Chapter 20 Faith is forced out! (2)

  At this moment, not only the more than 400 poor students were stunned, but Adolf, who was sitting in the carriage smoking opium, also opened his eyes. "Hey, Ye Lao Da, you're heading in the wrong direction! The 500 students are your target, and there are only some worthless people in the mountain valley opposite!"

  "Mr. Adolf, how much do you know about the people of Yan and Huang before the Great Catastrophe?"

  Ye Huan returned to the carriage, picked up a piece of roasted meat and slowly cut it into small pieces. After savoring a small mouthful, he burst out laughing, "A certain person among the炎黄 people once said, 'The intention of the drunkard is not in the wine!'"

  Adolf's eyes became even more bewildered, and when it came to his ancestral homeland, he was a German from before the Great Calamity, a descendant of the Yan and Huang emperors. To him, they were just a group of strange people with black hair and black eyes from ten million eight thousand miles away, whose only characteristic was that there were too many of them, more than even the Jews he despised.

  "Don't you understand?" Ye Huan tried to explain, "Perhaps you can understand it this way, I'm going to find those 8,000 farmers and workers now, just to win over these 500 followers. Hmm, there's also a phrase in the Yan Huang people that goes like this: 'Body outside, mind inside!'"

  "Alright, alright, my dear marijuana, you are the one I love...". Adolf gave up asking any further questions, for him, the implicit Eastern way of thinking was even more incomprehensible than the price of marijuana.

  Ye Huan's performance began soon after.

  As his convoy entered the only open space in Black Valley, without his summons, the blacksmiths of Black Valley who had never been visited before came out under the decoration of the luxurious convoy and the temptation of wine and meat flavor. In addition, the coachmen deliberately shouted a few times, and thousands of workers quickly surrounded Ye Huan's side.

  But their attitude...

  "Hey!" A burly man pointed at Ye Huan with a drunken gaze, "Which noble family's young master is this, bringing so much wine and meat? Are you here to go on an outing during the New Year... Ha ha, should I call you stupid or a fool who's lost his mind from having too much money?"

  "Oh, oh, oh, and there's even charcoal-grilled meat... At Hei Gu's grilled meat place, dear old master, aren't you afraid of being robbed by us? Do you know? Jie Gexi deducted three months' salary from us, the grandpas' bellies are growling..."

  Ye Huan smiled slightly, ignoring these people. Only when the farmers made too much noise would he let Adolph come out to intimidate them. Finally, when more than 400 students swept away the snow and appeared on this open land, he slowly got up.

  "Hey, mister, what are you doing!"

  Ye Huan arrived at the rear compartment and suddenly opened the door, only to see a small peasant worker huddled beside the charcoal fire, gobbling down food in a wolfish manner. He was so desperate that he didn't even notice his wrist had been scorched red by the stove flames. "Oh, Master, you know it's New Year's today and I haven't eaten for two days..."

  "Sir, I didn't mean to say this, but are you also a believer of the Heavenly Father's teachings?"

  The little fellow stared for a moment, "Of course, we are all followers of the Heavenly Father. Otherwise, Jiggs would not have deceived us into building a theological seminary."

  "What about the gods you believe in?"

  The little guy smiled wryly, "Old master, we are only low-born people, just a tiny bit higher than slaves in status. Do you think the Heavenly Father would bless us and appoint a deity for us to worship?"

  The Heavenly Father's teachings are like this, it's easy to become a believer, but if you want to become a direct follower of a certain deity, then you need a series of identity and qualification certifications. Ye Huan laughed loudly with everyone, nodding in agreement, "That's right, you're all correct, no deity would like a follower who can't provide them with offerings... But, Dandan is an exception!"

  "Huh?"

  Bang!

  Bang!

  Bang!

  Ye Huan stood on the carriage and clapped his hands, whereupon the carters opened their respective carriages, revealing forty large carts full of goods. The breathing of several thousand farmers became urgent in an instant. Because the things inside the carriages were actually cheese, flour, pork, fine wine, and roasted meat that was already cooked and enough for them to have a big feast... These were the very things they had been dreaming of having during the New Year!

