Chapter 77 Livelihood
"Okay! Welcome to join!" Li Ming straightened his waist and said to Gao Wei seriously: "Anyone who joins my sect must strictly abide by the rules of this sect and will never abstain from the sect. Zhang Kui, you should be the introducer of Gao Wei's sect and read the rules of this sect to him."
Gao Wei hurriedly knelt in front of Zhang Kui, listening to Zhang Kui reading the teaching rules of the Medicine God Cult: "The Medicine God Cult takes the God of Medicine Mr. Li Ming as the leader, and takes it as his mission to save the people of the world. Based on the principles of allowing everyone to have enough food, wear warm clothes, live in a good house, have arable land, and have academic principles, unite people of all three religions and ninth ranks and other peoples in their lives, and once they enter the teachings, they will not betray them for life. If there is any violation, everyone will be punished. Gao Wei, do you understand?"
Gao Wei respectfully bowed three heads on the ground and replied: "Gao Wei understands that Gao Wei should use the rest of his life to do his best to the leader's great cause and ensure that he will finally be in the Medicine God Cult for the rest of his life."
Li Ming smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Gao, from now on, you will be a member of my religion. Everyone in my religion is brother, and there is no distinction between noble and humbleness. What our religion emphasizes is equality, fraternity, peace, and human rights, that is, everyone has various basic rights. This right is given by God and no one has the right to deprive it (Li Ming transplanted all the basic teachings of Catholicism). People in my religion must have a fraternity mind, help from all aspects, and influence people outside the religion. Do you understand?"
Gao Wei stood up and said excitedly: "Gao Wei understands it. Actually, I knew the teachings of this sect almost two years ago. This is the reason why I want to join the sect. Please rest assured, I, Gao Wei, will definitely not disappoint the leader. May I ask the leader, I, I, may I, know if my little girl, can join the sect?"
Li Ming smiled and said, "Of course, anyone can join my teaching. As long as the teacher thinks she has the qualification, then the teacher can be her introduction to the teaching. Well, now that we are all brothers, there is nothing wrong with us. At present, the most important thing is to overcome the difficulties in front of us first. I don't want anyone to die in front of me. Zhang Kui, please pass on my words as an order! First of all, no one is allowed to drink raw water. Several people must be arranged to take turns to boil water, and to ensure that anyone needs to drink boiled water when they want to drink water. Moreover, the water retrieved must be purified before it can be purchased and put into a pot. Aren't there many elm trees on the mountain? Mash the leaves and bark of the elm tree, put them in the retrieved water and stir, and then place it for about one When you are incense sticks, you can only pour the water on the top into the pot after the water becomes clear. This is the most important point. In addition, there should be tea trees on the mountain here. Send a few people to investigate. If there is any, pick more tea leaves and try to ensure that everyone has tea, because drinking tea can prevent cholera to a certain extent. Another point is to arrange a place for defecation near our station, which should be far away from the water source. Except for this place, no one is allowed to urinate or defecate in other places. After defecation, you have to find two people to do this. Usually, burn a few more fires around our station, put more wet firewood, and try to smoke all the flies in the text. Okay, Zhang Kui will first notify the things I arranged. Gao Wei, please keep it, I have something to say."
Zhang Kui agreed and hurriedly arranged things. Gao Wei helped Li Ming sit under a big tree, then carried a pot of water with Erniu. After several people finished scrubbing, Gao Wei sent Erniu away. Then Gao Wei lit a bonfire in front of Li Ming.
Looking at Gao Wei in front of him, Li Ming asked, "I don't know where Mr. Gao did things before? Can you tell me about your previous experience?"
Gao Wei said respectfully: "When Islam, Gao Wei was the top scholar in the Jinshi subject twenty-one years ago. After being selected by the Ministry of Personnel, he was appointed as the Minister of Revenue. I have been in the officialdom for decades, and have served as the prefect, general manager, and minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and finally became the Minister of Personnel. I worked as the Minister of Personnel for eight years, and I have experienced countless bloody storms during this period. The darkness in the officialdom has long been common, and I also know the suffering of the people in the world! But I am so incompetent Sometimes I was really tired of it. Just nine years ago, I had a quarrel with the emperor about the appointment of the crown prince. At that time, several adults and I strongly asked the emperor to make the eldest prince Li Song the crown prince as soon as possible so that the increasingly fierce disputes between the court and the clique ended as soon as possible. But the emperor was hesitant and eventually rejected our proposal. As a result, we offended the second prince and the third prince. Later, after discussion, we collectively resigned to the emperor. The second prince and the third prince were encouraged by the second prince. Next, the emperor agreed to our request. Alas! I was disheartened at that time! After saying goodbye to a few friends, I began to wander around the world. Within a year, I traveled around the world and witnessed too much suffering from the people. Finally, I lived in seclusion in this village at the foot of Taohua Mountain. Because I was well versed in medical skills, I lived here with my ability. When I had nothing to do, I would gather the children from several nearby villages together to teach them to read and also to teach them Some principles of being a human being. I was thinking at the time that I could not change the current situation with my own strength. If I could raise a group of children and pass on my ideas to them, and when they grew up, they could pass on them. This would be passed on from generation to generation. After a long time, many people would naturally agree with my ideas. It is difficult to guarantee that no great people would appear! If a few of them could pass the imperial examinations, they would also bring a refreshing atmosphere to the officialdom."
