Chapter 278 The Secret of the General Chamber of Commerce
The business skills described by the priest of the Goddess of Commerce did not attract Leo's attention. The reason why he did not get up and leave was because the scene in the prayer room during the priest's sermon attracted his attention.
Because there are a large number of devices that interfere with spiritual energy at Vinaya Port, Leo's spiritual network cannot play any role here at all, so Leo can only turn on his spiritual vision for a long time to observe the spiritual energy situation here.
In the prayer hall of the Goddess of Commerce, Leo also turned on his spiritual vision. Before the sermon, there was no abnormality in the spiritual vision in the prayer hall. As the business skills described by the pastor continued to deepen, the attention of the surrounding businessmen gradually became invested.
Upon entering, bursts of light immediately appeared on the walls surrounding the prayer hall.
This kind of light is not spiritual energy, but Leo can feel that the light contains strong and chaotic power, and these lights gradually follow the religious inscriptions and symbols on the walls of the prayer hall that are similar to the Turing root.
They gathered on the money bag and tilted scale in the hands of the statue of the Goddess of Commerce in the prayer hall, and then gradually weakened as if being swallowed by some invisible force.
Afterwards, after the sermon was finished, I saw businessmen sitting on the chairs around them standing up one after another, taking out a Vinaya coin from their pockets, tapping their foreheads with the coin, and throwing it into the money bag at the foot of the goddess statue.
Although the actions of the merchants seemed simple, in Leo's eyes it was not simple at all, because the moment the merchant touched his forehead with the coins, there was a layer of colorful light on the coins. After throwing them into the money bag, the money
Some incomprehensible words appeared on the surface of the bag.
This series of ritual-like actions reminded Leo of one thing: becoming a god through faith.
In the genealogy of gods in the world of Velen, there are a very large number of belief gods. According to statistics from religious scholars, since the first belief god appeared, there have been at least 3,756 belief gods. In some research on gods
In the eyes of wizards, the emergence of belief in gods represents the advent of the age of gods, because before this, humans did not have the concept of gods, and all supernatural things were considered to be unspeakable mysterious powers.
There is some content about belief in gods in the knowledge provided by the web spinner. These contents are very scattered and not very much. However, the scene in the prayer hall of the Goddess of Commerce is similar to a certain paragraph in those contents, and that paragraph mentioned
It means becoming a god through faith, or in other words, creating and believing in a god.
Although the processes recorded in that section are different, the purpose of both is to collect the power of faith from believers, and the colorful light emitting from the Vinaya coin taken out by the merchant is obviously the power of faith.
What makes Leo confused is that all those businessmen are only profit-seeking. They only have interests in their eyes. It is impossible to have faith, and it is impossible to be devout to faith enough to condense into the power of faith. But the money radiated from that coin
It is not difficult to see from the colorful light that these businessmen have a high degree of belief in the goddess of commerce, and each one of them can be regarded as a devout believer.
With confusion, Leo followed the example of others around him, walked to the statue of the goddess, and took out a Vinaya coin that he had just exchanged from his pocket. The moment he took out the coin, he couldn't help but froze.
Stunned, he then threw the coin into the pocket at his feet, turned around and left the church. While walking aimlessly on the street, he took out another coin from his pocket and looked at it repeatedly.
The reason why Leo acted like this is because when he took out the coins just now, he found that the coins in his hand were also emitting colorful light. Judging from his previous experience, he should be regarded as a devout believer of the goddess of commerce. But
He himself knew very well that he was not a believer in any god, nor could he have any faith in a non-existent goddess of commerce, so he felt that there might be something wrong with the power of this belief, and the problem should lie in the coins.
After repeated inspections, Leo quickly discovered the clues. There was nothing wrong with the front and back of the coin. One side printed the entire view of Vinaya Port, and the other side printed the city emblem of Vinaya Port and the emblem of the General Chamber of Commerce. Judging from the shape,
It looks like a very common coin shape.
