"Eating meat to cure night blindness? However, I, a Manichaean, have been vegetarian all my life and believe in the Mani of the Western Regions, and I can only ascend to Elysium after death. Fang La said angrily.

"That's it, it's okay if you don't go to this Shanghai City!" The Fang clan people on the side were also indignant.

At that moment, Fang La left with the Fang clan and other Manichaean believers.

However, Fang was a believer in Manichaeism, and his status was high, so he was naturally unwilling to give up his Manichaean status in order to eat meat.

However, some believers who have just joined Manichaeism or believers on the fringes of Manichaeism are very entangled, after all, Qingxi County is too poor, and many believers are from poor families, and they do not see meat all year round.

It just so happened that Manichaeism was prevalent, and they also happened to be vegetarians, so they joined Manichaeism.

Now that I have a great opportunity to work in Shanghai, many people are naturally excited.

In addition, the evil doctor Fan Zheng has just distributed Zhancheng rice to the people of Qingxi, which has won the hearts of the people, and the destination of this trip, Shanghai City, is designed by the evil doctor Fan Zheng himself, and their Qingxi County is under its direct jurisdiction, so naturally there is no need to worry about wages.

On the one hand, the faith of Manichaeism, and on the other hand, the livelihood, suddenly made the Manichaean believers tangled.

"What? Salted fish can cure night blindness, why don't you eat it! "In a thatched hut, a woman with a miserable face angrily denounced the swarthy man!

"You know what? We believe that Mani can't eat meat! The swarthy man bowed his head and said in a firm tone.

"Night blindness is a disease, salted fish is a medicine! If you can cure our disease, what is the use of you joining Manichaeism, can you cure night blindness! The woman said angrily.

"Mani is a god, and he will surely protect us!" The swarthy man said firmly.

The woman said angrily: "If you don't eat salted fish, you won't be able to cure your night blindness, you won't be able to go to Shanghai to work, you won't be able to earn money, what should you do if your mother is sick, and what if your son can't afford to go to school?" Mani can really do anything, why can't you cure your night blindness, why can't you give us rich! ”

The swarthy man couldn't help but waver in his heart, it didn't matter if he had night blindness for the sake of belief, but he still had a mother, a mother and a wife and children, and looking at the house with four walls, it could be said that it was the time when he needed money.

"Mother, I want to eat fish!"

The son smelled the fragrance from the neighbor's house, and couldn't help but salivate, and couldn't help but say.

"No, my family believes in Mani and can only be vegetarian!" The swarthy man reprimanded.

"Then how can the Iron Bull family eat fish!"

The child was so greedy that he couldn't help but ask.

"Because their family doesn't believe in Mani!" The swarthy man said.

The son shook his head and said, "If you can't eat meat, then I don't believe in Mani either!" ”

The woman's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately said: "Yes, my son has not entered Manichaeism, and it just so happens that there is no salt at home, so you go and buy some salted fish and come back, which can save money and make up for the child!" ”

The swarthy man looked at his son's emaciated body and expectant eyes, gritted his teeth and got up and went to the town, and soon brought back a salted fish.

Soon, the smell of fish wafted from the thatched hut.

"Mother, the fish is so delicious!" The son ate the fish with a big mouthful in his mouth, and said with a happy face.

"I'll give you this piece of fish too." The miserable woman took a piece of fish from her bowl, put it in her son's bowl, and gave the rest to the swarthy man.

"I ............." The swarthy man frowned, he believed in Mani, and he could only eat vegetarian food, not fish.

"Hurry up and eat, if you don't say it, I won't say who knows, heal your eyes, hurry up and go to Songjiang Mansion to work and earn money!" In a few years, the baby will be older, if there is no bride price, you can't marry a daughter-in-law, your family will be doomed. The miserable woman snorted coldly.

The swarthy man looked at the fish in front of him, and couldn't help but flash a trace of struggle, but he fixed his eyes on his son, and finally picked up the bowl and walked towards the back room.

After all, as his wife worried, his family is now surrounded by walls, and if he loses the opportunity to work in Songjiang Mansion, I am afraid that his son will really be a bachelor in the future.

However, when the delicious fish was in his mouth, he couldn't refuse that delicacy, after all, he couldn't afford to eat meat before he joined Manichaeism, and it wasn't that he didn't like it.

The same thing is happening in every village in Qingxi County, and more and more people are starting to eat fish to treat night blindness.

After all, everyone knows that going to Shanghai to work is a godsend, men work outside, women plant Champong rice at home, plus Shanghai is not far away, men come back to help when the farm is busy, three years is enough to get rid of poverty and become rich.

Three years!

The term of office of the transfer envoy is three years, and it is also the task that Fan Zheng gave to Bao Kang to lead Qingxi County out of poverty and become rich within three years.

