"Very smart choice. It only took a few seconds for Shen Xi to understand what Knight meant. And he sighed from the bottom of his heart, "This idea cleverly bypasses the existing predicament, and it also prepares the ground for the admission of believers." ”

"You can see it. Knight did not shy away from admitting his intentions, explaining, "This is also a condition that has been specially adjusted to make it easier for your order to assist me. The influence of agriculture on civilization is very huge, and it can be said that it is the fundamental precondition for the development of all civilizations. However, due to environmental impacts, agriculture in the Sibuls Empire has always been maintained at a very low level. Therefore, I hope that you and your Order will promote agriculture so that you can promote development and at the same time have access to enough food. As the population increased, more believers joined us. ”

Some of Knight's words are not explained, but Shen Xi is clear about Knight's fundamental purpose - to increase the population of agriculture-related groups by expanding agriculture. He then used the experience and skills accumulated over many years of his denomination's work to absorb the population and achieve his missionary goals. It was a blatant conspiracy, but it was good for either side, as the new peasants gained a more efficient mode of production, the original Order was finally able to break free from the shackles of the Corrugated Plain and expand its mission elsewhere, and the Night Dancers and the Duchy of Grant gained more population and more taxes. A win-win situation for all three parties can be said to be the best result.

"Then, the deal is opened. Shen Xi decided to take the commission. He held out his hand to Knight, shook it firmly, and said, "Then let's talk about the details." ”

Shen Xi returned to the temple, he sat on the dragon chair of the Taihe Temple, and explained the agreement he had reached with Knight to Yu Qian and Ruan An, who were kneeling on one knee.

"Viscount Prescott's side is up to me to make direct contact. After roughly explaining what happened and the content of the transaction, Shen Xi said in a deep voice, "Please Qian you go to the corrugated plain directly and contact the Pope of Knight." The main purpose is to obtain seeds for quality crops, as well as graphics of the tools they use. There is no missionary part of the mission, and since we only need to promote agriculture, try to avoid direct contact between Knight's people and the Empire and the Duchy. Whether it's the increased demographic dividend or the extra tax policy, we have to use it first - there are only more than 3,000 night dancers so far, and I really don't think it's enough. ”

"As you wish, my lord. Yu Qian bowed his head to receive the order, and then suggested, "I suggest that Lord Ruan An go to the lower realm together and contact the high-ranking priests within the Night Dancer first. After all, their level of being criminals or fraudsters is high enough, but the promotion of agriculture is still a bit worrying. If Lord Nguyen An can exert influence within the high-ranking priests, then the Night Dancers will at least not face too much internal resistance when promoting agriculture. ”

"That's right. Shen Xi motioned for the two to set off, and he was thinking in his heart about how he would issue orders to Viscount Prescott. Although there is no need to worry about the precepts when communicating with his own pope, Viscount Prescott is also the supreme secular authority in the principality. If Viscount Prescott is asked to promote agriculture by order, it is very likely that the precepts will be triggered, which will lead to Shen Xi being obliterated.

"If it doesn't work, then imply. Shen Xi made a decision, then looked at the white ball of light floating in front of him, and began to observe his own pope. I'm going to find a suitable time to talk to Viscount Prescott about promoting agriculture.

It's been a week since Viscount Prescott returned home. Although a large amount of gold was to be drawn from the treasury to support the families of the rural nobles who died in the war, this was the best result compared to the instability of the regime. Viscount Prescott was very glad about this.

First he gained the full support of the Night Dancer, and then Kimpier and Baron Tucson, who stood in his way to power, both died, and although his half-illegitimate brother George secretly ran away, this did not affect Viscount Prescott's mood. Everything is going well, and it seems that the Duchy of Grant is about to enter a period of peaceful development that will last for decades or even hundreds of years.

The royal family of the Celebrus Empire has received a report from Viscount Prescott on a series of events such as the assassination of the eldest duke, of course, it is impossible to explicitly say that the death of Archduke Samuel at the hands of his own son's subordinates in the report. Therefore, the dead separatist Baron Tucson can only be troubled to put a big black cauldron on his back - fortunately, the dead do not complain that they have been humiliated and wronged.

