On the way back to the Lord's Palace, Gawain was still in the same car as Amber, looking out the window of the car at the Merchant Guild that was gradually moving away, Miss Half-Elf couldn't help but mutter: "Five years of mining rights...... By the way, are you planning to dig up the mines in that place in five years? ”

"Finished digging? Of course, it can't be dug up, even with advanced mining machinery and Rebecca crystals to blow up the mountain, it is impossible to hollow out the white sand hills in five years," Gawain shook his head, "but I can at least guarantee that the planned mining of the Eastlanders for fifty years will be dug up in five years - and if there is no aftermath and direct devastating mining, this number will even be doubled. ”

Amber blinked, and for a moment seemed to have no idea what to say, until after pondering for a long time, she suddenly asked, "Honestly, is it really good to do this?" ”

Gawain glanced at her: "How?" ”

“…… Sell weapons to the Kingdom Army, sell alchemical potions to the East, and make this civil war more and more out of control......"

Gawain shook his head: "Even if I don't sell it, do you think this civil war can be cleaned up?" ”

"That's not what I meant," Amber scratched her hair, "I think it's all Ansu who are dying now...... Don't you care? ”

Responding to Amber's puzzled gaze, Gawain spoke slowly, "Frankly, I care, because those are populations, precious populations, but I don't care—because they're not Cecil, at least not yet. ”

In this matter, Gawain is not going to talk about conscience and morality, because he is indeed acting for the sake of profit, even if he is planning the interests of the entire South. His goal is all of Ansu, but now he doesn't have the ability, so his only option is to feed the industrial machine in the south as soon as possible, even if the industrial machine has to drink blood and eat flesh - after all, he is now the lord of the south, not the king of Ansu.

Judging from the inevitable situation in the future, the Kingdom Army and the Eastern Frontier Army will be enemies sooner or later.

And on the other hand, he also has a second consideration for exporting magic weapons and alchemy potions to the Kingdom Army and the Eastern Realm: he wants to try to force Ansu to develop.

The promotion of magic technology in the south has brought a lot of experience and lessons, this land is like a blank piece of paper, after clearing the old nobles, you can let Gao Wen splash ink, even so, the development of magic technology here is not smooth, so what if he wants to cover the magic technology to the whole Ansu? How big of a plan does that have to be?

Typhon was already eyeing the side, they were just waiting for the Ansu to drain the last drop of blood, if one day the Ansu civil war ended and Gawain succeeded in taking control of the land, then the Typhonians would not give him time to slowly develop and catch up with the gap, and in order to avoid the worst outcome, he would have to send Ansu to the train of the magic industry from now on - even if it was tied up.

Just as Prince Edmund of the East realized the importance of factories and production technology before Belk set out, the nobles of the royal capital will soon realize the necessity of the magic industry to maintain an "industrial army". The traditional aristocracy may be narrow-minded, but it is not that they cannot think, and they will not allow their lifeblood to be completely mastered by Gawain.

Magic armor and magic weapons need to be maintained, crystallized grenades need to be recharged, alchemy potions need to be produced in factories, and factories also need magic nets......

Even if the royal capital and the nobles of the Eastern Realm don't know how to build a complete chain of magic industry, they can at least lay a foundation, the weapons and potions that Gawain sold them are a noose entwined with flowers and vines, bright and beautiful, but as long as they come into contact, it is difficult to break free, under the pressure of war, in order to keep those weapons and potions in order, in order to maintain and produce the machines used to continue to operate, they must also open the magic industry.

Amber was silent for a while, not knowing what she was thinking, until she was about to arrive in the city center, when she suddenly muttered: "The person who was calculated by you is really unlucky, I really lost my life to you, and I thank you for your great kindness......"

"Do you think they can't react?" Gawain smiled and shook his head, "Everyone is not stupid. ”

……

Inside the church, Wright, dressed in a priest's robe, stood on a wooden pulpit and faced the congregation as he spoke in a deep but powerful voice about the Light.

“…… The Light will be attracted by the hearts of the people, and the closer the words and deeds are to the virtues of the Light, the more intense the Light phenomenon will be......

"The most effective way to perceive the teachings of the Light is to perceive it in action, and for those of us who practice the new teachings, actual words and deeds are more effective than memorizing scriptures and repeating rituals......

Wright stopped, and under the pulpit, a tall, powerful warrior-like man raised his hand: "Patriarch, you say that the Holy Light will resonate with noble words and deeds, but there is an immutable standard of virtue?" I've been studying history lately, and I've seen that the concepts of 'morality' and 'justice' are always changing......"

Speaking and discussing during a priest's sermon is not possible in the old Church of the Light, but it is the way of preaching advocated by the "pure Church of the Light" (Protestantism), and as long as the rules of questioning are followed, everyone can discuss and study the Light as a kind of knowledge that can be studied, which makes the Protestant church more like a learning institution than a place to perform religious rituals, which is exactly what Wright would like to see.

