Shaman from Afar

"I agree. I must not appease the robbery of the church."

After listening to Loren's narration in the lounge behind the Red Blood Palace palace hall, Dalton Kander first expressed his attitude at the round table.

Charlotte frowned slightly, apparently dissatisfied with Loren's brutal approach.

But this time she didn't say anything-after the battle of Ebden, the countess was no longer surprised by the arrogance of a dark-haired wizard.

"But, that's the church after all." Charles Grunwell, the principal of the Principality, was still a little worried, and couldn't help saying: "If they are too angry, I'm afraid ..."

"I'm afraid what?" The gray pupil standing on the side of the door with his arm suddenly interrupted him and said coldly: "Agitate the riots of the followers, exclude Bain and the Turin family, non-violent and non-cooperative ... what else?"

"Is Lord Loren and Byrne today afraid of these?"

There was a subtle change in everyone's expression, which made the room suddenly quiet for a while.

That's right, if Baien was least afraid of rebuilding the Duchy of the Duchy, it was the threat from the Holy Cross Church itself.

Although the Church of Byrne under Bishop Anson refused to accept the control of the Byrne Court, he also ignored the numerous commands of the Imperial Church and maintained absolute neutrality without any interference with the world.

Without the support of the local church, it is impossible for the imperial capital's church to exert any influence on Byrne, thousands of miles away.

Of course, it is still possible if the church is really at all costs-but after Anson ’s “Church Reform”, the entire Byern Church also lost the power to manage and control the parish at the expense of absolute freedom. .

The entire management and even the population and land under their control were taken over by Charlotte and the Round Table Council; all that was left to the church was the church itself and a small amount of donations to maintain daily expenses.

This is also in line with the original idea of ​​the young priest Anson-the church should not be used to restrain believers, but to let the believers voluntarily choose the church for prayer.

Even if the church can really succumb to Anson who pushes them to power and replaces him with a new bishop, it is unlikely that it will cause much trouble at once, because he has to seize the dominance of the entire Principality diocese from Charlotte. come back.

And Charlotte is absolutely impossible to hand over.

"That's what it says, but that's the church after all!" Charles still couldn't let his mind down: "Even if they don't do anything, they can still secretly encourage the nobles of the imperial capital and Sacran ..."

"If that's the case, then the first one to stand up and beat them down is Emperor Connold!"

With a cold snort, Charlotte glanced across the face, making the stared black-haired wizard tremble: "Just after the battle of Ebden, our emperor has long been unfaithful to the nobility of the nobles, just thinking There is no proper excuse to rectify them. "

"I'm right, Lord Duke?"

With a cold snort, the countess asked angrily.

What can Loren say with a smile on his face?

"But the church has a lot of resources and wants to deal with the enemy, they have enough means-for example, against the wizards." Dalton Kander said in a deep voice:

"Eboden and Corona are both gone."

Charlotte looked sideways.

But what Loren understood: "Mr. Dalton, have you got the information?"

The black robe wizard who didn't like nonsense, just nodded slightly.

Everyone around the round table was attentive.

"The informant in the imperial capital sent news that after the battle of Ebden, the church united nobles passed many administrative orders against the wizards."

Dalton said it was obscure, of course, Loren knew it; the so-called "informant", the eight achievements were the night watchmen who had been "rebelled" by Dalton before Connor was incorporated.

Although it is not always possible to "awaken" them to prevent them from being detected by Connold, at least it is relatively safe to pass such semi-public information.

"Property supervision, identity registration, and freedom of movement are limited; at the same time, the Imperial Parliament has passed a bill to enlist two-thirds of the wizards in the imperial capital and enlist in the army."

Dalton said expressionlessly: "Nominally, the wizard must also join the army and accept the Empire's" full mobilization order "; in fact, to facilitate control, extortion and forcible expropriation of their property."

