Chapter 278: The Secret of the General Chamber of Commerce
The business skills of the Priest Sermon did not attract Leo's attention, and he did not get up to leave because the scene in the prayer room during the priest's sermon attracted his attention.
Because of the large number of psionic devices that interfere with the spiritual energy arranged in the port of Venaya, Leo's spiritual network cannot play any role here at all, so Leo can only turn on the spiritual vision for a long time to observe the spiritual energy situation here.
In the prayer of the goddess of commerce, Leo also turned on the spiritual vision, and the prayer hall, which had nothing abnormal in the spiritual vision before the sermon, gradually devoted the attention of the surrounding merchants as the business skills described by the priest continued to deepen, and the walls around the prayer hall immediately glowed with bursts of light.
This light was not psionic energy, but Leo could feel that the light contained a strong and chaotic power, and these rays gradually converged along the religious texts and symbols that resembled Turing roots on the walls of the prayer hall to the money bag and tilted scales in the hands of the statue of the goddess of commerce in the prayer hall, and then gradually weakened as if swallowed by some invisible force.
After that, when the sermon was finished, the merchants sitting in the chairs around him stood up one after another, took out a venaya from his pocket, tapped it on his forehead, and threw it into the purse at the foot of the statue of the goddess.
Although the merchant's actions looked simple, they were not simple at all in Leo's eyes, because the moment the merchant touched his forehead with the coin, there was an extra layer of colorful light on the coin, and after throwing it into the money bag, some incomprehensible words appeared on the surface of the money bag.
This series of ritual-like movements reminded Leo of becoming a god by faith.
In the lineage of gods in the world of Vilun, the number of believing gods is very large, according to the statistics of religious scholars, since the appearance of the first believing deity, there are at least 3,756 believing gods. In the eyes of some shamans who study gods, the emergence of belief in gods represents the beginning of the age of gods, because before that, humans did not have the concept of gods, and all supernatural things were considered unspeakable mystical powers.
There is some content about belief in God in the knowledge provided by the webweavers, which is very scattered and not very much, but the scene in the prayer hall of the goddess of commerce is similar to one of those passages, and that passage refers to the creation of gods by faith, or the creation of gods of faith.
Although the process recorded in that passage is different, the purpose of both is to collect the power of faith of believers, and the colorful light emitted from the Venaya coin taken out by the merchant is clearly the power of faith.
It's just that Leo is puzzled by the fact that those merchants are mercenary, only have interests in their eyes, and it is impossible for them to have faith at all, and it is impossible for them to be pious enough to condense the power of faith. It is not difficult to see from the colorful light emitted on that coin that these merchants have a high degree of faith in the goddess of commerce, and all of them can be regarded as devout believers.
Confused, Leo followed the example of the others around him, walked to the statue of the goddess, took out a Venaya coin from his pocket, and the moment the coin was taken out, he couldn't help but be stunned, then threw the coin into his pocket, turned around and left the church, and while walking aimlessly through the street, he took out a coin from his pocket again, and put it in front of his eyes to check it repeatedly.
The reason why Leo behaved like this was because the moment he took out the coin just now, he found that the coin in his hand also emitted colorful light, and judging from his previous experience, he should also be regarded as a devout disciple of the goddess of commerce. However, he himself knew very well that he was not a believer in any god, and it was impossible for him to have any faith in a non-existent goddess of commerce, so he felt that there was something wrong with the power of this faith, and the problem should lie in the coins.
After repeated inspections, Leo quickly found that there was no problem with the front and back of the coin, one side was printed with the whole picture of the port of Venaya, and the other side was printed with the city coat of arms of the port of Venaya and the coat of arms of the General Chamber of Commerce, which was a very ordinary coin shape from the point of view of the shape.
What is really unusual is the material used in the coin, if Leo had not obtained the knowledge of the Webweaver, he might only think of it as an ordinary silver-tin alloy, but by comparing the knowledge of the Webweaver, he found that the coin in his hand was actually a cheap magic silver.
In ancient times, coinage was not in the hands of kings and lords, but in the hands of various churches of gods, which first made coins out of a type of magic silver. However, as the amount of coins increased, it was too expensive to use all magic silver, so they switched to ordinary silver alloys, and the recipe for magic silver disappeared from the world over time.
It was already surprising to see the magic silver whose recipe had long been lost, and even more surprising that it was used by the United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce to mint a circulating currency like the ancient church.
However, the magic silver alone is not the most peculiar thing about the Venaya coin, 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 see decoration as some protective measures made by the Chamber of Commerce to prevent someone from damaging the currency, just like the coins of the Kingdom of England and the French Empire will leave a circle of serrations on the edges, so in the eyes of ordinary people, the Venaya coins of the Chamber of Commerce are not peculiar, just slightly more beautiful.
However, Leo was able to use the knowledge of variant roots that he had learned from Dio Bronno not long ago to discern that this circle of patterns was actually a circle of variant roots, and that the original roots were not Gamoré according to Leo, but an unknown divine script.
Although Leo did not know the meaning of this circle of divine inscriptions, he was able to understand the function of this circle of divine texts, which should be to transform any transaction behavior made by those who held this currency into the power of faith in the goddess of commerce or commerce itself.
That's why Leo and the merchants don't have any faith in the goddess of commerce, but the Venaya coins they bring 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 engaged in a business transaction, the content of the transaction was information, and all they needed to pay was a Vinaya coin that had been transformed into the power of faith.
In order to confirm his guess, Leo directly found a roadside stall and used the Venaya Coins in his hand to buy an equivalent food, and when he handed the Venaya Coins in his hand to the stall owner, he immediately saw that there was a faint layer of colorful light on the ordinary currency just now.
