After a long time, in order to break the silence, Ted took the lead in standing up, slowly walked behind Steve, and stretched out his right hand on his left shoulder.

"Actually... You already have the answer in your heart, don't you? You just don't want to face it... I believe in your dirty deeds to the church... Know better than anyone else. ”

Steve wants to open his mouth to argue that 'the church and God are two different things,' but there is always another voice in his heart that tells him, 'Why didn't God punish him for such blasphemous acts?' Do indulgences really work? So many sins... Will God really forgive him? ’

Before he could speak, he was already in a state of self-contradiction, and felt that Ted's words and his beliefs were right...

Ted let out a long breath and came to his ear to continue the rhythm: "How long are you going to make a fool of yourself?" You should trust your hands and trust your teammates! And not against that ethereal man floating in the sky! ”

"If he really exists, please tell me, what did the people of the [Snow Man Empire] and the [Hack Empire] do wrong? They believe in God and obey the doctrine in peace! Why did suffering befall them? Why are they starving to death? Shouldn't your god love innocent people and save them? ”

Facts always speak louder than false reason, Steve himself is a prince who loves the people, he understands the suffering of the people, and he knows what kind of disaster the recent war brought to the people...

"The time has come for God to collect money! Where was he when something happened? ”

As an old-world person, Steve thinks that everyone should believe something, and he thinks that Ted doesn't believe in God, he must believe in something else...

He raised his glass with trembling hands and drank half of an iced Coke, trying to calm his irritable heart: "That... Monsieur Count, since you do not believe in God or in divine power, what do you believe? ”

This sudden question did catch Ted a little off guard, but based on what he had learned, it was still very simple to make up an answer casually: "I believe in my cotton clothes and pants, because they bring me warmth!" I believe in science, like this electric light, which can make our lives easier! And what I'm talking about is something you can see and touch! ”

Having said that, Steve was still hesitating, he had been taught to believe in God since he was a child, and God created human beings, not Ted's 'nonsense' just now, even if Ted seemed to have some truth, it still couldn't shake the deep-rooted thoughts.

Ted was not stupid, he could see that Steve still believed in God, but his heart was like an expired can of coffee, knowing that it stinked inside, but not daring to open it.

Since there is this beginning, it means that Steve is still saved.

Ted picked up the can of Coke, filled Steve's cup with Coke, and said in a deep voice, "I don't ask you to figure it out immediately, after all, it is not easy to abandon the habits and common sense of so many years. I know that there will be no results, but I will still work hard for it, but I just want to numb myself, as if this will make the previous efforts not in vain..."

"If you continue to hypnotize yourself like this, you may never wake up again. But... It is not easy for people to see themselves clearly... You can continue to deceive yourself for a while, but I hope it doesn't take too long. ”

At this moment, how Steve wished that God would come down before him, and then pointed to the infidels in front of him, telling him that he had been watching everyone.

But no matter how much Steve prayed and pleaded, it didn't help...

Finally, he gave up, he put down the scripture in his hand, turned his head and tried to ask, "That... Can I trust you? My allies? You... It won't hurt me, will it? ”

Ted smiled and shook his head, and quietly put the pistol behind his back back into his satchel: "Of course not, my friend, I will never attack you, and I promised you that I would help you become emperor, didn't I?" ”

These friendly words finally made Steve smile, and he let go of his tense body and responded: "Yes! yes..."

Talking about this, Ted has a new plan, and it is estimated that the people around the empire are also like Steve, and it is impossible for them to get rid of religious shackles for the time being, so he has come up with a 'Sun God Project' to make the people believe in themselves and not be led by others!

Because Ted doesn't exploit the populace...

"Since you believe in God and think He exists, how about we make a bet?"

Steve drank all the Coke, took a deep breath, and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead: "What bet?" ”

"I will personally come up with a religion, and I will use my ability to make up nonsense, and this religion will overshadow your God in five years, and even replace God!"

