Chapter 739: Help from Franes
In Manda's previous life, a brilliant dynasty left a joke in history. While internal and external troubles, the dynasty encountered an unprecedented economic crisis. The emperor begged the ministers to donate money to the country, but only received a little pitiful silver.
The emperor did not blame his ministers, but only these loyal ministers were too honest.
But after the dynasty was destroyed, the two subsequent rulers moved out several mountains of gold from the ministers' homes.
Using history as a mirror can help you know the rise and fall.
Manda knew that the ministers of Romulu were also very honest. After returning to the capital, he sat in the houses of various ministers. Even the newly executed ministers were not forgotten. Manda specially greeted their families.
There are less than 300,000 gold coins in the treasury, but after Manda gave me a round of condolences, he received more than 2 million gold coins in total. As long as the Qinges people's supply of goods is sufficiently guaranteed, the food problem will be completely resolved.
Kejero did not disappoint Manda. Since the first business was completed, the fleet arrived in the port had almost never been interrupted.
Manda was amazed at Kejro's strength. It was obvious that there was a strong business system behind this person.
But Manda thought of another question, where did this food come from?
Acquisition from various kingdoms?
The possibility is not high. According to the grain output of this era, it is impossible for most kingdoms to sell large amounts of food in a short period of time.
It’s possible to accumulate through previous trade? But why do the Qinges people hoard so much food? Don’t they like to do grain business?
Didn't they buy it from other kingdoms? Did they produce it themselves?
Qinges people like Kejero live on Tuo Island. Manda has never been to Tuo Island. It is a relatively famous island in the East China Sea. It is said that the area on the island is equivalent to three cities.
Even if the island is full of farmland, how much grain can it produce? This is far from the amount of grain provided by Kegero.
Could it be that these grains were produced in the legendary Qinges continent?
Among all the people Manda knew, including Odysseus, no one had been to the Qinges continent, and even whether the Qinges continent existed was an unsolved mystery.
According to ancient books, the Qinges continent at the end of the East China Sea far exceeds the limits of human navigation technology in this era. In other words, even if the Qinges continent really exists, it is purely a fantasy to transport food to the Oligeno continent.
The Qinges people are too mysterious. Although they have helped Manda a lot, Manda still wants to know more about them. One day, if both sides accidentally turn against each other, Manda doesn't want to know nothing about his opponent.
Since he could not get exact information from the mortal world, Manda could only ask for help from the gods. The tired God Pan gave a simple answer: "The Qinges continent does not exist at all. There is only one continent in the world, surrounded by the ocean in the east, west and south, and the other direction connects the end of the world."
"Where is the end of the ocean?"
"The end of the ocean is also the end of the world. The world is like a plate, and the sky is like a lid to the plate."
Is this world really flat? Is it limited in one's own cognition? Or is there something wrong with the cognition of the gods?
Or is this not the same universe as the place you once lived in?
“What is the back of the plate?”
"Back?" Pan Shen smiled bitterly, "What are you asking about these things?"
"Simply out of curiosity."
"I'm also very curious, but the back of the world is beyond my perception. Even my father doesn't know much. Are there anything else?"
Manda dared not ask again, and Pan Shen disappeared on the altar in a blink of an eye.
He was very busy. Since receiving the news that Madessa became a god, Hermes immediately began to investigate on Mount Olympia.
After a month of sleeplessness, Pan and Hephaestus searched every corner of the cliff, but never found the deeds of unknown gods. But Hermes still refused to give up and asked Pan to search for unknown temples in the mountains.
It is exactly the opposite of Manda's speculation. Manda believes that it is difficult to find deeds, but it is easy to find a temple.
But in fact, it is much harder to search for a temple because Mount Olympia is very large. The form of the temple exists is also very complicated, just like the stone given to Manda by God Pan, it is just a stone the size of a palm, but it is a complete temple.
