276 Shirley and the New Doctrine
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Money is not everything!
Beta has written this phrase into the teachings. As the god of wealth and commerce, Waukin's teachings tell people that money is not omnipotent, and on the surface, this almost negates Waukin's priesthood, but as long as you read the doctrine written by Beta, you will know that there is another sentence at the end, money is not omnipotent, but it is important.
And Beta is very clever in equating money and affection between relatives in an exaggerated magnitude. For example, if there is an old man in each family, it is equivalent to having a rare magic book, and his knowledge and experience are the greatest wealth in the world.
A virtuous wife is better than a thousand pieces of gold.
Only when the family is harmonious can we work together to make a lot of money. If the family is not in harmony, no amount of money will be slowly lost.
These sentences resemble some earthly proverbs, written in plain words and put into the teachings. If these words were just coming out of the mouth of Beta, of course, they would not have much appeal, but the problem is that now that these words have entered the doctrine, which is the command of God, these words have a very strong convincing force.
Doctrine is, after all, the idea of God.
As a divine creature, Shirley is said to be very knowledgeable, but she obviously doesn't know much about people's hearts. Beta explained to her why she couldn't pay the farmers in the slums directly: "People are inert creatures, and if they earn money through their own efforts, they will cherish it. But if it's money that is not earned for nothing, or even given by others, they will spend it lavishly. ”
"So what does it matter!" Shirley was puzzled and said, "Each household can get five copper coins a day, which can buy their faith and people's hearts. It's going to be of great benefit to our power here. ”
"But we can't give them money forever." Beta sighed, "If we break this rule one day, they will not only be unhappy, but they will even blame us." Such a believer, are you sure that the goddess wants? ”
Shirley didn't believe it: "No, how can there be such a bastard person?" ”
Beta shook her head and said, "There really is." And I've personally seen this happen more than three times. That's why I said that people's hearts are very complicated, and not everyone will have a normal mind after the unearned wealth is broken. ”
As a divine creature, Shirley lacks common sense, but she can tell whether most people are lying or not.
She could feel that Beta was a little lost when she said this, that is. It was his own experience of this and this that led him to such a conclusion.
Shirley couldn't help but hold Beta's hand, and she whispered, "You can use me as a scabbard tonight, okay?" ”
Beta was stunned when she heard this: "This is not good. ”
"Why?" Shirley looked incomprehensible: "Isn't it beautiful?" Or is it not in good shape enough? ”
Beta shook her head, "You're one of the prettiest women I've ever met." But if you are a divine being, you should not be entangled with mortal obsession like us. I've heard that divine creatures that are tainted with mortal emotions or anything else will not only lose their strength. And the lifespan will be much shorter. ”
Divine creatures are holy. They themselves are the embodiment of the 'essence' of the gods. And everything in the mortal world is a filthy substance for divine beings, which will make their bodies no longer pure, no longer perfect.
And they don't have the same powerful self-cleaning ability as the gods.
Shirley said indifferently: "What does it matter if the life span is shorter, at most, it will change from 10,000 years to 9,000 years." And the reason why I was 'born'. It's just that the goddess wants you to have a scabbard to use, so that you don't have to run all day to find that half-blood succubus. ”
Shirley is seductive, sexy, but also innocent. She was created to 'serve' Beta. For her. It was her duty to do something like that with Beta and make him happy, and there was no need for other morals or other factors.
Her own lifespan, her own strength, and her own dignity are not in her consideration at all.
Beta couldn't help but laugh and cry: "What, the goddess told you all about that?" ”
Shirley nodded vigorously, looking very coquettish: "Yes, the goddess also said that if I can't even win that female succubus, then I can die, and there is no value in existence." ”
Beta frowned when he heard this, he didn't expect that Waukin, a seemingly rational goddess, would have a peculiar competitive spirit in this regard. Does she think that Shirley, with her looks and figure, can't conquer a man, can't win a mixed-race succubus, so it will hurt her self-esteem?
It's unlikely! Beta denied the idea in her mind.
However, he still felt that Wojin was a very strange goddess. She was very arrogant, but she secretly suppressed herself, but she didn't do half of the thing, gave up again, and turned to be very good to herself. Although she is expressionless and even occasionally sarcastic every time she meets in the spirit world, Beta unexpectedly discovers that she is an excellent talker.
