While Sui was busy with the game business, the "deposit-transfer" system of the Goddess of Wealth, Manissy, finally began to work.
Checking the deposits was a very meaningful thing. After checking, Manissy was surprised to find that nearly 20% of the deposits of the rich in the Church of the Goddess of Wealth were dead debts. Calculating the total amount, it actually accumulated to a huge amount that even the Goddess of Wealth was surprised.
The deposits of the Temple of the Goddess of Wealth were not kept inside the temple, but were stored in a space that only the Goddess herself knew through divine magic. Over the years, it was not that no temple had ever been broken into, and those who broke into the temple had all made a lot of money. But in fact, none of them had ever robbed even one gold coin.
To rob this money, they had to kill the Goddess of Wealth first.
Although the deposits could not be robbed, if all the people who knew about the deposits were dead, or the owners of the deposits and the intended heirs were dead, then the deposits would lose their meaning and become dead debts.
More importantly, a considerable number of the deposits of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth were unregistered deposits. Most of the origins of the money were a little problematic, ranging from the private money of a strict wife to the huge amount of money accumulated by a big thief for many years. All of these were not dared to be exposed. Although the priests of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth would not reveal their secrets, for them, it was best not to even let the priests know their identity, which was the safest.
Therefore, when they died and left no clues for their descendants to find out, no one would claim the money.
Money stored in the Church of the Goddess of Wealth had to pay some storage fees, but the amount was not large. Perhaps it was unbearable for businessmen, but for many people who were more generous, it was not a big deal, and it was completely acceptable.
As a result, the secret was a secret, the safety was safe, and in the end, the secret was so safe that it became dead debts …
After the Goddess of Wealth sorted out these dead debts, she thought for a while and ordered her believers to find the heirs of these accounts.
Except for the money that could not see the light, such as the deposits of the big thieves, she ordered the church to start looking for the legal heirs of the money and deliver the deposits.
This was not an easy task. Accounts that were relatively recent were fine, but accounts that were ancient were very difficult to trace. It might take several years or even more than a decade to find the heirs of a deposit. The manpower and resources spent during this period might even be more than the amount of deposit.
However, the Goddess of Wealth did not see it that way. To her, manpower and material resources were nothing. Being able to prove one's credibility and obtain faith was the key.
As long as he could prove the reliability of the deposit-transfer system, he did not care about the cost!
Since the boss didn't care about the cost, the subordinates were naturally much happier. Not long after, the priests of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth found more than a dozen heirs of various debts.
Although there were many natural and man-made disasters in this world, the vitality and reproductive ability of humans were equally strong. Even if the direct heir was gone, one could often find a successor by taking a roundabout way.
Thus, the High Priest of the Church of the Goddess of Riches personally held a grand and solemn ceremony, handing over these dusty deposits to the heirs who knew nothing about it.
Some of these heirs were successful, but most of them were down and out. This was also normal. Their ancestors were unlucky, so even the matter of deposits was not passed down. Since even such a large amount of deposits had been lost, how could they be expected to take advantage of their ancestors?
One of the most miserable heirs had even become a beggar. When the priest of the Church of the Goddess of Riches found him, he was lying in the corner of a small town. Several wounds on his body had festered, and he was very thin. It seemed that he was not far from death. There were even a few rats biting him, trying to eat him alive.
The priest of the Church of the Goddess of Riches was shocked. He hurriedly drove the rats away, first gave him a valuable potion, and then took him to the Void Mask amusement park to clean up his body and receive treatment in the Red Pig Medical Center.
The poor beggar lay in the medical center for more than half a month and received more than ten divine treatments before he finally recovered. His body was left with many terrible scars, especially the scar on his left arm where he had been bitten by a rat. It was simply shocking.
Although these scars could be removed, he refused this suggestion. He was determined to keep these scars to remind himself that he must be careful with his money in the future. He must never fall into such a situation again!
The inheritance he received was not much, just more than 100 gold coins. Interestingly enough, this money was left behind by his ancestor, a merchant named "Boff". That merchant was a henpecked man, but he liked to fool around outside. He would always think of ways to save money, and gradually, he accumulated a small treasury. Once he had to go on a long trip. He was afraid that his small treasury would be discovered by his wife, so he deposited the money in the Church of the Goddess of Riches. Who knew that he would be so lucky that he actually managed to become a baron in a country. So he hurriedly took over his wife, children, and all the other servants. Because he was very busy, he did not find the time to go to the temple to withdraw the money. He had planned to wait until he was free, but he was so busy … In the end, he had forgotten about it.
