"Bishop, have you heard? The prime minister, the city magistrate, they are all dead! ”

As soon as it was dawn, Goncharov was called out by Ulmit, and his dizzy head heard the news of the death of the important minister, and a spirit was agitated, and he instantly woke up.

"Dead?"

"They're all dead!" "Overnight, all of them had their scalps cut off, and what I saw when I went out for a stroll this morning, especially the prime minister, was stabbed in the ass!" ”

The act of scalping after killing people was rare in the Romanov kingdom, and Goncharov had not seen a scalped corpse before, but in the Western Continent it was a common custom.

What really worried Goncharov was that the dead kings of the kingdom were the high-ranking officials who had sheltered the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, without whom the Church of Truth would not have been able to enter the city.

Could the cause of their death be related to the Church of Truth?

Remove the umbrella before you do anything about the Church of the Truth.

"Go and ask Mr. Aaron to come to church at once, quick!"

"Yes!"

Ulmit hurried out of the house and headed straight for Aaron's neighborhood, where they rented a shop and used it as a makeshift church, moving in when the new church was built, and until then, they had to live elsewhere for the time being.

It didn't take long for Ulmit to return in a hurry with Aaron, and on the way he had explained the ins and outs, knowing the seriousness of the problem, Aaron's face was very ugly, his business philosophy was inherited from his uncle Dino, in the matter of doing business, Dino had two main purposes, one is to be honest, cultivate long-term customers and a good reputation, and the other is to seize the opportunity to try boldly.

Whether it is the Imperial Prime Minister or the City Governor, they are long-term partners of the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, and the core essence of the first purpose is to establish a network of relationships, which Aaron has done very well, after Dino went to the Church of Truth, he led the Pluto Chamber of Commerce to continue to open up, even in the poor places of the Southern Continent, there is also the shadow of the Pluto Chamber of Commerce.

With a strong network of relationships, the Pluto Chamber of Commerce wants to be windy and rainy, and there is almost no business that cannot be done, however this time.

The situation seemed to have gone beyond his expectations.

The removal of major networks is not good news, and it has happened once before.

More than a decade ago, Dino started from scratch, from driving a horse-drawn van from village to village, selling industrial products bought at low prices in the city to making his first pot of gold, to opening shops, hiring workers, contacting local officials, and establishing the Pluto Chamber of Commerce

When Aaron followed his uncle to do business, the Pluto Chamber of Commerce had already been well-known in the local area and stable for a period of time, when the great famine broke out in the West Island of the Windsor Kingdom, Dino smelled the business opportunity, collected all the funds, bought grain stocks in one batch, and bought grain in another, and personally led the team to send it to the Windsor Kingdom.

At that time, Dino naively thought that the Kingdom of Windsor would definitely buy a large amount of grain to relieve the West Island, and he could sell it to the Kingdom of Windsor at a price slightly higher than the market price to make a lot of money, but what he didn't expect was that the Kingdom of Windsor not only chose to die, but also introduced the "Grain Act" to prohibit foreign wheat from entering the Kingdom of Windsor, which led to a slight decline in international food prices, and the chain reaction caused the stock price of grain to collapse

It was this crisis that caused Dino to suffer heavy losses, but it also made him more determined to go to the Kingdom of Windsor to develop.

The reason is simple, a country that doesn't even care about its citizens must be rancid and erosive at the top, and this environment may not be suitable for survival, but it is certainly suitable for making money.

Dino, who had planned to go to the Kingdom of Windsor to develop his career, took the opportunity to stay, and used the little money left to run a grocer business, relying on the network of connections established in his early years, specializing in smuggling certain unacceptable goods for high-ranking officials and nobles.

Aaron never thought that his uncle was a good man, but he would never take the initiative to harm people, and he didn't do anything about the slave trade, at most he went to the plantations in the southern continent to smuggle highly pure cocaine and sell it to nobles who liked high concentrations.

At that time, the law of the Kingdom of Windsor stated that it was not illegal to inject cocaine with a concentration of 3%, and if you like high concentrations, you can only adjust it yourself, and Dino relied on these gray businesses to make a fortune quickly and make back his losses.

However, the grocery business eventually caused the dissatisfaction of the other nobles, the high-end market was not large, and the better the business of the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, the less money the other nobles made, and in the end, Dino was jointly pitted by these nobles, and was almost sent to the Kingdom of Queensland on the charge of smuggling.

