Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 786
Temple.

The holy place on the grassland stands on Risang Mountain in the middle of the vast grassland. Risang represents the place where the sun rises on the grassland, or the place where the sun can be seen rising here. The entire grassland has also been marked by Risang Mountain. Divided into eastern and western grasslands, the east of Risang Mountain is under the jurisdiction of King Zuoxian, and the west is under the jurisdiction of King Youxian.

The temple is on Mount Risang, which is nearly [-] meters high, and ordinary people can't go up there. Every year, countless grassland people gather here to go up the mountain to worship the gods, but if they can't go up, they can only worship at the foot of the mountain. A city was formed at the foot of Risang Mountain, a city no smaller than the capital of any country in the Central Plains. It was called the City of God. It was not under the jurisdiction of the wise kings of the left and right, but directly managed by the temple.

There are millions of permanent residents in Shencheng, and tens of millions of people come here every year to worship. There are countless business opportunities here. Not only the major powers in the grassland, but also the countries in the Central Plains have set up shops here. To do business, the second is to be based in the core of the grassland, so it is convenient to inquire about news.

It is indeed the greatest city on the grassland.

Wang Mang looked at a freshly baked document in his hand. This document was given out by Zuo Xianwang to be distributed by various tribes. Now he followed Wang Mang's footsteps and arrived in Shencheng. The speed is not bad.

Wang Mang secretly thought that with his speed, it was impossible for King Zuoxian's subordinates to pass the things over so quickly. It is very likely that before King Zuoxian took them out, he had already ordered someone to make an appointment to spread them to Shencheng first. After all, this is the largest place in the grassland. If the news spreads here, with the dispersal of the floating people who come to worship, the news can quickly spread in the vast grassland, and the speed of transmission will be faster.

A temple knight walked straight up to Wang Mang, stretched out his hand and said, "Receive the order of the high priest, please hand over the documents in your hands and destroy them in the temple. According to the commander of the high priest, this news must not be spread at will, and those who violate it will be included in the temple list." blacklist."

Wang Mang was stunned, and handed the documents directly to the temple knights. He had already seen many temple knights searching for the documents in various parts of the city, even in this restaurant, there were also many temple knights searching for documents. Invited to the side by the temple knights, he accepted the reprimand with a pale face.

"Aren't you a prairie?" the temple knight asked suddenly.

Wang Mang's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "Isn't the city of God open to the world? I want to come here to admire God's great deeds. Isn't that okay?"

"Pick up the Commander of the High Priestess and conduct a comprehensive investigation of suspicious persons in the city of God." The temple knight said coldly: "Who are you, where are you from, how long have you been here, and what are you going to do?"

"My name is Han Li, a Korean. I came here from Korea to admire God's miracles. I just came here today." Wang Mang used the name of Han Li, the ancestor of Korea, without hesitation.

The temple knight looked at Wang Mang and said coldly: "I will verify what you said, and you are not allowed to leave the city of God before you get permission, and those who leave without permission will be punished!"

After speaking, the temple knight turned and left.

Wang Mang shook his head noncommittally. With his strength, he just wanted to leave. What can these temple knights do to him?Just to save trouble.

Watching the temple knights popping up all over the city to search for documents, Wang Mang knew that what King Zuo Xian had done had an effect, or that he had succeeded in scaring the snake away. If the temple was upright, there was no need to care about these "flashy tabloids".

It seems that something is really wrong with this temple.

Wang Mang walked out of the restaurant. Wang Mang has always thought that the restaurant is the best place to inquire about news, so as soon as he entered the city of God, Wang Mang entered this seemingly crowded restaurant, but after working in the restaurant for a long time, he found out that All the diners just eat and don't talk like dumb, even if they talk, they must talk about gods, and they don't talk about anything other than gods. Originally, Wang Mang didn't know what was going on, but watching the actions of the temple knights everywhere in the city, Wang Mang But he vaguely understands that this city has always been under the control of speech.

This is a city of gods, and there are devout believers everywhere in the city. Almost everywhere, there are prairie people with vicissitudes on their faces kneeling on the ground and kissing the land under their feet, chanting their admiration for the gods. The believers do business among them, but they hardly do anything other than doing business. The documents Wang Mang got before were bought from one of the businessmen, and now all these documents have been confiscated by the Temple Knights.

