On January 19, the team of the Theological Research Society crossed the second border and came to the territory of Tazawa. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tian Zeguo is the country of the Mingji people, and it is one of the foreign powers that Moritin suspected before that has something to do with the Theological Research Society. Before the theological research procession had yet to set out, Tian Zeguo sent a letter to the outside world, saying that his country would very much welcome this contingent of hundreds of thousands of people to enter the country. Since Tian Zeguo was on the way to Byrensburg, Maier sent a letter back to Tian Zeguo. He first thanked Tian Zeguo for his kindness, and then repeatedly assured in the letter that his team would not cause trouble to Tian Zeguo.

Immediately after entering the country, Tian Zeguo sent people to contact the people of the Theological Research Society. They warmly welcomed the arrival of the Theological Study Society and hoped that they would rest for a few days before setting off. Maier thanked Tian Zeguo for his kindness, and then said that he was in a hurry and had no time to rest. As a result, Tian Zeguo's envoy repeatedly kept them, which made Mel feel very strange.

A contingent of 700,000 foreigners stationed in the country is a very big threat to any power, and even if it were to happen to Maier, he would try to send this large contingent of foreigners out of the country as soon as possible, so as not to cause any trouble. However, Tian Zeguo did the opposite, and took the initiative to invite Maier to stay in China, why is this?

Under Mel's euphemistic questioning, the messenger smiled wryly and told the truth.

Because of their belief in the living God, the people of Mingji have very little desire for this world, and as long as they have enough food and clothing and a place to live, the people will be satisfied. It is usually used to show that the country of the people is not very energetic, and in the eyes of foreigners, the people of Mingji are also typical representatives of those who do not seek progress.

The most obvious example of this is the Mingji musket. Firearms are weapons that appeared after the creation of the New World, and the first to invent firearms were the Mingji people. However, the Mingji people who held this kind of big killing weapon had no desire to expand, and felt that as long as they had the right weapon to protect themselves, it was enough, so the replacement of the Mingji musket was very slow.

The Dugu people were the second race to learn to make and use firearms, and the first Dugu musket was born twenty-three years after the first Mingji musket, and then the Dugu people were able to catch up and turn the Dugu musket into the most sophisticated musket in the New World. Among the three "musket races", the Ilibi were the last to develop a real musket, but even so, the performance of the Ilibi musket was still much better than that of the Mingji musket.

Although there are only three races that come to mind when people think of muskets, these are not the only races that can make firearms. Other races can create similar weapons, but due to the technical blockade of the musket-making process by these three races, the firearms made by the other races are poor in terms of performance and reliability, and cannot be used in troops.

At the same time, the Mingji people used a theocratic form of government and adopted an electoral system, and the most prestigious prophet in the country would become the supreme leader of the country, and was given the title of "Great Prophet". Different great prophets have different opinions, and the current great prophet of Tian Zeguo is called Han Yi, and he is a rare self-motivated person among the Mingji people.

After Han Yi took office, he began to vigorously develop productive forces in Tian Zeguo and carry out economic construction in China. The people in Mingji are very obedient, and they will do whatever they are told to do, so the process of Tian Zeguo's development and construction was very smooth at the beginning.

After that, however, the problem arises. Mingji people have very little desire for the present world, and no one consumes what they produce. The materials were piled up in the country, and Hanyi wanted to sell these materials to neighboring countries, but the neighboring countries had long known the predicament faced by Hanyi, and the purchase price was very low.

After Tian Zeren learned about this, his work enthusiasm was greatly reduced, and his production efficiency was also greatly reduced. Since Tazawa's productivity has developed, even if the production efficiency is greatly reduced, the things produced by Tazawa people can meet daily consumption. As a result, Tian Zeren was even more reluctant to work, and he also questioned Hanyi's progressive policy.

