The most venerable bishop of Tournest, so he rode his horse to his church, and rode a very beautiful chestnut horse, which could walk in the right direction, so that he walked very steadily, and did not in the slightest hinder his master from thinking as he went.

The horse was bought from the merchants of St. Omier for seventy-five gold coins.

As a bishop, he had a splendid four-wheeled sedan for his travels, but when he was far away, it was more comfortable to ride a horse, given the road conditions. Also, there are safety considerations for horseback riding.

The bishop was accompanied not only by his precepts (described in the previous chapter) and his staff, which symbolized his shepherdship for the gods, but also by many knights, archers, servants, and priests, because of the uneven nature of the world—a land of faith and law, which is simply an immaculate ideal country in the minds of many Chinese in the 21st century, even bishops and monasticism

Deans, there is no guarantee that you will not be robbed on the road.

In fact, when they sit at home, they will inevitably be targeted.

Once there was a wealthy abbot, targeted by his fierce uncle, who invited him to go hunting, and then roasted the abbot until half-cooked (a craft that was not easy to practice) and forced him to sign off on a large piece of land to himself with a half-burnt hand.

Therefore, raising soldiers and practicing martial arts is not only an objective need, but also very suitable for the appetite of those who are born as the second son of a nobleman, so it became popular.

It is said that Charlemagne, seeing that his newly appointed bishop jumped on his horse without stepping on the stirrups, retracted his ordination, believing that the priest should not be a bishop but a knight.

However, in this day and age, bishops and abbots are not only active on the battlefield in armor, but also practice martial arts in rare times of peace, and the populace can often be seen carrying eagles and hounds, wielding bows and spears against wild boars and bears who believe in heresy, and then happily bringing them back to justice

Serving at the stake......

At this synod, an abbot was fined five gold coins by the king for stealing into the king's forest to shoot a deer during the meeting.

The hunting addiction was expensive, but it didn't damage his reputation or health, but he lost a fortune.

If ordinary people did this, they would be blinded in both eyes.

People with different identities will naturally be treated differently.

The same is true of the bishop's plan for Brad's territory. The best case scenario is that he gets Brad's territory to expand his land, admittedly, this plan may not be successful, but in his opinion, the probability of success is very high.

Baron Brad's widow, an ignorant woman, a young widow who lacks spiritual sustenance, and two young children who need the blessing of the gods, is easily taken advantage of by the clergy.

It's easy, very easy.

What's more, if he doesn't succeed, what will he lose?

He didn't say anything explicitly.

Isn't it great good governance to keep the price of wine close to the price of clear water? In order to make a living, the vendors mixed water into the wine, and the people found out, all because of the black conscience of the merchants, how could it be involved in the bishop who introduced good government?

The bishop only asked for more contributions to the church, preferably a few villages, and the little priest did something radical in order to return to the city to enjoy himself, that is, he was seduced by the devil, and no one can blame the bishop.

If the little priest is not careful, and has a handle in the hands of others, he can easily make a gesture and send the little priest to the dungeon of a monastery to be strictly disciplined for the rest of his life.

If the little priest had been cautious and had not fallen into the hands of others, and had not received what he had expected, the little priest would have been a tax collector for him for the rest of his life in that territory, and he would have drunk the west wind for the rest of his life. If the tax is less, he can also cut off the life of the little priest.

No matter how you calculate it, the bishop has a profit and a loss.

The bishop reviewed the whole plan again and made sure that nothing was wrong.

Then he calculated how much money he should demand from the heretics in the city this year.

Although Xie Pu didn't know Bishop Ludao's calculations, he also knew very well that a wolf would not easily change his vegetarian diet, and he had already experienced the bishop's power, not to mention that his current situation was like sitting on a honeycomb, even if there were no bears around the neighborhood, the sooner he ran away, the better.

It would be easy for him to leave Brad's territory, but it would not be easy to leave the palm of that most venerable bishop.

His plan was to defect to Abbot Dora, and of course, he could not go empty-handed.

Because Dora's monastery would not be his last place to stay.

He's going to go as far as possible.

Stay away from the devil and the bishops.

While the two clergy of the Church were contemplating the world and life in the north and the south, a fleet of thirty boats came from the north and sailed straight for the kingdom of Newcastle.