Beta felt that apart from the identity of the goddess, Waujin seemed to be not much different from an ordinary woman.
But that's a good thing...... Beta is happy to do things for a god who has a 'human nature'. If a god only knows absolute reason and absolute order, then no matter how powerful and beautiful he is, Beta will stay away.
A god like Wojin is a good friend. Beta felt that building more temples and recruiting more believers for Wojin was the duty of friends.
Building a shrine in a slum is a hassle because of the lack of transportation. The cost is much higher than building a temple in a wealthy area. But Beta felt it was worth it.
Belief in this kind of thing, to put it bluntly, is the foundation of people. And the faith of the poor, if done right, is more accessible than that of the great men, and is strengthened and endured, and is not easily converted.
On top of that, there are many people in the slums
With the help of Joan of Arc's vision, Beta drew all the roads of the slums and the facets of the buildings on a single drawing. Then after a midday revision. Made a simple remodeling order table. After lunch, he took Shirley and the students to the center of the slum.
There has been a circle of people there for a long time, and most of them are sturdy men this time, although they look at some dishes, but they only need to eat a full meal for a few days. It's just a good worker.
Among these men, there were a few women and children, less than a tenth of the total number. These people's families should have no men, or men can't do heavy work.
Greeted with expectant and hopeful eyes, Beta said, "I'll make sure again, five copper coins a day for men, three copper coins for women and children. Does anyone have an opinion? If not, then I'm going to start announcing the content of the work now. ”
That's when a man stepped forward. He asked, "Your Excellency, five copper coins per person, the consumption of a day is not low." It's okay for a day or two, but are you sure you can afford it for months? ”
"Truman, don't talk nonsense, this is a big man." Listening to Zorro's anxiety, he knew very well that this man was a saint who could talk to the gods. To question him is to question the gods. In case the gods get angry. What if you don't want to build a temple here?
Beta raised his hand to stop the somewhat angry Zorro, who took a few gold bricks from the space and threw them to the ground. The dazzling luster of gold blinded almost all the poor people. There was greed and longing in their eyes, but none of them dared to move.
"There are more than 1,000 of you here, and I will step back, even if there are 2,000 of you. Five copper coins per person, which is only 10,000 copper coins a day. Convert it down. It's a gold coin. Beta smiled slightly, with a rich appearance: "The salary is only thirty gold coins a month, and these gold coins, each of which is melted, can be minted into at least hundreds of gold coins." You can do the work for years. Do you think I can't afford it? ”
The poor man, Truman, retreated into the crowd in shame.
In this world, the gap between the rich and the poor is so large that people feel hopeless. In Beta's space, there were at least a thousand gold bricks, which were the spoils of war he had obtained after looting the vaults of the two families. He didn't dare to say that he was rich now, but he also dared to say that ordinary nobles didn't have so much gold as him.
Several students walked over, picked up the gold bricks, and handed them to Beta, who then turned his hand and placed the six gold bricks on Zorro's hand: "I know you don't trust me very much, it's okay. I put my money in the hands of people you trust. Zorro is the most honest person in your slums, and you will receive your daily wages here in the future, how about it? ”
None of the paupers spoke, but their eyes told Beta that they were happy with the decision.
However, Zorro was depressed holding these gold bricks, and he said with a bitter face: "Your Excellency Beta, can I refuse this job?" ”
Beta half-truthed, half-jokingly said, "If you don't do this, I won't build a temple here." ”
Zorro also knew that Beta was joking, but he didn't dare to take it as a joke. How many years have the people of the slums waited for such an opportunity to not only build a temple here, but also to help the temple work, and get paid!
If you take such a thing out there and ask ten people, eleven people will not believe it.
He asked and said, "Okay, I'll take it." ”
Beta nodded in satisfaction, and then he said, "Naiden, Lusen, Arthur, Van Lundin." The four of you go and pick people, choose a direction for yourself, and rebuild the road. Aldrich, you take a hundred people to take care of the acquisition and transportation of materials. Harvey, you take the women and the children, and make more vegetable soup and put some salt in it. We don't provide working meals, but we have to help them solve the problem of drinking water, otherwise it is too unkind. ”
The six students nodded in unison and wrote down their duties. When they were in Reed Village, they helped manage the walls of Reed Village and the construction of roads, so they were very experienced.
Seeing that everyone had something to do, Shirley pointed to herself: "What about me?" ”
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