Ten days later at noon, the ship of the Beluga Chamber of Commerce saw the huge city on the coast in the distance.

Selun came to the city-state of Moros again.

But this journey has not been smooth.

There used to be several mature shipping routes from south to north to Romania. Not to mention calm seas, at least it could ensure that merchant ships traveling between them would not encounter storms for eight or nine months out of the year.

But this time, Su Lun and the others encountered very dangerous weather several times, with tornadoes and terrifying waves. If it weren't for Tani's excellent sailing skills, ordinary seagoing ships might have sunk to the bottom of the sea.

After the sea-going ships entered the port, Su Lun found that the once bustling port of the city-state of Moros was also particularly deserted. In all likelihood, all the docks were empty. Only a few merchant ships were still unloading and loading cargo.

Most of the dock workers and slaves were idle.

There were groups of people playing cards and chatting, all of them lazy and lifeless.

"Hey, I haven't had a good time these days. The amount of goods delivered in a day is only one-tenth of what it used to be. Now the food has increased tenfold, and I can't afford to eat anymore."

"Without the arrival of grain merchants, it would be strange if grain prices didn't skyrocket!"

"Who the hell dares to come here? In the first half of the year, eight ships came from Hastelling, but they all sank into the sea in a storm. In the middle of the month, some grain merchants saw the price of grain soaring, and a dozen more ships came to transport grain.

We also encountered a storm, and in the end only three ships docked. The damn weather is getting worse and worse, who dares to come?"

"This is not a weather problem. I heard that Poseidon wants to punish Roman. Did you hear about the 'Alcatraz Island' thing?"

"Shh, don't talk nonsense."

""

Su Lun and Mr. Jing got off the boat.

Even if you don't listen deliberately, you can still hear the dock workers talking mostly about complaining about the poor transportation business.

In order to deceive others, the Beluga Chamber of Commerce brought a load of food on board. As soon as it docked, those skilled workers gathered around the ship, trying to compete for the job of unloading the ship.

The unloading matter will be handled by the stewards of the Chamber of Commerce, so Su Lun and the others don't need to worry about it.

They walked along the pier and saw the "Princess Stika" and several frigates docked in the harbor.

The two of them walked along the footpath towards the city gate.

The identity of the grain merchant was very useful. The Roman guards at the city gate did not dare to create any difficulties, and the two of them walked in smoothly.

The city is still the same city, but its popularity is much less.

Su Lun had been here once before. At that time, there were a large number of foreign merchants, adventurers and pirates gathering in the city, making it lively and prosperous.

Now all the shops are deserted, and there are only a few pedestrians on the deserted streets, who seem to be locals.

The two walked all the way and stopped near the central square.

Mr. Jing squinted and looked at the [Statue of War God Tyr] in the square. He didn't know what he was thinking about. "It's strange. Why is the power of faith in the city so thin?"

Su Lun turned his eyes and looked around.

He didn't feel any power of faith, but naturally there must be something wrong with what his senior sister said.

After a long while, Mr. Jing's frown did not relax. She still didn't seem to understand, "The Agaparthenon Temple existed thousands of years ago and should not be underestimated. You should be prepared. I will go to the city to see it first."

look."

"Um."

Su Lun nodded and didn't say much.

The two of them dispersed and walked away.

Mr. Jing received information, saying that the high priest of the Agapanaon Temple used mysterious means to predict some scenes, and he probably knew that the Dawn Group would come to the Moros city-state.

No one was stopping me. I thought it was something that was bound to happen, and there was no point in stopping it.

The masters of the North Sea Fleet are most likely already in the city at this moment, waiting for them to appear.

However, Mr. Mirror is not in the prophecy.

Before the war, they had to go to the city to check out the situation.

After the two separated, Su Lun wandered around the city alone.

He walked around the central square and unconsciously remembered that he had met the "God Painter" Vincent F. Van Gogh here. The guy also provided him with very important information.

Now that I think about it, there is a high probability that it was Katyusha's handiwork.

The marriage between the North Sea Fleet and the Marfa Empire is definitely something the Lance family who wants to control the North Sea does not want to see.

So the assassination of Princess Stika is justified.

