Early this morning, everyone in Dortmund Castle was busy, Karl also put on his gown early, and the maid combed his hair.

Brother Derian was not in Dortmund Castle, he was sent by Kyle to meet Bishop Pierre, as the court minister of Dortmund, which is what Brother Derian should do.

At this moment, Brother Derian and Bishop Pierre were about to arrive at Dortmund Castle.

"Dear Brother Derian, Dortmund is such a magical place, and the roads you have built are so comfortable." Sitting in the carriage, Bishop Piard praised Brother Delian outside the carriage window.

"Your satisfaction is really great, this is what our Lord Earl is committed to building, he once said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, I don't know where Lord Count got this set of theories, but the benefits it brings us are obvious." Brother Derian replied with a smile that every guest who came to Dortmund would praise their way.

After all, it is normal to walk on mountain roads in this era, even if there is a carriage, the bumps along the way are enough for everyone to drink a pot, so many people do not like to go far, but Dortmund's practice of building roads has changed the customs of people at least in this area, and many nobles are willing to come to Dortmund, even if it is just to visit.

"The Count of Dortmund is such a magical person, I am very curious about this young Count now, I always thought that this would be a poor place, but along the way, I have seen a lot of incredible things, this place is not poor, on the contrary, it is very rich, God, if I didn't know that I came to Dortmund, I would have thought I had reached the royal capital." Bishop Pierre said it sincerely.

Brother Derian smiled slightly, Bishop Pierre's words were a bit exaggerated, but I have to say that it was very useful, at least Derian was quite happy after listening to it.

However, he was a little more wary of Bishop Pierre, this is a very scheming bishop, if Brother Derian can't hear that the other party is using this way to build a good relationship between the two sides, then he will be in vain for so long.

It is a very good choice to try to establish a good relationship with the important ministers of this territory when you first come to this territory, but usually those bishops do not do this, and Brother Derian knows very well how unruly those arrogant bishops usually are, and many times they do not take the nobility of their diocese seriously, perhaps in their eyes, only God deserves their respect.

And the price of this is that often the relationship between the great nobles and the bishop of their diocese is not very good, but both sides are afraid of the other's power, so that they are safe, otherwise there is a high probability of a war between those great nobles and the bishop.

You must know that as the supreme head of a diocese, a bishop is often rich and oily, they collect tithes in their diocese, accept donations from teachers and believers, and even accept donations from those nobles who have sworn to be poor, their wealth is often beyond the reach of those great nobles, and huge wealth often represents great strength, they use this money to recruit troops, or form military orders, and the most representative of all this is a few archbishops in the kingdom, They even have the status of electors.

"God has revealed to us in the Bible that we should spread the glory of the Lord farther and let the heathens join in the arms of the Lord, or let us take the territory by the sword in the hands of the heathen, so that we can gain more land under the sun for the Christian world, and every Christian will be glorified for it, and the great Count Dortmund has done this, and his glory will shine in the Christian world for a long time with the name of his family." Bishop Pierre folded his hands together and said with a reverent expression, and Brother Derian could clearly feel that Bishop Pierre was sincere when he said this, and that he did respect Karl in this respect, and it was not surprising, as he said, that every Christian would be glorified by it.

"I'm sure the Earl will be very happy when he hears this." Brother Derian looked into the distance and re-oriented.

"I wonder how long we have to get to Dortmund Castle? I can't wait to meet the Count of Dortmund. Bishop Pierre asked.

"Hmm...... Soon, according to my observations, the Bishop would be about an hour or two away from Dortmund Castle. ”

"Oh, yes, that's great." Bishop Pierre nodded, then leaned on the backrest of the backrest, and slowly closed his eyes, although the road here in Dortmund was well built, so that he did not have too many bumps, and walked more comfortably, but before that, the journey made him really tired, and he decided to close his eyes and take a nap at this last moment.

Brother Derian silently walked to the front of the group, and when it was time he would wake up Bishop Pierre.

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Bishop Pierre wore a pair of leather boots, which made a "clucking ......" sound when stepping on the ground, which was a little uncomfortable, but he himself did not feel that way.

"Is this Dortmund? Oh, what a majestic place to be! Bishop Pierre's eyes lit up when he looked at the tower-lined walls, and everyone wanted the place they would stay in to be strong and safe.

"Dortmund Castle itself is not of such a scale, and some of these were rebuilt by the Count later." Brother Derian pointed out a few of them.

Of course, Karl didn't build much, many of them were owned by Dortmund itself, after all, he didn't occupy this place for a few years, and these years were not enough time for him to build too many things, but most of what he built in recent years was related to defense, so these defenses were added to the original castle to make people look more majestic.

By now, Bishop Pierre's understanding of Dortmund has changed drastically, before he came, he had always thought that this was just a desolate place on the border, Brother Derian guessed correctly, his life in the Holy City was not very good, he did not have enough background, he did not have enough ability, and some only had the most devout faith in the Lord, such people abound in the Holy City.

This time he needed to send a bishop to this wild place on the border, and many bishops were reluctant to take it, after all, they all thought that there was no so-called oil and water to fish in this place, and in the end the errand had to fall on his head, and he remembered that day the Pope found him.

"Dear Pierre, I have always seen your faithfulness to the Lord, and now take your past to Dortmund, where there are many lost lambs waiting for the glory of the Lord, and I trust that you will bring them the gospel of the Lord." The Pope said these words with great reverence, his hand drawing a cross on his chest.

He agreed, he agreed without hesitation, he didn't care if this was a frontier wilderness, he didn't care if he wanted to come and get oil or water, just because he heard the Pope say that there were many lost lambs waiting for the glory of the Lord, and he wanted to bring faith to these poor children.

"But why do I always feel that they don't need me......" Bishop Pierre asked himself in his heart, all the way, he was carefully observing this newly occupied territory, under his initial expectation, this should be a place of lack of faith, the people are helpless, after all, this has just ended a long war, the people are living in misery, but when he came here, he found that the people here are not as sad as he imagined, on the contrary, they live freely, At least compared to the other territories he had seen, the standard of living of the people here was really good, which could be seen from the clothes they were wearing, at least the clothes they wore looked quite new, and they should have recently sewn a few pieces of cloth on them, while the people of other realms had a coarse linen coat that was already very good.

"Maybe I'm only seeing a minority." He said in his heart, after all, in order to save time, he came all the way in a straight line, and there were not too many people who could really see it.

"Your Excellency? Your Excellency? Brother Derian called out a few times, and for some reason, the bishop in front of him fell silent for some reason, and looked absent-minded.

"Ah, it's fine, just thought of something." Bishop Pierre was relieved.

"We've arrived at the castle." Brother Derian pointed to Dortmund Castle, which was clearly visible in the distance, and was located in the very center of Dortmund, and even after entering the city walls, it would not be long before you could see the castle, where the Dortmund nobles lived.

"That's ...... Lord Earl! Brother Derian was suddenly startled when he saw Karl and Berg standing outside the castle gates.

"Ahh Bishop Pierre was also stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly walked towards Karl with several of his attendants.

"This ...... I am Carl von Dias, Count of Dortmund, and I am very pleased to meet your esteemed Bishop. Carl took off his hat and bowed very politely.

"Ah, Your Excellency the Count of Dortmund, your exploits are known to everyone from Dortmund to the Holy City, and I am very honored to meet you, and I am here on the orders of His Holiness the crown." Seeing Karl give face like this, Bishop Pierre also had a smile on his face.

"Maybe we can have a good time working together, Your Excellency Bishop."

The two of them walked into the castle, and the doors of the castle slowly closed, and this time there would be another guest.