Alien landlady

Chapter 286
In the early morning of the next day, when the ministers in the palace gathered for the morning meeting, they heard the latest news. Last night, the archbishop suffered a sudden illness. Although he saved his life with all efforts, he was still unconscious. Co-chaired by the bishops' conference here, it depends on the development of the archbishop's illness, and then decides whether to elect a new archbishop.

The ministers were surprised, and before His Majesty Ascombe IV came, they buzzed about discussing whether they should go to visit together, feeling that the archbishop had worked so hard for his age and finally fell ill.

No one doubted that the archbishop's sudden illness was caused by some external force.

Except His Majesty Askem IV.

At the morning meeting, His Majesty and the ministers also discussed the matter of visiting the archbishop. After the meeting was over, they sent people to handle it. The ministers returned to work in the elders' house. The news of the archbishop's illness spread immediately. Even the cleaners knew about it. Pray for the Archbishop.

Farrell sat in his office and didn't go anywhere, but not long after, a piece of paper suddenly appeared on the desk of His Majesty Askem IV, who was working alone in the palace, with Farrell's handwriting on it, confessing yesterday At night, Bai Tongtong went to negotiate with the archbishop because of rumors, but there was no evidence that the archbishop's sudden illness was related to the negotiations, because when the archbishop was found lying down, Bai Tongtong was eating supper on the street by the mercenary guild. They also brought delicious special barbecue to the receptionists of the Magicians Guild.

His Majesty Askem IV had nothing to say about that.

But that's fine, the archbishop suddenly fell ill, which disrupted many of the church's planned work plans. They would focus on their own affairs first, and would not be able to spare too much energy to interfere in the secular political situation.Especially since the archbishop is so ill, the following bishops will fight fiercely in order to compete for the highest position.

Well, the archbishop's illness is definitely due to his years of overwork, and has nothing to do with Bai Tongtong's negotiations.

His Majesty Askem IV decisively threw Farrell's note into the fireplace and burned it.

The news of the archbishop's illness spread in the magic world on the same day, and Bai Tongtong naturally got the news. She behaved like other magicians, she just expressed her sympathy, and then wrote to Farrell , Have you organized the nobles to go to the temple to express their condolences? Do you want her to attend?

The letter was burned directly by Farrell with magic flames.

Not getting a reply, Bai Tongtong shrugged and went to busy with his business.

When winter came, after three days of heavy snowfall in Wangdu, the archbishop's condition still did not improve. Although he woke up, he could not speak, his limbs were paralyzed, and he only survived on liquid food every day.

His Majesty Askem IV made some mediation, and asked the Magician Guild to send the best white mage to visit the patient. After the white magic was swept away, the mage shook his head. If he took the medicine at the time of the illness, he would be fine. Magic can't help, so prepare for the funeral, the archbishop's weak body won't last long.

It was confirmed that the archbishop was hopeless to be healed. The bishops who presided over the work reported the news to the holy city, and at the same time, the competition for the new archbishop also started. The struggle of contacting one's own supporters, poaching other people's supporters, wooing swinging neutrals, and promising benefits after one's promotion, this is the same as the struggle process that some nobles do when they want to get a chair in the House of Elders. It's exactly the same.

The three candidates who finally competed within half a year will go to the holy city to meet with the high-level officials there and explain their respective propositions, especially the quantity and quality of domestic supporters. This is part of strength. If there are not many supporters, they will It directly affects the future work of the archbishop, and the archbishop who does not receive the support and cooperation of the clergy is obviously incompetent, and the bishops have enough reasons to initiate impeachment.

After fully expressing themselves, they entered the final three rounds of testing, and finally decided who would be the new Archbishop, and the Pope presided over the investiture ceremony.

After the whole process is completed, at least the results will not be available until the autumn and winter of next year, and it may even be delayed until the next year. After all, there is still a lot of time to be counted in the round trip from Gulisi's royal capital to the holy city.

