Alien landlady

Chapter 300 Annexation of Meetings
At this time, Farrell got the latest news from the monitoring Bishops of the Grantham Temple. The new archbishop of Gullis has been elected, and he will leave for home in a few days.

Farrell did not report this information. If His Majesty Ascombe IV knew that he had been monitoring the temple, the old king would be angry. There are some things that can only be done, but cannot be said, so what he can do next, Just seize the rest of the time and carefully investigate the biography of the new archbishop.

The new year is the same as last year, Bai Tongtong invited mobile troupes to the two territories; the guild store bought good goods for all the stores in the town early to meet everyone's shopping needs; Bonuses, listen to their excited screams, and send the top three from each village to the territory on the other side for a week of free vacation.

Throughout the New Year's holiday, Bai Tongtong went out to visit relatives and friends, traveled around the two countries, and came back exhausted, so tired that she didn't even want to participate in the entertainment activities of her subordinates.

After the new year, the work of checking taxes for the nobles was finally completed, and the prison was full of people, and they had to wait a long time to know whether their fate was life or death.

The news of the new archbishop's return to the country spread almost at the same time. Every place along the way was warmly received. The capital began to be decorated to welcome the new archbishop. There were new rumors and discussions among the people. Your Majesty's tax payment, how will the newly appointed archbishop handle it perfectly.

The archbishop who disdained to use the magic teleportation array and the two partners who failed in the election finally returned to the royal capital after more than half a year in the season of warm spring and blooming flowers in the country after more than a month of travel in the country. It is about His Majesty the King's tax inspection. The behavior of those stupid nobles has seriously affected the reputation and reputation of the Nipai.

The number of believers in the Meneites and Kelloggs is increasing every day. There have been believers offering properties for use as churches. In addition, His Majesty insisted on asking the church to spit out the extra money. Everyone’s life has been rough these past few months. It was really difficult to win, and everyone looked at the new archbishop helplessly, wondering if there was any way to turn the situation around.

Bai Tongtong didn't pay much attention to the head-on fight between the secular power and the religious power in the capital, she was busy with the infrastructure construction on the territory.

In the village where the research institute is located, the construction of underground pipelines that lasted for a year has ended, and the construction of above-ground buildings has begun this year. The design drawings of the research institute alone have to be pulled by several horse-drawn carts, and there are several special-purpose drawings for each room. The blueprints and the defensive magic circle on the wall have drawn detailed drawings, and the construction standards are higher than the main building of the General Guild. It is known as the most expensive building in the history of the domestic magic world.

But if it is completed, it will be able to do a lot of high-end experiments, and samples of various ideas can be made in the supporting workshop. Such a wonderful idea has attracted the attention of many magicians. Go around the construction site to see the current progress, and wait for it to be used after it is completed.

In the royal capital, after three days of intense negotiations between His Majesty Ascombe IV and the new archbishop, the church paid an astronomical sum of money in exchange for His Majesty the King's waiver of the conditions to continue pursuing the investigation. Looking at the filled treasury , His Majesty the King shook hands with the Archbishop to make peace.

After spending money to settle the lawsuit, the Neptune Church finally freed up its hands to clean up the two rivals, the Meneites and the Kelloggs, and criticized them as heresies to the devout believers, deliberately provoking conflicts among believers, and causing dissatisfaction all over the country. There were bloody fights every day.

So the magicians were furious. After all, most of the converts at this stage are family members in the magic circle. If the family members are hurt, the magicians will not ignore it. Even if their own family members are not injured, they still share the same hatred.

Farrell borrowed Bai Wutong from Bai Tongtong, and those members of the religious association with radical colors became excited under the provocation of the church, publicly declaring that those who did not believe in the teachings of the Ni sect would die. Live the best help.

This fire-type black eagle has never made a contract with Bai Tongtong since it took the initiative to follow Bai Tongtong here. Masters and professional Warcraft merchants expressed that it was difficult to understand, but they found it interesting and enviable.