Boff's descendants did not do well. The direct descendants finally followed a group of elves and monsters to explore the distant sky, never to return. The collateral descendants also withered, and the only one left was this beggar who was jokingly called "Weak Bird."
Of course, Weak Bird was not a name. It was just a nickname. This beggar was originally called Big Bird, but because his body was weak, he was always bullied by others despite his burly body. That was why he got the nickname "Weak Bird."
A hundred gold coins was not worth mentioning to a powerhouse like Felix, who was always thinking about how to break through to the Legendary-realm. It was also not a huge sum to experienced adventurers, but it was a lot to a poor and dejected big bird. Fortunately, for the sake of publicity, the Church of the Goddess of Wealth did not charge him for the safekeeping of his savings, nor did they ask him for the divine art treatment fees. They even helped him pay for the medical expenses. Otherwise … he was afraid that he would have to spend all the money within a few days. He might not even have a copper coin left.
The Church of the Goddess of Riches used the "Weak Bird" incident as a typical example of publicity, and it had a very good effect. Many people felt that since the Church of the Goddess of Wealth was willing to help a beggar recover his money, then their own savings would definitely be very safe. In a short period of time, the amount of money they had saved up greatly increased. If they calculated carefully, just the storage fees alone would increase by a large amount.
This made the Goddess of Riches and her believers very happy. Was there anything better in the world than fame and fortune?
Of course, the Church of the Goddess of Riches would not just use a small business like the "Weak Bird" as publicity. They quickly found a big business of a large scale.
It was the savings of a big merchant in the Kingdom of Thousand Springs more than 300 years ago.
The merchant had been black-hearted for many years. When he was old, he was suddenly infected by a priest of the God of Knights and decided to change. He participated in the action against the Church of the God of Fear, and with clever means, he made the subordinates of the evil god suffer a lot and thwarted a huge conspiracy.
However, not all good people in this world had good rewards. The believers of the God of Fear came back a few years later. They found a chance and killed the merchant's whole family, including the shop assistants. The Church of the God of Knights was furious. They dispatched two legendary strongmen and dozens of senior priests and knights. It took them more than half a year to kill all the believers of the God of Fear.
Although the murderer was dead, the dead could not be resurrected. The resurrection spell in this world was greatly limited. After the believers of the God of Fear committed the crime, they desecrated the bodies of every victim with evil spells, cutting off the possibility of their resurrection.
This matter had a great impact, but no one knew that on the morning of the attack, the merchant suddenly had a strong warning sign. He hurriedly and secretly visited the Church of the God of Riches and saved a huge sum of money.
The believers of the God of Fear wanted to kill him, on the one hand, for revenge, and on the other hand, for plundering his wealth. After the attack, the shop and the house were in a mess, and there was almost nothing valuable left. The priest who helped to save the money later visited the merchant, but he was attacked by the thugs and died. So everyone thought that all the money had fallen into the hands of the thugs. No one thought of checking with the Church of the God of Riches. Even the Church of the God of Riches did not expect that the priest who died had made a big business before he died.
So the money became a dead debt. It was not until the Goddess of Riches cleaned up the accounts more than 300 years later that the money was found.
The merchant had a distant relative who was an adventurer. Later, his descendants did well and even became nobles. Now he was a viscount in the Kingdom of Thousand Springs.
This viscount was a believer of the Goddess of Flowers, a god with weak divine power. Because he liked to donate to the church, he was deeply favored by the church and the goddess. When the Church of the Goddess of Riches visited him and told him that his ancestors had left a huge sum of money, his first reaction was to donate the money to the Church of the Goddess of Flowers to promote the construction of the church.
Later, he really did so.
The amount of money was so amazing that even the goddess herself was shocked. She specially descended to bless the devout believer and promised to protect his family for a long time.
This matter had a much greater impact than the "Lucky Beggar." Not only did it quickly spread throughout the Main Plane, but it also shocked the gods.
No one thought that the Goddess of Riches would let the Goddess of Flowers, who had a bad relationship with her, profit for the sake of credibility!
It should be known that the Goddess of Flowers had participated in the alliance that besieged the former God of Riches. She had also forced Manissy to make a vow when she was apotheosized that she would never seek to control wealth.
After these things, the credibility of the Church of the Goddess of Riches was finally confirmed, and the deposit-transfer system was gradually promoted.
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