"How can they do this?" Lucien's expression was very incredible: "Yuqian Cabinet ... I mean, Master Albert, the royal wizard's adviser, didn't he resist?"

"He can, but he can't." With a little thought, Charlotte immediately understood the key: "Because the Empire's comprehensive mobilization order is aimed at everyone."

"And the wizard ... especially the alchemist guild of the Imperial City, because of its connection with the various chambers of commerce, it is well-known and rich." Loren said softly:

"Emperors are the territory of the church, and it is not easy for them to encourage people's jealousy towards the wizards."

Of course, there is another reason, that is, Connor also urgently needs a batch of funds to maintain his 200,000 legion, and three times the cost of logistics.

The wizards have money, and the wizards can act as engineers on the battlefield. Fighting the wizards can calm the anger of the nobles and the church, and get more funds and materials from their hands ... So why not do it?

After losing the "Wizard City" of Ebden, and the leader of the most powerful wizard family and wizard tower, the wizards in the empire are scattered, and anyone can step on it.

Carrying the jealous eyes of the civilians and the jealous eyes of the nobles, once they tried to resist, they would be treated as "Azoel spy spies" and "imperial traitors" and suffered the most ruthless blows.

"As a consultant to the Royal Wizard, of course Master Albert can't intervene at this time." With the corner of his mouth, the dark-haired wizard said softly:

"But we can."

Charlotte's eyes moved slightly: "How?"

"It's very simple. Among the wizards of Ebden who came back with me, there are two wizard veterans-one of them is the new heir, the other ... uh, the other is still in a coma." Shrugging, Loren smiled Start:

"Two veterans, counted as Dalton mentors, Master Harlem van Ashamah ... twelve veterans, there are four red blood castles! We can use this advantage to rebuild the nine-man star wizard tower in red blood castle ! "

The eyes of everyone gathered involuntarily, thinking or exchanging their eyes.

"It will be a signal for wizards from all over the empire to gather to Bain." Dalton said coldly:

"But is it really wise ... when you have become the nail of the Empire now?"

"In the words of our dear Highness Brandon, it is impossible for them to hate me anyway."

The black-haired wizard shrugged: "There are many reasons for me, not bad this one."

"But if I could build a center of the wizarding world in Byrne ... Reference to how Ebden rose, would I need to describe it more?"

"There are three months before the end of the winter. This is our last chance to accumulate strength-until the spring of next year, the real battle of the empire will start. If we can not win, we have to see how many cards we have in our hands! "

In the ferocious words, the people at the round table either nodded or looked at each other.

And after this moment of silence ...

"The threat of the church, as well as your great plan, please let go first;"

With a low hum, the chairman of the United Chamber of Commerce and the chief financial officer of the Principality coldly said: "Because there is a more fatal problem now, my lord."

"what is the problem?"

"Problem ... The problem is that there is no money!" Suddenly stood up, and Little Yode thrashed a thick pile of books on the table: "The speed at which you spend money is far from my humble servant's ability to make money. Catch up! "

No, no money?

Looking at Little Yodd, the dark-haired wizard smiled embarrassedly: "How come there is no money, I remember me ..."

"The construction of new legions, the research and development of new alchemy weapons, the reform of the Principality system ... and the 100,000 legions gathered outside the Red Blood Castle, and the unprecedented feast to come!" Little Yode sneered: "You How much do you think Byrne can afford to allow you and the adults to squander ?! "

"As far as I know, there should be a lot of savings on the bill of the Union Chamber of Commerce, and the vault of the Red Blood Fort is also very abundant." Charles frowned slightly. He is the principal of the Principality, and he still knows these things well: In theory, there should be no problems in theory. "

"You are right, in theory!"

