Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 17 Pingyang
After the miracles,
Although what He Bo did was not a big deal, it still brought great shock to ordinary people.

After all, this is the first verifiable "apparition of ghosts and gods" in thousands of years.

When ordinary people want to worship gods, they naturally like to choose gods that are "effective" to worship -

can only say,
Pragmatism is innate in the Chinese blood.

The various wishes and prayers that He Bo has received during this period have become much richer in content.

He Bo had never made any clear statement before, and the witches only kept saying things like "If you don't sacrifice a girl to He Bo, floods will occur and Ye County will be submerged", which is something no one would care about in later generations.

Limited by the lack of historical experience, the local people in the Warring States Period mostly made wishes only to pray that He Bo would not get angry and destroy their fields and cities.

After all, writing letters and offerings to ghosts and gods requires energy and preparation.

If the prayers don't work, the attitude of the petitioners will mostly be normal, and they will just go through the motions.

Well now,

After seeing that He Bo was indeed capable and could communicate, some people began to pray for more things.

Some people hope to pick up money, some hope to meet a good person, or some hope to catch more fish...

In general,

They are all very simple.

Very consistent with this era.

In order to get more people to pray, He Bo would occasionally help people realize their wishes——

Like a fisherman,

He could reel in a bunch of fish with just a few reels, and it made people ecstatic to cast the net.

Anyway, there are fewer people at this time, and there are insects, animals, birds and fish everywhere. There are rich species of fish in the Zhangshui River basin, so there is no need to feel sorry.

As for seeking marriage, just throw the two people into the dream, blur their perception, and let them have some impression after waking up but not remember it too clearly -

The reason for doing this is to prevent the negotiations from failing and causing embarrassment to both parties.

If you are willing, then after exchanging certain information in the dream, and since you are all from Ye, you will be able to see the real person in two days.

But there is a group of people around whom He Bo is most helpless.

That is the old couple who, before coming to the temple, burned wooden boards covered with documents every day, hoping that He Bo would show mercy and allow them to see their daughter again.

Ever since the "appearance of the River God", in addition to the joy brought to the villagers of Ye by the water diversion, the most gratified ones were the couple who were unfortunate enough to have their daughter chosen as a sacrifice.

Because they believed that their daughter was not dead, but was really with Ha Bo.

Even though Ximen Bao later reiterated and convicted the witch, saying that she "falsely spread the ideas of ghosts and gods, made money and harmed people, which made He Bo displeased, and he waited until the witch left before showing his divine power in front of people", there was no way to calm them down.

After all, the pain of losing a daughter is so heavy.

Now that they finally have the possibility to divert their pain, they would rather deceive themselves and find an outlet to vent their inner grief than to really believe that their daughter is dead, has sunk to the bottom of the water and has become fish food!
However, He Bo was not clear about whether the soul existed after death.

During this time,

There were no dead people in Ye County, so He Bo did not have the opportunity to conduct research.

What's more, the person had already died before He Bo, and he couldn't reverse time and bring the dead back to life.

therefore,

While everyone praised the "efficaciousness of the River God," the ghosts and gods did not respond to these heartbroken people.

He Bo could only dream and ask Ximen Bao to take better care of those people.

As for the gentry who participated in it and have not been punished yet, Ximen Bao will deal with them carefully. After squeezing them dry, he will execute them according to the law to appease the people.

After all, doing big things,
It also requires money.

If we push them into a corner and ask them to run away with the money, it will only make the situation in Ye County worse.

……

"But do souls really exist?"

He Bo let a small fish swim through his fingers.

just,

He experimented with the effects of healing magic on this fish.

There are many ferocious carnivorous fish in the Zhang River, and that small fish was unfortunately the target of their attack.

But rather,
The small fish that had a piece of meat bitten off did not die immediately and still had some life left.

of course,

If this continued, he would definitely die. Seeing this, He Bo was impressed by the "tenacity of life" and tried his own "healing technique".

In this era, injuries are very common. You can get injured even when you go out to chop wood or collect grass.

A cold breeze may cause a person to catch a cold, have a fever, and even die.

Therefore, health has become one of the important things that all living beings pray to ghosts and gods.

"...Sure enough, as long as it involves specific people, this law is no longer applicable."

There is a golden finger.
There is naturally no problem with "healing techniques".

After all, there are no restrictions.
As long as the law has not been exhausted, He Bo can use it however he wants.

The issue is--

not enough!
The amount of mana consumed to treat a small fish is even higher than the previous "Manifestation of Divinity".

It can be seen that the more living things are, the more difficult it is for He Bo to deal with them.

In other words, only humans, with their well-developed brains and rich thoughts, can make the most of illusions, a technique that misleads the senses and weaves dreams.

“We need to find a way to increase the legal ceiling.”

"No matter what, we have to reduce the consumption... I'm going to lose everything if I save a fish. How can I be a good god who cares about this little fish?"

He Bo got out of the river and onto the shore. The human figure he transformed into gathered his sleeves and walked slowly in the night wind.

"I wonder if it would be possible to improve if we spread the He Bo faith to all parts of the Zhangshui River Basin and control all the tributaries at the same time."

At present, He Bo
We have only taken control of the main stream of the Zhangshui River, which is not yet the complete "Zhangshui River".

If there were no incense and vows to charge ahead, and to dissipate the repulsive force of other tributaries and mountains and rivers to resist He Bo's "invasion", and at the same time help He Bo to control them, I am afraid that his progress can only be achieved by slow work, bit by bit of endurance.

it's good now,

He Bo can try more.

Give full play to his subjective initiative and see if things will go as he expected after he becomes a "complete body".

……

Pingyang,

A large city downstream of the main stream of the Zhang River, currently under the jurisdiction of the State of Zhao.

And because there are so many places with the same name in the world, He Bo is not sure whether Pingyang of Zhao State is the place where the famous "Battle of Pingyang" took place in later generations.

However, this time, He Bo did not come to see any "historical sites" of later generations.

He was looking for the dying.

Ye County is desolate, with a large population loss and limited manpower, so the chance of He Bo being able to observe whether "people have souls after death" is very low.

Over at Tongdi,

The situation was not yet completely under control, and after He Bo came ashore, he was unable to move freely.

Therefore, it is better to choose a big city located on the main stream of Zhangshui River where He Bo can give full play to his abilities.

This time,
Since it involves something like "soul" which is invisible and intangible, He Bo did not make a big fuss to show the presence of "He Bo".

He just went ashore silently and walked into Pingyang City, which had already closed its gates after sunset.

The night wind passed through He Bo's invisible body.
The moonlight also poured down on the ground, leaving no trace behind.

In addition to He Bo's self-perception,

Because of his identity as a "human", his consciousness is still outside the human form.
In the eyes of mortals, he is just a piece of air.

Some nocturnal animals ran through this ball of air without knowing it, and only realized what they had experienced at the end. Then they stood up, squeaked, and ran away quickly on their four short legs.

He Bo burst out laughing.

Then he became curious again.

"Looking at the behavior of this fur ball, it's obvious that it has some perception... Could it be that animals can detect my presence?"

He Bo recalled that countless studies in later generations had proven that some animals and plants possessed special perception abilities that were much more extensive than humans, and some even had the ability to "never get lost no matter how they fly" and "predict geological disasters."

"Sure enough, all living beings have their own strengths and weaknesses, it's hard to compare them!"

He Bo looked at the fur ball that had just squeaked and was obviously frightened, and thought of the mortal again.

Someone as smart and determined as Ximen Bao, after just one magic trick, he shouted "ghosts and gods".

So, because of his overactive imagination, he is indeed a target of illusion special attacks.

(End of this chapter)