Soul echo

Chapter 268 A 'hero' in another sense
After learning the purpose of Zhong Ye's visit, the priests of the Church of the God of Commerce were so surprised that they almost jumped up.

Lilian was fortunate enough to see one of China's traditional cultures and arts, the 'face changing' in Xilu—almost in an instant, the face of the clergyman in front of them changed from depression to ecstasy.

He completely abandoned etiquette and restraint, and ran to the bishop's office yelling, leaving Zhong Ye where he was.

However, Zhong Ye did not feel humiliated. If the Church of the God of Commerce is worried about the economic crisis in Paris from top to bottom, if the crisis cannot be properly resolved, not only the dealers and factories in Paris will suffer, but other towns will also be affected. ,rural.

This is almost a problem of the entire supply chain, and we cannot simply regard it as a problem in Paris and stand by.

After the clergyman yelled and ran towards the office through the side door, many clergymen from the Church of the God of Commerce turned their attention to Zhong Ye and the others.

What exactly happened to make their colleague ecstatic?
Zhong Ye and Lilian seemed to have not seen those sights, they found a chair and sat down as if nothing had happened, waiting for the priest to bring the bishop back.

A few minutes later, the priest who ran out ran back again, but when he ran back, he carried a short and thin old man on his back.

The old man was wearing the bishop's robe of the Church of the God of Commerce. Because the size was not suitable, the hem of the robe dragged on the ground after the old man landed.

Holding his robe, the old man quickly walked towards Zhong Ye and the others.

Because of the business failure, many businessmen and factory owners gathered in the Church of the God of Commerce, wanting to borrow money from the Church of the God of Commerce.

They begged bitterly, only hoping to delay for a period of time and recover their losses, so that they would not be in debt and have a chance to make a comeback.

The crowd in the church was crowded and noisy, but the old man could tell who was 'Zhong Ye' at a glance.

Among the businessmen present, many knew the bishop of the Church of the God of Commerce in Paris. When they saw the old man appear, they crowded over.

"Master Bishop, please approve my loan. As you know, I have a channel. As long as I can survive the winter, I will be able to recover the cost in the spring! I will be able to repay the loan at that time!"

"My lord bishop, I opened a factory, but now I can't pay my wages. If my factory closes down, many workers will lose their jobs! Please help me, help us!"

"My lord bishop, my lord bishop... I don't ask you to give me a loan, I just ask you to give me a channel to deal with the goods. My goods are all food. If I don't deal with them as soon as possible, they will be wasted! I don't need to recover the cost, it is enough to recover the loss, I can reduce the price, even lower than the purchase price! Please, please help me!"

Merchants and factory owners surrounded the bishop. The bishop's clothes were pulled by the hands stretched out from around him, and he was pinned in place and unable to move.

The sound of silk cracking followed, but the merchants who were like walking corpses didn't pay attention at all, and they were still making noise.

Other clergy rushed over and tried their best to pull them away, but this group of businessmen seemed to have exerted all their human potential. They were crowded around the bishop, and they couldn't be pulled away.

Seeing this scene, Lilian was stunned, Zhong Ye sighed and stood up.

"Don't make noise! ​​We have found a solution to the problem!"

At this moment, a shout came from behind the crowd.

This voice did not overwhelm the shouts of the merchants. However, after a while, some merchants reacted and turned to look at the priest.

It seemed that a switch of a mechanism was pressed, and the merchants looked over one after another.

The bishop couldn't help casting his gaze over there, his face full of seriousness.

The cleric who realized what he had done broke out in a cold sweat. He couldn't tell what Zhong Ye planned to help at this time. If the rudeness of those businessmen angered him, then this matter would really be endless .

Even if they can borrow money from other churches or religious aristocrats, these businessmen are not the only ones who have suffered in this crisis. Most churches have their own properties and suffered disasters. It will take a lot of money to solve this crisis. Money is not a small amount. If you want to borrow money from other churches or nobles, how to borrow it and how to repay it is another big problem.

'Can't make promises that can't be fulfilled', this is what the gods they believe in warned them, because the foundation of business is integrity.

The clergy kept silent, and the eyes of the merchants slowly fell from hope to disappointment.

At this time, the bishop coughed twice: "We are trying to solve this matter. If this matter cannot be resolved, it will not be a good thing for my Lord's faith. Please believe us, we We can solve this matter!"

When the bishop was speaking, he secretly used a magic spell to make the merchants more convinced by his words.

Therefore, those businessmen who grabbed his clothes also slowly let go.

The precious bishop's robes were torn and tattered, but the bishop did not blame them.

He has passed the age when he would get angry because of such things, and now he pays more attention to whether he can do practical things to make himself immortal.

Even if he can't live forever, he doesn't want an economic crisis in his tenure, because it will only ruin his reputation in the history of teaching in the future.

After patting his clothes, the bishop walked over to Zhong Ye.

"Your Excellency Zhong Ye, it's an honor to meet you."

The bishop kept his stance very low, firstly because Zhong Ye might help them solve the big problem of 'economic crisis', and secondly because Zhong Ye himself was enough to make him bow his head.

Even though Zhong Ye has no identity and is just an adventurer, his actions can undoubtedly be called a 'hero', not to mention that he expelled an evil god who intended to invade before.

——All the clergy of the church knew that after the evil god came, Zhong Ye no longer had any comrades-in-arms. He fought against the incarnation of the evil god alone under the protection of the gods.

Even with the protection of the gods, but the opponent is the incarnation of an evil god, such a record is enough to make people admire.

When the merchants saw the bishop walking up to Zhong Ye and bowing his head to him, they were immediately surprised.

What is the identity of that man?
"Please come inside with me and talk."

Zhong Ye nodded, and walked into the church's reception room under the leadership of the bishop.

After sitting down, Zhong Ye opened his mouth to express his thoughts.

Listening to Zhong Ye's narration, the bishop nodded repeatedly.

Although it was suspected of taking advantage of the fire, Zhong Ye's actions could save the current economic situation in Paris.

When the situation is rotten, there is no need to distinguish the purpose, as long as the problem can be solved, everything is easy to talk about.

The problem now is that Zhong Ye doesn't know how many 'rewards' he can get from the king, how many merchants and factories he can save, and after getting the money from the king, how to use it and how to save the economic crisis.

However, no matter how much Zhong Ye can get, it is necessary to act as soon as possible.

The consensus between Zhong Ye and the bishop was to take advantage of the fact that the matter had not fermented, and to save as much as possible. No matter how much they could get, they would play a show with the king and release some fake news, so that the nobles who wanted to take the opportunity to act would mistake Zhong Ye as Ye got a large sum of money from the king and forced them to enter the arena as soon as possible.

Having made up his mind, the bishop was finally able to breathe a little in relief.

Because of this matter, he has been tense for a long time, and he hasn't even been able to sleep well in the past few days.

——His business sense is very keen. When an accident occurred in the plan and the evil god came, he realized that there would definitely be problems in Paris, but he did not expect that the problem was so huge that it could not be solved with the power of their church.

After making a plan, Zhong Ye discussed with the bishop how to ask the king for a reward.

Then, after the bishop had changed into new clothes, they left the church and headed for the palace.

(End of this chapter)