"The stakes... If I don't succeed, I'll follow you to God, and if I succeed, then you'll burn everything about God yourself! ”

"When the time comes, I'll let you know how crazy and unreliable the 'religion' thing is..."

"How about it, do you take this bet?"

Steve stared at Ted tremblingly, not to pick up, not to answer, and in the end, it was under Ted's guidance that he reluctantly agreed: "Okay... I'll pick it up! ”

At the end of the conversation, things didn't turn out the best as expected, but they weren't too good.

At the very least, Steve doesn't have to be locked up in a small dark room as a tool, in which case, Ted doesn't know how many lies he has to make up...

"Alright, then come with me to dinner, don't be so frustrated, I won't do anything to you...", Ted said as he slowly walked to the wooden door, coughing twice before opening the door.

The guards, who heard the signal, immediately quietly left along the corner.

...

The faint sound of footsteps faded away, and Ted opened the door and made a gesture of please.

Just as Steve breathed a sigh of relief and was about to get up and leave.

Wachena stumbled in from outside the house, her eyes filled with tears, and came to Steve's side, and persuaded from the bottom of her heart: "Honey, don't believe that for my sake, let's elope together!" ”

"It's... My dear... Why are you here? ”

"I don't want you to be controlled by nothing... Think it's for me..."

...

The atmosphere in the room instantly became weird, Chris took advantage of Ted's daze, pulled him out, took a few wet towels and put them on the shelf at the entrance, and instructed: "Remember to clean up here!" ”

Ted looked confused, he didn't know when this Vachena had come, let alone why she was crying, and of course, the last thing he understood was why Chris said, 'Don't forget to clean up...'

"My lord, I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I want to ask you to borrow someone..."

"Borrow?"

At the same time, the clerks packed up their things and walked out with Chris.

Just as everyone left the lord's office and the meeting room.

A strange voice rang out.

"Oh my God, so fast—" Chris shook his head, no longer bothering about it, anyway, he had given Vachena a task, and he would have to wait at least an hour for the result.

He took out his form, took Ted and the clerks, and went to the newly formed Northland Architectural Planning Department...

A clerk smiled and pulled out one of the stools and made a 'please' gesture: "My lord, please take a seat..."

"Thank you..."

Ted didn't understand Chris's behavior, and he was confused, it stands to reason that Ted's things, family property, are all taken care of by Chris, and there is no such thing as 'borrowing'.

"Chris, you can just say what you want to borrow from me?"

Chris knew he was a little embarrassed about his request, so he cleared his throat and slowly cut on to other topics.

He opened a thick stack of folders with the word 'architecture' on them, and took out a few drawings from it: "My lord, these are planned architectural drawings, as well as sketches of the factory.... Look at it again, this is the nitrogen fertilizer soda plant you planned a while ago..."

Ted took the drawings in disbelief, thinking it was a drawing error, and they were going to complain to themselves, but... Looking at this professional drawing, it doesn't look like something is wrong.

On the contrary, it can be seen that William has been leading the students to study seriously and has not slackened!

"Chris, you can just say what you want to ask me to borrow? I remember my stuff, property and stuff like that, you're not... Can they all be dispatched directly? ”

"But... My lord, we want to borrow... It's your wife..."

Hearing this, Ted immediately became alert, and tightened his body and moved back a few inches: "Borrow? My wife? What are you going to do? ”

The wife who just came back from me wants to borrow it before she gets hot? Besides, in this world, where is there anyone who borrows a wife? This is not only disrespectful to women, but also the objectification of women, which should be banned!

"Your Excellency... We're not just going to borrow your wife, but maybe your wife's siblings and parents..."

What he said just now was already very unreliable, and this sentence was even more critical!

Ted froze in place, not knowing what to do, he could only turn his head sideways, open his big mouth, gently lift his right ear with his facial expression, make an expression of disbelief, and then opened his mouth to confirm: "What are you going to do?" ”

The surrounding staff and Chris obviously don't quite understand Ted's behavior, although they understand that he loves his wife, but... In this situation, it is better to let them work lightly.

