May 31, Saratov, 10 a.m. Countless freed serfs gathered near the factory, crouching on the side of the road, keeping their eyes on the passing carriages, rushing up to the carriage as they stopped and well-dressed men got out of the carriage to scan them.

Perhaps because there were too many people to work, Saratov's salary was reduced from the normal 40 kopecks per day to 10 kopecks.

Converted into the currency of the Kingdom of Windsor, there is only a pitiful 1 pence and 1 fax a day, and I can't afford even a decent loaf of bread, so I can only buy potatoes from roadside vendors, those potatoes are as small as my thumb, and they are inferior goods that no one wants, and 10 kopecks can buy half a pound.

Half a pound of potatoes, where is enough for a family? If there are a few more children in the house.... Goncharov, who was in charge of the Saratov region, held the Book of Truth and looked at the desperate and helpless people, his brows full of worry.

The social relations of production are chaotic, people want to get a job, they must look at the face of the boss, and they must also put on a sycophantic expression, constantly lower their posture, work hard, and only in this way can they earn a pitiful 10 kopecks.... In addition to the men who went out to work, some women, in order to keep their children from starvation, had to change into thin clothes and sell their flesh in exchange for full food.

Is this the truth? Goncharov did not think so, he was furious. Newspapers from Petersburg had already been delivered to Saratov, and just last evening, having read the newspapers and learned that the king was about to set up a secret police organization, Goncharov, no longer rented the church, but rented a small house in the ghetto, where he intended to carry out underground preaching work.

The development of things, just as Ma Wei expected, the Cult of Wisdom God really made a move, wanting to use the power of the Kingdom to suppress the Church of Truth....

"Father, priest...."Scottkin, with dark cheeks and a burlap shirt, came running from a distance, and with great difficulty he found Goncharov, the original church was closed.

"How did you get here?" Scottkin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I heard rumors about the secret police on the street, do you know?" ”

"I know." Goncharov said.

"Then what are you doing standing here in a daze?" Scottkin said eagerly, "The secret police will definitely get you out!" You should hide! Why don't you hide in my house..."

"Escape...."Goncharov was not afraid of retreating, he was also afraid of the secret police, afraid of the cruel torture of the Romanov Kingdom, but when he saw the cornered, dark and thin people in the streets, the fear in his heart suddenly turned into anger.

He wanted to run away and be a coward, but he couldn't move.

"We should trust Father Mavi and he will lead us to victory." Goncharov looked Scottkin in the eye and asked, "Are you afraid?" ”

"I...."Scottkin shrunk his neck, "I... Of course I'm scared.... The nobles and the secret police have guns in their hands..."

"Are you going to run away?" Goncharov said: "I can cross your name off the list of believers. ”

"Nope! No! Scottkin shook his head vigorously: "I believe in the truth!" Believe in Father Mavi! Believe in the Goddess! ”

"Your loyalty will be rewarded." Goncharov led him to the ghetto: "Father Mavi always said that there will be land, there will be bread, and we have to believe him. Scottkin followed behind Goncharov and asked curiously, "What kind of person is Father Mavi?" I've never met him, and you seem to be very respectful to him, Father..."

"Fr. Mavi was my initiator, my teacher, and he showed me how to practice the truth." As he walked, Goncharov smiled: "He is actually a very gentle man, never violent, and he does not have the arrogance of aristocrats, you know?" He wasn't actually a Slav, he was from the Kingdom of Windsor. ”

"The Kingdom of Windsor? Didn't they invade us? ”

"Yes, Father Mavi was originally a lieutenant in the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Windsor, but because he was not used to what the Kingdom of Windsor was doing, he chose to retire and establish a church to promote the truth, otherwise he should have been a colonel in the Royal Navy by now." Scottkin had no idea about rank, but he could tell that Father Mavi was a big man, one of the few big men who was willing to help them.

"Why is Father Mavi a priest?" Scottkin asked, "If he founded the Church of Truth, why not the Pope?" ”

"I don't know much about this matter, maybe it's because the time is not yet ripe, the Church of Truth is still in the process of development, and there is a big gap with those big churches...."Goncharov thought for a while: "But in our hearts, he is already a pope, and his actual status is often more important than an illusory title." ”

"That's right, the nobility is still divided into the down-and-out aristocracy and the emerging aristocracy!" Scottkin was a little happy that the topic had finally come to his knowledge.