The strong counterattack of the magicians aroused strong dissatisfaction from the church, accusing the magicians of violating the law and attacking civilians. The archbishop ran to the palace to protest to His Majesty the King, but was rejected by His Majesty Askem IV on the grounds of freedom of religious belief, and Throw out evidence from all over the place, proving that the priests of the Ni sect instigated first, and the sheriffs and soldiers everywhere are exhausted every day, and then warn the archbishop, if they dare to continue to instigate believers, the Kellogg sect will become the largest sect in the country.

The archbishop left angrily.

His Majesty Askem IV doesn't mind the archbishop's rudeness at all. He believes that as long as the archbishop learns about the plan to annex the Kingdom of Rebjanik, he will naturally come back to express his willingness to cooperate. Grace.

If the Gulisi Kingdom is successfully upgraded to an empire, no matter which of the three major sects becomes the largest sect in the country, the highest religious leader in office will definitely covet the seat of the next Pope, as long as it concerns his own vital interests, Even the archbishop couldn't hold back.

His Majesty Ascombe IV watched the archbishop leave wisely, and then summoned his personal attendants to send out all the letters written in advance. It was time to call the loyal ministers to discuss the next action plan.

A few days later, all the dukes and marquises of the country gathered in the palace, together with the crown prince and ministers, closed the door for a secret meeting, the chief clerk Farrell took the minutes of the meeting on the spot, and borrowed Ah Huang to set up a Earth enchantment to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

At this meeting, His Majesty Askem IV announced his plan to annex the Kingdom of Rebjanik and establish the Gulis Empire.

His Majesty's reason is that the country's future needs a coastline. The sea in the south of the Kingdom of Rebjanik is suitable for year-round navigation and can vigorously develop lucrative maritime trade. However, the domestic sea routes that can be used now will be closed for half a year in winter.

"Rybjanik is currently busy building a new holy city. Welcome the Pope home. When their treasury is empty, it is a good time for us to send troops." His Majesty Askem IV said.

Ministers and high-ranking nobles all looked at Farrell who was sitting in the corner to record. He smiled innocently at everyone, and Ah Huang was sitting upright on the corner of his table.

"Your Majesty, this is the first time information in this area has appeared. We are not superstitious, are we sure it is correct?" The military minister turned his gaze away from Farrell and turned to the king.

"The location of the new holy city has been set in the wasteland bordering the forest of Wismar. Earl Bai has been watching there every day, and now the loggers have just started logging."

"Your Majesty, Rybjanik is a powerful country. Even if it costs a lot of money to build a new holy city, it will take many years to wait for their treasury to be empty." The Minister of the Interior has something to say.

"What do you think is the reason why domestic supplies such as white sugar have become sufficient in the past two years? I heard that even the common people of the Tamir Principality can now buy a bag of white sugar more easily than before."

The ministers and nobles once again turned their eyes to Farrell in unison, Farrell still smiled back, Ah Huang tilted his head, wagged his tail, and his eyes were wide open.

"So, the current tactic is, during the crop harvest season, the Countess Bai spent a lot of money to purchase wildly in Rebjanik, destroying their domestic supply balance? Your Majesty?"

"Is this trying to cause their domestic prices to rise? But they are a big country, and when prices rise in one place, merchants will react upon hearing the news, and soon materials from other places will come to stabilize prices."

"I heard that Miss Bai's method is to send people to buy up their stocks directly from the local big households at the place of origin. This does not cause a temporary price increase. Even if the merchant knows that it is profitable, if they cannot purchase goods at the place of origin, the entire country will suffer. Trouble." His Majesty Askem IV placed Farrell's job on Bai Tongtong's head.

"Miss Bai is really rich."

"If this kind of practice is done in a normal year, the harm is not so obvious. If they encounter a disaster year and Miss Bai makes a big purchase in the production area, they will be very troublesome in the country."

