Chapter 0764: Tangled
Before dark, the elder Borg stood at the entrance of the village, watching a group of farmers return from the fields. He led a medical team of the 'mother of epidemics' to carry out 'sanitation in the countryside' and provide simple medical services to the residents of the village.
When it comes to this 'sanitation in the countryside', old Borg is quite entangled.
The priesthood of Talona, the 'mother of plagues', is disease and poison. Like many nature gods, she was born out of the fear of human beings fighting disasters such as disease.
Talona was born mixed with concepts like ignorance, ugliness, and evil. But with the development of human civilization, the seeds of medicine appeared in Talona's teachings.
Especially in Coldwind City, the followers of the 'Mother of Plagues' are basically doctors. Zhou Qingfeng asked them to engage in epidemic prevention, medical and other work.
Old Borg has obtained a lot of basic medical concepts from Zhou Qingfeng, and his medical ability has been greatly improved in the past year, and he no longer plays with the of boiling human heads and slashing and dissecting in the past.
Dwarf witch doctors can even perform minor surgeries to complete complex diagnoses and treatments. In the process, as the priest of the 'Mother of Plagues', he quickly rose in rank, jumping from level four to level seven.
That's supposed to be a good thing, but it's not. Because Talona is an out-and-out evil god.
Alas, the elder Borg sighed and walked slowly into the village.
After the war with the Banshee Castle stopped, the Northland families finally realized the power of Victor Hugo, gradually admitted the reality, and stopped making trouble - mainly because they found that this family was quite strong and could not be provoked.
The stability of the external environment brought good opportunities for development, and Coldwind City launched a series of production promotion work in the second half of the year, including construction inside and outside the city. Outside the city, more than 50 new villages were built.
There are two to three hundred households in each village, and there are walls, houses, water sources, transportation, and grassroots management. This is different from the aristocratic manors of the past, where the inhabitants of the village are freedmen.
The city's medical team regularly visits the village to ensure their well-being. This winter's weather is cold, and frost protection is a problem.
Zhou Qingfeng got a lot of chilblain cream, and tried every means to raise cotton clothes and fuel. The open-pit coal mines in the Black Forest have been improving their tools, expanding their production capacity, increasing their capacity, and keeping people alive and dead from freezing to death in winter.
But before, Zhou Qingfeng drove the frost goddess Olul out of Cold Wind City, which completely angered this cautious guy. The Northland is dying of cold this year, and farmers inevitably suffer from a lot of frostbite.
If the symptoms are mild, apply chilblain cream, and if the symptoms are severe, go to treatment.
In addition, the elder Borg had to repeatedly teach the farmers to drink boiled water, ensure good hygiene, and not to defecate in the open. These inconspicuous measures can greatly reduce the incidence of disease among residents and improve the quality of life.
The peasants came back from outside the village and were always polite to old Borg. They never imagined that one day a doctor would come and see them, and they were simply overjoyed.
Someone even knelt down and crawled towards the old Borg. There are even people who are afraid that they will be too dirty and insulting to the noble 'priest', so they stand far away and dare not approach.
Old Borg had to ask the village chief to gather the farmers and force them over one by one to see a doctor – after a brief examination, almost all of them had cracked hands. Even if it is pre-greased, the effect is not very good.
Some of the farmers had frostbite festering, and the back of their fingers and hands were miserable.
Old Borg had run out of spell slots, and he took out a magic gem from his pocket and crushed it, activating the healing techniques stored in it, and curing more than a dozen of the sickest farmers at once.
Frostbite in winter is very painful, unbearable itching, and seriously affects life and production. If you don't get timely treatment, it's not impossible to rot your fingers.
Auluel, the goddess of frost, relied on the human fear of the cold to gain the power of faith. Under the rule of Zhou Qingfeng, her trick is really not good.
The effect of the treatment is excellent, and the festering wound is restored to normal in an instant. The farmer saw a miracle, knelt down on the spot, and praised the old Borg, and praised the power of the 'mother of plagues'.
More than a dozen people knelt down, followed by hundreds of people in the whole village. Words of gratitude, though simple, are like a tidal wave.
The population at the bottom used to get sick and stiff. Now it doesn't cost money to get sick and someone to treat it, which is a benefit that even nobles can't enjoy.
Hundreds of people prayed sincerely, and the scene was quite large. Although they are still ignorant, a weak faith is already forming. The power of faith was transmitted through the elder Borg to Talona, the 'mother of the plague'.
The message that Talona gave back in the Kingdom of God was extremely painful to the old Borg, and the 'Mother of the Blight' generously granted the dwarf witch doctor the corresponding magic spells, but was angry at the disrespect of mortals to her.
If humans no longer fear disease, Talona, who only has weak divine powers, will immediately be wiped out, worse than the frost goddess Auruel. That's what the elder Borg was frustrating.
Even the priests of the 'Mother of Plagues' gradually split into two factions, one advocating the fundamentalism of the Mother of the Plague and tormenting humanity with misfortune and suffering in exchange for their fear and reverence for the gods.
The other faction wants to change the doctrine from the direction of medicine and medicine, to get rid of the ignorance and ignorance that have been passed down from time immemorial, and to transform Talona from an evil god to a good god.
Ninety percent of the fundamentalists are stronger, far more powerful than the Protestants. But the medical faction has the support of Lord Hugo, and although the number is only about a dozen, if it really fights, it must be the wave of fundamentalists who die.
Both factions now scold each other as heretics, and although they gather in the city of Cold Wind, they are like enemies when they meet, and they can't tear each other apart alive.
The elder Borg himself was born as a witch doctor, and he played the weird and unpredictable game. But he knew very well that the development of medicine was the direction of the future, otherwise he would not have been able to jump from level four to level seven in one go.
And judging from the state of the prayer to Talona, the 'Mother of Plagues' itself has changed. Every time the elder Borg prayed to the gods, he was both reaped and revived. It was as if Talona was schizophrenic.
alas
Old Borg finished his treatment and told the villagers to do whatever they wanted. He went back to his lodgings with a sullen head. There are special rooms in the village, which are for outsiders.
The villagers who had been treated could not understand the pain of old Borg, they only knew that their lives were visibly improving, all thanks to the gods and the great wise and extraordinarily merciful Lord Victor Hugo.
Limited by the low level of management, and in order to make full use of manpower, the village is a collective farm. The village chief had more power and managed the population like a factory, and the lord allowed him to take care of his own profits and losses.
The villagers didn't think anything was wrong, after all, life was much better now than it used to be. They will eat in the collective cafeteria and then go to the sauna for a hot bath.
In order to limit the power of the village chief, the villagers had the right to move freely to other villages, or to report to the team that often went to the countryside like the elder Borg.
It is unclear whether it will be effective, at least for the time being, when the policy has been initially established, and no particularly serious negative situations have been found.
And after eating and bathing, hundreds of people in the village could not rest immediately. The village chief had to organize a meeting for them, mainly for propaganda and education, and the actual operation was to read the news from the newspaper to everyone.
That's right, Coldwind has its own newspaper.