Chapter 68: Who Says Altars Are Useless?
Construction of the altar is progressing well, and two weeks ago, all the stones needed to build the altar had been mined.
Towards the end of the stone mining, Yanli commanded the people to cut down the trees nearby, built a simple raft, and used the raft to transport the stones along the river to the vicinity of the stockade.
As for the site of the altar, Yanli had already consulted Fei Cai, and finally settled on a vacant lot to the east of the stockade, where the terrain was flat and there were no fields or households around. According to Fei Cai's plan, in the future, a small temple will need to be built in the open space next to the altar.
Then, he instructed the people to level a dirt road from the river to the place where the altar was built, and then put rolling logs under the huge stones, and moved along the dirt road little by little.
It can be said that the whole construction process is quite primitive, and Fei Cai once thought about whether to exchange some flatbed trucks to at least reduce the difficulty of carrying stones. But after much consideration, he gave up on the idea.
For a theocratic society, not only is the altar itself a very important symbol, but the process of building the altar is also an important means of enhancing cohesion. Of course, in ancient times, this means did not work particularly well, but the main reason for this was - the people paid a huge price, and the gods did not respond to them.
Therefore, the people cannot help but wonder: why didn't the gods bless us when we worked so hard to build an altar to worship the gods?
But now there will be no more such problems, once the altar is built, Fei Cai will ask Biluo to go up and demonstrate to the villagers: because of this altar, the witch god has given the village greater power.
Of course, the real reason for Biluo's increased strength is due to her deeper understanding of Newton's three laws and the law of universal gravitation. But the villagers don't know this, they only see that their efforts have indeed been rewarded by the witch god.
This was Fei Cai's original intention, to strengthen the cohesion of the stockade by building an altar.
But now, in addition to the above reasons, Fei Cai has one more reason.
He needed to test a conjecture: why did the witches of this world maintain a state of low entropy, and was it because of the witch people's belief in them?
If the answer is yes, then when the altar is built, when the villagers see that the witch god has responded to their efforts, their faith will definitely be stronger - whether it is the belief in the witch god, or the belief in Fei Cai and Biluo.
So, will Biluo's power be strengthened as a result?
This is undoubtedly the most crucial part of the establishment of a theocratic kingdom in the future, and the answer to this question will soon be revealed after the altar is completed.
Biluo's progress is fast. During this time, Fei Cai had already begun to teach her calculus, of course, strictly speaking, he was only teaching her how to use calculus to build a motion model of the gravitational system.
Some time ago, he also did one thing: he took Biluo to an altitude of 1,000 meters, allowing her to experience a free fall, so that she completely understood Newton's second law.
But that was also the last time he flew with Biluo, and the increase in entropy could not be stopped, and Fei Cai's entropy continued to rise.
In the end, even with all his might, he could only make an object weighing seven or eight kilograms float. The good news is that his power has not diminished since, and it seems that the entropy has finally reached a stable state.
In the afternoon of this day, Yanli came over to report the latest progress to Fei Cai.
"Your Majesty, the construction of the altar is going well, and it is expected to be completed in a week at most. Yan Li said this, and his face couldn't help but show joy.
The set of tools that the divine envoy asked the witch god to give him was simply indestructible, and the time to build the altar was shortened by at least half compared to his expectations, and his dream of building the stone building in the past was unexpectedly realized, and Yan Li's reverence for the divine envoy in front of him also reached a new height.
"Good. Fei Cai said with satisfaction. "But there are a few small things you need to complete before the altar is built. ”
When Yan Li heard this, his face suddenly became happy, and he said without hesitation: "Please let the god show the adult, and the villain will definitely complete it!"
Now that he was in love with the tools given to him by the witch god, he was worried that he would not be able to use them anymore when he saw that the altar was about to be built, so he immediately smiled when he heard that there was a new task.
"Actually, it's not very complicated, it's just three stone balls. Fei Cai said with a smile.
"Stone balls?" Yan Li was stunned.
"Yes, carve three stone balls out of stone. One large, one medium, one small, I'll tell you the exact size later. There are no other requirements, just to be as round as possible. Fei Cai said.
