The Middle Ages in the background of fairy tales are very dangerous, there are krakens and mermaids in the sea, werewolves in the forest, witches hidden in the crowd, giants can be met in the snow, fairies in the lakes, elves in the earth, and all kinds of prehistoric beasts are as many as cows' hair, which also makes exchanges everywhere full of dangers, even if there are harmless animals talking to people, this is also a normal phenomenon.

The two villages of Andag and Andache in the barony are examples of villages living side by side in order to avoid danger, and if it were not for the fact that there were too many forests and it was extremely difficult to develop, the barony's total territory of 80 square kilometers was really not small.

The Knights of Lane's estate is located in Andaci, on a hill to the northwest, which is not very high, but it can also overlook the entire territory.

Baron Andag built a castle on the front hill near the village of Andag, and the castle stood so towering that it looked so easy to defend and difficult to attack.

On the one hand, the castle was built on the hill from a military point of view, and the empire did not have many princes, and if the castle was not built to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, it might be directly annexed by the hostile nobles. Economically, the German region has exported a lot of royal families to Europe because it can fight, and the fundamental reason is that it is too poor, even in later generations, Germany is mostly mountainous forests, so it is more comfortable to build castles on flat land, but it is obviously more fragrant to use flat land for farming.

The Monastery of Andache was also built on the top of a hill and was built like a castle, so that outsiders would not be able to tell the difference between a monastery and a king's castle if they were not locals.

But it also shows that the status of the church and the secular lords is so similar.

Every man in Christendom belongs spiritually to the Church and flesh to the secular lords, and if there is any difference between the Church and the Lords in ordinary village names, the common difference between the two is that they are subject to taxation.

The village of Andache has a chapel belonging to the monastery, where the monks of the Andache monastery preach, worship the villagers, and collect tithes.

The most basic unit of the church is the church, which is generally run by a priest, and due to the economic scale, some villages have churches, while others do not.

Churches in the same area form a parish, and each diocese will have a bishop.

Several dioceses were combined to form a single province, each of which had a bishop. Several provinces of the same country or region form an archdiocese, headed by a bishopric composed of bishops.

Compared with the division of the Holy Roman Empire, the system of the Roman Church was not unsophisticated, and it remained unchanged even from the Middle Ages to later generations.

It is only because of the division of the empire that the distribution of the church in the empire can only be adapted to local conditions and adaptation, and it is not the church that is responsible for managing the barony's territory but the nearest monastery.

William, dressed in baptized white robes, followed Father Bernard on the way to Andache Monastery.

Churches are places where sermons are used for religious ceremonies, and monasteries are places where Christian monks practice.

Quietly, everything was so quiet, the whole monastery was as oppressive as a sleeping tomb.

There were dozens of people in the Andache Monastery, but there was barely a sound.

William had been here several times, and each time he felt extremely depressed, and the people of the monastery did nothing but have a fixed "mass" and "prayer" every day, followed by meditation.

The monks had no entertainment, no personal property of their own, swore to poverty, abstinence, and even farmed and made bread on their own.

Of course, the exception is Father Bernard, as vice-rector of the monastery, which is far from the world, but cannot really leave the world.

The people of the monastery could live a life of seclusion, but they also had to take on the duties of the clergy, perform "Mass" and "Holy Communion", "baptism" and other ceremonies for the faithful in the district, collect tithes for the church, heal the villagers of the village, and all these things that had to be done to communicate with the worldly people.

Therefore, Father Bernard, as vice-rector of the monastery, had the duty to always get away from the poor monastic life and to travel around.

It's just too hard.

Father Bernard carried fifteen thaler silver coins and several gold coins in his pocket, and because he was walking so fast, the gold and silver coins collided with each other with a crisp sound.

It's so difficult for me, as a monk, I shouldn't have to take possession of money and give up all my worldly status, but the holy abbot dedicates everything to God, and the monks of the monastery have already sworn to keep the vows, so Father Bernard can only barely touch the money.

The Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit will surely forgive me.

"Dean, I'm back!"

Father Bernard came to the abbot's room and saw the abbot praying under the cross.

The whole monastery regarded the Benedict as the supreme rule, swearing to poverty, chastity, and obedience, and to resist the temptations of money, sex, and ambition.

The personnel of the church have the sacred products of the priesthood, which corresponds to the Orient and this is the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, which is the administrative level according to the later generations.

The position of the abbot of Andache Monastery is the same as that of the bishop of the diocese of Thorne, and if the abbot is interested in the diocese, then he is only one step away from the archbishop of the Rhine.

Power, wealth, status, and glory are all within reach of the dean, but the dean doesn't seem interested in all of this.

"Bernard, you're back!"

The abbot who was praying heard the sound of gold and silver coins colliding with each other, and he frowned, and in this quiet monastery, only Abbot Bernard could make this sound.

"Yes, Dean, I'm back." Father Bernard replied respectfully.

The abbot and the abbot seem to hear the difference between the name, but the power is very different, and the real power of the abbey is still the abbot.

"How has the light of the cross dimmed with you!"

The dean got up and asked calmly, he was not very satisfied with Father Bernard, but on the other hand, he had to admit that Father Bernard was indispensable.

The hermits of the monastery did not want to deal with the world, and even the "barbecue witches" event requested by the church was not very enthusiastic, even if it was in full swing.

Praying, thinking, and serving God, the hermits could not shirk their duty to serve God, so they had to push Father Bernard to make him the vice-president of the monastery in order to make him collect taxes and purchase various daily necessities on behalf of the monastery.

Only the philistine, clever Father Bernard was able to deal with the villagers and nobles smoothly and complete various tasks.

Father Bernard did not put on the show of his vice-president, and told everything he had experienced, and from time to time mixed his own views on things, and of course he kept silent about the matter of receiving gold and silver.

The abbot frowned when he heard this, and when he heard that Knight Lane was going to use the abbey's chapel to hold a "sword ceremony", he waved his hand to interrupt Father Bernard's words, and said weakly, "Okay, it's customary, but I want to meet the child named William." ”

"Why?" Bernard was surprised.

"The man of the Archbishop of the Rhine should be coming soon." The abbot looked at the cross and said slowly, "Our great Imperial Chancellor, the Elector of the Rhine, and the Archbishop of the Rhine have sent someone. ”