When the people of Qingxi got rid of poverty and became rich, many laborers went to work in other places, saw the vast knowledge outside, and increased their experience, which naturally led to the estrangement of Manichaeism.

"Master Qiyu, the sales of salted fish have increased greatly!"

Bao Kang was handling official business, and a Qingxi County official came to report in a low voice.

Bao Kang couldn't help but smile, Fan Zhuan's envoy decided to use salted fish as a breakthrough, in addition to the two Zhejiang Road near the sea, sea fish is cheap, and sea salt is also one of them.

Although the salt used to marinate sea fish is sea salt, after all, it is also salt, and it is an indispensable thing for the people, although the current sea salt process is not good, and after simple filtration, it can barely be eaten.

The taste of sea salt is not good, but for the poor people of Qingxi, salt is also a heavy burden, if a thick layer of sea salt is scraped off the sea fish, it is equivalent to buying salt and giving a fish, anyone will be quite excited.

Seeing this, the thrifty people of Qingxi could not miss such a good opportunity, and the smell of fish and meat came from every village.

When more and more people eat fish, it is natural that more and more people will follow suit, even if they are followers of Mani.

"I don't eat fish to crack it, but to heal it." Many Manichaeans who secretly ate fish comforted themselves.

Some people even quit Manichaeism directly, no longer believe in Manichaeism, and openly eat fish and meat.

In the lacquer garden, a large hall enshrines a huge Mani statue, which used to be full of believers, but today it is quite rare.

"Big brother! The imperial court used the excuse of curing diseases to tempt believers to eat fish, and many believers broke their vows, and now the number of believers in Mani has dropped sharply, what should I do? Fang Baihua said worriedly.

Fang La's brows furrowed suddenly, his belief in Manichaeism was to be able to benefit his lacquer garden and increase his status, if the number of followers dropped sharply and he lost the support of Manichaeism, their status would be greatly reduced.

"Big brother, the Manichaean canon is that you can't kill or eat meat, these disciples violate the canons in public, and ask the eldest brother to come forward and punish them severely!" A Fang clan member said angrily.

He was a devout Manichaean, and now these followers ate fish and meat openly and secretly, and dared to leave Manichaeism without permission, which was nothing short of betrayal in his eyes.

As soon as this person's words came out, the faces of many sect members suddenly changed, and they couldn't help but cover their mouths.

Fang La's eyes swept away, where did he not understand, there are probably not a few sect members who steal fish and meat, even the disciples who came here today are afraid that there are many people who steal fish and meat.

After all, the opportunity to work in Shanghai is so rare that not many people can resist the temptation.

"Forget it, those cultists only ate fish to cure night blindness, and I believe that Mani would not be blamed if he knew." Fang La waved his hand at the moment.

He believed in it and had an impure purpose, he only wanted to use Manichaeism for his own purposes, and he didn't care if he ate meat or not, and besides, this time he ate fish and meat to cure diseases, after all, eating meat for night blindness can be cured is known to the whole world.

"The head of the sect is wise!"

As if they had been pardoned, the believers hurriedly agreed.

"You ............." Seeing this, the people of the Fang clan still didn't understand, and they were suddenly angry.

"Fang La, it's not good! Zhao Jiaotou of Dongzhen was arrested by a dog official surnamed Bao. ”

At this moment, a fat body came running out of breath.

"Fang Fei, what's going on?" Fang Baihua hurriedly stepped forward and said.

Fang La frowned and said, "Could it be that the government wants to suppress my Manichaeism?" ”

Fang Fei gasped, shook his head and said: "No, I heard that there were Manichaean disciples in Dongzhen who were found out by Zhao Jiaotou for stealing fish and meat, so he punished the disciples who ate fish and meat according to the canon, but I didn't expect that the dog official surnamed Bao got the news and arrested Zhao Jiaotou and others." ”

Fang La breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, fortunately he didn't act rashly, otherwise Zhao Jiaotou's today would be his tomorrow.

"The dog official surnamed Bao is too lenient, and it is my Manichaean doctrine that he is not allowed to eat meat, and it is only natural that the head of the sect wants to punish him." The radical Fang clan said angrily.

Many Manichaeans were indignant.

Fang Fei smiled bitterly: "The dog official surnamed Bao said that it is natural for people to seek medical treatment when they are sick, and it is a big crime to dare to prevent the people from seeking medical treatment, and he also said that the people of Qingxi are the people of the Great Song Dynasty and believe in religion freely!" If you want to believe in religion, you can believe in religion, if you don't want to believe in religion, you don't believe in religion, and no one can interfere! ”

"Ahh If you want to believe it, you can believe it, if you don't want to believe it, you don't believe it, that dog official really said so! ”

A group of Manichaean believers were in an uproar, they did not expect that the government would be so strong and directly interfere with the Manichaean canons.

