Mercenaries and Adventurers

There is not enough open square in the lively and crowded artisan area, so the celebration activities in the afternoon are also held separately, and the celebration starts and ends only outside the artisan area management office.

Mixed with the crowd visiting the celebration, Zhao Ji heard about the specific process of the afternoon celebration. First, the church of the God of Craftsman was promoted outside the management office, and then each craftsman this year displayed his best works to the visiting public, and the craftsmen with the most outstanding skills were selected internally.

After that, there is the artisan skill competition that all the people like. Artisans who are good at iron forging will conduct three rounds of forging competitions in three locations in the artisan area. First, they will forge an agricultural iron hoe, and then forge an iron scissors. The last is to forge an iron machete dagger. (Note: I refer to the TV show "Forging Knife Contest" for this celebration. I used to like watching this show very much. I watched the first few seasons. I didn't watch the later ones because I couldn't find subtitles. Of course Well, in my story, there will be no such jokes in the show that people who are not good enough also participate in the competition. I am talking about the episode of the two-handed sword. I laughed so hard that I was so embarrassed that I could dig out a villa with my feet. In the story The players participating in the competition are all top-notch, after all, this is a celebration under the supervision of the church, making jokes is not as simple as social death.)

The forged products in the competition will be judged by the pastors of the Church of the God of Craftsmen, and finally three craftsmen with the best skills will be selected to be absorbed into the Church of the God of Craftsmen, and a large number of rewards will be awarded at the same time.

After a while, Zhao Ji came to the front of the Artisan District Management Office with the crowded crowd. The crowded crowd was not due to the large number of people. Zhao Ji estimated that the number of people who came to visit this celebration was less than one-sixth of the number of Saturn Church in the morning. Now It seemed crowded because the roads in the artisan district were too narrow and crowded.

The area in front of the management office is the only slightly open area in the artisan area. At this time, many craftsmen and apprentices had gathered in front of the management office, and the periphery was already surrounded by their families and a small number of spectators. Zhao Ji really couldn't squeeze in, so he had to stand in front of many people. , Climbed to the second-floor roof of a house on the street.

It wasn't just Zhao Ji who did this alone, many young men with strong skills had already climbed to those places, but a well-dressed person like Zhao Ji also climbed up, which was beyond the expectations of some people.

With a thick skin, Zhao Ji focused his attention on the front of the management office.

A lot of festive decorations have already been carried out in front of the management office. Various flags, exquisite tapestries, and wooden display boards of the Church of the God of Craftsmanship have been arranged. The images and stories of some outstanding craftsmen in history are painted on the wooden display boards. The portraits and statues of the gods of the god of craftsmen are also evenly distributed around the management office for people to visit.

The difference from the previous life is that the portraits and statues of the gods in this world are not allowed to be owned by the public. If you want to pray, you have to go to the church and get the help of professional priests. It is difficult to carry out religious activities at home by yourself, and it is useless to have pictures and statues of gods in private, and the pictures and statues will destroy themselves.

At this time, the celebration activities had already begun, and a priest of the church took out a bullhorn and blew a deep horn sound.

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The noise of the crowd gradually subsided, and an old pastor in the Church of the God of Craftsman stood up and delivered a speech at the beginning of the celebration.

His voice was obviously blessed by divine power, and his voice was loud and clear. Zhao Ji picked out his ears, feeling very helpless at these old-fashioned formulas that could make his ears callous.

Fortunately, the old pastor’s speech was finished very quickly. The speeches of the various churches here were okay, and there were no long-winded speeches. Zhao Ji guessed that because the people who listened to the speech were not educated, you made a long speech on it. The people under the stage may not understand and be impatient,

It is very unfavorable for preaching and spreading the true belief of the gods.

After the leader of the Church of the God of Craftsman delivered the celebration speech, a middle-aged pastor stepped forward to preside over the next formal celebration.

First of all, all craftsmen will display their most outstanding works of art this year for all the people who come here to watch together.

Zhao Ji thought of his friend, armor craftsman Ganna. This is a new craftsman who joined this fall. How much time does he have to make technical works? His best work so far is Zhao Ji's full set of leather armor, which is still in his room at this time. I don't know what he brought to this celebration.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji carefully looked at the craftsmen below, looking for Ganna.

Fortunately, there were not many craftsmen, and Zhao Ji found Ganna and his master within a few clicks. Contrary to Zhao Ji's expectations, although Gan Na had nothing in his hand, his master handed him a brand new shield, and his master still had another shield in his hand. It seems that his master had already anticipated this situation and prepared a shield he made himself in advance.

After Ganna refused for a while, he still accepted the shield given to him by his master, but he seemed a little embarrassed, and lowered his head deeply.

The Church of the God of Craftsman prepared a small piece of land in front of the management office, on which a very tall and large wooden display stand was prepared, and the works delivered by each craftsman this year were hung on it by the clergy with wooden sticks for public display.

Soon, the master and apprentice Ganna, who were at the bottom of the ranking, also submitted their works. Ganna also gave some explanations to the clergy of the Church of the God of Craftsman. Although Zhao Ji was far away and couldn't hear it, he I know, it is estimated that Ganner is explaining the situation to others. In the end, the opponent hung up the shield representing Ganner's work.

At the same time, while the craftsmen were submitting their works, the pastors of the Church of the God of Craftsmen were also promoting the beliefs of the Church of the God of Craftsmen to the people who came here today.

