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Chapter 387 Cosmic Brand Cigarettes

There is a restaurant behind the art gallery in Lombardy. It has a small facade and no gorgeous signs or luxurious exterior decorations.

But almost all the nobles and senior clergy in Victoria who were particular about food and clothing knew about this store.

The decoration inside the store is low-key and elegant. The chef in charge of the kitchen is said to have cooked delicious food for the cardinal himself. Many merchants from the southern continent come here to visit.

It can be said that the dishes in this restaurant are top-notch even in Victoria, a country of gourmet food, with their exquisite ingredients and ingenious cooking.

The restaurant also has one of the best private rooms connected to the courtyard of the art museum. Diners in the room can enjoy delicious meals while appreciating the unique garden scenery in the courtyard of the art museum.

At this time, Liu Yonglu was sitting in the box, and he was sitting in the main seat!

He was accompanied by his relatives and friends, as well as the Vatican's inquisitors Jacob and Bill. At the end of the table sat a middle-aged man, about 40 or 50 years old, well-maintained, elegantly dressed, and wearing two exotic gemstone rings on his hands.

The man's name was Alfonso Pollecchio, the largest tobacco merchant in Victoria.

Liu Yonglu greeted Jacob and Bill and asked to meet with the tobacco dealer. Since it was Saint Baran's request, they had to strictly follow it.

So I called in advance and asked Alfonso to come and keep me company tonight.

In his early years, Alfonso was engaged in ocean-going business, and later he started lending business. With more and more capital, his business expanded, especially in tobacco. Relying on his old relationships in ocean-going trade, he acquired a lot of land in the southern continent and specialized in growing tobacco.

When Alfonso heard that the presiding judge of the court suddenly wanted to see him, he shuddered in his heart!

The Inquisition is terrible. Even though Victoria is a secular kingdom, those ordinary noble ministers have no chance of getting a place in front of the Holy See!

The Inquisition is the majestic flail of the Holy See. Who dares to provoke them? Alfonso quickly recalled the immoral things he had done recently, and whether any of them were too extreme...

After hanging up the phone, he mobilized his connections and used his acquaintances in the Holy See to inquire around, only to find out that a very important person had recently come to Victoria.

Who was this important person? Alfonso was unsure and spent money like water. Finally, he learned from a Catholic who was in charge of the daily life of the bishop of the Holy See that Saint Barlaam was on a tour of the world!

Saints? Are there really such people? Alfonso stood there blankly with the phone in his hand. Although he had converted to the Saint's sect long ago, he was still a businessman in the secular world after all.

If you are truly pious you won’t be able to make that much money.

Since he is a saint recognized by the Holy See, I must show some attitude, so I set up a luxurious dinner tonight to entertain Saint Barlaam.

Liu Yonglu and his companions stayed in the carriage for two days and arrived in Lombardy at dusk. It was too late to go to the monastery, so they might as well arrange another matter today and then look for clues left by Bishop Jone tomorrow.

“Mr. Rich, you have come from afar, please taste our Lombardy cuisine today.

I've been to Mosesad before, and to be honest, the merchants in Mosesad are very smart, and the nobles also follow the elegant character and style, but the food is not up to par in the Western Continent."

Jacob still used the name Ricky when introducing himself to others, but the more he did so, the more frightened Alfonso became. It must be a saint visiting the world... There was no need for an ordinary distinguished guest to use a pseudonym to conceal his identity.

Looking at Jacob and Bill's respectful expressions, he became more convinced.

It’s this saint... Why are the people around him so strange? Two poor boys who have never seen the world, two children, a boy and a girl, and another... Alfonso is rich enough to rival a country. He has seen all kinds of noble ladies, but he is still shocked by Milly Tang’s beauty.

"Hey, you're welcome. You know your own business. The food at Mosesad is really not that good.

If you go to New Nulund tomorrow, you can come to this restaurant to try it. It’s not as good as Gaiya Mosesad, but it’s almost the same.”

Even at this time, Liu Yonglu still did not forget to attract customers to Tianying Restaurant.

"sure."

Alfonso took the business card with great trepidation and put it away. He did not enjoy the meal well. While arranging the dinner, he secretly observed the saint's expression.

It's okay. The saint was smiling all the time, and his knife and fork never stopped moving from beginning to end. It seems that he was not targeting himself.

Before the banquet, Alfonso specially arranged a ship of his own at the port. In case the saint wanted to excommunicate him in public, he was ready to run away overnight!

"Mr. Alfonso, right? I need your help with something."

After three rounds of wine and five kinds of dishes, Liu Yonglu wiped his mouth with a napkin when he was satisfied.

"Mr. Richie, you are a distinguished guest of the Holy See, and I am the faithful servant of the Saint. I will do whatever I can do!"

Come to me for money, come to me for money, Alfonso, as a businessman, shouted frantically in his heart. In his opinion, spending some money and blood makes him feel at ease.

"You are in the tobacco business, and I want to discuss a business deal with you to sell cigarettes together!"

"puff!"

Millie Tang almost spit out her mouthful of cream soup. She actually didn't know what Liu Yonglu wanted to do, but she never expected that they would join hands in selling cigarettes.

There is a Tianying Restaurant in Moses Sad, and if you build a cigarette factory in Victoria, tell Kogan to stop calling you captain and call you factory director instead.

The little genius brother and sister, Jacob and other judges looked calm. Since Saint Balaam made such a decision, he must have his reasons. This matter was probably related to the Holy Maiden's oracle.

