Zhang Tie's choice of the back of the black pot is the Protestant side of the church's split.

After all, the Protestant side is still very weak.

Therefore, if they grow opium poppies, they can also bring them a lot of money in the future, so that they can fight against the vassal states of the church.

At the same time, it can also involve the energy of the church, and there is no way to focus all on things in the Americas.

And through the Protestant side, opium can also flow into Europe in an endless stream at that time, so that Europeans become addicted to cigarettes, and their people begin to decade.

When the time comes, the black cauldron of Protestantism will be decided.

Well, there is nothing good in the church in the first place, and the Protestant churches that have split are not necessarily good people.

They split only because of internal power struggles.

So, there's nothing remarkable about Protestantism.

And the Dutch are not sea coachmen today, they do not yet have such a strong economic power.

Besides, you always need money to fight against the vassal states of the church.

The war had reached such a point that the Protestant coalition was on the verge of economic collapse.

Historically, it was the constant funding of the French that allowed the war to continue.

And a dozen is thirty years.

But now the French have formed an alliance with Portugal and the Song Empire, and are fighting against the Church.

As a result, it is unlikely that the Protestant coalition will continue to provide strong assistance to the Protestant coalition side, which will make the Protestant coalition even more miserable.

Fortunately, the concession set up by Zhao Hongyu in Europe continued to provide some assistance to the Protestant coalition forces on a small scale through secret channels, so that they could withstand such troubles.

Otherwise, the Protestant coalition would have broken up long ago.

Of course, the amount of aid given by the concession through secret channels was not too much, and it was only possible to keep the support of the Protestant side from collapsing.

Anyway, the Song Empire didn't have any good ideas.

However, in the face of this kind of assistance sent through secret channels. The Protestant side was grateful.

Even the Dutch had to put aside the Empire's seizure of colonies in South America for a while.

It is precisely because the Imperial Concession contacted the Protestant coalition forces through secret channels that there is not much danger for Jenny and her to go to the Protestant side.

After all, they are here to send money to each other.

For the Protestant rebel army, which has begun to decline economically, it is a good thing to send charcoal in the snow.

As long as it's not a brain twitch, they will never be bad for Jenny and the others.

After explaining the tasks of their trip to the companions and giving everyone a detailed understanding, Jenny and her group set off again.

Because Europe is not very big, so after four days. Jenny and the others passed through the territory controlled by the Church vassal states and into the territory controlled by the Protestant coalition.

Today, Protestant and ecclesiastical forces are facing each other in the Earl Valley of Karen, in the Netherlands.

The two sides gathered about 120,000 troops here, which can be said to be rare in the history of Europe when so many troops fought.

Generally speaking, a war in Europe, with thousands of people, can be regarded as a big war.

This is no different from the Wa Kingdom in the East.

Of course. The war of tens of thousands of people is not without it.

It's just that it's happened a little too often.

For example, in the Middle Ages, the battle for the throne between Britain and France exceeded 50,000 people.

That's pretty remarkable.

Of course, there are also strange women like Joan of Arc.

And the Middle Ages are the most famous. Then it's going to be a cross-cross crusade.

Moreover, the Crusades were not just carried out once, but many times.

The number of the first crusade was more than 30,000 in the regular army. Even more are the bankrupt and the unemployed, who number more than 100,000.

They flocked to the Arab world like locusts, bringing slaughter and suffering to the Arabs.

Of course. The Crusades sounded holy in name, but they weren't so bad in nature.

For this reason, scholars in another world have discussed that it is actually to alleviate the economic crisis on the European continent.

In medieval Europe, the aristocracy controlled a large amount of land, leaving some small and medium-sized peasants bankrupt and homeless. These people caused a lot of trouble to the rule of the aristocracy, so they had to find a way to solve this problem.

At the same time, the nobles had many children in their families, so some children who were not important could not inherit the inheritance of the nobles.

For example, those noble children who can't inherit the inheritance of the nobility, their lives are no different from those bankrupts, especially the bankrupts and homeless people, with the participation and demagogy of these people, the destructive power has become greater.

Fortunately, in the Middle Ages, the rule of the church was at its peak.

Considering the destruction of the aristocracy and the rule of the Church by these people, the pope and the nobility at that time came up with a solution.

