Perhaps because of the bad memories of encountering accidents on several flying boats, Qi Xuansu did not take the flying boat to the New World this time, but chose a steam ironclad ship.

Of course, he didn't fly on the ship in a public capacity, but changed his identity.

It is worth mentioning that Qi Xuansu's destination this time was not the Southern Continent, but the Northern Continent under the control of the Holy Court.

Unlike the Western Continent, which has been managed by the Holy See for thousands of years, the Northern Continent is still in a period of "pioneering" at this time, and neither the number of people nor the degree of organization are enough to support the Holy See's complete control of the Northern Continent. Although the Holy See nominally occupied the Northern Continent, the actual rule was very loose, and the states were divided into different states, and in addition to the common respect of the Holy See, there were even conflicts and conflicts. Because of this, the Holy See finally lost the Southern Continent.

After all, the population is too small, and the area of the New World is larger than that of the Western Continent, even if the Holy See continues to transport immigrants and slaves to the New World, it is still vast and sparsely populated, and it is even more difficult to suppress the aboriginal uprisings one after another.

This is not a matter of a few gods and apostles, maybe the gods can take action, they can defeat the local ancient gods and defeat an empire, but the gods alone cannot establish effective rule, and someone must do it.

Just like the Golden Tent of the year, it is one thing for the unparalleled force to sweep the world, and it is another thing to govern the world without a hundred years of national fortune.

For various reasons, the Holy Court forces in the Northern Continent cannot achieve the level of pervasiveness in the Western Continent, Qi Xuansu came to the Northern Continent, as long as he didn't make too much noise and paid attention to hiding his whereabouts, it would not be good.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing that the other side will win all battles, Qi Xuansu still wants to see with his own eyes what the Northern Continent is like under the rule of the Holy Court, and then adjust the countermeasures on the Southern Continent side according to the actual situation.

Of course, these situations are reported by Beichen Hall, and the written files can be piled up in a room, but it is better to see than to hear, if you can know the real situation just by looking at the files, Daomen does not have to carry out inspections and inspections.

For example, the typhoon disaster in Borneo made Qi Xuansu remember deeply, the numbers reported below are all fake, many of the numbers are estimated and referenced, and in the end, no one knows the real numbers.

In addition to this, there is another reason.

Before Qi Xuansu left, the national teacher had personally summoned him.

The national teacher did not express his opinion on specific matters, but talked about some metaphysical content.

The National Teacher believes that most of the time, seemingly correct policies and paths may not be recognized and responded to by the majority of people. For a leader, he must be vigilant and look back frequently as he leads the way so that his followers do not fall too far behind.

One step ahead, you will get supreme support and fanatical pursuit. Two steps ahead, and you'll get a convincing response. Three steps ahead, you will be incomprehensible and questioned. Four steps ahead, you will be abandoned and betrayed by the majority. If you are five steps ahead or more, you will lose all your followers, and you will even be considered crazy and fall into the point of fighting alone.

This is the sorrow of many great people, and it is also a reality that cannot be ignored.

This is like the implementation of the civil cabinet system in the Zulong era, when the county system was not fully mature, which was neither understood nor in line with the actual situation at that time. It was also for these reasons that Xuansheng did not depose the emperor.

The meaning of the national teacher is very simple, every place has the actual situation of each place, don't take the policy of the Daomen to copy it stiffly, even if the Daomen is right. If you think that the Daomen is absolutely civilized and absolutely advanced, you have to use the advanced experience of the Daomen to guide the Southern Continent, not to mention whether it is appropriate or not, you will also fall into the above situation internally.

Admittedly, the best thing to do is to strengthen the foundation so that it can keep up and eventually get on the right path. However, Daomen does not have such conditions, nor does it have such time, and the best way is to adapt measures to local conditions.

When necessary, don't be arbitrary, and listen to the opinions of fellow Daomen Daoists.

Since this is the case, Qi Xuansu has to go to the Northern Continent to take a look.

Perhaps because I didn't take a flying boat, this sea journey was long, but I didn't encounter much

Twists and turns. There are no dragons making waves, and there are no deep-sea monsters, after all, it is a very mature route.

As we all know, the largest and most prosperous city in the Western world today is Londinium, and the most prosperous city in the Northern Continent is St. York.

This was originally the territory of the aborigines, as early as the reign of Shizong of the Great Wei Dynasty, Westerners came here. In the early years of the Great Xuan, the Dutch people bought several islands from the natives and opened a trading post at the corner of the estuary. Forty years later, the Duke of York of the Kingdom of Lune seized the place, renamed it St. York, and gradually developed into the most prosperous district and, in many cases, assumed the functions of the capital.

St York is divided into Midtown, King's Borough, Queens, Blanc, and Richmond.

This is a typical port city, quite similar to Jinling Mansion and Lion City.

