Start North America 1400: nation building

Chapter 56 [56] Punishment and trial
A few days to explore.

Enter the deep forest and cross the clear stream.

The unlocked map, which was originally covered with a layer of black mist, has now opened up a bright branch, extending southward.

For explorers who love outdoor hiking, the mountains, rivers and lakes in the west have beautiful scenery without any modern pollution, which is refreshing.

But for Zhou Li'an, who wanted to find a way to move southward in the primitive mountains and jungles, this was a kind of physical and mental torture.

In addition to climbing high ground, overlooking the road.

Drones are of course the best option.

However, in the 15th century when there were no GPS satellite signals, Zhou Li'an felt that he was handicapped for the first time.

The chicken was fried more than a dozen times, and none of them survived the crash.

This thing is not the same as his operation on the operating table, it needs more visual space movement awareness.

It does not mean that a steady hand can guarantee that the drone without intelligent control can take off, land and hover in the air smoothly.

There is a threshold to operate the flight, which is extremely unfriendly to novices.

After more than a dozen crashes, there are only three aerial photography memory cards that can be recovered.

Fortunately, when the drone was bought, he erased the trademark logo, so as not to be discovered by people hundreds of years later after the fried chicken was lost.

Instead of constantly searching for the memory card of the crash in the woods and mountains, it is better to climb the mountain to find the way.

However, after going through the most difficult stage of emotional digestion, the progress is still very gratifying.

In the five days since leaving the Mad Cow Rift, the two of them explored a distance of 120 kilometers with one horse. They turned back many times due to obstacles halfway, and only chose the road that could provide the passage for large groups of people.

If it was all based on foot strength, this time might be more than twice as long.

Zhou Li'an compared the system map with the modern topographic map and finally came to a conclusion.

As long as you climb over the last mountain and river in the distance, you can reach the territory of California and set foot in the Central Valley of California's Yimapingchuan.

The Central Valley is one of the birthplaces of prehistoric human culture in the Americas.

With the blessing of the two river basins of the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River, the development of ethnic settlements from hunting to agricultural planting and settlement was promoted, and it also laid the foundation for the indigenous people who later migrated to Central and South America to step into farming civilization. Base.

But California is definitely not a feng shui treasure.

In addition to the blessing of the Mesopotamia to agricultural attributes, the central and southern regions have experienced long-term drought.

In the middle of the 20th century, the United States began to divert water from the north to the south, and completed the California waterway project, which met the development needs of the state's agricultural planting.

However, the agricultural project is still far from Zhou Li'an's development plan.

Annexation and unification is the top priority.

Eat bison first, and with the iterative replacement of weapons and equipment, hunting becomes much easier.

When the population reaches 2 to 30, you can send a large army to conquer Central and South America as your own agricultural planting base and granary.

There are also large-scale rice plantations in South American countries.

Once the seeds of my grandfather Yuan came out, it would take less than ten years to complete the basic poverty alleviation.

Once the problem of food and clothing is solved, the population can be born in large numbers, and the South American natives will be moved northward, turning the balanced empire into an infrastructure madman and completing the transformation to industrialization.

8 month 31 day.

Another overnight fix.

Zhou Li'an took advantage of Xuenv's sleep to complete the double draw of the system in August and September; among the two rewards he got, one was the G-zone grand prize, and the other was also the G-zone grand prize.

The proceeds from the GG lottery are not enough for the cost of the drone that crashed a few days ago.

January 9, early morning.

A master and a servant came out of their respective tents and embarked on the return journey.

For a week, Zhou Li'an would run back to take a bath late at night every day; and when he encountered Qingxi River during the journey, he would also ask Xuenv to go down to clean her body.

So they came all the way through the mountains and rivers, and the two of them didn't look embarrassed, and they really felt a little relaxed and comfortable on an outing.

It took 7 days for the departure and only 2 and a half days for the return journey.

Because there is a system map as a navigation, the speed of travel seems to be on and off.

Snow Maiden was shocked by all this.