At such a tense time, the bishops in the bishops naturally don't care about discussing with the colleagues of Rebjanik about the experience of causing trouble in the magic world. The senior bishops who look solemn and loving and respected by the people, Everyone is only for their own interests, and they don't use their energy in one direction. Even if someone comes up with a plan, it is only to increase their own winning chips. The result of fighting alone is to be dealt with by the magicians.

The office of the bishops' conference is also located in the temple, and the king is the core site of Harding. After the news that another archbishop was to be elected, it has been keeping a close eye on it. It has destroyed several times by the bishops. intrigue.

The magic world is also taking action. Out of experience, every time there is a personnel change among the senior bishops, they like to use the magic world as a target to show their abilities and gain more supporters.

Bai Tongtong didn't bother to care about these things. Her two territories and the guild's daily affairs kept her busy every day, especially now that it was cold and it was a good season for vegetables. Even the villages in Wismar were Local specialty vegetables are grown, and the people of the Land Clan also contributed a lot of delicious and easy-to-cook vegetables.

There are many varieties of vegetables, and the prices range from high to low. The supply is sufficient to meet the needs of different classes. It is very popular in the capital and the northern cities north of the capital. After last year's market cultivation, this year's business is much better. Even Even in the central cities where the winter is not so cold, there are merchants who want to order, and the recipes sent to vegetable wholesalers are even bought by booksellers at high prices and printed into books for sale.Bai Tongtong's income from selling vegetables every day is really packed in space bags.

Most of the staple food produced in the territory was used to pay the rent of the rare earth mines. Bai Tongtong didn't bother to use means to conceal the amount of mining, and he would give as much food as the contract for the purified finished product.Not only did she use it for herself, but she also sold a lot of it. Since she discovered the benefits of smelting, the demand for it in those large smelting plants has been rising.

Bai Tongtong's vegetable business is not only for sale, she also purchases local specialties and resells them to various cities in Marzio. They are also very popular. Countess Wismar's reputation is well-known, which naturally attracts strong support from customers.

For the northern city of Gulisi, the best specialty of this hot country in Marzio is white sugar. With its unparalleled advantages, Bai Tongtong started the import business of white sugar as a matter of course. The packaged white sugar bags, together with vegetables They are sent to various cities in the north, and they are sold out as soon as they arrive.Also because of the abundant supply and the large commodities transported through the transmission array, the cost of transmission is diluted, and the price of sugar is cheaper than before. Housewives of urban working-class families can occasionally buy a pack of desserts to make at home.

The guild shops, warehouses, and car dealerships that had been under construction since the beginning of the year were also completed one after another at the end of this year. Through the store channels across the country, Bai Tongtong was finally able to steadily obtain all kinds of raw materials she wanted.

As a result, the residents of the town have new job opportunities. The shops, warehouses and car dealerships all need a lot of people. Bai Tongtong said that she would monopolize the logistics of Fubao Town. , she sent her convoy out.

What kind of goods do the various stores in the town want to buy? Just write the list and hand it over to the store. The store will arrange the carriage uniformly and purchase from reputable partners. The goods attracted the patronage of the magicians again, and the environment of the town became better under this virtuous circle, and the townspeople no longer had to envy the villagers to make money by farming.

After entering December, Bai Tongtong was busy distributing year-end bonuses to the villagers. The interns sent to the village recorded in detail the quality of vegetables and grain sold by each family every day until the last day of November. It is the basis for awarding bonuses.

Set up a high platform in the village square, and boxes of bright gold, silver and copper coins are placed on it. The calculation results are read out on the spot, and the cash is weighed on the spot. Come home surrounded by your family.

The unprecedented move naturally attracted all the idle magicians to watch the fun. It took one day for a village to distribute the bonuses, and it took a week to distribute all the bonuses.

Villagers who had money flocked to the town in large numbers to purchase New Year's supplies generously. Every day, the carriages from the car dealers returned to the town with the purchased goods, and everyone was smiling.

After the bonuses were paid out, Bai Tongtong was still not idle, and she gave the villagers a new reward. The top three families in each village with bonuses would be invited to Wismar for three days for free.

