Chapter 225: The Busy Bishop

For some reason, Martin and the others had a bountiful harvest, to the point that after leaving the shop, their hands were completely full.

Especially Tata, who held the most items; these church clergy were not short on money, and since they were all Awakened, they were even wealthier.

After this wave, Susan already needed to restock; if it weren't still morning, she would have already planned to close up shop.

"At least it's not a problem here. Do we still need to purchase some building materials, or hire a construction crew or something?" Tata was already somewhat impatient; life in Tana City was completely different from what he had imagined before.

Martin looked at the big and small bags in his hands and only then realized, "We spent a bit too much today. Let's wait until we get back to hire a construction crew; what's the rush?"

"Then we should still hire them as soon as possible, right? The current labor shortage is really too severe." Tata reminded his master, "Otherwise, the Factory District wouldn't have had an incident."

As they spoke, they turned into an alley in the Factory District. There used to be many homeless people here, and many people waiting to be hired during the day, but now it was very clean; there was nothing at all.

The people on the street were in a hurry; compared to Store Street, the people here were busier, as if someone were chasing them.

However, there wasn't a single worker or commoner on the road; most were sales personnel wearing nice clothes, going door-to-door to peddle their businesses.

The carriage drivers here also had to run faster than people in other places. If one absolutely had to find a more leisurely place here, it would probably be the school in the Factory District.

"The Wisdom Church is developed the best here, but because of the Barbarians, the War Church is also doing quite well. As for the Wealth Church, after the previous events, their status in the city has been shaken, but they are very popular among those commoners who have a little money and can invest."

Although Ajia usually appeared to be not very smart, he had never been vague when it came to serious matters.

After several days of investigation, they had already calculated the basic situation in the city very clearly.

Therefore, they felt that preaching in the dock area would have very good results.

Because so far, except for the Sun Church, almost no other church could preach in the dock area, and even those Priestesses of Gannaer could not spread their faith.

But in the dock area, there were already quite a few shallow Believers of the Storm Church, so it would be even easier to spread than the Sun Church.

"But we also cannot completely ignore these places with many believers in the Factory District. Although I don't hope that the matter of the Lightning Charm will affect our affairs in Tana City, it seems that the Lightning Charm is very useful."

At this moment, Martin was watching the job recruitment information in the Factory District on the side.

I don't know if it was because the people in the Factory District of Tana City had started to become literate, but every factory entrance had employee benefits hanging on it.

These benefits were almost all newly posted, and the benefits of every factory were quite good.

At the very least, they clearly stipulated working hours, salary remuneration, payment methods, rest methods, and emphasized that they would not enslave workers; there were no guns in the factory, and apart from the foreman, there were no staff members like supervisors.

It seemed that because of yesterday's events, everyone was a bit scared.

There were also some factory owners who were directing people at the entrance to change the new recruitment requirements.

Upon seeing the sailor outfits commonly worn by Martin and his group, they ran directly into the factory and closed the door.

Is it that scary?

Martin looked helplessly at the sailor shirt he was wearing; clearly, this outfit was actually quite good-looking.

At least it was quite clean, wasn't it?

"If these workers believe that the charms were provided by us, perhaps they will be grateful to us," Ajia said in a low voice from the side, "It's just that doing so will make other churches dissatisfied."

"No need to be too anxious. Let's go back and choose a piece of land first; it must be closer to the dock area." Martin had firm determination, believing that he would definitely be able to spread the faith of Storm in Tana City.

Mechanical Port, the dock area was quite busy. It was said that because this newly built port would build a church belonging to Storm, there were many materials coming and going.

Moreover, the price of these materials was quite high. It was said that because of Tana City, the demand for materials there was great, and the price was even higher. It was also closer to the Federal, and whether choosing land transport or sea transport, it was very cost-effective, so buying materials to Mechanical Port was more expensive.

But this was also something that couldn't be helped.

Docking at the port, several sailors got off the ship quite excitedly. After leaving a portion of people to keep watch, Chimu took Sawasi off the ship.

"I said you didn't need to follow." Chimu was a bit worried about an accident. Sawasi's luck was really too bad, and this time they were going to the territory of the Extraordinary. Who knew what those Awakened like Mofate were like? What if they were also terrifying?

Thinking that this guy didn't belong to the official Extraordinary, and was also a guy like a Bloodthirsty who was keen on drinking blood, he always felt a bit uneasy.

Although Mofate had emphasized that he only liked to drink the blood of pure maidens and had no interest in the blood of males, especially the blood of ugly males, Chimu still felt that he shouldn't have let Sawasi follow.

But Sawasi didn't think so, "Last time it was you who let me leave, so we were kidnapped. This time I definitely cannot leave easily; two people together will always have more security."

"Otherwise, I might as well have brought a few more Xiahui People." Chimu sighed helplessly, "You can follow, but you must remember, you cannot speak."

"No problem." Sawasi made a zipper gesture, "Don't you worry, if I speak..."

"I said there was no need to say more." Chimu covered Sawasi's mouth, afraid that he would say something he shouldn't.

The two followed the instructions on the newspaper and found the newspaper office.

"We hope to contact the people at Bailandu Winery; here is the thing we want to provide." As he spoke, Chimu handed the letter in his hand to the staff of the newspaper office, while dropping some money.

Seeing the Tana Coin on the table, the person from the newspaper office said with some surprise, "Are you from Tana City?"

"Yes." Chimu didn't understand why the other party had a shocked expression, "Is there a problem?"

"I heard that you have already started fighting with those Barbarians, and have already fought onto the Barbarians' territory." This Reporter was quite excited, picking up his notebook, as if preparing to conduct an exclusive interview with Chimu.

