As the standard confidant in everyone's mind, although Byron has gradually developed, his attitude towards the Newman family is still respectful.

Although the official letter was received in the evening, the reply was still given as soon as possible.

Say goodbye to my sister and board the well-deserved No. 1 Clipper of the Seven Seas [Golden Deer], and immediately lead the team to set off.

Sitting in his captain's room, he couldn't help admiring the text of the contract he had just signed in his hand, and he didn't take Rear Admiral Newman's harshly worded rebuke to heart in the slightest.

"Give Teresa a a taste of sweetness first, then boil the frog in warm water, and let her fall in the financial street little by little.

No woman can resist the temptation of online shopping and discount coupons, absolutely not! ”

After using the cloud financial street to successfully pull the nun Teresa, who has the authority to manage the church's "treasury", into his chariot, Byron feels that he can take a bigger step in the future.

"Not to mention the influence of the Church on the House of York, the 'treasury' in the possession of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy alone is a treasure.

If you think about it, you also know that the indulgences that can be bought with money are most likely parallel goods that are mixed with no amount of water.

Just as no one would exchange gold for rubble, no one would exchange merit for money.

If one day I can support the very promising Teresa to ascend to the throne and persuade her to resell the church's 'treasury', then our financial street will not be able to flourish?

After all, the Buddha's lamp oil is drunk, but the Creator's treasury cannot be moved? It doesn't make sense.

The three major irons in life, together with the window, together with the gun, together with the spoils, holding her weakness is nothing, and a strong bond of interests is the most stable.

When the time comes, it will be even easier to find Teresa to help 'Mr. Wednesday' solve the small problems on the official side.

In the church state, only by protecting the 'government and education' can we sit firmly and go far. ”

Although Byron planned well, he did not expect that an accident beyond his control would come so quickly.

Just as the Golden Deer had just arrived at Port Royal, he suddenly received an urgent message from the quasi-sword saint Herman.

The moment I saw that first-hand information, I couldn't help but frown deeply:

"Jointly sniping [Maywind], and fighting for the 'right to protect the church'?

The Kingdom of Choice, which caused trouble on its own and made the countries take the blame, thought it was quite beautiful. ”

It turned out that after Teresa got the [Blood Brewed Cinderella], it only took an hour to regrow her arm, and she was immediately resurrected with full blood on the spot.

After completing the work of [Armed Priest] Brandon, he immediately contacted the large team of the Inquisition to apply for his return.

By the way, I got a big news from them that was about to change the colonial landscape:

"The bloody disaster that has lasted for almost half a month has alarmed the local high-level leaders of various countries.

In the face of the massive amount of money that evaporates out of thin air every day on many routes, no powerful can continue to remain calm, and they have sent letters to the first and second echelons of their own countries to go deep into the celestial circulation belt to come back to assist in defense.

Now many of the elite adventuring teams have begun to return home.

Even the pre-divine council of St. Peter's Cathedral of the church had saints raise concerns about this matter, which can be regarded as a complete uproar. ”

This is not good news for Byron, who is taking advantage of the bloody disaster to make small moves.

"I'm running out of time, and when the good guys come back, I'm bound to be tied up if I want to do anything.

Moreover, no one would think that a mere bloody disaster would forever stop the colonists' pioneering pace.

The ensuing 'right to protect the religion' is even more deadly. ”

In the midst of this pinnacle team's return of support, the "culprit" Kingdom of Castile made an application to the Church.

Whoever is the first to solve the Bloody Plague will be able to obtain the rights of the Bantaan Islands and the New World.

In essence, it is granted by the Church to a certain country, and the secular government assumes the right and duty to protect the spread of the Church in non-Church countries.

