Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

"I know." Naomi slowly straightened up and gently rubbed the corners of her eyes: "I just don't want him to see my unsatisfactory look."

She looked at the drifting clouds in the distance and stretched out her hand to hold it.

He lowered his fingertips again.

She whispered to herself: "The stars are beautiful tonight, will it be sunny tomorrow?"

Chapter 585: The God of Imperial Food

Close to Osaka.

Bai Yu's first stop was not Nan's house, but Sakata's house.

Speaking of the Sakata family, not many people may remember it.

This family is one of the local Chinese families in Osaka. They had previously united with four other wealthy families. Under the secret plan of Nanjihui, they tried to jointly destroy the Nan family. Later, after seeing Bai Yu with their own eyes, they decisively surrendered and married with the Nan family. It has become a substantial interest and camp alliance.

Baiyu has not laid many stakes in the entire Yingzhou, but only in Nanjia, Bantian and Baifeng formations.

The last time we met was ten years ago, and after ten years, it is obvious that the Sakata family has developed far better than the Hakuho group.

If the Hakuho Group had not been attacked by the Inahaya Association, its own assets and foundation would be roughly half of those of the Sakata family.

But the mafia organization is no match for the Chinese. The latter is expanding too fast. Moreover, the Sakata and Nan families jointly divided up the territory and interests of the four Chinese families. After ten years, they can barely take over the acquired industries and properties. The territory is firmly in his own hands.

It can be said that the Sakata family has lived a very prosperous life in the past ten years. Not only has it established many connections, but its family status has been rising steadily, especially in business-related aspects. Among the local Chinese in Osaka, it has established many important channels. His status has also risen with the tide, completely flat.

The head of the Sakata family has been replaced by Sakata Ryo, who took the initiative to join Bai Yu. He looks little different from ten years ago. Although he has slightly more silver hair, his mental outlook is obviously much better.

In front of the whole family, when he saw Bai Yu, he bowed directly in front of him, almost as much as kneeling on his knees as a gift.

The two parties haven't seen each other for ten years, so it's not surprising that the other party has any strange thoughts; and Sakata Ryo's attitude is obviously for others to see, and it is a warning to everyone in the Sakata family.

Sure enough, when they saw Ryo Sakata, as the head of the family, showing such a respectful attitude towards a young man, the members of the Sakata family were dumbfounded. After they came to their senses, they also followed suit and bowed.

After Sakata Ryo powerfully inherited the position of head of the family, he adopted a set of quite harsh family rules, loosening up the outside and tightening up inside.

He has an extremely cautious and step-by-step character, and his ability to surrender decisively and decisively proves that this person's character and character are both good.

Bai Yu didn't believe that Sakata Liang was somewhat grateful to him, but he would never dare to let him directly be on an equal footing with him.

On the one hand, Amamiya Mahiru and Minami Shiori were responsible for keeping an eye on him for ten years. On the other hand, Bai Yu had only allowed himself to be free in the past ten years. Facts have proved that he really despises this three-acre land.

Sakata Ryo is well aware of this and is not worried at all that Bai Yu will affect his status in the Sakata family. In this case, he has ten thousand reasons to give Bai Yu enough face and respect, even to the point of self-humiliation... Whoever can bring benefits to himself and the family, what does it matter if he recognizes him as his godfather?

After meeting at the door of the house, Sakata Ryo stood up, took the initiative to lead the way, and took Bai Yu to the main hall, then waved his hand and drove the servants out.

"We haven't seen each other for ten years, sir, but you haven't changed at all." Ryo Sakata touched his temples: "I already have beautiful hair."

Bai Yu said calmly: "I just arrived in Yingzhou. I haven't seen him in ten years, but the situation has changed a lot."

Sakata Ryo smiled bitterly: "I just got the news about the Hakuho Group. I didn't expect Inahaya would really choose the time to take action. Even my industry has been affected to some extent. After all, it is close to Edo, not the Sakata family." The scope of intervention."

"I have settled this matter." Bai Yu wrote lightly: "The Baifeng Group will transition to other businesses in the future. Dazao will spit out what he has eaten. You can just find someone to take it back another day."

Sakata's conscience skipped a beat. Of course he knew that behind this was not only Inahaya, but also the shogunate.

But Bai Yu said in a few words that the problem had been solved, which was really unbelievable.

The Bai Feng Group was attacked just one day ago, and it was resolved in just one day?

Ryo Sakata asked dryly: "You didn't really get rid of Inahaya, did you?"

"Am I just like a butcher?" Bai Yu narrowed his eyes: "Of course not..."

"That's good."

