Alien landlady

Chapter 278 The New Priest
Bai Tongtong, who returned to the guild, plunged into the business again. In addition to the daily work of the guild, there were also a lot of trivial matters on the territory. The territory has expanded so much, and she still has time to go around from village to village. Chatting with the villagers, convening a meeting of village chiefs and village representatives to discuss practical problems in the countryside, plan agricultural production and farmland water conservancy construction.

Which villages are responsible for growing staple food and which villages are responsible for growing vegetables can be spread out. In each villager family, those who are over 16 years old can receive a fixed monthly salary and floating bonuses, all depending on what they grow. What is the quality of the food and vegetables grown? If they are poorly grown, even wages may be deducted.

After Bai Tongtong had measured the whole territory of her territory with her feet, it was already the middle and late May in a blink of an eye, and the summer waterside barbecue party, which was held after the beginning of summer, had been held twice.

The townspeople and villagers all knew that after their new lord expelled the church village, they were all in awe of Bai Tongtong, and they obeyed her every word 100%, and the generous rewards she gave also smoothed the situation. They let go of their fear of discord between the lord and the church, and hope that the next priest can get along well with the lord.

The slow horse-drawn carriage method finally delivered the letter from the priest of Fabao Town to the superiors who can make decisions, and then had to transfer the priest away. As for Bai Tongtong, who drove the two priests away in more than a year, Many clergy were very angry and talked a lot. Originally, Fabao Town was an area firmly controlled by the church, but Bai Tongtong easily broke this monopoly.

Magicians and the Church are true enemies.

Even so, the town of Fortress cannot live without priests, and if they withdraw, it will represent a victory for the magic world, so even though they are angry, they still need to find another new candidate to fill in and continue to maintain the presence of the church in the area.

And it is not easy to find a new person. Bai Tongtong's notoriety has spread widely in the circle of clergy. The low-level clergy who could be attracted to the northern diocese were not accepted. In desperation, they had to lobby some small sects with no sense of existence from within, and finally found an old priest who was almost 60 years old, and he had the right to go there I have dedicated my life to supporting my life.

So one morning at the end of May, a long-distance carriage bumped all the way to the town of Fabao, and an old couple got out of the car. A red dress and a tulle bonnet on her head.Both of them have white hair and are not very energetic due to the fatigue of the journey, but they look kindly, just like the kind elders in the family.

The mayor led the townspeople to come forward to help, unload a bunch of boxes from the top of the carriage and move them into the church. The women brought fresh food, helped them clean the room, scrub the dust, and transferred from the previous priest to the new priest. When I came here today, there were no activities in it for almost two weeks. Even the morning prayers were stopped, which made people panic. Now that the new priest is here, everyone is at ease.

Bai Tongtong learned about the arrival of the new priest in the afternoon of that day, so he sent Xiao Er and Ah Huang to deliver invitations, invited the new priest and his wife to the guild for dinner, and held a welcome banquet for them.

Knowing the reputation of the lord of Fort Town, the old priest did not refuse the invitation and accepted it happily.After inquiring about the couple's dietary tastes and taboos, Shaw returned to the guild and told the cook to prepare. In the evening, before dinner began, Bernard sent a servant to drive the priest and his wife to pick them up.

Bai Tongtong took off her robes on purpose, and greeted her guests in the hall in a beautiful dress. Xiao Er and the two familiars were by her side, and she was very imposing at first glance.

"Good evening, Father and Mrs. Pegg, nice to meet you." Bai Tongtong offered to extend his right hand to shake hands with the couple.

"Good evening, dear lady countess, thank you for your invitation." The priest and his wife obviously didn't know that such etiquette still exists, and quickly stretched out their hands to respond.

"Dinner will be ready soon. Please follow me to the restaurant. Let's have some pre-dinner drinks and chat slowly." Bai Tongtong took the priest's arm, and the wife took the handsome knight. of a small space.