I feel that the master is more powerful than the best guide of the tribe, and I also feel that this is the great power that our lord true god should have.

Is there anything in this world that the master can't do?
When the two returned on horseback.

In the distance, outside the Tushi Valley, an extremely large tribal settlement rose from the ground, forming a giant city-state.

Bonfires were lit everywhere, and smoke rose again, prospering.

Not only Xue Nu was horrified, Zhou Li'an also felt a sense of pride in his heart.

This is the country I have conquered! !

My Lord returns.

The whole family was shocked at the first time.

The people of the clan gathered around, climbed the mountain, the elders and the leaders of the various war groups led the way to worship.

After worship, everyone returned to the stone house to report on the recent work of these days.

The ministries have completed the construction of their residences, hunted a large number of bison, and are stepping up production and food reserves.

The tribe's salt is very abundant, and after Zhou Li'an handed over the smoking method to the tribe, they have already learned a simpler and quicker way to store meat.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the tribes to migrate.

Zhou Li'an issued the order, and all responded enthusiastically.

The ministries built their own residences, and felt the good life of the Tushi tribe. Who would not want to surrender?

The gathering of tens of thousands of people is unprecedented for Modoc people.

Only the elder of the chieftain had heard that a city-state of this size had appeared in the far east, but he had no chance to travel and see the legendary city-state in his life.

Today's Tushi is the life that all Modoc people yearn for.

Peaceful, joyful, rich, and extremely powerful, they no longer have to fear any foreign enemies.

And when everyone showed satisfaction on their faces and wished each other joy and joy.

Zhou Li'an's face darkened.

Xuenv was the first to notice the anomaly. He didn't know why the master was upset, but she respected the will of the master unconditionally.

"Shut up!!"

This shout made the happy atmosphere of the previous moment instantly frozen.

The majesty of our Lord makes them breathless.

Everyone's smiles were gone, and everyone was trembling, not knowing what they had done wrong.

The Great Elder was as alert as ever, he didn't know where to offend the power of the gods, but he knew what to do now——

"My lord, calm down!"

"If you offend the majesty of my lord, I implore my lord to bring down the punishment."

The rest of the people did not dare to neglect in the slightest, and echoed repeatedly——

"Please, my lord, bring down the punishment!"

When they worshiped devoutly, Zhou Li'an's expression became calmer, but his voice was still deep and solemn:

"Does anyone still remember my original prophecy?"

Suddenly, the faces of the tribal elders froze.

The leaders of the various war groups looked around in a daze, but they could deeply feel the panic in the elder's expression.

This made them unable to imagine what kind of prophecy could make the mighty Tushi Department tremble.

At this moment, the voice of my lord echoed again——

"The evil spirits from the other side will come, slaughter and enslave your descendants, and let you fall into eternal silence."

"And you are complacent because of your little achievements today?"

"I send down blessings and rewards, and hope that you will be full of hope for the future, with the determination to move forward, and break the curse of the nightmare!"

"Follow my will, follow the pace of balance, and create a new era that belongs to you."

"When the balanced light of glory shines on every inch of the world, darkness will be swept away and evil will be dispelled."

"But now, you are already lost!!"

"Lost in unearned blessings, lost in temporary abundance and joy."

"Laziness, laziness, and greed will make you fall into the abyss, and you will never see the glory of balance."

"I am extremely disappointed!"

When the voice fell, Zhou Li'an had already stood up, his expression filled with indisputable resentment and disappointment.

Inside the stone house.

Everyone panicked.

They were uneasy and ashamed, and there was great fear in their hearts...

Is it, is our Lord going to forsake His humble people and leave us?
At this moment.

Even without the leadership of the Great Elder, some people have come to their senses.

"No, my lord! The Supreme True God, the Lord of Equilibrium!"

"Please don't abandon your people, don't abandon us!"

This voice seemed to stir up a turbulent sea in a deep pool that was bitingly cold, stirring up the hearts of everyone.

Their faces were pale and their bodies trembled.

