Eugen expressed his gratitude to the noble lords who wanted to support him, but he politely declined, because he had absolute confidence in his own strength.

A month ago, Eugen's Lebor City received huge financial support, and with the support of these funds, all industries are improving, from scientific and technological research and development, to product production, to education, life and other aspects, he has not been left behind, so how can he only pull down the most important military strength?

In fact, in just one month, the military strength of Leyber City has increased several times, and the increase is simply terrifying.

Today, a month later, the army of Lybor City has completely abandoned the old methods of attack, whether it is heavy armor or sharp short weapons, all have been hidden in the deepest part of the warehouse, and all the soldiers and weapons have been replaced.

Now, every soldier in Liber City is already a member of the Longxiang Army, and the Longxiang Army has become the only army in Liber City.

Under the Longxiang Army, it is divided into ordinary infantry, machine gunners, and artillery, at this moment, the Longxiang Army can be regarded as a modern army 100%, and its combat effectiveness is not at the same level as the soldiers in the hands of other nobles.

What's even more terrifying is that the number of Long Xiang's army has also reached 10,000.

This is not a difficult thing, as long as there is money and enough benefits, soldiers can be recruited in a steady stream.

The new rifle is not difficult to operate, ordinary people can easily master it, and after nearly a month of training, the new soldiers can basically use the new rifle to fight.

As for the original members of the Longxiang Army, at this time, they have either been promoted to the rank of captain, or they have joined the artillery unit and machine gun unit, and they are veterans to operate the new weapons and equipment, and the effect can be greater.

The machine gun units are uniformly equipped with heavy machine guns, with four people operating a heavy machine gun, and in the artillery units, ordinary grenadiers are used instead of more powerful mountain guns and Italian guns.

These are all recently developed by the research institute, and the total time from research and development to delivery to surrounding factories for production, and then to equipment to the troops is less than fifteen days, which shows how terrifying the speed of knowledge into power in Lebor City is.

With such a powerful army, Eugen is not afraid of any enemy at all, and he is not willing to resort to force in many things, but in this barbaric world, sometimes, you simply do not have a choice.

Just when Eugen and the Wittelsbach family were in tension, what people didn't expect was that another thing was also fermenting at this time.

For some time before, the printing department set up in the city of Lybor kept printing two kinds of beautifully packaged books, one was the Book of Redemption written by Father Martin Luther himself, and the other was also translated by him into the German version of the Bible.

Every day, tens of thousands of books are printed and sold to every corner of the Holy Roman Empire through various channels.

These books are sold at very low prices, charged only a fraction of the cost price, and are published solely for the purpose of popularizing knowledge, not making money.

As a result, books have spread rapidly throughout the country, and in places with slightly better economic conditions, it has almost reached the point where everyone has one book, and many books can be circulated in rural areas with less favorable conditions.

It can be said that this kind of behavior has completely touched the nerves of the huge organization of the church.

On the occasion of the Heidelberg Championship, the Cardinal warned Eugen not to get involved in such a thing, especially to forbid Father Martin Luther to translate the Bible.

However, Eugen completely ignored these words, and he did not care about the threat of the Holy See, a huge organization that in a sense even had more authority than the royal family.

But even so, knowing that it would be very difficult, Eugen had to publish the Bible in order to carry out the Reformation.

To put it more broadly, the existing religious system shackles people's minds and turns everyone into slaves of the Holy See, which greatly hinders the development of history and the progress of civilization.

To put it mildly, if Eugen's business empire wants to develop, it must have a relatively relaxed and free economic environment, and on this road, the stubborn ideas of the Holy See are the biggest stumbling block.

Only when the shackles in people's minds are liberated can science, technology, and economic conditions take off.

For this reason, Eugen desperately forced this matter forward.

In the same way, the Holy See also gave the most violent reaction to this, at first, they did not directly find Eugen, but began to ask churches and congregants to take the initiative to destroy the Bibles printed in the city of Lebour.

In their mouths, the Bible is a forgery, a precept used by conspirators to confuse the world.

In the beginning, this method was very useful, but there was still a certain deep-seated shackle in the minds of the people, and in the belief in the majesty of the Holy See, they either destroyed the books in their hands or turned them over to the Church.

But as time went on, the city of Lebor continued to print books, and more and more people began to open the books in their hands, intentionally or unintentionally, out of curiosity or other ideas.

Gradually, people's minds changed, and some truly learned people began to realize that there seemed to be something wrong with the orders of the Holy See, and that the Bible was simply translated from the original version, and the overall content was exactly the same as the original.

The most important thing is that the above record is also the deeds of Jesus and the Word of God, if the Holy See says that these Bibles are wrong, then they are not denying God?

Contradictions began to come to the fore, and this time, the words of the Holy See were no longer so convincing.

On the other hand, the painful memories left by the Black Death have not yet been erased, and when they open the book of salvation, they see the tragic deeds on it, and gradually, they begin to think about the Holy See and the meaning of the existence of indulgences.

Nowhere in the Bible is there any mention of indulgences that will help believers enter the kingdom of heaven.

On the contrary, it was a sentence written by Father Martin Luther on the title page of the Book of Redemption that resonated with most believers in the country.

"Anyone, as long as he believes in God sincerely, can enter heaven after death without having to go through any Holy See."

The most important thing is that this sentence is still derived from the Bible, and at this time, people got the weapon to resist the Holy See from the Bible, and there were divisions within the Holy See.