In the middle of winter, the snow is flying, and the ground is covered with frost and the fragrance of flowers is cold. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Jun was wearing a thin jacket, with a pure white little fox lying on his shoulder, and his long tail wrapped around Li Jun's neck, like a white scarf.

Rao is Layue is cold winter, Jiu'er didn't feel a little cold, she was still like that, lazily squinting her eyes, a pair of small paws, firmly grasping Li Jun's shoulders, lying on it.

In the winter of Gabion Cathedral, in addition to the soldiers who walk through the streets, ordinary people also walk the streets, knocking on the doors one by one, greeting each other, and chatting about current affairs.

Because the Cathedral of Gabion is a military city, all the materials are distributed by the command post, and the merchants are almost extinct, only taverns, brothels and other entertainment venues, scattered all over the bustling areas of the streets, and the customers who patronize them are basically soldiers and officers who take turns to rest.

It was also because of this war that countless merchants went bankrupt, nobles lost their territories, gold coins and even private soldiers, and in addition to a noble title, even a petty officer was inferior to the status.

The merchants in the south became rich, and the merchants who operated real estate, taverns, casinos, etc., were particularly wealthy, under the premise that the Venice Federation was infested by the Kraken and was unable to support the defense line of light, most of the industries were in the form of monopoly, controlled by a small number of merchants and nobles, and even the church had nothing to do with them, this group of merchants would always bow to the church at the right time, and give a large amount of money to the goddess of light in a high-profile manner.

In the past few days, Li Jun ordered Tuoer to sort out the basic information of the southern world and have a certain understanding of the current situation in the southern world.

Recalling the memory information in his mind, Li Jun took a glass of soju and took a sip, the authority of the king was declining, the status of the wealthy merchants was improving, and the status of the soldiers had surpassed the nobles for the first time.

In addition to the powerful in the sanctuary who do not care about the affairs of the world, according to the hierarchy of the secular world, it can probably be divided as follows: high-ranking clergy (including the pope, the chief judge, and the cardinal), the king, the wealthy merchant, the general or military officer, the noble, the commoner, and the slave.

It can be seen that the status of rich merchants is already above that of generals or officers and nobles, each of whom has wealth that rivals that of the country, and monopolizes a certain industry, such as grain, steel, housing, etc.,

According to the information of Torisaitang, the finance minister of the Tulip Empire has become a wealthy businessman who monopolizes the grain industry, directly serving Queen Tiran and controlling three-tenths of the grain in Gabien Cathedral.

In the East, Queen Tiran has a monopoly on more than one-fifth of the food every year, which is equivalent to mastering one-fifth of the population in the Isfaro Cathedral.

"The south belongs to the temperate zone, even in winter, the coldest time is only minus 20 degrees, usually around minus a few degrees, after the magic of the grain, can mature six times a year, the entire bright defense line, about three-tenths of the continent area, equivalent to ninety-eight percent of the southern region. A year's grain production can feed 500 to 800 million people, and if the war ends, the empire can put the living space of the church in the south, let alone ten years, even if it is fifty years, the church does not want the population of the south to exceed one billion people!"

On the other side of Nanyang, the Venice Federation is at a critical moment in the battle with the Kraken, Li Jun's ocean-going territory, Ryan Harbor, under the governance of Zack, has recruited more than 100,000 loyal and brave men, 200,000 sea beasts, and 8,000 krakens, including 40,000 high-level sea beasts and 600 high-level kraken, this force is enough to instantly destroy one-third of the territory of the Venice Federation.

However, Li Jun planned to take a mild approach to force the Venetian Confederation to submit to the Church's theocracy and build it into an ocean-going base for cultivating sea beasts.

Boiling a pot of liquor, accompanied by a plate of buttered peanuts, and half a catty of cow's head, looking at the snowy scene outside the window, Li Jun held his chin and his thoughts were empty.

Pedal pedal pedal ~~

At the staircase, there was a rush of footsteps, and a soldier came to Li Jun, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Your Majesty, someone from the Holy Light City is here!"

Li Jun's eyes moved, nodded, and said, "Prepare a luncheon first, and I'll go back later." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The soldier promised.

More than an hour later, Li Jun drank the last sip of hot liquor in the cup, Jiu'er jumped in from the window, shook the snow all over his body, shrunk into Li Jun's arms, and closed his round eyes.

Several stray cats opened their dark eyes, waved their paws at Jiu'er, and looked at her with reluctance.

"Do you really think of yourself as a little white cat?" Li Jun smiled and rubbed Jiu'er's head, a few wisps of pure life energy submerged into the bodies of those stray cats, the latter's dark eyes suddenly revealed a sense of spirituality, and they all bowed their heads and bowed, sending Li Jun off.

......

"The Pope's handwritten letter?" Li Jun looked at the cardinal's hands in surprise, the yellow envelope was taken from his hand, and with a stroke of two fingers, he took out the pure white letter paper.

"This is a personal invitation from His Majesty the Pope, and I sincerely want to invite the Demon Emperor to meet with His Majesty in the Holy City of Light next month. The cardinal said in a calm voice.

Li Jun glanced at him, then lowered his head and began to read carefully.

Beyond the polite chatter on the first three pages, from the fourth page onwards, I finally saw the valuable content.

The content of the five pieces of letter paper is nothing more than to praise Li Jun and thank him for his feat of sending troops south, and then in addition to sincerely inviting himself to rush to the Divine Light City next month to meet with him, some of them are to use a gentle tone to test some of his current ideas.

After reading the invitation, Li Jun chuckled, turned to the cardinal and said: "Tell the Pope for me, I would like to express my gratitude and regret for his invitation...... Unfortunately, in a few days, I plan to return to my territory, the northwest land, after all, how can the emperor of a country be far away from another country for several days? My soldiers, my people need me, although the cold winter is coming, the northwest region is far colder than the south, but I can't help but be vigilant, the demon's winter offensive, so if I have the opportunity next time, I will definitely come to the Holy Light City and have a "good" discussion with the Pope. Li Jun said.

"This ......" Cardinal opened his mouth and looked at Li Jun's dark eyes, somehow, what he wanted to say was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.

Seeing off the cardinal and his entourage, Li Jun casually burned the letter to ashes. He clapped his hands, came to the table, and drank a delicious afternoon tea.

"Invite me into the tiger's den, when I'm a fool!?" Li Jun sneered and took a sip of black tea, the Holy Light City has been operated by the church for more than 4,000 years, and it is said that just relying on the magic array in the city, it can kill a high-level Sacred Domain powerhouse, plus the Pope of the Demigod Realm, and countless high-level saints, if there are a few angel legion captains, they also quietly rushed to the city, even if Li Jun is given ten wings, it will be impossible to escape.

In Gabien Cathedral, if the church still wants to take care of its image and maintain its theocratic dominance, it will not dare to do anything to Li Jun, and once the church dares to do something here, it will definitely cause Li Jun's fiercest resistance, and the demons outside the city will launch the most fierce attack.

As long as Li Jun didn't make a fool of himself and went to the church's lair, the only ones who could threaten his life were the six king-level abyss demons. (To be continued.) )