Chapter 268 The Salvation Army can’t do it without suppressing it!
Inside the City Hall of Castle Joan of Arc.
On the wall made of ancient stone bricks, a Western-style royal court tapestry is hung. What is woven on the tapestry is the heroic deeds of the Leia royal family.
The accompanying priest Rohak stood expressionlessly behind Argan. The dozing old bishop lit his beard in the water glass.
Visibly to the naked eye, colorful oil particles and skin dregs floated in the water glass.
On the left hand side of the old bishop, Montyac crossed his legs with a faint smile on his lips, while Boillou, a northerner, sat upright.
“Hmph!”
When their eyes would occasionally come into contact, Monteiac would snort, while Boillot would quickly turn his head as if he saw something dirty.
This cold snort woke Argan up. He closed his eyes hard and drank the oily glass of water in one gulp.
Looking at the tense situation between the two people in front of him, Argon frowned. This scene seemed familiar.
For him, although the position of Bishop of Castle Joan was a high promotion, it was really a hard job.
On one side is the rebellion in Rapid City, and on the other side is the rebellion in Cold Spring Castle. There is also a Salvation Army nearby that is inexplicably hostile to the Pope.
He is basically semi-retired. The only reason for staying in the church, besides wiping his own ass, is to protect his descendants of monks.
Yes, Argan, who as a monk is not allowed to have children, needs to protect his descendants.
The social and medical standards of the empire meant that even nobles could not guarantee that their children would survive to adulthood, or that all their heirs would survive.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the family bloodline is not extinguished, the imperial nobles will have a large number of children as insurance.
The primogeniture system established by the laws of the empire often only takes effect in core areas and large nobles.
For other areas where the sky is high and the pope is far away, such as Norn, the law of equal inheritance is still popular, dividing the family property into smaller and smaller pieces.
In the end, the church became a good place to settle the children of surplus nobles, especially the cathedral which provided a large number of lucrative priesthoods.
If the heir in the family dies, these priests can still return to secular life and inherit the family property without any delay.
Juano once commented sharply that this is "pretend to be pious, and you will regret it later."
The farther away from the "civilization center", the church is often controlled by the local nobles, such as the Norn area For bishops, the pope almost only has the power to confirm, but not to appoint.
So even though Argan was not allowed to get married and have children as a monk, he was already a member of the church for three generations.
"Archbishop Constance asked me to bring you a message." Argon smelled faintly of alcohol, but it was much better than before.
“What words?”
"The Salvation Army must suppress the army at any time. If we don't suppress it, it won't work." Argon determined the nature of this meeting in advance and determined whether to fight or not. "You two must suppress this rebel army before you can free your hands to deal with Rapid City." "
Montillac glanced at Boillou in front of him and wanted to refuse as usual, but he remembered the carrier pigeon that flew from France yesterday.
When the French passed the Duke of Kush, their main purpose was to insert a nail in the Thousand River Valley and cooperate with Grandivar to add some obstruction to the current Leian Church.
For the Kingdom of France, it is a success to be able to send the Royal Knights to Fort Joan of Arc reasonably and legally through this channel.
As long as the Knights of Kings can legitimately stay in Fort Joan of Arc, a steady stream of French merchants and Ayr merchants will turn this place into a dumping ground for goods.
With the guarantee of force and economic control, over time, this place will become a substantial off-map city of the Kingdom of France.
For the Kingdom of Leia, where grassroots control is loose, this non-martial approach is very effective.
According to Lord Lorenzo's letter, their primary purpose is to muddy the waters of the Thousand Valleys and trap Prince Condai here.
"Your Excellency Boluo, what do you think?" Montyac looked at Boluo with a half-smile and asked.
"It is impossible for them to take the initiative to attack." Boolo replied in a deep voice, "At least not before mid-March." "Why?"
“I got a message that Archduke Meliati sent mountain knights from North County to support them.
Now that they have occupied Ashheard Town but have not marched, it is probably Waiting for the support of those knights."
Boolius knew that the opponent would not be able to take the initiative to attack. They were not as easy to deal with as the group of country knights in Ibe Plain.
Almost every Knight of the Order can overcome the so-called fear of charging.
Because even if they fell from their horses and were protected by extraordinary power, they would not die.
In the final analysis, it is not a question of winning or not, but a question of how to maximize benefits.
Especially now that the knights of the Imperial Company have taken a share of the Duke of Kush's manor and property.
"Then why don't you, Bolius, take the command company and go directly out of the city to wipe them out? Are you still afraid of them?" Pulling the collar of his shirt, Montyac revealed his chest, which was full of chest hair.
Bioluo looked at him coldly: "I'm not afraid, I'm afraid of what you might do while I'm gone."
"Will I seize Castle Joan of Arc while you are gone? Am I such a despicable person?"
"It's hard to say."
"You... okay, if you don't go, I won't go either." Taking out the silver flask from his pocket, Montyac took a sip nonchalantly, "My master only gave me an order to stay. I'm here to protect the French merchants. As long as the Salvation Army If I don't take action against the French merchants, I won't go to war."
"But these damn shorthairs are plundering our nobles everywhere. They burned a lot of monasteries and knights' estates and assets." Argan. Knock on the table to express your dissatisfaction.
The city hall fell silent. Monteiac and Boillou stared at each other without speaking. The sound of the attendant swallowing saliva was so clear.
"Let's do this, Boilloux. Bishop Constance has given me full authority to deal with it. You can go to war with confidence." Argan, who has always been irresponsible, rarely gritted his teeth. "I don't mean to offend. If Mr. Montyac really He has invaded your interests in Fort Joan of Arc, come to our church, and our church will make up for it for you.”
If he had known that this group of Salvation Army could make such a big noise, he should not have taken advantage of it in the first place. It's muddy.
Bolio turned his body in surprise: "Your Excellency, Bishop, are you telling the truth?"
"I will definitely make it up to you, if Mr. Monteiac really does this. "Argon turned his head and looked directly at Montyac, "If you really do this, the Ronsard family will always be the enemy of the Dolac family."
Montyak sat up. He lost his body and laughed loudly: "How is that possible? Even if we want this city, we have to do it in accordance with the basic laws."
After a long silence, Bool nodded: "Okay, but please give me some time. It is spring plowing now, so don't affect the harvest of the manor next year."
Argon coughed lightly: "I Do you want to make a suggestion that I don’t know is stupid?”
“Please tell me.”
“During the spring plowing season, the farmers have nothing to do, so we might as well recruit people. How about a group of city militiamen led by the knights of Ibe Plain to destroy the Skitarii? "
"What does this mean?" Boolo asked in a deep voice.
Argan calmed down: "Send those country knights to attack the Skitarii. If the Salvation Army comes to rescue them, they will be able to lure them out of Ashheard Town and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
If they don't come to the rescue, we will kill those Skitarii. All of them were killed and expelled as slaves, so that no one would dare to join the Salvation Army.
Otherwise, the current spread of the Skitarii Army might destroy the Spring Recruitment.
What do you think of this strategy?"
"It can harass the Salvation Army a little bit." Montyac sat up straight, "But at most they will send out one or two companies. Well, they are called legions. Haha.”
"The spirit of killing them is also good." Boolio stood up, "Then let's do it."
(End of this chapter)