Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Xiang Nan then left the bar and returned to Port Royal.

He could now confirm that he had indeed obtained Jack Sparrow's charm, which meant that the monkey god Chak Baba was indeed the god of thieves, with the ability to steal tangible and intangible things.

In this case, he should help him recruit believers and expand his faith. In this way, when he regains his divine power, he, as the high priest and his partner, will also gain more benefits.

And Xiang Nan really has a way to recruit believers.

First, he himself has been a religious leader. In "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", he is the national teacher of the Ming Dynasty, the leader of Taoism in the world, and is familiar with the operation of religion;

Second, he is familiar with the routine of religious missionary work. There were many cults in ancient China, such as Mahayana, Maitreya, White Lotus, Wenxiang, Bagua, etc.

These cult leaders are deceitful, pretentious, forged, and pretended to be gods and ghosts to deceive ignorant people, cheat money and sex, and even coerce them to rebel.

For example, Wang Sen, the founder of the Wenxiang Sect, was originally a leatherworker in Jizhou. He pretended that he had saved a fox fairy, who gave him a tail and a strange fragrance, which gave him magical powers.

He used this to recruit believers to establish the Wenxiang Sect. At its peak, its influence spread across six provinces: Zhi, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, and Anhui. He also amassed a huge fortune. The Wang family mansion in Shifokou, his hometown, alone was four miles in radius.

However, Wang Sen only made money. When it came to his son's generation, he began to think about rebelling and seeking power. His son Wang Haoxian and his apprentice Xu Hongru rebelled during the Tianqi period of the late Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately they were suppressed by the court in less than a year.

Even orthodox Buddhism and Taoism have many ways to deceive the people.

Yuan Mei recorded an incident in "Zi Bu Yu". A scholar went to the temple to burn incense. When he got up at night, he heard an old monk crying in the backyard Zen room, "I don't want to become a Buddha." Curious, he peeped and saw a group of monks kneeling down to bid farewell to an old monk.

A few days later, the temple held a Dharma Assembly, saying that an old monk in the temple had reached the level of cultivation, sat in Nirvana, and became a Buddha in the flesh, thus attracting a large number of pilgrims to burn incense.

When the scholar saw the Buddha in the flesh on the seat, he found that it was the old monk who cried a few days ago. He was puzzled and reported to the government. The government sent people to check and found that the old monk was murdered by the monks in the temple.

The purpose was to pretend to become a Buddha in the flesh to defraud the believers of the incense money. In order to ensure that the corpse would not fall while sitting on the lotus platform, a several-foot-long iron bar was inserted from the buttocks to the top of the head.

These things were recorded in the book. Xiang Nan was well-read and naturally familiar with this.

And he had another advantage, that is, those people were pretending to be gods and ghosts, and were deceiving, but Xiang Nan really understood magic, and the monkey god Chak Baba really existed.

That made it easier to preach.

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Xiang Nan then made two statues of Chak Baba and threw them into the central area of ​​Royal Port and Tetuga Port.

And carved a sentence on the statue, "As long as you worship the monkey god Chak Baba devoutly at midnight, you can get the good luck granted by the monkey god."

People were really surprised to see a stone statue appear out of thin air. But people did not believe the words on the statue.

After all, no one had ever heard of the monkey god Chak Baba before, so how could he grant people good luck? No one believed that there would be good things that would fall from the sky.

But there are people who are really desperate or dying of illness, and are willing to try it.

"Monkey god Chak Baba, I am your believer. I hope you can grant me good luck and let me have a full meal. I haven't eaten for three days." A skinny and hungry beggar knelt in front of the statue of Chak Baba and prayed devoutly.

"My child, your wish will come true." At this time, the statue of the monkey god Chak Baba spoke, and then a ray of light was emitted, and then a silver coin appeared in front of the beggar.

"Ah, it's a silver coin, it's really a silver coin, I can eat now." The beggar picked up the silver coin and shouted in surprise.

A silver coin can not only give him a full meal, but also a few glasses of rum. This is a great gift from heaven.

His shouting quickly attracted the attention of outsiders.

"Is there really money?"

"Is it really blessed?"

"Does praying to Him really work?"

The people were amazed at the sight.

They didn't expect that the words on the statue were true. Praying devoutly to Chak Baba can really get blessings.

This really opened their eyes.

Then, more people came to try.

In addition, some people directly thought of beggars.

A rogue came forward and snatched the beggar's silver coin, "Give it to you, you also deserve a silver coin."

"My silver coin, my silver coin, God~" The beggar burst into tears.

This silver coin is his only property. It is not only a hearty meal, but also his hope to survive.

But in the face of his miserable cries, no one offered him a helping hand.

Everyone should take care of their own business and not worry about other people's troubles. When there is no conflict of interest, most people choose to stand by and watch.

This is the most common human nature, whether in the East or the West.

And at this moment, a lightning bolt suddenly fell and knocked the rogue to the ground.

"It's God's punishment, it's God's punishment!"

"He stole God's blessing, so he was punished by God."

"Yes, God is punishing him~"

Seeing this, people said one after another.

The rogue was struck half to death by lightning and had to kneel down to repent, while the beggar picked up his silver coin and was so happy about it that he couldn't stop grinning.

Seeing this scene, people kowtowed more devoutly. In a moment, a large number of people knelt in front of the statue of the monkey god Chak Baba.

Their requests were also different.

Most of them prayed for wealth, hoping that the monkey god Chak Baba would give them wealth; some people prayed to the monkey god Chak Baba, hoping that he could cure their diseases...

In the 18th century, medical skills in various places were relatively backward. A small cold could kill a person. If it was dysentery, typhoid, cholera, tuberculosis, plague, and smallpox, it would be even more serious.

In addition, there were diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and venereal disease. After all, men at that time liked to go to places of redemption, and even took pride in having syphilis.

For example, French nobles called syphilis "Cupid's blessing" and believed that only masters of love were qualified to have this disease. Therefore, many nobles competed to get this disease to show their charm.

As for the prayers of these people, except for those who were too excessive, such as wishing for a thousand gold coins, immortality, and a merchant ship, Xiang Nan basically satisfied them all.

For a time, most of those kneeling in front of the statue were blessed.

Those who prayed for wealth got wealth, and those who were seriously ill also received the blessing of the monkey god and felt much better.

Even a blind old man had his eyesight restored by Xiang Nan.

After seeing so many miracles with their own eyes, people's attitude towards the monkey god Chak Baba changed from doubt to certainty.