It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

Xu Shi brought the two already skilled people from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.

Everything here is in good order - as the state religion appointed by the royal family, there are naturally not only a few people like Xu Shi here, but also royal knights and city defense forces are specially equipped to maintain order.

Naturally, they are also responsible for distributing the supplies. Otherwise, how would a leader, a saint, and a small priest have the time to hide in the back and play games?

The same goes for Xie Qingyan, Shen Qin, Ye Shanshan and others... The three of them didn't come today at all and went shopping together.

Knight Commander Chen was also dragged here to calm the situation, directing his men to distribute supplies in an orderly manner... As he did so, he also felt that there was actually a lot of knowledge involved in this matter.

For him, the most meaningful thing is not distributing things, but to organize and improve the population registration of the empire's main city through this matter - this has been a long-standing problem in the empire. People from all over the country come and go, and it is difficult to create a systematic file.

In the end, the ones who suffered were the knights and the city defense troops, especially the vagrant criminals who would shoot and move to another place, which gave them a lot of headaches.

It's different now - when Xu Shi was running the Poseidon Stone business, he had already registered the traders, including their names, where they came from, how many people were in their family, how many acres of land each person had, how many cows were on the land and so on... and then compiled them into a book afterwards, which saved a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, how can we compensate the people who come here? You can't just say how much it is, right?

This record is the best proof. Xu Shi even took a headshot of them, leaving them no room to find loopholes.

In addition, many people really sold their houses and land to trade for Poseidon Stone, and now the royal family distributes and allocates residences...it will only make it more convenient for them to manage.

These kinds of details made him amazed and even admired. Xu Shi's step-by-step approach was truly amazing.

The most important thing is that he makes everyone do this willingly, which is the most difficult thing to achieve.

"Brother Chen, how's it going?"

Xu Shi's voice came from behind, asking with a smile.

"...Mr. Xu."

Knight Commander Chen stood up and greeted him. "This is a big project. It will definitely not be completed in one or two days. But with the information you provided, it won't be a big deal."

"That's good."

Xu Shi nodded, and then took the old aunt and the silly apprentice to the platform.

"It's Her Royal Highness the Saint!"

People's attention was immediately drawn to it, and some people couldn't help but start shouting, "There is also the Master!"

"Hello everyone."

Xu Shi smiled and gently pressed his hand, "Is everything okay?"

But he was a little unhappy. He was called the Saint Lady first and then the Leader? Where would my face be?

Pan Ling on the side rolled her eyes silently, "Master, just be content. I don't even have a sense of existence, okay?"

“Everything is good!”

Someone immediately responded loudly, “Thank you for everything, thank you so much!”

It's obvious that this is gratitude from the heart.

“As long as it helps everyone.”

Xia Ke'an took over the conversation and said sincerely, "After all, this is the teaching of our Holy Fire Cat Cult. Seeing you get help is the best thing for me."

This healing smile made everyone's heart melt.

"...Speaking of which, Your Highness, your sect does not accept believers?"

Just when everyone was feeling happy, someone asked this question.

Everyone reacted immediately, right?

The only one they have come into contact with is the Holy See, which is trying hard to recruit believers, as if you are the only believer and your whole family will be involved.

In contrast, the Holy Fire Cat Cult was completely different. At least they never mentioned this matter until someone asked them about it.

This was a bit strange...but people soon found a reasonable explanation.

They must be so busy giving alms that they have no time to do these things... How selfless!

Great, needless to say.

"Well..."

The old lady scratched her cheek embarrassedly when she heard this. "We don't force you to do anything, but if you are willing to believe in the Holy Fire Cat God, we will welcome you."

"I want to join!"

"Me too!"

"And I!"

One stone stirs up a thousand ripples, and everyone can no longer hold back.

If they had any concerns before, they don't have to worry at all now. This is the state religion. What's wrong with believing in the state religion?

Of course, this also means that they will have to abandon their previous beliefs in the Holy See... But this is not a problem. With such a good saint and free supplies, what else do they need?

"Ah ha ha……"

The white-haired Lolita smiled, and seemed a little uncomfortable, so she asked tentatively, "In that case, then everyone will recite our doctrines with me?"

As she spoke, she clenched her fists and raised them above her head.

"The holy fire is bright, the holy light is shining."

"The holy fire is bright, the holy light is shining."

Everyone followed her example and waved their hands along with her.

"All my followers, meow meow meow!"

"All my followers, meow meow meow!"

Meow meow meow!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 271: It’s broken, I’m a substitute!

2023-09-22

Meow meow meow, meow meow meow.

The simple, easy-to-understand and catchy cat education slogans instantly spread throughout the main city. The sound of meows was heard one after another, and those who didn’t know would have thought they had entered a large cat cafe.

Even the way people greet each other has changed, from "Have you eaten today?" to "Have you meowed today?"

It can be seen that this is a reflection of the increasing number of believers in the Holy Fire Cat Cult - the rapid expansion even forced the royal family to advance plans to build other churches.

