Chapter 31: Territory
"My lord, Pastor Carter would like to have your permission to spread the glory of the Miracle Messenger in his realm!" After the interior official reported to Dugufeng some important government affairs in the territory, he asked for instructions: "Because many of the workers in the workshops we have established in cooperation with the church have converted to the great miracle messengers, the so-called pastor Carter hopes to go one step further and spread the glory of God to more people." Actually, I think he meant to build a temple of miracle messengers in his territory. ”
Pastor Carter is a clergyman who works with Dugufeng on behalf of the Gond Church, and it is clear that he has been promoted because of the construction of the workshop and the success of his missionary work among the workers, so he is now full of ambition to get more divine graces.
"Is this ......" Dugu Feng groaned slightly, generally speaking, as a nobleman, although he has his own beliefs, unless he is a particularly devout believer, he will always deliberately limit the power of the church in his territory. After all, in any world, there is no small conflict between divine power and royal power and sovereignty.
What's more, as an existence aspiring to become a god, the people in her territory are potential sources of faith, and naturally they can't be easily given to others. Although Dugu Feng doesn't care about faith, the believers of the God of Killing and the believers of the God of Craftsmanship and Forging basically do not overlap, and in the foreseeable future, there will not be much conflict between her and the God of Craftsmanship and Forging.
However, even so, it is impossible to allow a church to expand freely within its own territory, and it does not matter if it spreads its faith freely, but it is not the same when it is established to build a temple. The temple of this world is not just a evangelistic church, a complete temple is almost a small castle, guarded by a complete battle group such as guards and warriors.
"Tell Carter that he can preach freely in his territory, but he doesn't have to build a temple!" After a little calculation, Dugu Feng directly rejected Pastor Carter's request, and at the same time said: "If Carter is dissatisfied, you can go directly to Baldur's Gate to talk to Bishop Walter and ask them to change to a more mature pastor." I don't think the Gonds will break their cooperation with our territory just because of a mere level 5 priest. ”
"Yes, I'll make it clear to Pastor Carter, and if he doesn't understand, I'll ask Bishop Walter to come over with a different priest!" Regarding Dugufeng's decision, the internal affairs officer did not have any surprises. In fact, no mature lord would grant this impudent request from Pastor Carter—unless the lord was a devout follower of the Miracle Messenger.
In the eyes of the Interior Officer, Carter, a young man who was eager for progress and was so carried away by his missionary enthusiasm that he completely ignored the tacit understanding between the aristocracy and the church. This world has existed for countless years, and in countless conflicts between the church and kings, nobles, and lords, a set of effective default rules has long been formed, and the lord does not interfere with the spread of faith in the church, and the church will not obviously interfere with the lord's right to rule over the people in the mission.
The current county has just been established, all the organizational structure has just begun, and the authority of the lord has not yet penetrated into the minds of the lords, and allowing the church to build a temple in this case is obviously to thin the authority and rule of the lord's house, and no mature lord will allow this to happen.
In this case, Dugu Feng, as the lord, didn't even have to stand up and make a statement, she only needed to hint a little, and the bishop of the Gongde Church would take the initiative to replace a priest. Compared to the cooperation between the county and the Church of Gond, a small priest is really too insignificant.
"My lord, there have been a lot of strange faces in the territory recently! According to our investigation, the Harpermen's League, Sattalimburg, Iron Throne, and Am's Shadow Thieves have all sent out men to establish strongholds in their territories! After the internal affairs officer finished reporting, the magistrate immediately came up to report the law and order situation in the territory to Dugu Feng.
"The people of the Harpist Alliance don't worry about it for the time being, just pay attention to their movements!" Dugu Feng said lightly.
The Harperists League is one of the most powerful organizations in the entire realm, a loose alliance of good forces of all races.
They are a secret and contradictory organization, without too strict hierarchies and structures, not only the leaders are unknown, but even the internal composition is very complex. They follow a mystic style, always hiding in the shadows, only striking at key points in the situation, and disappearing into the crowd as soon as they complete their tasks.
Harpist partnerships are unorganized and secretive, and can be harpered by non-evil people of any race, profession, such as humans, halflings, elves, some halflings, dwarves, and highly intelligent forest dwellers (e.g., forest fairies and centaurs).