According to Prescott's henchmen who sent a letter to the Siblos Empire, the imperial family didn't really care much about what happened to the Grand Duke, and they focused more on finding George. The Imperial Family attached great importance to the affairs of the feudal domain, and even once supported the Baron of Tucson, trying to get the Baron of Tucson to unite with other village nobles to overthrow Archduke Samuel, or simply merge the territory and become independent. Break up the Duchy of Grant and turn it into a loose alliance of two duredoms and several counties. This not only facilitated the direct jurisdiction of the empire over the territory of the principality, but also weakened the strength of the frontier nobles. Not only Baron Tucson, but almost all the rural nobles under the Duchy of Grant were slaughtered in the fierce battle with the "traitor Kimpier's department". The only ones who are still alive are a few lords who don't even have a territory. The Imperial Family's plan to split the Duchy of Grant fell through in vain. But they still put a lot of effort into finding George, if nothing else, just to have an excuse to directly intervene in the Principality of Grant at a critical moment.

The Night Dancer's most elite Assassin unit did not return to Fort Grant with Viscount Prescott. Halfway through, they split up and headed to several of the major transportation hubs of the Duchy of Grant. Just to find and kill George as soon as possible.

However, in addition to George, there are more headaches for Viscount Prescott.

The fog had begun to cause transportation obstacles, and since his return to Fort Grant, his biggest daily headache was the drastic decline in the amount of food being brought in from out of town.

The farmland around Fort Grant has been assured of failure, and desperate farmers have begun to commit suicide one after another. Even though Viscount Prescott had already sent people door-to-door to announce the exemption from all taxes and servitude for three years, such family suicides still occurred from time to time. More than 70 percent of the farmers' net income comes from their own fields. After the dense fog caused a widespread crop failure, due to the lack of agricultural population, the farmers were not even eligible to sell their land for a mouthful of food - the purchase of farmland was simply absurd for the people of Fort Grant, who were mainly livestock farmers. Good men are all on horseback grazing their cattle and sheep, who would want to be a gardener who tends to the flowers and plants?

The Principality is very concerned about the fog, but no one understands what is happening. Only Viscount Prescott, who was dressed in a criminal robe, was vaguely aware that something was wrong. When he wasn't wearing his robes, he, like everyone else, could barely see the stone wall ten meters away. However, as soon as you put on the robes, it was as if the fog didn't exist at all.

"This can only show that the dense fog is artificial!" In the familiar huge white hall, Viscount Prescott made his own judgment, he knelt on his knees, looked at Shen Xi in front of him and said firmly, "This is a criminal operation against all the citizens of the Principality of Grant! This abnormal dense fog is their means and tools of crime!"

"Sounds like a lot of money. Shen Xi listened to Viscount Prescott's speech, and also felt that Viscount's judgment was very reasonable. "So, what are they doing this for?"

"Profit? No, probably not. Viscount Prescott pondered for a moment and said, "Fort Grant itself is not a particularly fertile area. It is only because of the two rivers that some plantation can be reluctantly developed. Much of the Duchy was so poor that the area of Fort Grant was able to sustain some agriculture with sediment and nutrients from two rivers. Combating agriculture was certainly not their direct aim, and agriculture, while a high proportion of the country's population, was not important enough for the economy and food system of the Principality as a whole. ”

"Then it's for other purposes. Shen Xi concluded, following the words of Viscount Prescott, "The criminal act itself has a strong purpose, and the unconscious act does not constitute a crime. ”

"There must be a purpose......" Viscount Prescott muttered the sentence dozens of times, but still had no clue, "I don't understand." It seems that I can only ask the two divine servants to find out. ”

"Until then," Shen Xi waved his hand, summoning a white ball of light in the huge white hall, and said to Viscount Prescott, "You take a look at this first." ”

What was playing in the ball of light was a documentary of agricultural teaching that Shen Xi had found from the Summer Palace and Xuan.

In the temple, the location of the Summer Palace is still the same as in the previous life, located in a palace complex about 500 meters southeast of the Taihe Palace. However, the buildings in the palace complex are not at all what they used to be, and instead of the low palaces with yellow glazed bricks and vermilion walls, there is a huge complex of buildings covering an area of one square kilometer, and the highest floor is full of twenty floors. All roofs are covered with peacock blue glazed tiles, and the walls are covered with solid cream gray tiles.

When Shen Xi first saw the Summer Palace, he was stunned. After a long time, he sighed, "I even have a national library...... It was so convenient after that. ”