"Uh...... The villain dared to ask, can the divine envoy tell me what these three stone balls are for?"
"Haha, you'll know when the time comes. "Fei Cai sold a pass.
"Yes!" Seeing him say this, Yan Li didn't ask more. "The other villagers are not skilled in their craft, so let's do it by the villain himself, and ensure that the three stone balls are round!"
Fei Cai listened to what he said, and couldn't help laughing, and said, "Okay, then it's hard for you." ”
Two weeks have passed in the blink of an eye.
The altar has been built, but the surrounding land still needs to be leveled, and according to Fei Cai's intentions, it is better to pave this place with stone slabs in the future and make it into a small square.
The structure of the altar is simple, in the shape of a trapezoid, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, the total height is only more than two meters high, and the front of the altar has several steps, from which the worshippers ascend the altar.
In the four corners of the altar, there are four stone pillars more than three meters high, and Yan Li originally wanted to carve some patterns on the stone pillars, but Fei stopped them. Because he has already had his own interruption in carving something on the stone pillar in the future.
This was the first step in the kingdom of God in Fei Cai's dream—an altar without any ornamentation, simple or even a little rudimentary.
But for this small village, it is already a remarkable achievement. In the past few days, there has been an endless stream of villagers coming to the altar, and many people even worship at the altar and pray for the blessing of the witch god.
However, all the villagers who came to the altar had one more question in their hearts: "What are the three stone balls placed side by side on the altar for?"
A few days later, they got the answer, but the answer was probably something they could never have dreamed of.
On this day, Fei Cai asked Biluo and the elders to organize all the villagers to come to the altar, and he and Biluo stood on the altar.
"Thanks to everyone's efforts, the altar was successfully completed. The witch god was very satisfied with this altar and was very satisfied with his loyalty to Biluo Village, so he gave this village even more power!"
He adhered to the usual style, without any pretense, and said straight to all the villagers.
The villagers below suddenly showed a look of anticipation, and everyone wanted to see what the divine envoy meant by "more powerful power".
Seeing this, Fei Cai turned his gaze to Biluo.
"How's it going?" he whispered.
"No problem, leave it to me, Your Majesty!" replied with a smile on her face.
Fei Cai bowed slightly, turned his head, and said loudly to everyone: "Your witch maiden has been endowed with more powerful witch god power by the witch god! From now on, Jinglei Village is no longer our opponent!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Biluo's crisp voice sounded in his ears.
"We must universally admit that all objects, whatever they may be, are endowed with the principle of mutual gravitation. The universal law of gravitation is formulated as follows...... Please give the oracle to the Great Witch God!"
With the words of the shrine maiden, the three stone balls began to tremble, and then, in full view of everyone, they floated in the air one after another.
The villagers exclaimed.
The largest of these stone balls was more than six feet in diameter, and the smallest was also one foot in diameter, and the inside was solid and extremely heavy. Not to mention one person, even if a few strong young people come to lift it together, I'm afraid it will be difficult to lift it.
But now, with a slight lift of her hand, the shrine maiden made all three stone balls float. Except for this power in the hands of the divine envoys, they have never seen it, this is not the power given by the witch god, what else can it be?!
There are even some people with flexible minds who think that now that the witch has this power, in the future, she will fight with Jinglei Village, and a few stone balls will be smashed down, who can stop them?
"Hooray! Hooray!"
In a moment, thunderous cheers rang out, and the villagers were so excited that they bowed down and worshipped, thanking the witch god for reciprocating their piety.
Praise the witch god!
Praise the Messenger!
Praise the shrine maiden!
That's what everyone thinks in this moment.
And at this moment, a strange look flashed in Biluo's eyes, and she suddenly found that her control over gravity had strengthened again!
The three stone balls, which were originally barely controlled, seemed to suddenly be a lot lighter, and as soon as her mind moved, the heavy stone balls suddenly began to move in mid-air.
The largest ball is in the center, the second largest ball moves in a circle around it, and the smallest ball rotates around the second largest.
This is exactly what Fei Cai once told her, the relationship between the movement of the sun, the earth and the moon.
When the villagers saw this mysterious movement, they were stunned one by one.