My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 1261 - 483: The Water-Drawing Deity_3

Chapter 1261: Chapter 483: The Water-Drawing Deity_3

The Knight Territory is part of the "Iris Province" in the Boneset Country, located in the northeastern part of the country’s coastline. The climate is relatively cold, and its conditions are not excellent. Tuolei Duosa City is the second-largest city in the Iris Province. It is positioned alongside a large river that flows into the sea, offering an advantageous geographical location.

The city’s ruler is Karim, the fourth son of the provincial governor, Koleman. Koleman is mediocre in his abilities. His governorship is purely due to his birth into the top-notch aristocracy La Boerter Clan in Boneset Country.

Their ancestors have produced a Prime Minister, three Cabinet Ministers, and they are "unparalleled" in their faith, having produced four members with Seven Mountains Power. During Koleman’s generation, despite draining almost all the clan’s resources in politics and the Divine Religion, he only ended up being the governor of an ordinary province and a believer with Six Mountains Power.

In the political circles of the Iris Province, there are many "anecdotes" about the La Boerter Clan. For instance, Koleman’s father was known to have many illegitimate children, many of whom were gifted and talented individuals. However, before these illegitimate children could be recognized and embraced by the clan, they would all be killed or imprisoned by Koleman’s mother using various methods.

Thus, only the mediocre Koleman was left to inherit the family estate.

By Koleman’s generation, he married a wife who surpassed even his own mother. His mother merely managed the household; in contrast, Koleman’s wife controlled everything, both inside and outside the house.

It is said that during her days in the royal capital of Hamlet, she took advantage of a temple festival to personally assault and break seven ribs of a noble widow Koleman had unsavory relations with.

Barely assuming his position in the Iris Province, where he believed all the ladies and maidens of the province were within his reach, Koleman’s wife went on to cause a series of "accidents" and "misunderstandings". She maimed two and killed one! The women of the province avoided the Governor at all costs.

Koleman’s father at least produced a bunch of illegitimate children, but the poor Governor couldn’t even have an affair. Yet, his wife birthed his five sons and four daughters in quick succession. All sons are city masters of big cities in the province, and his daughters own vast tracts of land.

Despite his track record, Koleman wished to maintain the façade of nobility, refusing to get his hands dirty on these matters. His wife took the matter into her hands, usurping all of Koleman’s power.

It is said that the Governor’s Divine Power Seal had been "given for safekeeping" to his wife forty years ago.

All this information was gleaned by Master Sun after entering Tuolei Duosa City, from the Hoffman Restaurant. The restaurant is members-only, similar to a club in his past life, with a restaurant, gaming tables, a bar, praying room, and other facilities.

Master Sun spent three days in the bar and playing card games, even topping up his account multiple times to be a senior member of the restaurant.

The primary reason was that this restaurant was the office of the significant trade association "Hoffman Brothers Association" in Tuolei Duosa City. Master Sun had to spend this time and gold coins for his plans, not for spreading rumors.

On the third day, Master Sun came out of the restaurant at night, smelling of wine, and returned to his inn. A few "tails" emerged behind him.

The bar offered liquors from the Red Clan Barbarian Continent, which are entirely different from the yellow and white liquors in the Wood Dynasty. Initially, he was unused to them, but over time, he started to taste the flavors described by the bartender. Master Sun thus went with the flow and drank a few cups daily. Allowing alcohol to loosen tongues, everyone in the bar would chat freely. Master Sun learned the specifics of the major commerce associations in these conversations.

At his level, he should not be doing everything himself. However, this time, Master Sun wanted firsthand knowledge about the real condition of the Boneset Country’s citizens.

How secure is Boneset Country? To the nobles and the religious, it is outstanding. Even if a noble lord leaves his walking stick against a lamppost overnight, a beat cop will personally return it the next morning.

But for commoners, the situation is entirely different. For example, someone like Master Sun, who appears to be a wealthy merchant from out of town without any guards and has been frequenting the Hoffman Association for several days, is likely looking for an opportunity to penetrate the local market.

The local gangsters are more than willing to introduce him to the local customs, telling him one must fend for oneself when abroad.

These wealthy but powerless foreign merchants, without a high-level believer to guard them, were absolutely adored by the gang. Several gang stalkers followed the Governor into a dark alley, and then, they were no more. The governor went back unscathed to sleep, and the stalkers never reappeared.

At the same time, the Governor had no interest in uprooting the local gangs. The more chaotic Boneset Country was, the more advantageous it was for his future plans.

However, when he arrived at Hoffman Restaurant the next day, the black-clad attendant at the door stopped him: "Your Excellency, please follow me, our manager would like to speak with you."

"Lead the way."

But the moment the Fatty Manager saw the Governor, he opened a drawer and took out a box of gold coins, "Your Excellency, this is all the money you’ve spent in the restaurant these past few days, including your various membership fees and your expenses at the bar. We are returning it all to you intact, please leave our Hoffman Restaurant."

The Governor was taken aback, since when did merchants drive customers away? He coldly glared with an offended look on his face, "I need a reasonable explanation!"

The manager spread his hands, "Your Excellency, we are businessmen, we don’t want to get involved in anything unsavory. You’re alone, of unknown origin, generous, and can quietly deal with the Death Sect’s three Powers of Four Mountains... We don’t know what you’re up to in Tuolei Duosa City, we’re not interested, we just hope you don’t get us involved."

Death Sect? Those stalkers from yesterday? The Governor understood, but couldn’t help complaining, ’Local gangs lack sophistication, what kind of terrible name is that?.’

The Governor couldn’t help but smile. The Hoffman Brothers Association was very cautious. They had noticed him these past few days and promptly colluded with the gang to probe him.

Such people could be of two kinds, either they truly were cautious and lacked ambition, or they were very ambitious, but did not want to draw attention before the real opportunity arrived.

"I request to see your chairman. I have a particularly large business transaction to discuss with the Hoffman Brothers Association."

He was unsurprisingly rejected: "Sorry, we’re not interested."

But the Governor was not angered, instead, he said with a smile, "I have construction projects to build twenty divine temples and I want to partner with a strong local venture. Please relay this to someone who can make decisions. Whether you would like to complete this transaction is up to you. There’s more than one business association in Tuolei Duosa City."

"I will be staying at the Torch Hotel for three days; If you are interested you can find me there."

Upon finishing, the Governor took off his hat and bowed, perfectly executing the Red Clan Barbarian noble’s etiquette, then turned and left. After he turned around, evident greed was revealed on the Fatty Manager’s face behind the table.

The business of building divine temples was a calculated lie made up by the Governor after deeply understanding the situation in Boneset Country. After all, every temple made a fortune!

Through the sacrifices made at the temples by believers, most of the wealth goes to the Holy See. But the temple builders get a ten percent cut!

This involves some secrets between the Flame of Stars and the Holy See. The noble directly makes sacrifices to the Flame of Stars; the Holy See certainly can’t pluck a passing goose, but with the many ordinary believers in Boneset country offering up sacrifices, should My God respond to all? My God isn’t that free. The offerings of these ordinary believers are quite substantial, even a single temple over the years can generate a fortune.

This business is basically; once the temple is built, start collecting money. The challenge lies in getting approval from the Holy See, the Fatty Manager doubted, did this foreigner have the capability to get the approval of the Holy See?

But, twenty temples! This deal was too tempting, he could not resist; after the Governor left, he abandoned the restaurant’s business, and rushed to an old mansion in the city.