Hearing this, Li Ming smiled and interrupted Gao Wei's words: "Mr. Is the idea very good, but have you ever thought that based on the current officialdom system, social system, and imperial examination system can fundamentally change the current situation of the people? This is the key to my establishment of the Medical God Cult. I want to completely overturn the current social situation and re-establish an orderly system. To put it bluntly, I am going to rebel. Have you ever been mentally prepared for me?"
Gao Wei smiled slightly and said, "Since I have understood our teachings, can I still not understand the leader's thoughts? In fact, I knew half a month ago that with our teachings, we should let the people of the world live a good life, but why can we let them live a good life? The only thing we can do is to achieve the world. The leader rest assured that although I was an official, I had long been disappointed with the court, so now I have so firmly demanded to join the church. With the leader's kindness, if he wins the world, it would be a blessing for all people."
Li Ming nodded and said, "It's good that you understand. What we lack the most at the moment is talent. I hope your arrival can help me a lot. Okay, it's too late, so let's solve the current dilemma."
When the sun rose the next day, several people infected yesterday had basically controlled the symptoms of dehydration, but due to the lack of suitable medicinal herbs, the diarrhea of several people was still uncontrollable, which made Gao Wei and others busy early in the morning.
Li Ming leaned under the big tree, squinted his eyes, facing the rising sun, and looking at the busy crowd in front of him. It should be said that Zhang Kui's work efficiency is still quite high. In the past night, everything here has returned to orderly order. Everyone's division of labor is so detailed, showing his clever organizational methods.
A footstep stopped gently beside Li Ming, and a delicate voice rang in his ear: "Master, it's time for breakfast." With the sound, a small hand held a big sea bowl and handed it to Li Ming.
Li Ming quickly turned his head and saw Gao Ting standing beside him timidly, her crescent-like big eyes flashing, and she dared not meet her eyes.
Li Ming thanked him and took the big sea bowl. The bowl was filled with a large bowl of white rice, covered with a few pieces of cooked pork and a few green wild shepherd's purse.
Li Ming frowned and asked unhappily: "What's going on? Isn't there too much food? Why are you giving me such a big bowl of rice? What do you eat?"
Gao Ting glanced at Li Ming with a timid look and said softly: "Uncle Zhang told us to eat the best one for the leader, so we made white rice for the leader. There was a little pork left yesterday. Although it tasted a little, it was better than not. Besides, the leader had any injuries on his body, so he should eat more good things."
Li Ming handed the rice bowl to Gao Ting and said, "Since you call me the leader, you should listen to me. Pour this bowl of rice into a big pot and cook porridge together. You must have heard the teachings of this sect, that is, everyone is equal, so I can't eat this bowl of rice. Although I am very hungry now and I wish I could even swallow the rice bowl together, I can't. I am the leader, do you understand? Listen to my words and go quickly. When I come back, I bring me a bowl of porridge. I am really hungry."
After hearing his words, Gao Ting stood in front of Li Ming in embarrassment and refused to leave. Seeing this, Li Ming shouted cruelly: "Go quickly! I won't listen to my words? Do you still want to join the sect?"
Gao Ting was stunned for a moment, and a layer of mist suddenly rose from her crescent-like eyes. She held her rice bowl and turned around, and walked towards the woods step by step.
Li Ming felt guilty in his heart and opened his mouth to call her, but in the end he didn't make a sound.
After a while, Zhang Kui rushed over, holding the bowl of rice in his hand and knelt in front of Li Ming, holding the bowl of rice high and said, "The Little Love Sect is the host of this bowl of rice! The leader is a noble person. You must not be hungry when I am here. As long as the leader eats this bowl of rice, Zhang Kui is willing to receive any punishment from the leader." After saying that, he knelt down on his forehead for a long time.
Seeing him like this, Li Ming said coldly: "Zhang Kui, as the leader of the local church, why don't you understand the teachings of my teachings so much? Under such circumstances, I, as the leader, cannot seem too special. If you don't talk about them, you will think that the teachings of my teachings are all empty talk! So, today I will order you to put this bowl of rice into the porridge pot. You must understand that I am not pretending to be a pretender. This is my truth. If you don't even understand this, you don't have to be in my teachings. Do you understand?"
Zhang Kui raised his face full of tears and said, "The villain who the leader said understands the words of the leader, but the leader is seriously injured now. If he still eats the same porridge and wild vegetables as us, it will probably be detrimental to the leader's injuries! The leader is our hope, and we don't want the leader to have a few shorts here!"
