I am the newly-appointed sheriff of Shu County, and the general brother—oh yes, you probably don't know, I would like to introduce formally: this savior is the governor of Shu County. General Xiying of the county, I still approve of the level of your selection of the savior. However, the county guard and the town general are complementary to each other, protecting and helping each other. So if you don't believe him, you don't believe in the savior you recognize."

The wizard said angrily: "People in Chang'an just like to argue, I won't play word games with you!"

Xie Qian: "I am trying to reason with everyone, but Datian attacked the whole of Chang'an as soon as he opened his mouth. May I ask, who is making sophistry?"

Wizard: "...it's Shaman Datian!!"

Xie Qian interrupted the wizard, held up the horn, and said in a louder voice: "Fathers and elders, I came here to save you from the sea of ​​suffering. You have eaten too much food during the time you left your homeland. Suffering, if you pray to the gods devoutly, then, when the miracle occurs, doesn’t it mean that your gods have released goodwill and expressed forgiveness? Isn’t it the best time for you to return to your homeland?! Therefore, If the miracle comes true, everyone, please go back to the county with me!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, no matter how much hostility Shaman Datian showed towards this "prefect", Xie Qian did speak to everyone's heart.

No one wants to suffer unless he suffers more if he does not suffer.

Since the shaman Datian predicted the wrath of the gods, farmers collecting firewood and hunting in the mountains were struck by lightning one after another, or disappeared in thunderstorms.During that time, there was a sword of fear hanging high in everyone's heart. People's fear of gods and mountain gods increased day by day, and they believed more and more in Shaman Datian's instructions.In order to quell the anger, everyone had to persuade each other to put down the handicrafts and farm work they depended on for a living, left the house where they had lived for generations, and dragged their families to move to this "sacred mountain" where there was only a barren land at first.According to the instructions of Shaman Datian, practice the practice of abandoning material desires, abandoning comfort, and forgetting to enjoy and rest, so as to atone for one's own sins and avoid harming future generations.

Not long after moving here, the number of thunderstorms decreased significantly, and the believers breathed a sigh of relief, and they became more and more convinced of Shaman Datian's instructions.After all, without thunder and showers, the number of people affected would not increase. Perhaps, the wrath of the gods is really gradually subsiding.

The flame of faith has become more firm and pious in the sacrificial activities and the constant speeches of the shaman, and the believers have become more firm and pious.They would rather not eat enough during the day, drink unclean water, and sleep under the sky at night, but they also worked hard to build exquisite bamboo buildings and altars for the shamans. Wizards offer the most exquisite food and drink.Because shamans are the messengers of shaman gods, mountain gods, and thunder gods, enshrining shaman wizards and shaman wizards can offset double sins.

Therefore, under such a belief, in the mountains and forests where there was nothing before, it took less than two months for the county residents to build enough bamboo houses and sacrificial offerings for all shamans to live in. tower.The most exquisite of them is the Shaman Datian, a bamboo building that can be raised directly to become an altar.

The grand occasion of building bamboo buildings lasted until the hottest summer solstice, but until this time, all the county residents, regardless of men, women, or children, still lived a difficult life without a tile above their heads to shelter them from the wind.At the great sacrifice every 30 days, Shaman Datian announced that the anger of the gods had subsided, and all the talents finally freed up their hands to start building a shack for their own shelter. Store food and savings.

The food reserves of every household are rapidly decreasing, and some devout believers have even emptied their entire year's food storage for offerings.

Hunger began to spread in the mountain villages that had begun to take shape, and at the same time, there were rampant mosquitoes and diseases.People can't eat enough, can't sleep warmly, they are getting more and more pale and thin, and exhausted, and the first to suffer are of course the weak and needy children and the elderly.The number of those who fell ill, fell down from hunger, and even developed a high fever after being bitten by mosquitoes is increasing every day, but they cannot receive proper treatment at all.Today, every family has more or less endured the grief of losing a relative, and the suffering they have suffered is indescribable.However, before the arrival of Xie Qian and his party, whenever they couldn't bear it, the shamans would always tell them at the sacrifice:

It is because your consecration is not enough, it is because your sins have not been paid.No matter how many sins you bear, you will suffer as much suffering. If you don’t continue to pray and practice devoutly, then all previous efforts will be in vain.

However, today, at this time, someone not only refuted the shaman in public, but also told everyone that when the savior came, miracles would also come.When the miracle comes, you can go home.

The eyes of the believers were wet, and no one was moved, and no one was unmoved. Under the repeated suffering, people were skeptical, people were sobbing, and some even collapsed on the spot, shouting:

"Why did the savior come only now!"

"Why didn't the savior come to redeem us earlier!"

"Save us. Save us from suffering!"