"They have to be kept alive before they can be slowly bled. Killing them directly is too cheap. All the industry for ten years was lost in one day. I must settle this account. Not only the Kanto Federation, but also the shogunate will have to pay. Pay the price." Bai Yu spoke with a calm tone, but the content was extremely domineering and arrogant.

Sakata Ryo could no longer tell whether Bai Yu was bragging or telling the truth.

In his opinion, it would be good to be able to preserve the last bit of blood and manpower of the Bai Feng Group.

He was prepared to free up part of the property here and give it to the Bai Feng Group to gain a foothold, but Bai Yu's answer far exceeded his expectations.

Although Sakata Ryo and Bai Yu don't get along much, they know very well that Bai Yu always does what he says. If he doesn't exaggerate this time and can make both the Kanto Alliance and the shogunate bow to him, then... this is what he has embraced. My thighs may be much thicker than I thought.

After a few words of conversation, Bai Yu got to the point.

"How is the situation of the Nan family?"

Ryo Sakata walked outside the door and brought back a woman in her twenties after a while. She was wearing a kimono with the crest of the Nan family on the sleeves and collar.

"According to what you said, ten years ago, one of the Sakata family's daughters was adopted into the Minami family as Minami Shiori's younger sister... and she was the one who was ultimately chosen."

"She's my youngest daughter, Sakata Kana... After changing her surname, she's now called Nan Kana. She's been in the Nan family for nearly ten years, helping the Nan family head handle all matters, big and small."

Minami Kana is also a rare beauty. Unlike the sisters Minami Shiori and Amamiya Mahiru, she is a short Yamato Nadeshiko-style beauty.

The age of more than 20 years old is considered to be the appropriate age for marriage according to Yingzhou customs.

Bai Yu wanted to ask casually why she still got married, but when she looked back, she suddenly remembered that she had said, 'After adoption, the engagement will be cancelled'...

At that time, it was an adoptive direct lineage, for the purpose of further binding interests, and at the same time, he was worried about unexpected situations, so it was difficult for Minami Shiori to take the lead alone.

For example, now that both Amemiya Mahiru and Minami Shiori are missing, they need a reliable person to deal with it.

The status of women in Yingzhou is not high, and they have to change their surname after marrying. If the surname is changed to Queen Nan, she can only consider the Nan family, and there is no practical difference from marrying in the past.

He took a sip of tea silently and asked, "How is the Nan family doing?"

After Nankana saluted, she replied with a hint of uneasiness: "Everything is stable at the moment. Everything is proceeding as planned in advance. There are not many important decisions that need to be made by the head of the family. It can probably be maintained for another half year or so."

Bai Yu asked: "Have you ever investigated the reason for their disappearance?"

"The head of the family and the wandering swordsman have been missing for more than a month. During this time, many people have been arranged to investigate, but the news has been interrupted within Kyoto without exception." Nankana said: "The only clear news at the moment is, The wandering swordsman and the family head went to the Inari Grand Shrine in Kyoto to worship, but after entering Kyoto, the two disappeared."

"Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto."

Bai Yu remembered the name.

Kyoto is the territory of the emperor, which is also the territory of Shintoism.

Inari God is the god of grain and food in Japanese mythology... Inari God is a general name and does not only refer to the god Uga no Tamaki. Among them are Tazunitian, Tanaka Okami, etc.

Therefore, the Inari god in Shintoism generally does not have a statue.

There is an SSR in Onmyoji named Goukitsu, who is also one of the Inari gods.

The messenger of Inari is a fox, because foxes eat rats that eat rice and are harmful to agriculture.

Therefore, statues of foxes can be seen everywhere in Inari Taisha Shrine. These foxes are usually white foxes and are called Gozen Inari.

Although Inari God's messenger is a fox, Inari God himself... is not a fox.

These are all answers based on the relevant information I read in my previous life. There may be certain differences in this world.

"None of you have gone to Inari Taisha Shrine to check?" Bai Yu asked.

"We sent people to pay homage, but..." Minami Kana said with a bitter smile: "That's Inari Taisha Shrine. It's impossible to investigate at all. We can only pay homage step by step."

Bai Yu asked puzzledly: "Is that place very powerful?"

In his impression, Inari Taisha Shrine is a tourist place that anyone can enter, with such a large flow of people.

"It's not a question of whether it's powerful or not." Minami Kana didn't know how to explain: "It's that kind of very special..."

Sakata Liang on the side came to the rescue and said: "My lord comes from Daxia and doesn't know much about Yingzhou. Let me explain briefly."

"The shrines and shrines in Yingzhou are places where gods or ancestors are enshrined, but there are very few shrines and shrines where gods are in charge."

"Inari Taisha Shrine is one of them."

"Once you pass through the Chidori Gate and enter the shrine, it is equivalent to stepping into the divine realm."

