People in Terra, governing a weird little country

"Build schools, recruit teachers, force school-age children to go to school, and develop education. This is what must be done!"

Ernst knew Kjerag's current situation very well. Those big men, such as the Great Elder, Actor, and Latatos, were by no means unintelligent. They were just, as Noxis Edwards had said about Ernst, limited in their vision by the social environment they were in.

The older generation has almost fixed ideas and is accustomed to following the rules in life. It is difficult to expect them to change, but children, young children are different!

Why is Enthiodis Shivaash the pioneer of Kjerag's modernization? Is it because of his extraordinary talent and vision?

No, that is the ability of Ernst, the time traveler.

As for Enthiotis, he is different in that he received education: the education from his parents and family when he was young, the education from studying abroad when he was young, and the education from his social opponents when he was older.

What if more and more Kjerag people could receive better quality, more modern and more systematic education?

There would be more Enthiodis, more Kalan trade, more like-minded people committed to modernizing Kjerag.

No matter what kind of social change it is, it requires corresponding soil, and Ernst is cultivating this soil.

Looking into Ernst's eyes, Enthiotis was silent for a long time, and finally nodded:

"You have a point, education. I overlooked this, but it is indeed one of the keys to success."

He stood up and watched Ernst's back as he was about to walk out of the office to show his skills with high morale. The emotions contained in his silver-gray eyes were surprisingly heavy.

After Ernst left, he slowly put on his cloak and walked out of this simple office. Outside the door, one of his trusted subordinates, [Horn Peak] Matterhorn Jake, had been waiting for a long time and opened the door of the mobility scooter for him.

Enciodis bowed slightly and got into the car. When Matterhorn sat in the driver's seat, he sighed deeply and ordered:

"Matterhorn, go to the base of the mountain snow ghosts and ask them to be ready to assemble at any time."

"Master?" Matthon Yek looked at Enchiodis's expression in the rearview mirror in astonishment and advised, "But the training of the mountain snow ghosts has not been completed yet. If we let them show up now..."

"Do as I command." Enthiotis answered firmly. Although his eyes did not move, Ernst's excited tears welled up in his mind again. He pursed his lips and said, "I won't help him, but I won't sit idly by and watch him go to jail."

"Let me see how long my amazing brother can keep up this dance act."

...........

Northeast of Tukarim, abandoned land.

Although there has been no systematic census, it is a recognized fact that Kjerag has a population of over one million. These one million people are not scattered all over the mountains and plains of Kjerag like beans. They live in dozens of livable lakes and forests, and become the subjects of the three major families.

It is precisely because of this that Kjerag, a place whose name may be larger than the map on Terra, can still remain sparsely populated, with a large amount of wasteland available for development.

When it comes to pioneering, Colombians have something to say.

As a pioneering consultant for the Magnus Bank of Colombia and a famous pioneer master in the whole of Colombia, Anton Magnus would feel his blood pressure soar whenever he saw the wasteful way of pioneering of the Kjerag people.

To him, Kjerag is simply a miraculous land, comparable to the promised land preached by the Lateran religion. It has rich natural resources, dense biomes, backward indigenous civilizations, and a president who is smart and enlightened enough... Oh no, he should be called the Prime Minister!

He sincerely hoped that every Kjerag he met would be so reasonable, like the aggressive Ursus in front of him.

"Sir, we are employees of the Magnus Bank of Colombia. We have obtained permission from your government to conduct a field survey and tour here. You have no reason to stop us."

The bodyguards in front of Anton kept repeating their origins, but the rude Ursus man seemed to ignore their words and rushed towards Anton with all his might, shouting:

"Tell me clearly what you are here for!"

The third attempt to persuade him to leave was fruitless. Seeing this, the bodyguard had already drawn his weapon, ready to teach this disobedient Ursus a lesson, but Anton waved his hand to stop him. Mr. Pioneer Consultant pushed his gold-rimmed glasses, adjusted his snowy suit, pushed the security guard aside, walked forward in the most formal manner, stared down at the Ursus and said:

"Sir, no matter who you are or what your purpose is, please don't interfere with our work, okay?"

"Work?" Gu Luo broke free from the hand that was holding him down, straightened his back, and retorted stubbornly, "I heard what you said, you want to transform this land into... a snow mountain villa area? Sell it to those Colombians! What kind of work is this? Who gave you the power? This is Kjerag!"

Anton Magnus looked speechless, but still tried to explain:

"I'm sorry, that was a mistake on our part. This land does not belong to us yet. I can apologize for our words and actions. But I must remind you, sir, that the purpose of our visit is to check the eligibility of this area as collateral for a loan. If we just want to take a walk, you have no right to stop us."

As he spoke, he reached out to the clerk beside him, took the folder containing the contract attachments and copies, and handed it to Gu Luo.

