Chapter 649: Build a Wonder
The area 20 to 30 kilometers south of Boyheim City is dotted with many gold mines, large and small, and there are many mine caves. Many years ago, tens of thousands of people lived around the gold mines.
After decades of war, this is also the place where the most intense competition has occurred.
The place that should have been farmland was overgrown with weeds and dead silent. A gust of wind blew through, and gray human bones were faintly exposed among the grass.
As soon as the convoy arrived, everyone felt very depressed, especially the magicians, who had an unknown feeling of palpitations and shortness of breath.
The roads and bridges in this area were seriously damaged. A bridge that was barely open to traffic more than ten days ago had a pier collapse not long ago. Frederick and his party could only wait in a nearby village for engineers to repair the bridge.
There are only about a dozen households in this village. In addition to farming, there is also a blacksmith shop. People collect discarded weapons and armor from the surrounding area, re-smelt them into molten iron in the iron-making furnace, and then make them into new swords for sale.
When setting up camp, an officer told Da Franche and the others the history of this place: "This place is the southern gate of the city of Boyheim. Over the past few decades, it has experienced eight battles involving more than 100,000 people. The fallen Dharma God Sword Master Five in total, thousands of people fought countless battles, countless nobles died here, and countless people became new nobles due to their military exploits.”
"There was an attack and defense battle between magicians that lasted for five days and five nights, so that the surrounding magic was chaotic and uncomfortable, and animals did not dare to approach."
Da Franche sighed: "How many people will die here?"
"No one knows." The officer shook his head, "The battlefield had not been cleaned before the last battle, and the next battle happened again, and no one counted it at all."
"There have been many great plagues here before. The living people ran out of the military camp, but the dead stayed in the military camp, with no one to bury them."
The officer pointed to a nearby creek and said, "I heard that the bottom of the river here is covered with bones. From time to time, human bones can be fished out. The old wells are also filled with bones, so we can only use new wells."
All the businessmen heard this with horror.
The language of the villagers in the village is highly similar to that of the Piast Kingdom. However, the language of the residents of the previous places such as Budwis City, Stowe Barony and Iron Ore Town was the same as that of the Rhine League and the Osmaga Empire. It is difficult to distinguish between the two languages. Communicate effectively.
Therefore, when the villagers saw so many people suddenly appearing outside the village, they hid in their homes and piled all movable things behind the door, fearing that someone would break in and steal things.
Fortunately, the church was open, and Frederick visited as the head of the Holy Knights of the Church of Light. Father Boger received Frederick.
Father Beauger was very old, half of his teeth were missing, and his eyesight was not very good. He was the only one in the church.
He said to Frederick: "In the past, when the army passed by, they would either steal things or rape them. The villagers were scared. It was not disrespectful to the grand leader."
Frederick said to him: "It doesn't matter, I can understand."
"The day after tomorrow is Sunday, and I think holding a church service can bridge the gap between us."
Boger looked embarrassed, hesitated for a moment and then whispered: "I'm sorry, I'm old and frail, and I haven't conducted a liturgy for several years."
It is the duty of the priests to preside over liturgical services. He has not organized team building for several years. To say the least, it is dereliction of duty. If he wants to go on the line, it is blasphemy to the God of Light. As the leader of the Holy Knights, Frederick has the right to put him Put it in the fire for purification.
Of course Frederick would not burn him, but asked with concern: "Didn't the church send young monks to help you?"
According to tradition, small churches in villages usually have only one priest. When the priest is unable to work due to old age and other reasons, the superior church will send a young monk to work with him. After a few years, the priest dies, and the monk will take over. Become a new priest.
This tradition has continued since the founding of the Church of Light to this day, and the process has been perfected. There is no reason why Father Boger does not have a successor. Father Boer shook his head helplessly and said: "Oh, the village is too dangerous. No one wants to come. They are all hiding in the city."
"Many people died in the war, and young people were captured to serve as soldiers, so no one became monks."
"The bishops of the diocese are also running away. When I go to the church in Boeheim, no one wants to pay attention to me. The rest just focus on encircling the ownerless land."
"I am still here in this village, and it is hard to say anything else. Some villages have not had a priest for more than ten years."
Frederick did not expect that the situation would deteriorate to this point. It seems that the war also caused serious damage to the local church organization.
There are many young monks in the seminary in Oak City, but they do not belong to the Archdiocese of Bohemia and cannot be easily transferred.
Although Father Arms has gone to work in Weissenburg in the Rhine Archdiocese, his organizational relationship in the church is still in the Archdiocese of Bohemia.
He could serve as the Minister of Education in Weissenburg, and handle more education funds in one year than many nobles earn in a lifetime, but he had no right to preside over even the smallest religious activities.
According to the procedure, the archbishop of the local diocese needs to send a document to the Holy City. Due to the serious shortage of people, support from other dioceses is needed. Then the cardinal meeting in the Holy City will discuss where to transfer people. After the Pope agrees, it will be sent back to the archbishop and let him take the document. Negotiate the number of people and other details with the archbishop of the relevant diocese. After the discussion is completed, they jointly send a document to the Holy City. Finally, the Pope entrusts the Council of Cardinals to issue relevant documents. Only in this way can large-scale cross-district transfers be completed.
The reason why it is so troublesome is to prevent a situation like the current one, where after the local church organization suffered heavy losses, Frederick next door could not easily reach out.
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Frederick really wanted to get involved, but the process and the relationship to be opened were extremely troublesome, especially since some people would use tricks to set up obstacles easily, and they would have to spend a lot of money to open the relationship just to be on the safe side.
But the temptation to add sand here was too great, and Frederick decided to talk to professionals and pay for it himself.
Frederick had a plan and asked: "Would you like to build a cathedral nearby and collect the surrounding remains and bury them in the cemetery?"
Father Beauger said: "If you are willing to pay, that would be great."
"Not only the surrounding areas, but also many mines are filled with corpses and need to be cleaned up."
Frederick nodded.
If you want to expand your influence here, the best way is to build a spectacle, and a spectacle that stands on the moral high ground.
Just build an ordinary church here. The key is to collect the remains, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
Of course, Frederick provided the money, and those who were willing to do this work must be people at the bottom, which was equivalent to a wave of reputation.
However, there is not an inch of land here that belongs to him. To build a church and cemetery, the land problem must be solved first.
To solve the land problem, we have to go to the city of Boeheim.
(End of chapter)