As the doubts grew, the people of Tazawa came up with the idea of re-electing the Great Prophet. In November 133 of the new calendar, the people of Tazawa elected a representative to negotiate with Han Yi, hoping that he would resign from the post of Great Prophet so that the people could elect a new Great Prophet. Han Yi did not think that his policy was wrong, but he could not confront the people, so he could only make false promises with the national representatives and try to delay time.

Han Yi and his entourage tried their best to drag on for more than a month, and things finally took a turn for the better.

In early December, civil unrest broke out in the Bright Wizards Association, which is a country away from Tian Zeguo, and Moriddin, the president of the Bright Magicians Association, issued an edict to expel the followers of the God of Light from all over the country. Han Yi immediately sent his entourage to the Brett Magicians Association to inquire about the news, and learned that there were probably hundreds of thousands of followers of the Light God in the Brett Magicians Association.

The total population of Tian Zeguo is about seven million, and even if there are another million people, the Mingji people can still dominate. Han Yi wanted these Leiting people to settle in the land of the Mingji people, so as to stimulate the self-motivation of the Chinese people. At the same time, these immigrants can also consume a lot of materials, which is undoubtedly a great thing for Tian Zeguo today.

There is no doubt that Han Yi is a pure idealist. If the deported followers of the God of Light harbor evil intentions, then Han Yi's approach is to lure the wolf into the house. Even if these Light God believers had no ill will towards Tian Zeguo, Tian Zeren would distrust Han Yi even more because of this incident and hasten the process of his resignation.

The messenger's words made Mel cry and laugh, and he wanted to meet this Han Yi and see what kind of person he was. In addition, the materials carried by the team can only last for about two weeks, and Tian Zeguo happens to have a large amount of surplus materials, so Maier decided to rest for a day in Tian Zeguo and sent someone to negotiate with Tian Zeguo about purchasing supplies.

After more than ten days of running-in, the people in the team have a certain tacit understanding and discipline. After the order was given for a full day's rest, no one was running around, everyone was moving around in an orderly manner in the camp of each team.

The arrival of hundreds of thousands of foreigners made the air in the Mingji settlement near the camp very tense. The local garrison was put on high alert and cavalry was sent to keep a close watch on outsiders.

The Mingji settlements have a high degree of autonomy, and the top leaders of each settlement are also elected and appointed by the locals. As a theocratic race, the election was limited to the Prophets, and the officials of the settlements were held by the Prophets' retinue.

The prophets of the Mingji people could receive divine inspiration through prayer or divination to prevent or defuse possible disasters. At the request of the people, the prophets of these settlements all performed prayers or divination, coming to the conclusion that they were "harmless". Only after this did the settlements lift their alerts and withdraw the cavalry that was watching for outsiders.

It didn't take long for the people of these settlements to gather around the Letin camp out of curiosity, and among them were many Mingji soldiers with muskets. Now it was the turn of the Lettings to get nervous, and the sentinels immediately reported the matter to the team's managers, who in turn reported the matter to Ralzi and Bolton, who immediately approached Maier and asked him to come up with an idea.

Although it was Gray's order to make the Theological Seminary obey Meyer's arrangement, it is not because of this order that Larzi and Bolton are now obeying Mear's arrangement. Mel's words in the inner room of Moritdin's study have completely conquered these two people, and they have wholeheartedly regarded Mel as their leader, so they will obey Mel's arrangement.

After listening to the report of the two, Maier did not immediately make up his mind, but took them outside to see the situation. He saw that although there were people with weapons in the Mingji around the camp, they were only a minority, and most of them were civilians.

In fact, these soldiers had just been disbanded and returned home, and before they had time to take off their equipment and put down their weapons, they followed the people from the same settlement to watch the excitement.

The Mingji people did not have the concept of a standing army, and they relied on mobilized soldiers to fight wars. The troops on duty on weekdays are called "patrol troops", and they are served by men who meet the conditions for service in each settlement. The patrol force of the Mingji people was divided into two parts, one was responsible for the daily defense of the settlement, and the other was responsible for the national defense. The former is led by the local prophets, while the latter is led by the great prophets.