God Pan could not find every stone on Mount Olympia, and could only rely on his perception of divinity to explore in one area.
After searching for another month, Pan Shen was exhausted and found nothing. Hermes inferred from this that Madesa was not a god, but was only a demigod at most. The rumors in the mortal world were fallacies.
Hermes even believed that even the rumors of the ninth-level believers were false. The so-called ninth-level stone statue should be the artifact of the Lord of Divine Punishment, and Madesa was just an eighth-level demigod who became the Lord of Divine Punishment.
Manda has seen the eighth-level demigod. Although he knew that his absolute strength was not as good as Akira and Pudara, at least the opponent's strength was within an estimable range. Even if he met in the future, he would have the confidence to deal with it.
As for the matter of the Qinges people, after the famine has passed, we can investigate it slowly. What worries Manda the most at the moment is Sheltai's situation. He recovers very quickly. According to reliable information, he and a maid used rules when performing indescribable behavior.
Do things just do things, what other rules do this? Sheltai’s taste is really special.
Manda came to the palace and prepared to have a long talk with Shelthai, but the conversation was not as long as I thought, because Shelthai was far more honest than I thought.
"My strength has been restored by 60%, but you can rest assured that I will not be enemies with you anymore. I do not have that kind of strength, and the creator of the order will not allow me to be enemies with you."
The creator of order does not allow it? Kronos is so kind.
Naturally, Manda would not believe Shelthai. If necessary, he would let Medusa turn Shelthai into a stone again.
But Sheltai also revealed another news: "I received the oracle, and Franès needs your help."
"Franes needs my help? Are you receiving the oracle of Cronos?"
Sheltai nodded.
This made Manda very puzzled. First of all, his chance of helping Franèse is almost zero, and Cronos does not need to ask Manda for help. He has a large number of Titanic believers and the powerful Odysseus.
Sheltai explained: "The God King is not asking you for help, it is just a fair deal. Franes will give you enough rewards."
"Yes," Manda agreed, "Please reply to the creator of order and let Franes come to the king to find me. Remember, it is coming to me openly, don't play tricks, and don't think of sneak attacks, otherwise he will not leave alive."
Two days later, Franes came to Manda's mansion openly and brought Manda a gift.
"The four real stone statues of Zeus, second-level, third-level, fifth-level, eighth-level, all here, I have only these, I will give them all to you,
There are also promotion methods from level one to level eight to level one, I just want you to take away the dark talisman on me.”
Looking at Franes' pale face, Manda knew that he had suffered a lot: "Didn't the Order Creator tell you how to remove the talisman?"
"There is a method. I want to kill five hundred god-punished warriors. Unfortunately, I only killed four hundred and sixty-three. I was accidentally targeted by Abigail. If he hadn't dared to provoke me in the past, but the situation is different now. I've dropped the ranks and now I've become a sixth-level believer."
"Have you dropped the rank?" Manda almost laughed out loud. When he was attacked by Ashuraf, Manda lived in the fear of dropping the rank almost every day. This kind of thing actually came to the arrogant Vranes. Manda really wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate.
"Due to your sincerity, I can give you some divine bloodstones from the Divine Punishment Warriors, which can almost be collected for 500 yuan."
Franes shook his head and said, "The believers of Hermes should abide by the creed of fair trade, four stone statues and all the promotion methods, how can I exchange it for a few divine blood stones? I need to get rid of the dark talisman immediately. I was injured by Madesa. If I cannot recover my strength, I may not live for three days."
"Have you seen Madesa? When? Where?"
"Three days ago, in a church near the capital, I planned to sneak attack the church, but unfortunately I met Madesa."
Madesa is near the capital? You must immediately tell Pan Shen about this matter, and all the news related to Madesa must be told Pan Shen immediately.
Pan Shen was shocked when he heard the news: "Impossible. I looked around the capital three days ago and saw no trace of Madesa."
Manda said: "I don't think Vranes lies."
Chapter completed!