The businessman was startled, and then stared at Ming Na with vigilant eyes: "Who are you?" The villagers who confronted him also looked at her running over in surprise.
Ming Na clenched her fists tightly, and the anger in her heart surged up one after another: "You Kamika people want to do bad things and drag people from other countries into the water. What do you mean? You are obviously not from Shaonan, so say What’s the purpose of saying this?!”
A trace of panic flashed across the merchant's face, and he insisted: "I don't know what you are talking about, we are obviously Shaonan merchants."
"If you are from Shaonan, then why are you wearing Camecca clothes?" Mingna sneered, "People here have been cut off from foreign countries for a long time and cannot recognize the clothes of various countries, but you can't fool me!"
The businessman's eyes flashed, and another businessman following him saw this and hurriedly said: "We are indeed not Shaonan businessmen." His companions looked at him in surprise, but he still said calmly: "We are from East, but we have been doing business in Shaonan. In fact, we can be regarded as Shaonan businessmen. As for the clothes we wear, this is just our personal preference. No one says that people from East can't wear it. Clothes from other countries, right?”
Ming Na still looked at them with suspicion, trying to find evidence that they were lying. This time, Luma exposed them first: "Are you from East? Which family are you from? As far as I know, East is Businessmen who do cross-border business in the country usually only go to Shaonan, and then there are some on the northern border with Nuojia, but there are none other than that. The only ones that do business openly are Nuojia and Weisha Yes, there is only Xiao Family Trading Company, but since they withdrew from Nomonka and Mengli a few years ago, they have no longer set foot in this area. Don’t tell me that you were actually going from East to Encore, but you passed by Here, let’s talk about it. Are you actually from the Xiao Family Trading Company?”
Anke and Mengli are basically in two directions, and it is only half a day away from Mengli. This cannot be the case anyway. Therefore, those businessmen were speechless for a moment. The first businessman who came forward wanted to say, "We are Xiao..." but was stopped by his companions before he could finish.
Ming Na sneered. Grandpa hated the Guangming Cult and had never been to Fan'a. He had also explicitly banned people from the Xiao family business from entering Fan'a to do business, let alone giving money to the Holy See. Many people have heard of this. What's more, the Xiao Family Trading Company's branch in Anke City is now closed, so why would they go to Mengli? Even if the businessman didn't finish his sentence, he clearly exposed the fact that they were pretending.
"Who are you?" she asked. "You come here to pretend to be East and Shaonan people to do bad things, and you deliberately say such things. What are your intentions?!"
"I don't know what you're talking about. We're just here to do business." The businessman who spoke cautiously did not say much and winked at the others, suggesting that they leave as soon as possible.
Minna took a step forward. Standing in front of them: "Doing business? You come here to do business, why do you want to offend the people here? How can anyone do business like you do? If you do bad things and ruin your reputation, who will come to buy your things?! ” She glanced at the carriage behind them. Seeing the grain scraps scattered on the carriage board, he sarcastically said: "Are those oats and nuts? You come from Nuojia? There is already little food there, but you still transport grain to a place with abundant grain? There are only these two Car? Haven't you asked in advance what goods are needed here?!" What a joke! She has seen many businessmen from every country, and no businessman would be so stupid!
The villagers who had been watching also reacted at this time. The middle-aged man in the lead clutched the handle of the hoe tightly. Step forward and ask: "Who are you? Why do you come here to do bad things?! The God of Light will punish you!"
A trace of contempt and disdain flashed across the face of the businessman who came forward first. Making Minna even more certain that they have a problem. They are neither Shaonan nor East merchants. Nor does he act like a Kamecca businessman who treats others humbly because of his low status. But they come here to make trouble in the name of these countries. Whenever you speak, talk about yourself as a foreigner. Drag all countries down. There must be an ulterior conspiracy!
The gang of businessmen saw that the crowd was fierce. She was exposed in public by Ming Na again. Rolling his eyes. He pulled his neck and said, "We didn't come to do anything bad. It's obviously you bunch of bumpkins who deliberately made things difficult for us!" while pulling his companions back. Leave quickly. Minna wanted to stop them again. But he was held back by Luma. She asked him what his intention was with her confused eyes. But she heard him whisper: "This is not East. Don't reveal your identity." Ming Na felt shocked. He quickly retracted his steps and was about to step out.