Wang Mang walked slowly in the city. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the city was weird. He walked to the market in the city opened by various countries in the Central Plains. There is only one street away from the outside, but it is quite different. It is full of vitality, but it is lifeless outside of Fangshi.

"My lord has a very handsome face. It looks like he has just arrived in the city of God." A figure appeared next to Wang Mang at a whiz, and he cupped his hands at Wang Mang and said, "My lord needs attendants. The attendants in the shop are carefully selected. All the attendants in the small shop on the ground hundreds of miles away from Shencheng know that it is definitely worth the money.”

Tourist guide?

Wang Mang was taken aback, vaguely aware of what the shopkeeper was talking about, he took out a few taels of silver and said, "I don't need a servant, but I just want to ask you about something."

"This..." The shopkeeper did not put away the silver, but said: "In this city of gods, there are many things that cannot be inquired about. If you ask me, I will tell you what I can, and if I don't know, I will not say anything. "

"I see that the inside and outside of this square city seem to be two worlds. The outside seems to be very dull, and I don't understand it." Wang Mang said.

"Young Master, it seems that this is the first time I've come here." The owner said, "Let's put it this way, this city is a city of faith, and most of the people in the city are devout believers of the gods. They don't do anything when they come here. Other things, just come to worship."

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper smiled wryly, and said: "At first, I thought there were millions of people living here, and there are tens of millions of floating population every year. In terms of population alone, it is even one of the best big cities in the whole continent. From the perspective of floating population , is the best place to do business, but I never thought that this is the city of faith, people who come here come to worship, and if they have money, they dedicate it to God, and they would never come to us to buy things, hey!"

"Why are you sighing? There are always a few people who come to buy things when there are so many." Wang Mang said: "Could it be that the shopkeeper feels that he is making less money."

"Where is making money, it is clearly making money at a loss." The shopkeeper shook his head and said: "Let's put it this way, because this place has a large population and is the closest place to the temple. Under the protection of countless temple knights, this place is probably the safest place in the entire grassland. It is a place, so the housing prices here are not low, and the prices of the shops here are even more frighteningly high. I spent a full 100 million silver on this small shop. I thought it would pay back in two or three years, but now I My grandson is already playing soy sauce, and I'm still here to guard it."

Shaking his head and sighing, the shop owner continued: "As early as more than ten years ago, I had the opportunity to sell the shop, but it was a pity that I lost my mind at that time, and now I want to sell it, but I can't sell it."

"How to say?" Wang Mang said: "Is there any reason why you can't get out of the market if you want to make it?"

"This isn't another fight on the prairie, and then countless prairie nobles swarmed in. In less than half a year, the population of this god city has increased by millions, most of whom are from the prairie. Nobles, these people are rich, and they set up a family business here, and in a short period of time, the housing prices in this city of God have risen to a higher level." The shopkeeper said with a wry smile: "Nowadays, a small courtyard in the city of God is sold for millions of silver , It’s like stealing money.”

"The price is high. Boss, if you sell the store, you can still make some money?" Wang Mang said with a smile.

"Who are you selling it to?" The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "The housing prices in this city are all controlled. They can be high but never low. Just like my small shop, the current market price is 250 million silver, which can be compared with this price." High, but it must not be lower than this price, the real price has no market."

"How do you say it?" Wang Mang said.

"This square city was specially developed by Shencheng for us people from the Central Plains to do business. The prairie people who live in Shencheng know this. Now all the people who come to Shencheng are prairie people. Even if we have a house here, they will not come. They won’t live with us, because we are not believers in the gods. To those grassland people, we are all dirty heretics. They want us all to die, how can they buy here The house lives with us?" The shopkeeper said: "So my shop has no chance to be sold to the grassland nobles who flock to the city of God, but only to people from the Central Plains. The question is who will buy it?"

Looking at Wang Mang, the owner smiled and said, "For example, son, you now know the situation in Fangshi. I will sell the shop to you at the base price of 250 million taels. Do you want it?"

Only two hundred and five!
Wang Mang shook his head. Although he was rich, he didn't do business, so he had nothing to do with shopping here.