That's the 'water of trouble'.

Thus, the mighty and vigorous Crusades began in this way.

Seduced by gold and silver, and spices, and guided by the Church's instructions from God, the Europeans went crazy.

But even so, the army recruited was less than 200,000 men.

Compared with the ancient country of the East, the war of hundreds of thousands of people is really trivial.

At this time of the Crusades, there were quite a few hiccupes.

And these vignettes have made the church lose their faces, but also reveal their true nature.

For example, during the Crusades, some church priests tricked young men into forming a crusade as well, saying that they were going to take them to Jerusalem.

There was a lot of gold and silver, and there was milk flowing like a river, and spices that could pave the way, and so it bewitched more than 10,000 children.

As a result, some of these children were sold to local European aristocrats on the way. The remaining 10,000 or so were all sold to the Moors across the Mediterranean, which is notorious.

This incident was eventually revealed and recorded in the history books.

The church simply has no way to argue with that, because that's what is really happening.

At that time, the priest used the money from the sale of the children to bribe the church leadership, and he himself was not punished at all. Instead, he became a powerful church leader.

In particular, it can be seen what kind of church it is.

The Jennies stopped in a grove of Earl Valleys at Karen, and for a moment they watched the Protestant and ecclesiastical positions.

In this era, there are far less trenches and other things that will be built in the event of wars in later generations.

Both sides set up their own camps on one side.

The positions on both sides of the enemy are only about a mile apart, and even when fighting, both sides have to put out their vehicles and artillery, and then fight in a dignified manner.

Now, of course, both sides have learned some of the tactics from the Americas. Formed their own musket team.

It's just that because the musket craftsmanship of both sides is not very good, there are often cases of blowing up the chamber or putting dumb guns.

In addition, both sides also used the mainstream muskets of this era, which were very heavy, the shooting distance was not very far, and the accuracy was not very high.

However, the lethality of this musket is still very strong.

If there were unlucky people who were to hit the laner with such a low musket accuracy, the lead bullet would definitely pierce the armor. A big hole was cut in his body.

And because the musket fired buckshot, the man was basically hopeless.

After all, the medical technology of this era is very low.

There was also only the Song Empire in the Americas. There will be basic medical facilities.

To put it bluntly, the musket they use is somewhat similar to a carrying gun.

Therefore, even they learned the new tactics of the Song Empire in the Americas. Nor can they fully exert that power.

Who made the musket used by the Song Empire in the Americas a more advanced flintlock pistol.

At this time, Protestantism and the Church joined forces. It's in this valley that we face off.

Since the war between the Church and Portugal and France, the fighting here has stopped.

Most of the time, it's a confrontation.

Large-scale battles no longer happen, and small battles with a few dozen people still happen from time to time.

It's like telling the other person, 'I'm not afraid of you,' and it's an idiot.

But, after all, this is the way and the rules of war of Europeans, and the average person will not understand it.

"Head, shall we go to the Protestant camp now?"

Ruth rode forward a few steps at this time, and asked from Jenny's side.

Jenny's gaze kept scanning back and forth on both sides of the valley, and no one knew what was going on in her mind.

Her gaze was very unkind.

In fact, Jenny has no good feelings about either Protestantism or the church now.

Because she remembered her father who died unjustly, her mother who was burned to death as a shrine maiden, and the painful memories of herself who had been fooled for more than ten years.

All of this is brought to it by the church.

If it weren't for the good fortune of meeting the people of the Song Empire in the Americas, and knowing that there are still real 'gods' in this world, her parents would not have been resurrected to the flesh at all, and she would have become some people's playthings a long time ago.

Don't look at Protestantism as a split from the church, but it actually belongs to the church itself.

The two sides are just gathering a group of their own supporters, competing for the high-level power and voice of the church.

Therefore, Jenny's heart has no good feelings for both parties.

Ruth didn't know what was going on with the young young leader.

He just felt that now that they had arrived at their destination, they should immediately go on a mission.

After hearing Ruth's words, Jenny took a deep breath and calmed her excitement a little.

All for the sake of the Lord God and for the souls of my parents...... Jenny whispered a prayer, then pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, and said to Ruth and the others, "Let's go, let's go to the Protestant coalition camp now!" (To be continued......)