Chapter 0810: Buddha Manifestation
Mengxi Village is located on a flat land in the middle of the mountains, and a small river meanders through the village. Its population is larger than expected, and the area of farmland cultivated is also large. However, only half of the fields are planted with rice, and half are tobacco fields.
The village leader invited Erin into the village because the convoy was too strong. Very few people can carry a heavy machine gun into this remote mountain, and this transportation capacity alone represents an irresistible strength behind it.
The leader invited the convoy, and the villagers immediately lowered their guns.
The dozen or so people in the convoy also allowed the villagers to come to the tricycle to get a feel for it, which the village actually needed more than a heavy machine gun.
Zhou Qingfeng's earliest tricycle horsepower was very weak, only about four horsepower. Now the power of the 250CC displacement has been increased by eight times, the chassis technology has made leaps and bounds, and the field maneuverability has been greatly improved.
The accompanying guide also boasted about the tricycle, and reiterated the offer, recommending how many should be bought in the village. As the guide approached, the village leader asked, "Where did these people come from?" The Americans are still British. ”
"Neither, Chinese from the north." Shengguang's group signed an agreement with the government, and it should have spent a lot of money to obtain permission to invest around Sister Mu. ”
The black thin guide pondered for a moment and gave an evaluation, "They are very strong, much stronger than those commanders and generals. They even have helicopters, the kind that can fly in the sky. Many drug dealers were scared by them. ”
There was no special meeting place in the village, but the courtyard of the chief's house was large enough to gather twenty or thirty people around the fire. The convoy was outside the courtyard, and two team members followed Erin with rifles on their backs and walked into the courtyard.
The courtyard walls are not high, and there are many gaps in disrepair, and hundreds of villagers are outside the walls to watch the excitement - for the villagers, they are trapped here all the year round, and anything outside makes them curious.
The leader invited Irene to drink wild tea from the mountains, brewed with boiling stream water, which also tasted different. Erin gave each other VCDs, color TVs, and diesel generators.
It looks like Erin has lost a lot. But Zhou Qingfeng gave the same gifts to all the villages, hoping to inspire the villagers to look outward about the outside world – gifts that were difficult to refuse in closed villages, and they had to swallow arsenic even if they knew they were arsenic.
Along with the VCD, there are also a full set of classic films such as "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions". All are platters in Burmese, dedicated to cultural aggression.
Don't underestimate these cultural products, once they are accepted and become a habit, the discourse shifts – that's what Hollywood does, and it's always been successful.
By the way, complain about Hollywood. In recent years, the films they have made have become worse and worse, and they have not been able to arouse the yearning of the people of the world for the United States. I hope they will work hard in the future.
Gift-giving is normal at this point. But then things changed dramatically.
Erin demonstrated how to use the VCD to the village leader on the spot, and played "Journey to the West" to the villagers inside and outside the courtyard. This immediately focused the attention of the audience on the 29-inch large color TV.
The courtyard was immediately crowded with people, and the villagers outside the wall heard the 'Cloud Palace Xunyin' of Dangdang, and even moved the tables and chairs at home, climbed the wall and even the trees to see.
The village leaders themselves were dumbfounded, especially when the Dharma image of the Buddha appeared on the screen, and the whole village knelt on the ground and worshipped.
Journey to the West has been filmed in so many versions, but the 86 version of 'Rulai' is the most like the Buddha!
The so-called 'treasure is solemn, compassion is solemn', and nothing else. Even the Sanskrit sound seems to be able to cleanse the heart and purify all sentient beings.
There are no stunts, relying entirely on acting skills and makeup, so that the audience can feel that 'the Buddha of the West Heaven' should be like this.
Myanmar believes in Buddhism, and several Buddhist temples have been built on the hill of Mengxi Village.
Irene invited all the Buddhas, and the people in the village basically had nothing to say except bow down. This psychological impact is too great, and the village leaders have to stand aside, and they have to be respectful to Erin and his party, and they don't dare to be contemptuous in the slightest.
That's the power of culture.
Lao Tzu is the 'king' when he shoots, and no one can afford it.
released an episode of "Journey to the West", and the whole village was fascinated and became very polite. When the leader looked at Erin again, he didn't know what to call - could it be called a female bodhisattva?
"Just call me by my name." Erin then taught the villagers how to use generators, color TVs, and VCDs, and asked the leader, "Can you help us send the glory of the Buddha to other villages?" ”
How can such a request be rejected in a country like Myanmar, where all people believe in Buddhism? If he refuses, the leader will stop and wait to be beaten to death by the villagers.
The leader of Mengxi Village agreed to help, and Erin breathed a sigh of relief. When Zhou Qingfeng said that she wanted to send a VCD, she didn't care, but she was asked to play "Journey to the West" to the villagers on the spot, and she felt strange.
Now I find that my master is really quite good at playing with people's hearts, and the foolish people in this countryside must believe this. There is no reason to speak, and it is better to let the Buddha speak than anything else.
The team led by Erin lived in the village that night, and the team members continued to play "Journey to the West", and the people in the village were fascinated by it. Seeing that Tang Sanzang was going to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, they followed and bowed again.
Erin made further demands to the village leader.
"We hope you can shovel the tobacco fields and stop planting them again. We will compensate for the loss of shoveling tobacco fields. We have helicopters that can monitor in the air, and if you plant one, we'll know it.
The Buddha would never bless those who grow tobacco fields.
As long as you help, we will leave you radio stations, provide you with weapons and vehicles, and help you avoid foreign enemies. I hope you can help us eliminate those illegal armed forces and arrest all those drug dealers.
We can also provide pesticides and fertilizers, help you switch to other crops, and sell you more and better goods so that you can live a good life.
If you can promise and publicly swear to the Buddha to keep your promise, I will give you all the goods of the convoy I have come with this time. What do you think? Think about it carefully. ”
Erin didn't force her words, but just talked about how many people in the village could get how much subsidies. She used her powerful seductive ability to exert influence, and the village leader was lost by the 'appearance of the Buddha', and nodded in agreement after a few efforts.
Mengxi Village is already quite far away from Mujie Town, and it is the boundary of Lu Xun's team's influence. Erin led the team to set up a small base again, so that it could continue to expand next time.
The next day, a 'Black Eagle' flew to the open space of Mengxi Village, bringing several tons of supplies and once again bringing great shock to the people in the village. This shock can be seen and touched, but it is more tangible than the ethereal Buddha.
The 'Holy Light' relied on such solid efforts to push out its influence and squeeze the opponent's living space. This is more effective than simply killing people.