Su Lun didn't know why, but he suddenly thought of the previous experience of being beaten by Archduke Lance, and his cheeks seemed to still hurt.

"The majestic Duke, you are really not easy to attack."

Su Lun was speechless, shook his head and continued walking.

I was just wandering around the city aimlessly. As I was walking, I unknowingly came to Walrus Street in Dongcheng.

This is the tavern district of town.

Drunkards will not stop drinking because of the economic downturn, but the place will become more and more lively.

Without the outsiders, the sailors who originally relied on ships to make a living had no jobs and spent all day drinking in taverns to drown their sorrows.

This was the busiest place in the city, so Su Lun thought about it and walked in.

He found a seat by the window and ordered a shot of rum.

It was still broad daylight, and the tavern was full of drunken sailors.

There were constant shouts and curses.

There are more people, but most of them are poor sailors, and there are no outsiders who can really spend money.

"Hey, Oval, pay the damn money you owe yesterday for the drink first."

"I said, boss, we are all old friends, how about we settle the accounts first? No adventure group has gone out to sea these days. When I find employment, we can get married together."

"Haha, in this situation, do you still want to hire someone to go to sea? Last time, hundreds of thousands of adventurers went to 'Alcatraz Island', and in the end I heard that only a few thousand people came out alive. Who the hell dares to come to Roman!"

If I hadn’t bought this tavern in the city with all the money I earned over the decades, I would have left long ago.”

"Hey, there are rumors now that the treasure is a conspiracy deliberately released by the temple, hoping to attract adventurers to use it for the 'Sea Festival'. Whether it is true or not, there are hundreds of thousands of people now, who outsiders dare to come

, who dares to take risks at sea?"

"What a bullshit rumor! Do you really think that the current storm on the sea is fake, and that hundreds of thousands of people died are fake? If those people in the temple hadn't done some shameful and dirty things, how could it be like this?"

"Hush, don't say this nonsense."

"What's there to say? Who doesn't know that this is Poseidon's punishment? Damn it, the priests in the temple usually pretend to be pure and fair, but in the end they are all superficial."

"Stop it, offending the temple priest is a serious crime."

"Offended? Hahaha. Now the news has spread. Who doesn't know about it in the city! [The Muse's Harp] is placed in the city. If it is true, don't you go to some priests and play it to find out? God

Do those cousins ​​in the temple dare to show their faces? If the merchants really dare to come if there is no food, do you know how many people Luo Man will starve to death? I’ll take it lightly!"

""

Drinking makes people bold, and these drunken rough men all blushed and cursed more and more energetically.

Su Lun sat there and listened for a while, and gradually became interested.

He was a witness to the "Alcatraz Incident" and naturally knew that what these sailors said was true.

But what puzzled Su Lun was that the news shouldn't spread so fast.

If he were Roman in power, this kind of negative public opinion would definitely be suppressed at all costs.

Moreover, the temple is the belief of the Roman people after all, and the authority accumulated over thousands of years cannot collapse just because of some "rumors".

What's going on with those people who keep saying "show me"?

Although Su Lun knew about the scandal in the Temple of Agaparthenon.

The high priest Helvier was Oleg's sweetheart and gave birth to an illegitimate son, Onis Popov, the captain of the Third Fleet. That guy was not a fuel-saving lamp, and he made all the priestesses in the temple angry.

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But ordinary people shouldn’t know about this kind of scandal!

"Is someone deliberately spreading this news?"

Su Lun immediately guessed something.

He had heard of the [Harp of the Muses] before. It was also a lost sacred object in Roman legend.

Legend has it that only the purest girls can pluck the strings and play the most beautiful music in the world.

In the past, the temple priestesses would often play it during major holidays to collect treasures of faith.

And what a coincidence that the harp, which had disappeared for hundreds of years, appeared at this juncture?

Nowadays, the priests of the Temple of Agapathenon are not virgins, so naturally they cannot play the strings.

If it had been any other thing, it would have been destroyed by the Romans long ago, but this [harp of the Muses] is a sacred object of faith, and no one dares to touch it.

Therefore, Mr. Jing previously wondered about the reason for the collapse of faith in the city. Is this the reason?

Isn't this a divine assist?
To be continued...