"As for who gave us this power, you can go to your government office and ask your government staff instead of entangled with me. I am just exercising the power in my contract."

Contracts, government, and any other collateral for loans.

Gu Luo only felt that a bunch of unknown knowledge was poured into his brain, and it suddenly turned into a mess.

He took the folder Anton handed over, opened it, and read the contract written in both Kjerag and Colombian.

His education level is indeed not high, and even though it is a bilingual contract, he can only understand a small part of it.

But this small part was enough for him to understand what was going on.

Anton Magnus was already a little impatient. He reached out and was about to take the copy of the contract from Guro when he noticed something was wrong.

The Ursus man, who was just excited and rude just now, did not seem to understand their work after reading the contract. Instead, his chest heaved violently, and his face, which was half covered by the folder, turned red.

To everyone's surprise, he suddenly roared loudly, tore off the copy in the folder, and tore it into pieces in a few seconds. Then he threw the folder into the snow, glared at Anton and others in front of him fiercely, and just when he was about to take action, he found that he was outnumbered, so he shouted fiercely:

"Just wait for me! You'd better not leave!"

"Enthyodice! Lord Actor! For the love of Yelagund! Ernst wants to sell our house!"

Chapter 13 Dare!

In Kjerag, there is only one thing that is considered to be the bottom line that cannot be crossed, and that is betraying Yelagund.

The great Yelagund created the kingdom of Kjerag for the ancestors in the snow and wind, guided the ancestors to explore, reproduce and survive, and lit this small light of civilization among the mountains. Therefore, he is the only king of Kjerag and the god that Kjerag worships forever.

If anyone disagrees with this, no matter who he is or how high his status is, he will be the enemy of all Kjerag!

But the bottom line is always the bottom line, just like Christianity. The bottom line they preach is just belief in one God. But as a church, in order to maintain their own existence for a long time, they began a series of additions to this bottom line, which gradually evolved into a systematic and rigorous belief process.

If you don't believe in God, then you are a pagan. You can't piss in the same pot, and I have nothing to say to you.

But if you believe in God but don’t follow my process, then you are a heretic and you are actually damaging my interests as God’s only spokesperson. Then I will severely punish you!

This is why heresy is more abominable than paganism.

There is actually no difference between what Manzhuyuan does and what the church does.

Yelagund created Kjerag, protected Kjerag from natural disasters, and established Manjuin to give humans the opportunity to decide their own direction. Does he want Manjuin to rigidly maintain everything as it is?

Ernst was not sure about the gods' thoughts, but he knew that if Yelagund was really as described in the Epic of Yelagund, then He must be a god who wanted the Kjerag people to live a happy life.

Such a god would certainly not deny the trend of development in today's era or the necessity of Shelag's reform.

But unfortunately, all this is just speculation. Ernst cannot know the will of God. As a standard pragmatist, he is not a deep believer of Yelagund. When he tries to interpret Yelagund's oracle and story in other ways, the trial of heresy will naturally come.

“No selling of land!”

"Shelagh belongs to Yelagund, not to you!"

"They didn't convene a three-tribe meeting, nor did they report to the Manzhu Court. They kept all the Shelag people in the dark. Does the Shivaash family want to sell out their country?"

Shouts and curses were heard one after another around this low bungalow which served as an office. Prime Minister Ernst, who had been politely praised as "not bad" a few days ago, now seemed to have become the public enemy of the entire Kjerag and was branded as a traitor to Yelagund.

Finding a gap through the angry crowd and squeezing into the room, Lola's face was full of worry, and she couldn't help but suggest:

"Master, this place is not safe anymore. Why don't we go somewhere else?"

But Ernst shook his head, and sat in his office chair without any sign of decadence, and said comfortingly:

"I'm fine, Lola. The Prime Minister will not leave his post. Besides, I believe that since Master Actor and Miss Latatos are already sitting here, my safety should be guaranteed. Right?"

He looked at Actos Perlochi, who was sitting on the sofa in the room with a big pipe in his mouth, and Latatos Blantao, who was leaning against the window and staring at the angry people outside, and spoke as if asking a question.

Upon hearing this, Actor raised his head and glanced at Ernst, revealing an undisguised expression of disgust, and grinned:

"That's not necessarily true. I have always been very harsh towards those who betrayed Yelagund."

Latatos turned her head slightly, lowered her arm that was supporting her chin, hugged the plain in front of her chest and asked:

"What's the reason?"

"To make money," Ernst replied.

Latatos frowned, obviously not satisfied with the answer, and asked further:

"And then? What's your reason for making money?"

The Brown Tao family has always believed in checks and balances. Although they are not as financially strong as Shivaash, nor as powerful as Perlochi, they can sit firmly in the position of the three major families, relying on checks and balances and prudence.

They also do things like making money. Except for the rare things imported by Kalan Trade, all other goods in Tukarim Town basically come from the territory of the Bruntao family.