  Ye Huan's next performance was quite straightforward. He placed a roasted lamb leg in front of the little guy, "Sir, I represent Brother Dan to invite you, are you willing to become a follower of the Salvation Sect?"

  This little guy stared at the lamb's leg, wanting to reach out and grab it, but was too afraid. "You're saying... as long as I believe in Brother Dan, I can..."

  "Yes, you will get this leg of mutton, your wife will get a bag of flour, and your son, daughter... Oh, they are still far away in your hometown? But don't worry, the Salvation Army will mail them a small New Year's gift, not expensive, but at least it can make them not lose face when playing with their little friends."

  Gulu.

  After swallowing several mouthfuls of saliva in succession, he half-knelt down and kissed the black goat pendant in Ye Huan's hand after confirming that he could really get them without paying any price.

  "Hey, old man!" Another farm worker's voice came over, "I'm also willing to believe in Brother Dan, then I can..."

  "Of course, as you've seen, I brought forty large carts of gifts!"

  "What about me?"

  "It's all right, it's all right. The merciful Dan Ge teaches us to say that universal love is the greatest love of the new humanity, so our Salvationist will never underestimate your identity and ignore your faith!"

  As she spoke, Ye Huan also glanced at the outermost part of the crowd, those more than 400 poor students who were staring at her - their eyes were already filled with anger, and their expressions had become somewhat ferocious, obviously hating Ye Huan to the bone.

  On one side is a luxurious feast of wine and meat, on the other side is hunger pangs.

  On one hand, there are joyful farmers and workers; on the other hand, students who have been squeezed dry of their last penny by the college and can only exchange shoveling snow for a place to live.

  An absolutely striking contrast!

  But strangely, after the initial anger, when the students saw Adolf standing here and knew they couldn't bully Ye Huan anymore, they simply walked back to their respective thatched huts. And just as they sat down on the grass mats, the anger in their hearts suddenly weakened, turning into a thread of... envy!

  Even several students opened the window to sneak a peek, and when they saw that nearly 8,000 residents of Heiwa Valley had converted to Dang Ge, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva - just like the little guy earlier.

  "Have you finally realized our true intentions?"

  Ye Huan instructed the coachmen to maintain order and gave Adolf a wink.

  Two people slipped out from the back of the fleet and walked towards a thatched hut on the road. Adolph muttered in doubt, "Hey, boss, isn't that Amy's place...Amy, one of the five hundred poor students, has been ridiculed by you twice in a row, aren't you afraid he'll take revenge on you?"

  "He won't!"

  Ye Huan was filled with confidence, "Because I have already hypnotized his mindset... Do you know, the change in human mentality comes from comparison to a large extent. Just like when I first ridiculed them at the back mountain, I used the preferential treatment of 108 followers to contrast with their reality of being homeless soon. As a result, they felt regretful, angry, and even a few people hated me so much that they wanted to kill me. But... I also planted the seeds of envy in them!"

  "Up to now, these five hundred fellow students have reached the end of their tether. The proud elite students of the Divine Academy actually have to rely on doing hard labor for migrant workers just to get a small place to settle down... isn't it ironic?"

  Just at this moment, I added another fire and gave these 8,000 farmers the thing they had been dreaming of... The joy of 8,000 people, compared to the bleakness of their previous 500, may still make them angry, but more than that, the seed of envy has also sprouted, and their true thoughts will also make me a little dependent on them, hoping that I can bestow this generous treatment on them as well!

  Ye Huan concluded with a smile, "In psychological hypnosis, this is called transference. The general idea is that after extreme contrasting pressure, the human mind will undergo some subtle changes... just like how some women may even fall in love with their rapists, these students will also surrender to me, this rascal!"

  Adolf hung his head and took a drag on the marijuana...

  Ye Huan patted his shoulder, "Don't understand, right? Alright, regardless of whether you understand or not, just remember that at times like these, I only need to give them a way out and take care of their dignity, then..."

  As he spoke, he pushed open the door of this student's house.