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"O my lord, may your light shelter the good......"

Pope Othello I prayed reverently to the icon above, and even when someone approached him, he continued to pray as if he were unconscious, until the ritual was completed, and the person beside him who did not dare to disturb him whispered: "Your Majesty, Vivadar has accepted the request of the aliens. ”

Othello frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, you should call him His Majesty, the crown is given by His Majesty the Pope himself, you have to remember that you may not respect him, but you must respect the will of the previous king." ”

Veronev, who reported the situation to Othello, whispered: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Othello stood up and bowed to the icon reverently, then turned around and said lightly: "Let him go, there are always people who try to guess the will of God, but forget their own shallowness." ”

"But he doesn't ...... either," Veronev hesitated.

Othello smiled contemptuously, raised the sacred scepter in his hand, seemed to be looking at the gem at the head of the staff, and said softly, "My lord says he is, he is." ”

"I see." Veronev said respectfully.

Othello smiled at the patriarch of the two dynasties, did not put up a stand of different status, and said casually: "The envoys of my lord have gone to the territory of the alien people, have they been troubled in any way?" ”

Veronev shook his head: "No, the Church of the Gods is very restrained and does not interfere with our missionary operations, but they have also sent quite a few people to the hinterland of the kingdom......"

"Don't worry about them," Othello said decisively: "With the protection of the church, the guidance of the pastor, and the shining light, those who will be shaken in such a situation are fools who are not worth saving, and the golden sands will surely shine in the river, let them test the seeds of piety for us, and the next plan of the church is not to sit back and wait to stay on the continent of Draenor." ”

"Yes," Veronev bowed, "the trainers have already arranged almost everything, and they can only give the order and start the [Redemption] plan." ”

"Very well," Othello smiled, "the promised land of my lord is the eternal foundation of the church, and every brick and tile must be guarded tightly, and those who are not pious and firm are not qualified to settle in the land of the five cities, and the arrangement of gold mining will be carried out outside the land of the five cities, and then we will let the prestige of my lord be propagated in the old continent." ”

Veronev solemnly said: "For the glory of my Lord, I am willing to give my life and soul!" ”

Othello waved his scepter, bringing up a slender band of light that shimmered brightly, and his voice was clear and cold: "The light is equal to me, and sooner or later, we will meet in the kingdom of the Lord." ”

……

Extravagant rulers are never liked, and neither are cruel and fierce rulers.

Vivadar, on the other hand, had both, leaving the entire kingdom stunned, unable to understand how the normally normal king had turned himself into such a state.

In contrast to the incompetence of the royal family, the Church has continued to grow in a low-key manner.

"Sit down all partake of communion! That little guy over there! Sit down! ”

A dozen long tables were placed in the small square in front of the sanctuary, and the benches on either side of the table were filled with apprehensive commoners and paupers, and the active children writhed around on the benches, and those who had parents next to them were still restrained by their parents, and those who were alone would be lightly tapped by the probationary priest with a short stick wrapped in a soft cloth.

These low-level residents, who usually have some difficulties in making a living, looked at the large baskets of baguettes guarded by the temple guards, and the bread baked by clean flour without sand and sawdust mixed in them was pleasantly fragrant, but under the supervision of the temple guards, the splash skin had already been thrown out with broken legs, and those who could sit here were honest civilians or poor believers.

"Our Lord God of Light is merciful, and He teaches us to treat those who believe in Him as family and brothers, and to share food and happiness......"

Ignoring the eagerness and greed in the eyes of these civilians, the priest in charge of the sanctuary had a serious expression and stood in front of the many tables and recited hymns.

Those who can sit here, regardless of whether they usually believe in the god of light or not, have attended at least a few weekly services, and have recited prayers with the pastor many times, otherwise they would not have been able to participate in this four-month sacrament day.

Therefore, seeing that the pastor began to pray before the meal, under the watchful eyes of the guards around him, the fake believers would be immediately pulled away, and everyone present also followed the pastor to pray, fortunately, the prayer was not long, and many people began to practice for today's meal, and at this time it can be said to be extremely smooth, after all, none of the civilians and poor people present are literate.

After praying, the pastor smiled and touched the head of a young man who was looking at bread, and raised his chin to the probationary pastor next to him, signaling that it was time to start dividing the meal.