In order to save Dino, Aaron scattered his wealth and spit out all the money he had earned over the years, which saved his uncle.

Disheartened, Dino no longer had the ambitions he had had before, and without saying goodbye, he met Mavi while wandering to New Ross City. I stayed in the newly established church for more than a month.

Aaron didn't know what happened during the time of his uncle's disappearance, he only knew that Dino swept away his previous decadent mood, regained his strength, and got the three hundred gold pounds start-up capital that Mavi 'lent' him.

Mavi didn't expect him to pay it back, but Dino insisted on an IOU.

Later, Dino chartered a ship with a start-up capital of three hundred gold pounds, wrote a letter to call Aaron, and restarted business in New Ross City.

Perhaps it was the setbacks of those years that made him see through people's hearts and cherish his hard-won friendship more and more.

If it weren't for the betrayal of his network, Dino would never have gone bankrupt overnight, and Aaron, who had experienced this, certainly knew the seriousness of the problem, and after hearing the news of the death of the umbrella, he immediately ordered his employees to transfer their assets and prepare to withdraw from the Aztec Empire and suspend the gold exchange business.

"Bishop, I suggest you evacuate as well." Aaron said in a solemn tone: "Without the Prime Minister, I would have lost my eyes and ears, and I would not be able to know the next move of the Doomsday Party and Montezuma III in time, so it is better to stay out of the edge for the time being, and wait for the Pluto Chamber of Commerce to re-establish its foundation, and then kill it back!" ”

Aaron is more conservative than Dino, and when it comes to a crisis, Dino's first thought is opportunity, and Aaron's first thought is how to preserve his strength.

"The task given to me by the Pope is to preach and preach, and I cannot withdraw."

Goncharov shook his head: "The church is not the same as doing business, the Pluto Chamber of Commerce can suspend the business of a certain area, but the church cannot leave the believers behind. ”

"But you don't even have a single believer!" Aaron reminded, "The church has just been founded! ”

"Now that the war in the United States of Citi is coming to an end, if we don't seize the opportunity, but instead choose to evacuate the Aztec Empire, and wait for the Apocalypse God System to free up its hands and infiltrate the Aztec Empire, is there anything else about us?"

Goncharov said in a deep voice: "Mr. Aaron, I came to you to ask you to introduce me. ”

"Referrals? Who are you going to meet? ”

Aaron thought that Goncharov wanted to see Montezuma III, but he didn't expect him to say: "The Doomsday Party, as long as there is a high-level person with the right to speak, anyone can do it." ”

“.”

Aaron is not a member of the Doomsday Party, and the Pluto Chamber of Commerce has no contact with the Doomsday Party, he does not know the members of the Doomsday Party at all, but since Goncharov has made a request, no matter whose face it is, he has to try to meet it as much as possible.

Although the main network of connections has been removed, the Pluto Chamber of Commerce still has many connections, and the key is how to determine the identity of the members of the Doomsday Party, about this.

Goncharov gave guidance: "Ulmit found that there were many buildings in the city that had been built for many years, and Pope Mavi had said that the Doomsday would secretly dig up the ruins of the Golden Age, and that there was the ruins of an ancient city under our feet. ”

"Tenochtitlan?"

"If you go to a construction site, you're sure to find members of the Doomsday Party."

The reason why he didn't go was because Goncharov judged that the Church of Truth was the root cause of this incident, and if his guess was correct, the church must be surrounded by eyeliner.

It would be perfect for Aaron to do this, he has connections and can contact the Doomsday Party in disguise.

As for Dorothy, it will take some time to get through the network of cats and cats around it, and it will not be useful for the time being.

Goncharov's judgment aroused Aaron's vigilance: "Do you suspect that the murderer of the prime minister and the city magistrate is the king?" ”

"I can't find a reason for the Doomsday to kill them." Goncharov replied: "If the Doomsday Party wants to attack us, why do you want to get rid of the prime minister, the city magistrate, and other inconsequential people? The Doomsday Party is the existence that hides behind the scenes and controls the power! They just have to give the order and that's it! Such a painstaking effort to get rid of the prime minister and the city governor is likely to be Montezuma III's attempt to regain power as king. ”

As a member of the Church, Goncharov certainly understood how powerful the Church in the Theocratic Age was.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Church of Truth wants the life of a certain Kingdom official, and it does not need to engage in such a small act as assassination, just pull it to the gallows!