"My lord, please forgive our ignorance and laziness!"

"Please don't leave us."

"May the Lord grant you mercy..."

The old elders were like children abandoned by their parents, wailing and crying hoarsely.

The leaders of the various war groups finally understood the meaning of that prophecy.

That's a curse, it's unknown! !
It is because of the kindness of our Lord, the true God, that he came to the world and is willing to open up a new bright world for them.

But they actually disappointed my lord.

Not long after seeing the true God, the true God wanted to leave them, which made them unacceptable!
"My lord, please, please give us one more chance!"

Someone started kowtowing.

These warriors who are not good at words can only use their actions to express their piety and begging.

The Great Elder finally came back to his senses, shouting——

"My lord is above!"

"We, the humble people, will definitely follow in your footsteps and follow your will, without any slack or indulgence!"

"My lord, please forgive our sins!"

The scene is already messy.

Maybe they don't know how they slack off and indulge.But they are very clear that without the true God and the balanced illumination, they will have nothing.

It's like a dysfunctional relationship.

Once one party successfully brainwashes the other, they can do whatever they want and achieve a kind of mind control, also called PUA.

People controlled by the mind will unconditionally execute, obey and even submit, no matter right or wrong.

Of course, Zhou Li'an is not in love with the tribe, but a purer theocracy.

I am the supreme god.

And you are just humble ants.

But a group of ants without fear will also devour the Lord if they are grown.

For a long time, Zhou Li'an has been blessing and rewarding constantly.Except for the rare times when God's punishment was sent down for the purpose of returning to one's heart, more often he is an image of kindness and tolerance.

But blind kindness equals connivance.

Among the tribal people's "respect" for our Lord, the proportion of "respect" is higher, and the "fear" is almost none.

Therefore, Zhou Li'an must sound the alarm for them. While setting a long-term goal, he must also create a sense of fear and crisis in them.

Only in this way can it be transformed into motivation and deepen the bond between them and Balance, and they will be firmly welded to death under the foundation of the throne of theocracy.

The wailing and begging of people continued.

However, Zhou Li'an was still unmoved, and there was no wave in his expression.

he was thinking.

This is not enough.

Still short of a dose of hard medicine.

Ever since, he walked out of the stone house, ignoring the crying crowd.

Now that the play has been performed, it might as well make the dramatic effect more intense.

When he left, everyone scrambled to keep up, still crying and begging, asking to stay and apologizing.

The clansmen in the valley were attracted.

They quickly learned about the situation from the words of the elders... for some reason, they offended the True God.

The great master of balance will leave them.

Everyone panicked, and they followed with the same cry.

All the way to the outside of the valley, attracting more people's attention.

Then, thousands of people panicked, and they knelt down and kowtowed.

Seeing that the situation was almost over, Zhou Li'an was ready to end it.

Originally, I planned to take out the audio equipment and turn it on, and it was logical to complete a mobilization and brainwashing meeting.

But he ignored one person.

When it was discovered that my lord had decided to go, the attitude of the elders was strong, but it was far inferior to Xuenv.

She followed all the way, like a walking corpse, without crying, but with a dull face and lost her soul.

At this time, she finally woke up and let out a roar——

"Shut up!"

The elders fell on deaf ears.

"Shut up!!"

Finally someone responded, kneeling in a daze.

"Everyone shut up!! Quiet!!"

Her voice was tearing, as if squeezing all the strength out of her body, she shouted.

The people kneeling nearby finally fell silent, and this eerie silence quickly infected the people behind.

People stopped begging one after another, and looked at the altar in bewilderment.

And by this time.

Xuenv knelt down suddenly and shed tears.

The previous roar made her voice hoarse, she could only speak softly while kneeling in front of Zhou Li'an's legs, and grabbed his trousers——

"Owner!"

"The Snow Maiden is the witch of this tribe and your most loyal servant."

"If the people of Balance have offended your majesty, Xuenv is willing to bear all the punishments and begs the master's forgiveness!"

