Chapter 120: I Really Don't Have a Task

Not to mention the Tana People who have never received a mathematical education, even Federal people who have been educated do not necessarily possess the computing power of players.

After all, every player who has received primary education can crush the Tana People in mathematics.

Endless marketing campaigns were things players had long seen plenty of in the real world, so Yun Xiao felt they were nothing out of the ordinary.

Perhaps the AI hadn't evolved these promotional activities yet; Yun Xiao saw the shock on Sarana's face: "As long as we can keep those drunks in the bar, we can definitely empty their wallets, can't we?"

"Hmm, you've done well, and you understand the situation in the Factory District very clearly. However, we still need to learn more about the Underground Church. You should know that Tana City has been very unstable these years; we must understand what those guys are doing to avoid another tragedy like the one before," Sarana said perfunctorily. "I will have someone look for you when I have a need."

After leaving the Chamber of Commerce, Yun Xiao stretched; he had thought there was some important matter calling for him.

Thinking back to when Bu'er was around, there were all kinds of new tasks almost every day.

Keeping an eye on the Sun God Cult, keeping an eye on Bar Street, keeping an eye on the entire Factory District... he even followed along to catch witches twice, and the pay was good too.

Sarana was much stingier; he had clearly provided very useful intelligence, but the other party didn't care at all and instead only cared about how much money she earned.

This person was truly a second-generation heir, completely ignorant of management. Shouldn't she have just assigned him a task and let him get to work first, so as not to let him lose his motivation?

"Yun Xiao, Yun Xiao!" Feng Buxi was coming over carrying a pile of things; the painting materials for the murals always needed to be replaced, especially the brushes and pens.

Originally, this work was left to the Believers of the Sun God Cult, but Archbishop Aikemengde was simply too busy. Those nobles all wanted him to perform Purification rituals. Although he knew these people might not truly believe in the Sun God Cult, Aikemengde still hoped to win the support of more Believers.

Consequently, Feng Buxi had to go out and purchase them himself. Fortunately, the money Aikemengde gave was not little, and he even had some left over after the shopping.

"Why are you coming from Commercial Street? What did you buy?" Yun Xiao rummaged through the other's bag. "It looks like you and Ai Ai have gained a firm foothold in the Sun God Cult, since they even let you handle purchasing."

"Didn't I tell you? The Sun God Cult has been quite busy lately." Holding the items, Feng Buxi pulled Yun Xiao toward Store Street. "A lot of nobles have been donating money recently, so he doesn't care about this little bit of money, but he still won't tell us how to mix those pigments. I can feel now that the completed parts of the painting give people a very bright feeling; in short, there must be something in the pigments that affects people's state of mind."

"Transcendental Power? Spiritual Material? Mysterious item?" Yun Xiao whispered these few terms.

"Isn't that inevitable? After all, it's such a large church." Feng Buxi shook his head. "In any case, the Wealth Church is definitely done for now. It's said that the Governor even went to find Sarana to tell them not to use Transcendental Power to influence trade, otherwise, he would report them to the Royal Capital. By the way, did Sarana give you a task?"

"No, what task could she give me?" Yun Xiao shook his head.

"Back then, the Sun God Cult would borrow the witch incident to put pressure on the Wealth Church. Before that incident, the Sun God Cult was practically the lowest-ranking Zheng Shen Church in Tana City. It's only been a month or so, and its reputation is already almost bigger than the Wisdom Church." It wasn't that Feng Buxi was defecting quickly, but that the development of the Sun God Cult was indeed outrageous.

Perhaps the biggest reason was the Sun Fruit. Although the Wisdom Church also distributed grain to the commoners, they distributed black bread, which didn't count as a miracle.

But the Sun Fruit was a complete miracle; although it didn't have much taste when eaten, it not only provided a strong sense of satiety, but it also looked like a gift from the gods.

One had to admit that Aikemengde had some skills, at least he was very clever when it came to proselytizing.

It is said that he adopted some orphans at the very beginning and trained them for over ten years. These children were extremely loyal to the Sun God Cult and could do anything for the church.

Later, he also utilized the incompetence of the Wealth Church to successfully step onto the front stage.

He finally made those nobles realize that the Sun God Cult was also a very powerful church that could provide them with a lot of help.

For example, Purification.

Yun Xiao just felt it was absurd and waved his hand. "Sarana is a second-generation heir after all; she didn't even assign me any tasks, which I even find absurd. But it can be seen that the Wealth Church doesn't value what the people in the Factory District believe in; they only care about what the nobles believe in and whether they will continue to cooperate with the Wealth Church."

"With things like currency exchange, it's impossible to have a very good relationship with the Wealth Church. Tana City has always had its grain prices suppressed; in the Royal Capital, the price of this grain is not the price of black bread." Feng Buxi had already inquired about it. "In the eyes of the nobles, 10 tons of grain is only worth 1 Gold Tana, but in the Royal Capital, 10 tons of grain can be exchanged for 500 Xide, which is at least 4 Gold Tana. Even if there are shipping costs in this, it wouldn't take 1 Gold Tana; the nobles are losing twice as much in the end."

Although Tana City also had factories, it had more manors for growing grain.

Those Nongzhuang occupied a large amount of fertile land, and the biggest source of income for the vast majority of nobles in Tana City was the Nongzhuang. The suitable environment with three harvests a year made grain the biggest source of income for Tana City.

Although barbarians were always coming to attack, the power of the barbarians was not that strong; the War Church only needed about 1,000 people to defend the entire city walls of Tana City.

The life of the nobles here was very leisurely and comfortable; there were even many nobles from other places who would choose to build a Nongzhuang here. Although they didn't come often, they could still earn a lot of money by relying on the grain production here.

However, because of the Wealth Church, the nobles had always been restricted from raising grain prices.

Through the price difference between the "Tana" currency and "Xide", the Wealth Church obtained a lot of profit from the spread, and now this balance had been broken.

Now that the nobles had tasted the sweetness, how could they possibly continue to cooperate with the Wealth Church?

"In other words, things like Nongzhuang are definitely going to raise prices?" Although Yun Xiao couldn't figure out the relationships between these churches, he could understand some economic laws.

Since farming was a very profitable thing now, the nobles would soon reclaim a large amount of wasteland around them...

(End of chapter)