The crowd cheered, and several of the temple attendants brought over the prepared food, mainly several large baskets of baguettes baked with pure wheat flour, all of them hungry and full, and a small bowl of butter, two bowls of jam or similar sweet sauce at each table, two thin slices of bacon per person, and a large pot of vegetables stirred with salted salad, which was already an extremely hearty meal for those who usually had to think for a long time about eating black bread full of sawdust.

Everyone eats their share quietly, prohibiting noise, prohibiting snatching, and prohibiting waste, if everyone is full, it is not forbidden for them to take away the rest of the food, so everyone will be a little reluctant to eat half of the baguette in their hands and keep half, and everyone at the table will have a tacit understanding to take the food one by one, so as to avoid the conflict caused by the scramble, and then be pulled away by the guards of the temple.

A somewhat old middle-aged man suddenly cried while eating, and a young woman with a vegetable face next to him couldn't help but persuade him: "Catholics, don't cry, is there not enough food to eat?" I have eaten less, and there is still more than half of this bread, and I will give you a third of it. ”

The middle-aged man glanced at her gratefully, shook his head and resolutely refused: "Catholics, under the gaze of the God of Light, I must not do deceitful things, thank you for your kindness, my crying is not because I can't eat enough, but because if the church comes in the morning, my little daughter will not go to the old man's cassava because of hunger, and the result is ...... Beaten to death, woo woo woo ......"

The other people at the table suddenly stopped in their hands, and the atmosphere immediately became desolate, cassava was nothing more than what the nobles used to feed their livestock, and they were just stealing some fodder like things, and they were about to be beaten to death, which made people hate, angry, and helpless.

Someone muttered, "It's just that I can't stand the knight's taxes in my hometown, so I came here with the fleet...... I didn't expect that the so-called free and rich new world would still be the same old man who decided everything......"

Someone on the side sobbed in a low voice: "I heard that we people are called aliens by the natives, and leaving the territory of the old man to the south is the place where the real natives live, where there is ......much more equality and prosperity."

"Phew," someone snorted viciously: "Equal fart, rich fart, I escaped from the south!" If His Majesty the Pope was still there, it would have been a peaceful life, but unfortunately His Majesty the Pope was summoned by God to the kingdom of God to enjoy the good days of eating, cloning and sleeping soundly every day, but the king who succeeded to the throne was not a thing, forcing us to not even have a way to live! ”

Immediately, someone next to him said what the king had done, and the crowd shouted in unison against the cruel and debaucherous king, and they couldn't wait to beat him to death.

Some of the guards guarding around heard the sound of conversation, and the corners of their eyes twitched, and they continued to pretend not to know.

After the pastor finished distributing the food for the people with his own hands, he went to the side to wash his hands and sit down to rest, and the probationary pastor who followed behind him came up at this time and whispered: "Teacher, there are devout believers who have come to report that the other two sanctuaries in the city, those two churches, have also begun to learn from us to distribute communion. ”

The pastor took a coarse cloth and wiped his hands, and said unconcernedly, "Isn't the sacrament given out so that more people don't go hungry?" Even if they don't have enough to eat, at least they won't be uncomfortably hungry, and if someone joins in, more people will not go hungry, which is my Lord's will. ”

"But if others learn from us to give communion, wouldn't it weaken the church's influence......" the pastor trainee hesitated.

The pastor laughed, "Have you forgotten what your theology class says?" Our Lord is merciful and generous, and those who follow the way of our Lord to let the hungry not suffer is not a manifestation of the wisdom and mercy of our Lord, and besides, the Church has made the sacrament of the Church come first, and the poor people are closer to us, and we can choose those who are devoted to the Church, so as to influence more people. ”

The Pastor Trainee stepped back and saluted, "I thought it was wrong. ”

The pastor smiled: "You are also sincere, for the sake of the church and my lord's cause, but your vision is not broad enough, and those people want to learn from us, how can it be so easy?" ”

"After the sacrament is arranged, the church will begin to organize literacy classes, teach those poor and poor people to read and write for free, understand what culture is, let them understand the glory and heart of our Lord little by little, how many people has the church trained in the past 20 years? How did those people learn to come here? ”

Do those people think the church is just about fame? How many of the Church of Gods are organized, experienced, and planned to support those inconspicuous and lowly as dirt in the Church of God? Not even the Church of the God of Knowledge! ”

"Only we, sincerely, dig out the buried gems and gold from the earth, so that we can see the greatness and exaltation of our Lord!"