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Text Chapter 333: Selling, it just depends on the price

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    "Andre, what did the previous priest named Mokman do when he came to your place?"

    Two gangsters in Manhattan asked with serious faces as soon as they entered Andre's house.

    Faced with the sudden question, Andre was stunned.

    However, he quickly reacted and explained: "Oh, it's nothing. I am a devout believer. This priest came to listen to my prayers. After all, the government has not approved the church to move in, so these priests and  We believers can only make contact in secret."

    It¡¯s a good excuse, and it¡¯s also the best explanation that Andre can find in a short time.

    After he finished saying these words, he couldn't help but feel excited about his wit.

    "It's a pity that his poor excuses can't win the trust of two gangsters and make them believe in him.

    "Andre, you know the legal system in Manhattan. We have always punished those who participated in disrupting public order severely, and you know that."

    A gangster warned Andre.

    Andre nodded hurriedly "yes" and said he would not do anything that would affect public order.

    "You have to understand that you can only have such a high income when Manhattan is stable. If the security of Manhattan is destroyed due to some external factors, those investors will leave. By then, if you want to find your current job, you can't  It¡¯s very difficult.¡±

    Another gangster began to act with emotion and reason.

    "You should know what the church is. They have abandoned their faith. In the eyes of those priests, they only have money and beautiful women. In their eyes, God is just an excuse to rely on and a tool for them to make money and attack.  It¡¯s just a prop for slapping and fighting.¡±

    "The tax rate in Manhattan is very low now, but it will be different if the church moves in. I can tell you responsibly, at least 80% of the money you earn will be turned over to the church. Do you believe it?  "

    Facing the questions from the gangsters, Andre certainly wanted to say that he knew this very well.

    ¡°After all, he just couldn¡¯t survive in Europe, so he came to the American continent to make a living.

    "The reason why we can't survive in our hometown on the European continent is that, in addition to the high prices and the annexation of noble land, the church is also expropriating people's wealth.

    It is precisely because of this that large numbers of Europeans began to leave their hometowns to find a way to survive in other places.

    Andrei is also one of such families.

    But what can he say to these two gangsters?

    To be honest, it¡¯s not impossible, but the problem is that if the government opens up and allows churches to move in, wouldn¡¯t Andrei be persecuted?

    Those priests are all very vindictive.

    ¡°And he doesn¡¯t believe that the government will withstand the pressure and resist the pressure from the church.

    Among the countries on the European continent, there is no country that can confront the church.

    In fact, this is not to blame for Andre¡¯s timidity. In the eyes of Europeans in this era, the church is still a very powerful existence.

    Therefore, it is normal for him not to dare to offend.

    ¡°Besides, don¡¯t churches also exist in Central America?

    If nothing else, the British colonies in Virginia and Pennsylvania also had church influence.

    It can be seen that the power of the church is basically all-pervasive.

    The two visiting gangsters saw from Andre's reaction what he was worried about.

    After the two looked at each other, one of them said to Andre: "When the church moves in, what happened in Europe will continue to happen in this city and country. When the time comes, you will become ownerless again. Now  This kind of life full of hope and beauty will no longer exist, you must think clearly about it."

    Yes, Andre understands that if the church moves into Manhattan.  Then those greedy and shameless priests will use all means to rob the people of their wealth.

    And when the number of their believers reaches a certain level, as the ambitions of these priests expand, they will even encourage believers to go against the government.

    In countries across the European continent, church forces often do this.

    It can be said that apart from their belief in God, these priests are no different from ordinary people.  Even some of them priests have very bad characters, even worse than gangsters.

    "We need your confession so we can stop the church from moving in, even though we??Not a government official.  But the interests of the church are in great conflict with ours. The leader among them actually asks our gangsters to hand over all their income every month. This is intolerable.  "

    The gangster revealed the reason.

    "Greed is also a kind of original sin, so we need to make these people pay the price. What's more, after they came to this city, they brought some instability to the city's public security, and we have been implicated a lot."

    The gangsters used excuses and false events that they had already thought of.