Similarly, various villages in Wismar also distributed bonuses. The top three families went to Fabao Town for free for three days, including the clansmen of the Land Clan. Families, these poor towns don't even have a decent hotel.

As for the workers in the factories and workshops in Wismar Town who have worked hard for a year, Bai Tongtong also invited the outstanding workers among them to visit Fabao Town, including the newly hired managers, to visit Fabao Town In the beautiful scenery, the people on the two territories have to communicate with each other to enhance their feelings.

The sudden exchange of so many people is a big test for the town's reception capacity. Bai Tongtong also knows this shortcoming that cannot be improved in the short term. She gave a one-month deadline to allow the rewarded citizens to plan their own travel. For the date, just let her know in advance, Wuyingmao will be responsible for the pick-up.

As for those villagers who failed to get rewards, Bai Tongtong did not treat them badly. She sent out invitation letters through the guild store, Soller City, Kedikov and Porvoo City, asking the theater troupes from these cities to perform in Fabao Town.The same goes for Wismar, where the mercenary guild spread the news, inviting large and small mobile troupes to perform in Wismar for a month during the New Year, and finally the top three troupes chosen by the audience to be the most popular will automatically get invitations for next year. And if the same troupe is at the bottom for three consecutive years, it will no longer be popular.

As soon as the news of inviting the troupe came out, people outside were amazed at Bai Tongtong's generosity, and after learning about other related news, especially the fact that she gave out a large bonus, it was even more enviable, and the territorial nobles of the three surrounding cities couldn't help but feel Worried about whether his people would think that going to the Countess is more promising after making a comparison.

Just when Bai Tongtong and her people were preparing to welcome the New Year with excitement and joy, a major event happened in the neighboring country across the border river, the Kingdom of Rebjanik, and the magicians fled.

Because of the stupidity of the water mage Calvert in April, it ignited the final battle between the religious world and the magical world in their country, and the religious world supported by His Majesty is winning steadily. As long as the magician can't bear to fight back with magic, there will be an army Go catch them. If a magician attacks the army again, he will be considered treason. The magician guilds across the country have sealed their seals and taken back state ownership. One of the conditions for forgiving magicians is to bow their heads to the church, according to the scriptures. The content of the narration is admitted to be the most loyal servant of the only great supreme god in this world.

This condition is absolutely unacceptable to mages, but because of the scarcity of female mages, the absolute number of male mages are married to ordinary people, and their parents are also ordinary people, even if mages want to resist to the end , but couldn't hold back the tears and pleadings of his family, one after another, magicians turned their backs and disarmed.The remaining magicians who were determined to die either broke up with their families, or took their families, took off their robes, put on plain clothes, and tried their best to escape to Raja, which is across the river from the city of Cove in Ke. city.

The church in Rebjanik will never allow domestic magicians to flee to Gullis. Even if they don't use it, they can't take advantage of the neighboring countries on the other side, especially when the archbishop there falls ill. The bishops are looking for a new candidate. But fighting fiercely will not help at all. If Gulisi's magic world gets a large number of magicians, it will definitely not be good news for both of them.

Losing the convenience of the teleportation array, the magicians can travel at the same speed as ordinary people, and the army guarding Raja City has received an order to strictly guard the border in advance through the military's communication channel, and searched every person who leaves the country. Very carefully, even businessmen were affected, and even the small storage rings and space bags they used were all confiscated in the name of suspected smuggling. Only pure metal jewelry can be kept, and gem-set jewelry cannot be kept. It doesn't matter if it's a magic item or not.

The merchants who suffered heavy losses could only stay in Raja City, trying their luck to get back their money and goods, and a small number of merchants who survived the disaster, after crossing the river and entering the city of Cove in Ke, naturally took the The word spread.

The Magician's Guild in Kedi's Cove City responded quickly. While reporting to the capital, they also sent a copy to Bai Tongtong to inform her of the news.

Without waiting for the main guild to contact him, Bai Tongtong sent Ah Huang and Wu Wu to search for magicians in Raja City, and expanded the search area along the avenue into the city. It's a unique mark, wait until midnight to get people across the river.

(End of this chapter)