Chapter 20: The Altar of the Wild
When Shepard walked out of Lothric with the princess, he let the brigade of the three towns of the church start to save people, and the flames were still burning on the wall, which brought a lot of trouble to the rescue work, but there was no way to do it, if the fire did not burn the ambush of the man-eating flower, Shepard who rushed in was likely to be wiped out.
And now, although it is much more difficult, but at least there is not much danger, Shepard issued a strict order, and all those who are being taken captive will be killed on the spot, and the remaining survivors, regardless of men, women, and children, will be brought back.
Mufasa organized a pure logistics team of 2,000 people to follow behind, just in time to help bring all the survivors who were unable to walk back to the three towns, and if they were too injured or unconscious, they could only be left to fend for themselves in the town.
The fire lasted for a day and a night, but fortunately the nearby forests were cut down so that the flames did not start a forest fire, and when the rain fell and the flames on the wreckage of Losric gradually extinguished, the rescue operation was largely over.
About 3,000 people were brought back to the three towns of the church, and they will fill the population of the three towns to contribute to the development plan of the church, while the rest of the people can only be left in the town of Losric, anyway, the danger has been removed, and the nearby animals are basically scared away by the fire, so they can only ask for more blessings, if they encounter the resurrection of the undead or something...... Well, let's talk about it.
"A number of people rushed back, a number of food, and some weapons and equipment, and many things such as ores and plants are still left over there because they are not easy to transport......
After the end of the attack on Lothric, one day of rescue, one day of treatment and repair, and on the third day, Mufasa came to see Shepard with the person in charge of the church with the statistics.
The person in charge of statistics on the church side is Filina, a young woman who used to be busy with farm work every day, no longer has to do those menial jobs, but now she has fair skin, soft hands, and especially a submissive and comfortable personality.
Shepard waved his hand: "Just take a list and show me after these things are counted, how about our losses?" ”
Mufasa replied: "There were no losses in the course of the battle, the consumption of arrows and oil was relatively large, but in the process of transferring the survivors, many people lost their feet, well, in the process of killing many of the rioters, they were resisted, about a dozen people died, and there were no other losses." ”
Shepard bowed slightly: "It's not bad, let's not take care of the wreckage of Lothric for now, first pacify the survivors who have migrated over, with this group of people, plus the original population of the three towns, the city construction plan can be started." ”
Mufasa said happily: "Really? ”
Shepard smiled: "Yes, but the nearby forest is indeed too dense, the original plan is unlikely to be realized, change to the current church town as the core, divided into the inner and outer city to build, just cut down the forest over and over again, over and over again to make the necessary building materials, strengthen the inner city wall, and the outer city is a mixed method of earth and wood wall reinforcement to make the outer city wall." ”
Mufasa took the order happily, and Filina waited for him to leave before she whispered, "Your Excellency, do you really want him to be the lord of the city?" ”
Shepard smiled indifferently: "Yes, he is indeed a talent, as for his careful thinking, I don't care about it at all, it just so happens that after the scale of the church expands, it also needs a lot of places to arrange these people, so why not do it?" ”
He patted his leg and said to Filina, "Just as you came, come, kneel." ”
No matter how familiar she was, Filina would inevitably blush, squirm over to Shepard, and kneel down in obedience......
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"Wow~Wow~"
The cry of a baby echoed through the hall, and a couple dressed in plain linen looked nervously at Shepard holding the baby.
Holding the first baby born in the church since entering the middle of the country, Shepard had a kind smile on his face.
He carefully held the baby and let him grasp the tassels on his clothes, while the waiting saints hurriedly brought a clean copper basin with clean water.
Shepard held the baby in one hand and scratched it in the clear water with the other.
"My lord Tonatityu, thou hast given light, please defile and unclean the life before him, and give him a life of health and peace."
Drops of water are sprinkled like spring rain, shining with a little fluorescence under the illumination of candles and sunlight.
The parents of the baby who were waiting on the sidelines had a heartfelt joy and joy on their faces, this was the first time Shepard had baptized the newborn of the faithful, and the only time it had been done for the commoners, and the baptism would be carried out mainly by the clergy, unless it was the descendant of a nobleman or a meritorious person, and he did not need to do it himself.
When the baptism was over, the baby was wiped with a plain white linen, and then he was handed back to the waiting parents, who watched as the pious couple carried the baby with joy and continued to thank him and walked out of the temple.