The shop owner felt a little regretful. He said that these were actually testing. After doing business here for such a long time, the shop owner knew very well that there were many shops in this square city that were not self-employed like him, but were placed by the major forces of the Central Plains in Shencheng. The stronghold, these people don’t care about the quality of the business, and they don’t expect to survive in business anyway. He only wanted to see if Wang Mang was sent here by the great forces in the Central Plains. His former old neighbor Li Lao Si ran away after encountering such a good thing the year before last. Looking at Wang Mang's appearance now, it is obvious that he did not come here to inquire about information, and his plan to sell the shop fell through.

"What are you doing here, sir, can I help you?" The shop owner couldn't sell the shop, so he wanted to see if he could find any business opportunities from Wang Mang.

Wang Mang said: "Shencheng has a great reputation. Come here to see and see, it can be regarded as gaining knowledge. Where is the owner from?"

"A native of Qin." The shopkeeper said, "Qin is a small country, but your son is from a big country, right?"

"Qin is not a small country." Wang Mang said with a smile, "The owner must have not been back for a long time. Before I came to Shencheng, I heard that Qin had sent troops to Hangu Pass to annex South Korea."

"Annex South Korea?" The shopkeeper exclaimed in surprise: "How is this possible? South Korea is a big country. Although I am from Qin, I never think that Qin can swallow South Korea. Could it be that my son is lying to you."

"What are you doing to lie to you?" After Wang Mang knew that the person in front of him was actually from Qin, he felt a little good in his heart, and said: "The news must have spread by now, even if I don't tell you, you will know soon .”

"This..." the shopkeeper said: "It's not that I don't believe it, but that what you said is really unbelievable. A few years ago, I also communicated with merchants from Qin, and I heard that the new emperor of Qin is a famous useless... The lazy emperor doesn't listen to the government, and all the power of the court is controlled by the Queen Mother and the ministers of the court. So Qin has already threatened to destroy the country. In just a few years, Qin will be able to annex South Korea, which is simply unsettling. I can't believe it."

Useless?I'm afraid you want to say that I am a waste, right?But the Lazy Emperor would be nicknamed.

Wang Mang didn't care about what the shopkeeper said about him. Some of his behaviors in the past few years were indeed outrageous. If Shangguan Wan'er hadn't been escorting him, Qin might have disappeared before he woke up. It is normal for Qin people to be somewhat dissatisfied with him.

But this is all in the past. As the saying goes, people should look at each other with admiration for three days. The current Qin State is already very different, and his status in the hearts of his relatives is also very different. Looking at the entire Qin State, I am afraid that there is no such thing as An old Qin man dared to say that Wang Mang is a waste emperor.

The person in front of me has been in Shencheng and hasn't been back for a long time. It is normal to have some misunderstandings about him. Wang Mang didn't bother to praise himself, so he said: "The state of Qin has become very different under the leadership of Emperor Qin. The owner lives here It's normal if you don't know, if the shop owner has the opportunity to go back, maybe you can see a different Qin country, as long as the shop owner knows a little, the current Qin country is very powerful."

The shopkeeper looked at Wang Mang suspiciously, and suddenly asked, "Could it be that the young master is also from Qin?"

"That's right." Wang Mang nodded, and said, "To be precise, I am Korean, but South Korea has now been annexed by Qin, and the Korean emperor Han Yu has already claimed to be from Qin, so I am also from Qin."

Wang Mang originally planned to admit that he was from Qin, but he suddenly realized that he had told the temple knights that his name was Han Li and that he was from South Korea. If he said that he was from Qin at this time, he would be at risk of being exposed. After all, this is where the temple is located. There are countless masters in the temple, and Wang Mang doesn't think that he can really run freely on the grassland as a master of refining gods.

Although the shop owner still had some disbelief, he didn't dare to disbelieve, so he said, "If you need help in the city of God, my lord, I will help you if you can."

After finishing speaking, the shopkeeper left straight away. The businessman was very accurate. He felt that this young man had a dangerous aura. He was not an ordinary person. He had no desire to cling to him, only to stay away.

Wang Mang didn't know why the shopkeeper suddenly turned cold towards him. As for the shopkeeper's so-called help, Wang Mang didn't care at all. He had already said that he could help if he could. The implication was that if you really have difficulties, don't come to him, shake your head, and walk forward. He walked in and out of some shops at random, for varying lengths of time, until he entered a small shop and pointed five fingers at the owner.

(End of this chapter)