Ming Dynasty: Summoning game players at the beginning

Chapter 288 Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World
The "magic spell" taught by His Highness was so terrifying that the heavenly soldier who was about to leave turned around and walked towards him, asking him what he needed!
Although the two sides still did not speak the same language, and Jin Wu, an illiterate person, was unable to communicate in writing, he was still able to convey the desire to build a house by roughly gesturing with his hands for a while.

“So they wanted to hire us to build a house…”

The Tianbing, realizing the "villagers'" intention, took immediate action, picked up the farm tools bought by Jin Wu and began to work hard.

Seeing the dignified Heavenly Soldier working for him, Jin Wu immediately suspected that the bizarre rumors were true.

A small number of elite heavenly soldiers are actually "clay dolls" summoned by enlightened masters.

Their three souls and seven spirits come from all over the underworld, which is why they have different dresses and languages ​​like the Central Plains people, Western barbarians, Northern Barbarians, and Southern Barbarians.

Although they are fearless and bloodthirsty, they are restrained by the "magic" of masters, so they cannot display their murderous nature without limit, and they have no resistance to certain specific "spells".

For example, the sound of "suck suck" is used to tease dogs, "mimi" is used to summon cats, and "cuckoo" is used to lure chickens...

Use "special tasks", "double rewards", "limited-time dungeons", "reputation brushing", "earning more merits", and "ten consecutive rewards" to attract "clay dolls".

Jin Wu guessed that this was also the reason why the Heavenly Soldiers were able to win the night attack—

After the disastrous defeat in Hwanghae Province, the Nu chieftain's military strength continued to swell, while the royal army was greatly weakened. Everyone felt that failure was only a matter of time.

However, the heavenly soldiers turned the tide and defeated the powerful slave chief.

If the master and the "clay doll" were not born with supernatural powers, how could they enter the deserted place at night, and even spread rumors of "ghost soldiers borrowing the road" and "demons everywhere"?

The clay dolls also often shout strange words full of murderous intent, such as "blood sacrifice to the blood god, skull sacrifice to the skull throne", "The ghost soldiers please borrow the road, idle people should retreat", "If you don't work hard to cultivate immortality when you are young, you will become brothers in the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls", "Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill" and so on.

Jin Wu didn't understand the deeper meaning of the translator's translation at first, but now, considering all the clues...

The clay dolls are indeed evil spirits!
The clay doll certainly doesn't like having its soul restrained by the "spell". The longer it is restrained, the more difficult it will be to suppress the bloody and violent aura in its body.

The last time the "Clay Doll" was forced to carry out a night attack order, the violent and manic heart in its body had reached its peak, so the Taoist masters held a "Snow Long-distance Running Competition" to allow the Clay Doll to lift the ban on killing in order to suppress its violent heart.

Just as you are no longer hungry after eating a full meal, the "clay dolls" can release their violence and regain their "humanity".

Jin Wu thought to himself that he must have guessed right.

The "clay dolls" like to climb up the roof and tear off the tiles, jump and do somersaults, never walk properly, and dance and play music at inappropriate times. This is a manifestation of their secret resistance to the "spell" and their attempt to break the seal.

Jin Wu thought to himself that he must not abuse this kind of spell. If the clay doll is filled with murderous energy, it will go crazy...

Players don’t know what Jin Wu is thinking, they only know that tasks and numerical rewards are the top priority.

They worked for a while, then rested for a while, and then continued to work hard. They slept at night in a camp made of military tents and broken houses, and then got up during the day to continue working.

Several strong heavenly soldiers were much more hardworking than donkeys and mules. They ate less and worked more. In just a few days, they helped Jin Wu build a farmhouse for himself.

The house that Tianbing built was built according to the standards of a rich peasant in the Ming Dynasty, but in Jin Wu's eyes it was a small courtyard for the middle class.

This is a mission accomplished beyond expectations!

This caused Jin Wu to praise Tianbing's ingenuity and dexterity, and he paid him a generous salary of fifty cents a day.

Although this salary is several times higher than that of ordinary employees, this is the work of hired heavenly soldiers, so it is worth it!
Looking at his gradually taking shape home, a sense of pride quietly arose. Jin Wu closed his eyes and imagined the days after the spring came -

The tenant farmers he called from the town helped him to organize his ten acres of fertile land. The men worked the fields, the women wove cloth, the children played and laughed in the countryside, the vendors carrying shelves on their backs went between villages, the family dogs growled at the village entrance, and the donkeys and mules turned the stone mill in the backyard.

At that time, he could also arrange a marriage and have several children to continue the Jin family's business.

Even if he goes to the underworld in the future, he can proudly tell his ancestors that his family, the Jin family, is no longer a lowly slave, but a good family with land and a house!

