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Chapter 373: Praising

For example, the Acrobatic Kingdom has a devout belief in cows. However, not every cow is given the same attention. Among all types of cattle, white female humpback cows are the most sacred.

On the streets of the circus country, you can often see the "sacred bull" shuttling between people and cars, which is a strange scene. However, both the people and the bull are very calm and have long been accustomed to it. Pedestrians will even respectfully offer food to the sacred bull.

Cows were considered so sacred that pharmacies sold potions distilled from cow urine, and there was a rumor that cow dung could prevent illness and strengthen the body when illness struck.

This leads to an important phenomenon, that is, in various temples, especially some ancient temples, there are a large number of devout believers who contribute their wealth, resulting in there being plenty of money in these temples. Not to mention paper money, just gold, gems and the like are not a small amount.

The people of this country, whether they are rich or poor, love gold so much that it is ingrained in their bones. In the eyes of their women, what does it mean to wear gold jewelry? It means to wear it from head to toe, with a headdress on the head, earrings on the ears, a nose ring on the nose, a necklace on the neck, rings on the hands, bracelets on the wrists, a gold waist chain on the waist, and gold anklets on the feet. The weight of this full set of jewelry must be measured in kilograms.

So why do they love gold so much?

The historical origins of this can be traced back to the Vedic period 3000 years ago. At that time, the Chinese regarded gold as the soul of the universe and the soul of mankind.

One of the three great gods in their religious mythology, Brahma, has a legend of being "born from a golden egg". Because of this background, gold has been regarded as a sacred object since ancient times. Around 1100 BC, a large number of gold ornaments appeared in ancient Acrobatic Kingdom society. The king's throne, the chariot of the gods, and the king's palace were all decorated with gold.

Gold is even more indispensable in the daily lives of ordinary people.

According to their local wedding customs, the new bride needs to wear 16 different kinds of gold ornaments when she goes out. The more gold ornaments she has and the heavier they are, the more precious and solid her love is.

Apart from this factor, they also regard gold as a financial management tool and investment method. In the eyes of the Chinese, buying bonds, speculating in stocks, and buying gold are listed as the three major ways of financial management. Bonds and stocks cannot be worn on the body, but gold can be worn. In addition, when bonds and stocks encounter a crisis, once they cannot be cashed, they are just a piece of waste paper, but gold is fine, and the more crisis there is, the more valuable gold is.

Many families in the United States have such a tradition: take out 15% of the family wealth and buy gold regularly. If there is more, buy more; if there is less, buy less, but it must not be less than 15% of the family wealth.

The people are so rich and have so much gold, so there must be a lot of gold in the various temples that they worship devoutly. There must be a large amount of gold waiting for Wang Luo to discover, so he has to walk and collect gold along the way until he reaches his destination.

The next day, Wang Luo, who had studied the municipal map all night, got up, had breakfast, and started to explore the road with his backpack and camera, looking like a real traveler.

After walking around the nearby commercial district and taking some fake photos, Wang Luo hailed a taxi.

"I want to visit your temple and travel. I am a professional traveler."

"No problem sir, are you also a devotee of Shiva?"

The taxi driver was curious about a European or American visiting a temple in his country.

"No, no, I'm just interested in your civilization. After all, your country is one of the four ancient civilizations. I want to take a look around. It would be even better if I could be received by your clergy and have a chat with them."

"Then you have come to the right place. Our Acrobatics Country is definitely the oldest and most famous country in the world. Even the Eastern country that is now at war with us cannot catch up with our country. The people of Dragon Country can only brag, saying that their country is 5000 years old, but that is definitely bragging. They are nothing. Back then, people from our country managed them in their country and stationed troops in their country's Magic City. Of course, they were led by your gentlemen, but so what? They have no way of stationing troops in our country.