Because they are not organized, harpists do not come together to deal with evil. Often, there is always a harpist who goes undercover to the places that have fallen into the hands of all sorts of dark forces, from the court to the robbers, and the harpist will do everything in his power to get in the way of the evil rule, many of them giving their lives.
In fact, although they are considered by most neutrals to be the "interferers of the Faeron Continent" or "deranged idealists", their existence still objectively maintains the balance of the continent and thwarts the conspiracy of many evil forces.
At the very least, for a lord who doesn't intend to do anything bad or plot to destroy the world, it may be a good thing that there are members of the Harpist in the territory, at least when the evil forces in your territory want to plot something, these free laborers will take the initiative to jump out to serve you.
However, it is okay to be tolerant of the harpists of the good camp, but not to the organizations of the evil camp.
"As for the Sattarim and the Iron Throne, as well as the Shadow Thieves of Am, find out the identities of all of them as soon as possible, as well as the hidden lair, and then clear them all! If necessary, ask for Mirano and use the men of the Throne of the Sword. ”
Dugufeng did not hesitate to order the eyeliner of these evil organizations to be cleared. The Order of Zatarim is different from the Harpermen's League, an evil organization of wizards, priests, ronin, and warriors from the evil camp who aim to gain dominion over the kingdoms. They will not hesitate to use all means of terror to force them to submit, or secretly weaken them until they can no longer pose any threat to the dark intelligence network.
The Santarim Order currently controls all political centers in the Luna Sea region in the central part of the continent, as well as all political centers in the Luna Sea region, including the famous cities of Murmaster City, Jade City, Onla, Melfante, and Far Hill.
The current goal of the most powerful evil organization on the continent of Faeron is to establish a monopoly on the trade routes between the major towns of the Moon Sea, the Fallen Star Sea, and Sword Bay, which includes the illegal supply of poisons, harmful narcotics, weapons, and slaves - all of which can be profited from in violation of current laws and local restrictions.
Now, the Satalinists are trying to control trade relations with West Hartland region. They hoped to turn the concentration of trade in this region to their advantage, and in turn control the entire West Hatlander region. This is an irreconcilable contradiction with the Baldgate, which is currently seeking to change the centuries-old political tradition of West Hartland from a political system of city-states to a real feudal state divided by the nobility.
Especially Dugu Feng's father, Grand Duke Anta * Yindun, who has grasped a large part of the power of the Gate in advance, is seeking to establish the Kingdom of Hartland, making the Yindun family a veritable grand duke or even a king. In order to achieve this, in addition to the internal opposition forces, the enemy is more important than the external forces such as the Santarin Society, the Iron Throne, and the Shadow Thief.
In addition, Dugu Feng has cleaned up the wilderness monsters over the years, and has also easily brushed many dark forces such as bandits, pirates, and slave catchers controlled by many evil forces as monsters several times, and has already taken over a lot of grudges with these evil forces. So there's no need to hesitate to attack these people - they won't do anything good if they sneak into the territory anyway.
"My lord, about trade with the New World. The Church of Amberi has warned us that we must cut off all trade with the New World and expel all believers who believe in the gods of the New World......" After the report was completed, the tax collector in charge of commerce in the territory also stepped forward to report, saying: "It is said that because a goddess of the sea was born in the gods of the New World, the goddess Ambori issued an oracle demanding the destruction of all trade with the New World. And the goddess herself set off great storms and tsunamis that blocked the passage from the Old World to the New World......"
"Ambery? Ignore her! Dugu Feng sneered, although this sea goddess is one of the three mainstream beliefs of Baldur's Gate, Dugu Feng has no good impression of this kind of furious god god who can only intimidate mortal beliefs by creating terror. What's more, this sea goddess is really a little unclear-headed, the new continent has been developed, the simplest pioneer era has ended, and the gods of the Faeron continent are urging the god of order and war to let go of the new continent, so that the gods can spread faith and harvest the fruits in the past!
Ambori went crazy like this, not only did not hit the opponent, but gave the opponent an excuse to close the opportunity to communicate, which is really stupid.
"Don't worry, Amberi won't be a problem anytime soon." Seeing that his subordinates still seemed to be in awe of Ambori, the moody goddess of the sea, Dugu Feng said lightly: "It is the will of the gods to open the door to the new world, and Amberi cannot disobey the common will of the gods." Also, the god of order and war in the New World is co-opting the god of craft and forging, and even if there is a conflict, it is the Church of Gond that is at the forefront. You don't have to worry. ”