Chapter 2625 Shangri-La (Part 2)
Chapter 2599 Shangri-La (Part 2)
Strange was invited to the county government.
At that time, he was celebrating the festival with the residents of Shambhala. The head of one of the villages quietly pulled him aside and said mysteriously that he wanted Strange to meet someone.
Strange's route was different from that of his teacher, Ancient One. He never pretended to be mysterious, and he didn't have that kind of natural majestic temperament. The advantage was that he could easily get along with the villagers.
In fact, Strange didn't want to go, because the village chief always wanted to introduce him to a girlfriend. He thought that the village chief had tricked him into going on a blind date again. This happened every year. He knew that Orientals valued family and clan, and they were kind, so Strange always perfunctorily passed it over.
Today was no exception. Knowing that the village chief was happy during the holidays, perhaps he wanted to ask him to meet a girl again. Strange didn't want to argue with him, so he followed him out.
Who knew that this road would go farther and farther, and we found that we had arrived at the foot of the Himalayas.
Then, as expected, the three courts held a joint trial.
The villagers of Shambhala were not so simple. They were not counted for a generation. They had not been recorded since five or six hundred years ago.
These hundreds of people seemed to have appeared out of thin air. There was no record of this branch in the historical materials that could be checked.
It is reasonable to say that some villages in the deep mountains may have been left behind in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China when roads and satellite technology were not developed.
But what time is it now? It is already the 21st century. The Beidou satellite is clearly shining in the sky. There are no three villages in the Himalayas. What is going on?
The county magistrate reported to the mayor if he couldn't figure it out. The mayor reported to the district head of the autonomous region if he couldn't figure it out. After reporting to the higher authorities, he finally found someone who knew that this matter must be related to Kamar-Taj.
Strange thought they had misunderstood that Kamar-Taj had locked up these people, so he hurriedly explained. After a long conversation, he realized that the other party didn't care who these people were or what their history was. What they cared about was what these people were doing now.
Strange was still very confident. Kamar-Taj had never treated the three villages below badly. The arable land there was all enchanted, and crops could grow one after another without even being taken care of. The scenery was beautiful, the natural resources were rich, and there was no disease or disaster. This was the paradise that many people pursued.
Then he was speechless by a question from the county magistrate - it's the 21st century, don't you go online?
Strange wanted to say that he also wanted to go online, but there was no signal. What could he do? He couldn't ask Stark to throw a satellite into the sky just because he wanted to go online, right?
With the help of the village chief's translation, Strange finally understood that what they meant was that the villages outside were all modernized, but the small peasant economy was still being run inside. You said you would run it, but you still didn't understand it, and you were still short of things every day. What kind of life was this?
Strange had to look at the village chief, who was a little embarrassed. After all, it was not glorious to go to an outsider without telling the Supreme Sorcerer, but this life was really unbearable.
The biggest problem of Shambhala is that it is closed, but not completely closed. In order to intermarry with outsiders, it accepts outsiders. There are even many girls who take the initiative to go outside to pick men, get pregnant and then return to the village to give birth, and sometimes bring men back with them.
This group of people have seen the scenery outside, know how the society outside has developed now, and know what kind of life even the most low-level ordinary people outside live.
Hoeing the field at noon, sweat dripping down the field. Although many people in modern society complain about the tiredness of work and want to go back to their hometown to farm, those who have really farmed know how hard it is. Traditional agriculture is the industry with the lowest return rate. Working hard for a whole year can't catch up with the income of working in a big city for half a year.
It's the same in Shambhala. Farming is not tiring for them. After all, the fields have been optimized by magic, and there is no need to worry about crop yields. There are no natural disasters of all kinds, and the weather is always very good. If you really can't handle all the food, there are wizards to help.
But farming must have the most basic labor. You can't say that you can grow food without even plowing the land or watering it. You have to take care of it all year round. There is nothing else to do.
It would be fine if it had always been like this, but after enjoying the blessings of modern society, who would want to go back to suffer the backward agricultural economy?
The only entertainment industry in the village is singing and dancing. Every day is eating, sleeping and having children. Because there is no pressure to survive, they don't even care about education. It's enough to raise children and farm.
The father of this village chief was an explorer from the United States in the last century, so he can speak Chinese, Tibetan and English at the same time. He has longed for the developed American society his father talked about and has always wanted to go out and take a look.
The new Supreme Sorcerer is an American. It is said that he is also quite famous in the society of ordinary people. The village chief is unwilling to spend his life with his children like this, but he dare not directly quit with Strange.
After all, no matter which Supreme Sorcerer has treated them badly, he can't just enjoy the benefits without taking responsibility.
