Chapter 123 The Church's Invitation

On the fourth day, Roland recruited the fortress and the nobles near the fortress into the castle hall.

Although most people knew the news, he still felt the need to emphasize it to his face—the West Territory had a new owner.

When he declared that he would return to Border Town and at the same time hand over the fortress to the eldest son of the Honeysuckle family, everyone immediately discussed it. Of course, no one was willing to take the lead in expressing dissent at this time. The Duke's head was still hanging high at the gate of the city, and the news of Timothy's defeat made it impossible for speculators to rely on external forces.

Except for the knights of the Honeysuckle family who were redeemed, the other captured knights would not accept the ransom, and together with the mercenaries, they would all be escorted back to Border Town. In Roland's plan, all the mercenaries were sent to mines for labor reform, and the knights were hired as appropriate after inspecting their repentance attitude-after all, most knights were literate and could be used as the first teachers of popular education. Of course, for the rest of their lives they were not allowed to use weapons again.

In this way, the power of the Honeysuckle family will stabilize one of the four families, and the force in their hands is basically enough to defend the Longsong Fortress and their own county. Roland thought, as for the undercurrent surging under the water, that is what Pelor should do. worries.

In the past few days, he also found time to send his personal guards to capture a group of officials who caused the residents of Border Town to starve and freeze to death two years ago, including Finance Minister Ferreno. They will be tried by the people in Border Town. The only regret is that Earl Hiltai Med, the chief culprit who tried to burn the food and killed the Greyhound, died on the battlefield without a trial.

Now, the traffic between Longsong Fortress and Border Town has been fully restored. In the next week, there will be more than ten sailboats every day, transporting supplies to Border Town continuously. Roland guessed that Barov must be very busy next time, receiving the coins looted from the Duke, and resettling a large number of immigrants. He didn't know if the temporary wooden shed he asked Tokar to build was finished.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help wanting to return to Border Town as soon as possible to take charge of the upcoming farming business.

After entertaining the nobles and nobles for lunch, when Roland was going to take a nap, the castle ushered in a special guest.

Taro High Priest of the Church of Longsong Stronghold.

Roland suddenly fell asleep.

Unlike Border Town, the church has taken root in this place for a long time, not only built a church, but also sent a high priest to station here. This is also the main reason why the prince decided to return to Border Town to develop with peace of mind—under the long-term indoctrination and influence of the church, any commoner may become their eyeliner, and his plan of mass participation will be restricted everywhere, and the witches will be suppressed. The risk of discovery also multiplies. His reforms will come to naught unless the church is uprooted.

It is normal for the church to pay close attention to the change of the fortress lord. Roland was surprised that they could bear it until today before sending representatives to deal with him. However, the identity of the newcomer is not simple. The believer who serves as the high priest is already a high-level figure in the church, responsible for supervising one side, and the territory under his jurisdiction is similar to a secular duke.

As usual, he met the other party in the lobby.

High Priest Tai Luo is a middle-aged man, wearing a church-style robe with a white background and a blue border. He is about forty years old. His clothes and appearance are very neat, and he speaks and behaves like a polite nobleman. Anyone who didn't sit on the side of the witch and the royal family would be delighted to talk to such a person.

The high priest must be carrying a high-quality God's Stone of Retaliation. In order to avoid accidents, Roland specially told Nightingale to stay away from the other party's location before the meeting.

After Taylor saluted, Roland invited him to a seat and ordered his attendants to bring tea.

No matter what you think in your heart, you still have to do your superficial skills.

"His Royal Highness, I am sending blessings on behalf of the holy city," Tai Luo said with a smile on his face, "You have become a veritable master of the western region, may the gods bless you."

"Thank you," Roland replied in a relaxed tone, "It seems that you don't care at all about me killing Duke Lane and taking Longsong Fortress."

"We seldom interfere in secular disputes. As long as we can make people live better, we are a wise king. As for which family he was born in, or from the royal family, it is not the focus of the church. In fact, the promotion of the church has never Judging by my status, I used to be the son of a farmer, but now I can also serve as the high priest in the church," he smiled, "Please forgive me, Your Highness, I am afraid that no farmer's son can become a duke, right? "

If he launched an uprising to overthrow the royal family, he could still be king himself. Roland thought so in his heart, but he didn't refute, and directly changed the subject, "Then you came here today just to send blessings?"

"Blessings are only a part, what I bring is cooperation."

"Cooperation? Cooperation for what?"

"In terms of expanding your territory and influence, we can help you within our capacity."

"Wait..." Roland frowned, "You said just now that the church rarely interferes in secular disputes."

"Seldom interfering does not mean non-interfering," the high priest said calmly. "Now the struggle between your brother Timothy and the third princess Garcia has made life difficult for the people in the southern border. As I said, as long as the world can live a stable and peaceful life, the Church recognize him as a worthy king. And you are such a man."

Roland was stunned. Was the other party expressing that he wanted to fight for the throne for him? He subconsciously asked, "Why?"

"You led the people of Border Town to fight against evil beasts, and survived the month of evil, which proves your courage and ability. From the large amount of food purchased in Liuye Town, it can be seen that you don't want your people to starve and suffer from cold , This is an expression of kindness. Having the three noble qualities and being a royal blood is the reason why we choose you."

Roland didn't believe the reason given by the other party at all, but these words at least proved that even when Border Town was in the state of an isolated island covered by heavy snow, the church was still watching this remote place.

"How to help, send the Judgment Army to fight for me?"

"We also want to quell the war as soon as possible, but doing so will arouse the resentment of most nobles, so we can only provide help with supplies." The high priest took out two balls from his arms, one red and one black. It is the prayer room of the holy city—that is, it is equivalent to the medicine made by your alchemy workshop. The red pill can make your subordinates temporarily have great strength, while the black pill can increase their tolerance to pain, severe cold, and scorching heat by a few points. times. With this drug, your army will be unstoppable. And the church only charges the most basic production cost," he paused, "a hardware dragon. As for these two balls, they can be given to you as gifts A test case to prove what I say is true."

"What is the return you are asking for? Expand the scope of the congregation and establish churches in every territory?"

"This is of course good, but quelling the war is our original intention. As long as the people are stable, they will naturally fall into the arms of God."

Roland accepted the pill, "It sounds amazing, but I have no plans to compete for the crown of Greycastle for the time being. Both Timothy and Garcia are my closest relatives, and I don't want to hurt them."

"I can understand," the high priest smiled, "but sometimes family affection can't stop the temptation of power, especially when you become a stumbling block on their way to seize power. The pill is just the beginning, and there is still a lot of help we can provide, If you decide to take that step, you can come to the church to find me at any time.” Speaking of this, he stood up and bowed, “I have brought the resolution of the church, may the gods be with you, Your Highness.” (To be completed continued.)

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