At the end of the trip to the artificial lake, the lord held a dinner party to entertain the guests, and the banquet was held at Nicole's Golden Oak Manor.

This 640-acre resort is a gift from Victor to Nicole, the style of the manor is similar to a modern garden, elegant and luxurious, European-style classic villas are beautiful and comfortable, the courtyard is deep, picturesque, and unforgettable.

Unfortunately, now is not a good time for a relaxing holiday.

Early the next morning, the vassal lords of the House of York hurried on their way to return to preside over the Season Patrol. The scholars of the Silver Tower followed Master Edwin back to what was once Castle Black, now Goldwater. The reconstruction of the Centaur Hills is in full swing, and the York family is short of manpower, and Edwin will not let go of the helpers sent to his door. Bishop Perrault also resigned, and he had to personally inspect the work of the Centaur Hills and fill in the gaps before he could redeploy his staff, write a detailed report, and request assistance from the Holy See.

Bishop Perro has seen the situation in the Barony of Phoenix, and his next stop is the Viscount of Randall.

In the afternoon of the same day, Perot and his paladin arrived in Pinghu Town, where Father Miller and several church attendants were already waiting at the town gate.

According to aristocratic etiquette, the lord should personally receive the bishop of the church, but Sylvia and Victor still have important matters to discuss, and Pero took the lead, not to mention that the lords never cared about the affairs of the church, they couldn't tell how many freedmen there were in the territory, and they didn't know anything about the things that the church cared about. Whether or not the lord accompanied him did not affect Perot's work, and he declined Victor's kindness without informing the three ladies of the Randall family.

"Praise be to my Lord. Mistress Perro, you're here. Father Miller said with a smile on his face.

Seeing Miller's old face and full head of gray hair, Perot couldn't help but sigh secretly.

A devout believer who has comprehended the art of radiance on his own is called a god, meaning a person who is favored by the Lord of Radiance. The Church will convene the people of the diocese, hold a solemn thanksgiving ceremony, and have the priests demonstrate the divine arts on the spot, so as to inspire the devotion of the faithful. The Divine Favor is then brought to the Holy See to be trained in a monastery to become a true priest.

However, most of the priests are not treated well by the church, and to be precise, it is a headache.

The Glorious Church is committed to the salvation of the people, and it has been able to influence all aspects of human society for thousands of years, relying not only on magic and faith, but also on a pragmatic style.

A good priest must not only have a strong conviction for the salvation of the people, but also have a tactful way of doing things, be able to fight for the interests of the Church, and be well versed in the art of compromise. If every clergyman charges forward, retreats and retreats, fearless of sacrifice and willing to give, the Glorious Church will either die poor or dead, and what will there be to talk about redeeming the people?

Sincere faith and pragmatism are the roots of the Church's survival and growth. Pastors with theological education still need time and wisdom to unify these two understandings, not to mention the simple, dull and uninformed gods who can't even collect the tithe.

Overdrawing one's life and abusing magic are common problems among the gods, and it is difficult for the church to explain to them why they can't use magic to heal the people, why they sit idly by while the lords disperse the free camps, and why they acquiesce in the atonement prayers of criminals......

If, in the process of receiving the transformation, the divine favor has a conflict of cognition, shakes the faith, and thus loses the divine favor, it will have a very bad impact, and even shake the faith of the people. Therefore, the church often sends the priest of the priest to serve as the resident priest in the pioneer territory, which is not taxable anyway, and the divine art can strengthen the faith and courage of the people the most.

Priests who are dependent on the priests are also known as commoner priests, and most commoner priests do not live long. Miller's aging appearance is clearly the result of an abuse of divine magic.

"All glory be to my lord!"

After returning the salute, Pelo commanded: "Miller, I don't want to disturb the people. Let's go to the church and change into ordinary clothes, and then inspect Randall's missionary affairs. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Miller arranged for his attendants to lead the way, and boarded the bishop's carriage. The coachman shook the reins, pulled the horse away, and dragged the wagon slowly.