Perhaps it was because of the smoke from the Jin family's cooking fires, or perhaps it was because the new king appointed the Tongzhi to vigorously rectify the local area, and a large number of people who fled the war returned to their hometowns.

The farmhouses near Jinwu gradually became lively again, and countless dead rural areas finally came back to life.

More and more heavenly soldiers settled down directly near the Jin family. After all, this place was originally the nest of the nobles. There were dozens of abandoned dilapidated houses and broken walls. They could be renovated in a few days and then moved in.

The heavenly soldiers sometimes went hunting in the surrounding mountains and forests, sometimes strolled in the market, or gathered in the house to chat.

Jin Wu was bored living alone in the small courtyard, with only the humming of livestock for company every day. However, the nearby Tianbing house was interesting and felt like home.

Most of these heavenly soldiers are "clay dolls" that have been sealed. Their heads seem to be connected to different underworlds. They are all talented and speak well. There are also heavenly soldiers who understand Korean and translate for him. He really likes to hang out with the heavenly soldiers.

Every day, he would eat dry food with warm tea and listen to the heavenly soldiers share interesting stories, from the great battles between the stars to the martial arts struggles in the provinces of Central China. Jin Wudun felt that such a wonderful life was something he would not exchange for ten beauties.

The peaceful and interesting life was soon broken by an "accident" and villagers wearing headdresses appeared one after another.

Some headdresses are "exclamation marks" similar to the Golden Five, some are "question marks" with a slight arc, some are "ellipsis" made entirely of dots, and some simply have a huge "red dot" hanging on the side of the head, or even a red number "99+".

The familiar "magic spell" evoked the "player soul" of the Tianbing, and one by one they had to follow the temptation of the villagers to go to the work site.

Looking at the eager expressions on the faces of the heavenly soldiers, Jin Wu suddenly felt something was wrong. Who had exposed this secret spell? What if the "clay doll" was freed of its murderous spirit? Who could stop it?!
Almost 90% of the garrisoned heavenly soldiers ran away. Jin Wuxin felt that he could not feel at ease, so he quickly followed them out.

If you come across a master, be sure to ask them to come and suppress you.

The villagers assigned many tasks, including repairing houses, chopping wood, healing wounds and illnesses, and there were also widows in the village who had lost their husbands and hoped that the heavenly soldiers would satisfy their cravings.

It’s a pity that most of the “clay dolls” are restricted by another “spell”.

Jin Wu heard "SeSeQuan" as "SheSheQuan". It is said that this is a herb more precious than ginseng. Only by mixing processed snakes with a kind of vanilla can the clay doll have the true nature of a man.

Very few "clay dolls" own "snakes", but they express their disdain for country women.

But those hungry "clay dolls" had no "snake" to release them, so they could only stay in the same room with the widow, without any movement or feeling, and unconsciously pushed the widow away while singing nursery rhymes.

It is said that after several nights of excitement, the widow was not able to satisfy her cravings once. No matter how she undressed to seduce him, the heavenly soldiers all had dull expressions and sang to themselves in a stupid manner.

From this, a rumor spread that heavenly soldiers were not interested in women, and the completely illiterate widow even learned a few Chinese nursery rhymes.

What about Peppa Pig, Pleasant Goat, Calabash Brothers, White Dragon Horse, Big Windmill... The villagers all felt that the heavenly soldiers could remain calm in the face of female temptations. They were simply the "Buddha Army" at the ascetic monk level, and they respected the heavenly soldiers even more!
Only Jin Wu, who was hiding in the crowd, saw through everything. Everything was just as the "Clay Doll & Spell" said.

Under the constraints of the spell, the clay dolls are the most righteous Buddhist army in history!
Of course, some clay dolls are particularly clever, always thinking about breaking the seal -

The clay dolls pay out of their own pockets to ask the villagers to cast "spells" to hire them to work, trying to use loopholes to lift their own taboos. When the cycle is going on, they will excitedly shout, "Reputation points are coming!"

Fortunately, "the higher the idol, the higher the Tao", and the Taoist master had already set up a backup spell, making the clay doll's wish to "wash away the curse" come to nothing.

"Damn! There's no bug with self-reputation!"

"I guess this vulnerability was exploited when the server was first launched and then fixed."

Starling?

A burrow?

A new spell has appeared?
Jin Wu felt that his meager brain capacity was almost not enough. How many kinds of "spells" were set on the clay doll?

He could only remember the vague pronunciation and had no idea what was said.

He thought to himself that if he could speak, read, and write Chinese characters, he could record all these spells, and then he would have a spell manual to refer to whenever he dealt with the "clay dolls" in the future.

Jin Wu was dozing off when someone brought him a "pillow".

The Tongzhi master began to reorganize local military affairs in accordance with the king's order. The local regular troops were useless, and only the volunteer army that spontaneously resisted the invaders still had the strength to fight.

