Chapter 304: Refusal
The priest of the God of Wisdom had traveled to many places, and had seen countless nobles of all kinds, and many of their territories were far larger than Zhenbei City in terms of size and prosperity, but they did not have such a situation as Zhenbei City.
Although the territory may seem far less prosperous than the well-known big cities, it is full of life and energy.
In addition to these, Zhenbei City gives her the feeling of being clean and tidy, and the workers here are not like other cities with thin faces and weak bodies, and their expressions are miserable and insensitive.
Then something even more surprising happened, she actually saw drow elves, half-elves, centaurs, and gray dwarves here, and these races could live in peace here in Zhenbei City.
"What's that?" was just as she was thinking about the inhabitants of the place when an exclamation suddenly came from behind her.
"What's wrong?" the priest of the God of Wisdom frowned slightly.
A junior priest behind him caught up with his horse's belly and whispered, "Your Excellency, look at that building. The priest pointed to a tall and majestic city gate not far away, which was the wonder of the city north of the town, the triumphal arch.
"That gate is a magical building!?" the priest of the God of Wisdom could see at a glance how extraordinary the building was.
"It's indeed a magical building. Su Lun nodded and said, then pointed to the triumphal arch not far away and said, "This is the triumphal arch, which was established to celebrate the complete defeat of the orc army in Zhenbei City, in order to commemorate this glorious war, as well as the heroes who died in the war!"
Saying that, the group had already walked near the Arc de Triomphe, and Suren deliberately filled his footsteps so that the senior priest and his entourage could watch carefully.
"I really didn't expect to see such a magnificent and epic building here. Looking at the building up close, everyone was amazed by its majesty. The delicate statues, like epic reliefs, all of this shows that Zhenbei City has put a lot of effort into this building.
Su Lun led everyone through the triumphal arch, the priest was very interested in this building, and asked some core questions about this building several times, but Su Lun pretended not to understand or ignored it, this kind of confidential matter, Su Lun would not tell others.
After determining that no more information could be obtained from Suren's mouth, the priest of the god of wisdom had no choice but to silence. Soon the group came to the City Lord's Mansion, and when they arrived here, they naturally saw the Harvest Altar located in the inner city, compared to the Arc de Triomphe, the Harvest Altar did not have so many gorgeous carvings, but the momentum was no worse than the Arc de Triomphe.
It's just that Su Lun has no intention of taking them over to check at all, and these people can only endure no matter how curious they are.
The priest of the God of Wisdom became more and more curious about Zhenbei City, and when he first came here, he just thought that Zhenbei City was developing well? Potential? Now that she's completely changed her mind, isn't that great? Just follow this course of events? The territory of Zhenbei City will become a prosperous land.
"Please come in!"
Suren rolled over and dismounted, and then made a gesture of invitation? Led everyone into the lord's mansion, and everyone sat down in the living room? Hathaway, who got the news, also came to the hall wearing a wizard's robe.
"Your Excellency the Wizard? Nice to meet you!"
The priest of the God of Wisdom stood up and leaned slightly at her in respect. A great wizard will be treated with due respect anywhere, and as for a legendary-level wizard, according to the words of the previous life, it is a strategic nuclear weapon. After all, once the Legendary Spellcaster gives him a chance? It is not difficult to destroy a city.
Compared to the treatment of legendary-level warriors, it is much worse? After all, the legendary warrior does not have that kind of strategic deterrent.
Hathaway nodded with a smile and saluted sideways, "Welcome to the messenger of your God of Wisdom, and the whole city of Zhenbei is honored." ”
After the two sides were polite, they sat down again? Su Lun glanced around and said, "Your Excellency the priest has been traveling all the way, do you need us to arrange a place to rest first?"
"Thank you for your kindness? But as a servant of God, isn't it hard to travel? Let's talk about it first. The priest of the God of Wisdom said with a smile.
