Chapter 418 Hershey
“Hershey!”
Violet had a livid face and reprimanded the visitor in a serious tone.
"Do you know who I am entertaining? He is..."
The visitor named Hershey was stunned. He thought that Violet was prevaricating when he said that he was entertaining guests. His excuse was that he didn't expect there were actually people in the room, a young man with black hair and a beautiful woman with green hair.
Paul waved his hand to stop Violet from revealing his identity, "Violet, I think this Father Hershey must have something important to do. Let's listen to him first."
"This... Sir, this Hershey must have nothing important to do. I will drive him away."
When Father Hershey heard this, he shouted aggrievedly: "I am definitely not here for trivial matters. , please allow me to elaborate."
"Are you... a priest?" Paul was interested in him. This was the first time he had seen such a shabby priest.
"Yes, sir, I am the priest who presides over the nearby Totor village church." Although he didn't know Paul's identity, since his boss Violet valued him so much, it must be very important.
Rural churches in the northwest bay are generally under the jurisdiction of churches in nearby towns, so this Hershey can be regarded as a subordinate of Violet.
"If you have something important, you can say it now." Paul bypassed Violet directly and allowed the other party to continue talking.
Originally, Violet wanted to wave people away, but after Paul said this, she had to give up and sweat broke out on her face.
Hershey was a little confused at this time. Originally, he wanted to plead shamelessly, but as soon as the stranger in the room opened his mouth, Master Violet actually stopped asking him. He seemed to have a good background. Not small.
But he can’t care about that much now, and his mind returns to the real purpose of coming here today.
Alas, although there is little hope, I still have to give it a try.
"Lord Violet!" Hershey said in a solemn tone, "I beg you once again to exempt those unfortunate villagers from paying taxes for the past two years."
"No!" Violet refused as soon as she heard it. "Hershey, how many times have I told you that people at my level have no right to make decisions about taxes. I can only follow the instructions above." Come and execute it."
"Then, please go to Center and tell the bishop about our situation."
"You!" Violet seemed to be angry. Swinging his sleeves, "You actually asked me to go to Center City... Just for a bunch of lowly farmers, go yourself."
Hershey straightened her neck: "Sir, I've been there, but the doorkeeper wouldn't let me in. I told them the reason, and they asked me to come back to you."
Violet closed Eyes: "Then I said before, I have no right to decide this matter."
With a plop, Hershey knelt down, and he begged with grief and indignation on his face: "Please take care of yourself. For the sake of these clothes, save those poor lambs."
"You!" Violet was furious. The other party was simply slapping him in the face and scolding him for not being worthy of being a priest. ? Or in front of the lord.
Actually, he could go to Center to plead for Totor Village, but this would definitely affect his image in his mind, so he made up his mind not to do it.
Seeing this, Paul roughly understood the situation. It was estimated that the villagers in Totor Village were unable to pay the so-called tithe to the church. Father Hershey came to Violet to plead for the people, but unfortunately he was rejected. .
Although this was a religious matter, as a secular lord, he believed that he still had the responsibility to solve the difficulties of his subjects, so he asked Hershey: "Which village are you from?"
"Sir, I come from the church in Totor Village, but this is the only church in several nearby villages"
"Is the harvest in your area very bad?"
Hershey He said with a look of embarrassment: "It's not that the harvest was bad, but because of the war with Emden in the past two years, several families lost their labor force, and the remaining old, young and orphans had a very difficult life."
"What did you say?" Paul felt something was wrong, and he stood up from his seat.
Ladi, who had been silent after entering the room, said: "If I remember correctly, the lord will provide generous pensions to the families of those who died in the war. Even if they cannot take care of them for a lifetime, they will not Maybe you can’t hold on after only two years?”
“Uh...this lady.”
The green-haired beauty suddenly asked herself, making Hershey suddenly. Become anxious. He said with some hesitation: "The Lord did provide them with pensions, but... this was the cause of a series of misfortunes for them."
"Uh-huh!" Violet on the opposite side suddenly said, "Hershey, that's all for today. I will take time to talk to you about this matter."
"No, Wa Olett, let him continue. I will stay here today to listen to Father Hershey explain things clearly. Please be quiet first."
Paul had a hint of excitement on his face, " Please tell me, why did the lord's pension bring misfortune to them?"
"Uh...yes, sir." Violet had to keep silent.
Hershey was becoming more and more surprised by the identity of this young man. One sentence could shut up Mr. Violet, who was so arrogant in front of her. What was his identity?
Could it be that the opportunity to truly save the villagers' plight has come?
Wait a minute, there is a young man with black hair and a beautiful woman with green hair beside him. Could it be...
Oh, Hershey, Hershey, why are you so confused? , I didn’t even think of this when I first walked in.
So, should we tell the truth?
The village priest hesitated, didn’t they all say that this gentleman was the person standing behind them? But his reaction didn't look like the one in the legend.
"Sir...me."
The priest, who was full of enthusiasm just now, was extremely confused.
"Hershey!" Paul stared at him, "Look into my eyes, what are you worried about? Just now you asked Violet for a tax deduction, which shows that you are a kind person, but you Only kind, but as timid as a mouse?”
“No, my lord.”
When stimulated by Paul, the priest raised his head and his eyes widened. round.
"I will tell the truth now."
Ignoring Violet's glare at him, he said to Paul on his own: "If the pension you gave them was money, maybe not As for this, what was given to them was fields, good fields, fields that could produce food year after year, which aroused the covetousness of interested people. "
As Hershey hurriedly said. As the story goes, Paul heard a cliche story that raised blood pressure.
But that’s it for other people, after all, this is the way the world is, but this time the victims are the family members of those soldiers who died in a bloody battle.
How dare they? How dare they?
"I know, Hershey."
Paul sat down in his chair and let out a long breath.
"Violet!"
"Yes, sir."
The priest from Port Fulan hurried forward.
"I paid all the tithes of those people Hershey mentioned."
"Ah, this..."
The priest jumped, "How can this be allowed? I Let’s go to Center to explain the situation and we will give you a satisfactory result.”
“No, let’s do it.”
Paul made his decision in an unquestionable tone. He led Ladi out, leaving Violet and Hershey staring at each other.
After a period of silence, an angry shout came from the room.
"You are just the priest of a country church, why do you want to be so troublesome? What if things get serious?"
(End of this chapter)
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