Chapter 495: The High Wages of the Fifty Cent Party
The Huacheng construction site is in full swing. Hundreds of thousands of workers are busy like ants leveling the land, digging foundations, cleaning up ruins, sifting soil and burning bricks...
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the siege, Xi Tong brought a weather controller from the planet Terra to control the wind, rain, thunder and lightning within a hundred miles of Huacheng. As long as there was no typhoon landing, everything was under control.
The locals didn't know about the weather controller, but they clearly noticed that the weather was weird.
In the dog days of summer, the sun is very poisonous, but now, it is as warm as the sun in winter.
It used to be windy and rainy, but now, there hasn't been a drop of water for more than ten days.
The workers on the construction site felt the deepest feeling. It was neither hot at noon nor cold at night. Although there was wind all the time, it was like blowing smoke.
For this, everyone can only attribute it to the gift of God, and they are even more convinced that the temple under construction has been blessed by the gods.
After Xi Tong learned the news, he smiled.
Yes, this is indeed a blessing from God. After all, Xi Tong has already achieved god-level cultivation and is a true god.
Xi Tong is very concerned about the temple complex under construction. After all, this is the first major construction project.
Well, the "big construction projects" like that of Titan Kingdom don't count.
There is also the Great Wall in this world. Xi Tong does not dare to compare with the Great Wall, but he must be able to compare with the Manchu Empire.
And if we really want to argue, the Manchu Empire was not the largest palace in the world.
Either don’t do it, or do your best if you do it.
Ye Yiruo had difficulty choosing among the many designs, so Xi Tong decided to build all these buildings.
Not only was it built, but the 12 main buildings were also arranged in an array to form a mountain-protecting formation. With some high-tech equipment, the defense capability was even higher.
Once the building is formed, it will definitely not fall into the fortress, and it will have no problem hitting a nuclear bomb head-on.
At that time, this will be a kingdom of God, a kingdom of God on earth!
In order to ensure the progress of the project, Xi Tong adopted a method of working day and night, working in three shifts.
But Xi Tong underestimated the resilience of people in this world. Eight hours of high-intensity work is just a warm-up for them. Many workers work 12 hours, 16 hours or even 18 hours.
Machines may not be as diligent as they are.
It was at this moment that Xi Tong understood why Qin Shihuang could build huge projects that even future generations would not be able to complete in an era when social productivity was extremely low.
Xi Tong believes that even the labor slaves in Qin Shihuang's time could not compare with these.
Because Qin Shihuang's slaves were forced to work, but these people in front of them were active workers.
In this regard, Xi Tong could only lament that the power of faith is so powerful that it can make the impossible possible.
Feeling the power of faith that continues to gather, Xi Tong has a deeper understanding of the meaning of "faith" and a more thorough understanding.
They are the link between the spiritual world and the material world. Powerful spirits can act on matter and even change matter.
Faith comes from ordinary believers, but ordinary believers do not have the ability to use the power of faith. Gods can use it, but they cannot believe in themselves.
"System, please make statistics on how much power of faith the Qing Empire contributed in total."
The system immediately gave the result: 2.7 billion.
In less than two months, the Qing Empire contributed 2.7 billion in faith power, and most of it was obtained in the next month.
With the spread of Amway, the sales scope of small cards will become wider and wider, Xi Tong will have more and more believers, and the power of faith will increase day by day.
At this moment, Xi Tong admired the Jack Ma system. It did not produce the power of faith, it was just a porter of the power of faith.
Transforming ordinary people's persistence and desire for money into the power of faith, and then collecting this power of faith, is much more convenient, faster and more effective than establishing a religion and worshiping gods.
Believers can abandon their faith, but they will never abandon their money.
As society develops to a higher and higher level, people's desire and dependence on money will become stronger and stronger, and eventually it will develop into something like sunshine, air and water, which cannot be parted from every minute.
The bustle in the world is all for the benefit of coming, and the hustle and bustle of the world is all for the benefit of the going.
Nowadays, the land of Lingnan has become the sphere of influence of the Holy See, and people's homes enshrine statues of the main god of the system, as well as various small cards.
You have to choose a day and a place to worship other gods. You can worship the main god of the system at home. Lazy people who don’t want to go out like this kind of god the most.
Worshiping other gods is just like the goddess Si Zhui. There is no use in charging 200 million every day. But worshiping the main god of the system, worshiping each time will be remembered. Every effort is destined to be rewarded.
Brothers are still settling accounts, so why should faith pay unilaterally without expecting anything in return?
It's a bit philistine, and it's incompatible with the otherworldly fireworks of gods, right?
It's not in line with the religious people's attitude of "If you believe it, believe it, if you don't believe it, go away and don't disturb my ascension".
Since gods don’t eat the fireworks of the world, why do they still engage in religion?
Since we don’t help believers solve their problems, why should we accept incense and faith from others? What’s the difference between accepting gifts and not doing anything?
Reciprocity.
It is natural for believers to exchange spiritual beliefs for material rewards from gods.
"Material reward" can be items such as vegetables, rice, oil, and salt, it can be elixirs that can cure all diseases, or it can be protection that turns disaster into good luck...
In short, there is no free lunch in this world, even gods are no exception.
A god who blindly takes without knowing anything in return will not last long, and the power of faith he wrests from believers will turn into karma.
Why does God like to cause great floods to destroy the world?
Because he took too much power of faith, but he didn't do anything. There was too much karma involved in him, so he simply killed all the creditors and settled everything.
Xi Tong gained a lot of knowledge and experience during his trip to heaven, especially the tricks used by gods to play tricks on believers.
The more you know, the deeper your understanding of religion will be.
No matter what religion, stripped of the artificial decoration of "holiness", "light" and "fraternity", they are actually the interests of Chiguoguo.
There is no unreasonable preference.
God also has seven emotions and six desires, and they are more intense and persistent.
God will favor ordinary living beings, and will sacrifice everything for ordinary living beings, but not all.
In most cases, God prefers the kind of creature he/she is born into.
Just like Xi Tong is from Earth, so he is more partial to his compatriots on Earth, but in the Manchu Empire in the parallel world, Xi Tong does not have any superfluous feelings.
Even though there are yellow-skinned people here, there is no blood-thicker-water bond. At best, they are just a group of familiar strangers.
Regarding this world, Xi Tong upholds the most primitive exchange of interests.
Faith is exchanged for material rewards, and everything is clearly marked with a price.
At best, Xi Tong only controls the pricing power.
For example, a fifty-cent lighter should be worshiped 100 times.
Compared with Xi Tong, the salary of the Fifty Cent Party members is simply not too high.
"It's not enough. The power of faith is still too little. We must speed up!" [Update soon]