The Holy See has a large diocese, similar to the three divisions of the Daomen, and each diocese has a patriarch, similar to the deputy head of the Daomen, the Dazhenren, also known as the Patriarch. The patriarch of the core diocese of the Western Continent will become the Pope as a matter of course, and will be in the Holy See and take the position of cardinal.

After the Holy See seized the New World, a diocese and a patriarch were established there, and the patriarch's Basilica of St. Francis was located in the heart of Midtown, and even the city council had to concede to it.

But even with a single patriarch in place, the city is far from "clean", and behind the bustling scene is rapid change, the rise of steam evangelicals, the pagans who have merged with local witchcraft, and many unknown horrors that have yet to be discovered.

Here, divine art is not the only one, and Taoism is only a supporting role.

The root cause of this is that the large number of immigrants has created this phenomenon.

Immigrants from Western countries, sold slaves, aborigines who survived, and Orientals from the Eastern world were all mixed together, and different cultures of various civilizations came together.

Qi Xuansu came to the deck, and he had changed his appearance at this time.

There were no robes or crowns, but Westerners dressed in black suits, white shirts, elaborate waistcoats, expensive pocket watches, half-height top hats, leather shoes that could reflect human figures, monocles attached to thin metal chains, and a cane inlaid with silver decorations.

Brown hair, blue eyes, beard.

A standard Western gentleman, a decent man who came to the New World in a high-class warehouse.

For an ever-changing martial artist, changing his body and appearance couldn't be easier, and even the length and color of his hair and beard are not a problem.

As for forging identities, it is not difficult for Beichen Tang, they have many identities that can be used at any time, and they have been filling in the details since decades ago, as if there is really such a person in the world, who can completely confuse the real with the fake.

Qi Xuansu held on to the railing, looking at the approaching Port of St. York, the first thing that caught his eye was a huge statue of a goddess, dressed in armor and holding a sharp sword, pointing to the sea, which was the symbol of the Holy Court. Below the statue of the goddess is the Basilica of St. Paul, second only to the Basilica of St. Francis.

Then there are the chimneys, spitting billowing black smoke, obscuring the sky and the sun, and instead of rendering a glorious image of the goddess, it seems that black clouds overwhelm the city, and even the sunset in the west becomes bloody.

The people of the Central Plains don't like to build buildings that are too tall, but there is no shortage of high-rise buildings here, as high as five or six floors, and there are also seven or eight floors, I don't know what it means.

In addition, there are long railroad tracks crisscrossed like cobwebs, accompanied by whistles, and black trains spew billowing white smoke and whistling over the bridge. With Qi Xuansu's eyesight, it can be vaguely seen that there is a gentleman dressed in the same way as Qi Xuansu sitting in the carriage, as well as a lady holding a feather folding fan and wearing a gauze hat.

This is the steam evangelical sect that has sprung up within the Holy See.

Qi Xuansu's gaze followed the train and the railroad tracks into the distance.

The statue is located in Richmond, which is three times the size of Midtown but has the smallest population, and is separated from Midtown by an estuary with no bridges, usually by ferry.

In the Richmond district, there are various parks, church universities, private residences, although not as well as Midtown

The districts are on par, but the cultural atmosphere here is relatively strong.

There are Gothic castles, baroque churches, and towers with dark towers, which are rendered by steam and the West, but there is a bit of a Western mood that is very different from the East. Especially at night, all the tall spires are lit up, which is even more beautiful.

The steam is pervasive, the steam is ethereal, and the whole city seems to be inseparable from the presence of steam, and above the city, there are airships that are different from the airships, full of obvious mechanical colors, leaving long white steam trails behind them.

There are even a few small floating cities, as if an island had risen from the ground and been placed in the sky. Although the area is not large, only some single-family castles, churches, and gardens can be built, but it is shocking.

The last time Qi Xuansu saw a similar scene, it was in Kunlun Cave Heaven and Lingshan Cave Heaven, and it was not exactly the same, because the bottom of these floating islands was also spitting steam, condensing into cloud mist, as if it was built on top of the clouds.

This is a civilization that is very different from the civilization of the East.

Steam, alchemy, and machinery have infiltrated every corner of the city, just like the talisman formation of the Daomen has also infiltrated every crevice of the eastern city.

Qi Xuansu withdrew his gaze from a distance, and looked at the port that was getting closer and closer.

Masts and chimneys are lined up, and wooden sailing ships and ironclad ships coexist.

There are two worlds here.

On one side is the dock for passenger ships, very neat, well-paved masonry pavement, lined with kerosene street lamps, iron chains as railings, and elegant rental carriages, even the coachmen are well-dressed. On the other side are the wharves of cargo ships, all kinds of ragged coolie laborers, all kinds of empty barrels, all kinds of warehouses and wagons, noisy shouts and bells and whistles, and not far away is a low, endless shanty town, filled with the smell of stinking water and dead fish.