Li Ming looked at Zhang Kui and smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, I am a doctor! Don't I understand my own injuries? I am weak now, and eating a little porridge is good for my body, so you should not persevere anymore. Go and bring me a bowl of porridge. I'm almost hungry. If you are stubborn here, you are irresponsible to me! Why don't you go quickly!"
Zhang Kui hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly agreed, turned around and ran to the woods quickly. In a short while, he and his daughter, each of them brought a bowl of porridge to Li Ming.
Li Ming drank two bowls of porridge in one breath, and his whole body was sweating profusely. He put down his bowl and shouted happily. The few people were happy in their eyes, and their eyes showed a happy expression.
Li Ming wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, turned his head and said apologetically to Gao Ting: "Miss Gao, I was so rude to you just now. I would like to forgive me."
A red cloud suddenly rose on Gao Ting's face, and she lowered her red neck and whispered: "Master, don't say that. I won't blame anything the leader says. I know that the leader is for everyone's sake."
Gao Wei stroked his long beard and smiled, "Master, I hope you don't have to be so polite in the future. We are not used to it. You are the Master, and you can say whatever you want. No one dares to be dissatisfied with you. The Master also knows that we don't have much food storage now, and we have almost dug up all the wild vegetables nearby these days. Should we send some people to the neighborhood to find them to see if there is another place to stay?"
Li Ming sighed and said, "There are so many people, there are many women, children and patients. How easy is it to re-transfer? I don't know how many people will die on the trek along the way! I think we should use local materials. There are many elm trees in this mountain forest. Haven't you eaten bark? The whole body of the elm trees is full of treasures."
Zhang Kui smiled bitterly and said, "Why haven't you eaten it? In the past, every natural disaster and man-made disaster, the elm tree was our life-saving tree. But now the leader is with us, we can't let you eat leaves and bark with us. No matter what, wild vegetables are much better than leaves and bark. I think that with Taohua Mountain being so big, you should be able to find a suitable place."
Li Ming asked slightly and shook his head and said, "This is not possible! We cannot move the place before those people recover. This place happens to be a mountain bun. The terrain is flat, with many trees, and surrounded by mountains and rocks. It is not easy to find a place that can accommodate so many people. After all, we are not in the state of being forced to go. Let's make a decision to concentrate the food brought together. Only women, children, elderly and patients can eat food. All young and middle-aged people have to make a living by leaves and bark during this period, which is also my share. In fact, we still have many ways to find food. Now it is summer. God, there are many alternative foods, such as grasslands and various insects in the cracks of stones, such as grasshoppers, scorpions, dung beetles, etc., which can be eaten when cooked. Also, there are many rotten cows, pigs and other animals floating in the water. Take them up and put them under the shade of trees to grow maggots. Collect these maggots and roast them all and they are delicious. We should think more about the method. After all, there are many elderly people and children in our team. We can’t leave them behind and we can find another place ourselves. Of course, we still have to send people to investigate nearby. If there is really a world around dozens of miles, it will be time for us to transfer it."
After hearing this, Zhang Kui hurriedly said, "What the leader said is that we cannot abandon these elderly people, children and patients. I will concentrate the food and then organize people to pick leaves and bark."
Looking at Zhang Kui's hurried departure, Li Ming couldn't help but sigh: "What a general! After this disaster, I must move all these people to Biquan Island so that they can all live a good life."
Gao Wei smiled slightly and said, "Zhang Kui has always been the backbone of these villages at the foot of Taohua Mountain. He is very capable. The leader should let him play a more important role."
Li Ming laughed and said, "You are right. Not only him, but also Mr. Gao, I can't let you stay idle. Alas! Don't consider these things at the moment. Livelihood is important. Let's take these many people through the flood season first."
"Erniu has seen the leader!" Gao Wei was about to speak when a slightly immature voice sounded beside them.
Li Ming hurriedly stepped forward and helped Erniu up, reached out to wipe his dirty face covered in sweat, and asked with concern: "How about Erniu? Have you eaten enough today?"
Erniu smiled honestly and said, "When I said to the leader, because I saved the leader, this morning Uncle Zhang specially rewarded me with a piece of pork and two bowls of porridge. I was very full. However, the dogs and the others were all in a bowl of porridge, and now they were so hungry that they were lying under the shade of the tree. By the way, the leader, what can we children do? I would like to ask the leader for instructions." After saying that, he clasped his fists with his hands, his mouth was tense, and his face, which was black and white, seemed particularly serious.
Seeing his appearance, Li Ming couldn't help but laugh. He pressed Erniu's hand down and said, "Eniu, you are my savior. You don't have to be so restrained in front of me in the future. Didn't you call me Brother Li before? You still call me that from now on. I will give you the lead of these children in the future. How about it, are you satisfied?"
Erniu blushed and shouted loudly: "Eniu obeys the order!" After that, he clasped his hands again, knelt on one knee in an exaggerated manner, and bowed to Li Ming.
Chapter completed!