What do the prisoners in the high walls want?

Of course, it is freedom, or rather, something that has to do with freedom, and is tainted with the smell of freedom. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, the Lancas Islands, which have been trapped within the invisible high walls, are desperately longing for the hope and freedom of those who sail thousands of miles from the ocean with sails and oars.

"Finally our cargo ship has arrived! And not one, it's three! ”

The silence of the city after the explosion of the bakery lasted for three days, and the good news spread from the port all the way to the temple, which was kind of blowing away some of the clouds that had been inexplicably exploding before.

The port workers who shouted these words almost cried tears of joy, shouting loudly and dancing down the avenue. For the past month, all they have left is to squat on the dock of a cargo ship to bask in the sun and watch the seabirds with the crews of the cargo ships - because even on the return voyage from Elta, the merchant ships that had immunity during the blockade have rarely docked.

Such news is naturally exciting. God knows if the valiant navy fought hard and routed the enemy ships that surrounded the islands and relieved the siege of the Lancas Islands? Otherwise, how could these three merchant ships with a big belly climb in from outside the high walls?

"The ship has smeared the church sign." On the dock, the admiral who was looking at the magic from afar had a solemn face.

"Do you need to send a ship to surround and inspect it?"

The general in charge of coastal defense frowned, and it took a while to understand the seriousness. What if the cabins of these ships were full of heavily armed soldiers? It is rumored that the soldiers of the Elta Army are holding magical weapons, and they can be used as a man, and they can be used as a ten, or even a hundred!

The general did not have time to criticize the rabble of the Western Expeditionary Army, a professional army, and the levies. Now measured, it's true that small boats are cheaper than any of the assets on land. He gave the order and took special care of the captain of the galleon, telling him to be ready to light the fire of magic on the galleon—no matter how precious the supplies on it were, if things didn't go well, he had the power to do so.

As a general rule, the ships of the Bi-Moon Church must have a flag or pattern that identifies them wherever they go. All three ships originally had the Church's double moon emblem on the mainmast sails, but now they were uniformly painted with white paint.

On the yellowed canvas, there was suddenly a piece of essence like a white turbid liquid...... White spots, like the quilt that hangs on the yard boom after the first legacy, are the highlight that all men will notice at the first moment.

The identities were confirmed, and after some inspection, the Church Navy was surprised to find that there was no problem with the three ships. Except for the totems and badges that prove the belonging of the Church of the Two Moons, the people and goods on the ship are extremely normal.

In the past, these three cargo ships must be used as negative teaching materials, "criticizing the smell", "criticizing the downfall", and "criticizing the death". The cargo on it said that nothing could be wanted, and even the ship should be a good example, burn it directly at sea, and then take the captain back to land for trial.

But as soon as the inspectors looked at the cargo in the cargo hold, they completely dispelled this damned, "devil's thought". It's nothing else in there, it's just a bunch of magic fans!

"Perhaps for the current Lancas Islands, it is not a crime not to hang the logo and flag of the Bilunar Church, but it is a crime to waste resources and dispose of precious resources at will." It is no accident that such thoughts appeared in the minds of the officers and men of the provisional inspection at the same time. But the end result was that they couldn't make a decision either, so they "turned in" and the three ships arrived safely at the dock.

On the dock, the captains of the three ships revealed the truth: when they were docking in Elta more than two months ago, they heard that the El Ta Sea Force was going to "hunt down all ships flying the flag of the Church of the Two Moons and the emblem of the Church of the Two Moons, both military and civilian, in the waters outside the Lancas Islands." ”

At that time, the three-ship caravan had not yet arrived at the stronghold on the Bahivita continent south of Elta, and the crew immediately panicked as soon as they discussed it - their sails were put away, but the double moon emblem of the Church of the Two Moons was still clearly printed on it.

The captain of the three-ship caravan did not care whether he went back to kill the head or not, so he took people to the local plasterer, spent a lot of money to buy several large barrels of white plastered paint, and hurried back to the ship to have people paste the canvas.

Unexpectedly, this paste is both a blessing and a curse. Funa was a blessing to the soul - along the way, he encountered two wooden and iron ships of the Elta Navy, and was only asked to stop and inspect the iron ships off the coast of the Lancas.