After chatting with each other, Goncharov and Skotkin finally arrived at the newly rented cottage, where the streets were filthy and smelly, but Goncharov didn't care, and Skotkin didn't care, the pigsty stinked much more than here!

Pulling out the key and opening the door, Goncharov went inside, sat Scottkin down, cleaned up a round table, then opened his suitcase, took out a wooden statue of the god and placed it above the fireplace, and began to decorate the room.

The church was too big a target and was the focus of the secret police, and it was foolish to preach there, so Goncharov planned to infiltrate the local ghetto according to the emergency plan provided to them by Mavi, and with the cover of the believers, continue to carry out propaganda activities and organize believers.

When the room was furnished, Goncharov sat down on the couch and took out a thick list of believers, on which he recorded the names of the believers he had collected since he came to Saratov and their addresses.

"Scott King, I can't do it alone, and if you want, I would like to hire you as a temporary friar for the Church of Truth, and Father Mavi has given me the power to recruit on my own." Goncharov said: "In terms of salary, 1 ruble a day, what do you think? ”

"1 ruble?!" Scottkin opened his mouth wide: "Isn't it too much.... The workers outside are only paid 10 kopecks a day, and I don't know anything but farming, so I'm very happy to have 40 kopecks..."

"I must correct your dangerous thoughts." Goncharov said solemnly: "The Church of Truth pursues the concept of income from work, which means that after you work, you should be paid according to the actual work, and those workers outside create a few rubles a day for the boss, but in the end they can only get a pitiful 10 kopecks, which is unfair, and you should not accept this idea." Scottkin was impressed, for the first time he had heard of the theory that bosses should pay workers more.

How could he not support it?

"What's more, the work you do is very risky, and if it weren't for the fact that the church doesn't have much money at the moment, I would definitely pay you more." Goncharov sighed: "These are extraordinary times, and I hope you can understand the difficulties of the Church of Truth. ”

"Enough! Enough is enough! Scottkin waved his hand again and again: "I also came back from Tyumen City, and it is not easy for the Truth Church to give us broth and bread every day without charging any fees!" After saying that, Scottkin was a little puzzled: "Since the church is so short of money, why don't you collect membership fees from believers?" Just like the Cult of Wisdom, believers have to donate a few dozen kopecks every week. ”

"Voluntary can be called donation, and compulsory fees are not donations, but robbery." "The Church of Truth does not ask believers to pay anything, everything we do is free, and we are, and we will be," Goncharov said in a deep voice. ”

"How does the Church of Truth survive?" Scottkin was even more puzzled.

"Believers can donate some funds to the church if they are completely voluntary, and Mr. Dino will also run some businesses to subsidize the church, and at the same time, His Royal Highness Katerina allows individuals and enterprises to donate funds to the church can be used to exempt part of the tax, about 15%, and the specific policy is still under further planning." Goncharov bowed his head and said: "Father Mavi does not want the church to become a huge monster of extreme wealth, if the people need us, then the Church of Truth will never collapse, if one day the people no longer need us, then the Church of Truth will also leave silently." Scottkin looked at Goncharov in shock, for he didn't believe that any church would be willing to do so much for the people.

"Let's get down to business...."Goncharov opened the list of believers: "I need you, Mr. Scottkin, as an intermediary, to secretly contact the believers on the list, to inform them of the current location of the Church of Truth, and at the same time, if there is any news, I also need you to convey it, and you must serve as a vital link point on this line to connect the church with the believers.... I must warn you that this is dangerous, especially now that the secret police are coming. ”

"I'm not afraid!" Scottkin exclaimed, "I have nothing left to lose!" ”

"Very well, then I will put your name on the list of temporary friars." Watching Goncharov write his name on the back of the roster, Scottkin asked, "When will I start working?" ”

"Now."

"Where to go?"

"Go to the people who started the riots and let them.... Become a new believer! ”