Chapter 33: A Day in the Life of a Believer
LuleΓ₯ Bay.
The once sparkling sea is now covered with layers of ice, and it is impossible to distinguish where there is ice and where is snow.
The coast of Qianli has frozen into ice, and the reef on the shore is sealed in the sea ice, as if even the waves have been frozen.
In the early morning, a red sun slowly rises from the snow-white ice line in the sea, and the ice sea reflects the glow, adding a bit of warmth and tenderness.
Until a war cry shattered the spectacle: "Ulla! β
"Get up, cheer, cheer!"
The voices of the foremen kicked off the day in Parish 1.
In small groups of ten, hundreds of believers came out of the tents.
They stepped on the glow and began to purify according to the rules of the Io.
The water pipes and fountain sets were laid in overtime the other day.
The clay pipes, which are glazed on the inner and outer surfaces, do not crack even in the harsh winter.
With the operation of animal power, the potential energy is generated by using the difference in water level, which drives the water to flow under a certain pressure, and finally flows out of the fountain mouth along the pottery pipe.
Believers lined up in an orderly manner in front of 30 single-mouth fountains to receive water.
The foreman walked through and corrected the queue, which was also making propaganda: "As long as you spend the lowest 1 point in the church, you can become a level 0 believer, and you can buy tooth powder and soap for one person at a 50% discount every day." β
"It's important to wash your face and brush your teeth!"
"Not only for the cleanliness of the body, but also for the sake of honoring the gods and driving away evil and sins!"
"Follow me, up and down, left and right!"
"Brush before meals, and brush after meals!"
"Only the believer who loves cleanliness the most can be loved by God!"
"Believers who don't love cleanliness will be punished with A-points!"
Foremen still need to work like workers, but take the lead.
For the extra foreman subsidy, everyone worked very seriously.
If you are not serious or messy, you will be reported by the team members, and you will be severely punished if you check that it is correct.
The plot is particularly serious, and he will fall into the dark and deep hell after death, and be played with by demons all day long.
This kind of reward and punishment is again the No. 1 diocese under the nose of the sage, and no one dares to derelict their duties.
The members of the organization group made a clean ceremony one by one.
The faithful rolled up their thick fur mats and came to the first prayer square, hardened with Holy Cement cement.
Found their place, thick fur mats were laid.
The believers sat cross-legged on it and began the second thing: morning prayer.
"O Holy One, ten years since Thou hast been born into the Son of Man, and therefore Thou knowest that we will still be weak and will still fall: sustain us with thy hand with the rod of thy shepherd's mercy and lead us forward."
"Although we don't know the road of tomorrow, we know that you are in charge of tomorrow, and you hold my hand."
"We believe that you are our Savior, and we are willing to be your disciples, acknowledging Io as my heavenly Father, and asking God to forgive me all my sins before I believed in God, and lead me to remove all burdens and burdens, and to gain food, clothing, and joy."
"Gate A!"
The morning prayers of the Norse, Norwegian and Sami mingled together.
At the end of the recitation, they all changed their direction and looked at the 10-meter-high A-shaped church not far away, and prayed to the god Io, who was devotionally free of all distractions, and was used to paying homage to the god Io.
Stand upright, raise your hands, bow, kneel, prostrate.
The service is followed by a 10-minute morning service.
Facing the rising sun, the foreman leads the way in front, and he keeps changing his posture.
Lean forward, bend, swap stretches, or stretch your back.
When the foreman noticed that someone was in the wrong posture, he corrected it loudly.
"When the Sage crossed the Rainbow Bridge, he explored 72 sets of natural postures of the unity of man and God."
"You can't exercise without eating, you get tired quickly, and you'll die!"
"But the natural gesture won't!"
"Starting from the simplest set, you can gradually improve your body and mind, and finally achieve the unity of body and spirit, body and mind!"
"If you do well, if you can become an excellent morning prayer believer, you can eat an extra piece of fish, and you can also receive 3 A points every month!"
"Exactly 3 o'clock! You can exchange it for 3 silver coins! That's the equivalent of a week's pay! β
"Heartbeat? Be serious! That's how you can enjoy the benefits of a glass of milk in the morning prayer! β
"There are rewards and punishments, and if you don't do well, you will be punished with A points!"
The intensity is not large, the movements are not difficult, the old people can do it, and there is a reward and punishment system, so every believer naturally practices seriously.
There are female believers who are really unwell.
The female foreman of her group would not be embarrassed.
Not only do they rest and say a word of gratitude to the Holy One, but they will also receive herbal treatment.