Chimu didn't know much about the front line, but he could still understand the relevant situation through the content posted by Zhuguli and others on the forum.

"I heard that because of the Barbarians' warfare, several surrounding countries have been affected, especially the life in Tulu. Over there, it's the same as Tana City; there are always Barbarians harassing the border line, but because the Federal finally took action this year, the state of Tulu has been greatly relieved."

The Barbarians didn't have just one border. As an inland country with only river channels, except for the desert where they didn't want to enter, they wanted to go everywhere in all directions. Whether to expand their territory or to let their people plunder materials and awaken to advance, they all needed to harass the surrounding countries.

The country of Tulu was just like this.

However, Chimu had almost no understanding of this country, because this country was very far from Tana City.

"I'm very sorry, I don't know this information." Chimu said.

"How could you not know? Tulu is the largest slave-exporting country. The birth rate in this country is very high; every young couple has at least three children. But because of the climate, their grain production is not very high, so they often export slaves." This Reporter introduced to the two, "You should be able to feel the changes in price; people from the Wealth Church should be very sensitive to this information."

"I am also not a person from the Wealth Church." Sawasi muttered on the side.

"Then what do you believe in..."

"Storm, we believe in Storm!" Chimu puffed out his chest and said, "We are all wanderers drifting on the sea, although we are people from Tana City."

"This is the first time I've known that our faith is spreading quite well in Tana City." The person speaking pushed open the door, with a smile and composure on his face, "Listening to your accents, one can tell you are people from the Federal. I didn't expect you to actually be people from Tana City."

Seeing the church emblem on the other party, Chimu knew that the bearded man in front of him should be a person from the Storm Church.

They would all wear Lightning brooches, wear blue sailor hats, and carry some hostility on them, as if they were the sea, not knowing when a storm would appear.

"Hello, Storm be above."

"The Storm is above, my child. We do not actually have the qualifications to build a church in Tana City yet, but soon you will be able to worship the God of Storms in Tana City." Archbishop Stanting handed a document to the Reporter. "I hope you can publish a special issue as soon as possible, detailing our achievements near the Mechanism City during this period, just as I told you before."

"Thank you for your support; we will definitely publish it soon." The Reporter did not dare to neglect Archbishop Stanting. "Do you need to rest for a while?"

"No, I cannot rest at all right now; the people under me are all busy. We are like a swift wind and cannot stay in one place." Stanting looked kindly at Chimu and the other. "What did you come here for?"

"We came after seeing the advertisement; there is a batch of cargo that might..." He did not expect that looking for unofficial Extraordinary would lead to encountering an official Extraordinary of the sea.

One look at Stanting was enough to know that this guy was no ordinary person.

The aura on him was definitely not something an ordinary person could bear; it was the aura of a high-ranking person who had awakened.

He definitely did not walk over just now, but was blown over by a gust of wind, which was why there was such a strong wind at the entrance.

"Our Believers are indeed very diligent; the Lord will reward you." Thinking that these were all believers from Tana City, Archbishop Stanting could not help but ask a few more questions.

After all, he had only just received a letter from his subordinate.

"Thanks to the mercy of the Storm." Chimu pulled Sawasi, who wanted to say something, and hurried away from there, hoping that the newspaper office would act quickly and not make him wait too long.

This was the first time he had met an official Archbishop directly.

Players in Tana City at most only came into contact with the local Bishops.

In reality, although they were all called Bishops, the status of this Stanting was not the same as those Bishops in Tana City.

Stanting was the Bishop of the Storm Church for the entire Maritime Kingdom, and his abilities were unfathomable. Even a Sailor who knew nothing about the church would know about the "Lord of Weather" Stanting; to a certain extent, he represented the Storm.

Chimu was very glad that he had not awakened yet; otherwise, the other party would have already seen through him just now.

Stanting was indeed as swift as the wind; having just sent off those semi-finished manuscripts, he went toward the dock area like a gust of wind again.

This place was his life's work; he had been busy building the port here in the Mechanism City for some time recently.

The Mechanism City was the island in the entire Maritime Kingdom closest to the Federal, and ten years ago, this place was just some reefs that had not emerged from the sea.

After a long period of artificial landfill, this place finally became a good port, and it could even open up a city belonging to the port.

This was the greatest project he had ever done as an Archbishop in his life, and it was on the verge of success.

Over the past half year, the Mechanical Port had undergone great changes; there was light industry, workers, docks, warehouses, and even places like restaurants, bars, and inns. Now, the church here had also begun the finishing stages, and soon this would be a new gathering place.

"Archbishop, there are really too many ships recently, but we don't have enough manpower." Seeing the Archbishop come over, the Believer in charge of building the dock area said with some anxiety, "Such a big incident happened today; over a hundred workers fell into the water, and the construction period will have to be delayed quite a bit."

The good mood from just a moment ago was ruined by this Believer. Stanting said, "You knew that the construction of the church still required many workers; how are those workers now?"

"Thirteen died; they didn't know how to swim well, after all, they were workers from Tulu. More than fifty people were injured, and the remaining people are unwilling to work on the water."

Stanting felt a massive headache.

It was impossible for the Mechanical Port to abandon the construction of the port; if this place wanted to develop, it had to have a port.

Moreover, this place could also spread the faith to other regions, and there would be more merchants and Sailors who would develop faith in the Storm.

Now that those workers had not been won over, it was estimated that they would abandon the Storm Church in the future, especially since they did not know how to swim.

"Otherwise, the recent port construction could be suspended for a period of time; you see, the current dock area is enough..."

"How could it be enough? There are ships increasing almost every day, and some are coming to ask for news." Stanting began to have a headache. These people from Tulu really had low work efficiency, because these people always wanted to go to Tana City, as it was said that the wages there were higher.

(End of this chapter)