noffsinger Chapter 349 Religious Brainwashing
Chapter 349 Religious Brainwashing
Chapter 349 Religious Brainwashing
Jiang Changle changed into ordinary civilian clothes and walked around the city. He found that this ruby could not be bought with money.
He also has to pass a question-and-answer test and be approved before he can buy it.
In order to better control this situation, there was only one place in the city that sold rubies, and that was the county government office.
Specifically, it was a luxurious shop next to the county government office, but it was sold by officials in the government office in collaboration with Nan Weiren.
Jiang Changle was standing at the back of a long queue. Even through the glazed windows, he could see the shop was crowded with people. The beastmen were queuing in front of the red velvet counter, holding bags of money.
The shopkeeper was a middle-aged southern man with deep features, dark skin, and a short and fat stature. She could not see any animalistic attributes in him.
But his face looked very ferocious, and he was using his tentacles to hold a quill pen and record on a cloth account book.
"Next." The copper bells on her feet jingled, and the southern maid in a cassock lifted the beaded curtain and counted in her broken Eastern dialect.
She also wore a gold ring on her nose, which was decorated with rubies. Jiang Changle could see that the gems emitted a strange black aura.
The beastman at the front of the line hurried forward, nervously twisting the purse embroidered with gold thread in his hand.
"Solomon asked: What would you do if God asked you to sacrifice your wife and daughter?" The shopkeeper asked the believer in front of him, holding a huge round ruby.
This male beastman hadn't expected the other party to make such a request. He struggled for a long time, his face covered in cold sweat, and finally spoke hesitantly.
"Can you change the conditions? My wife and daughter are frail and sickly, and I'm afraid it would offend the gods."
The shopkeeper of the Southern Kingdom had a cold look in his eyes and said arrogantly, "Not for sale."
The male could only hold on to his purse and retreat dejectedly, but the male behind him shouted with joy.
"I am willing, sir. I am willing to exchange. Can you sell me the gem?"
The shopkeeper of the Southern Kingdom immediately understood what was going on when he saw this. "Sell it."
As soon as these words came out, the second male cheered, "Great! Haha, I have a ruby!"
He eagerly handed over the big bag of gold in his hand, but only got a small ruby ring in exchange.
The shopkeeper immediately registered him, the male pressed his fingerprints, and walked out of the shop happily with the jewel ring.
Are you crazy? With all that money, how can you not live well? The magic of the ruby is just average, what effect can it have?
Jiang Changle really couldn't figure it out, and the second person who couldn't figure it out was the first male who was rejected when buying the ruby.
The two men had already left the store and happened to stand next to Jiang Changle. The first male couldn't help but pull the second male and asked, "How could you agree to such an excessive request?"
But the second male didn't care at all, "Well, the shopkeeper just asked that question, he won't really arrest my wife and daughter. Besides, I don't have a daughter.
As long as we buy the ruby, our family will become wealthy and prosperous, it's a great deal."
What the hell is this? Jiang Changle became more and more confused as he listened, but he couldn't pull the two of them over to ask them on the spot for fear of alerting the enemy.
Jiang Changle looked at the male's gem ring. There was also some magic power locked inside. Wearing it for a long time could indeed enhance strength.
If hallucinations occur, then harmonious mating is not impossible.
Even so, can this make everyone crazy and partial to rubies? She thought, there must be a secret.
Jiang Changle did not queue up anymore, but walked into the alley and strolled around. She always felt that she had overlooked something.
At this moment, a few children came running barefoot from the opposite side, and the silver bells on their wrists shattered her thoughts.
Suddenly, the youngest girl fell on the bluestone ground, and her knees soon started bleeding.
"Little sister, are you okay?" Jiang Changle hurried forward and helped the person up.
The little female with pigtails didn't answer but asked, "Sister, are you also a low caste?"
She tilted her head and looked at Jiang Changle with a dazed look in her eyes, which were filled with astonishment and then with deep admiration.
Maybe it's because I have never seen such a beautiful female sister.
Low caste? Jiang Changle finally remembered something, but she couldn't figure out the reason. These children might be able to explain it to her.
"Well, why do you say that? Come here, kids. Answer a few questions and I'll give you some candy."
Jiang Changle took out the radish candy made by Grandpa Wang from the space. It was bright in color and fragrant.
Several children swallowed their saliva desperately, but their slight vigilance finally succumbed to the temptation of sugar, and they all moved closer to Jiang Changle. Grandpa's sugar finally showed its advantage.
"Just ask, we know a lot." The prerequisite is to give candy first. The eldest child reached out to Jiang Changle.
Jiang Changle first gave the children some sweets, placing two candies in each of their hands. "Let's go back to the previous question. Why did you say I was of a low caste?"
The lower castes are the slaves of the Southern Kingdom, right? What does it have to do with the beasts of the Eastern Kingdom?
"Because you don't have a ruby ring on your hand." The little girl answered with a smile, happy to have gotten the candy so easily.
Jiang Changle raised an eyebrow and put two more candies into the little girl's hands. "Could it be that I forgot to wear it?"
"That's impossible. You must not have it, because the ruby ring cannot be removed, otherwise you won't be able to be reborn as a high-caste noble in your next life."
The oldest child had an expression on his face that said, "I know everything. Don't try to lie to me. Besides, lying is not good behavior."
Jiang Changle shook his head and smiled, "We are not from the South, so what does it matter whether we are of high caste or not?" This is the strangest thing.
"Of course it is related. The high-caste adults said that the South China Sea is a place protected by the god Solomon, and the low-caste orcs must work hard and serve the high-caste gods.
Only by eliminating our own sins and bad thoughts can we become qualified servants and receive the ruby bestowed by God.
Even if there is no chance in this life, you can be reborn into a noble family in the next life and become a high caste person."
"Yes, the upper castes don't have to go hungry, they don't get sick, and they have people to serve them."
"Also, if we don't obey, Solomon will be angry and turn the sea black and red, killing all the fish in the sea.
We sea dwellers will have no food to eat, and we will also get sick. There are incurable diseases. Some people have contracted them before and died in the end."
So that's how it is. Jiang Changle kept his promise and distributed candy to the children one by one.
She knew what was going on. The upper castes in the South maintained their class rule through rubies, and took advantage of the opportunity when the sea was polluted by demonic energy to brainwash the lower-class beasts with religion and make them willing to be slaves.
Who would want to be a slave? So those beastmen who bought rubies were overjoyed, while those who didn’t were completely despairing, as if they had completely lost hope.
Because with the ruby in hand, there is a chance to be recognized by high-caste nobles, become a noble and live a luxurious life.
Those people playing with gold beads on the boat were probably a special scheme set up by the southerners and the officials of the Eastern Kingdom. Their purpose was to attract more poor people from the Eastern Kingdom to buy rubies and join them.
On the contrary, some people who do not have the opportunity to buy rubies, especially the low-caste people in the south, can see the reality more clearly, so they simply become lazy and eat and work.
Because I know that even if I work hard all my life, I will never become a high-caste person, so it is better to just eat and wait for death.
As long as you don't anger the god Solomon, you will be reborn as a high caste in your next life. That's what the god said.
People have reincarnation. Even if they suffer in this life, as long as they are good believers, they will be born into wealth and be admired by others in the next life.
So it doesn't matter if this life is short~
Damn southerners! See how she gets back at them!