Chapter 306 Disagreements in the Church
As Herodotus expected, the other five high priests did not agree with his proposal, but Herodotus did not expect these people to side with him.
In fact, what he said before was not meant for them.
This time, it was not only the high priest but also hundreds of priests who discussed how to deal with Shuangxiu Cult, but it was their turn to speak out before.
Until High Priest Hesiod said, "Okay, everyone can put forward any ideas they have."
The priests looked at me and I looked at you. The last old priest named Sethis stood up from the ground first, saluted respectfully to the six people, and then said.
"It is absolutely forbidden to form an army. This is the basis for the church to establish itself in the Western Territory. And the goddess also teaches us that we should stay away from violence."
"Then if our lives are threatened, who will protect us?" someone immediately retorted.
"Maybe... we can hire some guards and mercenaries." Sethis suggested.
"Those guards and mercenaries can at best deal with the bandits in the city. When you go to the wild and encounter a larger number of bandits, they will abandon you and run for your life, let alone face a real army."< br>
Sethis also knew that what the other party said was the truth, so he added, "I think our focus now should be on persuading other nobles in the Western Region, and telling them the consequences of Merlin and his double hiatus. Harm, mobilize all families as much as possible to isolate the Arias family.”
"How to do it? Ilea is now a dragon-slaying knight canonized by His Majesty the Emperor. The Arias family has just saved the Western Region together with Shuangxiujiao... Those nobles have always cared about their reputation. No one will treat Arias at this time. The family takes action.”
"We don't need them to take action. We just need to properly block the Arias family and don't let those guys come out of the green field." Another priest said.
And his words were echoed by many people.
Whether you want to accept it or not, the failure of the Silver Moon Church in Greenfield has happened. Now there are more and more people who believe in Saturday there, especially under the despicable egg missionary offensive of the Shuangxiu Church, the Silver Moon Church is simply unable to resist.
Most of the priests in the hall today have been to the territory of the Arias family, competed with the Shuangxiu sect for believers, and have personally experienced the power of this move.
Although everyone didn't say anything, they already agreed in their hearts that Luye belonged to Saturday and couldn't get it back.
Fortunately, there are not too many people there, so if you lose it, you will lose it. The key is how to protect other places, especially the few pieces of land next to the green field.
The blockade is necessary. We cannot allow the monks from Shuangxiujiao to come out and confuse and bribe people outside at will.
Of course, it would be best to impose financial restrictions and call on the nearby lords to stop buying the specialty products of the Shuangxiujiao and the Arias family. This would drain the bottom line and make the Shuangxiujiao unable to produce eggs.
However, the latter point may not be easy to achieve. The Arias family's radishes are okay. They are usually eaten by civilians anyway. If it is forbidden, just don't eat them or buy them from others. They are highly replaceable.
But both pepper and dragon's blood are good things here in Shuangxiujiao, especially the latter. It is said that they are going crazy in the capital.
There is no need to worry about no one buying it. All the nobles in the Western Region are also rushing to get it. How can they stop it?
The priests discussed and discussed, but no good solution was found. Later, the high priest Kokoon noticed that Quintus was sitting in the corner in a daze, looking like he was distracted, and said,
"Priest Quintus, it seems that you came back last...did you find another way to deal with the Shuangxiu Cult?"
"No, I just went to listen to the sermons of those monks." Quintus said.
"What?" High Priest Kokoon was startled, "Why did you even go to get the eggs..."
"No, I just want to see what Merlin wants to do."
"What does he want to do?"
"Establish the Kingdom of God on land."
"Humph, this kind of nonsense is just to deceive those ignorant people in the countryside." High Priest Kokoon said disdainfully.
"But I see that he is very confident, saying that he will make the lives of the believers below better than before, and that he will compare with our Silver Moon Church." Quintus said truthfully.
"The amount of wealth in this world is fixed. When some people get rich, others will become poor. How does he plan to let so many believers below live a good life and rob the surrounding nobles? Well, this should be in line with those lizard people. ”
Quintus didn't know how to answer, and that's what he didn't understand. Moreover, there is a strange commandment in the Shuanghui religion, which requires its followers to work for five days and rest for two days, so that the time they can work becomes shorter.
Even those farmers who can't read a word know that if you want to make money, you have to work hard and work hard.
And as the spring plowing was approaching, Quintus wanted to go to the land of Shuangxiujiao to see how Li Yu fulfilled his promise, or was he just deceiving those who followed him, as the high priest Kokoon said? those farmers.
In addition, Quintus also reminded others to be careful of Shuangxiu Cult's various weird methods of preaching.
For example, when preaching through singing, the melodies of those songs have their own curses. Once you hear them once, you will never forget them. They will always reverberate in your mind, making it impossible to prevent them.
Another example is the Common Language teacher named Anton. That guy hates the Silver Moon Church very much, and he continues to spray Picia while preaching. The key point is that the guy's preaching level is quite high.
Quintus estimated that he might not be able to defeat him even if he went up.
There is also a beautiful missionary. A good-looking young man has been added to Shuangxiu Cult. He is very lethal to female believers...
The priests of the Silver Moon Church are now a little numb to Li Yu's random tricks. Fortunately, according to Quintus's feedback, the lethality of these new preaching methods is not as severe as sending eggs.
But there wasn't much time left for the church, and everyone felt a sense of urgency. Who knows how many weird tricks that guy named Merlin had yet to use.
There are more priests who support the formation of an army, but they have never achieved an overwhelming advantage. Even the big guys can't think of any other good way to deal with Shuangxiujiao.
However, the long-standing inertia still makes everyone tend to maintain the tradition of the church and are unwilling to break it easily. What's more, five of the six high priests have expressed their opposition.
In the end, until dusk, when the sun set, the discussion failed to make any substantial progress.
Herodotus was not surprised by this result. He fell into silence again and just watched the quarrel with a cold eye without interrupting.
When it got dark, he left the temple and returned to his residence. High Priest Kokoon stood up first, but walked very slowly, as if he was waiting for someone on purpose. (End of chapter)