    "The little daughter of the Bakker family was found in a remote place the day before yesterday. The little girl has been missing for five days. According to our investigation, this little girl who was less than thirteen years old was treated very badly before her death.  , and according to the descriptions of some eyewitnesses, it was these priests who did the evil."

    The corner of Andre's mouth twitched because he knew that what this man said was basically true.

    It¡¯s very simple. Before he came to the American continent, he had seen priests doing evil things in Europe.  It's just that the priest's target at that time was a boy, but this time it was just a girl.

    It was from that time that Andrei's faith in God began to gradually collapse.

    Because those who do evil not only get away with it, they live a comfortable life and are not punished at all.

    If God is just, why are the priests who do evil not punished?

    "Tell me, what did this priest Mokman come to see you for? We will keep it a secret for you, and you must be aware of our methods. It is easy to deal with so many foreign priests, isn't it?  To you, priests cannot be offended, but we can?¡±

    These words were a bit serious, and Andre had to take a closer look.

    Yes, priests like Mockman are not easy to offend, but these local gangsters in Manhattan are even harder to offend.

    As Andrei has worked and lived in Manhattan for half a year, he has heard and understood the terror of Manhattan gangs.

    How many times has he seen these gangsters take action against those who do not follow the rules and gangsters from other places.

    Speaking of methods, these gangs are even more cruel than the priests.

    Once upon a time, there was a gangster from Europe who wanted to bully the workers at the dock.  After the gangsters found out about this, the guy was buried in the ground with only his head exposed. Then the gangsters made a cut on the top of his head, and then poured in mercury

    Andre doesn¡¯t want to think about the consequences of this guy. It will always be a nightmare for his whole life.

    At that time, most dock workers were invited to watch the execution process, because the Manhattan gangsters had to collect protection fees from these people every month. They wanted to prove that the Manhattan gangsters would definitely be their backers when something went wrong.

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    Of course, Manhattan gangsters never bully others. They will only punish you if you don't abide by their rules.

    And the protection fees they collect every month are not much. Compared with those gang organizations in Europe, the Manhattan gang is still a moral organization.

    And every time something happens, or someone who has paid for protection money is in trouble, these gangsters will come forward to solve it.

    ¡°Compared to those gang organizations in Europe that take money and do nothing, the Manhattan gang is more popular.

    "No! No! No! Don't get me wrong, I definitely don't have such thoughts." So when the gangster said those words, Andre immediately denied it.

    "Andre, actually don't think too much. No matter how powerful the church is, they are still in Europe. This is the American continent and the sphere of influence of the Song Empire, so you don't need to worry about that much. If you are willing  Come forward and testify against Mokman and the others, and we will help you apply for imperial citizen status, so you don¡¯t have to worry about anything anymore.¡±

    In order to get Andre to testify against the priests, the gangsters even offered a very attractive price.

    That is the citizenship of the Song Empire, what these foreign workers call the ¡®green card¡¯.

    You know, if you have citizenship, you can find a job with a higher salary when you look for a job.  You can also apply for housing loans, business loans, children's schooling, etc.

    Especially business loans, which are very hard to refuse.

    You must know that business in Manhattan is very busy nowRong, if you go out to do some small business, you will make money but not lose anything.

    It is much easier than working hard.

    Even if you don¡¯t want to do business or work, you can still become a soldier by virtue of your citizenship.

    An ordinary soldier in the Song Empire earns 12 yuan a month, which is twice as much as what he earns from working hard at the dock carrying big bags.

    Especially in times of war, your salary will automatically triple.

    This makes people work hard, but at the same time, it feels very worthwhile.

    ¡°That¡¯s not all, your children can study, and in the future they can become officials (of course, grassroots civil servants) by taking exams, changing the family¡¯s identity and status.

    These benefits require the status of an imperial citizen.

    "Is everything you said true? You can help me apply for imperial citizenship!"

    Under the huge temptation, Andrei has slowly put his fear behind him.

    It's good to say that, it's not that you can't sell, it's just that the price is not enough  (It is not yet renewed. Please search for astronomy, the novel is better updated and faster!)
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