Chapter 237: Enlightenment, Manifestation
Xia Duo felt that he should find a full-time blacksmith for the territory, so that whatever he needed, he could build it at any time, wouldn't it be beautiful!
It's just that when Xia Duo and Yarman were in charge of recruiting blacksmiths, the other party shook their heads again and again, and said that it was almost impossible for him to recruit redundant blacksmiths.
"Steward Yarman, except for the blacksmith, any other craftsman is also urgently needed in the territory, please pay more attention to this aspect."
"Yes." After all, Yarman could not refuse Xia Duo's request and agreed. However, Xia Duo also knew that there was a shortage of craftsmen anywhere, and he didn't expect to be able to find those with exquisite skills, as long as he could barely use them in school or had endowments, he was willing to cultivate.
After some conversation, finalizing all the details, Xia Duo returned to the Mage Tower, preparing to spend the night in the library, this time there will be more than ten departures, still need to make full use.
…… The next morning, Xia Duo took it
When the "Lucky Owen" returned to the Great Xia Territory, it seemed that he felt the anxiety of the lord, and Owen ordered the crew to paddle with all their might, without stopping for half a moment.
It was just after noon,
The Lucky Owen came to a steady stop near the land burn. After 4 and a half years, stepping on the land of the Great Xia Territory again, Xia Duo was in a very complicated mood.
Here, in this start-up territory with almost nothing, he finally felt at home. Although he had been trying to blend in with this magical magical world, he had always felt a sense of alienation from the bottom of his heart, and now he knew that wandering wanderers always needed to take root.
And the Great Xia Ling, he will be rooted here, no matter what the future holds, this is now his home. For a while, Xia Duo was in high spirits, and all kinds of thoughts flashed back and forth in his mind about how to manage his one-third of an acre of land, and it was not until Leiden came to ask him to witness the opening of the altar that he was beaten back to reality.
"Priest Leiden, the altar was built so quickly?" Xia Duo asked curiously. He thought that this thing would take at least ten and a half months to repair, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, even if it was pure wood, it might not be so fast!
Layton led Xia Duo to the altar and explained to Xia Duo: "My lord, the most important thing about the altar is regulation and holy power, if you don't have to consider long-term use, you don't even need half of it to be repaired. The two of them walked one after the other, through a temporary housing area, and further south was the one that was being developed
The "construction site" is over, and dozens of people are distributed on the east-west line to advance to the south. Bushes and miscellaneous trees were brought down, and even weeds could not escape these people
"Poisonous hand", but all plants that are ankle-high are cleaned up. And with so many people working together, even if there is a lack of tools, these will come
The "front" advanced almost 100 meters to the south. As for those slaves, because their bodies have not yet recovered, Qiao Qi and Leiden have arranged for them to do some light work in the back, in short, they cannot be idle.
And they have one more task than ordinary lords, that is, to recite the "Lord's Quotations" written by Xia Duo, there are too few people now, and it is still a little early to talk about the law.
At present, some regulations are still announced in the form of quotations, mostly some codes of conduct, and the style is different from other places, but it is not difficult to do.
Just use it this way to reinforce their obedience. As for the ordinary people, of course, they can't escape, but they don't take coercive measures, and when they see the transformation of the slaves, they will naturally take the initiative to learn.
Passing through the front line of logging, Xia Duo and Leiden had already entered the jungle, and continued to walk for nearly a hundred meters before Xia Duo saw a two-meter circular clearing.
The weeds and decay on the ground had been cleared, revealing dark brown soil with dense and blurry footprints on it, and Xia Duo stepped on it, not feeling soft, obviously already trampled on it.
A layer of pebbles was also laid about a meter in the middle, and then there was a half-meter-high circular altar made of wood, and a pit was dug in the center, and a stone bowl was placed in it.
The marks are very new, as if they were recently chiseled. The upper surface of the wooden altar, around the stone bowl, is carved with the emblem of the Lord of Radiance, the sun with a face, in the east and west directions.
This is probably the simplicity of the color-resistant people
"Sun Father"! The altar is engraved with the text of Proverbs, as well as some patterns of unknown significance.
At this time, in Xia Duo's eyes, this so-called altar is just an ordinary object, without any extraordinary power, and now it depends on what Leiden does.
If you don't wonder about it, it's impossible, not as a mage, just an earthling, how can there be no snooping
The idea of "God".
"Let's get started." With that, Xia Duo took a step back and motioned for Leyton to start.
"Yes." In response, Leiden stood on the east side of the altar, knelt down on one knee, held up the emblem (a ritual instrument), and began to pray to the sun hanging overhead, slightly to the west.
At first, Xia Duo didn't feel anything, but as Leiden's voice grew louder and louder, a hazy light appeared around Leiden and spread inexorably around.
Xia Duo took another step back, but he was still enveloped in this light, and within this light, Xia Duo felt the beauty of order in the world.
From the natural order of mountains and rivers, the birth and death of the elements, to the humanistic order such as national class and self-regulation, as soon as the idea that everything in the world is in the heart of order was born, Xia Duo felt that the brilliance was flourishing again, so that a warmth was born, like the winter sun, which not only warmed the limbs, but also warmed the heart.
But that's about it. This brilliance quickly converged, concentrating on the emblem (ritual vessel) in Leiden's hand, and finally onto the emblem (pattern) on the altar.
The emblem on the altar did not refuse, absorbing all the brilliance, so in Xia Duo's eyes, an almost miraculous scene appeared—this simple wooden altar slowly changed its material, blended with the stone bowl on it, and became a material that was not gold, wood or stone.
In the magical vision, this altar was already filled with dazzling divine light, and an invisible aura spread out, enveloping the two-meter space around the altar.
In this area, countless insects crawled out of the ground and fled away as if for their lives. As Shado was marvelling at the wonder of the altar, Leiden, who was kneeling on one knee, could no longer support it, and collapsed to the ground, crying and muttering, "My lord, you are the Lord of Radiance and the Lord of Order." ”
"Layton? Layton, are you alright? Xia Duo stepped forward and patted Layton on the shoulder, but he didn't expect Layton to hug his leg all of a sudden,
"My lord, I see, I see, my lord shows me His word, my lord, your way will be on the earth!" Then Leiden described to Xia Duo sentence by sentence what he saw in the brilliance - the scene of the Great Xia Territory's strict laws and political harmony.
Not only that, but he also eloquently talked about a kind of "tax law" that was collected according to the amount of income, and a "traffic law" that even stipulated that you must go as far as possible from the right side of the road.
"My lord, all move forward on the right side, so that there will be no conflict over the road." Looking at Leiden's fanatical appearance, Xia Duo thought very much, there was no trace of the road, what do you think of "Traffic Law"!
However, Leiden was able to see the future of the Great Xia Territory from the manifestation of the Lord of Radiance, as well as the traffic law and tax law, which was indeed something that Xia Duo might do.
Does God really have the power of foreknowledge? Then why didn't he see it as a lord? Or can only believers see it?
Or is it just a deduction based on what is in the mind?