He nodded to the powerful man - he knew the other man, this was a white knight in the apprenticeship period, in addition to honing his martial arts and fighting fierce beasts, this brave soldier's greatest hobby was reading and learning, and only this new priest who was both civil and military could so keenly see what needed to be explained in the teachings: "Moral standards are subject to change, in ancient times, the greatest virtues were related to food, and now moral standards have added such things as loyalty, honesty, trustworthiness, bravery, etc., The words and actions used to embody these qualities have also changed with the times, so we should have a concept of 'public morality', which is in line with the most accepted morality, fighting for the community, in order to be consistent with the true meaning of the Light. ”

“…… So why is this happening? The white knight's voice was full of confusion, "Does the Holy Light think?" Will it select people who meet its criteria? And will it change with the change of human moral standards? ”

This bold idea caused the congregation to discuss it in a whisper, and Wright was silent for a moment, and after some thought, he calmly replied, "I don't know the answer yet." ”

"You don't know?"

"Yes, one should be honest about one's ignorance," Wright replied, "and the road to absolute truth is endless, and we can only understand the 'relative truth' within the realm of our minds, and perhaps there really is an answer to all the secrets of the Light, but I don't know it yet, I only know that this is what we are seeking." I would also like to remind everyone here that we should not blindly follow anything that claims to be 'infallible', because even I, the Patriarch, cannot be infallible, but we should boldly seek the truth, and carefully verify it, and remain humble so that we can continue on this path of exploration. ”

Wright's words provoked another burst of discussion, and after the discussion, the sermon continued.

Eventually, the sermon was over, and the people in the church got up and dispersed in twos and threes, and the benches that had been filled soon became empty, and Wright watched the believers leave, and then got up to collect the original texts of the Holy Light and other materials on the wooden reading table, while a small figure with a shimmering light floated in from not far away, holding a glass of water in his hand.

"Drink water~~ It's hard work!!"

"Thank you," Wright took the glass and gently pressed Emily's hair again, "I was very well-behaved today, and I deserve praise for not causing trouble for everyone." ”

Emily laughed happily, and Wright glanced casually into the church, and then suddenly noticed a slender woman with a hood sitting on the bench below.

Did she sit there all the time? Why didn't you see it just now?

Wright was puzzled for a moment, then walked over to the hooded woman who didn't seem to be ready to get up: "Ma'am, the sermon is over—do you need help?" ”

"I do have some doubts," the hooded woman looked up, she removed her hood, her long pale blonde hair spread out, and a beautiful face with a faint smile appeared before Wright, "the great pastor of the Southern Church was born. ”

Wright calmly looked at the blonde woman in front of him, and Emily, who was next to him, looked at this strange sister in amazement: "Sister, who are you?" ”

Immediately afterwards, the little girl exclaimed, "Wow! Sister, you're glowing all over! ”

"Emily," Wright gently pressed the little girl's hair, "you go to your room first, and I'll talk to the guest." ”

Emily blinked and looked at Wright, then at "Strange Sister", hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "Oh." ”

The figure of the little girl faded into the air.

Veronica watched all this, she didn't speak, but the quiet and peaceful light spread through the church, it rippled between the rows of benches like a gentle undulating sea, and in this sea of light, Wright just stood silently, the rippling light flowing past him, as if ignoring his presence, and as if he was ignoring the presence of the light.

There was a glimmer of light on him.

Veronica finally broke the silence: "There are no guests who come to church, only lost lambs, aren't they?" ”

"That's what you say, we've been abandoned lately," Wright said calmly, and then sat down next to Veronica, "No one is a lamb in need of guidance, and the same seekers come to church. ”

"Novel and radical teachings indeed," Veronica nodded slightly, "just like your sermons, but they're all interesting." ”

Wright looked at the living saint from the Northern Church in front of him with some surprise, and looked at this holy princess who could represent the power of the traditional church: "You think this is interesting?" ”

"At least I've never heard anything like it, and that's interesting enough," Veronica said, looking Wright in the eye, "Can you tell me about your teachings?" ”

Wright suddenly felt that the situation was a little funny.

He knew that the living saints of the Northern Church had come to the South, but he never imagined that he would talk to each other in such a calm way under such circumstances.

But in any case, it was his duty to answer the doctrine, so he nodded, "If you really want to listen." ”

"Today I am just a listener—ah, a seeker, as you say."

Wright restrained all doubts and absurdities, sat up straight, and spoke the teachings.

This particular sermon did not last long, the Protestant doctrine was not complicated, and the content was much less than that of the old church, and Wright recounted his understanding and perception of the Light in his characteristic simple sentences, while Veronica only listened quietly the whole time.

When the sermon ended, the light in the church gradually dissipated.

Wright looked at the "Holy Princess" in front of him, guessing what the other party would say, but Veronica just stood up and bent over him slightly: "Very wonderful explanation, Mr. Wright." ”

After saying this, her figure instantly disintegrated into countless scattered shimmering particles, gradually dissipating into the air.

"Is it really just an avatar......

Wright grunted softly as he watched the last glimmer of light dissipate.

"What the hell is she here for?"