Bai Yu picked up a biscuit and stuffed it into his mouth: "God's Domain?"

He has no idea. This kind of mysterious thing is probably a kind of barrier?

But the next sentence made him suddenly regain his energy.

Sakata Ryo continued: "Today's Inari God... is held by one of the three major canonizations of Yingzhou, the title of Gouchijin Daimyojin!"

Chapter 586 Belief in Canonization

The canonization of Yingzhou is different from that of Daxia.

Although both statuses are equally noble.

However, the number of canonizations in Yingzhou is too small.

On the surface, there are only five saints.

Except for the two from the royal family and the shogunate, the remaining three saints each have their own positions in Yingzhou.

Daxia alone has 20 saints among the top 10 and 10 evil ones. Counting the active saints, the total number must be no less than 30.

This shows how backward Yingzhou's system is in cultivating extraordinary people.

In order to make up for the shortcomings of the system, there is another route to promotion to sainthood in Yingzhou.

Belief in canonization.

That is to collect people's faith and canonize the saint by collecting incense and vows.

This route was initially prevalent in the Great Xia, and even triggered a battle for believers. If a war breaks out for the sake of faith in a country with hundreds of millions of people, it will inevitably be a life-or-death outcome.

Once we enter troubled times, it is inevitable that obscene worship will occur in some mountainous areas. Combating obscene worship is something that every dynasty has to do since ancient times, and beliefs must be unified.

Later, when Buddhism was introduced, there was also competition for believers.

However, in the long historical development process of Daxia, the line of faith was gradually optimized and replaced.

Buddhism itself was divided.

Because faith has a goal. In the end, the incense and incense of faith belong to one person and make him or her become a Buddha. So what about the remaining people?

As a result, Mahayana Buddhism emerged, and the pursuit of everyone becoming a Buddha led to the rapid localization of Buddhism;

Taoism sees it more clearly than Buddhism. Pursuing immortality and attaining the Tao is actually much easier than collecting faith, incense, and the will of living beings.

This is the saying that monks preached in prosperous times and Taoist priests came down from the mountain in troubled times.

Of course, there is another reason why the route of faith canonization is optimized, and that is that it has an upper limit. Faith depends on population, and there is an upper limit on population, so the game in the stock market is a life-and-death game for any church.

This is like a court that can only accommodate six chairs for the six ministers of the six ministries, or a public toilet that has only so many squatting stalls and cannot fit two buttocks in one pit... Therefore, disputes over faith are often life-and-death struggles, which will inevitably lead to endless internal friction.

And when other systems gradually develop and can be canonized without relying on the will of living beings, and gradually become the mainstream, it will inevitably lead to fewer and fewer people who continue to rely on the will of living beings.

In the past, the number of saints was small. A sect could only support one saint by faith. This saint would suppress others by level. The only people who could resist were saints of the same level. Therefore, believers were willing to follow a powerful religion and believe in the same god. Only.

With the emergence of the path to self-canonization, believers realized something: "I think if I work hard, I might even have a chance at canonization." Given the opportunity for canonization, why continue to worship religion? Believing in gods and Buddhas is inferior to believing in oneself. Is your canonization, which relies on the will of living beings, more noble than other canonizations?

After the founding of Daxia, this line of belief was directly eliminated.

Not to mention how difficult it is to collect beliefs and wishes of living beings in modern society, even Taoist priests and monks have given up. Just saying that you want to engage in religion must go through official review. Xuantiansi disagrees. If you want to become a god, you have to consider whether you are willing to get a stamp from someone above.

And in a sense, trying to follow the route of belief in canonization is to compete with Daxia, the main body of the country, for food.

What religion can provide is spiritual support and spiritual sustenance. In modern times, people's spiritual support can be a country or a nation.

Therefore, the ultimate flow direction of the huge living beings' willpower is Zhonghu.

Thinking of this, Bai Yu came up with the idea that maybe the concept of earth spirit and national soul originated from the belief in canonization.

The route that had been eliminated in Daxia was instead used and developed in Yingzhou.

In fact, Yingzhou often does this kind of thing. He finally learns something from his neighbor, but loses half of what he learned.

Belief in canonization is of no benefit to the country.

Because sooner or later religion itself will be unable to adapt to changes in productivity and will be eliminated.

Because the power of living beings is a stock market, it will inevitably trigger fierce internal competition.

But this canonization route is not very suitable for the Emperor's clan, which was founded on Shintoism.

This means that as long as enough living beings' wishes are collected, a saint can be created.

For the emperor's clan, it is guaranteed that successive emperors can be canonized through the power of living souls.

Based on the size of Yingzhou, it can accommodate about three to four people who believe in canonization.

Through this, Yingzhou maintained a stable situation for centuries, and the emperor's power was always stable.