Chapter 13: A Day in the Life of Knorr
To the north of Soma is a small country, Djibouti, a port state with a total of fifteen berths. Maritime transport is one of Djibouti's main sources of economy.
Djibouti is a beautiful city, with an average temperature of 25 degrees Celsius from October to April, making it the perfect time to escape the cold. The city of Djibouti is also at its busiest at this time. There are many foreign tourists who go to travel to escape the cold.
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In the home of the President of the Supreme Court of Djibouti City, an exquisite villa.
The Bishop of the Church, Noel, led the Adjudicator Feller into the chicly furnished villa. As soon as he entered the door, he was dizzy by a warm hug, and he pushed away the person whom the Lord was holding on him, and he saw that it was Bazeraldin, the president of the Supreme Court of Djibouti, who was also the acting head of the country. Because now the presidency of Djibouti has been vacant.
"Hello!" Noel stepped forward and touched Bazeraldin's cheeks, then stepped back and placed his right hand on his chest in his blessing. This is the custom of Djibouti, and Noel has been in Djibouti for some time, and he received a task from Pope Baite, and the next day he arrived in Djibouti with some documents and a phile.
Coming to Djibouti is just a stop, and his ultimate goal is still Obiya. It's just that before going to Obya, it was not a big problem to take Djibouti, because Djibouti is too small, with a total population of less than one million, which is not as good as a city in country Z. These hundreds of thousands of people are not yet a resource for believers, and the Church of Nature also hopes that he can make Djibouti a territory of faith.
Bazeraldin made the same move, and Felle, who was next to Djibouti, bowed to his knees, and the Djiboutian woman was very conservative and would not make any affectionate gestures with a man. Phile also learned a lot about Djiboutian etiquette during these days.
"Your Excellency Knorr is here today for the unfinished business of the previous days?" Bazeraldin's eyes rolled slightly, glancing to the side, and then he turned his gaze to Noel's. "It's just that before I say this, please come in and talk, the sun is very poisonous outside."
"Thank you for the invitation, and I won't refuse." Knorr followed Bazeraldine to the hall of the villa, which was decorated in a chic, typical wild and crazy style. Above the stove are taxidermied animal heads. A lion's head with a giant mouth sits in the center of the heads of many animals. Eyes fixed ahead.
The ground is covered with animal skins. Seeing this, Feller frowned and shrugged his nose. Knorr, on the other hand, ignored it completely, and sat down on the couch directly at Bazelardin's invitation. There is a saying that illustrates the current situation, that is, the poorer the place, the more obvious the gap between the rich and the poor can be.
Bazeraldine looked at Feller's expression, he naturally knew that there was a little unhappiness, and most women had an aversion to killing. But he was still proud that these specimens of the beasts were his precious collection. Being able to be appreciated is also the time to show your strength. Especially if we share it with someone with special status.
"Your Excellency Knorr, please have coffee." Bazeraldin asked the servant to serve a cup of fragrant coffee, one of the earliest coffee producing areas in Djibouti, and the coffee here is still quite famous.
"Thank you!" Knoll didn't want to waste any more time and went straight to the point, "Your Excellency Bazelardin, according to what we said earlier, as long as you give our church the right to officially spread the faith in Djibouti, we can provide you with food at a price lower than the international market price every year. I think this deal is very worthwhile. ”
"Of course, you can say it easily, Your Excellency, but you must know that eighty or ninety percent of the people of our country believe in Islam. If you just ask me to inject a new church into this country, don't you think you're pouring water into a pan of oil? Bazeraldin's face was serious, and he seemed to be very embarrassed, and wanted to continue, but he stopped.
Noll naturally knew that the other party was thinking that the conditions he had given were too few, so he put down the coffee he had never drunk. He said, "I know what Your Excellency means, you say, I don't think it's within the tolerance of our church." ”
"Your Excellency Knorr is really a cheerful person, this is the contract I listed, you can take a look!" Bazeraldin took a document from his subordinate and handed it to Knorr. At the same time, there was a look of anticipation on his face. He was waiting for Knorr's contract, and he had already used the past few days to inquire clearly, this church needed a large number of believers, and he would do anything to take Soma for the sake of believers.
Noel looked at the contract in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and the more ugly it became, and his hands began to tremble when he reached Zuihou. When he finished reading, he stood up violently, threw the contract in his hand on the table, sneered, and said disdainfully: "Your Excellency is so self-righteous, I just want Your Excellency to give you a missionary pass, but Your Excellency wants us to provide so much food every year, Your Excellency really thinks that our church is opening a granary?" ”
"Don't say it, since you can't reach an agreement, then you don't need it, and I don't think His Majesty the Pope will blame him for this." After Noel finished speaking, he sneered again and prepared to leave with Phil.
