Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

In this regard, extra collection of so-called donations abounds everywhere, under the guise of maintaining the operation of the church.

But the church is not so inclusive, but there are more and more paladins in the church, and the equipment is getting more and more luxurious, and they even play the name of the "spokesperson" of the holy envoy.

Qin Ji scoffed at such a church, but he also knew that it was on their territory, and Xia Yuxiao didn't need to cause unnecessary trouble for herself now, so he just kicked her lightly in secret , to signal her not to talk too much.

It turned out that she not only didn't listen, but also hit him back.

Unexpectedly, although the two had a verbal confrontation, the other party did not become angry in the end, and sent someone to take them to visit the scenery of the Holy Church, and the two finally returned with a rewarding experience.

"Your Majesty, why did you get into a fight with that old man?"

Qin Ji couldn't help asking when she returned to her carriage just after leaving the Holy Kingdom.

"It's not called barring, it's called showing your attitude."

Xia Yuxiao sneered, and casually threw aside the gold-bound version of "The Word of the Lord" that the previous Pope had given her.Judging from this action, Qin Ji was basically able to predict the future fate of this book—it was probably put in the most inconspicuous corner of the Royal Library to eat ashes.

"I hope Your Majesty will advise you." One of Qin Ji's characteristics is that he is eager to learn. After all, no one is born a genius.

Xia Yuxiao took a deep look at him, and then sighed: "Qin Ji, when dealing with religious leaders, don't try to use ordinary people's ideas to communicate with them."

"The best way to deal with them is not the so-called rationality and objectivity, but 'fighting poison with poison'. In order to ease the conflicts with the major sects, the monarchs of the Great Xia Dynasty also supported them and kept them intact. The ideology and rights. The problem is that the major sects are becoming more and more rampant, and even try to control the government."

"Therefore, Daxia ushered in a reshuffle, and carried out the most severe suppression of all sects. At the same time, it tried its best to improve the living conditions of the people of Daxia to prevent the people of Daxia from joining sects in desperation. In the end, those sects were forced to change their teachings. Make trouble again. The same is true for the Holy Bishop."

"If I don't express Daxia's attitude to him, they will only think that I have acquiesced in their preaching. If you don't reject it straightforwardly, they will push forward—this is the brain circuit of these guys."

When she said this, she put her hands on her chest and smiled slightly:

"So you see, Qin Ji, religious matters are not the same as political and military matters. Politically, the two sides can play Tai Chi with each other, and even tolerate differences between the two parties for the sake of profit. But religion is not, this matter In fact, I won't allow you to loosen up in the slightest."

hiss......

This girl seems to have never been to the Holy Church?

Qin Ji couldn't help being a little skeptical, but considering that Xia Yuxiao was the heir chosen by the late emperor after all, she probably learned some of the late emperor's mantle from the late emperor...

"However, this pope is really big enough. I thought he had to give us some work in the underworld more or less."

"The previous invitation letter has been completed," Xia Yuxiao smiled sinisterly, "Our visit today should be quite a 'surprise' for this old man. The Holy Bishop sent me Invitation letter, they should also know that I will not accept the invitation. But today I am here."

"For them, they probably would never have thought that I would come. If they dared to do something, the matter would inevitably become a big mess. At that time, once I escaped, let's talk about the facts. Do you think the Holy Bishop is in people's hearts? What kind of image will it leave behind?"

After she said this, Qin Ji thought about it.

Once they make a move, with the strength of Qin Ji and the strength of the dragon guards who have sneaked into the holy kingdom to secretly defend Xia Yuxiao, they may not be able to guarantee that they will defeat the group of paladins around the Pope, but at least they can turn the world upside down.

What would happen if Xia Yuxiao was lucky enough to escape the dead hand of the Holy Bishop and spread the matter?

The Holy Bishop sent an invitation letter to an emperor who did not trust the church. As a result, the emperor was invited to celebrate the Pope’s birthday and had a friendly discussion with the Pope. As a result, the Pope turned his head and ordered someone to try to kill him.... ..