Because people who came here were all interested in craftsman skills, Zhao Ji reckoned that the propaganda of these shepherds was still very effective. Unlike the Church of the Saturnalia, the Church of the God of Saturn covered too many related people, so their celebration ceremony was very large, and many people who were not interested in the Church of the Saturnalia also participated in the celebration in large numbers.

But the Church of the God of Craftsman is different. Zhao Ji heard from the people that the Church of the God of Craftsman does not perform any miraculous ceremonies. They are more for internal recognition and encouragement of craftsmen and apprentices who are interested in this. The people who came here were more to watch the excitement. After all, the vast majority of these onlookers were relatives of various craftsmen and apprentices.

There are very few irrelevant people who are really attracted, and Zhao Ji is one of them. After all, for the people of Kendall City, the celebration of the Harvest Festival is held every year, and the activities that are held every year have long lost their freshness. It is more because they can participate in the celebration of the Church of the God of Craftsman My own relatives have nothing to do with it.

Zhao Ji didn't have much interest in the Church of the God of Craftsman, so he didn't concentrate on listening to the preaching of the shepherds. He concentrated all his energies on the next procedure of displaying the works of craftsmen.

After all the craftsmen showed their outstanding works this year, the Church of the God of Craftsman let each craftsman come forward to visit.

The artisans gathered together and discussed with each other the level of their works this year. Some people are praised by the people around them, and some people's works are rejected by others, so there are also cases of disputes. Zhao Ji saw that many craftsmen were quarreling, and the powerful craftsmen couldn't help pushing their opponents during the quarrel.

"Fight, fight!" "Hit him, hit him quickly!" "Don't be like a woman, swing your arm and punch the opponent's face, hurry up, don't let the opponent strike first!"

Many onlookers shouted loudly to make the quarreling and shoving craftsmen fight. Zhao Ji looked interesting, but he didn't know that the Church of the God of Craftsman didn't care about it.

Contrary to Zhao Ji's expectations, the church did not intervene in the craftsmen who were about to fight, but let the young clergymen control the surroundings, so that the craftsmen who had conflicts had a space to unfold.

A brawl inevitably broke out amidst all kinds of brawling around. Everyone let out a cry of excitement.

Zhao Ji raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect the Church of the God of Craftsman to be so popular, and it was okay to fight directly on the spot during the celebration.

Amidst the loud cheers and cheers of everyone, Zhao Ji took advantage of being able to see more clearly from the roof, so he could clearly see the fight below. Although both craftsmen in the fight had big arms and powerful arms, Zhao Ji could tell at a glance that the two had not had any military training, and the fight between the two was really a fight. It will not hit the opponent's throat and eye temples and other fatal places.

Zhao Ji reckoned that the following fights were just for lively performances. Although the two craftsmen who fought might really have conflicts, the fighting was really fighting. But it is estimated that the church has warned all of them in advance, so that no one can die.

After a noisy brawl, two artisans with bruised noses and swollen faces were carried by the church to the management center for treatment.

Then, the church handed over a lot of glittering gold coins to each craftsman, as if asking them to vote and select the works that they think are outstanding.

After getting the gold coins for voting, some craftsmen immediately cast their votes. They threw gold coins at the selected works under the wooden display rack. They were obviously non-magnetic gold coins, but they were directly stuck to the works.

Zhao Ji guessed that either there was a magnet in the gold coin, or the clergy of the church blessed it with divine magic in advance. The result of the voting also exceeded Zhao Ji's expectations, and there was no embarrassing situation where he voted for himself. Instead, everyone clearly voted for the most outstanding works.

Zhao Ji saw from a distance that the most gold coins were thrown into a farm tool, and the whole farm tool shone golden after being glued with gold coins. There are also a few long swords that look good from a distance. The long swords are golden red as a whole, and they don't seem to be ordinary things. Then there is the shield of Master Ganna, which is also chosen by some craftsmen. Another puppet was also selected by everyone. If the puppet hadn't been called a puppet by the people, Zhao Ji would not be able to tell that it was a puppet at his distance. From a distance, it looked like a little boy.

Most of these four works were selected by gold coins, so after all the craftsmen finished throwing gold coins, the church removed these four works, and the gold coins stuck on the works were directly handed over to the craftsmen as a small reward. The four craftsmen were also invited by the church personnel to the gate of the management office, which was the center of the celebration.

Other works that were not selected were also taken down one by one, and the gold coins stained on the works were also handed over to the craftsmen of each work. Zhao Ji felt that the Church of the God of Craftsmanship was doing well, it was more generous, and it attracted the favor of many apprentices and their families.

Zhao Ji saw that Gan Na pocketed the gold coins he had cast for him, and felt that Gan Na should treat him to a drink these days.

The four selected works were consecrated before the statue of the god of craftsmen. The four craftsmen were also quite proud to worship in front of the statue of the God of Craftsman after waving to the onlookers.

Different from the God of Saturn, the God of Craftsman has a specific and clear image of the god. Zhao Ji deduces based on the information of the gods that he has learned. First, the God of Craftsman must be a human race god. The god has a specific life body, and Zhao Ji estimated that he might have been promoted from life to a god.

It's amazing, but the height of the God of Craftsman doesn't seem too tall. Was the god of craftsmen a dwarf? It shouldn't be. Zhao Ji, a foreigner, doesn't know if he can become a human race god. It's probably unlikely.

So is it hard to say that this short craftsman god is a mixed-race human with dwarf blood?

It should be possible. Hey, I knew he should have listened to the god stories and propaganda of the pastors of the church just now.