"This, this ......"

Fawkes was dumbfounded by Il's question, he didn't even dare to think about these things, but, but if what he said was true...... Then human society will definitely develop into a different kind of shape! Can you really believe him?

Seeing that Fawkes was shocked by his words, Ilr did not continue to ask, but sat back in his chair, relaxed his expression and resumed his standard smile.

"Boss Fox, I know you must have a lot of concerns in your heart, so I will first buy a part of the iron ore and copper ore at twice the price, and then invest one million gold coins in the Wildfire Merchant Group to support you in acquiring some small mines, except for the remaining mines in the quarry, and I also need a lot of rubber trees and rubber grass, and I also hope that the Wildfire Merchant Group can find a seller for me." ”

"And if I leak the slightest bit of information to you, the church will be in trouble in no time, and they will soon be unable to trouble anyone again. ”

Something strange is happening in the country of Otos recently, for some reason, the church has arrested some honest civilians in the city overnight, and then arrested some merchants who do not believe in gods, and almost all over the country at the same time, which makes ordinary people panic, for fear that they will be the next to be caught.

And the king of the kingdom of Otos was at this time carefully studying a letter from an ancient family that had been silent for decades, and as a result, the letter reminded himself so clearly that, in light of the events in various cities of the country, His Majesty had to think about some very serious problems.

Several ministers stood in front of His Majesty, who were the confidants whom His Majesty had summoned to discuss the matter.

"In the recent more than a dozen incidents of church arrests in China, the church has taken away my people on the grounds of demonic believers, how much do you think the church's words are credible?"

A few ministers, you look at me, I look at you, it is not easy to answer this matter directly, there are some guesses, but which guess is true, and it is not known, so no one spoke first in the king's questioning.

"Stephen, I know you have the most ideas, you talk about it first. ”

The minister's body was shocked, his face changed slightly, and he slowly walked out of the minister's ranks, secretly raised his eyes to see the majestic His Majesty the King, and shouted bad luck in his heart, but he still had to make a respectful gesture to answer the king's question.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the church's move is very likely to challenge the authority of His Majesty the King, after all, how can there be so many people who believe in demons in the whole country at the same time, and the minister is afraid...... The ministers feared that the Church had deliberately planted a false accusation in order to test the level of tolerance of His Majesty the King. ”

His Majesty pondered Stephen's words carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, and the anger in his heart kept rolling, but he still suppressed his anger and continued to ask questions.

"What about the others? Chancellor, tell me what the Church has done in recent years, and do you agree with Stephen?"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer bowed his head and put his hands in his sleeves, but instead of trembling like Stephen, he stood up and calculated very frankly.

"Your Majesty, according to the statistics of the ministers, the amount of taxes collected by the church on your land in the name of God every year is about twice the amount of the kingdom's taxes, and the state has never received any benefits from the church, which has to be said to be an extremely uneconomical thing, if His Majesty the King can collect half of the church's taxes into the national tax, then I believe that our national strength will be even stronger. ”

After saying this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer saluted and returned to his place, and he had already made it clear that if the tax 'for the gods' could be abolished, even if the state increased the land and commercial taxes by one cent, I believe that the people would not have any complaints, but would sing the praises of the king's merits.

The king's face became darker and darker, and his fingers kept tapping on the table, making a sound of 'knock, knock, knock, ......knock' one after another, and none of the ministers in the palace dared to pant loudly, quietly waiting for His Majesty to speak.

"Minister of Armaments, do you think that with the strength of our country, you want to compete with the Church, what are the chances of victory?"

"Your Majesty, if there is a head-on conflict between our country and the Church, the 100,000 standing troops stationed in various places cannot be moved, and can only borrow troops from the lords in various places. The Minister of Armaments paused, he naturally understood the king's thoughts, but the actual conditions did not seem to be so favorable.

And the words of the church...... Although some churches have been set up in our country and each church is managed by only a few paladins and bishops, in the Star Emblem City of the Free Federation, no one knows the real strength of the church, and the wealth they have accumulated over the years is probably quite considerable. ”

The Minister of Armaments' words directly expressed the king's worries, if it weren't for their lack of strength, these gods would have been unable to gain a foothold on the mainland, how could they have been arrogant for so many years? And there was no respect at all when facing the king!

While the king was still hesitating, the guards outside begged to see the king, saying that there was something new on the side of the church, and the king hastened to let him in.

"What's going on at the church?"

The guard had apparently received some important news from outside, and he hurried back to report it, and when he was half-kneeling on the ground, he was out of breath and out of breath to report to His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, huh...... Your Majesty, there is talk of it in the city now, and at noon today, the people of the church actually found the demon's props in the home of a paladin chief, and the knight chief was caught on the spot and shouted that he was wronged. ”

"What?"

The king was obviously very surprised, and the ministers below also began to discuss, what kind of play is this play, is it to show his own justice to the head of the paladin?

"Your Majesty, this matter is getting stranger and stranger, what are you going to do next......"

"Be prepared, if they don't do anything next, then we can't attack them without reason, but if the church really has something else on its mind, then we can't sit idly by. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

The ministers had gone, but the king was still reclining in his chair and thinking, the church, the bishops, the paladins, the gods, the demons...... What happened during this period of time, all kinds of signs indicate the ambition of the church, and similar things have not happened in other countries, which shows that the church is going to stick the first knife in their body, hmph, their appetite is not small.

After so many years of silence for the various countries on the continent of Big, it was time for them to organize a meeting of kings on their own.