In front of the four Jiangyang thieves was a huge warehouse with no end in sight, filled with mountains of wooden boxes and cloth bags.

Lu Chen walked to the nearest pile of goods and squinted to make out the handwriting on the wooden box.

Black oily ink, scribbled "paraffin" handwriting.

He picked up other wooden boxes and looked at them: some filled cans of kerosene, some contained spare decorations, and all kinds of daily necessities such as lime and paint.

As for the large and small stacked cloth bags, there is no writing on them.

Lu Chen picked out one of the small bags and tore open a corner, only to see the white flour inside.

- There are hundreds or thousands of similar bags in the warehouse, and if they were all flour, they could be eaten for another four months!

"Look, Lord God, there's so much to eat here!" said Yunston's excited voice.

Lu Chen hurriedly walked over, and sure enough, he found that there was a whole brick wall, hung with smoked and dried high-quality ham, and there were white salts on it.

Underneath the ham, a variety of easy-to-store vegetables are piled up in the corners. The temperature in the warehouse is very low and the storage conditions are good, so although these vegetables are a little shrunken, they are definitely edible.

Is this what the Pope said: "Running out of ammunition and food"?

Lu Chen almost laughed angrily.

"My lord, this is the outermost part of the warehouse, and it's full of food and daily necessities...... "If you're looking for something more valuable, you can go inside......"

Hey, this guy is quite sensible!

Lu Chen glanced at Yunston approvingly, waved his big hand, and continued to march towards the depths of the warehouse with the three thieves.

Sure enough, as it went deeper, the rudimentary wooden boxes and cloth bags stacked on the outermost periphery gradually became more sturdy iron and copper boxes, some of which were even locked.

"Can this thing be opened?" Lu Chen looked around and casually pointed out a locked iron box.

Winston and Smith hurriedly stepped forward, studied the lock, and then confidently took out the housekeeping tools and stabbed the lock open with a "click".

Lu Chen took two steps forward and lifted the lid of the box.

Stacked in the huge iron box were crosses about forty centimeters high, just the right length to hold in your hand, and inlaid with sparkling gold, silver, and diamonds.

According to Eliot's memory, these crosses were presumably ritual objects: bishops would carry them in a procession to consecrate them during great religious celebrations, and paladins and priests seemed to carry them with them to enhance their power when performing holy arts.

It must be said that a large part of the wealth of the church belongs to this kind of craft: ordinary materials can be obtained at any time as long as there is money, but this well-made knick-knack cannot be obtained without years of accumulation.

This is also the most important feature of the ancient church, which distinguishes it from the nouveau riche factory owners.

However, thieves like Winston and Smith apparently only see the value of this cross on the black market......

It is true that the gold and silver on the surface of the cross are plated with only a thin layer, but the delicate carving and the diamonds embedded in it are genuine. On the black market, each cross can probably buy hundreds of gold coins.

The fiery eyes of the people looking at these crosses reminded Lu Chen of the weasel staring at the chicken coop.

"Take one of yourselves, and don't take more. Lu Chen waved his hand helplessly.

Everyone earns money, and they come over to steal things with Yunston, and they always have to give others some benefits.

Anyway, these handicrafts are considered to be the Pope's things, and Lu Daguan used them to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and he was not distressed at all.

The three religious scum thanked them for a long time, and hurriedly put the cross into their clothes.

"Divine envoy, look, the gold coins of our church are all here!" Lu Daguan was still carefully observing the lines on the cross, and Yunston suddenly tugged at his sleeve.

Lu Chen hurriedly followed Yunston's instructions, and sure enough, he found piles of copper boxes on the other side of the warehouse corridor.

These copper boxes are about the same size as the other boxes, but the locks are larger than the others, and the lids are painted with white paint with circular markings to indicate that they contain church funds.

"Hey, why are you so familiar?" Lu Chen glared at Yunston suspiciously, "Have you ever stolen the church's money before?"

"Wronged!" Yun Ston hurriedly shouted, the grievance on his face was a few points heavier than Dou E's, "I also accidentally found the place to save money when I was rummaging for other things before!

Lu Chen glanced at him, turned his head to look at Thomas and Smith:

"What about you? Have you ever stolen Lao Tzu's ...... Church gold?"

The two little brothers' heads shook like rattles, and their faces were silent.

Lu Chen snorted.

Usually stealing some food is forced by the situation and extenuating circumstances - but if these thieves are bold enough to steal gold coins, Lu Daguan will definitely find an opportunity to pick their skin!

"God, Lord Divine Envoy, what do you say?" Seeing that Lord Eliot's expression had eased, Yunston hurriedly came up and said with a flattering smile, "There are two thousand gold coins in this box, do you want to take a few boxes out?"

Lu Chen stroked the lid of the copper box with his hand and fell into deep thought.

According to his original plan, the main purpose of sending a letter to Yunston and letting this habitual thief take him through this empty door was to get some activity funds from the warehouse-

The overthrow of the Pope requires the support of the people in the church, but with the empty identity of a "divine envoy", Lu Daguan is not confident that he has such a strong appeal.

But with the golden hard currency, things are different!

As long as he had enough gold coins in his hand, Lu Chen believed that at least those guards and servants who lacked money to spend would definitely be willing to work for themselves.

But after talking to Cardinal Cromwell yesterday, Lu Chen suddenly discovered the problem:

The Holy Knights, the core armed force of the church, are firmly in the hands of the Pope!

As long as there is this group of paladins who are ten to protect the Pope, even if there are more people who support him, it will be difficult to achieve the goal of seizing power and usurping the throne......

The absolute disparity in force cannot be made up by a large number of people.

Therefore, when you come to the warehouse today, you must not just take the gold coins!

"Bring a box, not more. Lu Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Leave more space in the bag, money is not the main goal today." ”

Yunston nodded incomprehensibly, and Thomas picked up a box of gold coins and stuffed them into his pocket.

"Lord God's Envoy, let me ask, if our main goal today is not money, what is it?" asked Yunston with a smirk.

That's the point!Lu Chen supervised Thomas to fasten his pockets and turn to Yunston.

"I'm just going to ask you about that......" the envoy said to the thief with a sinister smile, "You are so familiar with this place, do you know where the weapons and equipment in the warehouse are placed?"