Two rectangular dining tables made up a large square table, covered with a clean white tablecloth, beautiful dinner plates, wine glasses, and shiny silver stainless steel tableware. Four people sat on each side, and Bernard pushed a small dining car in. There were There are six kinds of aperitifs, and one person chooses one.

Father Pegg had an obvious local accent, and Bai Tongtong took advantage of the accent to ask about his birthplace and previous work place.

"Honestly, Father Peg, I didn't expect the church to move so fast. You arrived just a few days after the previous priest was transferred. I thought the church would spend more time looking for a replacement."

"Dear Miss Countess, the church is indeed a headache, and they really can't find a suitable candidate. Even the clergy of the Nepali sect are unwilling to come."

"Nipai? Isn't Father Peg from the Nipai?"

"My dear countess, I'm actually from the Meneites, a small sect of the Meneites."

"Are different sects different in the details of the teachings? What are the core claims of the Meneites?"

"Dear lady, our Menni sect is a very moderate sect. We believe that in addition to worshiping the only supreme god, believers have the right to believe in natural gods according to their own needs. For example, it is natural for those who are engaged in agriculture to believe in the goddess of the earth. .”

"Well, this proposition is interesting. I thought that all believers only believe in the only supreme god, and the worship of other gods is forbidden."

"This is the idea of ​​the Nipai. We Mennipai think this is not good. It is hard to say who will appear first in the order of time, the natural gods and the supreme gods. It is not a big deal to believe in it at the same time, respectable countess."

"That's right. Wherever there is a magician's guild, you should send your Meneite believers to be priests. What's wrong with everyone living in peace? I don't mind if the church doesn't pay taxes. It’s crossing the line when local governance dictates what to do.”

"Don't worry, respected Countess, small sects are neutral in politics. It is not easy for sects to survive, and they don't have the energy to ask for other extravagances."

"This is the best way. I just became an earl not long ago. I just visited all the villages in the territory and collected a lot of practical problems that need to be solved. The church has controlled this place for hundreds of years, and the villagers are so poor that they don't even have a few good clothes. Father Peg, if you have a chance, please tell your superiors, I don't mean to be against the church, but I don't want my people to live in poverty. If you have time, you can go to Salter Village, Since that village became my baronial territory last year, their quality of life is now the envy of other villages. Just for the vegetables sold in winter, the gold coins I earn have to be stored in space bags. It must be clean and beautiful, and after they have money, they will be more generous with the candles in the church during the holidays. So this should be a good thing for the three parties, but the two priests are too short-sighted, especially Your quasi-predecessor, knowing that the extremely devout believers under him have always been a little crazy, didn’t step up the restraint, and eventually caused a big disaster. Father Pegg, I hope that during your tenure, we can cooperate happily.”

"Of course, my dear countess, I am very willing to cooperate with your management work."

"This is really great, I believe we will get along happily." Bai Tongtong invited everyone to clink glasses together.

After the banquet, the manservant drove the guests back to the town in a carriage, and she went upstairs to write to Farrell, telling him that the new priest was from the Mooney sect, asking him for information about this sect, and asking him to find How's things going with the old minority.

Over the past month or so, Farrell has successively collected some basic information on various sects, and eliminated the new sects that are short-lived, leaving only the old sects that are too old to tell their origins. After seeing Bai Tongtong's letter , He dug up those materials, found the Menni sect, and found that it was on the list of the old sect, and there was also a place where believers lived, somewhere in the Granary Plain.

He simply wrote back to Bai Tongtong, telling her that he would send someone to investigate the situation of the Menni sect, and that the Menni sect is a moderate sect, and reminded Bai Tongtong to get along well with the new priest.

Bai Tongtong looked at the letter paper and wrinkled her nose. She is not a militant, so why are you so worried.

