After a month of working with Toft to package and sell the company's assets, Samuel finally returns to his home in the Black Lake District. Since he hadn't been home for a while, and there was a large pile of newspapers piled up at the door, Samuel picked up the newspaper and put it on the coffee table, ready to bring himself a cup of coffee, and by the way, to see what had happened recently to pay attention to.

As soon as he picked up the newspaper, he heard a knock on the door, he felt strange, since he offended the royal family, although the former friends expressed sympathy on the surface, but in fact basically stopped dealing with him, this year only the company's customers who have dealings with him, but at this time the company has been sold to Durex Bond, who will come to him?

Strange as strange, he opened the door anyway.

Outside the door stood a half-aged man with gray hair, holding a thick book in his hand.

"Hello, I'm a priest from the Herring Order", he took the initiative to introduce himself to Samuel.

What Order?

The half-aged man of the "Herring Order" said again earnestly.

There are many gods and goddesses in this world, and therefore a large number of religious communities, Samuel came into contact with a variety of clergy from different orders during his service in the Gureg War Zone, and considers himself to have studied religious beliefs around the world. But what is this Herring Order?

"We, the Herring Order, are a professional religious group that devoutly serves the all-knowing and all-powerful Herring God"

Samuel glanced at the other party suspiciously, thinking to himself that he had encountered a cult.

From time immemorial, records of cults have existed. Only more than 700 to 100 years ago, the "Age of Silence", which lasted for more than 600 years, stopped for a while, and during those 600 years or so, no gods in the world sent down miracles, all beliefs declined rapidly, and all major religious groups also declined rapidly--— whether they were Orthodox or cult groups.

In the past 100 years and more, although religion has begun to revive, it is far from reaching the peak level of a thousand years ago, but cult groups of all stripes are more rampant than in any recorded historical period. This strange sect in front of him is very suspicious of a cult.

The man seemed to see Samuel's suspicions, and was about to say something, when Samuel stopped him and took the thick book from his hand. On the cover is written in large font the title of the book - "The Herring Bible Selection". Instead of letting the other person babble on and on with your own mission, you should read the other person's pamphlet yourself. Samuel, who had worked with Carlin Military Intelligence on colonial religious matters, had studied religion far beyond the average person, and could make a rough judgment about it by looking at the propaganda materials.

Samuel opened the book and came to the chapter of Genesis.

"The world was created by the all-knowing and all-powerful herring god"

"A long, long time ago, the herring god decided to create the world in a month."

"On the first day, he created mountains and rivers"

"The next day, he created the river"

"On the third day, he created the atmosphere"

"On the fourth day, he created plants and a large number of animals"

"On the fifth day, he used himself as a model and created humanity"

"It's a pity that when he got off work on the fifth night, the herring god felt that there were too few humans created today, so he decided to work overtime for a while, and he worked overtime until 9 o'clock in the evening, and unfortunately died suddenly"

Seeing this, Samuel couldn't help but cough violently, and after relieving his breath, he continued to look down.

The corpse of the herring god was quickly dried in a dry and harsh environment, and it turned into a salted fish, and the herring god was resurrected as a salted fish. ”

"The resurrected herring god continued to use himself as a template to create humans, but because he had become a salted fish, the newly created humans were no longer perfect. ”

"Compared to the humans originally created by the herring god, these humans created with salted fish as a template are stupid, lazy, and not strong-willed. ”

"Human society has formed two groups, herring and salted fish, and salted fish have suffered endless discrimination and exclusion. ”

In order to change this situation, the herring god used primates as a template to transform all humans into what they are today, and it is no longer possible to distinguish whether they are herring or salted fish from their appearance. It's just that the properties of herring and salted fish are still preserved

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Then Samuel flipped through it again and came to the chapter of "Discipline":

"Every Friday is the Sabbath, and you can use this book to ask your boss for paid leave"

"Don't be upset if the boss refuses, you'll find a new boss soon, and you can try again"

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"The religion accepts any believer, and new believers can try it for free for 30 days without any charge. Anyone who collects fees in the name of probation is not a member of the Church, and the Church is not responsible for any damage to your property. ”

After 30 days, Protestants are free to join or leave their religion. After exiting, you can start a new trial at any time as many times as you like. ”

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Samuel was amazed to find endless joy in this religious pamphlet. I was thinking about whether to finish reading the following chapters together, when the half-old man who had been standing on the side for a long time suddenly spoke.

"Sir, do you want to join the church now?" we are almost at work," he said, glancing at his watch, "it's already four fifty-nine." ”

Down, off work?!

"Yes, the Lord God advised us to work from 9 to 5, do five days off and two days off, and don't work overtime on weekends."

Have you really succeeded in proselytizing like this?!

"I'm sorry, I'll come back another day, I'm going to get this book back first"

The half-aged man had already hurriedly retrieved the Herring Bible from Samuel's hand and turned to leave. Only a stunned Samuel remained.

An hour after the herring priest had left, Samuel was still a little confused, and he simply made himself a supper, and quickly finished eating and cleaning the utensils, only to realize that he was still thinking about the strange teachings. From the teachings of the other party, there is nothing that is very harmful to society, but the sand sculpture doctrine does not have the appearance of a serious religion at all. And this order actually requires employees to leave work on time at five o'clock in the afternoon, isn't Carlin's current situation that leaving work before nine o'clock in the evening is not considered overtime?

