"It turned out that my proprietor should have returned to the voyage long ago, but because of another big business, he had to go overtime..."
After a while, Xiang Zhitian put down the letter, got up and saluted Wu Ming: "Thank you for bringing the letter to my friend. According to what my host said, the guest seems to be an expatriate living in the West?"
"Exactly..."
This is the identity that Wu Ming forged for himself, an oriental who lived in the western world and just returned to the Dachang Empire recently.
"My surname is Wu Mingming, the shopkeeper doesn't have to be too polite."
"That's good, that's good!"
The shopkeeper responded with a smile, and said again: "Originally, our owner wanted our firm to be a guarantee, and it was just a matter of effort to get a foreign guide for you, Mr. Wu, but recently there are some troubles!"
"Huh? What's the trouble?"
Unexpectedly, there are still some changes in the matter here, Wu Ming asked with a trace of curiosity, his mouth curled up.
"Alas... not recently, a group of Western exiles have been wandering around the port, committing many crimes with extremely cruel methods, which caused an uproar... Out of security considerations, the entire reclamation group has strict orders to increase enforcement against all sea merchants, Especially the inspections of Western businessmen, the approval of documents such as road guides are also much stricter... "
This is a new situation after Zhang Fan went to sea, and Wu Ming is naturally not very clear about it.
"I see!"
Wu Ming nodded: "This is a bit troublesome!"
The Dachang Empire is a country with very strict management. Without guides, it means a series of troubles.
First of all, there is no need to talk about accommodation. The books collected in various places that Wu Ming is very concerned about, as well as the Transcendent Academy, have requirements for entrants.
Although with his means, he can go on the rampage swaggeringly, and with a little use of means, he can deceive ordinary people, but there will always be traces left. Facing the Eight Lord Gods and the huge god system below, Wu Ming doesn't have much confidence. was discovered.
After all, among the main gods of the Dachang Empire, there is a suspected Da Luo existence!
If it is really an ordinary person, without a guide, it will be difficult to move a single step after leaving the New Territories port.
It is even more inadvisable to blindly rely on force. Now Wu Ming is pretending to be an ordinary person, but he is restricted by secular forces. Once he reveals his strength above level six, he will be replaced by a bunch of real gods staring at him all day long.
Maybe, in the end, even the Eight Lord Gods who have been hidden deeply will be forced out.
"I didn't help Mr. Wu this time, I'm really sorry..."
After a while, the shopkeeper personally sent Wu Ming out of the shop with an apologetic smile on his face. He originally wanted to give some gifts or something, but how could Wu Ming like this? Naturally declined.
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"A small firm, of course, can't get a guide when the customs is strict, but other forces are not necessarily..."
Wu Ming left the Four Seas Commercial Firm and wandered the streets aimlessly, thinking silently in his heart: "First, read all the books that can be read at the port. If it doesn't work, you can only venture deep into the interior of the empire..."
For this god system that has temples in every city, and the god power monitoring network spreads all over the entire empire, Wu Ming really has no confidence that he can strike many times without being exposed.
The more you know about the Dachang Empire, the more you understand how terrifying and unfathomable this empire is.
After a short time, the sun gradually rose to a high place, and the business of many restaurants and restaurants also reached the best time.
Wu Ming walked into a restaurant casually, and after throwing out a silver five baht, he was immediately treated as a VIP and invited to a special wing.
The general currency used by the Dachang Empire is still gold and silver, but there is a little difference. In addition to copper coins, there are also a large number of gold five baht and silver five baht, which are the same size as copper coins, but their value is far higher than .
The Dachang Empire in this world is rich in resources, and several large gold and silver mines have been discovered in the colonies. There is still no shortage of precious metals.
As for the gold five baht, there are all kinds of bills, with divine power rippling on them, guaranteed by the true god, and the reputation is naturally very high.
Sitting in a country, Wu Ming naturally prepared a batch of spares immediately after getting the money samples from Zhang Fan.
"Guest officer, don't you know what you want to eat?"
With a white belly towel on his shoulders, the guy asked quickly.
Due to the port, the seafood in this restaurant is quite cheap, and there are many treasures among them.
"Tear a wind chicken first, and then stir-fry a few side dishes... Bring a pot of wine, and ask for the best."
Although this body no longer needs supplements of food and energy, Wu Ming did not let go of his appetite, and immediately said with a smile.
"okay!"
The clerk went down swiftly, and after a while, he brought a wooden tray, arranged several side dishes one by one, and poured Wu Ming a full glass of wine: "Use it slowly!"
The aroma of wine and vegetables was tangy, several kinds of vegetables were stir-fried with chicken giblets, exuding a unique aroma, and the wine was as rich as amber, and it seemed that you could pick out strands with chopsticks.
Wu Ming took a few sips, and couldn't help but secretly praised it.