"The witch said that Xue Nu should serve the master. But now, the master is furious, it must be that Xue Nu did not do a good job!"

She raised her head and sobbed continuously: "My lord—"

"Please forgive the people of Balance!"

"All the blame will be borne by Xue Nu!"

"I only hope that the light of your glory can continue to shine on our humble people, so that they can follow your steps and listen to your will!"

"Xue Nu, I would like to sacrifice my life to my lord, please accept my humble body and soul!!"

Zhou Li'an listened to her words from the heart, and his heart throbbed slightly, but this was not pity...

It was a pleasant surprise that Yu Xuenv just put the finishing touches on this drama.

If you just forgive and forgive like this, it will be too much thunder and little rain.

He took a deep breath in his heart.

His facial features became more and more icy——

"Are you willing to sacrifice your own life to beg for my tolerance and mercy? In exchange for pardon for the ministries?"

Xue Nu nodded fiercely: "Yes!"

"Even if it is death and extinction, do you not hesitate?"

"Master... I, I am willing!!"

"Snow Girl!!" Climbing the mountain couldn't help being moved, he knelt on the ground, and staggered forward.

Don't wait for his next sentence to come out.

"Shut up! I am the witch of the tribe, the most devout servant of my lord, this is my destiny! It is the responsibility that the witch and the mother-in-law entrusted to Snow Maiden!"

Suddenly, Xue Nu stood up, and regardless of whether everyone in the audience could hear it, she just shouted in a hoarse voice——

"People of Balance, praise our Lord, praise Balance!"

"Please don't offend my lord's majesty anymore, don't let my lord disappoint you again."

"Follow my lord to the bright land illuminated by balance!"

"Don't get lost, don't fall!"

"I, I would like to sacrifice my own life to beg the Lord's forgiveness and mercy for you!"

The words fall.

She knelt down again and wiped away her tears: "Master, Xue Nu is very grateful to you, thank you for guiding me, teaching me, and rewarding me with sweet melons and fruits, delicious chocolates, which are the best Xue Nu has ever eaten since she was born." food!"

"Master, Xuenv adores you, and finally begs you to forgive and pardon the people of Balance."

She is devout and firm.

Not even the slightest tremor could be seen in her eyes.

"witch!!"

The Great Elder couldn't bear to cry out, with tears streaming down his face, and prayed again: "My lord, I am willing to accept your punishment for the witch!"

The rest of the elders trembled and even shouted: "My lord, we are also willing to accept your punishment!"

They are very clear in their hearts, Xue Nu's position in my lord's heart.

If the witch is gone, who in the future can beg to calm the anger of the true God when he is angry?
Zhou Li'an's face was still impassive.

The joy and anger of gods should not be pondered by mortals.

In a few moments, his will came—

"I, forgive your sin!"

"But you shall be condemned to eternal sleep!"

"After 14 days and nights, all ministries must migrate!"

"I will give you a real test!"

"The Modocs will migrate south with me to establish a balanced country."

"If you are sincere in your heart, carry your devotion to balance, go through hardships, and reach the kingdom of balance, I will exempt you from punishment and wake you up from your eternal sleep..."

"And, to reward your courage and kindness in making sacrifices for your people;"

"Give you the name of the messenger of the gods!"

"Give you eternal life."

The words fall.

Zhou Li'an waved his hand.

Under the gaze of thousands of people, that petite figure was erased from the world by some incredible power.

Outside the valley, there was silence.

He waved his hand again, and countless salt and sugar appeared out of thin air——

"This is my last blessing before the test, all warriors can bring it back to the clan!"

"Whoever worships and surrenders to Balance can lead the tribe back."

"Those who don't want to enjoy this last reward, waiting for the evil and curse to come, causing death and silence to sweep the earth."

This is the end.

Whoosh.

The noble figure of the god disappeared before everyone's eyes.

　It’s my birthday today, I’m 16 years old, it’s great, I’ve finally grown up~~~ Everyone should love me a lot, hahahahahahaha (dog head)
　　
　
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