I heard that their country is very poor now, they can't even get enough food, there are no tall buildings, and they are blocked by the two major camps. They can't even build cars and motorcycles, let alone warships. How can they catch up with us? Have you been to Mumbai? It is the most prosperous city in Asia. Even if Longguo develops for 100 years, it can't catch up with us. "

Since the two sides are in a state of war, talking about Longguo and belittling Longguo has become a hot topic, especially for the profession of taxi driver, who always has to talk about something with the passengers.

"It's not convenient for me to say anything about this because I have never been to that country, but as far as I know, that ancient Eastern country has a very long history. Man, do you think you can win this war?"

If Wang Luo had not been on a mission, he would have killed him long ago for speaking ill of the Dragon Country in front of a Dragon countryman. As the saying goes, "impatience will ruin great plans", but he had no choice now and could only endure it. When the time comes, he will take all the gold from them. But now he had to pretend that he didn't care.

"Haha, sir, are you kidding? We won't be able to defeat them. As far as I know, our government has sent our most powerful mountain troops, and we also have strong support from the international community. With these, there is no possibility of failure. Just wait and see. It won't be long before we receive news of victory on the front line."

This taxi driver is just an ordinary epitome. In fact, the entire Acrobatics Country is full of confidence and feels that there is no possibility of losing this conflict.

As we all know, the Acrobatic people have a peculiar characteristic, that is, mysterious self-confidence. Especially before the outbreak of this conflict, their officials were very confident that they could win, and there was an exaggerated saying that "one Acrobatic soldier can resist 1 Dragon soldiers."

However, the Chinese people changed this statement by reviewing and evaluating the combat effectiveness of our army in the Anti-U.S. and Aid-Bangkok War, saying that "one Chinese soldier can deal with six Chinese soldiers."

Why are they so confident? Actually, there are two main reasons. First, the Acrobatics Kingdom has been colonized by the Bulls for a long time. Since the beginning of the Crow, they have participated in the invasion of the Dragon Kingdom as a vassal army, that is, as a lackey. Therefore, they continued their previous impression of the Dragon Kingdom’s previous dynasty and thought that the Dragon people were still the weak "sick man of East Asia". Naturally, they did not take our army seriously, so they dared to be so arrogant.

Second, in the modern foreign wars of the Acrobatics Country, several victories were won, which increased their self-confidence.

In 1947, after the independence of the Acrobatics Country, they had three armed forces: navy, army and air force. At that time, almost all the Acrobatics Country’s troops had participated in World War II and they believed that they had strong combat capabilities. In addition, they had always been subservient to Niu Niu. At that time, the Acrobatics Country became independent and needed a new international image. Therefore, the Acrobatics people at that time urgently needed a war to consolidate their status as a "great power".

So they began to make plans and set their sights on the still-colonized areas in the country. In 1961, Goa, located in the west of the country, became their target.

This place has been occupied by the Portuguese for hundreds of years. At this time, Portugal just joined BY. If they can defeat the Portuguese, it can be regarded as a demonstration to the Western group. Therefore, the Acrobatic Kingdom troops fought fiercely with the Portuguese army in Goa. However, the already declining Portuguese army quickly surrendered after being shot dead by them, and it took only two days to recover Goa. The victory of this battle greatly enhanced the confidence of the Acrobatic Kingdom, so they continued to provoke me. We have warned them many times that if this provocation does not stop, we will have to counterattack in self-defense, and the consequences of their irrational behavior must be borne by themselves. Surprisingly, the Acrobatic Kingdom thought that our solemn warning was just a pretense and had no value. As a result, they suffered the consequences. After our army launched a counterattack, it was unstoppable and defeated them all the way.

Wang Luo was too lazy to pay attention to this idiot. Just wait, you will see how powerful we are in a few days. When we were penniless back then, we faced challenges from 17 gangs and forced them to sign the armistice agreement. What’s more, it’s now, the good days are yet to come.

Seeing that Wang Luo closed his eyes, the taxi driver stopped talking and safely sent Wang Luo to the gate of the largest temple in Imphal. After Wang Luo paid the fare, he got off the car.