At least, the chef's craftsmanship is not inferior to that of several chefs in William's Palace.
At this time, the first floor of the restaurant gradually became noisy, and the noise became louder and louder.
Many wharf laborers who only wore short coats, or were simply bare-chested, poured in like a tide, eating rice in various large bowls.
The staple food is snow-white rice, with salted fish as a side dish, and a bowl of soup with a lot of oil floating in it. Compared with the coolies in the Great Zhou World, this meal is indeed quite good.
Even under Wu Zhi's rule, three meals a day, white rice, and fish and meat are all treated by landlords.
A wise man knows autumn by looking at a leaf. Wu Ming just looked at this situation and knew that the prosperity and wealth of the Dachang Empire far surpassed that of the Dazhou world.
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Coming out of the restaurant, Wu Ming walked slowly along the street and came to the edge of the port.
The flow of people here is gradually thinning out, and the field ridges in the distance can be vaguely seen, full of a kind of rural atmosphere.
It's just that in the middle of the sky, there was another clear spiritual light, carrying the majesty of a god, attracting Wu Ming's attention.
"I didn't expect to see a shrine in this suburb."
Wu Ming became interested and came to the front of the shrine.
The temple is not big, and the construction is not very elegant, but the mottled plaques are spotless, and have a little antique charm, which seems to be telling the age.
"Xuantu Nine Heavens Zhao Ling Tong Yuan Zhenjun?"
Wu Ming murmured and recited the name of the worshiped god.
Generally speaking, in the Dachang Empire, the gods are crowned kings, and they are ranked below the true gods, and most of them are at the fifth level.
The gods at this stage, like other fifth-level people such as earth immortals, have the power of the domain and can form a world of their own.
Within the radiation range of the field, believers can be given blessings, and even magic-like spells-only when they reach the level of a true god can believers be given complete magic.
And such gods are called earth gods in the Dachang Empire—after all, they can only show their power in a certain area, and there are restrictions.
After the earth went one step further and became a true god, its power was turned upside down.
In the entire Dachang Empire, there are many kinds of mountain gods, lands, lords, etc., but the number of true gods is relatively small, the ratio is almost 1%, which shows the difficulty of advancing the divine way!
"Exactly, around level five, neither up nor down..."
Wu Ming smiled and walked in directly from the main entrance.
hum!
With his keen perception, he could immediately find that after walking through the main entrance, he seemed to have stepped into an invisible barrier, separating everything in the temple from the outside.
"After all, Xuandu Zhenjun is an earth god with a domain. At the critical moment, it is not impossible to turn the entire temple into his temporary kingdom of God..."
For any true god, even the gods, the temple is their indestructible fortress.
And relying on the temple as a stronghold and faith as a link, a "divine power network" throughout the Dachang Empire was formed in this way, and the core is the eight main gods.
Under such a rigorous system, there is really a god in the air, and nothing can be concealed.
"Faithful believers are here to offer incense? This way please!"
A temple priest came out and gave a slight salute, neither domineering nor servile.
After cleaning his hands, Wu Ming took the incense and came to the main hall of the temple.
The tributes on the table were colorful and filled with cigarettes. On the altar, a deity with the appearance of an old man stood out, with wide sleeves and a belt, a gentle expression, and kindness in his eyes.
As gods, as long as they are not specialized gods of death, killing, war, etc., it is natural to create a more amiable image, which is easy to attract pilgrims.
Of course, Wu Ming didn't see it that way.
Amidst the cigarette smoke, he opened his sky eyes, and immediately he could see a blue color in front of him.
The rich green energy gathers, hovers over the statue, breaks into the void, and goes to nowhere. The green here is the real inner movement, and it is perfect.
"Sure enough, it's level five!"
After Wu Ming took a look, he immediately felt confident, threw a gold five baht to Miao Zhu, and strode away.
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"In the divine power network of the Dachang Empire, the true gods can only focus on monitoring the major cities. In other places, there are only places like Xuandu Zhenjun..."
After a visit, Wu Ming also had a little understanding of the Eastern God System.
"As long as you find the right method, it's not without loopholes, but it requires a lot of foundation and experimentation—I need data, a lot of data! This requirement...I'm afraid only the Federation can satisfy me."
Although the Dachang Empire was prosperous in the divine way, it was not only the divine way.
In fact, Shinto has one radish and one pit, and advanced catastrophe, unless you have good character and luck, it is still difficult to get ahead.
What are really closely related to the lives of ordinary people are all kinds of extraordinary professions.
For example, in the Seven Swords Academy, those who can truly cultivate sword qi can advance to become a swordsman. Such talents will be attracted no matter where they are, and they will be treated well.
And the Transcendents joined together to form a loose and huge guild, which was the embryonic form of the federation.