After drinking the medicinal soup, the female believer felt the warmth rising from her lower abdomen, and said from the bottom of her heart with fanatical piety: "Thanksgiving to the Holy One! β
For those who have been specially marked and suspected of being cursed by the demon of depression, the foreman will also bring his fellow members to give extra care and try to help their brothers and sisters who are also praying for the merger.
At the end of the 10-minute morning class, everyone gasped slightly, and the whistle sounded for dinner.
The large canteen is the second building to be built.
Dozens of groups lined up in advance, and the foreman repeatedly preached the rules.
"Don't look around, don't squint at people, cut your nails short."
"Don't wipe your mouth with your hands when eating, use a cleaned and boiled linen, don't lick your fingers, don't gnaw bones with your teeth, don't eat too fast, chew and eat, so that you can keep the diarrhea demon away from you, be healthier, and become smarter for aphrodisiac whitening."
"Don't pick your teeth with a knife after eating, use a wooden toothpick, cover your mouth with your hands when picking your teeth, and don't sneeze or cough in public......"
I took the trouble to talk about the regulations over and over again.
In the staff... When the believers were bored, the foreman said, "Now announce the new church news." β
"The new nets have been completed, and after the first working hours today, the first ice sea winter fishing ceremony will be held in the afternoon, and everyone will have to participate!"
"This has been said for a long time, and everyone is looking forward to it, whether it is really possible to catch 10 tons of fish in one net?"
"I don't know how much 10 tons are, so I copy the "Sage Unified Weights and Measures" 10 times more times in the evening class as homework."
"The Sage said that we should pay attention to reality and seek truth from facts, so whether it can or not, I don't know, I will see it with my own eyes during the ice sea winter fishing ceremony."
After everything was said, they went in one by one in an orderly manner.
The waiting group would sing songs under the organization of the foreman.
Randomly select a person to come forward to command, let him feel the taste of a leader, and stimulate the desire to improve.
They sang their own clan folk songs, but more of them were new songs taught to them by the sages.
Based on the perspective of better proselytizing and easier learning, the Ai Ou language (simplified English) promoted by the Holy Ones is very easy to learn, and those who are strong in learning can already read it, and the sound of each one is not very standard.
"It's all because of you!"
Suddenly, a clash broke out in a cooking team, and it was a father beating his own half-grown child.
was about to slap him, but he was stopped by the foreman: "The sage stipulates that parents are not allowed to use violence against their children at will, you stop me!" β
The father said angrily, "But it was because he was lazy that we were punished this time!" β
"Oh?"
The foreman did not unconditionally shield him.
The Sage said that children should be protected, but if some children do not deserve to be protected and commit serious crimes, they should be revoked as minors and tried as adults.
The foreman inquired in detail about the reason.
The child covered his face and said aggrievedly: "I studied too late at night, I, I was too sleepy." β
After making sure that it was correct, the foreman asked his father to apologize.
The father barely slurred, went to the cafeteria, and said, "Come and eat." β
This attitude made the foreman focus on him.
Some parents shy away from talking about mistakes and always want to make up for them by doing something else to fool the past.
This is the attitude of the Sages who criticized them by name at the meeting.
The foreman thought for a moment, found an opportunity, and whispered to the Sami child: "If you commit it again, just tell me, and I will report it to the Valkyrie." β
"The Sage said that children who love to learn are the future of Io, good children, study hard."
As he spoke, he handed the child a handful of roasted pine nuts.
This handful of roasted pine nuts is still a little warm.
The child looked at him, then at the pine nuts, but still couldn't resist the temptation, whispered thanks, and took it.
The shiny red and shiny roasted pine nuts are peeled off and thrown into the mouth, and the crispy aroma lingers between the lips and teeth, making people linger for a long time, as if to dispel the pain on the face.
For this roasted pine nut, the child secretly decided to study harder.
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After breakfast, take a break, brush your teeth again, take care of housework, and then it's time to go to work.
Under the leadership of the foreman, they walked along the cement paved road of the Sage, and each rushed to the place of work.
Before going to work, the roll call is given, the work is done and the technical explanation is given, and then the rules and regulations set by the sage are repeated again.
It is said that the rules and regulations are to prevent the promotion of Mien, fighting Mi Feud? It's too complicated to understand.
In short, dividing people into groups, using groups as units to evaluate work results, group reward and punishment systems, competition mechanisms, and so on, are all new and complicated.
But they can all understand it, because the Sage has simplified it to a truth that even the dumbest person can understand: do more and take more, and do less and take less!
Theoretically, those who do the least work can eat six or seven percent full, and have the heating benefits of the church, so they don't have to worry about food and clothing.
