Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 42 Stabilizing People’s Heart
In the city of Arequipa, Liu Pu stood alone in the courtyard and paced back and forth.

Seven or eight days passed, and there was still no news from Li Mingyuan. The chance of getting the treasure was getting smaller and smaller.

During the days when Li Mingyuan was away, the Chinese troops sent out to carry out the occupation mission left behind a part of the city defense troops, and the main force gradually turned back to Arequipa. Along with the Chinese troops returned, they brought not only a large amount of supplies, but also tens of thousands of rescued Chinese workers.

The entire southern part of Peru was occupied by the Chinese Independence Army. All the Chinese workers in the occupied areas were rescued. The total number of Chinese workers reached 120,000. With so many Chinese workers gathered together, the daily material consumption was unimaginable for ordinary people.

These days, Liu Pu has been busy resettling the newly rescued Chinese workers on the one hand, and arranging the distribution and management of materials on the other. Even with the help of Zhao Yan and Sun Bin, Liu Pu is still too busy to stop.

Among the Chinese workers in South America, except for some people in the Taiping Army who could read and write, the vast majority were illiterate.

Liu Pu gathered all the Chinese Independence Army members who could write, but he could only gather a hundred people.

With only one hundred men, Liu Pu was able to ensure that the Chinese troops would not cause any trouble.

However, Li Mingyuan had been away from the camp for seven or eight days, and Liu Pu gradually lost his composure. In the past two days, more than a dozen officers had come to ask about Li Mingyuan's whereabouts. Liu Pu blocked their way by saying that Li Mingyuan was leading the cavalry regiment for training, but this excuse would not last long, as others would sooner or later discover something unusual.

There was a rapid knock on the door, and Liu Pu temporarily put aside his worries.

"Chief of Staff, the treasure has been found, and the prince has ordered people to move the gold." The soldier who delivered the message said happily, panting.

"Great! Order Brigade Commander Wang to lead the First Mixed Brigade to set off immediately." Seven or eight days of waiting finally paid off. The worries in Liu Pu's mind immediately disappeared, and he said excitedly.

Near Lake Titicaca, Chinese soldiers continued to move gold out of the cave and placed it on the grass. Then another group of soldiers moved the gold onto the carriages, preparing to transport it away after all the gold was moved out.

"Ergou, you have made a great contribution by discovering the cave. Don't forget your old brother when you become rich in the future." said the Chinese soldier who was moving gold with Li Ergou.

"I don't dare to think of great achievements. It was the prince who actually found the gold."

"Ergou, don't be so modest. If you hadn't discovered the cave, the prince wouldn't have been able to find the gold."

After moving the box of gold in front to the open space, the Chinese soldier stopped and said.

"Have you heard about this thing?" Li Ergou and the soldiers carrying the gold sat under a tree to rest, and a soldier next to them said mysteriously.

"Tiedan, what's the matter?" Seeing Yang Tiedan's serious look, the soldiers who were taking a break surrounded him curiously.

"Do you know why hundreds of people in the cave didn't discover the secret of the cave wall, but only the prince did?"

"why?"

"Because the prince received guidance from the Heavenly Father."

"That's impossible. If the prince had received a warning from Heavenly Father, why didn't he discover the cave?"

"Idiot, have you forgotten that yesterday the other soldiers wanted to go back, but the prince insisted on waiting for another day?" Yang Tiedan said contemptuously.

More and more people gathered around Yang Tiedan, and most of them listened to him carefully.

"Let me tell you, it is said that the night before yesterday, the prince saw the Heavenly Father again in his dream. The Heavenly Father comforted the prince to wait one more day, and the gold would appear. That's why the prince didn't listen to other people's advice and went back."

"Also, did you see the prince discover the gold in the cave?"

"I was next to the prince at that time,"

"I'm here too," more than a dozen people raised their hands.

"Since everyone was here, you should have seen what the prince looked like when he knocked on the cave wall, right?"

Yang Tiedan gave hints little by little.

"The prince was still standing in the middle of the cave. Later, as if he was guided, he walked towards the wall woodenly." A soldier recalled Li Mingyuan's performance at that time.

"Now that you put it like that, I remember that the prince was like a puppet, being manipulated by others to walk towards the cave wall."

"Everyone saw the prince's behavior at that time. Do you know who has behaved like this before?"

"Who is it?" The soldier next to him was attracted by Yang Tiedan's questions. "When the Father of Heaven descended upon the King of the East, his expression was similar to that of the Crown Prince." Yang Tiedan revealed the answer.

"Are you saying that God has come down to earth again?" the soldiers around him said in disbelief.

"Of course, if Heavenly Father hadn't come down to earth to guide the prince, how could the prince have discovered the secret of the cave wall?"

"God has come down to earth again, and he has not abandoned us." An old Taiping soldier sobbed and cried out of excitement.