The department in charge of construction naturally did not slack off and was extremely efficient. In less than a week, they built a new branch from scratch, and the quality was extremely high, which can be called a miracle in the history of construction.

Nonsense, if they still take advantage of the state religion that is now in the limelight and manipulate it in secret, wouldn't that be courting death? Not to mention how furious the royal family will be, they may not be able to resist the enthusiasm of ordinary people.

So, sometimes you don’t know how powerful you are unless you are pushed... Of course, this is also because there are ascenders, or "chosen ones" in this world. Otherwise, no matter how hard you try, it is unlikely to achieve such a thing in a place where large machinery has not yet been popularized.

But no matter what, the result is gratifying, and everyone is willing to spontaneously promote the Holy Flame Cat Cult.

First of all, of course, you have to bring in all your relatives and friends around you. No matter whether you have seen the great powers of the Cat Cult or not, at least fill out the form and sign up.

The reason is very simple. The free supplies are distributed per person every day. By doing this, you can get an extra egg. The Cat Cult doesn't care whether you are related or not. Just come and get it.

Of course, there are also people with bad intentions. They take advantage of the vastness of the main city and start looking for people who are not familiar with the Cat Cult. They offer conditions like "I will introduce you to collect the money, and you will return 30% to me after the success."

Obviously, this is highly overlapped with those who made profits by speculation in the Poseidon Stone transaction at that time, and they were all people who tried every means to exploit loopholes to make money.

However, this time they hit a wall - the compensation for losses was very formal, and several outlets had dedicated personnel to answer everyone's questions. In addition, the speed of the spread of the Cat Cult was very fast, so such a trick would naturally fail.

The city defense army was also ruthless. They arrested several typical speculators, publicly punished them heavily for fraud, confiscated their gains, and sentenced several of them to death. This allowed the public to watch a good show of fighting the rich for free.

Everyone is happy to see this. After all, the majority of people suffered losses in the Poseidon Stone incident, so they naturally cannot bear to see speculators making huge profits from it, and they can't wait to spit in their faces before leaving.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

"Sir, what do you think about this matter?"

In Grand Duke Gu Jian's mansion, some people were worried about this and carefully asked Cheng Gu Jian for his opinion.

"How? With your eyes."

Cheng Gujian was not in a hurry and even made a rare witty remark, "Isn't this a good thing that benefits the country and the people?"

What he said was absolutely right. The reason why the Holy Fire Cat Cult could become popular among the people so quickly was, after all, because people were willing to invest.

After all, for most people, the greatest pursuit is to have good food, good clothes, a wife, children and a warm bed. Although Xu Shi's approach is simple and crude, it really hits the bull's eye.

This alone may have surpassed 10% or even 90% of leaders.

As for benefiting the country, it is also easy to understand. The previous Poseidon Stone incident caused panic among everyone, but now people's hearts are at peace, which is the best thing.

The royal family's reputation was also greatly improved - after this incident, the approval ratings that had dropped due to the Poseidon Stone trade began to recover, and coupled with the fact that they were not greatly affected during the campaign against Poseidon, the royal family's reputation was now better than before.

"I naturally know this, I am just worried about your..."

Butler Chen, the elder brother of the royal Knight Commander Chen, naturally understood these principles, but what he was worried about was not these, but Cheng Gujian's own status, which now seemed to be slightly loose.

This is inevitable. After all, Dongfang Xiao is the one who does all the work for the Maomao Cult, and Duke Gu Jian has become the mascot - it is not wrong to call him the mascot. After all, in this matter, his biggest role is to express his stance.

With him here to keep an eye on things, no matter how many opposing opinions there are, no one dares to voice out.

But on the other hand, everyone has some doubts about him, because this is inconsistent with his usual style. How could you not do such a big thing personally?

With this sign, rumors began to spread, such as he was injured, sidelined, and even suspicions that he was dying. If it weren't for his iron-fisted methods in the past, his reputation would never have been so weak.

Not to mention the matter of Xu Shi, a foreigner - the royal compensation was channeled through the Maomao Cult, which inevitably took away a portion, or even a large portion, of the reputation and public support brought about by it.

Although it seems that they did pay the lion's share of the money, allowing an outsider to gradually step onto the political stage of the Hualan Empire is definitely not a good thing.

In particular, they are of course well aware that this is a trick of taking advantage of the situation, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are getting something for nothing.

Given so many factors, they certainly wouldn't just sit there and watch.

However, unexpectedly, when Cheng Gujian heard him say this, he raised his head and looked at him with interest.

"Is this something you should be concerned about?" he asked.

Grand Duke Gu Jian's tone remained calm, but it gave Butler Chen a chill.

As a close minister who had served the other party for many years, he could distinguish the subtle changes in Cheng Gujian's tone very well.

And now, it was obvious that the other party was a little unhappy, and this unhappiness naturally came from his questions.