But there are so many products from the church, better A brand soap, better A brand tooth powder, more beautiful and warm fabrics, better iron tools...... Even teeth can be filled!
If you have a dental problem, you can owe money first, and then get the amalgam tooth filling invented by the Sage.
Many clans have had this problem, and now they are much more relaxed.
Every once in a while, the church will give out benefits to believers, and they can get many new products to try.
After trying these good things, they are inspired by their desires, and no one will be lazy for a better life.
Even the famous bastards of the clan in the past, in order to enjoy better benefits after his death and get more raisins, he swept away his lazy appearance in the past and worked seriously.
The people who work are serious, and the work is made efficient and easy because of animal power and mechanical engineering.
For example, the wood industry chain.
The logging team is armed with new tools and works at the upstream logging site that has been cleaned.
The logs are cut down with steel tools, then pretreated into planks by an animal-powered lathe, hoisted on a sled by a block of pulleys, and dragged by reindeer on the ice to the industrial area in the open and gentle section of the lower reaches.
The best timber goes into the drying room.
The bottom layer is overhead, and then layer by layer, several small wooden strips should be placed between each layer of boards, and finally a large board is placed on the top floor, and then a few heavy objects are placed to press the whole stack of boards, so that there is enough space between the boards to allow air circulation, and then seal the ends of the wood with wax before drying.
After stacking into the kiln, today's rotating church warriors will stand on the climbing machine.
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They shouted trumpets and began training.
The fan in the drying chamber is rotated by manpower and circulates in the drying kiln to achieve the effect of uniform drying and shorten the time of wood drying.
It used to take at least a year to dry in the shade, and the fighters rotated training to drive the wind, but now it only takes two or three months.
In addition to saving time, this training process is a perfect combination of two aerobic training of lower limbs + upper limbs according to what the sage said, integrating explosiveness, strength, endurance, coordination, flexibility, and core stability.
It's a beautiful thing to be able to work while practicing physical fitness!
Although many words are not easy to understand, these 'Happy Climbers', named by the Sage, are only available to truly strong warriors!
Ordinary believers are not qualified to touch holy relics!
They practice proudly, they practice seriously!
Ordinary believers watched with envy, thinking that they would make more money, eat stronger for themselves or let their children eat stronger, and then they would also be qualified to use the happy machine, and work hard to put the poor wood into the dry distillation kiln.
Destructive distillation takes place in the latest vertical steel stills and furnaces, where the wood is batched at the top, the charcoal is removed from the bottom, and the gaseous and liquid products are separated as a mixture of vapor and gas.
This process produces about 32%~38% charcoal, 45%~50% liquid products, and 16.5%~18% gas products.
When the mixture cools, distillates such as pyroggilin acid and wood tar are obtained, which are then sent to the church for processing.
Wood tar fractionation can be processed into creosote to produce black dye.
The black viscous residue left after the removal of creosote can be processed into wood asphalt, which can be used as cement plasticizer, electrode raw material, adhesive for casting mold core and carbon infiltrating agent for steel.
Pyrolignic acid can be processed into acetic acid, methanol and other products, and this is where the latest vinegar on the shelves comes from.
The bark is also a good thing, and the liquid product obtained by the condensation of the distillate can be used in the tanning industry, and has a strong ability to penetrate leather, and has been bought out of stock by believers who work part-time fur side jobs per capita, and the supply exceeds demand.
The processed charcoal was partly sent to the town of North to be sold, partly to the collective dormitory for central heating, and partly to the newly built wheel kiln.
Then batches of burned hollow red bricks were pushed by transporters on wheelbarrows like assembly lines to the construction team to speed up the construction of churches and brick buildings.
The whole diocese is in full swing.
The working hours of child laborers should be halved, and they will go to class when they are busy.
The class is light-hearted and does not create a sense of heaviness and sensibility.
At first, the students below sat upright like puppets, their eyes fixed on the Sage, and there was a quiet and solemn atmosphere in the air.
Later, feeling that the efficiency was very low, the Sage joked with the children in class to attract their interest in textbook knowledge, and gradually became energetic and youthful.
"Class."
After a class, Feng Dolph said: "You know all about the ice sea winter fishing ceremony, right? Let's go and see if we can catch 10 tons of fish in one net. β
There are also adult workers who have completed their working hours along the way.
Because the daytime is too short, there is no lunch break, and it is moved to the evening when it is dark.
This time, it was specially gathered for the ice sea winter fishing ceremony, and hundreds of believers gathered curiously on the seaside.
Feng Daofu, who personally presided over the ceremony, has changed into a black waterproof and warm suit made of aquatic animal skin.