Not to mention how serious the consequences of offending a powerful country with a standing army of more than 100 million are, even if it is just to deal with the pressure of public opinion, it is enough to make His Excellency the Pope burn out.

Therefore, you can fight each other verbally and ideologically, but you really can't fight physically. If you fight, the holy bishop will have to vomit three liters of blood even if he doesn't die.

"Since you have already fought with them, let's go now?"

In this regard, Qin Ji still believed in Xia Yuxiao's judgment, he asked.

"Well, we can't be late, it looks like we don't respect each other," Xia Yuxiao nodded, "Tell them, it's time to start."

"Yes."

The convoy received the order and immediately accelerated towards the direction of the Weixi Empire.

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In the far east, An Guogong's mansion in Tai'an City.

Qin Siyue looked at Lingyan in front of her with a headache.

"Sister Lingyan," she said with a helpless expression, "first, my brother is no longer a child, and you have seen his own strength, not to mention that there are so many dragon guards around His Majesty, there will be no harm. Safety hazard—there are my brother’s people in Suilongwei.”

"second,"

She took a deep breath and calmed herself down:

"My brother and I are brothers and sisters, that's right. But the idea that you want to find my brother's breath in me does not exist, so don't follow me every step of the way, okay?!"

Chapter 12 Entering the territory

Qin Siyue also had no choice.

After her elder brother left, Sister Lingyan kept following her for some reason, and even Qin Siyue stayed by her side when she was sleeping.

And she would often get close to her for no reason. Qin Siyue was originally a group of people who would be cowardly when she left her brother, and when she caught up with Lingyan, she often approached her, which made her almost nervous.

"Master ordered me to protect you, miss."

Regarding this, Lingyan looked calm, and brought out Qin Ji to suppress her.

"Are you so protective? Go to the bedroom?!"

"Is there a problem?" Facing Qin Siyue's questioning, Lingyan tilted her head, "Miss, I usually protect the young master like this. It is very common to enter the young master's bedroom for protection."

In fact, this is true, but it is not entirely correct. Lingyan's room is next to Qin Ji's, and there is a door connecting the two rooms. That is to say, Lingyan can open that door and enter Qin Ji's bedroom at any time.

Don't get me wrong, this design is for Lingyan to enter his room for protection at any time.Otherwise, if something happened, she would either have to run out of her room first and then open Qin Ji's room door, or she would have to break through the wall directly.The former is time-consuming, the latter laborious.With this door, she can directly kick open and enter Qin Ji's bedroom, which is extremely convenient.

However, these words sounded particularly blatant to the young Qin Siyue.

"You you...you have no shame!"

This is too lewd!How could this be so!No wonder she often sees her brother getting up listless in the morning, I'm afraid...

Lingyan didn't refute, or she felt that she didn't need to refute at all.Qin Siyue is Qin Ji's younger sister. Although Qin Ji handed over her command to her younger sister, Lingyan has no obligation to tell Qin Siyue everything in detail.

Seeing Lingyan's appearance, Qin Siyue had nothing to do with her in the end, she could only take the official document sent to An Guogong's mansion, and then began to review it.

Speaking of it, Qin Siyue doesn't know anything, at least, she has a deep understanding of all kinds of knowledge after she came to this world.It's just that she is not as good as her elder brother socially.

It was precisely because of this that before Qin Ji left, he specially asked the Prime Minister and General Bai to send the official documents directly to the Duke Anguo's mansion, and not to meet Qin Siyue as much as possible.

"This, what's going on?"

Looking at the official document in front of her, Qin Siyue carefully looked at it curiously.

It was an official document about the distribution of armor in the empire. In the empire, armor was a very important military resource. The armor of Daxia often provided very comprehensive protection for soldiers, and precisely because of its strong protective performance, The whereabouts of each batch of armor needs to be traced to prevent someone from stealing military armor for their own use.

But in this official document, Qin Siyue felt something was wrong.

Judging from the number of armors above, they are all correct. Except for the loss caused by daily training and armor quality problems, the overall figures fit perfectly.

However, Xia Yuxiao found that the consumption of raw materials related to armor was not compatible.