But she was always a little unwilling. Staring at the backs of those businessmen hatefully. Said: "Are we going to let them go like this? Don't you think they are suspicious?"
"They are acting suspiciously. Of course there will be Van'a people to deal with them. We are just passing by. Don't mind your own business." Luma replied calmly. His eyes glanced to the side. Minna followed his gaze. Seeing a figure wearing a monk's robe behind the trees, he turned and left. Lu Madi’s intention was immediately understood.
After all. This is the territory of Vana. Although the matter involves East. But fundamentally it is still an internal affair of Van A. She is now from the East Security Agency. It is not appropriate to intervene directly in this matter. So the best way. Let Fan'a's own temple personnel or troops intervene.
The villagers watched the businessmen go away and booed a few times. They looked back at Ming Na and Lu Madi with much kinder eyes. The middle-aged man at the head also said: "Two guests, thank you for your help. Have you had lunch? Come to the village to have a rest."
Lu Ma smiled and said: "Thank you, I have eaten just now. We have to go on our way, so I won't disturb you." Minna said: "Actually, you don't need to thank us. I just heard their nonsense and couldn't help coming over. Yes. Although there are indeed many bad people out there, not every foreigner is bad. Please don’t misunderstand that all of us foreigners are bad because of the actions of those few people."
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded: "Thank you for reminding me, I understand - would you like some water? The well water in our village is very sweet, much better than river water."
Minna looked at Luma, smiled and accepted the kindness of the villagers. When she finally left, although she didn't stay for another meal, she received a lot of delicious fruits. Ming Na's mood became light again.
But this lightness did not last long, in the next half day's journey. They encountered several incidents of foreigners bullying Van A civilians. Some of these people are businessmen, and some are nobles and rich people from Weisha or Nuojia, because they like the pleasant climate of Vana. Moved here specially. Van'a banned immigrants, so they used various excuses to "go on vacation". Some people also opened workshops in areas near Mengli to recruit Van'a civilians to work.
Most of these foreigners are Weisha or Noga people, there are also a small number of Kamikas, and there are even a few in Shaonan and Ister. As the number of people increases. The conflicts between them and the locals gradually increased. Ming Na learned from people's private discussions that even temples have been involved in these turmoils recently. Different voices began to be heard in Fan'a, believing that the country should not continue to open its doors to harm or contaminate its people.
Luma was very worried about this: "If things get worse, it is likely to affect the relationship between various countries and Vana. Why are these businessmen so ignorant?"
Ming Na found it a bit strange. Although most of the conflicts were not serious, some of the worst things should not have happened, as if some businessmen deliberately wanted to cause trouble here. For example, there is a certain Vana worker. He asked for leave to go home because his family was seriously ill, but the boss would rather lock up the worker and punish him than let him go back. As a result, the patient died, and the worker's family and people from the same village came to seek justice from him, but they were beaten by his men. Another example is that several Van'a children passed by a foreign businessman's holiday villa because they were singing. When the noise got louder, the businessman asked his men to arrest the children and hold them for a whole day before letting them go. Their parents came to the door and asked thugs to beat them out.
The most bizarre thing is that when the Van'a people came to their door, all of these people claimed that they were "foreigners" and that their willingness to come was a gift to the Van'a. They said that they had a good relationship with the Holy See, which the Holy See would never do. Because of the words of a few civilians, all the foreigners were driven away. Some people also hinted to the Van'a people overtly or covertly that they were disdainful of the God of Light, which greatly deepened the Van'a people's resentment towards foreign countries.
This is simply like treating yourself as the representative of all foreigners. It seems to make Fan A feel satisfied with other countries. It is said that they have also contacted all foreigners who have stayed in the Van-Afghan border area for a long time for "vacation" or working in construction sites, asking them to stand with them. Confront the Temple and defend the interests of the "foreign diaspora." What are these people trying to do? Minna and Luma discussed it and both felt that this situation was very problematic. When they arrived in Mengli, they must send the news back to China as soon as possible and ask how to deal with it.