He wears a black wolfskin cloak with six Valkyries representing the three clans.
The three mulls represent North, the two female shamans, one large and one small, represent the Sami people, and the red-haired Norwegian princess represents the Norwegians.
Margaret watched strongly.
The Valkyries made offerings to the Sages.
Feng Dolph placed the offerings on the offering table in order, then picked up the bowl and raised his hands above his head: "Thank you for the provision Io!" Pray to God God to give us food that is good for our body! β
After a short prayer, he poured the wine and offerings into the ice cave and then took everyone around three times.
After the ceremony, Vondolph put on hand-rubbed glass goggles.
It's of very poor quality, but it can open your eyes in a body of water, and the rest is a +30% bonus to night vision.
Fastening the safety rope to his body and tying up his scuba scuba, he drank a bowl of ale and went into the water through the gouged ice.
Fish are ectotherms, and when the ambient temperature drops, their metabolism slows down dramatically, with some species foraging for hibernation on the relatively warm bottom and some migrating to warmer waters during the winter.
The main fish species in the Baltic Sea are anchovy, cod, flounder, salmon, flounder, eel, smelt, smelt, whitefish, jabbasha, freshwater perch, etc.
In order to catch these fish in winter, it is necessary to overcome the environmental conditions of the Baltic Sea at an average depth of 55 meters.
This is not a problem for Vondolph.
With a warm suit, a marine penalty of -10% and a winter penalty of -30%, plus the water nature that he had just crossed over, Feng Dolph quickly dived to the extreme depths and found a school of cod swimming underwater.
In winter, cod migrate to coastal muddy bottoms at depths of 50-80 meters.
In the past, the Norse people had no way to take them, so all of them were fat and abnormal.
Master Feng watched his index finger move.
Restraining the two negative traits of greed and gluttony, he did not alarm the fish, swam for a while, and had some new ideas.
"Go a little inside and avoid hard ground, otherwise it is easy to damage the net when dragging."
"When you're dragging in a soft mud area, you can move a little bigger."
"You can throw discarded fishing nets and broken wooden shelves into the sea, and design them to float in the water, so that some algae can cling to it, and the more seaweed, the more fish, and the fish can gather ......."
After inspecting the circle, Feng Dolph grabbed the next point and floated up.
"Hit the ice eye! Frame through the pole! β
The sage greeted him, and the old fishermen got busy.
I wondered at first, but soon understood how it worked, in order to control the direction of the nets under the ice.
This thing is nothing complicated, the principle is clear at a glance, push the rod to the ice holes, and when you encounter a turn, change the hook and spear to correct the direction of the rod, which is the twisting spear and hook, which is equivalent to having a steering wheel that controls the fishing net.
The fishing nets under the water are very heavy, which requires the reindeer and a winch, and at intervals, pull the large thick rope that holds the fishing net out of the ice hole and wrap it around the winch, and the reindeer pull the winch round and round to provide power.
As the nets under the ice progressed, the large nets gradually unfolded, enclosing the schools of cod and gathering towards the outlet.
In Chagan Lake, the process takes about 5 hours.
For the first time, Feng Dolph presided over the fishing net, and in order to accumulate experience, the size of the fishing net was reduced, but because of the unskilled personnel, it took two or three hours.
It wasn't until it was almost dark that the wings were finally folded.
When the fishing net is pulled out little by little, the dense cod body is reflected by countless silver scales to reflect the sunset, flashing like a silver lamp.
Looking at this scene, hundreds of believers were stunned, rubbing their eyes vigorously, their faces full of disbelief.
Suddenly, someone shouted, "This is Io's gift!" A gift from the Holy One! β
"Thanksgiving Sage!"
They shouted loudly, and then went to work like crazy.
Wait for schools of cod to fish in the ice lake.
Vondolph said: "At least a dozen tons of fish!" You don't have to worry about going hungry in the winter! β
"Just go down the net and you'll catch a full load of fish!"
"All believers who come today will get A-points and fish!"
Word.
Feng Dolph organized the distribution of money and fish on the spot.
The fish is freshly frozen cod.
Not long ago, the money was made by relying on animal-powered machinery and dipping wood technology.
On the front is the side face of the Sage, and on the reverse is Io's A-badge, which not only uses leftovers to save costs to the greatest extent, but also has stronger anti-counterfeiting than iron coins - it is impossible to forge without electrochemical technology and steel-making hangers.
Holding a fish, holding a coin, thinking about the luxurious life of having fish every day in the future, the believers grinned, and the ice sea was full of happy atmosphere.