The cries of the Taiping veterans alarmed the soldiers who were carrying gold, and they all looked over here.

Li Mingyuan also heard the old soldier's cry, stopped the work in his hands and walked forward.

After listening to Tiedan's explanation, Li Mingyuan waved his hand and asked all the soldiers to stop their work and gather around him.

"Brothers, some brothers said that they saw Heavenly Father possessing me. I can tell you that this is true."

Li Mingyuan glanced majestically at the soldiers on all sides and continued, "In the past, the Heavenly Father possessed the East King, so the East King was able to command the Taiping Army to victory.

Later, the Heavenly King killed the Eastern King without authorization, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Heavenly Father. Since then, the Heavenly Father has never come down to earth again, and the Taiping Army failed on the mainland without the guidance of the Heavenly Father. "After saying this, Li Mingyuan paused to give the soldiers time to react.

Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, had unique military capabilities, and most of the Taiping Army's early victories were achieved under his command.

Yang Xiuqing pretended to be God's descendant to earth and seized power in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but was later killed by the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan.

Yang Xiuqing had a high prestige in the Taiping Army because he was possessed by God. In the minds of most Taiping Army members, Yang Xiuqing's status was higher than Hong Xiuquan.

After Yang Xiuqing's death, the Taiping Army suffered successive defeats and was eventually suppressed by the Qing Army. The remaining Taiping Army fled to South America.

"If the Heavenly King hadn't killed the Eastern King, we would have defeated the Qing army and established the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth long ago." A soldier below said angrily.

"The Heavenly King and the Eastern King are both sons of Heavenly Father. The Heavenly King must have killed the Eastern King, angering Heavenly Father, which is why Heavenly Father did not descend to the mortal world later."

The soldiers below were talking about it, and most of them were dissatisfied with the Heavenly King killing the Eastern King.

The Taiping Army in South America was different from the previous Taiping Army. After experiencing the Tianjing Incident and the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the remaining Taiping Army no longer had blind superstition about the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan. Instead, they blamed him for killing the Eastern King and the demise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Most of the soldiers were dissatisfied with Hong Xiuquan and even full of hatred.

"Brothers, stop and listen to me." Li Mingyuan spoke up to stop the discussion.

"Heavenly Father told me in a dream that this gold is the last gift from Heavenly Father to us.
Moreover, Heavenly Father also told me that the southern part of Brazil has fertile land and a suitable climate, making it an ideal place to establish a country.
Heavenly Father calls us to abandon the desert areas in southern Peru and move to southern Brazil to rebuild the Kingdom of Heaven.

Brothers, are you still willing to listen to the instructions of Heavenly Father? " Li Mingyuan said loudly at the end of the sentence.

"I will believe in God until I die." Li Mingyuan's answer was a loud roar that echoed throughout the valley.

The power of faith is infinite. The remnants of the Taiping Army had lost their faith and stayed in the mine in despair, waiting to die.

Li Mingyuan's arrival saved them from despair and death, and gave them a little faith again.
With the support of a little faith in their hearts and the desire for life, the Chinese Independence Army, under the leadership of Li Mingyuan, fought continuously for more than a month and finally wiped out the southern Peruvian army, gaining a chance to catch their breath.

Li Mingyuan gave them faith again, so in the hearts of the Chinese workers in South America, Li Mingyuan was the leader chosen by God to lead them to rebuild the kingdom of heaven.

"The Heavenly Father told me in the dream that the path had been pointed out to us. From now on, the Heavenly Father will not come to earth again. Whatever happens next will depend on our own efforts."

It was impossible to hide nearly 400 tons of gold from the Chinese soldiers, so Li Mingyuan used the excuse of God coming down to earth and claimed that the gold was a gift from God in order to reassure the soldiers.

Religious beliefs can strengthen the faith of soldiers during wars, but building a country based on religion is very detrimental to the country's future development.
Therefore, Li Mingyuan used the excuse of the last descent of God to point out the strategic intention of moving into southern Brazil, and on the other hand blocked the negative impact that religion might cause after the founding of the country.

The existence of faith is necessary. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Mingyuan will reform the God Worshipping Society, retaining its core ideas of equality for all and equality between men and women, adding some ideas of patriotism, self-respect and self-confidence, and eliminating bad content such as fanatical beliefs.

The reformed Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will be beneficial to uniting Chinese workers in South America and accelerating the development of the country.

Li Mingyuan's speech was very successful. The 7,000 soldiers present once again strengthened their admiration for him and had confidence in moving into southern Brazil.

Although the soldiers felt disappointed when Li Mingyuan said that God would no longer come down to earth, they were full of confidence in the future of the Chinese Independence Army when they thought of Li Mingyuan, the leader chosen by God.

(End of this chapter)