After arriving in Mengli, they first went to the Security Agency's intelligence station in Mengli - a leather boot shop. The two brothers who opened the shop were colleagues. They received Minna and Luma warmly. After hearing about Fana, the brother said: "We have reported it a long time ago, but there has been no reply yet. We are also worried about what to do. You don't know, now Mengli is not at peace either. People from the three districts are facing each other tit for tat, and they almost come to blows several times." Ming Na hurriedly asked what was going on.
It turns out that due to the open borders of Van'a, many wealthy people living in Weisha yearn for the good environment there. They don't have the ability to stay in Van'a for "holiday", so they all find ways to move to nearby places. Since then, the Van'a residential area in Mengli Town has become the first choice. The number of residents in the district increased and there were not enough houses, so they had to expand outwards. This affected the interests of the other two districts. Therefore, every two or three days, they had to go to Fan'a District to cause trouble. When the conflict was intense, fortunately there were monks from the temple in Van'a to persuade the people, so it didn't cause a catastrophe. But recently, the monks in the temple heard that they were all infected with strange diseases and were unable to get up, so the people at the intelligence station were worried that something would happen in the past few days.
Luma and Minna looked at each other, and the former frowned and said: "This is not normal, not normal! It has been less than two years since Vana opened its borders. Even if there is a conflict, there is no reason for it to be so intense! If this continues, even Relations between countries will be affected!"
"It has been affected." The younger brother said with a bitter smile, "Many people in Vana are talking now. If they had known that foreigners would be so evil, they would not have opened the country. It is not too late to re-block the border now. The situation last week was originally On a more gentle note, a Weisha businessman died inexplicably in his shop. An eight-pointed star pendant was left next to his body. His clerk said that the Van'a people did it, but the Van'a people said that they did not do it. , and now Wisdom has sent a letter to the Central Holy See to question."
The more everyone thought about it, the more headaches they felt. It would be a pity if the gate of Fan'a Kingdom that was finally opened was closed because of such a thing, not to mention that there are so many things that people can't understand.
Luma pondered for a moment and said: "This matter... let's report it to the country again to explain the seriousness of the matter. In addition, if you have familiar monks, tell them your doubts and don't reveal your true identity. Just make them suspicious and let the people in the temple be more careful. As for those who behave strangely, you should pay more attention in secret, especially those who usually interact with them a lot, but don't let them notice."
The two brothers agreed in unison, and Lu Ma smiled faintly: "Okay, let's stop this matter. Let's get back to the topic. This time we are here to investigate the matter of the Entertainment Oasis. Do you know about it?"
Ming Na immediately realized that this was the purpose of her visit to Mengli, and she almost forgot about it. She rubbed her head in embarrassment and listened carefully to the brothers' introduction.
The entertainment oasis has only been established in the west of Mengli for more than ten years. At first, it was just a hotel built in a small oasis for passing businessmen to stay and rest. Because it is not far from Mengli, the business is actually not good. Later, pubs, restaurants, brothels, casinos and other facilities were gradually added. More and more people came to visit, and the reputation became bigger and bigger. It was at this time that the name of the entertainment oasis was called. Later, when its boss saw that all the customers who came to the door were men, and there was no possibility of further growth, he decided to build another group of tents on an open space next to the oasis, decorated them beautifully, and joined the circus, Facilities such as playgrounds and beauty salons are specifically targeted at women and children. Up to now, as long as people have some spare money, they like to take their whole family to the entertainment oasis. After men spent a lot of time and alcohol, they found that their children could have fun, their wives were twice as beautiful, and they could have fun without a lot of money, so they started to patronize it more and more.
The elder brother said with some embarrassment: "Actually, we've been there twice, and it's really fun. I heard that their boss is a woman, and she's amazing. What's her name...Mrs. Ziya?"
"Mrs. Ziya?" Mingna was stunned and quickly found the memory of this woman in her mind. How could she forget? Mingming had heard his grandfather mention that Ziya had established an entertainment oasis.
"Do you know him?" Luma asked, "By the way, you spent some time at the Entertainment Oasis. Did you know me at that time?"
Ming Na shook her head: "I have never met her, but I have heard people talk about her." After a pause, "She used to be my father... She used to be Earl Xiao's mistress."