Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 556 Territory Faith

Maixiang Town is a reclaimed town not far to the north of Mara City. After years of farming, the land here has matured and food production has increased every year, which has made the civilians who originally moved here have a better life. More and more smiles.

Old John is an authentic Northlander. He has been a pioneer in the Northland since his grandfather's generation. By his generation, he thought it would be stable, but who would have thought that a war would destroy everything.

Fortunately, the Northern Glory Alliance chose to take them in and moved a large number of people over.

Although the Northern Glory Alliance was one of the forces that destroyed the Noble Alliance, you only need to compare the part occupied by the Border Town Alliance to know how lucky they were.

That miserable scene left Old John unforgettable to this day. At the same time, he was even more grateful that he had chosen to surrender to the members of the Glory Alliance immediately, otherwise they would not be able to live the good life they have now.

When he first saw the desolation here, even though he was still in his prime, old John was still heartbroken. But when he saw his wife and young children behind him, he gritted his teeth and stood up, shouldering the burden of life and starting from building roads. The hard work begins.

Fortunately, the large amount of supplies that were subsequently delivered stabilized everyone's minds. The mayor from Beicheng organized them to build a new home. The missionary monks soothed their hearts and cured their illnesses, and they lived a better life without knowing it. Well, this is all thanks to the benevolent gods.

This was something that Old John was not used to at first, because the Lord was not a human being, but a noble god.

However, I am afraid that only God will grant his devout believers abundant land and light taxes. Therefore, like others, Old John will take his family to the temple to pray every weekend to express gratitude.

Early in the morning, Old John's wife prepared breakfast for the family. Although it was just a pot of thick barley porridge, it was already a luxury that they had never dared to imagine before.

Before coming here, they only ate two meals a day, and even just one meal of porridge when they were not working, in order to save more food. Otherwise, during the lean period, there would be a long winter. dead person's.

Nowadays, the farmland has a good harvest and the taxes are only three levels. The family can enjoy the luxury of three meals a day.

Old John, who had a bit of weather on his face but looked very good, finished eating in two gulps and went to hitch the carriage. His eldest daughter was very sensible and helped carry some crops that were going to be sold in the town. His wife was feeding the last few grains to her younger son. Mouth porridge.

This little guy was really lucky. He was born when they built their house and the farmland had their first good harvest, so he grew white and fat. Old John felt full of accomplishment every time he saw it, and it became more and more popular. After being motivated and thinking about preparing a dowry for the eldest daughter, it is time to prepare for the younger son to grow up and get married.

The family got into the carriage without locking the door, because today is the weekend day to go to the temple to pray. Even the most greedy thief would not dare to steal at this time, because it is an offense to the gods. Not only the local garrison , even all the residents will find each other out angrily, and then hang them on the gallows.

There are many people like Old John whose family goes to the town to pray. Because more and more farmland is being cultivated, it is impossible for everyone to live in the town. Fortunately, the transportation is very convenient. Even if you live along the main road, you can live in the smallest town. Farmers who are far away can reach it in less than an hour, and even further away, it is within the scope of another town.

Not far away, in addition to the wife holding the child in Old John's carriage, there was also an old couple who lived not far from their home and two new wives who had just given birth. Everyone was used to helping each other. This was also Qualities required to survive in the North, at least here.

Men gather together to smoke dry tobacco, which is a seed given to them by the territory. The tobacco leaves they grow are dried and cut into shreds. At the beginning, you are not used to smoking, but once you get used to it, you will never be able to leave. This is what farmers can do. Keep a few hobbies.

After smoking a little, the older ones discussed the weather and this year's harvest, while the younger ones muttered about the latest news in the town, and some were planning to join the army. The group came to the town in a lively manner.

At the intersection, the nuns had already prepared hot communion, a cup of hot milk mixed with water and a fist-sized piece of hard bread for each person.

Holy Communion is a common name, but nuns and monks never say that.

I remember that in order to receive a Holy Communion, nearby residents would come together with their whole families every weekend, just to save food.Although there is no shortage of food now, they believe that the Holy Communion is a gift from the gods and still accept it with full gratitude.

In fact, it was originally just for the convenience of attracting people for preaching, but later it became a tradition and has been preserved.

As they approached the temple, everyone started walking. Even those with limited mobility walked with the help of others.

This kind of scene is basically invisible in other places, not because we are afraid of not being able to help, but because poverty and suffering cover up all the good things.

In the absence of food and clothing, in the suffering of life, kindness and help bring not gratitude and beauty, but pain and death.

Only in the relatively closed Northland, with the experience of building a home together and the same belief, can beauty be born.

Thousands of people gathered in front of the temple, waiting quietly for the prayers to begin.

The children who acted as a choir spontaneously came to the high platform and began to sing praises to the greatness and kindness of the gods.

After the choir ended, the priest responsible for leading the prayers stood on the high platform and read the contents of the holy book with the help of amplifying magic props.

The belief in the territory is very strange. It is divided into the Eternal Temple and the Eternal Church. The gods they believe in are also different. However, the people are never forced to believe in any god. They are only required to believe in one, and unbelievers are not allowed to exist.

In the temple, the greatest thing is eternity, which is a statue of a god wearing gorgeous and huge armor, representing light, protection, and all beautiful things.

The second is the shadow of death. If eternity is the protector of this world, then the shadow of death is the guardian of the dead.

All believers, no matter which god they believed in during their lifetime, will go to the kingdom of eternal night where the shadow of death lies after death, so there are also many believers.

Next is the Moon Princess. It is said that she is the moon in the kingdom of eternal night, shedding peaceful moonlight to the dead. At the same time, she also weaves beautiful dreams for all living beings and brings endless nightmares to the disrespectful ones.

The other is the gold coin lady, in charge of wealth, transactions and contracts. No transaction is allowed to be violated under the witness of this lady. They can not believe the businessman, but they can believe the deal the businessman made in front of the gold coin.

And today, the territory welcomes a new deity, the cat goddess.

She is the guide of the dead, the guardian of the barn, and the nemesis of rats.

After hearing the next two sentences, farmers like Old John immediately became energetic.

Although they would sell the excess grain to the town, the hardship they endured still led them to habitually store some grain at home, and the most troublesome problem was rats.

(End of this chapter)