"My lord, Mia has been learning to read and write lately in order to help you solve your problems, and Alice occasionally takes notes or goes to the farm to help... But your new wife, Lilia of the Ice Dragons, is idle at home, can you let her come out to work for a while? You don't need her to clean up the papers, just let her exercise as a workout..."

"We know this request is too offensive, but at the moment, we really have no other way to take the liberty of asking for your opinion..."

Ted was completely blindfolded, and he thought that several people around him were deliberately making fun of themselves!

"Don't beat around the bush! Just say it, offend me, and I won't send you to the gallows!" With such a weird yin and yang, I don't know how many brain cells have been tortured to death! ”

"Ahem, then I'll be straight to the point..."Chris spread out an engineering drawing book, pointing to the cranes, forklifts, and construction trucks of the same series.

"Your Excellency... We don't have the tools to build a factory... Even if the parts are made, there is no way to fix them, and if we use pulleys and levers, we don't know how long the construction will be delayed, and it is very dangerous, and our experience is insufficient, almost zero..."

"So, I would like to ask your wife and his family to help after spring! Rest assured, we have built more than 200 new turkey farms, and her immediate family should be able to afford it..."

"We also promise here that we will never use your wife as a tool, and we respect them! I just want to hire them as construction workers to solve the problem of shortage of our engineering equipment! ”

Hearing this outrageous request, Ted laughed without hesitation, even happier than when he teased Steve just now.

At first, Ted thought someone had the idea of his wife...

But he never expected... It was only because of the lack of engineering equipment, and because they happened to see Lilia's true body, that they had this idea in their heads.

"Hahahaha...."Ted raised his right hand to cover half of his face, and it took a while for him to calm down.

"Your Excellency, think again, it's not easy for those big tin cans to stand up! We're barely trying to make him right... If a strong dragon clan comes to help, it only takes three seconds to erect an iron can weighing dozens of tons! ”

The technician next to him even took out a document in order to make Ted nod as soon as possible: "My lord, if these are done by humans or moon elves, the danger factor is too great, we don't dare to take this risk, and we can't take this risk..."

"Stop, you guys stop first, I promised, you guys hurry up and prepare the fire**, let me laugh for a while..."

Ted couldn't hold back any longer, he lay on his desk and laughed like a fool...

Not to mention that it is unprecedented, and it is estimated that there will be no such thing in the future...

Because he didn't have engineering equipment, he thought of the group of strong dragons, and not only that, but also hired them to work for the north?

This outrageous idea, Ted's memory of two lifetimes, I have never seen anyone who dares to think like this, not even in the novel...

However, on second thought, the noble dragons may not have eaten enough for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years... Feed them yourself, pay them some more wages, maybe... Negotiable?

If Lilia's size is calculated, her siblings and parents should be bigger than Lilia in their youth and prime respectively!

Thinking about it this way, those prime-age dragons that stand hundreds of meters tall seem to be really better than construction machinery, and those bottles and cans that humans use to build factories are not difficult for them to build building blocks and play.

The excavator's day's workload may not be able to dig out a decent pit, and the dragons do it... It's a matter of a few paws.

"Just do it!"

Half an hour later, Ted completed most of the parts planning, and through checking them one by one, he wrote a plan and handed it to Chris, and when he got home in the evening, he could discuss it with Lilia!

After doing this, he thought back to the scene 20 minutes ago, and he couldn't understand why Wachena was crying so sadly...

"Now that the problems of our city are solved, can you explain what is going on with Wachena and Steve in the house?"

"She..." Chris put down the pen in his hand, took off his glasses, raised his hand and pointed to the room behind him, and said helplessly, "They... I can't see through it either, because I think the benefits I came up with will not make Wa Zhai Na act like that, and it is estimated that the Sea King has moved his true feelings..."

"Moved by the truth? How is this possible? Ted froze... This female sea king, who has had 2,300 men, actually moved her true feelings?

It's even more outrageous than hiring a dragon to work for yourself!