According to Herman, this right mainly includes:

"The secular regime recommends to the Church suitable candidates for colonial archbishops, bishops and friars;

Recommend to the appropriate bishop candidates for the lower clergy, transfer, promote or remove the clergy at all levels, and determine their jurisdiction (in essence, the king heads the local church);

In the King's territory, the royal family may authorize or directly build cathedrals, churches, monasteries, hospitals, schools, etc.;

to adjudicate the jurisdiction of the Church, which may adjudicate any judicial conflict between the Church and the secular powers, as well as between the clergy;

The clergy who traveled between the colony and the Silver Continent had to report to the government of the right country, and could only take the ships of the right country to travel between the two places;

the collection of tithes and other ecclesiastical taxes within the colony on behalf of the church;

In return, the Church received a considerable state allowance to carry out its activities, and the salaries of the clergy were paid by the king, and prominent clergy were also colonial officials"

The ultimate goal of this series of measures is to let the sword and the cross go hand in hand, and the military conquest and the spiritual conquest should be grasped with both hands, and both hands should be hard.

The former is for the acquisition of power, territory, and wealth, while the latter is for the purpose of winning the indigenous people's faith in the Creator and reinforcing the Silver Law.

The more Byron thought about it, the more ugly his face became.

"In other words, the Governor of Havana, Velázquez, was about to realize his original idea of 'bringing the church with the princes'.

Obviously, he was not the only one who had this idea, but the high-ranking of the Kingdom of Castile had premeditated it.

Although the Maywind is now polluted, it at least proves that the New World does exist.

This sea overlord immediately exerted pressure, making it difficult for other forces to parry.

Think on your heels and know that, although at present the 'right to protect the church' is limited to religious matters.

But once the power to appoint personnel, enforce the law, and collect taxes of the church is obtained, all the colonies of all countries must immediately have an additional emperor.

Wasn't it easy for the Kingdom of Castile to intervene in other ecclesiastical states through the lay clergy they controlled?

The bottom line retreats step by step, and in the end, it must not evolve into a winner-takes-all, draw a pope meridian casually, and directly carve up the world? ”

The string in Byron's mind, which had never been slackened, immediately straightened up again.

Subconsciously quickened the pace.

"Now is the time.

I must complete the stealing plan before the first echelon returns, and replace the Newman family as the de facto ruler of Port Royal.

Only by obtaining such an identity can he be qualified to sit at the table on behalf of the Hattings Kingdom and compete for the right to protect the religion comparable to that of the Emperor.

Especially since I still have a Riptide Fortress built in the middle of the indigenous city-state, with a big secret, and I can't be allowed to go in and out of those guys casually?

We must prepare in advance, and at least ensure that the forces under our command enjoy independence and autonomy. ”

When he came back to his senses, he had already walked to the door of the Governor's Palace in Port Royal with Berserker Eightfinger and Phantom Blade Gus.

Looking up at the brass nameplate engraved with the word "Newman" on the marble doorpost, he said in his heart:

"Today should be my last time here as a guest."

Walk through the gate with your feet up, and go all the way to the Doge's Palace under the guidance of the butler.

But before they could reach the reception room, which had already been lit up.

Bang!

A gunshot suddenly broke the silence of the night.

Then there was the crisp sound of porcelain falling to the ground, and the dull sound of human bodies falling to the ground.

"There is a situation, captain be careful!"

Hearing the movement, Eight Fingers and Gus immediately blocked Byron left and right.

The murderous aura burst out suddenly, so that the butler who was in charge of leading the way in front couldn't help but stand on end.

It seems that the next moment, he will be hacked to death by them with an axe.

In his heart, he secretly scolded the subordinates of [Sea Hunter] were all as scary as him, and all these killing stars where did they come from get together, and hurriedly shouted:

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, there is no enemy.

It was His Excellency the Governor who fired the gun. ”

Byron's perception of the atmosphere became more and more acute, and although he was separated by a door, he easily understood what was happening in the room, and raised his hand to the two of them:

"Put your weapons away, no one can ambush us at Port Royal."

"Yes, Captain."

Eight Fingers and Gus have 100% unconditional trust in their captain, and immediately put away their weapons when they hear the order.

At this moment the door of the reception room was also opened from the inside, and two waiters walked out carrying the body of a maid with numb faces.

There was also a cloud of blood on the corpse's chest, dripping from under her.