Leaving the rest to the priest and the saint on duty, Shepard went to the third floor, where the temple guards outside the door of the papal rest saluted him reverently and respectfully, and after smiling in response, he changed into a papal dress decorated with tassels and gold patterns, embellished with copper plates and precious stones, and the main color was white, and left the temple from the other side.
After exiting the temple, all the way to the west, the paved avenue was paved with stone slabs, with the temple as the center and the four gates connected to the church town, and many houses along the way were repaired or demolished to make room.
It was not built along the river, as in the town of Yanan, but was built on the spot after clearing the forest, and there was a quarry nearby, and although there were several small rivers running through the town, it was not as wide as the White River, and was surrounded by the town of Church.
Taigong was still playing with the children in the town, and there were no other guards around him, and the three towns of the church were his home ground on the ground, and it was impossible to threaten him unless he was attacked by an existence strong enough to crush him.
Walking all the way to the edge of the inner city, there is a hot construction site, the people who have migrated from Los Ric are building houses and walls for their future, unlike the chaos of the inner city, and Mufasa, which Shepard has consulted, has planned the area and use of the outer city in detail, and when it is completed, the outer city will be more prosperous and orderly, and the area will be three times larger than the inner city, which is expected to be carried out exactly according to the plan.
But in reality, the project itself will require more manpower than currently available, and the construction time will be much longer than expected, and the project, which was originally expected to be completed in one year, may take three to four years, so as not to oversqueeze and damage the people's manpower.
In the future, the inhabitants of the inner city will gradually be replaced by nobles and honorary citizens, as well as clergy, in order to divide the ranks and improve the efficiency of administration.
Shepard walked through an area where the foundation was being excavated, and not far away there was a clergyman standing on a high platform, if someone was found injured, there would be clergy to treat him in an emergency, and if he was not in a hurry, he could be pulled back to rest first.
The main purpose is to prevent the excavation of some bones buried in the ground, purify and eliminate them in time, so as to calm the people's hearts, and when the refugees are resting, they can also preach to these immigrants who originally believed in cannibal flower Skar, or have no faith, so that they can appreciate the tolerance and kindness of the church and gods, and gradually integrate into the new environment.
It was mainly the priests who were on duty here, while the holy women remained in the shrine and in some of the newly established sanctuaries in other parts of the town, facing the faithful who came to pray.
Shepard walked through the outer city, which had not long been under construction, and the view was still dominated by continuous forests, which was the southern gate of the church town, and a tributary of the long river in the south flowed nearby, and before he could go far, he could see a muddy beach with crabs of all sizes crawling in the mud.
The lumberyard stands in the forest, providing timber for the project nearby, and there are people who have built a small altar next to it, although there is no disturbance of the undead, but in order to prevent some small beasts from breaking in, in addition to the fence wall, there is also this kind of wild altar, after inviting the priest to bless it, as long as someone prays on time every day, it can shelter this area, so that ordinary beasts dare not approach, so that the workers can sleep peacefully.
"In this way, it works pretty well." Shepard was also very satisfied with this, this kind of wild altar is a method that the priests under his command have figured out, he doesn't mind that these clergy study the use of holy power on their own, as long as it is not with blasphemy or evil deeds, not only will he not punish, but will also reward according to the size of the use, such as a verbal reward by Shepard of the Pope's God, or more practically, a direct gift to God.
The priest who developed the method of setting up the outdoor altar was transferred back to the temple by him, and it was cultivated as a seed, and as long as a small idol was placed on the built altar, and then blessed with holy power, it was maintained by the prayers of the believers, and the excess power was fed back to the gods, and if no one prayed for a long time, the idol only had to be removed, and gradually it was abandoned.
The gods of the Old World prefer to focus on populated towns, and too many altars and sanctuaries will distract them, but Shepard doesn't have to worry about that, as long as he sets the conditions and feedback, the system will help him respond, saving him a lot of repetition and tedious tasks.
In the rapid development of the church and the rapid spread of the belief in the Lord of Light, the system has really contributed to it, and together with the connection between the Godhead and the believers, he has been able to minimize the possibility of accidents, and instead maintain the ratio of pan-believers to orthodox at about one-tenth, and the number of orthodox believers is also increasing.