The streets of Pinghu Town are wide and clean, and you can see tall landscape trees and neat blue brick buildings through the car windows. Perot had already learned about the changes in Pinghu Town in the Miller Report, but he was still amazed to see the town in person.

Four years ago, it was just an empty lot, but now it has become a beautiful town with a capacity of more than 8,000 people, and the landscape of the town surpasses even most towns, and its construction is not over.

Randall Territory is a real pioneer territory, Viscount Randall has only been open to this territory for four years, and he has experienced the baptism of ant tides halfway, and it has actually been less than three years since he rebuilt the territory.

For the average pioneer lord, three years can build a castle, three villages, 40,000 acres of arable land, and accommodate 4,000 displaced people. Randall now has a small town, seven villages, a castle, 140,000 acres of arable land, five streams and reservoirs, and more than 10,000 displaced people. It's growing so fast that it's incredible.

However, the speed of reconstruction of the entire Centaur Hill is very alarming, and Bishop Perot is not so concerned about the town of Pinghu that seems to be rising from the ground, and he asks Miller, "There seems to be no one in the town?"

Miller looked at the empty streets and smiled, "It's gathering season, and the townspeople are out gathering. ”

Perro nodded, and then asked, "How many people is currently in Randall?"

"More than 13,900 people...... Miller thought for a moment, and explained a little crampedly, "Dozens of freedmen now enter Randall's territory every day to make a living, and many newborns are born in the territory......"

"Newborns?!" Perro's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "How many newborns are there in your parish?"

"There were 532 newborns in these two months, and at least 723 more in the next two months. Miller immediately reported a specific number.

Bishop Pero was pleasantly surprised: "So much! ”

The Church encourages childbearing, and the number of surviving newborns is an important indicator of the work of priests. However, most of the displaced people have no permanent place to live and live in difficulty, preferring to use herbal contraception rather than having children. The church is helpless about it. Randall had more than 1,000 newborns, which was indeed an unexpected surprise, and Bishop Perro was a little apprehensive.

It is the priest's duty to baptize newborns and provide medical assistance. Miller was left alone, with no attendants, no support, and he and a dozen newly recruited church attendants alone could not take care of so many pregnant women and newborns in any case.

Population growth is a good thing, but if too many babies die, it can damage the reputation of the church. Perot hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "How many children have died? Is there enough relief supplies? Can you and your attendants be busy?"

Miller shook his head, and Perot's heart suddenly tightened, but he heard, "There is no shortage of relief supplies...... Four newborns died and 16 women had miscarriages......"

"My Lord protects. Perot breathed a sigh of relief, and suspicions grew.

It is very rare for displaced people to have children in groups, and it is even more rare for such a phenomenon to occur in the pioneer territory. Moreover, even a priest stationed in a bustling town would not be able to take care of so many pregnant women and newborns. Miller didn't just do it, he did it well. This is a little strange.

"How is it that there are so many pregnant women and newborns in Randall, and how do you take care of the health of so many people?" asked Bishop Perro, puzzled.

Miller's old face smiled into a chrysanthemum, and his eyebrows fluttered: "Viscount Randall was inspired by my lord to support my teaching work very much, and he donated a large amount of materials and money to the church to encourage the people to have offspring. We distribute 1 silver sol, 6 fish, 10 pounds of pork, 2 ground lizards, and 5 pounds of lard to pregnant women every month. Until the baby reaches the age of one, he or she can receive 1 lizard egg, half a liter of milk or half a liter of goat's milk every day. ”

"Viscount Randall donated the herbs of his domain to the church free of charge, and also funded the hiring of more than 100 women to form a medical team to assist me in making potions and caring for the sick, mothers and babies. ”

Bishop Perot was silent, there was no essential contradiction between the church and the lords and nobles, but on the contrary, there were common interests. For thousands of years, the two sides have benefited each other and relied on each other, and have formed a fairly solid cooperative relationship. The Church needed the power of knights to expand its territory and protect the people, and the lords needed the Church to pacify the people, manage the outcasts, and provide medical aid and military support. The issue of exile was a major disagreement between the two sides, with the lords wanting the most reasonable number of people in their territories and the churches wanting as many believers as possible. However, the Church had to make concessions, not because of the pressure of the lords, but because the human realm was shrinking.