But she did this for a purpose. She wanted to check and balance the Perlochi family, restore the order of the Three Clan Conference, and prevent the Perlochi family from annexing her without competitors. Therefore, the Shivaash family returned to the Three Clan Conference, and the Kalan Trade established a branch in Kjerag. Both of these events were driven by them.

She didn't believe Ernst's purpose was so simple.

Six hundred million, this is an unimaginable amount of money!

But Ernst fell silent, as if avoiding the question.

There's no way. He can't say that he gets the money in order to overthrow you and establish a real Kjerag government, right?

In order to build up Kjerag, Ernst would certainly give such an official answer, but this kind of words is just enough to deal with in public. If the two major families really question you behind closed doors, and you speak such a cliché, they will probably think you are a fool.

The remaining 20% ​​is to give you a slap in the face to see if you still go crazy.

After thinking for a long time, just when Latatos was about to lose patience, Ernst finally spoke:

"For Kjerag's future, don't let yourself regret it."

Latatos's already frowned brows suddenly became even tighter.

She didn't believe that Ernst didn't know that what he said was meaningless. But he said it anyway.

What do you mean? I'm just mad, do you dare to slap me?

"Fuck! You sold Kjerag's land to those Colombian bandits, and you still have the nerve to say it's for Kjerag's future?"

Actor was completely enraged. He threw the pipe in his mouth onto the table, stood up and walked towards Ernst. Even Enthiodis would be scared by his rude appearance with a full beard and a body that had been trained for many years. But at this moment, he stood straight in front of Ernst and cursed him condescendingly:

"I thought that letting you, a little leopard cub, take this position would make that rebellious guy Enchiodis quiet down a bit! I didn't expect that after he quieted down, you jumped up!"

"I'm telling you today, as long as I and Perlochi are here, I won't sell even an inch of Kjerag's land to the Colombians!"

"To be precise, I just borrowed some money, and the collateral for the money was the land."

Ernst said slowly,

"As for your accusations against me, Master Actor, when you were doing all this, didn't you expect something like this to happen?"

Ernst's eyes met Actor's directly, and those eyes also contained the anger that had been suppressed for a long time.

"You pushed me to this position, hoping to use it to warn my brother who you can't deal with. This kind of check and balance method must not be something you can think of. Miss Latatos's advice is indispensable, right?"

"In the final analysis, you all don't understand me, and you have no intention of understanding me. You just treat me as a puppet with no ability. You think that since I am sitting in this position without any real power, I should act according to your orders and deal with my brother. Have you ever thought that after your so-called puppet gets the title of Prime Minister, even if he has nothing, he wants to do something?"

He sneered:

"You are ugly and selfish. The moment you learned about my loan, you didn't think of Shelagh, but the Shivaash family that could grow in an instant, and the 600 million Columbian gold notes. You are not conservative at all when it comes to exclusion principles. You are just happy to take care of yourselves first."

"But I will tell you that this money was borrowed in the name of Kjerag's government. I will not spend it only in Shivaash's territory. I will plan and use it in everyone's territory according to the population. Because this money is related to Kjerag's future!"

Children are the future, educating children is educating the future!

Unfortunately, warriors like Actos would not understand. He would rather all the courses taught in school were physical education classes, so that students could learn how to hunt in the mountains and forests, and then let the students teach their children, passing it down from generation to generation, and repeating it from generation to generation.

"you!"

As if he had been touched, or perhaps he was simply angry and humiliated, Actos was about to raise his hand to beat Ernst, but Lola at the side stood in front of Ernst without hesitation.

He recognized Lola, a girl who was born in the territory of their Perrochi family, Ursus on the snowy mountains.

At this moment, he stood opposite him.

Lola was not as tall as Actor, but she did not flinch at all. Instead, she glared at the lord in front of her and said seriously:

"Master Ernst is telling the truth!"

She believed Ernst's words unconditionally because Ernst had allowed her to see the outside world with her own eyes.

Actor's arm stopped in mid-air, his eyes widened, and he said, "It doesn't matter, I'll fight both of them at the same time!", but he didn't move his hand again.

Seeing this, the silent Latatos shook her head helplessly, looked at Ernst, and said slowly:

"Ernst, I don't believe what you say, but I think you deserve a chance."

"According to Kjerag's tradition, if we encounter a problem that cannot be resolved by the Three Clans Meeting, we can go to the Holy Mountain, worship the sacred stone of Yelagund in the Holy Stone Square, and ask for His will."

"But you have to think clearly. You are still young. If you make a mistake, as long as you admit it in time, you can still make amends with your status. Although you step down, you will still have a chance to make a comeback in the future."

"But once you step onto the Holy Stone Square and are rejected by Yelagund, you will no longer have a place in Kjerag."

Latatos said seriously:

"That's the bottom line."