Chapter 61: Praying is useful
October, the day after the full moon night.
This is the traditional festival of the continent of Pendor - the Goddess's Blessing Day, also known as the Winter Festival.
The people of Pendor believe that this day marks the beginning .
When winter comes, people will pray for the goddess' blessing so that they can successfully survive the cold winter and welcome the spring of the new year.
Cold winters often mean disaster and death on this continent.
For thousands of years, every winter, the mountain folk and savages of the Misty Mountains would move out in large numbers - the entire northern part of the continent would be covered in ice and snow in winter, and the cold air from the north would meet the ocean monsoon from the west, causing large-scale ice storms.
The people of the Misty Mountain Tribe who live in ice and snow all year round will not be affected by this harsh environment, but the warriors in the center of the continent are different.
The biting cold wind combined with the ice and snow will make it difficult for most of the kingdom's warriors to move their hands and feet. Whether it is a human or a horse, their combat effectiveness in this environment will be much lower than usual, and the effectiveness of scouts and watchtowers will also be greatly reduced.
All advantages and disadvantages come from horizontal comparison.
In other seasons, the Misty Mountain tribe, with their poor equipment and tactics, are no match for the Kingdom warriors or Jatu cavalry.
But in this kind of winter, they will become extremely terrifying enemies, in a sense even more terrifying than the Jatu people - there is only one Jatu grassland, and their routes and goals are traceable. It is either Changhe Town, Lion Lake City, or Xiaofu City in the Northern Raven Kingdom.
But the Misty Mountains, from north to east, half-surrounded the northern part of the entire continent - no one knew where they would descend from the mountains, and no one knew where they would attack...
The only thing we know is that they come down the mountain to rob every year because the people of Misty Mountain also need to store food for the winter.
Likewise, if the Jatu people were harassed by the Misty Mountain people, they would also try to plunder the kingdom. They also need food...
The pirates in the west also need to store food for the winter - the northwest coast of the continent may be frozen, and they will face several months of no income.
Therefore, the winter in Pendor is often a time of constant war.
It's not because of hatred, everyone is trying to survive.
Therefore, when winter comes, people will pray for the goddess' blessing so that they can successfully survive the cold winter and welcome the spring of the new year.
In fact, due to the geographical location of Maixiangling, the village did not feel the cold winter, but everyone gathered in the small square that had just been leveled in the center of the village.
Because Leon erected a statue of the goddess of order, Eunomia, in the center of the village, and prayed for good luck with his subjects.
This is just a wooden statue about one meter tall, rough and simple, but still looks quite spirited. The carpenter who was responsible for the carving obviously put a lot of effort into it.
Moreover, this Eunomia has a sun and moon pendant on her chest, not a lion head.
Perhaps for modern people, spending manpower to create sculptures of gods in the early stages of territory development feels like a waste of resources.
But in this era, such a major event concerning the beliefs and customs of the people cannot be taken lightly.
The most important affairs of a state are sacrifices and war.
This "sacrifice" refers to controlling people's hearts through this seemingly useless ritual.
Except for Anson, Sarah and the people of Mettenheim, all the subjects are believers of the Goddess of Order.
The ceremony was brief but formal, and the lord showed unprecedented respect towards the gods.
You've traveled through time, it would be a joke if you still insist on being an atheist. Even if you don't believe in it, you have to at least respect the customs.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but when he saluted the goddess as a knight, Leon felt that the wooden statue seemed to smile.
But when you look closely, there is no change.
Maybe my eyes are blurry...
Just after Li Ang completed the blessing ceremony, he heard the sound of good luck coming.
"My Lord! My Lord! Miss Sarah and Miss Leslie are back!"
Anson, who believed in the God of Creation, did not participate in this event. He ran back from the west entrance of the village with excitement on his face.
"They brought back a caravan and many merchants, sir! Countless merchants!"
Li Ang grinned and bowed to the goddess sincerely again.
It seems that building a statue really works - the lord actually became rich that day!
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During the period when the territory was booming, Sarah took Klose and his friends to several places.
Erminede, Changhe Town, Kwen, Sirenmis...
They were all relatively large noble territories in the eastern region. She had only not been to Troublen, because that place was relatively close to the Dengil Mountains. It would be troublesome if they insisted on conducting an on-site inspection...
Wherever she went, Sarah would promote this good project to the local nobles.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune, a gold mine that has never been mined!"
"Think about it, this means a mint! Minting gold coins yourself! As long as there is enough capital to start the project, the profits..."
The nobles were drooling, but they soon came to their senses.
"Why don't you just do such a good thing on your own? Why do you have to get others to invest?"
Sarah would explain with a charming smile -
"Think about it, if you discovered a gold mine, would you dare to keep it all by yourself? What would you do if it was robbed by bandits or 'some other army'?"
"My master is not a fool. If more lords are allowed to invest and participate, everyone will protect their own industries together... What do you think?"
Therefore, the nobles "fully" understood the intention of this joint-stock company. After all, the entire kingdom was like a joint-stock company, and it was common sense that anyone who wanted to take all the benefits would be attacked from ancient times to the present.
But some nobles still have such doubts——
"The project of the Montesni Corporation sounds good, but I have never heard of the Mai Xiangling... Could it be fake?"
Then Sarah would take out Lord Godric's subscription form -
"Come on, everyone, if your eyesight is still good, you should be able to recognize whose seal this is, right?"
"Lord Godric, a famous general who has lived in White Hart Castle for a long time, is the executive director of our company! Do you think Lord Godric is a fool?"
"If you still have any concerns, you can go and ask Lord Godric for clarification. He is in Changhe Town now!"
With this set of rhetoric, Sarah persuaded the surrounding nobles to willingly invest money to subscribe for shares.
Of course, it is not ruled out that some nobles were fascinated by Sarah's appearance and paid money in exchange for a piece of parchment called "stock".
In fact, some people were still worried and insisted on going to Changhe Town in person - but in the end they all handed the dinar to Godric with satisfaction.
By the way, he was also scolded by Godric: "You don't even recognize my seal? You look down on me, right? I won't help you get rich next time!"
In this way, the executives of Montesney successfully completed their listing process - Sarah's persuasiveness was quite reliable.