Little Yoder sneered:

"But it ’s a pity that first of all the money on the Chamber of Commerce ’s bills ca n’t be moved at random-we can now maintain normal expenses, which is to let businessmen and nobles in the Principality always believe that we have money, and some are money; once these basic savings have any The wind and the grass will be a disaster in no time! "

"Secondly, most of the savings in the treasury of the Principality or the chamber of commerce are mainly gold and silver-spending the money immediately will not have any use other than raising prices, because food and materials will not be because of Spend money to appear out of thin air! "

Loren and Charlotte looked at each other.

"Since the beginning of the year, the Union Chamber of Commerce has five expansion plans in total and three have to be cut off; six new branches have to be cancelled four-which one is not full-hearted and which is not promising; Alright! My heart is almost broken! "

Gritting his teeth, Little Yoder's expression was extremely painful: "When you asked me to be a treasurer, I thought that my biggest dilemma was unifying the financial power of the Principality; unifying the financial power and maintaining military expenditure became a big trouble! "

"I struggled hard, and finally made up for the military expenditures; as a result, I had to move the money to the research and development of the floating city; finally, after the floating city was built, Byrne had to choose a new bishop!"

"After the election of the new bishop, and then the battle of Ebden, full mobilization, betrayed Sackland ..." Taking a breath, Little Jord looked at the dark-haired wizard with wide eyes:

"After careful consideration of my actual ability and your great ideals, I can only say-if you continue this way, I am afraid I have no second choice except to resign from you!"

"Is ... so serious?"

Loren's expression was awkward.

"It's very serious, and it's not an exaggeration to call it the edge of life and death." Little Yodshak nodded his head in a special way: "If I continue this way, I'm afraid it is difficult to maintain the balance of expenditure."

"How long can Bain's current financial resources last?"

"Including the support for the rebellion of His Highness Brandon East Sackland ... up to one year."

"One year ... isn't that still some time, why do you say the edge of life and death?"

"I'm talking about myself!" Yode hysterical little shouted.

"..." Loren Turin.

With a sigh, Little Yoder looked at Loren with a tired look: "In short, if you don't plan to give up any of the next plans, then at least three things must be done."

"First, before the first crop of wheat is harvested in the coming year, the army of the Principality can never be dispatched; second, the reconstruction of the wizard tower can give off some wind, but the real start of work must be delayed;"

"Finally, no matter what method you use, extortion or forced expropriation, you must win a batch of Mithril and precious ore from the dwarf kingdom to reduce the development cost of new alchemy weapons."

"In this way, at least on the surface, Byrne can maintain expenditure stability, and even dispatch troops to fight across borders."

In this case, it is basically in line with Loren's expected goal.

The year to come will be a year for Byrne to accumulate strength and observe the battle situation-if the Azores are strong enough, then this war will probably last a long time;

But if it was just a bluff, Connold would not give Baine and him any more merit.

"Since that is the case, the wizard tower's plan will be temporarily slowed down first." Nodded slightly, the black-haired wizard said in a deep voice: "Then we will first convince the dwarves to see if we can achieve some offensive, and then ..."

"Boom boom ..."

A hurried knock on the door rang, and the head of the court, Charles, immediately stood up and walked to the door after glancing at the black-haired wizard and the countess.

"what's up?"

Pulling the door open, the poor-looking Charles looked at the rushed messenger: "Not to tell you, the Duke is discussing important matters with the adults ..."

"Sorry ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ But this is urgent news." The messenger turned his head and looked at the black-haired wizard and the countess very embarrassedly: "Master Duke ... and the count, the two have said if Isaac Grantham and Ain Rand arrived at the Red Blood Castle and immediately came to communicate! "

"Oh, have they returned?"

"No, it's not already back." The messenger shook his head. "But they have ..."

"Wedding ... what wedding? Who's wedding is so grand, is it the white swan-like countess ... I said Charlotte is getting married ?!"

Before the messenger finished speaking, Isaac's shouts had reached everyone's ears.

"What, say it again? The wedding ... Duke ... has been arranged for a long time ... um ... um ?!"

"Lorren, you grandma of the Holy Cross came out to me, I'm going to devour you traitor!"

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