This time, Knoll was indeed a little angry, and the price of food he provided to the other party was already 3.5 levels lower than the international market, which was barely balanced. Such a huge concession is enough to make the Djibouti government daxiao, which can save a huge amount of money. It is too much to demand free food for them.
Noel's huge reaction made Bazeraldine panic, and according to his calculations, it was out of his orbit. He hurriedly got up to reassure, "Your Excellency, this is not too difficult, with the Miracle Group as the backstage ......"
"Hmph, this is no longer something that Your Excellency can guess, don't say anything, let's go!" Knorr didn't want to bother staying here any longer, he had already delayed for several days, and if he continued like this, he didn't know when he would be able to complete the task given to him by the Pope.
"Then I won't send it." Bazeraldine sat calmly on the couch.
Seeing the back of Noor's departure, Bazelardin slammed the teacup in his hand on the ground, not knowing how to lift it, a small diplomat dared to bargain with me, and then he snorted coldly: "I can't deal with the one behind you, but I can still deal with your little thing." ”
"With the help of country M, this church will definitely not dare to make a move on us, and this suffering can only be swallowed by this church." Bazeraldine showed a sneer, although he knew that his proposed conditions were a bit excessive, but he just wanted to take the opportunity to knock the other party, but he didn't know that the other party didn't refuse to accept this set at all, so he cut it off directly.
"Your Excellency, I'm afraid it's not good to be like this!" One of Bazeraldin's subordinates spoke, "We only need to ask him daoqian, this matter should be able to be redeemed, and with this grain, we can have money to develop heavy industry." ”
Heavy industry alone is Djibouti's weak point, and that weakness has reached a terrible level.
"And Your Excellency, you have to know how powerful the church behind the other party is, not only unifying Soma, but also making all the Soma government bow down, I am afraid that we in Djibouti are powerless to stop this kind of strength."
"What are you worried about, with the M country side in charge, everything can be carried out according to the original jihua, right?" Bazeraldin thought that he had made his decision, and that country M had already sent someone to communicate with him a few days ago, and that he could provide them with a free loan for Djibouti. You must know that in the past, country M definitely did not look down on a country like Djibouti that knew that it was not as big as the other city.
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"Lord Bishop, Weishenme, the other party has changed so quickly?" Feller asked a little puzzled, but she saw that the other party was about to agree to this contract a few days ago, why did he change his mind today, and it was too fast.
"It's because the other side has received assistance from other countries, and even that country is coming against us." Knoll explains why. "I'll put the Djibouti business aside, and I'll pass it back to the Church in a moment, so that they can settle this Djibouti bone, and I have received permission yesterday from the President of Obia to preach. In the evening you and I will prepare ten thousand Obiahs. Knoll smiled mysteriously.
"It's funny, this Bazeraldin is not simple, the name Bazelardin means like a king. It's just that Bazeraldin moved the idea that he shouldn't move, and Phil solved the problem with a few of us, and it won't be long before Djibouti should be owned by the church. It would be too easy for the church to bring down Djibouti. Knoll chuckled.
"It's the Bishop!" Feller showed a hint of depression, she and Noel were already good friends, so they didn't have to care about this. With that, she walked slowly down an alley on the street, her figure disappearing into the shadows.
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In the idol space, the island has more than tripled in size, and there are countless strange beasts running on this island, all of them are born from the origin, most of them come from the genes of creatures on other planets in this universe.
During these times, Tulo was not idle, he sent an avatar to explore the universe, although he did not get any useful news, but found many creatures in space, these creatures are very strange, have strong physical strength, skin can resist cosmic ray radiation, they can convert light energy for their own use, they can also devour the creatures on the planet into biological energy.
Now the velocity of the current on this island in the sky of the idol has returned to its normal standard. However, it lasted for nearly a month to accelerate, and most of the alien beasts on the island matured and had strong strength. Able to be called by priests. One thing worth mentioning is that these beasts are really good looking.
When the priest summoned the first summoned beast after handing in a certain number of faith points to learn this god, he couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the cute appearance. Within the church, summoning magic suddenly became popular. For priests, this summoned beast can not only improve their strength, but also be kept as a pet, which is too practical.
This made many believers envious, and they wanted to become pastors, so the two prayers a day became three, and before going to bed, they would hint to themselves that they were pious. This has allowed the quality of the believer's faith to really improve rapidly. (To be continued......)