Daxia's armor has its own special production workshop, which employs many craftsmen and practitioners to make armor.The manufacture of these military supplies is supervised by the military. Similarly, the raw materials for production are also managed and transported by the military.

But Xia Yuxiao discovered that the demand for raw materials for this production was obviously too much.

The remaining amount of armor is the same as before, but the demand for raw materials has increased. For this, the reason written by the person who recorded the data is that the armor is worn out.

This is quite reasonable, because it is normal for the army to experience armor loss in the previous battle in Cold Yin City.But this amount...

She is extremely sensitive to data and always feels that something is wrong.

"Oh, this, when I went to pick up these official documents, the official in charge of delivering the official documents said that a lot of the armor in it was still usable, so I sent it back to the workshop for repair, and it was not counted in the existing armor inventory. .”

Lingyan said.

"repair?"

Qin Siyue pondered for a moment, then raised her head: "Sister Lingyan, Daxia only fought the battle of Hanyin City recently, right?"

"Yes."

"I'll write a letter, and you give it to General Bai."

After Qin Siyue finished speaking, she tore off a piece of paper, wrote a letter on it, carefully sealed it and handed it to Lingyan: "It must be handed over to General Bai, understand?"

"clear."

Lingyan is still very obedient in this regard.

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Vichy Empire.

The arrival of the emperor of Great Xia brought almost the highest standard of courtesy from the Weixi Empire.

From the time the visiting group arrived at the border of the Weixi Empire, there was already a special welcoming team waiting respectfully at the gates of the border city, followed by the well-dressed soldiers.

Several officials saw the convoy from a distance, so they immediately greeted it.

On this occasion, Xia Yuxiao will not use Qin Ji as an interpreter. Although Qin Ji understands Weixi, it seems a bit too embarrassing for her, an emperor, to bring her own captain over to act as an interpreter in such a formal diplomatic occasion. up.She has specially prepared a professional translation team.

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Weixi Empire, Sano Hedino, is here to welcome His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Xia Central Empire. We will provide you with full hospitality and escort."

In front of the stopped convoy, the well-dressed minister bowed and saluted.

He was wearing typical aristocratic attire, and judging from the golden ribbon, he was probably an officer.

Xia Yuxiao is very aware of the other party's attire. In fact, the envoys of the Weixi Empire in Daxia also wear this. It seems that it is because it is common for nobles in the Weixi Empire to participate in politics, and many nobles hold multiple positions.Moreover, many non-noble officials will also be enshrined as nobles after being reused, so they are often decorated with messy decorations.

It is understandable that different countries have different systems.

"Hello, Duke Hedino..." Qin Ji stepped out of the carriage, glanced at the official's emblem, and judged that the official was a Duke, "It's a great honor to meet you, I am Great Xia's Taiwei, Qin Ji. His Majesty bestowed upon me the title of An Guogong."

"So you are His Excellency An Guogong," Duke Hedino bowed slightly to him, "I have heard of your name for a long time, but I never thought that His Excellency An Guogong would be such a young and promising person."

"I'm so honored, it all depends on His Majesty's kindness."

After the two communicated, Duke Hedino accompanied several viscounts, surrounded by guards, and Qin Ji replaced Xia Yuxiao to deliver news for Duke Hedino. After all, Xia Yuxiao is the emperor of a country, so A lot of news still needs to be conveyed by Qin Ji, a courtier, on her behalf.

The journey of the Weixi Empire has begun.

Chapter 13 Reciprocity

The territory of the Weixi Empire is actually not too big.

Looking at the entire human world, although it can be regarded as a big country in terms of territory, there is still a certain gap compared with the size of Daxia. Its land area is probably less than half of Daxia.

However, almost all of its land is suitable for living, unlike Daxia, which has stretches of mountains and deserts. This has led to the extremely developed internal transportation of the Weixi Empire. The 500-year development history has made the Weixi Empire China's domestic infrastructure is extremely complete, and stone materials are even used to pave the "Central Avenue" that runs through the east and west ends of the Weixi Empire.

And now, the convoy is speeding past on this central avenue.