"Sir, what are you doing here? You know, this is where God lives. Only God's most devout servants are allowed in. We don't welcome outsiders to visit."

As soon as Wang Luo entered the temple gate, he was stopped by someone.

"Ah, I'm a traveler, and I work part-time taking photos for some world magazines. I'm curious about your beliefs and your gods. I want people from all over the world to better understand your beliefs. In this way, maybe you will be worshipped by loyal people from all over the world, especially now that you are at war. Don't you want people from other countries in the world to understand you? Especially if your beliefs and photos of your gods are published in authoritative magazines in the world, this will boost the confidence of your people and bring unexpected benefits to the development of your country. Propaganda war, understand? This is even more meaningful than the bloody battles of soldiers on the front line."

In order to enter the temple, Wang Luo had to say some words against his will. Anyway, it was just bragging, the bigger the better.

I'm doing this for your own good, to improve your country's image. In short, I'll do whatever it takes to fool you. All I need is for you to let me into your temple and take a look. If I don't go in, how can I check the area? How can I know where your treasure room is and how much wealth you have?

Thanks to Wang Luo's eloquent persuasion, Wang Luo was finally allowed to enter the temple.

"Sir, you are not one of our followers, so there are some places we don't allow you to visit. You can only visit some semi-open places under our guidance."

"No problem, absolutely no problem."

Wang Luo readily agreed.

Haha, it's a semi-open area, which means there must be something fishy in the unopened areas. What is this? This is like covering one's ears and stealing the bell. Interesting, very interesting.

Led by their guide, Wang Luo strode into the temple, holding a camera, looking very professional, and began to visit.

It's true, although the entire country of Acrobatics is weird, the lives of the lower-class people are not very good, there are caste divisions, and even toilets are not guaranteed, but this temple is really well built. The stone carvings and reliefs are very beautiful, and the artistic value is very high. It is worthy of being a country with hundreds of millions of gods. It seems that all the energy was used to build the temple.

Looking from a distance, Wang Luo felt it was so spectacular.

"Our temple was built in the middle of the 11th century. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva. There are 226 groups of sculptures on the inner walls and 646 groups of sculptures on the outer walls. This is our national treasure. So far, no other religious site in the world can match our country."

The guide introduced it to Wang Luo very proudly.

Wang Luo also nodded repeatedly in a pretentious manner, picked up the camera hanging on his chest and symbolically pressed the shutter a few times.

Turning the corner, Wang Luo wandered among the layers of statues and found that the excitement here was not only the large number of sculptures, but also the rich content of the sculptures. From strong animals to coolies, to brave warriors. Of course, the most eye-catching ones were the sexy and enchanting goddess statues and Mitna statues.

To be honest, Chinese people who have received traditional education since childhood were a little dumbfounded when they first saw such a scene, but on second thought, there was nothing to be surprised about, because the worship of primitive things has always been one of the contents of the state religion of acrobatics. In later generations, when you walk into Hindu temples, you can still see statues of Shiva's linga and his wife yoni everywhere.

Spectacular as it was, it still couldn't disturb Wang Luo's determination to check out the place. He didn't care about art or not, he was just an ordinary person, and no art could compare to the reality of yellow and white things.

"What is that place and why can't we visit it?"

When passing by a door, the guide just walked past it without introducing it to Wang Luo. Wang Luo asked out of curiosity.

"I'm sorry, sir, this area is not open to the outside world. Please forgive me."

"Okay, sorry, I'm just a little curious. I respect your beliefs."

Ha, since we can’t visit it, there must be a secret. I must come and take a look at this place when the time comes, Wang Luo secretly made up his mind.

It's not to mention that the temple of the Acrobatics Kingdom has many little secrets. The guide took him to visit the artworks. When walking through a courtyard, Wang Luo actually saw a group of little girls, all of whom were dressed very beautifully. Wang Luo asked curiously: "What do these girls do?"

"They are the successors of the Saint. We are going to choose the Saint."

"Oh."

Wang Luo suddenly understood.

(End of this chapter)