"So Miss Bai is making preparations in advance to impress the local big households as regular customers, so that they can still buy crops in a big way in the disaster year, right?"

"With the construction of the new holy city, there will be more and more places to spend money later. Once a disaster year really occurs, their treasury will not even be able to provide money and supplies for disaster relief."

"Their church is said to control a lot of land in the country, and they should store emergency food crops."

"Even if there are reserves, we don't know whether the amount of reserves is true or not."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, the point is not here, but Miss Bai is already ahead of us." The Minister of the Interior knocked on the table to remind his colleagues not to digress.

"Your Majesty, only Countess Bai knows about such a big plan to annex the Kingdom of Rybjanik. You make us so sad."

"Of course, I won't call you for a meeting without cleaning up the nobles in the country first."

"Your Majesty! Why did I suddenly feel that the annexation plan has a lot to do with Miss Bai?" said the Duke of Kedikov City.

"No way, Miss Bai, as an earth mage and cat's partner, is naturally addicted to the big land."

"This idea really has something to do with her?!" These powerful men were surprised.

His Majesty Askem IV looked calm, "It was her idea to save the magician. His Majesty Carson III and the church have been under special surveillance, and the information is being submitted and summarized every day."

Hearing the word "intelligence", the ministers and nobles couldn't help turning their eyes to Farrell again. As they were, of course they had long understood the meaning behind the position of chief clerk.

Farrell's smile didn't change a bit. Ah Huang was licking his paws to wash his face, turning his ears and tilting his head, "NYA~"

The ministers and dukes and marquises took a long breath, turned their faces, and looked at His Majesty Askem IV, "Your Majesty, we fully support the plan to annex the Kingdom of Rybjanik."

"Very well, folks, for the next few years we will be well prepared."

It is a big plan to annex a big country on the other side of the river, and that country's current national strength is comparable to that of Gulisi. The subsequent pacification work is an annexation, so massacres cannot be carried out, and even if a war has to be fought, it must be resolved quickly, because population is the foundation of an empire.

Kings, ministers, dukes and marquises are the real ruling class of the country. The policies formulated by them are implemented by the earls and officials below. Viscounts and barons usually obey the orders of the earls and cooperate with officials and civilians to ensure work can be successfully completed.

After the first secret meeting was over, Ah Huang passed the news to Bai Tongtong, knowing that the official annexation plan was about to start to be fully formulated. news.

A few days later, the Marquis of Aronson came to the palace again and applied to His Majesty Askem IV on the grounds of his poor health, hoping to pass on the title of Marquis to his eldest son in advance.

The two old men closed the door and talked in secret for nearly two hours. When the Marquis came out again, the application was approved. The Marquis' eldest son will inherit his father's title a month later and become the new Marquis of Aronson.

Two weeks after the news was announced, Bai Tongtong received a dinner invitation to celebrate the new Marquis. She hurriedly dragged Xiao Er to the capital, ordered a few sets of costumes for both of them, and saved the rest for the National Day event time to wear.

As usual, on the afternoon of the banquet, the sky was still bright. Farrell came to the guild to pick up Bai Tongtong in a glamorous outfit. Harding followed invisibly. The three of them took three magic pets and went straight to the marquis's territory through the teleportation array. The guild they belonged to, and Ah Huang used the land escape technique to take them to the Marquis Manor in the countryside.

It is precisely because the destination cannot be reached directly that the transportation method is specifically stated on the invitation letter, and the guests are sincerely invited to enjoy afternoon tea in the garden of the manor.Calculating the speed of the carriage, the guests who can't use magic will arrive in the town at noon at the latest, unlike Bai Tongtong and the others, who can take a comfortable nap and wait until the time is almost up before setting off.

When Ah Huang led everyone to appear on the driveway outside the gate of the manor, looking at the end of the winding driveway, Bai Tongtong couldn't help but marvel at the huge building full of vicissitudes of history.

"This is the Marquis Manor!"

(End of this chapter)