At that time, he was celebrating a festival with the residents of Shambhala. The head of one of the villages quietly pulled him aside and mysteriously asked Strange to meet someone.
Strange's approach is different from that of his teacher Ancient One. He has never pretended to be mysterious, nor does he have that kind of natural majestic temperament. The advantage is that he can easily mingle with the villagers.
Strange actually didn't want to go because the village chief always wanted to introduce him to his girlfriend. He thought the village chief was tricking him into going on a blind date. This happened every year. He knew that Oriental people valued family and family.
The clan and people also have good intentions, so Strange would just deal with it every time.
Today was no exception. Knowing that the village chief was happy for the New Year and the festival, and perhaps wanted to get him to meet a little girl again, Strange didn't want to be stubborn with him, so he followed him out.
Who knew that this road would go further and further, and as I walked I found that I had reached the foot of the Himalayas.
Then, as expected, there was the three-court trial.
The matter of the villagers of Shambhala is not that simple. It is not that they have not been counted for a generation. They have not been recorded since five or six hundred years ago.
These hundreds of people seemed to appear out of thin air, and there is no record of this group in the historical materials that can be checked.
Considering that roads and satellite technology were not developed in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it makes sense that some villages in the mountains might have been left behind.
But when is it now? It’s already the 21st century, the Beidou satellite is shining clearly in the sky, and there are no these three villages in the Himalayas. What is going on?
If the county magistrate couldn't figure it out, he reported it to the mayor. If the mayor couldn't figure it out, he reported it to the district chief of the autonomous region. After reporting it to the head of the autonomous region, he finally found someone who understood and knew that this matter must be related to Kama Taj.
Strange thought they had misunderstood that Kama Taj had locked up this group of people, so he hurriedly explained. After chatting with him for a long time, he realized that the other party actually didn't care who these people were or what they had done.
history, what they care about is what these people are doing now.
Strange is still very confident. Kama Taj has never treated the three villages below badly. The farmlands there are all enchanted, and crops can grow one after another without anyone taking care of them.
With beautiful scenery, abundant natural resources, and no disease or disaster, this is the paradise that many people pursue.
Then I was left speechless by a question from the county magistrate - It’s the 21st century, don’t you go online?
Strange wants to say that he also wants to go online, but there is no signal. What can he do? He can't just ask Stark to throw a satellite into the sky just because he wants to go online, right?
Under the translation of the village chief, Strange finally figured out that what they meant was that the villages outside had been modernized, and the small-scale peasant economy was still being practiced inside. If you say you want to do it, just do it. I haven't figured it out yet. There is a shortage of things every day.
, what kind of life are you living like?
Strange had no choice but to look at the village chief, who was also a little embarrassed. After all, it was really not honorable to go to an outsider without telling the Supreme Mage, but this life was really unbearable.
The biggest problem of Shambhala is that it is closed, but not completely closed. In order to marry outsiders, it accepts outsiders. Many girls even take the initiative to choose men outside, and then return to the village to give birth to children when they get pregnant. Sometimes
And he brought the man back with him.
This group of people have seen the scenery outside, know how the society outside has developed now, and know what life is like for ordinary people even at the lowest level outside.
It’s noon on the day of hoeing, and sweat drips from the soil. Although many people in modern society complain about being tired from work and want to go back to their hometowns to farm, those who have actually farmed know how hard it is. Traditional agriculture is the industry with the lowest return rate.
, you can’t earn as much as you can earn by working hard for a whole year as you can by working in a big city for half a year.
The same is true for Shambhala. They are really not tired from farming. After all, the fields have been optimized by magic. There is no need to worry about crop yields. There are no natural disasters. The weather is always very good. If they really can’t process all the food, there are mages to help.
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But farming must involve the most basic work. It cannot be said that you can grow food without even plowing the land or watering it at all. You have to take care of it here all year round, and there is nothing else to do.
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It would be fine if it had always been like this, but after enjoying the blessings of modern society, who wants to go back and suffer the hardships of a backward agricultural economy?
The only entertainment industry in the village is singing and dancing, and the daily routine consists of eating, sleeping, and having children. Because there is no pressure to survive, they don't even care about education. As long as the children can be raised and they can cultivate a field.
The father of the current village chief was an explorer from the United States in the last century, so he can speak Chinese, Tibetan and English at the same time. He has long longed for the developed American society that his father said, and has always wanted to go out and see it.
The new Supreme Mage is an American, and I heard he is quite famous in ordinary people's society. The village chief is not willing to spend his life like this for himself and his children, but he does not dare to choose Strange directly.
Done.
After all, no Supreme Mage has ever treated them badly, and he can't just enjoy the benefits without taking responsibility.