At dinner, I ate fish and meat to the fullest!
The livestock also got the delicacies of fish bone meal processing, stamped their feet happily, and did not reject the old cows and horses so much.
The beauty of life is visible to the naked eye, so that the believers have a hundred times more pious attitude than in the past when they pray at night: "Thank you to the Holy One for giving me food and clothing." β
"Gate A!"
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Just when every family is grateful.
Vondolph quietly put the code name through the mountain... The first agent of the Church of the Northland Fox sent him away.
"This trip uses rabbits as a signal, killing one rabbit represents 1, and killing two rabbits in a row represents 2."
Join the team to see the experience points obtained by your subordinates, the rabbit is the lowest experience unit, and there are 1 and 2 to form a telegram password!
The name of this law is: Excessive Rabbit Telegraph Law!
Rats regret that they missed the opportunity to make great contributions.
I originally thought of the amazing name of "Rat Mouse, I'm Happy to Kill the Telegraph", but unfortunately I can only talk about it next time.
Rat Rat: ?
After a few more instructions, watching Willy operate the ice sail and leave, his back gradually disappearing in the evening breeze, Feng Daofu suddenly thought of an article he had read before.
The evolution of modern communication has changed the way writers perceive, suspending their thinking outside of historical reality.
Nowadays, conspiracy plots often have plots where the pros and cons change hands multiple times a day.
This kind of high-density transmission and exchange of information is pure nonsense under the conditions of ancient communication.
McLuhan once said that the environment changes people unconsciously.
The advent of the Internet has made instant communication possible for people all over the world, and this change has naturally affected writers and is reflected in online novels.
Comparing the current online novels with Jin Yong's novels, you can see that in Jin Yong's era, even the complexity of the strategy of "The Legend of Deer and Ding", which has the most power schemes, is not as complex as today's power novels.
But in fact, the more complex the ancient scheme, the higher the probability of error in the intermediate design.
Even in modern times, in the 70s and 80s, the background of Guo Dastatham's "Killer Elite" was in the 70s and 80s, there were no mobile phones, the killer group made a plan, 1~2 members went to execute it, and the rest of the people surrounded the phone and waited for news.
Won't be so bells and whistles.
The more scheming a person is, the more likely he is to get into unexpected situations.
The reason why the current power scheme is complex is because you live in a highly developed communication environment and do not know it.
It is believed that ancient people can communicate and transmit information and carry out remote control as easily as modern people.
But this is not possible.
In the history books, whoever loses loses his head, and the redundant design means that the leak link increases, so a hammer deal is the best - of course, there are efforts to differentiate before a hammer, just like a hunter hunts his prey, how to hide his killing intent, how to create opportunities, how to seize opportunities, if nothing happens, a fatal one.
In short, the scheme is too complicated, the implementation is too difficult, and the more people may be involved, the longer it drags on, and the possibility of leaking secrets in the middle of this situation is extremely high, so in real history, the kind of scheme that takes a long time to calculate and succeed is actually very rare.
In the Nordic environment, it was enough for him and Willy to do so.
Because of the secrecy done in advance, the identity of the first agent Pangolin Willy is unknown to the Norse nobles, this is the information gap, and it is a place that can be used.
"My father-in-law has helped me a lot, but who let you get in my way. In order to keep the cake bigger, ensure that there are no problems in the allocation of resources, and the power develops rapidly, I can only start first. β
Feng Daofu muttered in his heart.
In fact, he has never been very interested in conspiracy, and it feels the same as watching O movies.
Before entering the hole, grinding and chirping for a long time, pure water time, boring, all fast forward to see the back.
Because of this, his yin this time... The wise plan is also very simple.
Of course, it's not about going out fishing.
This is the way, but it must be taken into account the previous kindness, considering Brunhilde, and considering the thoughts of the old people of North, so it is impossible to really harm Ethelno.
His plan was to let his father-in-law be a happy charter boy after he seized power, and let his father-in-law come up on holidays and dance with the former Sami chief.
This is an oriental tradition, and you have to taste it.
As for Willy's matter, even if he becomes a family in the future, he can also say: "My original intention was good, but the people below read the scriptures crookedly." β
Then he must not kill Willy, a good subordinate who is willing to carry the black cauldron, if he is unloaded and kills the donkey, how dare the people at the bottom continue to work hard, and with this kind of stain, it is equivalent to submitting a letter of nomination, and he is basically a community of interests.
Bright depreciation or secret promotion or punishment of three glasses of wine, then make a big cake, take everyone to make money, and you can fool the past casually.
"This is the wisdom of the ancestors!"