Father Pegg, as he said, did not interfere with Bai Tongtong's management policies for the territory. He just led the believers to pray every day, sorted out the accounts left by his predecessor, and comforted the believers who came to ask for help. When preaching the doctrine, naturally It is based on the ideas of the Menni sect. Since the whole area of ​​Fubao Town is mainly based on agriculture, and the lord is an earth mage, of course, the goddess of the earth must be worshiped at the same time as the main god. The goddess will protect the yield of the farmland. and quality.

Reminiscent of the floating bonus promised by the Countess, it is an income directly linked to the output and quality of food and vegetables. If everyone has money, it can also drive the town's business, so all the villagers and townspeople accepted it without hesitation. He happily approached Bai Tongtong to buy a statue of the goddess of the earth.

Bai Tongtong didn't have such a thing herself, but she still went to other places to order a batch of plaster statues of the goddess, palm-sized, shaped like a goddess standing in a harvested farmland, with her arms open and her palms down, as if she wanted to caress the plump wheat. Spike, only the sickle in the left hand and the hammer in the right.

Without asking the people to pay for the purchase, Bai Tongtong generously gave gifts according to the number of households, ensuring that each household has one, so the people placed the statue of the main god in their homes, and since then there has been an extravagant goddess of the earth who occupies a place picture.

Bai Tongtong was naturally happy with Father Pegg's cooperation, and invited their wives to the guild for dinner every now and then, to taste the newly developed dishes, and they would not be forgotten at the barbecue meeting every Sunday evening.

After a long time, the mages became acquainted with the Peg couple and knew that they belonged to the Menni sect. The attitude of the mages was also very gentle, they did not confront each other at all, and got along with each other in a friendly manner.

Seeing June, all kinds of things piled up again like a mountain.

Burrow and his group of interns, after correspondence and discussions with their families, only half of them finally decided to stay and work for three years. Burrow was one of the remaining personnel, and Bai Tongtong saved the trouble of changing assistants.

The interns who did not sign the contract packed their luggage early, and went back to the capital after receiving the last payment. As for the remaining half, Bai Tongtong gave them a week's leave before signing the contract formally, and let them go home Resting for a few days is also to give them the last chance to think about it. Those who return after the holiday will have no chance to go back on their words, and they will not be allowed to resign after signing a contract for three years.

As soon as the interns were all gone, Bai Tongtong's workload surged, but she still had to hurry up to go to several high-level schools in Soller City for interviews. The students who were willing to come to Fabao Town signed up enthusiastically. There were quite a few, picking and choosing from school to school, spending a few days to lead people to the guild, and finally recruiting more than 50 new interns in total.

With so many people, the guild really couldn't accommodate them. Fortunately, the weather was so hot that Bai Tongtong asked them to lay the floor in the attic to make do with the entire summer vacation. After the two-month probationary period was over, some of them would be eliminated, and the remaining people would come back. For distribution, both the town and the village need resident management personnel, nominally as assistants to the town mayor and the village chiefs, to assist in handling various affairs and organizing documents.

There are not many people in the territory who can write their own names, which makes Bai Tongtong feel helpless, but it is too late to popularize education this year, and it will take time to find land to build a school.

The interviews at Wismar were carried out successively one after another. During the two-month application period, more than a dozen applicants came, all of whom had to give up their previous comfortable life for various reasons. Ma Lai started again, and no one came to serve Bai Tongtong purely for her title of Earl.

Bai Tongtong thinks this is very good, the applicant is coming for a new job with a more pure purpose, otherwise she would feel uneasy if someone suddenly appeared who said they only serve the countess wholeheartedly.

Ah Huang took the opportunity of sending the applicants back to his hometown, dutifully investigated their identities and backgrounds, observed their performance in family and outside interpersonal relationships, and comprehensively evaluated their character. Bai Tongtong did not want to hire people with bad habits. employees.

When Bai Tongtong was considering who should be notified for the second interview, he received a letter from Farrell, and he finally investigated the history of the Meneites.

The Menni sect is one of the three major sects that were originally on an equal footing with the Ni sect.

(End of this chapter)