"Why, what the hell are they trying to do?" said Leo to himself as he found a chair in the street garden and ate the food in his hand.
Obviously, the reconstruction of the port of Venaya, the appearance of the Venaya coin, and the so-called farce of the goddess of commerce should have been the secret work of the United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, or it may have been arranged by Rupert Fitz, who held the majority of the power of the General Chamber of Commerce, but Leo did not understand why they did this.
According to Leo's idea, Lanxi, as the center of heavy industry, can be said to be the frontier of the world's steam machinery, and Rupert Fitz, as the controller of the city, is equivalent to mastering the core mystery of steam machinery, and consciously promoting it to the entire Vinylon world, so that 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 does not want the gods to reappear, because once the gods reappear, the world power structure will inevitably be reshuffled. Because of the advent of steam machinery, the merchant group that has begun to reach the peak of power will inevitably be dealt a heavy blow, and the declining church group will also regain their power, and the kings and nobles of various countries who have a great deal to do with the church and gods will also be able to take away some of the power from the merchants, and eventually the world situation will return to the ancient state of ignorance.
Although Rupert Fitz never admitted it, as the influence of the Chamber of Commerce expanded around the world, he gradually became the leader of merchants everywhere, and once the power of merchants was damaged, he would inevitably be implicated.
It is impossible not to see this with the wisdom of Rupert Fitz, but the problem now is that the general chamber of commerce controlled by Rupert Fitz is carrying out a vigorous god-making plan, Leo even suspects that Louis X signed an agreement with the Black Forest, the United Kingdom cedes the city of Miria and a series of far-reaching events, all of which are behind Rupert Fitz's plan, and his purpose is for the goddess of commerce in the port of Venaya.
Leo felt that the matter of the goddess of commerce was not over yet, because according to the process of becoming a god by faith, the current situation in Venaya Harbor was only the very beginning, and it was still unknown whether it would succeed and complete the final transformation of the gods.
For example, although the True Eye itself has extraordinary talents, it also takes the path of becoming a god through faith, so the True Eye Church will be formed. But until he was banned by the wizards of the tower, he was not able to complete the final transformation, and he was always just a false god, which shows how difficult it is to become a god by faith.
Therefore, no matter how far the matter of the goddess of commerce goes, the port of Vinaya, and even the United Kingdom and the French Empire, may be affected, and even produce some unforeseen turmoil, and with the future influence of the Chamber of Commerce, this turmoil may even affect other continents and countries.
Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help but mourn for a few minutes for the people of the Veron World, but even if he had inferred about the current situation in the Veron World, he didn't want to meddle in the matter and meddle in it, but instead left the place of right and wrong, and found a peaceful place to sort out the harvest after coming to the Veren World, and other thoughts became more firm.
"Huh!" Just as Leo recovered from his thoughts, and then threw the paper bag left over from eating food to the side of the flowers, and stood up to find a place to live for the night, several young men and women suddenly ran out of the depths of the garden, and you ran in front of Leo, and soon disappeared around the corner at the end of the street, and Leo's eyes kept following these people, until the figures of these people disappeared, and retracted them, and there was a trace of doubt on their faces.
After experiencing the trip to the Dibia Mountains, Leo had a very sensitive sense of the family because of his contact with a large number of Black Forest clans, and the young men and women just now made him feel something.
Although this sense is very weak, Leo knows that this is not an illusion, and he is also very confident that his sense will not be wrong, in this case, it means that the men and women are obviously family, and they are family members who have not triggered blood mutation.
In Leo's memory, unless it was a safe place like the Black Forest, the clans would gather together, otherwise there were very few scenes of clans in the outside world, mainly to prevent the clansmen from being wiped out by the Night's Watch or the Orthodox Church.
Although the overall situation of the whole world is not as harsh on the clan as it was in ancient times, and even the night watchman, who is known as the clan's sworn enemy, will no longer hunt and kill the clan, but this custom of not congregating together is still preserved, at least five years ago in Miria City.
But now, in the city of Venaya, these clans are gathered together, walking the streets unguardedly, and even more strangely, these clans do not belong to the same group. Leo had sensed that the seven young men and women belonged to three different clans, which seemed strange to him, because even the clans of the Black Forest would not mix with other clans.
Leo, who found the strangeness, did not follow him to find out, because he felt that after he returned to the world of Veron from the dream world, his already strong curiosity had become stronger, and it had even affected his judgment.
He felt that if he indulged this curiosity in this way, he might be involved in some inexplicable incident, so when a strong curiosity arose in his heart, he suppressed this curiosity again, and put the strange thing he had just discovered behind him, and began to look for a suitable hotel according to the previous plan.
Leo, who walked out of the street garden, casually stopped a newsboy, took out a Venaya coin, handed it to the newsboy, and said, "Tell me which hotel in the city is the most comfortable?"
The newsboy took the coin, put it in his pocket, and then carefully introduced: "If you like to be lively and like to listen to some sea legends, you can go to the Children of the Sea, which is the favorite inn of the captain of the port and has the best tasting rum." If you prefer some upscale service, head to the Golden Lion Hotel, which is a favorite hotel for wealthy businessmen. However, when it comes to comfortable and quiet living, there is only the Oak Hotel, which is located next to the Sky Garden, surrounded by wealthy merchant villas, and each hotel room overlooks the sea and gardens. ”
Hearing the newsboy's introduction, Leo nodded with satisfaction, then walked to the side of the road, stopped a rickshaw, and instructed the coachman, "Go to the Oak Hotel." ”