Augustus didn't immediately understand what the Lord put on the other side of the balance of his fate, he heard that the Bishop of Mass meant to end the conversation, so he just took a deep look at Old Vernon and turned his attention to Mass again, sure enough, Mass quickly smiled and said, The details you need the Holy See to support can be communicated with Sophia, and Sophia can decide these things. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Augustus was surprised, looking at this girl who was cold and arrogant from beginning to end, he really didn't expect Mass to trust such a girl who seemed to be two years older than him.

Of course, accidents are accidents, and on the surface, Augustus just smiled and said simply: "When I return to the wasteland, I believe I will reach an agreement with Miss Sophia." ”

Mass, who had really planned to leave, stopped him a little, in his opinion, since he had a certain degree of support from the Holy See, then whether Augustus had a showdown with the nobles of the wasteland or prepared for the invasion of the lich, he needed a certain amount of time, and returning to the wasteland was an urgent matter for him, but the meaning of his words seemed to be not in a hurry?

Augustus saw Mass's confusion and explained, "If nothing else, the migration of the nobles in the wasteland has just begun, and the commoners have not yet arrived in Alfred's territory, so I will have to wait in Ferry for a few days. ”

Mass temporarily gave up the intention of leaving, frowned and said in a deep voice: "Augustus, since you have already gained what you want on this trip, there is no need to sacrifice the lives of countless innocent civilians, right? ”

"You may have misunderstood me, Your Excellency. ”

Despite perceiving the unhappiness of the Mass, Augustus still smiled, not in a hurry, and he smiled: " I admit that I do have the cruel idea of using innocent civilians as meat shields, but that is only based on Alfred's imminent demise, but now, now that Alfred is temporarily free from his fate, I certainly need to change my mind, Bishop, I can seriously tell you that the civilians will still follow the retreat route of the Council through Alfred's territory, but if they do, they will remain in Alfred's territory forever. ”

"I have to think that once the lich retreats, I need to restore Alfred's overall strength in the shortest possible time, I need people, I need a lot of labor. ”

"We should know that labor is the fundamental source of the world's productive forces. ”

Mass was completely moved, and he had to marvel at the great talent of this child in all fields.

He has seen a lot of geniuses, just like Sophia around him, in addition to the talent of strength, Sophia's ability to analyze and control things is also amazing, but no matter what kind of genius it is, without exception, these geniuses have one thing in common, that is, because they are too young and not rich enough experience, there will always be all kinds of shortcomings in their hearts, these shortcomings can be unstable, they can be impetuous, or they can't see the overall situation enough, in short, they stand high enough, but they don't see far enough.

But at this time, Augustus gave him the impression that he had no defects at all, his temperament, and the experience he showed did not look like a young man at all.

What is particularly frightening is that if the pros and cons of the retreat of the civilians were something that Augustus had considered from the beginning, it is even more difficult for Mass to believe that such a plan had come from a child as young as 17 years old.

He could no longer hide his admiration, and asked expectantly, "But how can you keep so many civilians?" After all, Alfred's domain is not their home. ”

"Where did the commoners of the wasteland come from, Lord Bishop, you may not know the brutal rule of the nobles of the wasteland over the commoners, and I believe that as long as the conditions necessary for the lives of the commoners can be fully met, then Alfred will be their home in the future. Augustus's eyes were clear, and he said with great clarity: "As for how to keep them, of course I will show my Alfred's greatest sincerity, even if Alfred does not need to bear the responsibility of resisting the Lich invasion, I will take out all Alfred's stockpiles as I said at the meeting, so that the civilians can survive a warm winter as much as possible." ”

"Of course, I can't rule out the possibility that I will also make it difficult for them to get out of Alfred's territory through some small means. ”

Take out all of Alfred's food reserves and distribute them to the lowly civilians?

Is this still the selfish and cold-blooded little devil?

Mass really found little Augustus more and more interesting, and he had never seen anyone with such an extreme personality as Augustus.

This is probably the true portrayal of 'the heart is like God, and the action is like a beggar'.

He completely forgot that he was going to leave, and asked Augustus with interest: "But can the other families in the wasteland agree?

The question was not a wise question, and Augustus smiled and did not answer.

Mass quickly realized that the question he was asking was too undeserved, and he shook his head with a wry smile that he could make a mistake because of such a 17-year-old.

Indeed, does this question need to be answered? With the support of the Holy See in Alfred's domain, even if the nobles in the wasteland do not agree, what can they do? For those nobles who regard returning to the empire and returning to the arms of the Lord as their lifelong pursuit, no amount of loss, even all the commoners, will not let them give up the hope that they have seen the light of day.

He quickly adjusted his mentality and asked again: "Last question, Augustus, Alfred's stored grain should not be able to survive this cold winter, after all, once the number of civilians is large, the consumption is also huge, how do you plan to solve this problem?"

Augustus had obviously considered this a long time ago, he did not hesitate, and said casually: "It's very simple, there are more civilians in my territory, and the consumption is large, which naturally means that there are fewer civilians in the territories of other nobles, and the consumption is also less, so once Alfred has a food crisis, I will naturally borrow a sum of food from other families to survive the winter, as for whether they will borrow it...... That's not something I should be thinking about right now. ”

This means that if you don't borrow, you have to borrow.

I really don't know where this young Alfred helmsman, who has just been attacked and has been severely weakened, got such courage.

Mass's eyes suddenly brightened.

For a moment, Augustus, who had almost forgotten the true status and true image of this middle-aged man in the Holy See, clearly felt the holiness from the other party, and felt the aura that made him awe.

"Son, the good you do today is the seed you sow tomorrow, and the Lord will bless it in his sight. ”

Mass smiled and said sincerely, "And as a person, I must admit that I have begun to look forward to the day when Alfred will return to glory under your helm. ”

Augustus calmly replied: "You will see that day, and it will not be long." ”

Mass did not stop any longer, and walked towards the door of the room, he and old Vernon staggered by, and then walked to the door of the room, he stopped slightly, did not look back, and said: "Your old butler can give you a complete answer to the matter of your soul power, and in the same way, I will also write to Albert, believing that if he can guide the way, you will understand the true soul power earlier." ”

"Of course, all I can do is write letters, and Albert is not the one I can decide. ”

......

When the Governor of Mass and the maiden Sophia left, Augustus, who was looking at the door of the room, suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, and no one knew what he was thinking.

He didn't turn around, his eyes were calm to indifference, and asked, "The name Albert seems familiar to me, but I can't remember it." ”

The old butler beside him bowed slightly: "If it is difficult for the Holy See and the Empire to agree on the same matter, the Holy See has the first knight of the Holy See, and the empire has the first knight of the Empire, then this Albert is the only exception, he is the first knight that the Holy See, the Empire, and even the entire Epic Continent must recognize." ”