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Chapter 336: Darling's Faith

At the beginning of the construction of the Roland Empire, the founding emperor of the Roland Empire, in order to reward him for his great help in the process of conquering the world, the Temple of Light was canonized as the state religion of the empire after the founding of the country, and ordered the construction of a majestic and magnificent temple cathedral in the imperial capital. And this temple cathedral has a history of 1,100 years.

This is what is written in the church's own official canon.

However, those who are familiar with the history of the Roland Empire know that the existing Cathedral of the Temple of Light today is not the one built when the country was founded 1,100 years ago.

In a major civil strife in the Roland Empire hundreds of years ago, the imperial capital suffered a military disaster that had not been encountered since the founding of the country, and the disaster brought by that military disaster not only destroyed the royal family of the Roland Empire at that time, but also tore the entire empire apart, and a huge empire almost collapsed.

The original ancient Cathedral of the Temple of Light was also destroyed by the fire of the war.

Later, the then Grand Duke Augustine, a distant relative of the royal family, inherited the throne in the midst of the war, or was forced to the throne by others, which was regarded as a crater at the time. But I didn't expect that this distant relative of the royal family, the Duke, was actually wise and martial, and the history records that he has a bit of the style of the founding emperor, who fought in the south and the north, and relied on the martial heroes of the Rollin family who relied on him to pull up, actually re-pacified the world, revived the Roland Empire, and created the "Augustine Dynasty", which has been until now.

The Luo Lin family, a martial arts family of the empire, also rose under the Zhongxing Emperor.

In the process of re-pacifying the world, it is said that the temple once again gave the emperor strong support, and after the world was pacified, the emperor of the Zhongxing Empire clearly realized that the empire was initially decided. The foundation is stable, and what is urgently needed is to maintain the stability of the empire and recuperate for a period of time, and in order to maintain stability, it is necessary to win over a force that can be co-opted and make them their own supporters.

For this purpose, the emperor of the Zhongxing Empire attached great importance to the Temple of Light. In order to show favor to the temple, and in exchange for the support of the temple's greatest Cheng dù, he ordered the rebuilding of the Cathedral of the Temple of Light at any cost.

The rebuilt Cathedral of the Temple of Light. The area is larger, more majestic, and more splendid than before! Moreover, the Emperor of Zhongxing, His Majesty, was extremely intelligent, and in the process of this large-scale construction, he made the greatest use of the large number of prisoners of war he had obtained in the war. He made a promise to the tens of thousands of prisoners of war who had been put into coolie camps: once all the works in the imperial capital were completed, they would be relieved of all their sins and let them live in their hometowns.

At that time, after many years of war, the empire ushered in peace, and the people's hearts yearned for stability, the emperor of the Zhongxing Empire. There is no doubt that the bet won once. Tens of thousands of prisoners of war worked hard in the imperial capital for three years, renovating and repairing many parts of the imperial capital that had been burned down by the war, including the imperial city and the church. The Imperial Offices and Offices even rebuilt four blocks of private houses.

And three years later, the Zhongxing emperor also happily fulfilled his promise and wrote the imperial decree by hand. All prisoners of war were pardoned and all prisoners of war were released and returned home!

This period of history is considered a good story in the later history books of the Roland Empire. This emperor of the Zhongxing Empire. There is a resounding nickname in the history books: "Augustine the Trustworthy".

People who keep their promises are liked by everyone. This trustworthy emperor not only targeted prisoners of war, but also fulfilled many of his other promises, including marrying one of his sisters to the marshal of the empire, the patriarch of the Lorraine family, who helped him pacify the world, and generously gave most of the land in the southern province of Kot to the Lorraine family as a territory.

A smart and generous boss who keeps his promises will naturally win the loyalty of many people, so the emperor of the Zhongxing Empire has a very high evaluation in the history books, almost catching up with the founding emperor.

But in Chen Daolin's view, after reading the general history of the Roland Empire, Chen Daolin found that the emperor of the Zhongxing Empire had done another extremely commendable thing:

When rebuilding the imperial capital, the emperor came up with a huge plan and built a large number of buildings, despite the opposition of most of his subordinates.

This huge project not only absorbed tens of thousands of prisoners of war who were left behind in the war, but even in order to fill the hole of lack of manpower, the emperor ordered the recruitment of nearly 100,000 refugees who lost their homes and industries in the war!

Chen Daolin believes that from an economic point of view, this move is simply extremely clever!

It's a standard cash-for-work template!

Tens of thousands of prisoners of war and 100,000 refugees, such a huge force, if one is not careful, will cause a heinous disaster.

Chen Daolin, who is familiar with the history of the Celestial Empire, knows very well that most of the so-called peasant uprisings in all dynasties were caused by displaced people in the midst of war. Refugees and displaced people are just one word difference, and the boundaries between them are also very fragile.

In the midst of the displaced refugees, if their survival is not guaranteed, then in despair, once there is a provocation by a few careerists, it is easy to turn into a prairie fire and burn it down!!

The Zhongxing Emperor took in 100,000 young refugees in exchange for work, and all these refugees who had lost their homes and industries was to have enough to eat. As an emperor, he did not need to pay a copper plate salary, as long as he could keep these people fed and not starved to death, he could use their labor force for free.