So the local officials organized the volunteers who returned home into an army and named it the "Patrol Battalion."

Each county recruited between 600 and 2,000 people. The smallest organizational unit was the "Si", which was composed of three teams of 100 people, about 300 people each. It was led by a general and had soldiers from the Ming Dynasty serving as military instructors.

Hiring Ming Dynasty soldiers to serve as instructors was a precedent during the Japanese invasion.

The instructors hired by Korea were all Zhejiang soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. The tactics they taught were called "Zhejiang Tactics", which was the combat method of the Qi Family Army.

Ningbian, where Jin Wu was located, recruited 1,200 new soldiers, divided them into three units and stationed them in the north and south of the county town. Thirty percent of the soldiers took turns to be stationed in the county town to assist in defense.

As an "old veteran" in the fight against the invaders, Jin Wu naturally became a sentry officer of a 100-man team of a certain company.

He originally did not intend to join the army and suffer hardships, but there were still several months before the beginning of spring. Moreover, as an officer with a military salary, he had three days off every month, and the livestock at home were taken care of by the idle soldiers, so he did not have to worry about managing the farmland.

The most important thing is that Tianbing said that there would be a "Sinicization Group" in the patrol camp to teach Chinese characters, and Jinwu immediately agreed to join.

The instructor told them that the role of the bandit-catching battalion is between that of the regular army and the constables. It has to fight as an army and also undertake the task of catching bandits on a daily basis. It is a force specially created to fight public security battles.

The burden of daily training was not too heavy. The instructor said that these volunteers had all fought against the Tartars and had a certain degree of organization and practical experience, so they skipped the early training of ordinary people and directly taught them advanced killing skills, marching formations, and organizational obedience.

For example, the way to hold a sword, how to exert force to cause greater damage, the rhythm of the marching formation, the coordination of feints and main attacks to encircle and kill the enemy...

Jin Wu has indeed learned a lot. The experience that he had accumulated in the past through actual combat has now been standardized one by one by the instructors.

The food in the bandit-catching camp was very delicious, and Jin Wu and others were fed well with three meals a day.

He couldn't imagine that some simple ingredients could be so delicious after being cooked carefully!
It is said that the chefs in charge are all high-ranking officers of the Heavenly Soldiers.

They claim that they are low-level chefs and love to hear others praise their food the most.

The generals also said that they felt a great sense of accomplishment when they saw others eating the food they had carefully prepared and then showing a satisfied smile.

In the past, there were nobles and regular troops separating them, and people like Jin Wu, who came from a militia background, rarely had direct contact with the heavenly soldiers. Now that he has joined the bandit-catching camp, he has the opportunity to observe the heavenly soldiers up close.

The generals of the Beiwei Army did not have a special meal. They ate and lived with the Korean soldiers every day, and they all ate food cooked in the same big pot. Sometimes the generals of the Beiwei Army ate worse than the soldiers, and only had some dry food and lettuce porridge.

This is not a show, but has been going on for more than ten days.

Most of the generals and instructors ate the disgusting porridge by themselves, just as it was their living habit, and never complained.

Moreover, the general saved food and let the soldiers eat and drink enough. The strong contrast with reality made Jin Wu stunned.

He lowered his head to look at the steaming multi-grain steamed bread on the table. In the past, he would work hard for several days for a bowl of multi-grain bread, but he would never get any reward from the noble lord. But now, it was a regular meal that the volunteers could enjoy without spending any money.

The generals of the Beiwei Army are all honorable soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Even if they are fed with delicious food every day, the soldiers dare not say a word.

But the heavenly soldiers would rather suffer themselves than let these little soldiers starve.

Jin Wu didn't understand the knowledge of saints, but he knew that the general of Beiwei Army rarely boasted about himself.

The details of the heavenly soldiers' lives reveal sincerity and friendliness, forming a sharp contrast with the sanctimonious nobles.

The nobles talk about benevolence, righteousness, and morality every day, but they only do despicable things to make money.

Jin Wu thought that even if many of the heavenly soldiers were "clay dolls" summoned by masters, their souls must have come from poor families.

Not only do they cherish every grain of food, but they also make the food so delicious!

Jin Wu felt extremely ashamed and imagined the nature of the "clay doll" to be an evil demon.

They are clearly a group of ascetic "Buddha Army".

Even if the "clay doll" is indeed a demon, it is a good demon that is cruel to its enemies but kind to its own people.

Every time they had a meal in the barracks, the soldiers would reduce their food intake and hold their wooden bowls to bow before the Heavenly Soldier Instructor, just like fanatical believers offering their faith to the gods they believe in before eating.

Over time, Tianbing felt a little embarrassed and took the opportunity of the Chinese translation group's class to ask them why eating had to be so grand, with kneeling and kowtowing.

They are not gods.

(End of this chapter)