Chapter 49: The Religion of Madness
Su Yuliu was full of grievances, and she vented all kinds of depression and dissatisfaction that she had buried in her heart for a long time, although my forearm ached faintly, but it could ease the relationship between me and her a lot, of course, the problem between us has not been really solved, and it will not be solved for a while.
After arranging for Sister Hua and them, I left the boulder camp, but I was not in a hurry to go back to the winery, but planned to go to the island's business district.
After a period of development and construction, the island business district has a bit of scale. Under the advice of the glasses man, the planning of the commercial district has incorporated many elements of modern urban construction, such as setting up sidewalks, such as using separation belts in the middle of the street to achieve upper and lower branches, such as catering, gathering planning of cultural and entertainment areas, etc., it is almost impossible to erect traffic lights at intersections.
Due to the delay in obtaining a trade license, Paradise Island is currently legally unable to conduct foreign trade, and the island's agricultural and sideline products are still self-sufficient, but some other necessities of life are completely dependent on transportation from the empire mainland or the nearest colony. Of course, with the increase in population, it is certainly not enough to rely on the transportation and supply of the empire, although the merchant ships of the past island cannot dock at the island dock, but they can park their ships outside the exclusive waters of the island, and then the people on the island row their ships to the high seas to trade, which can not only avoid legal risks, but also have more channels to obtain supplies.
As soon as I reached the first chapel on the island, I heard a fierce argument at the door of the church, and it turned out that the old and new congregants had clashed again.
In fact, the original bishop of God is a relatively moderate religion, opposing killing and atrocities, advocating more good deeds, but with the emergence of the old and new schools, the doctrinal interpretation of the bishop has actually deviated from the direction, strictly speaking, the original bishop no longer exists, Protestantism is Protestantism, and the old religion is actually Protestantism.
Whether it is a Protestant Church or an old Church, most of the congregants only have different doctrinal opinions, and may not understand each other, but they will not rise to the level of attacking each other, but for some overly religious, overzealous, and even irrational believers, except for comrades, the rest are all enemies.
The two groups of people in front of the church pointed out that each other had violated the will of God and did not deserve to step into the church at all.
I was too lazy to see these neurotic nonsense, and was just about to leave, when I suddenly found a familiar figure quietly emerging from an alley on the side of the church, and then lightly went around to the rear of the old sect, and when the two groups of people were arguing, I suddenly pushed a disciple, and the old believer staggered out defenselessly, and this time a domino effect was formed, and the old faction knocked down together, and the two sides were already angry, which added fuel to the fire, In an instant, the two groups of people scuffled together, and the perpetrator quietly prepared to leave, and I immediately followed.
The perpetrator turned a few corners and came to the tavern by the sea, and as soon as he sat down, I walked up and did his side.
"Brother Han? You, what are you? "The perpetrator obviously didn't know that I was following him all the way and was surprised by my sudden appearance.
I looked at the perpetrator, smiled and said, "Zhoumi, can you explain to me what you mean by your behavior at the church door?" ”
"At the church door, I, you, I, I didn't do anything." Zhou Mi didn't dare to look at me directly, his heart was a little weak, and he stumbled when he spoke.
I put away my smile and said solemnly: "We are all survivors of the shipwreck, although you have been following the glasses man, but we are all along the way." Your push at the door of the church has exacerbated the conflict between the old and the new sects, and will bring more instability to the island, and if I go to report it to James, he will be very upset, right? ”
"Don't, Brother Han, you said that we are all the way."
"It's fine if you don't say it, but you have to tell me, what are you doing this for? Does it mean that the man with glasses means? ”
Zhou Mi looked at me, hesitated for a long time before reluctantly said: "It's Brother Yang's meaning, he wants to provoke a conflict between the old and new factions on the island, and then create a riot, so that James's position as the governor of the island may not be guaranteed, if James is taken down, then judging from the ability of the existing personnel of the island cabinet, Brother Yang is the best candidate." ”
So that's the case, this is the so-called plan that the man with glasses told me before? Exacerbating the contradictions between the two factions leads to greater conflicts, and even riots, which will indeed make it possible for the empire to hold James accountable, and even remove him from the position of governor of the island. It's just that this is just a theoretical assumption, no matter how strong the glasses man is, after all, he is only the aboriginal of the island, and he has neither aristocratic status nor any connections, as such an important position as the leader of the island, it is very possible for the empire to parachute one, and if the conflict between the two factions is not well controlled, it will even have a huge impact on the construction and production of the entire paradise island, so that the island, which has just improved a little, returns to the pre-liberation period overnight, so what's the point of being the governor? What's more, I think the ambition of the man with glasses is probably not just that.
"I see," I pretended to believe Thoroughly, "but wouldn't it be too risky for you to do that?" If someone else finds out that you are doing this, not only will the old and new sects be offended, but James will not let you go easily? ”
"Alas, there's no way, Brother Han." Zhou Mi saw that I didn't doubt his words, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "You now have a winery, and you are married to a noble lady, so naturally you are free and happy." Our gang can't do it, we all rely on Brother Yang's salary to survive. ”
"Why can't you have hands and feet to feed you on his wages?" I asked angrily and funny.
Zhou Mi said with a natural look: "We are all cultural people who have read books for more than ten years, how can we do those rough jobs, if it weren't for this shipwreck, we would have sat in a high-end office building, blowing air conditioning and running a business." Besides, I think what Brother Yang said is very reasonable, since God has given us a chance to stand on top of the world, why do we have to go to the foot of the mountain to be with the foolish people, this is not a waste of God's favor. ”
"What kind of bullshit theory is this?" I think that Zhou Mi and these people have been completely brainwashed by the glasses man, and the crooked heresies of the glasses man are more terrible than the religious believers, obviously they are too lazy to eat and do it, and they have to emphasize various objective reasons, which is really hopeless.
After Zhou Mi left, my mind was thinking about whether it was time to find an opportunity to warn the man with glasses, although he had not directly violated my interests yet, but his ambition would sooner or later harm everyone, and just as I was thinking, there was a sudden noise from the bar.
I looked for prestige, and a slender middle-aged man was talking to the tavernkeeper with a glass bottle in his hand containing a black liquid.
I looked at the black liquid with some curiosity and walked over to see what was going on. It turned out that this slender middle-aged man had just moved to the island in the last two days, and he claimed to have invented a potion that could not only be drunk to quench thirst, but also have certain medicinal effects, such as preventing colds and so on.
It can be used as water to drink and cure diseases, which in the eyes of the tavern owner is either a liar or a neurosis, so he doesn't even want to taste it, so he directly asks the middle-aged man to get out of here, and the middle-aged man drags his family to the island, and the economy is already quite tight, and he is all counting on being able to sell the formula of this potion to make a fortune, so he naturally refuses to give up easily.
I said to the middle-aged man, "Can you give me your potion?" If you think it tastes good, I'll buy your recipe. ”