To achieve this amount of bleeding, I'm afraid that it won't be a hornet's nest directly in the chest with a shotgun.

Behind them, another maid forcibly suppressed the fear in her heart, and took a rag to clean the floor of valuable porcelain shards and puddles of blood.

Even if Byron only looked at one end, he could guess that the cause of the incident was nothing more than a small thing like the maid spilling tea or breaking porcelain.

Just because of this, a young girl who is just in her youth accompanies her own life.

Byron was also bloody.

But his creed has always been "The brave are angry, and the sword is drawn against the stronger." ”

I have never looked down on or accustomed to the cowardly behavior of "the cowardly is angry, but the blade is drawn to the weaker".

The butler who led him in had long been accustomed to it, and reminded in a low voice:

"Sir, the Governor and His Excellency the General have not been in a good mood lately, so be careful."

The butler is not a good person.

Purely because with the withering of the next generation of talents in the Newman family, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the people who can call the shots in this family in the future are probably his uncle [Executioner] "Bill" and the [Sea Hunter] who is very good with him.

The little people have their own rules of survival, they may not be able to sail a boat, but they are the best at seeing the wind and steering the rudder.

Governor Newman, who had just killed a person in the reception room, also heard the movement outside and snorted coldly:

"Is Byron coming? Let him in. ”

Byron was not timid, and ordered the two to wait outside, and strode into the reception room.

The Newman brothers, who were obviously much haggard, were there, as well as their right and left men, Ivan Derick, Comptroller of the Governor's Palace, and Mallory Patton, the Navy's Quartermaster.

When Governor Jefferson saw Byron come in, he dropped his large-caliber musket and tugged at his neckline, his eyes bloodshot like a beast that wanted to devour people.

As the housekeeper said, the Newman brothers were really not in a good mood during this time.

Ever since Byron broke through the Third Order, the Newman family has been unlucky.

First, the bloodshed raged in the Bantaan Islands.

Buck, the [Navigator] who had high hopes from the family, was crushed on the spot by the Octopus battleship just because he was in the way of the Maywind.

At first, the Newman family's idea was that once Buck, as the navigator, followed the [Twin Gun Ranger] to discover the new world, he might be able to immediately rush to the third order and become the pillar of the family.

It's a pity that a single "spearman" is bad enough, and you have two guns at once, and you really can't complain about Byron's entry.

The death of the son is still a trifle.

The most important thing is that because of the bloody disaster, the return of the colony's merchant ships was blocked, and they embezzled so much money but failed to share the share that the royal family and the royal party bosses deserved in time.

This is a proper ignorance of the rules.

Who cares what reason you have, even if you are looking for someone to borrow money and borrow usury from the Remet people, you have to make up for the big guys' share first.

You must know that the tax collector sent by the Earl of Warwick was given a pot by them, which can be called a slap in the face in public.

As a result, the high-ranking earl has become a joke in the upper echelons of the country.

The Earl of Warwick is not a reasonable man, and could send assassins at any time to physically eliminate the Newman family.

Even at this time, I am afraid that his eyes and ears are quietly watching everything that is happening in Port Royal.

In particular, the top brass of the royal party has already issued an ultimatum to the Newman family, and if they can't do anything more, they will give up on them.

Once the royal party relents, no one will help him resist the pressure of the [King Maker], and he may lose his head in a few minutes.

Every time they thought of this, the two brothers felt that everyone in front of them was like a thief-eyed assassin, peeking at their heads.

Always on the verge of an outbreak.

During this time, seven or eight slaves in the governor's palace had been killed because of various trivial matters, and everyone was in danger.

They fear death, and they fear that everything they have earned so hard will disappear.

Faced with the current situation, they really want to improve!

The only opportunity to make a meritorious deed and please Edward IV has not come to fruition, how can he not be angry?

Even Byron's incomprehensibility when he created the "flare bombing" has been forgotten.

Governor Jefferson Newman's eyes flashed red, and he said a sentence to his face:

"Byron Tudor, you have repeatedly delayed the warplane, and I really won't send you to a court-martial?!"