Chapter 655: Refusal
If a large number of troops are mobilized to aid the kingdom of Arisra, it is bound to take out a large amount of silver coins as military expenses, and now William will need to spend more than two million silver coins as military expenses if he leads all the troops to the expedition, as long as three months.
This could still be taken out before William had done so much construction, and after the entire kingdom was built, it was probably nothing to take out this money, but the request for assistance came at this time.
William really didn't want to spend a lot of military spending, and he wanted to suspend part of the construction of the kingdom to help the country that had nothing to do with him thousands of miles away, and even if he did, he would not get any benefit.
Therefore, he was very concerned with the Pope's request for rescue, and he did not make a recovery.
In fact, not only William, but also the Kingdom of Astra are still hesitating, you must know that the Kingdom of Astra has been supporting the country of the Church for a long time, and has a very close relationship with the Church.
Even the kingdom of Astra was hesitant to make such a request, let alone other countries.
The only country that has now expressed support for the Church is the Empire, which was forced to issue an order to hunt witches after losing the previous struggle.
This activity, which was extremely detrimental to the strength of the state, was hated by Emperor Grein, so he was the first to respond to the Pope's request to cancel the order to hunt witches.
A few days passed, and sure enough, the Pope directly announced that the Rhoderan Empire had recovered from the witch's bewitchment, and the wizards and witches had left the place when they saw that there was no target, so the Rhoderan Empire no longer needed to hunt witches to keep the country pure.
As soon as this order was issued, the whole of the Rodland Empire was jubilant, although the high-ranking nobles and the bloody Emperor Greine still had a secret hatred for the Church in their hearts, but at least on the surface, the Rodland Empire began to become much more deferent to the Church.
There was no way, people had to bow their heads under the roof, and under the high pressure of the Pope, even the Rhodesan Empire, the number one power in the mainland, had to submit.
Seeing this, William wrote a letter to Pope Uban II.
The letter explains William's current predicament and how long he has been involved in aid.
"Hello Your Majesty, I am William of the Kingdom of Lorik. Wallace, I would love to be a part of your request for assistance! ”
"You know, as a devout citizen of the Holy Father, of course I have to come to the rescue of my close brothers of the Holy Church, especially in these times of crisis."
"However, I also have my last resort, you know very well that my country has just been established, and the Kingdom of Lorik is still a very young country, and there are still many internal imperfections."
"In order to make up for these imperfections, I had to spend a lot of money to improve, and until now, the inner treasury of the Kingdom of Lorik is in a state of making ends meet."
I can only use my previous savings to make up for the huge shortfall, and with my personnel expenses, I can't come up with any military spending. ”
"You also know that my army will not be able to exert its strong combat effectiveness if it does not have enough military spending, not to mention that there are many Holy Sect brother countries that have a bad relationship with me, and there are many misunderstandings and disputes between us, once my army is involved in the war with the Piyards, it is difficult for me to guarantee whether they will launch an unjust war against my country!"
"So I hope you can understand me, my country is very poor now, in fact, if I didn't keep subsidizing the country with my own industry, this country would have been unsustainable."
"In this case, I may not be able to launch a rescue against the Kingdom of Arisera, a country of Holy Brothers that I admire, but we have recently launched the armor business, and you know, the armor of our Kingdom of Lorik is well-known and first-class on the road, and the quality is definitely not comparable to other armor!"
"Therefore, I am willing to sell the armor made in the Kingdom of Lorik at a low price, as long as it is the armor purchased by the church or the Kingdom of Arisra, I will enjoy a 20% discount, I hope this can play a small role in the Kingdom of Arisra!
- Your friend, descendant, King of the Kingdom of Lorik, William. Wallace.
After writing the letter, William sealed the envelope with fire paint and ordered it to be delivered to Pope Ubandar II.
William's letter is not a lie, the kingdom of Lorik has just been established, and it is very short of money, and it is almost a waste of time.
If William is not interested in such a large-scale construction, he may still have a lot of surplus, after all, the territory as large as the original Tskema Kingdom is in his hands, it is definitely a huge money bag.
But who is William? His soul is from the Celestial Empire of another world, and the innate infrastructure madness attribute of the Celestial Empire people is vividly exerted on him.
What's more, as the descendant of the dragon, the descendant of Yan and Huang, he thinks that no matter where he is, he should establish an immortal career.
He clearly knew that building the kingdom now may only be a temporary shortfall, but it will definitely bring exponential returns in the future.
Later, after the incident between Charlemagne and Elijah, William's heart of construction became more urgent and resolute, if he only used these new territories to turn into money bags and soldiers, it would undoubtedly be a huge waste, and it would definitely not be able to compete with the Rhodesan Empire.
Only by building these territories on the same level as Denlenburg would it be possible to reach the level of dialogue with the Empire of Rodland on an equal footing within a few years.
That's why William made such a huge scale of construction, and now in the entire Lorik Kingdom, there are nearly 200,000 orc slaves and 30,000 or 40,000 human craftsmen participating in the construction.
The orcs themselves are infinitely powerful, and if the orcs are replaced by humans, it will take at least seven or eight hundred thousand people to carry out such a terrifying construction plan at the same time.
Seven or eight hundred thousand people, what a terrifying number, and it can also be seen how huge William's construction plan is.
After William sent the letter away, he was actually a little apprehensive in his heart, he was not afraid of the church's revenge on him.
Not to mention that his current relationship with the church will not make the church act rashly against him, even if the church is very dissatisfied with him, the military strength of the Lorik Kingdom at this time is not afraid of the church at all.
If, on the other hand, he threw himself into the arms of the Rodland Empire, the church would have fallen back into an even more difficult situation.
His concern is whether the Pope will doubt his support for the Church because of this incident, which will then lead to a deterioration in the relationship.
After all, William still has a lot of things to rely on the church.
The Church was promoting the Kingdom of Lorik in many places, declaring it a commercial paradise to merchants, and to civilians and outcasts that it was the happiest country.
To the knights, the Kingdom of Lorik is the country that attaches the most importance to heroic knights, and their knights are treated the best, and now the flowers of the Kingdom of Lorik are also related to the church.
According to the current trend, in less than a year and less than two years, the Kingdom of Lorik can turn losses into profits, and then quickly explode in national strength.
However, William politely declined the church's request at this time, which made him a little worried about whether it would lead to a deterioration in the relationship between the two parties.