Chapter 257: Raising Funds

's shoulder said, "I'm going back." I'm going to have to figure it out for you. You try to maintain this place first, the team can't be dispersed, you have to give everyone confidence. ”

At this point, he wanted to give a morale-boosting speech to the whole army, but he quickly shook his head and gave up on the plan. In front of these adults, a child's words can only be a joke. Not only will it not have a good effect, but it may also make people laugh, speculating whether there is really no one in the imperial court, and even the children have been sent out to comfort people?

These words moved General Luan, thinking that this kid was at least still thinking of a way, at least he was going to put it into action. Whether it is useful or not, he will at least let the entire court know about the situation here, right?" Although he thought so in his heart, he was polite: "Why did the bishop leave in such a hurry? Or do you have dinner here first, and wait for the people from the mission to come and go together?"

"No need, you are already short of food and clothing here, and you don't want to entertain the people of the mission. Just say what I said. After Luo Ming finished speaking, he took Xiao Yu downstairs.

Not far from the gate of the fortress, they met the embassy head-on, and Luo Ming instructed the minister in charge of the mission: "It is bitter cold ahead. After being without pay and food for many days, let's leave as soon as everyone finishes their work. No one should eat here. The head of the regiment waited for a while.

Luo Ming didn't want to go to the enemy camp anymore, now he was not in charge of the war, but about everyone's food and clothing.

So he rushed back to the capital that night.

After seeing the scene at the border pass, Luo Ming was in a heavy mood, and his walking speed was much slower than usual. Usually walking on the street, he didn't pay attention to his surroundings, and when he was in a bad mood, he looked around, wanting to distract himself and divert his mood. I didn't expect this to be tight, but along the way, I found that the situation of the people in the capital was not very good. The houses are dilapidated and in disrepair, and the streets are full of homeless children.

"The illusion is starting to be perfected. Luo Ming slowly reacted, and people and cooking smoke appeared in the originally empty place.

It seems that he is going to speed up the resolution of this plane's affairs!

When I passed by the cathedral, I heard someone calling, and when I looked back, I saw that it was Zissen.

He laughed alongside him, and then caught up and said, "My lord, there is something I have to report to you. ”

"You say. ”

"Well, His Holiness the Pope knows what we're doing here. His old man's instructions had been passed down. Is the Bishop coming with us into the church to listen to his instructions?"

"No, you can make a long story short and tell me the gist. ”

Zissen said: "This, His Holiness the Pope said: In this war in the capital, Rosent violated the canon rules and openly participated in the battle for the royal power of the capital, which is extremely wrong. Your disposition, Your Excellency, you have done very correctly, very wisely. This and this ,......"

It turns out that the bishop still has this conspiracy, so it makes sense to kill him himself.

"But"

Luo Ming became impatient when he heard this, so he interrupted him and said, "Needless to say, the previous one, just say the next 'but......'." ”

Qi Sen smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, yes, this, but now, Lord Bishop, you are not a member of the Church. This and this, for the majority of the congregation, he is not very easy to explain. ”

"Let's be straight, the Pope means that I can't be a bishop, can I?"

"Yes, the Pope has two suggestions: First, you should be ordained as soon as possible to become a follower of the great god of doom, HΓ€agen-Dazs. And the second thing is that you can become a believer without ordination and go on with your present life without any interference from the Church. It's just that you can only be our honorary bishop, and not the bishop of this diocese with real power. ”

"I see," Luo Ming said, "then, I won't be this bishop." ”

"Your Excellency, Bishop. Zissen replied immediately, and he immediately pulled out a silver badge from his bosom. Apparently he had already prepared it, Luo Ming thought to himself, it seems that he expected me not to give up the world, or did he wish I would not be this bishop?

The badge was exactly the same as the one Luo Ming had taken from Rosente, and it was engraved with Hakanla, the god of doom, stepping on auspicious clouds, holding an eagle with wings ready to fly in his left hand, and his weapon in his right hand, the halberd, and shouting loudly.

It's just that this silver badge is slightly smaller than the white gold one, and the weight is also a lot lighter. The back of it is engraved with the words "Emblem of Honor of Bishop of Black Cloud", instead of the "Emblem of Honor of Bishop of Black Cloud" engraved on the back of the platinum one.

Outsiders may not be able to see the difference if they don't look closely, but people in the church can probably tell the difference at a glance. Xiao Tianzhu thought.

"The two coats of arms, silver and platinum, are equal in status and honor, but have no real power. You will always be the honorary bishop of our church. Zissen said.

Just comfort me. Luo Ming thought to himself. He suddenly thought to him, and said, "Isn't our church very rich?" Can you lend me a little?"

"The church has some small property, I wonder how much the bishop needs to borrow?"

"Is there any 200,000 gold coins?"

"So many?" Luo Ming was obviously surprised. You must know that a small gold coin is equivalent to ten silver coins!" Our diocese is not even a fifth of that number. Moreover, the canon states stipulate that even the bishop of the diocese is not entitled to use one-third of the existing assets of the diocese. The Senate of the Church will regularly audit the accounts. ”

"I can go tomorrow and meet the Pope. I just don't know what the bishop is doing with all this money, how can I explain it to the Pope?"

I have a lot of places to use money, Luo Ming thought. But he said, "Forget it, I'll think about it." "Applying to the Pope undoubtedly has a lot of troublesome procedures and repayment instructions.

Bidding farewell to Qi Sen, Luo Ming went straight to the palace. The lord of the castle was chatting casually with a group of ministers near his dormitory, and there was no king at all.

Luo Ming approached and listened, the topic was still on the various matters of the enthronement ceremony. He was eager to persuade everyone to drastically reduce their expenses or even cancel the enthronement ceremony, so he stepped forward to describe the current situation of the castle. Although everyone was very emotional about what he said, his motion to cancel the ceremony or save money was opposed by everyone. Ministers said that the savings of this ceremony were a big loss of face and would be looked down upon by all. The enthronement ceremony with luxurious scenery is indispensable.