These people really guessed it right! Liu Yonglu really sold cigarettes for the sake of the Saint Lady.

During the conversation with Jacob in his dream, the Saint also expressed her concerns that after countless restarts, the Saint's sect would eventually be controlled by the Virgin Mary.

At first the saint didn't know the reason, but later she found out that when the Sourceless Door was opened, the flesh of the Virgin Mary would run out and parasitize other people.

These people continued to spread the influence of the Virgin Mary by sharing their flesh and blood, and the believers who were controlled in the second round did not know that they were being controlled until the Virgin Mary truly awakened.

So every time before the restart, the Saint thought she was in control of the Saint's Sect, but the next second, most of the believers of the Holy See would suddenly turn against her.

This is also the reason why the saint chose Liu Yonglu instead of the Holy See believers.

"Even if the people of the Holy See turn against us... don't you still have so many believers in Victoria? Their number must be greater than that of the Holy See."

"Huh... No, every time the Virgin Mary will control a certain number of high-ranking clergy. They will then close the gates of the Holy See and unify the interior of the Holy See first. The ordinary believers outside the Holy See do not have such firm beliefs and will definitely submit to the authority."

The saint shook her head and exhaled smoke. Before each restart, her body in the Sourceless Gate would be dragged out and sent to the stake. The bloody and cruel scene flashed before her eyes, and the saint's hand holding the cigarette could not help but tremble.

"Sister, so you want me to use the identity of Saint Barlan to gather the power of faith of believers outside the Holy See?"

"Well, this is the only solution I can think of."

"It's not impossible. Haven't you tried it before?"

"We've tried selling indulgences and granting clergy positions to new nobles to win them over, but it didn't work at all." The saint shook her head.

"These tricks really don't work. They make too little noise! ​​Those who can afford indulgences are rich people, and their number is limited! Just listen to me, let's sell cigarettes!"

This led to Liu Yonglu's suggestion at the dinner table. Lorenzo is poor enough, and even poor guys have to smoke, right?

"Mr. Rich, do you want to buy a small factory? Or sell cigarettes to Moses Sad?"

Alfonso stroked his beard. He was still trying to understand from a businessman's perspective.

"No, it's the cigarettes from your factory. Let's change to a new brand and sell them under our own brand name! In Victoria, but you have to act quickly. In a week, I'll see people smoking them on the streets!"

"hiss……"

It's difficult, no wonder I was called here, I'm the only one in Victoria who can do this, Alfonso thought secretly.

Although he didn't know Liu Yonglu's intention, as the saying goes, wealth cannot be compared with gods. If he wanted to continue his business in Victoria, he had to listen to him.

"I don't know what the brand name is. Have you decided yet?"

"I've decided, let's call it Cosmic Brand Cigarettes!"

Originally Liu Yonglu wanted to call the brand the Saint Lady, and he even had the slogan ready: "The Saint Lady is as graceful as a fairy, she doesn't like religious scriptures, she loves cigarettes."

But the Saint was not happy about it! She had no choice but to use the Universe card.

"Selling is no problem. I will do my best to cooperate with Mr. Richie. But you also know... smokers often have their own favorite flavors. I'm afraid it won't have a very good effect if I rashly push Cosmic brand cigarettes into the market."

Alfonso spoke carefully, choosing his words.

"Don't worry. Making money from selling cigarettes is secondary. Our main goal is to increase the Saint's influence among the people through selling goods."

When he said this, the little genius brother and sister nodded. It turned out that Saint Barlan was still concerned about the Saint, although they didn't know what selling cigarettes had to do with the Saint.

"Listen to my slogan first, Universe Universe, a pious new star!

If you don’t smoke cosmic cigarettes, the saints won’t bless you, and you won’t have a happy family. If you don’t smoke cosmic cigarettes, the saints won’t take care of you, and young people won’t be able to find a partner. If you don’t smoke cosmic cigarettes, heaven won’t open up, and students won’t be able to learn knowledge! ”

Alfonso was stunned after hearing this. He turned his head to look at Judge Bill. What he meant was that if the saints did this, would the Holy See do anything about it?
Bill nodded very firmly, and the meaning was very clear: let him go, don't stop him!

"Okay, that's a good idea indeed."

"And we're going to hit the price hard! Announce to the public that the Saint will use the profits from the sale of cigarettes to give alms to the poor in the future! We won't keep a single cent!"

Alfonso calculated in his mind whether he could make up the money he lost from selling Cosmic cigarettes elsewhere, and he gritted his teeth and agreed:
"Saint Lady, be merciful. This is indeed a good thing."

"This isn't the end yet!"

When Liu Yonglu stretched out the word, Alfonso's eyes bulged, and he thought to himself, "Saint, what other brilliant ideas do you have? Please tell us quickly!"
"Our Universe cigarettes are a series of products, one set after another. There are seven miracles on the cigarette box, including thirteen saints, thirty-six oracles, ninety-nine holy warriors, and one hundred and eighty holy workers...

Anyway, they are all religious allusions related to the saints in our scriptures, print them all for me!
As long as you collect all the patterns on the cigarette boxes and exchange them at the entrance of the Holy See, we will give you a huge reward! "

Alfonso raised his glass and forgot to pour the wine into his mouth. Everyone else was stunned.

"Don't worry! This money is not considered money. The Saint will reimburse it next month!"

(End of this chapter)