What is really extraordinary is the material used in the coins. If Leo had not obtained the knowledge of the web weaver, he might only regard this material as ordinary silver-tin alloy, but by comparing it with the knowledge of the web weaver,
He discovered that the coin in his hand was actually a cheap magic silver.
In ancient times, the right to mint money was not in the hands of kings and lords of various countries, but in the hands of various gods and churches. The church first used a kind of magic silver to make coins. However, with the increase in the use of coins, all
Using magic silver was too expensive, so ordinary silver alloy was used instead, and the formula of magic silver disappeared from the world as time went by.
It is already surprising to see magic silver whose recipe has been lost long ago. What is even more surprising is that this magic silver is actually used by the General Chamber of Commerce of the United Kingdom to mint currency that can be circulated like the ancient church.
However, just making currency from magic silver is not the most peculiar thing about Vinaya coins. The main reason why this currency can gather the power of faith is the pattern-like decoration on the edge of the currency circle.
Most people will only regard the decoration as some protective measures taken by the General Chamber of Commerce to prevent someone from damaging the currency. Just like the coins of the Kingdom of England, the Empire of France and other large countries will leave a circle of jagged edges on the edges, so in the eyes of ordinary people
The Vinaya coins that come to the General Chamber of Commerce are not unique, they are just a little more beautiful.
However, Leo was able to rely on the knowledge of variant radicals he learned from Dio Browno not long ago to identify that this circle of patterns is actually a circle of variant radicals, and its original root was not Gamo according to Leo's inference.
Thunder language is an unknown divine language.
Although Leo doesn't know the meaning of this circle of divine characters, he can understand the function of this circle of divine characters. Its function should be to transform any transaction conducted by the person who holds this currency into an expression of gratitude to the goddess of commerce or the goddess of commerce.
The power of faith in business itself.
This is why Leo and the businessmen have no faith in the goddess of commerce, but the Vinaya coins they took out contain the power of faith.
The moment they entered the Church of the Goddess of Commerce and listened to the priest's sermon, they were already conducting a business transaction. The content of the transaction was information, and all they needed to pay was a Vinaya that had been transformed into the power of faith.
currency.
In order to confirm his guess, Leo went directly to a roadside stall and used the Vinaya coins in his hand to buy a portion of food of equal value. When he handed the Vinaya coins to the stall owner of the roadside stall,
At this moment, he immediately saw that the currency that was just ordinary now had a faint layer of colorful light.
"Why? What do they want to do?" Leo found a chair in the street garden and sat down, thinking to himself while eating the food in his hands.
It is obvious that the reconstruction of Vinaya Port, the emergence of Vinaya coins and the subsequent farce of the so-called Business Goddess should have been secretly done by the United Kingdom General Chamber of Commerce, or it may be Rupert Fee, who holds the overwhelming power of the General Chamber of Commerce.
Everything was arranged here, but Leo didn't understand why they did this.
According to Leo's idea, Lanxi, as a center of heavy industry, can be said to be the forefront of steam machinery in the world. As the controller of this city, Rupert Fitz has also mastered the core secrets of steam machinery and consciously promoted it.
To the entire vinylon world, the entire vinylon world has entered the stage of scientific development.
Therefore, according to common sense, Rupert Fitz should be the person in the world who least wants the gods to reappear, because once the gods reappear, the world's power structure will inevitably be reshuffled. Because of the emergence of steam machinery, it begins to reach the peak of power.
The merchant group will inevitably be hit hard, and the declining church group will also regain their power. Kings and nobles of various countries who are closely involved with the church and gods will also be able to take away part of the power from the merchants. In the end, the world's
The situation will return to the ancient state of ignorance.
Although Rupert Fitz has never admitted it, as the Chamber of Commerce's influence has expanded around the world, he has gradually become the leader of merchants everywhere. Once the power of merchants is damaged, he will inevitably be implicated.
With the wisdom of Rupert Fitz, it is impossible not to see this, but the problem now is that the General Chamber of Commerce controlled by Rupert Fitz is carrying out a vigorous god-making plan, and Leo even doubts Louis X.
