Chapter 127
Cheng Yu used the Great Light Healing Technique to treat himself, and the white holy light covered his eyes, and the cracked corners of his eyes healed instantly.
"Lord, are you a priest?"
Carter saw Cheng Yu using the healing technique, which was clearly the light magic of the Church of Light.
"I guess so."
Cheng Yu only knew light magic, not a real priest.
"By the way, is there a Church of Light in Dark Night City?"
"Of course not."
Carter smiled bitterly. How could a place as poor as Dark Night City have the money to build a Church of Light?
Everyone just believed in the goddess of light in their hearts.
"Is there one nearby?"
"The nearest city, Cuisi, has a Church of Light."
"Cuisi City? In which direction?"
"Directly south of Dark Night City."
"Okay."
Cheng Yu planned to go to the Church of Light in Cuisi City. The headquarters of the Church of Light had a large library with many documents and materials. He would use the resources of the Church of Light to find out if there was a god called Siren in ancient times.
Only by figuring out who Siren is can we know what Siren's relics are.
The three left the beach and returned to Dark Night City.
When passing by the city gate, Cheng Yu noticed that the tails of the fish monsters were gone.
"Where are the fish tails of these fish monsters?" Cheng Yu asked Carter.
"They should have been cut off by the civilians in the city."
Dark Night City is poor and has almost no meat to eat. These fish meats are a free source of protein for civilians.
"Can this thing be eaten? Isn't it poisonous?"
Cheng Yu saw the green blood flowing out of the fish monster. The blood of normal creatures is red, and green blood is obviously abnormal.
"Someone has eaten it before. It's edible, but the taste is very bad. It's good to have meat to eat."
"What do the civilians in Dark Night City usually rely on to live?"
On the way to the beach just now, Cheng Yu didn't see any farmland or crops.
"Grow a plant called withered grass, which is salt-tolerant and has certain medicinal value. The drug dealers in Cuisi City come to Dark Night City every month to exchange grain for withered grass."
"First, the yield of withered grass is not high, and second, the drug dealers are trying to lower the price. The grain we get in return is not much, so we give part of it to Wiggins, and the rest is barely enough to fill our stomachs."
"Food cannot be grown in saline-alkali land, but other things can indeed be grown."
Cheng Yu often reads "The Complete Collection of Plants and Animals on the Celsis Continent" and knows that some plants are salt-tolerant and have certain medicinal or edible value.
Living in saline-alkali land means adapting to local conditions, taking advantage of one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses, and it is not necessary to grow food.
Back at his residence, Cheng Yu gathered the more than 50 servants of Wiggins before.
These people are one of the few young and strong laborers in Dark Night City. They usually act as Wiggins's thugs and help Wiggins rule Dark Night City.
"How much did Wiggins pay you every month before?"
Cheng Yu asked the more than 50 servants in front of him.
"Give us 350 copper coins a month."
The servants answered.
"I will give you 500 copper coins a month, and you must obey my orders."
When everyone heard that their salary had increased, they jumped for joy.
"Thank you, Lord."
"I will always serve you, Lord."
"Long live Lord."
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Cheng Yu was not happy with the praise of these people. These people said they were loyal to him, but they were actually loyal to money.
But this is understandable, after all, who doesn't like money.
"First of all, you must maintain the law and order in the city as before, and secondly, you are not allowed to oppress civilians in my name. Whoever dares to plunder wealth in my name, I will personally send him to the guillotine."
These more than 50 people are equivalent to the Dark Night City Security Brigade, assisting Cheng Yu in managing more than 1,000 people in the city, and have certain powers.
Cheng Yu has seen too many things that deceive the superiors and conceal the truth from the subordinates. The original intention of the policy makers above is good, but the implementation below is distorted, and finally leads to the accumulation of social contradictions.
"Do you understand?"
"I understand, Lord."
More than fifty people said in unison.
"Disperse, tell the civilians of Dark Night City that they don't have to pay for food in the future."
False wealth, zero-sum game, exploitation of the lower class people; real wealth, leading the lower class people to create wealth, making the wealth pie bigger, and common prosperity.
More than fifty people left Cheng Yu's mansion.
"Meiweier, take me to Cuisi City tomorrow."
"Exchange for spiced beef cubes."
"I asked you to do something, why do you always bargain? Are you the master, or am I the master?"
Cheng Yu walked to Meiweier, put his right hand on Meiweier's head, and gently rubbed Meiweier's head.
"Damn~ Don't touch my head~"
Meiweier looked unhappy, staring at Cheng Yu angrily, as if she wanted to eat him.
[Meiweier's favorability towards the host +1]
Is this the case again?
Cheng Yu was stunnedfor a moment.
Last time when I stroked Meiweier's dragon horn, she also looked unhappy, but her favorability increased instead.
What does this mean?
It means that this is a proud dragon.
"Hehehe, little dragon, you actually like your master to touch your head, right?"
Cheng Yu came close to Meiweier, and his face with an evil smile was almost touching Meiweier's face.
"I don't like humans, stay away from me."
Meiweier pursed her lips and looked at Cheng Yu with a look like garbage.
Ahem~
Cheng Yu coughed twice tactically and sat back in his original position, "I don't have beef. I'll go to Cuisi City to buy some tomorrow. I'll fry it for you after I buy it."
"I am a great dragon, and you are a tiny human. Serving the dragon clan is what you should do as a human." Meiweier raised a triumphant smile at the corner of her mouth.
"Serve the dragon clan? Do you want to experience my massage service?" Cheng Yu asked.
"What kind of massage service is this?"
"Two-finger massage, Mina and Ivennie said it was great after trying it."
Cheng Yu stretched out two fingers and bent them into a hook shape.
Aren't massages done with both hands? How can two fingers be used for massage?
Meiweier looked confused.
"Just fry the five-spice beef cubes for me, no need to massage me, I'm in good health."
"Okay."
Cheng Yu said nothing more and took out the "Encyclopedia of Plants and Animals on the Celsis Continent". He wanted to find some economic crops suitable for planting in saline-alkali land to lead the civilians of Dark Night City to get rich.
After reading for most of the day, Cheng Yu chose a plant called red sand wood.
Red sand wood can only grow on saline-alkali land and has a high yield.
Red sand wood needs to be irrigated with seawater, and its roots absorb salt from the saline-alkali land to grow. The grass seeds it produces have a very high salt content and are accompanied by a faint herbaceous fragrance. They can be ground into powder and used as salt. They are perfect salt-producing plants.
In the past, some people tried to grind the seeds of red sandwood into powder as salt, which was purer and tasted better, but they were smeared and suppressed by salt merchants, saying that the salt made from red sandwood seeds was harmful to health. People were unwilling to buy it, and it ended up in vain.
Just like even in the 21st century with advanced information, there are still many people who think that MSG is harmful to health.
There is no Internet technology in Celsis continent, and the ignorance of the people is far higher than that of the earth in the 21st century.