Xie Qian was on the high stage, taking in all the reactions from the audience.He tried his best to tighten his expression, so that his sorrow and anger would not be so obvious as much as possible, but in contrast, the heavy feeling in his heart was like a mountain, making him unable to breathe.

He told himself silently, don't regret it, don't feel guilty, it's not his fault, nor anyone's fault, but brainwashing the people, occupying the beliefs of the common people, but failing the few sinners they trusted.Only when all the county residents wake up from their sleep can the crimes of these murderers be officially settled! !

But... now is not the time to settle accounts. In order to achieve the goal, let's take advantage of the fanaticism and devotion of the county people to superstition. At least, it can protect the items that show "miracles" from being destroyed by anyone within seven days. If there is a sign of a "miracle", it should be widely publicized immediately.

Therefore, Xie Qian eloquently published a long speech, and used the three-inch tongue that even made He Feiyun stunned, to educate and mobilize every county citizen present.The main purpose is: to protect the "things that show miracles" is to protect everyone's hope.To hinder the "demonstration of miracles" is to make enemies of all people.Once there is any disturbance, immediately convey and spread it to as many people as possible.

When his thoughts were almost mobilized, Chen Mang had already led a row of thugs and waited for a while.Strange to say, these thugs still disliked Chen Mang before they left, but after leaving for a short while, their attitudes completely changed.Not only was he respectful to Chen Mang, but he also had a sense of reverence. It is conceivable that something must have happened during the process of setting up the "miracle" supplies, and Chen Mang must have used some means to completely tame these people .

Xie Qian finished his impassioned speech and motioned for Chen Mang to bring someone to the stage.Several thugs came onto the stage holding the items and showed them to everyone in the audience.

The first thing is an iron plate, and in the center is a small strange stone with holes like a rockery. It is said to be small, but in fact it is half the height of a person, and the base is almost as big as a millstone. It takes three It took four people to lift it together to move it.The second is much simpler, just a whole piece of rice paper—obviously, it should be taken from the wizard's study.The third is a long and straight wooden pole about two feet long, which was lifted by two thugs.

These items are heavy and take up quite a lot of space, so naturally they cannot be arranged on the high platform used for sacrificial offerings.Therefore, Shaman Datian recruited the head of the Lemo tribe who had no real power, and sent him to arrange these things.

It was obviously too late for the morning sacrifice. After Xie Qian's brainwashing, Shaman Datian seemed to have broken the can and gave up the treatment. He neither urged Xie Qian to leave quickly, nor did he mention the time. The believers went to watch by themselves.

So, the patriarch of the Lemo tribe led a group of people to set up a small pergola in the square—also the courtyard of the wizard—noisily, and hung up rice paper and rockery, poured a proper amount of water into the tray of the rockery, and separated the A few meters away, the tall wooden pole was buried.

When everything was set up, the old patriarch came to salute Xie Qian with tears in his eyes, and said: "Master Savior, Lord Sheriff, I will definitely arrange manpower to take care of these fetishes day and night. If there is any change - please give me a report direction."

Xie Qian smiled and said, "Old man, you don't need to be too polite, just tell Ren Liu or any other local soldiers. They have the warrants to enter and exit the camp, so it is very convenient for them to see me or see General Savior."

"Okay, okay. Thank you, Lord Sheriff." The old man repeatedly agreed. The suffering of the past few months had already added too many dimples to his face. In his cloudy eyes, he could only see He Feiyun and his own hands. A glimmer of hope can only be rekindled when the Miracle Item is set.

Seeing his performance, Xie Qian knew that he could return to camp with peace of mind.He didn't intend to delay the busy He Feiyun's time any longer, and prepared to take people out of the village.

At this time, on the high platform, a long horn sounded suddenly, and the villagers who had surrounded Xie Qian and He Feiyun, who had been reluctant to leave for a long time, finally took heavy steps and rushed towards the high platform again.

Beside the high platform, those believers who did not come to watch, followed the wizard, made strange hand shapes with their hands, and chanted prayer songs in native language in unison.

Xie Qian raised his eyes and looked into the distance. The prayer song sung in the difficult Lemo language was deep and far away. It was very different from Chang'an's light songs and dances, but it had a soul-stirring shock.He couldn't help but stop and listen, but he didn't know that just a few steps away, among the morning worship crowd, there was a pair of blood-red eyes staring at him with hatred.What's more, he didn't expect that the owner of this eye would cause such a crisis.

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The author has something to say:

Xie Qian: Fight to the death against feudal superstition alone!

He Feiyun: Courage is commendable.What tactics are you going to use?

Xie Qian: ...Only magic can defeat magic, so I intend to create a more powerful superstition!

He Feiyun: ...

Xie Qian: Wait until they believe in Gu and then slowly eliminate illiteracy!