"By the way, introduce yourself, my name is Vina? You call me Vina? Am I here with good intentions? And to spread the glory of wisdom. ”
Vina continued: "Your Excellency Suren has built a city in this wild land, your strength and courage are amazing, if you want to develop little by little under such conditions, the difficulty of which is beyond the reach of many great nobles, it is simply a miracle that you can develop this place to such an extent. ”
"Our Church of the God of Wisdom is optimistic about your development, so we want to build a Temple of Wisdom in your territory. ”
"Build temples and spread the faith. Su Lun smiled slightly and said, "The God of Wisdom is a neutral deity, and I have no reason to refuse the kindness of a powerful deity. ”
Vena stood up and bowed slightly to Su Lun, "Thank you, Lord Lord, for your support." Then he said with a smile on his face: "Your Excellency, rest assured, we will abide by the rules of Zhenbei City and work together to make Zhenbei City develop just right." ”
Su Lun nodded, he didn't take Vena's promise too seriously, this world is different from the previous life, there was a set of legal rules in the previous life, so that the vast majority of people were in a relatively fair environment, in this world, they believe in the law of the jungle, don't look at what the Wisdom Church said very politely now, once Su Lun can't control Zhenbei City, what they will do is not necessarily.
"Your Excellency, there is still a shortage of manpower, craftsmen, and manpower and material resources, but our Wisdom Church has a strong influence that can help you immigrate and open up channels, provide you with sufficient funds, and even provide management talents. Vena beckoned to a junior priest behind her, who then handed a parchment scroll to Suren.
"We can provide you with free of charge if you are willing to accept it, and we promise not to interfere in the management of the territory. Vena looked at Suren with a confident expression, believing that no one would refuse these generous conditions offered by the Church of Wisdom.
It's just that she didn't expect that under such good conditions, Su Lun was silent for a few seconds and then refused very decisively, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't accept the kindness of you and the Wisdom Church." ”
"Sensible... What are you talking about?" Vena, who was just about to speak, instantly grew her mouth and looked at Su Lun in disbelief. You must know that the Wisdom Church, as one of the most powerful churches on the mainland, has human, material and financial resources and all kinds of soft power, which is not much worse than a strong empire.
But there is also a problem with this, knowing that there is no such thing as a free lunch, especially for a huge force like the Church of Wisdom, who is not asking for anything now, because they want to be bigger.
Like this kind of big forces don't care about the gains and losses for a while, they are more in the general trend, especially like the Wisdom Church, you must know that the Wisdom Church is most famous for its wisdom, good at layout, scheming, and dealing with them, many times although you seem to take advantage of it, but in the end the Wisdom Church is always the biggest beneficiary.
Fortunately, the reputation of the Wisdom Church is not bad, although it accounts for the largest benefits, it will also leave a little corner for others, at least it is not eaten and wiped clean. Otherwise, even if Su Lun risked offending the church, he would have to keep them out, although these churches are huge, and it seems that Zhenbei City is vulnerable, but there are many interests involved in the huge power, and they face many enemies.
If you really want to make a move, the power you can draw out will not be much stronger than that of Zhenbei City, otherwise you will have to face the invasion of other churches or forces.
And more importantly, in Zhenbei City, from the Harvest Altar to the Triumphal Arch, to the secret realm and the underground world, the value of any of these secrets is immeasurable, and it must not be known to other forces, so no matter how generous the conditions offered by the Wisdom Church, he can't agree to it.
The control of the city must be firmly in its own hands, and the people of the Wisdom Church must join the city to participate in the management and open up the permissions, so that they are likely to discover the secrets of the city.
"Do you know how much benefit you just rejected the conditions?" After a moment of silence, Vina still had an unacceptable expression, what kind of joke, their dignified wisdom church actually refused to give people money.
Su Lun nodded, not caring about Pastor Vena's reluctant expression, and continued: "Although I will not accept those assistance from the Wisdom Church, but this does not affect the Wisdom Church to preach here, I can set aside an area for the Wisdom Church to use to build the temple, but the materials and manpower to build the temple need to be done by yourself, you should have also seen that there are still many places under construction in Zhenbei City." ”
Vena frowned, this was completely different from her previous expectations, in her opinion, the Wisdom Church should be grateful for such a strong support to Suren as a lord, this script seems... It's not the same at all!
"If you are willing, Lord Vena, then I can have someone bring you the blueprints of the city, and there is a lot of open space for you to choose from. Su Lun said with a smile.
"Then I'll trouble you, Your Excellency Su Lun, but you don't need to give away the land, we will buy it at our own expense. Vena glanced at Su Lun deeply and said in a somewhat playful tone.