Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Lai Gou'er could only suppress the emotion in his heart and accept the pistol.

“You've seen everything you need to see. Now, tell me about the situation on Fika's side. According to your understanding, how long can the stable situation last?”

Fang Zheng sat back on his chair and tapped the table, signaling Lai Gou'er to sit down.

Lai Gou'er sat opposite him, thought for a moment, and said, "Now, the construction of Fika is progressing extremely fast. I have allocated a sum of money specifically to help Father Solje and the Brotherhood develop."

“On the surface, Father Solje is leading those missionaries from Da Jing, going door-to-door to help people. In addition, the Brotherhood is expanding its strength outside of Fika, mainly in the direction of the Holy City. The gap between rich and poor in the Holy City is severe, so development is very smooth. We have also developed a new agent in the Holy City for business, with considerable strength.”

“As for Fika, the fleet has also taken out a large sum of money to buy off the higher-ups and smooth out relationships. We have also invested in building many streets and buildings for the common people, so everything is considered harmonious from top to bottom. However, before I returned to Da Jing, the Church had already begun to make big moves.”

“According to my estimation, given Da Jing's tough attitude, even if it's delayed, the conflict will likely intensify within a year or two.”

Fang Zheng leaned back and let out a long sigh: “A year or two... that's a bit short.”

“If a real fight breaks out, are we confident we can take the Holy City directly?”

Lai Gou'er pondered: “It's hard to say. Although the Church is corrupt, all the defensive forces for the Holy City are of the highest standard. Apart from the lack of firearms, I think it's on par with Da Jing.”

“The Holy City is originally a formidable city, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although we can launch a surprise attack by sea, cannons are extremely inconvenient to carry. If we launch a surprise attack and cannot take the Holy City within ten days, when reinforcements from other countries arrive, Da Jing will inevitably have to go to war with the entire Western world.”

Lai Gou'er continued to analyze: “But we are not without a chance of success. The key lies in the Brotherhood.”

“If we provide them with firearms, provide them with equipment, and coordinate from the inside and outside, making a surprise attack straight to the Holy Temple and taking down the Church's higher-ups, there is still a great chance of success within ten days.”

“Hmm...” Fang Zheng pondered, “Is the Brotherhood's strength reliable?”

“I think it should be reliable. According to the intelligence I received, they are developing their forces in the slums extremely quickly. In fact, the Church has also become alert and sent people to the slums to investigate the situation, but after the suppression, although the speed of recruiting new people has decreased, the group of people previously gathered is more united than before.”

Lai Gou'er couldn't help but reveal a smile: “Big Brother, you didn't see it back then. When Father Solje was in the Holy City, countless people came to help. The righteous are often butchers, and scholars are often heartless. Those people in the slums have suffered from the Holy City's oppression, and when the uprising comes, they will surely respond to the call.”

“The righteous are often butchers, and scholars are often heartless?” Fang Zheng smiled disdainfully, “Don't be too optimistic about those lower-class people.”

“These butchers usually don't have much knowledge. Once they are fooled, they will sell their lives for others. If they die, they are lucky enough to be pulled out as heroes. Scholars have a broad vision, and their considerations of advantages and disadvantages are complex. The decisions they make are mostly rational and aimed at avoiding harm. Being able to choose adventure after recognizing the truth of life is true righteousness. Such people are one in ten thousand among ordinary people.”

“Don't trust them too much. The Church's operating methods are vastly different from those of Da Jing. No one knows how firm the people's faith in God is.”

“Therefore, for these people, we can only strengthen brainwashing, and it must be more thorough than the Church's!”

Lai Gou'er listened quietly.

Fang Zheng kept planning in his mind: “Once the supplies are prepared this time, you will return to Fika, and I will transfer a wave of manpower to you.”

“Ah? What kind of manpower is needed?” Lai Gou'er asked.

“Hmm... you need a group of medical teams, a group of magicians, a group of Taoist figures, and a group of reporters,” Fang Zheng said.

“The curative effect of penicillin is now unparalleled in the world. Take it to create momentum for Father Solje and create more miracles.”

“For example, if a patient with a stubborn illness comes, let Father Solje learn some magic and Taoist rituals in advance. Our Taoism's unrestrained posture, combining Eastern and Western elements, dance a bit and then perform a magic trick, and the patient will be convinced.”

“Do you know Hua Daoren in our capital? He has been particularly popular in recent years. The posture of performing rituals is so flirtatious, and the opening of the altar is so soul-stirring that the people cry and howl when they see it. You think our Da Jing people can't stand this, wouldn't foreigners go home and wash their pants when they see it?”

Lai Gou'er asked in surprise: “Is it really that powerful? Being able to perform rituals to this extent can be considered a celebrity in the Taoist altar, right?”

Fang Zheng smiled evilly.

“Otherwise?”

“When the performance is almost over, give the patient a bowl of psychedelic soup, and then secretly inject a shot of penicillin... After the patient is cured, let the newspaper reporters vigorously publicize it.”

Fang Zheng said triumphantly: “I dare not say anything else, but when it comes to brainwashing... the Pope can only be considered an elementary school student in front of me. I will let him see what title parties and sensationalism are!”

“When foreigners see it, they will be shocked and shocked all day long!”

Lai Gou'er listened with a dry mouth and licked his lips.

Hiss, that's right, he's seen a lot of newspapers too.

This set of operations sounds more awesome than the Church... At least penicillin really works!

“That's not all. You can completely secretly send penicillin to the slums of the Holy City through channels, win over civilians, and at the same time publicize the deeds of Father Solje, saying that it was a skill bestowed on him by God, and only Father Solje can make this thing. Wouldn't it be easy to gather believers at that time?”

Lai Gou'er nodded repeatedly: “Good, good, is there anything else, Big Brother?”

“Yes, reporters are the most important thing. When you arrive in Fika, you need to start investigating, summarize the evil deeds of the Church, and write some battle manifestos in advance, but don't directly attack the Pope. Once the people develop a sense of fear, it will be difficult to achieve great things later.”

“When the war really breaks out, let's shout a slogan of 'clearing the emperor's side', and print countless leaflets in advance, and use cannons to shoot the leaflets into the city first! First, shake the people's hearts and disrupt the military's morale.”

“If everything goes smoothly, and we cooperate from the inside and outside to kill into the city, our people will be the first to rush into the Holy Temple to control the Church's higher-ups and directly behead the Pope! Secondly, open the prison gates wide, and thirdly, occupy the treasury. The wealthy households with a poor reputation among the people will distribute all the gold and silver to the poor people.”

Fang Zheng said slowly: “Although the common people are hot-headed, once it involves real money, greed will overwhelm faith.”

“As long as the people get the money, immediately support Father Solje to take the throne, appease the people and let them hold the money in their hands with peace of mind, then the situation will be stable.”

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