After thinking about it, the village chief decided to find a third party. It happened that his daughter married in the town at the foot of the mountain, so he wanted to ask the mayor to ask Strange if they can go out occasionally like students.
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The village chief's request is actually just to go on a trip, but the town chief and county chief obviously don't think so simply.
Shambhala is the only way to Kama Taj. If you want to enter Kama Taj, you must pass through these three villages.
Kama Taj actually does not belong to any country. This is an enclave that belongs exclusively to the magic world. It is also a treaty that was made when the temple was established. There is no way and no need to go back on it.
But it is not said that Shambhala also belongs to Kama Taj. All land except Kama Taj’s demarcated area is state-owned. So Shambhala is naturally a village. Now even the town at the foot of the mountain is connected to the sky train. Then actual control of Shambhala should be achieved.
The county magistrate stated his demands, and Strange also hesitated. When Gu Yi put these three villages within the scope of the magic shield, he actually wanted to protect his hometown.
That was still ancient times, and some people might think that even in ancient times, no one might be able to reach the Himalayas, but don’t forget that magic also plays a prominent role in Marvel’s history.
Ancient Chinese history has almost been completely changed by demons. During several turbulent times, in addition to human beings, various demons and ghosts competed for hegemony on the land of China. Although Gu Yi's village was remote, demons were rampant in the mountains, and the villagers lived a very difficult life.
If she and her fellow villagers hadn't discovered the secret of magic, the villagers would have just survived. Therefore, after establishing the Kama Taj Holy Land with the same name as Kama Taj Village, Ancient One immediately covered it with a protective shield. his hometown.
But her purpose was to protect, not imprison, but people of her generation knew how dangerous it was outside, so they took the initiative not to go out.
Most of the descendants did not understand what changes were happening outside. They just thought it was good to stay here, so they stayed there.
To be honest, Strange felt that he had never stopped anyone from going out. Although the villagers did not know magic, they were not unable to leave if they wanted to.
Later, after explanations from the village chief and county chief, Strange understood that it was still the same sentence. Orientals value family and clan, and have a stronger collective consciousness. If a village advocates a certain law, then no one can violate it, not you. Just say you are curious about the outside world and you can leave.
In other words, some villagers want to leave now, but they dare not leave, because leaving means they will never be able to come back. If the outside world is not as good as they say, there will be no way out.
Therefore, they hope that an external force can intervene. It is best to actively break this isolation from the outside and change a certain custom that has always been regarded as a norm, so that more people will no longer have to succumb to internal pressure.
The village chief also expressed his helplessness. The village is too small and cannot be compared with the vast world outside. Too many young people have heard their parents talk about the outside world and are clamoring to go out and have a look. The village chief agrees, no. I don’t agree, it’s been a stalemate.
But this matter must have an outcome, either the several factions in the village will completely split, and those who are willing to stay will stay and those who are willing to leave, or there will have to be an invisible big hand to physically break the isolation of Shambhala. state.
The division of the village is something Strange absolutely does not want to see. Not to mention where the mages will go to buy things after the village is gone. His teacher Gu Yi can come back and punch him into the wall and dig out everything. Not coming out.
As a true modern person, Strange understands that the trend of modernization is almost unstoppable, and the trump card of modernization is not brighter lights, cleaner water sources, and most importantly, the extremely fast flow of information.
Once people accept this speed of information flow, they can never go back to the days of receiving information slowly. Even he himself is like this, otherwise he would not find an apprentice to turn all the magic classics into e-books, and then I read it at double speed.
Although a fast-paced life is always criticized, a too slow pace of life may not necessarily be a good thing. Strange often feels drowsy at Kamal Taj because the days are long and there is nothing to do.
After being in this state for a long time and suddenly returning to the fast-paced New York, Strange even felt that his brain was a little unable to move.
But Strange was more cautious about building roads for Shambhala. He decided to visit the town at the foot of the mountain first, and then decide whether to develop Shambhala.
Kama Taj's students often went to the town and volunteered to guide Strange. Strange set out with a few archmages and spent two days and two nights in the town at the foot of the mountain.
Before setting off, Strange really didn't think there was much fun in a town. He was from a small town himself, so how could he know what the town was like?
But the Sherpa town at the foot of the mountain was indeed different from what he had imagined. They lived a modern and original life.
It sounds contradictory, but it is true. Every household has access to water, electricity and internet, but they still live in houses made of stone. There are obviously modern agricultural machinery, but they still make highland barley by hand. There are obviously modern hotels, but most of them are residential buildings. Renovated B&B.
It wasn't until the students took him for a tour with the tour guide that Strange understood why. To put it bluntly, the whole town was like a huge Truman Show, and all of this was almost performed for tourists.