Chapter 64: Starting the Mountain God Caravan (Part 2)

Yes, that's right.

They both set their sights on Carpenter Zhao.

Things that have been blessed by the mountain god can drive away monsters.

They had not thought about expanding outside before because they felt that Carpenter Zhao could not handle it all by himself. The good things were not enough for them to use themselves, so how could they have any extra to sell outside?

But it's different now.

The lessons learned from the road to the village made them realize that no matter how powerful Lord Mountain God was, He could only exert influence within His own territory. If they wanted to obtain Lord Mountain God’s complete protection, they had to move their entire living circle into Lord Mountain God’s territory.

Isn’t it just inviting more people to create the Three Temples?

They did it.

"We all need to be careful. Some villages believe in evil gods. We should leave these villages behind and see how they develop."

"Yes, the Mountain God has just awakened not long ago. We can't give Him too much trouble. What if we can't defeat Him? We have to give the Mountain God time to develop. The evil gods outside are all like this."

"We make a different kind for the ones sold outside to distinguish them from the ones we use ourselves so as to avoid confusion."

"Just call it the amulet, and don't mention the name of the mountain god, so that people won't ask about it."

"If we don't tell them the name of the Mountain God, how will they know it's the Mountain God? What if they make a mistake?"

"Then make a mark on the amulet, and we will discuss it with Carpenter Zhao. He has a lot of experience and will definitely know more than us."

"good!"

…

Hearing their ideas, Carpenter Zhao did not object. After thinking for a while, he said, "If you want to sell them, you must sell them in large quantities. I can't do much in a day. So how about this, let's make something simple and make a small wooden sign to hang on the bracelet."

As he spoke, he took out a small thumb-sized sign from a batch of semi-finished products, carved a mountain on the front and wrote a word on the back, and asked the skillful aunties and grandmas in the village to weave a simple pattern with hemp rope and then string it on.

If you think it is too simple, you can also carve some wooden beads and put them on.

Good-looking and affordable.

"Whether the amulet is effective or not depends mainly on the brand. We just need to make sure that the brand is blessed by the mountain god."

Village chiefs Tongna and Wumu both looked in agreement.

"This brand will be sold outside from now on. Don't sell it to the villagers anymore."

"good!"

…

After returning to the village, Village Chief Tong Na summoned all the villagers.

He first scolded the troublemakers, and when he saw them lower their heads one by one, he told them the "compensation plan" that he and the village chief of Wumu had discussed.

Two brick houses were required as compensation every day. The people who had been obedient before were immediately dissatisfied, especially Tong Laogen, who took the lead in shouting, "Why? How can a little kid like him live in such a large area? And brick houses, two of them? I haven't even moved in yet, why should we build one for him?"

He turned around and gestured to the others, "Don't you agree? You've worked so hard for so many years, and how many of you have brick and tile houses? Why is it that when that little fool grows up a little, we have to use bricks and labor to build him a house?"

"Village chief, he can't be your son's child, right?"

…

Village chief Tong Na didn't expect that the other person's family members had died and that the dirty water could be thrown on the other person and his own family. He was furious.

"Tong Laogen, shut up! You know nothing, you know nothing! You keep calling me a little fool. How many times have I told you that my name is Ming Qi? Ming Qi, do you know? Lord Mountain God personally approved it."

Tong Laogen: "I don't know anything. I only know that so many people in our village can't afford to live in brick houses, but you insist on asking us to build two houses for a kid like you. Who knows what you are thinking? You are abusing your power for personal gain!"

"I'm going to kill your father!" Village Chief Tong Na cursed. "I've been the village chief for so many years. When have I never considered our village? If I hadn't taken you to the next village to invite the mountain god back, would you have the good life you have now? Did the chestnut tree and the pear tree in your yard fall from the sky?"

Tong Laogen muttered, "Even if you don't lead us, as long as we know the existence of the Mountain God, we will definitely go and ask for him."

"You know nothing! Where were you when that demon beast was rampaging in the village? Where were you when Ming Qi was helping us to stop the murderous alien?" Village Chief Tong Na roared, "I shamelessly begged the head of Yilan Village to give us half of the Mountain God's messenger, and you are still trying to stop me. What else can you do except hold us back? Do you think those are two brick houses? They are half of a messenger!"

Village chief Tong Na was so angry that he pointed at everyone and cursed them.

"You only know the little fool, the little fool. No one remembered when he was running for his life. If I hadn't asked my son to carry him to Yilan Village, he would have died!"

"He is not dead, so he is the messenger chosen by the mountain god."

"He was originally from our Nanxi Village, but because of you, he became from Yilan Village."

"Even if he is a divine messenger, he is only the divine messenger of Yilan Village. Do you know what a divine messenger is? He is a messenger who possesses divine power and represents the gods walking on earth. Most importantly, he can kill monsters!"

…

Everyone was shocked.

How is this possible?

How could that fool be a messenger of God?

He is a child!

"Impossible!" Tong Laogen said, "He's just a child, what does he know? How could he be a messenger of God? Village chief, you are not lying, are you?"

Village Chief Tong Na: "What's wrong with the child? When you met the strange man on the road, it was the child who saved you. Tong Laogen, you should have some shame! It is because of people like you that Ming Qi became a member of Yilan Village and served as a divine messenger for the Yilan Village. Even if we have a treasure, it will fall into the hands of others..."

The people around him quickly pulled Tong Laogen and said, "Just say less!"

"Yeah, Tong Laogen, please stop talking."

…

Tong Laogen shut his mouth, but he felt a little uncomfortable.

God is amazing, isn’t he?

The messenger of God is not the running dog of the evil god...

Tong Laogen froze when he realized that he had cursed the Mountain God. He quickly said sorry to the Mountain God in his heart. He said he didn't mean it. He didn't curse him but those wild gods and evil gods outside.

While he was distracted, Village Chief Tongna finally told him how shameless he was to finally "win" half of the God's messenger from Village Chief Wumu.

It's just two brick houses, but they can exchange them for half a divine envoy. Isn't that a good deal for them?

Compared to the outside world, two brick houses are nothing!

Even if every family emptied their savings and sent their daughters to sleep with other men, they might not be able to get even half of it.

Villager: "..."

There is also the possibility of the family being destroyed!

The reason why their village does not agree to believe in those gods is because those evil gods are difficult to serve. In addition to performing human sacrifices from time to time, they also have to provide for its messengers.

If you are lucky, you may meet a kind-hearted messenger of God, who will at most charge you some protection money. If he is not so kind...

hehe!

It's no big deal to stay alive, you never know when your family may be destroyed.

But if the messenger of God was replaced by Ming Qi, whom they had seen since childhood...

For such a young child, there doesn't seem to be much else except the mouth to feed and two brick houses. In a word, they also made money.

Everyone smiled and surrounded Village Chief Tong Na, saying good things about him and trying to make him happy.