When the envoy returned to his station in the diocese of Sugeny, an unexpected reinforcement was already waiting there.

Abbot Joseph of St. Martin.

The original old bishop of Tournest.

The former bishop and current abbot was probably the most on the side of the envoy in all of Neustria, and he hoped that the envoy would help him regain the position of bishop of Tournest.

When he left Tournest to become abbot of St. Martin's Abbey, he was only hindered by the power of the Queen Mother and the Duke of Ulrich, and he was not very willing—how could an abbot of St. Martin's Abbey be compared with the position of Bishop of Tournest?

It is true that the abbey of St. Martin was not a poor little abbey, this monastery had many possessions - fields, orchards and serfs, and as abbot of the abbey of St. Martin, the standard of living of old Joseph did not decline much, and he was richer than he had been in terms of his collection of books and leisure time.

Joseph, the former Bishop of Turnest, however, was not interested in collecting books and leisure time.

He can't forget his time as Bishop of Turnest.

Ah, in those days merchants from all over the country and abroad would come and flatter him, and beg him to be kind enough to let them buy trade charters with their money; He held the power of life and death over all the priests in the diocese, and without his permission none of them could leave the diocese of Tournest; At that time, he was the most powerful religious in all of Neustria

One of the twelve, and now, he can only compete aggrievedly with thirty or forty abbots for a seat.

So he dreamed of regaining the position of Bishop of Tournest.

To regain this position, it seemed to him at first, was simple—did he know how to do Bishop Turnest as a little clergyman like Shepp, who had no foundation and no city? Does he know how to balance the strife between the clergy and the nobility in the diocese of Tournest? He knew how to deal with the cunning

Do merchants come to collect taxes? Does he have the strength to protect his position and his net worth?

Because of his contempt for Shep, he gave up the bishop of Tournest so easily, because he thought that in two or three months, the little fellow would be defeated from the bishopric of Tournest, and then he would be able to return to his bishop of Tournest in style.

By the way, tell the stupid Queen Mother and the Duke of Ulrich that not everyone can be a bishop of Turnest!

At that time, presumably none of them dared to come up with the idea of selling the bishop of Tournest!

However, his wishful thinking suffered an unexpected failure.

At first, many powerful figures in the diocese wrote to him and gave him gifts in the hope that he would regain the position of Bishop of Tournest, but gradually these letters and gifts became less and less, until he heard the clergy privately talking about the strange things that the new Bishop of Tournest had done in the high walls of the Abbey of St. Martin

Trace!

To his surprise, after the new bishop ascended the throne, he did not rush to win over the local nobles, but began to rebuild the city of Tournest, and did not ask the nobles and abbots everywhere for financial assistance!

Rebuilding Tournest, what a good opportunity to turn into a fate, this ignorant child, actually gave up this road to making money so easily!

At the time, he simply laughed at the stupidity of the new bishop.

And to lead the townspeople to clean up the ruins - ridiculous! He does this, where is there still a little bishop's shelf! Even a priest of the lowest rank will not be reduced to wielding an iron tree by himself!

The division of labor arranged by God is that the clergy move their mouths, the nobles move their hands (wielding swords), and the clay legs move their feet.

How ridiculous it is that the new bishop actually lowered himself to the lowest rank and cleaned up the ruins with those ordinary citizens and mud legs! Did he think he was a minor priest in Brad's territory?

Later, he heard about the active conversion of heretics.

Although this seems to be the merit of the new bishop, the old bishop Joseph privately felt that the new bishop was really a hairy boy who did not understand political ingenuity - it is true that the pagans took the initiative to convert in a face-saving matter, but if the pagans converted, how could they use the "massacre of the infidels" as an excuse to intimidate them into normal taxes next time

In addition to the money, how about giving a large amount of money and possessions?

Such a faceless thing as the conversion of a heretic, Old Bishop Joseph would never do! By doing so, the new bishop demonstrated his political ignorance.

Instead of blackmailing the infidels, he wanted to see what money the new bishop had to pay for his bishopric office!

Next, the new bishop actually engaged in a land-renting movement!

It's stupid.

Those lands, the old bishop Joseph knew the way, after paying the rent, what else will be left? It's hilarious to want to make money from farming! Fertile land where money can be made, are those nobles willing to rent it?

I heard that the new bishop also provided iron farming tools to these newly leased land, which they used to reclaim wasteland, dig ditches, and build roads......

Road?

Is he prepared to get along with all the nobles? Besides, can you make money building roads? There were no toll booths at this time, but many noble knights were still waiting for the extra money to drop from the merchant's carriage!

The old Bishop Joseph, when he heard of the stupid things that the new bishop had done, was overjoyed, and felt that if he continued to do so, he would soon be in debt, and he would no longer be able to pay the money he had paid for the bishopric in the first place—and at that time, whether it was the Queen Mother, or the Queen Mother's father, the Duke of Ulrich, or the Archbishop Joseph,

You must admit that you were blinded by lard at the beginning, listen to the rhetoric of the middleman, and then respectfully ask him to be reinstated, and come forward to clean up the mess left by the little bishop!

He thought with joy.

A month passed, another month passed, another year passed, another year passed......

The land leased by the new bishop of Tournest was harvested again and again, and the harvest was "like that of Abraham", which made many nobles red-eyed and offered preferential terms to rent their land to the new bishop.

After the abolition of the monopoly of all kinds of monopolies, only those who had charters used to trade wool and other goods in Tournest, and now, those small traders who only had enough money to buy a load of goods have also carried their goods to Turnest to try their luck - more merchants brought more accommodation to Tournest,

Catering and other businesses.

Now, not to mention how satisfied the people of the diocese of Tournest were with the new bishop, even the serfs of the monastery of St. Martin under his command were quite a few who were arrogant to the point of ransom for Tournest, who was "flowing with milk and honey"!

Even the knights and soldiers who served him were a little tempted to serve the new bishop of Turnest, who had all kinds of delicacies and often miracle dramas to watch!

This is something that old Joseph would never allow!

Unexpectedly, even those knights wanted to throw themselves into his enemies!

This is not allowed!

But what can stop this shift?

He also now knows that even his own subordinates want to defect to the new bishop, and the Queen Mother, Duke of Ulrich, and the archbishop will not take back their fate, and he has mistaken Shep! Underestimate this kid's energy! If he can do this in just two years, what can he do to reverse this trend?

Coincidentally, someone came to deliver a pillow when I dozed off!

The papal envoy is here!