"Big brother! So what to do? In my opinion, the evil doctor Fan Zheng is still a dog official surnamed Bao, and I am afraid that he is coming against my Manichaeism. Fang Baihua said defensively.

Fang La said solemnly: "Don't panic, in my opinion, although the dog official surnamed Bao is the fifth grandson of Bao Zheng, he himself is also a person who tends to be inflammatory, and eating meat to treat night blindness is the famous evil prescription of the evil doctor Fan Zheng. ”

Fang Fei and the others nodded when they heard this, the surname Bao is a master, and it all depends on the evil doctor Fan Zheng to be able to take charge of Qingxi County, so he naturally wants to do his best to maintain the medical prescription of the evil doctor Fan Zheng, and Zhao Jiaotou just happened to hit the muzzle of his gun

"And even if it is aimed at our Manichaeism, it will not be wiped out, but let the believers choose to believe in religion by themselves, and then we must not mess with ourselves, and continue to preach so that more believers believe in Manichaeism." Fang La said solemnly.

Today's Manichaeism is not very powerful, and with the fact that there are Champa rice seeds and salted fish to buy people's hearts, they can only temporarily avoid the edge and develop slowly.

, Bao Kang looked at the group of Manichaeans who participated in the screaming and sneered.

"Call me! Hit hard, the official must let you know that even if the people of the Great Song Dynasty make mistakes, they will be judged by the royal law, and no one is allowed to use lynching. Bao Kang said coldly.

"Bang Bang!"

The heavy board hit his body, which immediately made Zhao Jiaotou and the others wail in pain.

"Good!"

Suddenly, there was a cheer from the crowd.

Besides, Zhao Jiaotou is usually unpopular, and this time he used lynching with the help of the incident of stealing fish and meat, which has already made everyone dissatisfied.

And Bao Kang's strong start suddenly made them very happy, after all, with the distribution of Champa rice seeds, Bao Kang has won the hearts of the people, plus night blindness is a disease after all, even if they believe in Manichaeism, they have to see a doctor!

In particular, Bao Kang's sentence on freedom of religious belief has made a lot of Manichaeans greatly support, in the thousands of years of Chinese culture, they usually believe in religion that is beneficial to themselves, since Manichaeism is not good for themselves, then why should they believe in it.

With Bao Kang's severe punishment of Manichaeism in Dongzhen and the public declaration of freedom of religious belief, the people of Dongzhen directly became public in eating fish and meat, and Manichaeism directly existed in name only.

This trend immediately spread throughout Qingxi County, and even around Fangla's lacquer garden, eating fish and meat was almost open.

Don't ask, ask is a cure for night blindness!

If you ask more, have you not been cured after eating so much meat, then you will directly withdraw from the church.

"It's unreasonable!" Seeing this, Fang La couldn't help but be furious.

Even if he had the foresight to forcibly prevent Manichaean believers from eating fish and meat, the number of followers who believed in Manichaeism became fewer and smaller, on the one hand, many believers were cured of night blindness and went to Shanghai to work, and on the other hand, many believers took advantage of the government's freedom of belief and almost quit the religion.

The more serious Manichaean cult members who ate fish almost did not obey the discipline, which left Fang La helpless.

"Big brother! Matsue Prefecture sent another order, and a large amount of wood and paulownia lacquer was placed. Fang Baihua came over excitedly to convey a good news.

With the construction of Shanghai City, both urban construction and sea ship construction require a large amount of wood and paulownia paint, and these are the strengths of Qingxi County.

"Big brother, everyone has rumored that the eldest brother has made money, and the workers in the paint garden are asking for a wage increase!" Fang Fei also came to report.

Fang La couldn't help but be helpless for a while, as a large number of laborers went to Shanghai Port, the labor in Qingxi County was greatly reduced, and the wage price also rose sharply.

"Up, up!"

Fang La gritted his teeth and said, he knew that if he didn't increase his salary, then these believers under his command would probably have to go to Shanghai City to make money, after all, there was already news that the wages there were higher.

"It's paid!"

Seeing a group of lacquer workers taking a lot of wages, smiling, Fang La shook his head helplessly, these lacquer workers got the money, the family conditions improved, I am afraid that they will definitely eat meat to improve their lives, many lacquer workers have been tired of eating salted fish with bad taste, and began to try more delicious meat such as chicken, duck and sheep! Further violation of Manichaean teachings.

"The hearts of men are scattered, and there is no one who sincerely believes in Mani!"

Looking at Manichaeism, where everyone was profit-seeking and people's hearts were distracted, Fang La couldn't help but sigh that they might never be able to return to the grand occasion of believing in Manichaeism.

And all these changes began when the evil doctor Fan Zheng came to Liangzhejiang Road. (End of chapter)