For example, on this day of reporting the good news to God, several bishops invariably put on red robes, and the Gothic bishops' robes were even inlaid with several brilliant gemstones, which made his already somewhat pious demeanor even more noble.

Before that, they had never imagined that the priest would be able to dress like this.

After listening to the report of the whitefriar, several bishops showed a little subtle smile on their faces. Naturally, this account was calculated by them earlier, and they could not bear to borrow such a large amount of accounts from others, although some officials wanted to find fault with their accounts, but they still wanted to have their own addictions.

Under the stage, more than a dozen tall men struggled to carry a few large boxes to the high sacrificial platform, and when they landed the boxes on the stage, the bottom of the boxes also made a heavy roaring sound, which undoubtedly attracted everyone's yearning for a while.

I have long known that it is a great wealth, but when I see it at this time, of course, it is a different scene of joy in my heart. The strong man slowly opened the cash box, the first box was full of all kinds of gems and treasures, which was naturally a slippery trick for the merchants, but had to be, although these delicate gems were not as good as gold coins, they were all hard currency, but when they were piled up in large quantities, the look they presented was naturally very.

It was a dumbness in the face of irresistible desires. The moment the box was opened, at least more than half of the monks would have the thought of taking it for themselves.

"This is really a great victory, and so much wealth is all for the admiration of Sardinia, and it must have been the prophet who saw this scene in time, and he would have been very happy. ”

A cardinal explained in a somewhat trembling voice, that he could not contain the excitement in his heart at all, and that he just wanted to rush down and have a close encounter with those treasures.

"It's so beautiful. ”

"A great victory, this is a real miracle. ”

When the boxes were opened one by one, they were stuffed with gold coins and could no longer be hidden. The burghers and nobles did not have so many fancy intestines, and the nobles ran the grange, and they inevitably dealt with the merchants, so there was certainly no shortage of cash in their hands, and in addition, the citizens were now also working for the merchants, and most of the settlement methods were gold coins, so except for the first box containing some flashy gems, the remaining boxes were full of serious gold coins, real circulating goods.

Some of them are still a little new, while others have erased the corners. These gold coins have been personally issued in the name of the royal family since the establishment of the empire, and the purpose is naturally to gradually collect the goods, but in fact they are to give the people a solid benefit.

The monks are not a group of old hats who have never seen money, in fact, in any missionary house, the flow of gold coins is very large, yes, even the Minister of Finance of the Empire, the gold coins seen all year round may not be as good as an archbishop, but the money is not his own, just borrow his hand to make a flow, even if he can make a profit in it, but it is far less comfortable than such money, bright hall.

In the midst of the praise, only Bishop Goethet was the first to frown.

"How much wealth did our church have amassed before?"

After a short silence, the priest in white said in a somewhat flattering voice: "Venerable Bishop Abbaschia, although our church had a small amount of property before, most of the profits have been used for public works to serve the gods. Although I have not much savings, I can still donate twenty Imperial Gold Coins to pay for my service to Sardinia. ”

After a neighbor made a proof, the remaining priests also opened their mouths.

"I'm giving thirty. ”

"Your Excellency, our church in Mogia will donate a hundred!"

Suddenly, the hall was in chaos again, and the monks scrambled to report the amount of gold they could take out, and the region to which they belonged, hoping that their voices would be loud enough to impress the Bishop.

Goethe didn't say anything, but waved his hand slightly, so that the monks in the audience could be quiet.

"And how much do the other two bishops plan to contribute?"

The remaining two archbishops were not as young as Goth, they had already become old men. One of them hesitated, as if he didn't expect to pay a tax in his own capacity, but after seeing Goth's determined eyes, he finally spoke a little unwillingly

"For an old man like me, it's useless to keep these gold coins," said the bishop, shuddering as he took off a gold ring from his hand. "In addition to the gold ring given to me by the previous mayor of Abbaszia, my old goat also has a thousand gold coins, all of which I have received over the years, and I want to spend them all to help the victims...... But now, since Bishop Goethe's need for them, it is up to me to atone for my sins. ”

"A hundred. What about you, Lord Mussolid, if I am not mistaken, the Countess of Rohm, when she was baptized her child not long ago, came to you to bless his child, and you will not be strapped for money. ”

Mussolid looked at the old man and old rival who had just donated a hundred gold coins, and cursed in his heart, he was going to bid for thirty imperial gold coins, but as soon as his old rival opened his mouth like this, then these thirty imperial gold coins were a little out of his hands.

"Hey, our diocese's public funds have been a little tight lately, not long ago I filled it with my own private property, and now I don't have much money left, everyone knows that the money collected by our diocese is a whole number, which is why I thought it was easy to calculate a whole number, so I filled the gap of hundreds of gold coins. But the collection of the tithes is a matter of importance, although I have been a little unhelpful, but the weight is still light, then donate another two thousand gold coins, anyway, the hall has everything, only a sardinia gold, can be called real gold. ”

While doing this, he wiped a handful of tears, looking like he was moved by his true feelings.

"I am such a sinner, and before I know it, I have amassed such a fortune that I can only use this opportunity to ask Satin to forgive my fallen soul. ”

After listening to the declarations of the two bishops, the Goethe Bishop once again turned his attention to the monk in white, who of course understood what the Gothic bishop wanted, and without a moment's hesitation, he opened his mouth like a Annunciation.

