Chapter 270: Holy City! Holy City! (Part I)
Prior to this, the goddess of wealth had been consciously or unconsciously teaching her followers to be honest and to abide by the contract, and if the contract had been signed, then in any case, before harming her own life and property, she should do her best to complete the contract.
Because the most important thing for a merchant is 'credit', and if a merchant has no credit at all, then who will do business with him?
Merchants are not aristocrats, many merchants have nothing but money in their hands, and even if the nobility is treacherous, they still have land and taxes to support themselves, and if a merchant has no credibility, no one will do business with the merchant who has lost his credit, so he can only find another way to live.
Before, perhaps unintentionally, perhaps just to promote commerce, she did get her followers to keep the contract.
Because she 'taught' her followers to keep the covenant, and she guarded it, so, under the watchful eye of the 'Source of Order', 'Latinia', the goddess of wealth in the world of Assatom, was given the 'Covenant' priesthood!
"Thank you, my lord!"
Many devotees of the goddess of wealth shouted like a tidal wave after the goddess of wealth made a 'vow'.
After that, all the contracts in the world can be carried out under her witness, but the choice is still in the hands of the two or more parties who sign the contract, and it is up to them to choose whether they need her witness or not.
Perhaps in the future, businessmen will need to understand the local laws and whether they are being played with words before signing a contract.
However, as long as the contract can be guaranteed, then they no longer have to worry about being torn up by the collaborators who signed the contract, and if such a thing happens, their faith, their goddess will definitely punish those who have betrayed their promise!
"Merchants, adventurers, mercenaries, you don't need to believe in me. ”
The Goddess of Fortune pushed the atmosphere to the next climax according to the plan, "Just call on My Holy Name when you sign the contract, and you can complete the contract in my witness." If we tear up the contract, we will punish the treacherous! Let them know that the contract cannot be broken in my witness!"
"No matter how noble his status is, no matter how powerful he is, I will fulfill and carry out my duties and beliefs, and punish those who have betrayed their promises!"
"Thank you—"
As soon as the words fell, merchants, adventurers, mercenaries, etc., all shouted at the top of their voices: "Ratinia is crowned !!"
They did not kneel, because they were not believers in the goddess of wealth, but the sincerity of their hearts, Latinia had already felt!
The invisible power of faith haunted her body, and when they roared, their sincerity had provided faith to the goddess of wealth.
After Thera's research and Seth's experiments, Latinia has mastered how to 'scientifically' and 'reasonably' collect beliefs - it doesn't necessarily require them to be their own believers, as long as their hearts are sincere enough.
And every time they have successfully signed a contract, they need to call her 'holy name' in exchange for her 'testimony'.
She doesn't need to do anything, just wait quietly, and in the process, the 'worship' of her will subtly change them, even if she doesn't do anything, in the end, she can still become a 'god' in everyone's heart.
Just like the 'God of Light' and the 'Daughter of Two Faces', one is a deity who has important priesthoods such as 'Sun' and 'Light', and the other is 'the Moon Goddess who rules over many stars' - because Sloe Mendes has two moons, one is the 'Gentle Golden Moon' and the other is the 'Wise Silver Moon', and the Goddess of the Moon is described in the canon of the Church of the Moon God as a goddess with a dual personality.
It is precisely because gods such as the 'God of Light' and the 'Goddess of the Moon' are indispensable that they have so many believers.
Many people's beliefs are not 'real beliefs', they are just the result of their drifting, and as long as the goddess of wealth can become a 'household name' and 'indispensable' deity, then she will naturally be able to gain more faith.
And the 'contract' priesthood is just a foreshadowing!
The goddess of wealth accepted the thanks of those people with peace of mind, and although she had not done anything yet, she had actually done enough.
Adventurers don't have to worry about their gains being stolen after the contract is torn up and they don't have to worry about the mercenary tearing up, mercenaries don't have to worry about the contract being torn up by the mercenary, they can always get the money they have already promised, and the merchants, not to mention the merchants, they don't have to worry about losing everything because of the 'treachery' of the nobles.
The aristocracy did not have a standard moral code, and the reason why the sage aristocracy was so respected was because of their own self-consciousness.
Since there is no 'morality' to speak of, how can we talk about 'etiquette and happiness'?
The goddess of fortune felt a malicious gaze, the 'location' should be 'north' - over the 'desert', over the 'inland sea', over the 'Atoso Mountains', almost half a continent away!
Ha, it's Vivien Leigh's bitch!
Is she eyeing herself because she's given the 'contract' priesthood?
It is clear that there is something wrong with the people under their hands, many nobles have no credibility at all, if they don't have most of the wealth in the mainland, how can the merchants trade with them?
Because we are accustomed to taking and plundering, do we take all this for granted?
In an instant, the goddess of wealth left behind the malicious gaze that reached her heart, she was not standing here today to obtain the priesthood-
'Holy City', after today, the name of 'Fortune Holy City Wende City' will resound throughout the continent!
Latinia raised her hands in the air, and the devotees below the platform chanted:
"You are the protector of the businessman, you are the gatekeeper of wealth. You are the regulator that maintains the business operations, and you are the guarantor of the prosperity of the market—"
The goddess of wealth raised her arms and shouted, and the believers were equally reverent:
"You taught us not to be cowardly, you taught us to value money, you taught us to open up new ways of business, you taught us to be honest with others—"
The phantom in the sky slowly opened her eyes and looked at the stars in the distance, and the others in the square, driven by the surging blood of their hearts, shouted with the believers:
"You have made us not use unlawful means to obtain wealth, and you have made us break down the barriers that hinder the development of commerce—"
The Spirit of the Demon Net raised its eyes and closed it again, allowing the light from the 'Golden Garden' to shine directly on a large part of Sloe Mendes'!
"You are the star in the sky, you are our Lord, you are in charge of 'wealth' and 'trade', you are the guardian of 'contract', and the world should call you 'Lady of Wealth' and 'Friend of Merchant' instead of calling you by your holy name!"
The maid and the black dragon quietly let go of their hand, the magic furnace underground behind them was running at high speed, and the mages were already ready.
The magic net in the sky began to operate, the veins of the underground began to be active, the wind and clouds began to converge, the 'scepter', 'classics' and 'crown' appeared on the maid one by one, the black dragon put on the 'crown' in the light, and the flames shook behind him and turned into a red royal robe!
"Your yearning is what we yearn for, and your desire is our prayer!"
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