The Road to Respectability

Chapter 634, Chapter 204: The Road to Respectability

Ambition needed strength to back it up. It was precisely because Shengdeersi understood this that he had risen from a nobody into an internationally renowned arms dealer.

That there were no good men among arms dealers was already a consensus across all walks of society. With such a rotten reputation, there was naturally no hope of attaining lofty social status.

Especially for a "renowned" arms dealer like Shengdeersi, whose enemies were scattered across the world. This time, for instance, he had offended the United Kingdom.

For safety's sake, many arms dealers did not dare reveal their true identities.

"Shengdeersi" was a typical alias. It was only because religion had weakened nowadays; in the Middle Ages, anyone casually using a name beginning with "Saint" would have had the Inquisition knocking at their door long ago.

Under normal circumstances, one had to make outstanding contributions to the religious cause before one could be canonized. Only after gaining the Pope's approval could one add "Saint" before one's name.

For example, a hero who recovered Jerusalem and received the papal title of "Recoverer of the Holy Land" could add "Saint" before his own name.

Of course, ordinary people would not put "Saint" before their names. It was usually placed before a title, as a mark of glory.

An arms dealer like Shengdeersi was clearly not qualified. Based on his deeds, he might perhaps qualify for the guillotine.

That was not the life Shengdeersi wanted. He had chosen this alias so that one day, he could be "canonized."

For now, though, that day was still far beyond the horizon. To achieve this grand goal in life, he first had to wash himself clean before he would be qualified to contribute to the religious cause.

Becoming a colonial