Samuel was shocked to find that he had been brainwashed by the sand sculpture cult, and he poured himself a cup of coffee and forced himself to leave the "Selected Herring Bible" behind, but it didn't work.

He picked up the newspaper on the coffee table, intending to distract himself. The effort worked, and he was quickly drawn to the content of the newspaper.

He picked up a copy of the Rentetta Times, the best-selling newspaper in Calenta, focusing on current affairs and its interpretation.

City Council Rejects Proposal to Incorporate Grey Ridge into Municipal District

“...... Yesterday afternoon, the City Council rejected Congressman Browning's proposal to make Grey Ridge the official urban area of Calenta by 63:36...... Protesters assemble in front of the parliament building...... Several protesters were arrested by the police...... Browning MP said he would continue to work towards the urbanization of Grey Ridge"

Although the people of Calenta are accustomed to referring to Grey Ridge as Grey Ridge, Grey Ridge is not actually an urban area of Calenta. About 50 years ago, with a large number of factories making their home in Karenta, there was a shortage of labor in Karenta. A large number of farmers have left their homes to work in the factories of Karenta in order to earn a salary higher than their farming income. The massive influx of people caused a shortage of housing in Karenta, and many farmers began to build improvised houses west of the Karenta moat. The area west of the moat was called Grey Ridge by the Karenta people of the time, and this is how the Grey Ridge district originated. Public policymakers at the time, out of support for industrialization, acquiesced in the existence of residential areas such as Gray Ridge that were not included in the urban planning of the Calenta, but did not include Gray Ridge within the urban limits. Despite this, Gray Ridge continued to grow rapidly, and these uprooted farmers also had a common name - Gray Ridge Ke

Today, the number of residents in Grey Ridge has surpassed that of Calenta, and the city administrators still do not classify Grey Ridge as an official urban area, which means that Grey Ridge residents do not have access to the education, health care and social security systems of Calenta. Many of the Grey Lodgers who have struggled for many years choose to move to the other side of the moat after saving a sum of money and become official citizens of Karenta. However, the vast majority of Grey Grim visitors will never be able to cross that narrow moat in their lifetime.

Fortunately, many of the Grey Ridge visitors who have been successfully promoted to full citizenship have been working hard for the process of urbanizing Grey Ridge, and Browning is one of them, but unfortunately there is still a long way to go in the current situation.

A hint of unease flashed through Samuel's mind, as the economic contribution of the Grey Ridge to the Kalenta grew rapidly, and the call for the formal acceptance of the Grey Ridge District as a city district grew, and as the economy became more and more sluggish, the Grey Ridge Visitors shifted more attention from income issues to identity issues, and many political observers in Carlin shared Samuel's belief that Grey Ridge would soon be formally accepted into the Kalenta. But this time the vote poured cold water on them, and the results of the vote showed that even in such a situation, the managers and public policymakers of Calenta still rejected the Greyhillers from the bottom of their hearts, unwilling to make them a part of the city, and only allowed them to struggle to survive on the fringes of the city.

After a brief reflection on the impact of the vote, Samuel moved on to other news.

Passage of the Education Act Amendment

“...... Article 212 stipulates that the children of families who have received imperial benefits and food shall be prohibited from attending public schools......"

Emergency Relief Act Amendment Rejected

"The ...... Imperial Diet voted 127-52 to reject Councillor Boers' amendment to increase the funding of the soup office in order to provide more vegetables for the homeless and unemployed...... MP Larry told reporters that the empire's economy had begun to warm up, and said that 'in a generally good economic situation, if a person does not have enough to eat, the only possible cause is laziness and moral turpitude', and MP Polsky further said that financial funds should not be used to bail out 'the undeserving people'.

Samuel looked out the window, and the number of homeless and unemployed people was at least 30% higher than a few months ago, and he didn't know where the "economic recovery" came from

The Migration of the Wanderer

"The ...... army of Wanderers turned south after being expelled by the states of Koster, Covic, Lester and others, and is now approaching Karenta...... Speaking today, the Chief of the Kalenta Police Department, Price said that any wanderer who attempts to enter Kalenta will be arrested for vagrancy......"

Samuel couldn't help but smile sarcastically, as there are about 100 million people in Carlin, and in official reports, about 1 million people have migrated between the states because they can't find work. But Samuel knew that this number was not reliable, and the actual number of vagrants was several times that. From the North, where the depression was first affected, these people traveled from state to state in search of jobs to support themselves and their families, and shelter to survive the winter. Unfortunately, no state was willing to take the risk of deteriorating law and order to accept these homeless people, and the police in the states constantly chased them away, sometimes arresting them for vagrancy charges and then sending them to work as coolies in prison.

As the capital of Carlin, Karenta has always boasted of its openness. Therefore, the silence was maintained when the states explicitly declared the homeless illegal and did not explicitly deny them entry into the country. So, after all the states had hit a wall, the homeless men turned south and approached Karenta.

Now that the homeless are about to "come to the city", will Calenta, as an "open city", accept these uninvited guests?

Samuel will see.