In this inspection, knowing that the goods on it were destined for the Lancas Islands, the Elta Navy actually allowed them to pass for the first time. In fact, the blockade of Elta and China's maritime power is conditional - that is, "to search for all ships flying the flag of the Church of the Two Moons and the emblem of the Church of the Two Moons, military and civilian, in the waters outside the Lancas Islands." ", but no punishment will be imposed on those vessels that are demarked.

There is no doubt that this is a "de-identification" strategy.

People born in the Lancas Islands do not have to be related to or even "bound" to the Bilunar Church the moment they slip out of their stomachs. Their identification with the church is mainly based on propaganda, out of practical life, and out of what they have heard and heard.

Because the church is strong, the church can do the best life on the planet, and the church has the strongest person on the planet, the "divine servant" left by the true God, so the residents of the Lancas Islands have an undoubted sense of identity with the church, and they will naturally leave the church's exclusive patterns on their clothes without being reminded, not to mention hanging or displaying these signs that can "show off our prestige" in various public occasions at the request of the church.

But today, they have to confront the new notion that life could have been better without the signs of the bi-monthly church. If the cargo ships do not display their markers, that is, do not show their recognition of the Church of the Two Moons, then Elta's maritime power will not and does not want to stop the delivery of food or magic powder—the cargo carried by these ships is far less important to the Elta people than the values it is deconstructing.

But in the Lancas, the two ends of the equation are clearly reversed. It is of course a great disrespect to "a ship without a mark", but the navy cannot bear to deal with the ship full of magic powder, grain, and even grain - everyone knows how tight the life on the island is now, no matter how rich, expensive, and indifferent they used to be, now they can eat an extra bite of food......

The name of great disrespect was not something that the navy could handle, so the contradictions continued to be handed in. But in the process, the news that "the ship that erased the double moon emblem passed through the blockade" has long since taken wings and flew into every corner of the main island of Lancas.

The ship's owners who could only dock at the port could not bear it on the spot when they heard the news, and first rushed to the port to see if it was true or false, and whether the goods moved down on it were real or false.

The bad thing is that all the things that were removed from it were genuine, or the kind that was not mixed with a little water - this is indeed thanks to the contribution of the local branch of the Bilunar Church, but Aiwu and Wu, this time even the errand boat was a little light.

The shipowners, who were forced to cut back on food and clothing because they had no work to do, and were even on the verge of changing careers, gathered together and spent an afternoon drawing up an offensive and defensive agreement. As soon as such behavior is acquiesced, they will immediately and uniformly erase any signs of the Bilunar Church, regardless of whether he returns with a wave of supplies first.

As for the ordinary citizens, who have been suffering from the lack of supplies for a long time, the call for ships to erase their markings and go to sea to transport supplies is much louder than that of the shipwrights. They have become accustomed to the complex life supported by the magic of the stacked bed frame house, and even if they are now a little used to the days without magic, they still "warmly miss" the era of magic everywhere.

So as long as there is even one straw, they will hold on to it. The prestige of the Bilunar Church is something that can be thrown aside!

It wasn't until he said this sentence that people who were not in the power system of the Bilunar Church would realize that the good life they wanted had nothing to do with the Bimonthly Church itself. Whether the ship is flagged or not, and whether or not the bilunar church insignia on the sail should be erased or not, in fact, it has no effect on them at all, and it is irrelevant.

Only citizens of a nation-state have an unquestionable, innate identity with the state itself. Whether it was the heroic martyrs who fought for China when it was impoverished or even on the brink of extinction, who were unwilling to submit to the Vichy regime, or the soldiers who formed a free France in the East and West, they identified with a country that included their compatriots, not a puppet regime that gave them a peaceful life (and promise).

Sooner or later, the people of a country ruled by man will understand that happiness and stability can only be achieved by leading the country to struggle with their own hands. But I'm sorry that the Lancas Islands under the Bilunar Church are essentially a contradictory "theocracy". These self-proclaimed gods do possess superhuman powers, but paradoxically, they are no different from ordinary people.

This has always been true, but the inhabitants of the archipelago have not discovered it. But thanks to these three "caught fish" deliberately let go of by the Elta Navy, they can now finally see how many catties and taels the gods of the present world have, and whether their dependence on the gods of the present world is really necessary.