The mobilized soldiers of the Mingji people are all purchasing weapons and equipment at their own expense, and the official will give a set of specific standards, and the mobilized soldiers who have the intention to serve must purchase weapons and equipment in accordance with the corresponding standards, otherwise they will not be able to serve smoothly.

The Mingji people had a very scarce leisure time, and they had a prophetic "lecture" once a month, that is, theological teaching, and other than that, adults had little leisure activity. There are many men who serve to pass the time, so the Mingji people have never lacked soldiers.

Minors can live a more fulfilling life because they have to be educated. The literacy rate of the Mingji people is 100 percent, the highest among all the races in the New World. In second place are the reformed Ilibi, with a literacy rate of about 80 percent.

Because everyone can read and write, everyone in Mingji has books. However, the books in Mingji's house are all theological books, because Mingji people only have theological books. There were no merchants among the Mingji people, and all the shops were government-run. Mingji people sell their extra things directly to designated government stores, and then go to other government stores to buy what they need, which is the transaction method of Mingji people.

The only activity that can be regarded as entertainment for the people of Mingji is to sing hymns. The hymn is a hymn to the living God, and there are many hymns of the Mingji people, according to incomplete statistics, the total number of which exceeds 100,000. However, after the cataclysm, the language used by the M'enji changed and the original hymns could no longer be sung, so the Prophet and his followers had to rewrite the hymns.

Because of the different sounds, it was a great pain to write a hymn in the new world. In the more than 100 years after the cataclysm, the total number of new hymns added by the Mingji people was less than 50, and it took an average of more than two years to compose one.

Among the existing Mingji people, there are generally only a dozen hymns at hand, and more than twenty is considered a lot. Even if all the existing hymns are collected, it will not be long before you get tired of singing less than fifty songs with similar content and theme over and over again.

All in all, the spare time of the Mingji people is extremely scarce. The reason why Mingji people are so obedient is directly related to the lack of spare time, because they really have nothing to do. Instead of being bored, it is better to follow the above arrangement, so that you can pass the time.

Some people may ask, won't the Mingji people invent a little entertainment by themselves?

In the law of the Mingji people, entertainment is an act of laziness that will stop people from pursuing eternal life. This point is repeatedly emphasized in the theological books written by the prophets, so that the Men of the Minji regard entertainment as an obstacle to eternal life. They are so resistant to these "worldly" things that they treat them as beasts of prey, and they are disgusted even by hearing the word.

There are no entertainment activities, plus there is no desire, and there is naturally a lot of free time. More and more Mingji people went to the camp of the Letin people to watch in order to pass the time. Seeing that the Mingji people gathered around the camp did not have anything in their hands, Maier knew that they were not here to trade, so he sent a few men to inquire about the situation.

Mingji people are also real, and they directly told the Leting people that they came to see the excitement, which made the people who went to ask cry and laugh. Seeing that the Leiting people were still a little uneasy, Maier set up additional sentry posts and demarcated the Mingji people to watch the area, not allowing them to enter the camp, so that the Laiding people felt much safer.

Because the Mingji people did not have a merchant class, all foreign transactions were also handled by the government. Mel's request for a trade was quickly sent to Han Yi, who was much to the delight of him when he learned of his intention to buy supplies in large quantities. He immediately set out, and set out from the capital of Tian Zeguo with his retinue, and came to the camp of the Leting people.

The Mingji people elected the Great Prophet from among the prophets, and the settlement where the elected Great Prophet was located would become the capital. The Great Prophet is for life, and generally every ten or twenty years it will be changed, and the capital will change because of it. Therefore, it shows that the capital of the country is only a temporary administrative center, not a military and economic center.

Hanyi's settlement is not very far from the camp of the Leting people, but it takes half a day to walk lightly. By the time Han Yi arrived at his destination, it was already completely dark. Han Yijian had already passed the time to go to bed, so he could only find a nearby settlement to rest, and prepare to come back to negotiate with Maier the next day.