Not only did the territory be overwhelmed by the sheer size of the overpopulation, but the church was also struggling. The lord insisted on the most simple principle, that the population of the territory could be controlled in order to sell high-priced grain to other families. Therefore, the lord did not allow the freedmen to steal the natural resources of the territory, and the import of grain led to an increase in the price of grain in the territory. The number of displaced people decreased, so that the lord could sell the surplus grain to other families and make a profit.

If the lords wanted to make money in the grain trade, how could they encourage the freedmen to have children?

Randall's achievements were impressive, but it was a pioneer after all, and Viscount Randall's donation to the church according to the number of pregnant women and newborns was not a small amount, and it made sense for him to use the money to hire more young laborers.

Thinking of Randall's notarization of the gods who built houses and protected the property of the freemen, Bishop Pero was puzzled by the Viscount's efforts to help the priest in the relief of the people, and he almost suspected that Victor was a devout follower of the Lord of Light.

Seeing Miller's full head of gray hair, Perro's heart moved, and he seemed to have found the reason.

Regardless of the means of the church, the purpose of redeeming the people remains the same. Since the Glorious Calendar, millions of priests have been martyred. The sacrifice and devotion of the clergy represented the glorious side of humanity, and it was not only the commoners but also the nobles who were touched.

Perot has first-hand experience. Twenty-seven years ago, when Hogus, the king of the gnolls of the Dusk Forest, launched a beast tide in advance to attack the northern territory of the kingdom of Seuss, and Pelo led 30 paladins to the aid of a precarious town, and together with the town's soldiers, they faced ten times the number of gnolls and held the town for 17 days. During the battle, Pero left all his magic to the soldiers and paladins. Whenever his magic ran out and his power ran out, he wielded his mace and fought alongside his warriors, slashing 13 gnolls. By the time the knights of the Seuss Kingdom led their troops to break the siege, there were no more paladins, and the young priest was seriously wounded. Perot will not forget the solemn courtesy and reverent eyes of the knight of Seuss.

The knightly nobles pursued the power of the elemental sea, and they could not be devout, but this did not mean that the knightly nobles did not endorse the teachings of the Radiant Codex. In fact, many ordinary nobles were followers of the Lord of Radiance, the most influential of which was Arya, the founder of the White Tower. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the church to form the White Tower camp with the southern nobles.

The church and the aristocracy have long been in the same situation as you have me, I have you, and the contemporary Pope Clement has aristocratic blood in his body.

There is also a famous figure in history who has a very close relationship with the Church, and he is the Sword Saint Draven. One of Ravin's wives was the deputy head of the Knights of Radiance. The Church resolutely rejects the lieu that Ravin has taken possession of the Paladin, claiming that Ravin was inspired by the Lord to fall in love with the Paladin, and that their marriage was blessed by the Lord of Light. This is evidenced by Ravin's teaming up with the Knights of Radiance to kill the Ogre King.

In short, ordinary nobles will have a closer relationship with the church, and Viscount Randall is not an ordinary nobleman, but he is not a knight noble!

Victor had no knightly education, his henchmen were all commoners, and Miller's selflessness infected him. Only in this way can the Randall family's support for Miller be explained.

Thinking of this, Perot's mood was a little complicated, he was originally going to replace the resident priest of Randall, but now he had no such plans.

The carriage stopped in the square area, and Perot and his retinue entered the church and changed into the peasant's clothes. Miller asked, "Lord Perro, would you like to visit there first?"

Pei Luo pondered for a moment and said: "Captive wild boar breeding is an important part of the new farming and animal husbandry system, so let's go to the wild boar farm." ”