The agreement signed with the Black Forest, the United Kingdom's surrender of Miria City, and a series of far-reaching events were all planned by Rupert Fitz, and his purpose was all for the business of Vinaya Port.
goddess.
Leo feels that the business goddess is not over yet, because according to the process of becoming a god by faith, the current situation in Vinaya Port is only the initial stage. Will it be successful in the future and complete the final transformation of the god?
An unknown quantity.
For example, although the True Eye's talent is extraordinary, he also took the path of becoming a god through faith, so he established the True Eye Church. But until he was banned by the tower wizard, he was not able to complete the final mission.
Transformation is always just a false god. This shows how difficult it is to become a god through faith.
Therefore, no matter where the business goddess' matter goes, Vinaya Port, even the United Kingdom, and the French Empire may be affected, and even cause some unpredictable turmoil. And with the future influence of the General Chamber of Commerce, this trend
The unrest may even spread to other continents and countries.
Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help but mourn a few minutes of silence for the people of Velen World. However, even though he had some inferences about the current situation in Velen World, he did not think about meddling in it. Instead, he left the place of right and wrong and found a place.
The idea of organizing the gains after coming to the world of Velen in a calm place became more determined.
"Eh!" Just when Leo recovered from his thoughts, threw the paper bag left over from the food into the flowers, stood up and prepared to find a place to live for the night, several young men and women suddenly appeared from
Running out from the depths of the garden, you chased me and ran past Leo, quickly disappearing at the corner at the end of the street, and Leo's eyes followed these people until they disappeared, then turned away.
He came back with a look of doubt on his face.
After his trip to the Dibia Mountains, Leo came into contact with a large number of Black Forest Familia, which made him extremely sensitive to the Familia, and the young men and women just now made him feel something.
Although this kind of induction is very weak, Leo knows that this is not an illusion, and he also believes that his induction will not be wrong. In this case, it means that those men and women are obviously dependents, and they are not induced by bloodline mutation.
In Leo's memory, the Familia would only gather together in a safe place like the Black Forest. Otherwise, the Familia rarely appeared in groups in the outside world. This was mainly to prevent the Familia from being attacked by the Night Watch or
Catch all the Orthodox families in one fell swoop.
Although the current overall situation in the world is not as harsh to the Familia as it was in ancient times, and even the Night Watchmen, who are known as the mortal enemies of the Familia, will no longer hunt and kill the Familia when they see them, this custom of not gathering together still remains, at least.
This was what happened in Miria City five years ago.
But now, in Vinaya City, these Familia are gathered together, walking casually on the streets without any precautions. What's even weirder is that these Familia don't belong to the same ethnic group. Just now Leo sensed these seven people
The young men and women belong to three different Familia groups. This kind of thing seems incredible to him, because even the Familia in the Black Forest will not mix with other Familia.
Leo, who noticed something strange, did not follow up to find out what was going on, because he felt that after he returned to the world of Velen from the dream world, his already strong curiosity became even stronger, and it even affected his judgment.
He felt that if he continued to indulge his curiosity like this, he might be involved in some inexplicable incident, so when he had a strong curiosity in his heart, he suppressed the curiosity and just
I put the strange thing I discovered behind me and started looking for a suitable hotel according to my previous plan.
When Leo walked out of the street garden, he stopped a newsboy, took out a Vinaya coin, handed it to the newsboy, and said: "Tell me which hotel is the most comfortable in the city?"
The newsboy took the coins, put them in his pocket, and then carefully introduced: "If you like the excitement and listen to some maritime legends, you can go to the Son of the Ocean, which is the favorite hotel of the arriving captain and has the best tasting rum.
Wine. If you like some high-end services, you can go to the Golden Lion Hotel, which is the favorite hotel of wealthy businessmen. But when it comes to a comfortable and quiet living environment, the only one is the Oak Hotel. It is located next to the Sky Garden and is surrounded by
A wealthy businessman’s villa, every hotel room overlooks the sea and gardens.”
Chapter completed!