Power comes from ability, those who have power are not necessarily capable, but those who have ability must have power, if there is no power, it must be not strong enough.

If you don't have the ability but have power, it's usually a fake tiger.

And many things don't need to be done for a reason, just because they can be done, they are done.

Many abusers of power often do not have the ability to seize power.

They need to abuse their power to manifest what they call 'capable'.

The prime minister, the city magistrate, and others may have some abilities, but their abilities definitely do not match the power they abused, so they died.

Killed by the more powerful.

"If the prime minister and the city governor kill them, it's the king, not the Doomsday. I get it. ”

Aaron stood up and nodded at Goncharov: "I'll arrange it." ”

"The sooner the better."

"Hmm."

Leaving the makeshift church, Aaron was silent, and after returning to his residence, he found a secretary and asked him to contact Sheriff Derry, and asked him to secretly go to the construction site to convey Goncharov's request to meet while he was on patrol, and as long as the Doomsday Party received the news, it was likely that he would go to the appointment.

Sure enough, late at night on the day the news was sent, Goncharov, who was standing alone in front of the window looking at the bright moon, suddenly heard a soft and pleasant female voice behind him: "Are you used to the environment here, Your Excellency Bishop?" ”

Goncharov turned around slowly, and saw a long-haired girl with a delicate face, wearing a long red dress, looking at him with a smile on her lips.

"I don't really like spicy food, and the food here has a lot of chili peppers." Goncharov said softly: "But the ingredients here are very rich, and overall they are not bad." ”

The long-haired girl nodded: "I recommend you to try the fried scorpion tail, it will make people warm up every time you eat it, and it is very suitable for winter." ”

"Isn't that thing poisonous?"

"If it's blown up, it's not poisonous."

"I'll try." Goncharov sat down at the table and looked into the girl's eyes: "I haven't asked yet."

"Russell Liszt, Gospel."

The girl pinched the hem of her skirt, and while bowing her chin, she tapped her right foot back, and said politely: "Your Excellency the Bishop can call me Russell, or Gospel, Liszt, of course, it would be better if you could call me Miss." ”

"Miss?"

Russell was a male name, so Goncharov looked at him with some puzzlement.

Russell explained: "It's just my identity, not my identity. ”

"I see, Your Excellency's preferences are really unique."

"Who doesn't have a hobby?"

Russell naturally sat down across from Goncharov and smiled, "Just like Your Excellency, don't you also like to eat canned herring?" There are also Inuit pickled puffins, you like to eat something pickled and fermented, which is unbearable for the average person. ”

"Looks like you've looked into me."

"All the people in your mission have information about the Doomsday Party." Russell asked, "I wonder if Your Excellency has the right to call the shots?" ”

The implication is to represent the power of the Church of Truth.

The Doomsday Party sent the Gospel, which is second only to the party leader, to negotiate with the bishop is already a very high courtesy, and it is enough to see that the Doomsday Party attaches great importance to this negotiation, and the key is whether Goncharov received Mavi's order to start new negotiations with the Doomsday Party on behalf of the Truth Church.

If you can't, there's no need to waste time.

"Before I set out, Pope Mavi gave me the power to adapt to local conditions."

Russell's face smiled: "Very good, Pope Mavi is really a smart person, he gave His Excellency the Bishop the authority in advance, so that even if His Excellency Bishop violates the policy of the Archbicy, it is only Your Excellency's fault, and it has nothing to do with Pope Mavi."

"Looks like Miss Russell has misunderstood something."

Goncharov said lightly: "I have no intention of violating the policy of the Holy See. ”

His brows frowned slightly, and then he stretched, and Russell nodded lightly: "I understand." ”

"Not really." Goncharov said: "I will not cooperate with the Doomsday Party. ”

"Then what did you call me for?"

With a slightly stunned look, Russell was a little angry, he felt like he had been tricked.

"I have invited Your Excellency here to talk about my plans for the future."

Goncharov took a sip of the cold tea: "Although we can't cooperate, I think on many issues, the Doomsday Party has reasons to support the Church of Truth"

"For example?"

"For example, the Doomsday Party should restrain the local wizards and priests to open the door to the Church of Truth before the arrival of the Apocalypse Divine System."

Russell's eyes narrowed, "What can the Church of Truth give me in return?" ”

"Nothing."

"Why should I agree to your request without reciprocation?"

"You can not agree, but when the Apocalypse God System arrives, does the Doomsday Party still have the right to choose?"

(End of chapter)