"If this is the case, our church can also provide nearly 10,000 Imperial Gold Coins, plus the previous donations, there will be 260,000. According to the previously discussed division, we can leave forty percent of them, which is one hundred thousand and four thousand imperial gold coins, and His Majesty the Emperor will be satisfied if he can get more than 150,000. ”

Of course, Goethe knew that at this time, the white-clothed monk proposed the meaning of the monastic association's sharing: anyway, the monastic society will eat that part sooner or later, and now it will cost more energy to count it again, which is really more than worth the loss, it is better to forget this amount, and then it can be sold for a good favor.

"What about the Cyprus region, the North Sea Kingdom region, and the Rhine region?"

"Plug...... The tax revenue of the Cyprus Kingdom is okay, at most it is just a little longer, there are a lot of immigrants in the empire over there, plus our royal family and the contract of our in-laws, our power has also developed, if you are willing to wait, you may get 200,000 imperial gold coins over there, and our church branch in the south is very rich. Besides, this is all something we have counted before. But your other two places, my lord, we have a stronghold in the town of Beihai at most, and that place is tax-free for twenty years from the emperor. ”

Goethe took a deep breath, looked around at the faces that could not hide his joy, pressed his throat, and said in a low voice: "No matter what difficulties you have, first gather 300,000 gold coins for me, and when the eleventh tax from Cyprus comes up, we will take it back with interest." ”

"300,000 gold coins, not a penny, all handed over to His Majesty the Emperor, and add two more kingdom pastors to our church!" Ignoring the greatly changed faces of everyone, Goethe said to himself: "150,000 gold coins, at best, will coax the children and buy two or three dukes." Although we can fool the past now, His Majesty the Emperor will grow up, and if we fool him now, we are not afraid that he will liquidate us after more than ten years?"

"We're paying for gold coins, shiny and beautiful things, but if we don't spend them, it's a bunch of waste, something that's too soft to be beaten into a sword, and too hard to be beaten into a mattress, you know?"

Now the church was really silent.

However, this voice refers to the voice that supports Goth, not against him.

"What is your role in managing God's wealth?"

"Bishop Gothic, you are truly a 'Golden Bishop'?!"

"There is still one, but your Lord and I are no longer the same Lord. ”

Suddenly, foul language and invective filled the entire hall, this is also a helpless thing, since the establishment of the church, the need and intensity of missionary work in various regions of the empire has been growing, it can be that there is no place without monks, and the whole country has built large churches while building in the territory. But in many of the corners of the empire, these churches were often very rudimentary, and the monks who could preach in that place were nervous and vulgar enough.

It is meaningless to "really love my lord" with the farmer, it is better to teach him how to farm well if he has that kung fu, maybe he will receive three or four more buckets of grain, and he will believe in the true religion in the next year.

And those missionaries who walked between the countryside and the towns and cities inevitably absorbed some special wisdom.

"Sardinia sowed wisdom in the creation of the world, but it is clear that you are hiding. ”

"You're half as smart as my pig!"

"Save your words for a pregnant cow, maybe it will be interested!"

"Why are we still standing here listening to a man who is enchanted, brothers, let's make a way for him to lick the Emperor's ass, maybe they'll just take a bite?"

Of course, if these monks were really just a bunch of uninformed serfs, then there was no doubt that they were yellow, but they were the most knowledgeable people in the country except for the nobility, and they were just a little unbearable to lose their great wealth

Goethe looked at the surging priests with a slight contempt in his eyes, and this expression, like a bucket of ice water in the middle of summer, poured fiercely on the hearts of the troublesome monks. In the end, this is the largest church in the whole of Abbasquia, not in the house of the head of a village in the countryside.

Theoretically, bishops in every diocese of the Church should be equal, even the missionaries, all of whom are qualified to interpret the Scriptures, except for those who have just begun to study theology. Of course, this is only theoretical. Even if they are equal before God, how can a bishop with only a hundred believers in a jurisdiction be invincible to a bishop with tens of thousands of believers in his jurisdiction?

Perhaps it was that calm gaze that made those who led the troublemakers gradually calm down, and they remembered their own identity, but at the same time, they also mentioned the possibility of profit from Goethe's words. After all, when it comes to business, there are few friars who can compare with this cardinal in his prime, and when it comes to doctrine, there is a general opinion among the worldly people that the Gothic monks are indeed extremely wise men.

Down, all for the sake of profit.

"Are you sure you can do this?" asked the monk who had calmed down first, their faces still full of dissatisfaction, but their tones gradually softened.

"Thirty percent. In the face of cross-examination, Goth almost did not hesitate, and directly threw out the number in his heart.

The monks changed their faces again, for they were against the tyranny of the Gothic bishop, and now they were really suspicious of his stupidity and audacity.

"How dare you ......"

"If our brethren in the church are of one mind, I am now thirty percent sure that I will be able to accomplish this, and in the hands of the last majesty, I can only do so, this is a plan that has almost no chance of success. Well, I'm not going to say anything about it, I just want to make it clear to my brothers that this is the best time we have seen each other in decades. ”

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