After much deliberation, the village chief decided to find a third party. His daughter happened to be married in the town at the foot of the mountain, so he wanted to ask the mayor to come forward and ask Strange if he could let them go out occasionally like students.
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The village chief's request is actually just to go on a trip, but the town chief and county chief obviously don't think so simply.
Shambhala is the only way to Kama Taj. If you want to enter Kama Taj, you must pass through these three villages.
Kama Taj actually does not belong to any country. It is an enclave that belongs exclusively to the magic world. It is also a treaty that was made when the temple was established. There is no way and no need to go back on it.
But it is not said that Shambhala also belongs to Kama Taj. All land except the area designated by Kama Taj is state-owned. So Shambhala is naturally a village. Now even the town at the foot of the mountain is connected to the sky train.
Then actual control over Shambhala should be achieved.
The county magistrate expressed his demands, and Strange also hesitated a little. When Gu first included these three villages within the scope of the magic shield, it was actually to protect his hometown.
That was still ancient times, and some people might think that even in ancient times, no one might be able to reach the Himalayas, but don’t forget that magic also plays a prominent role in Marvel’s history.
Ancient Chinese history has been almost completely changed by demons. During several turbulent times, in addition to humans, various demons and ghosts competed for hegemony on the land of China. Although Gu Yi's village was remote, demons were rampant in the mountains, and the villagers lived a very difficult life.
If she and her fellow villagers hadn't discovered the secret of magic, the villagers would have just survived. Therefore, after establishing the Kama Taj Holy Land with the same name as Kama Taj Village, Ancient One immediately covered it with a protective shield.
to his hometown.
But her purpose was to protect, not imprison, but people of her generation knew how dangerous it was outside, so they took the initiative not to go out.
Most of the descendants did not understand what changes were happening outside. They just thought it was good to stay here, so they stayed there.
To be honest, Strange felt that he had never stopped anyone from going out. Although the villagers did not know magic, they were not unable to leave if they wanted to.
Later, after explanations from the village chief and county chief, Strange understood that it was still the same sentence. Orientals value family and clan, and have a stronger sense of collectiveness. Every village upholds a certain law, so no one can violate it, not you.
Just say you are curious about the outside world and you can leave.
In other words, some villagers want to leave now, but they dare not leave because leaving means they will never be able to come back. If the outside world is not as good as they say, there will be no way out.
Therefore, they hope that an external force can intervene. It is best to actively break this isolation from the outside and change a certain custom that has always been regarded as a norm, so that more people will no longer have to succumb to internal pressure.
The village chief also expressed his helplessness. The village is too small and cannot be compared with the vast world outside. Too many young people have heard their parents talk about the outside world and are clamoring to go out and have a look. The village chief agrees, no.
I don’t agree, it’s been a stalemate.
But this matter must have an outcome, either the several factions in the village will completely split, and those who are willing to stay will stay and those who are willing to leave, or there will have to be an invisible big hand to physically break the isolation of Shambhala.
state.
The division of the village is something Strange absolutely does not want to see. Not to mention where the mages will go to buy things after the village is gone. His teacher Gu Yi can come back and punch him into the wall and dig out everything.
Not coming out.
As a true modern person, Strange understands that the trend of modernization is almost unstoppable, and the killer weapon of modernization is not brighter electric lights, cleaner water sources, and most importantly, the extremely fast flow of information.
Once people accept this speed of information flow, they can never go back to the days of receiving information slowly. Even he himself is like this, otherwise he would not find an apprentice to turn all the magic classics into e-books, and then
I read it at double speed.
Although a fast-paced life is always criticized, a too slow pace of life may not necessarily be a good thing. Strange often feels drowsy at Kamal Taj because the days are long and there is nothing to do.
After being in this state for a long time and suddenly returning to the fast-paced New York, Strange even felt that his brain was a little unable to move.
But Strange was more cautious about building roads for Shambhala. He decided to visit the town at the foot of the mountain first, and then decide whether to develop Shambhala.
Kama Taj's students often went to the town and volunteered to guide Strange. Strange set out with a few archmages and spent two days and two nights in the town at the foot of the mountain.
Before setting off, Strange really didn't think there was much fun in a town. He was born in a small town himself, so how could he know what the town was like?
But the town at the foot of the mountain where Sherpas live is indeed different from what he imagined. They live a modern and original life.
It sounds contradictory, but it is true. Every household has access to water, electricity and internet, but they still live in houses built with stone walls. There are obviously modern agricultural machinery, but they still make highland barley by hand. There are obviously modern hotels, but most of them are residential buildings.
Renovated B&B.
It wasn't until the students took him for a tour with the tour guide that Strange understood why. To put it bluntly, the whole town was like a huge Truman Show, and almost all of this was performed for tourists.