As refugees, the greatest desire is not to starve to death, as long as there is a bite to eat, the vast majority of people will not rebel.

In this way, the maximum use of more than 100,000 labor, in order to rebuild many basic projects for themselves, but also firmly grasped this very dangerous force in their hands.

After a few years, when the empire had been completely stabilized, the emperor gradually released these laborers to return to their hometowns...... At the same time, he also left a great reputation in the history books.

This kind of business ability really amazed Chen Daolin.

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At this moment, Chen Daolin does not seem to have the slightest wolf bèi of an escaped prisoner.

Although his clothes were covered in stains, he even smelled of foul odor all over his body because he had been soaking in the gutter for too long.

But standing in this cathedral, he strolled his hands behind his back, strolling through the corridor in the middle of the church, taking in one of the most famous buildings of the Empire.

Cathedral of the Temple of Light. The main hall is large enough to accommodate thousands of people. The area is even larger than the main hall in the palace. Looking up, the ceiling of the main hall of the church is vaulted, and the lowest point is at least ten meters above the ground.

On the vaulted ceiling is a huge relief painting, covered with clouds and mist, and occasionally allusions to various myths and legends recorded in the canon of the Temple of Light.

In the relief, between the clouds and mist, the carved sky. The scatterer dotted the starlight, Chen Daolin looked at it intently for a while, and sighed: "I actually used real gems as stars, what a big deal......"

He was a magician, and how could he not see that the relief on the vaulted ceiling was just a decoration, although it was also clearly the work of a master artist, but more importantly, there was a illumination spell hidden in it. Even at night, the hall was still bright, and the stars adorned with jewels in the sky radiated a peaceful and bright light.

left and right on the walls. There are also huge five-colored glass windows, and murals are interlaced on the walls, all of which are made by masters from different periods in the history of the Roland Empire. There are the themes of God's love for the world, the theme of God's punishment of sinners, and many allusions and legends of the famous predecessors and sages in the history of the church.

Chen Daolin walked all the way with such a leisurely negative hands. Carefully observe and taste one by one, and when you see the places that are fascinating, you will even sigh in admiration and applaud in a low voice.

"What's the matter, sir? How can he still have the heart to look at painting there at this time?"

Xia Xia shrank in Barossa's arms, after all, she was young, Xia Xia was just an ordinary little girl, unlike other people who were skilled, in this cold season of early spring, soaked in the canal for a long time, Xia Xia at this moment was so cold that her lips were purple, curled up in Barossa's arms, and hugged the elf girl tightly.

Barossa shook her head, although her expression was also a little worried, but her eyes were very soft and peaceful when she looked at Chen Daolin. For the elves, no matter what, as long as they escape from house arrest now and are with Chen Daolin, then everything is enough, as for suffering and freezing, flowers and delicacies, or soaking in stinky ditches, it makes no difference, as long as this man is by his side, even if he is in the midst of the fire, he is at peace in his heart.

After all, the werewolf Chuck is an orc, and orcs have never been known for their brains, so at this moment they are just sitting in the back row of the church, carefully wiping the knife in their hands, raising their heads from time to time, and looking vigilantly around the crowd, there are more than a dozen church clergy in black robes, who are vigilantly monitoring them.

Captain Hook was covered in scars, and his clothes and flesh were scarred by the iron bars in the gutter, and the flesh was blurred in many places, but the sturdy man of the sea just sat there quietly, his eyes carefully sweeping over the clergy.

Hook noticed that although these clergy were all wearing black robes, he had already found that under the black robes of several people, shiny soft armor was exposed!

In the Church, there is only one kind of person who wears armor: the Holy Knight!

Surrounded by these legendary holy knights, Hook was not surprised: in the middle of the night, a group of fugitives broke into the church, armed with sharp knives and fierce appearances, and the church naturally dispatched these strongest armed forces to guard against it.

In fact, what Hook really couldn't understand in his heart was: why would these church people let their own people flee into the church?!

In fact, when Chen Daolin said that he was going to hide in the church after getting out of the ditch, Hook even thought that he had misheard, or that this magician had gone crazy?

The current identity of these people is the emperor's prisoner, and they escaped by killing the palace guards, how can the Temple of Light protect these people? I am afraid that as soon as I run to the church, I will be directly arrested and sent to the government.

But a few people took advantage of the night to rush to the vicinity of the Temple of Light Cathedral in the imperial capital, and they were immediately stopped by the clergy of the church guarding here.

When he was surrounded by a group of holy knights, Hook was desperate to pull out his knife and fight desperately.

And this magician master of his own, he actually called the leader of the holy knights in a hurry, and whispered a word in the other party's ear, and the head of the holy knights changed his face greatly, and then quickly put his own people into the church, and actually carefully ordered people to guard outside the parish and not to leak the news.

Although in the church at the moment, there are more than a dozen holy knights around him who are closely watching, and the eyes cast are not friendly.

However, looking at his young magician master, he looked very sure, and Hook couldn't help but be infected by him, and his heart gradually relaxed. (To be continued)