Transcendent Noble

Flatlake Town, Government Affairs Hall, Round Table Conference Hall.

"The Lord said, everyone who believes in me should be kind and compassionate, help those who have fallen, give fire to those who are lonely, and share food for those who are suffering, brother sisters must not bury them if they breathe. Orphans, widows and children shall not be expelled, old, weak and disabled shall not be abandoned..."

Kohler cups one fist in the other hand with his hands, raised on the tip of his nose, half kneeling on the floor with a solemn expression, sweat dripping down his chin. My knees were sour and soft, the muscles on my thighs jumped straight, and the fine linen shirt was wet against my body, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

The sultry heat of the Conference Hall and the endless talk of the pastor made his head dizzy, and there was only a single thought in his heart:

"Why is it not over yet? Why is it not over?"

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"...the one who helps, the one who helps, the one who saves the one, the one who saves the one, is the way of self-salvation and the way of devotion...Follow the way of the Lord, and the glory of the Lord is with you." The priest drew the holy emblem on his chest, announcing the end of the sermon, and nodded to the church attendants beside him, beckoning them to open the doors and windows to dissipate the smell of sweat in the Conference Hall.

Kohler quickly drew a triangular sacred emblem on his chest, stood up and rubbed his sore knees, and suddenly saw a fatty brow beaded with sweat beside him could not stand up for a long time, and a pool of water was sinking under his feet. , Felt inexplicably happy.

This fatty is called Wedge, and he moved from Wild Willow City to Flatlake Town recently. It is said that he was once a prosperous businessman in the Deepwater City black market. He has more than two hundred men, more than 20 grocery stores, four hostels, and two taverns. Because the business was too big and he was worried about, he had to sell the store in Deepwater City at a low price, and took the initiative to pay a large amount of money to the Deepwater City gang, and then went to Wild Willow City to ask for a living.

Wild Willow City's business is really easy to do. As long as there is a shop, an individual can make a fortune. However, in Wild Willow City today, the most difficult thing to get is the shop. I don't know whose relationship Witch has left, and he actually got in touch with Master John of Wild Willow City. Master John not only took out 6 shops to Wedge to take care of, but also introduced him to Flatlake Town.

Freedmen businessmen sharpen their heads and want to squeeze into the market in Wild Willow City, and freemen businessmen in Wild Willow City want to make their homes in Flatlake Town. Everyone knows that as long as the merchants who buy a house in Flatlake Town, their store business in Wild Willow City is considered stable. Nowadays, Flatlake Town no longer sells houses to outsiders, and freelance merchants can't pay much.

Kohler was the first group of freelance businessmen who bought houses in Flatlake Town. He deeply realized the benefits of Flatlake Town.

Flatlake Town market is not as popular as Wild Willow City, but every two days on weekends, tens of thousands of migrant workers flood into Flatlake Town market, open their money bags, eating and drinking merrily, shopping and pastime. The market is crowded with people, one after another, and it is more lively than Wild Willow City. Although the hired workers don't have much business to do, the profit of the retail of goods is very high, the water is long and the sand is gathered into a tower, and the total profit is quite amazing.

Flatlake Town merchants transport the commodities led by Randal to the Wild Willow City market for sale, and then purchase the commodities from Wild Willow City back to Flatlake Town for retail sale, do births on both sides, make money on both sides, and laugh one by one. Not from ear to ear.

There will be ten days more to be the annual Midsummer Carnival of the Randal Family. Kohler received a notice from the tax officer early in the morning, requesting him to rush to the government affairs office in the afternoon to attend a business gathering held by the marketing director of Flatlake Town to discuss goods discounts and tax deductions during the carnival.

Not all businessmen are eligible to participate in meetings organized by the Government Affairs Office. The Flatlake Town marketing director selected 26 representatives from among 274 merchants. Kohler is one of them.

He ate lunch early, took care of his appearance, put on decent clothes and the latest gentleman shoes, and rushed to the government affairs hall in advance with 25 other representatives. They didn't expect, and Witch, a fat businessman who had just joined Flatlake Town not long ago, was also here, and even more didn't expect that Pastor Dane of Flatlake Town Church would preach to them in the Round Table Conference Hall.

I've talked about it, how come I listen to the pastor's preaching?

Dane looked at the 27 battered and exhausted businessmen, and he felt weird. He preached to believers every day, but he was the first to preach in the lord's administrative office.

Randal knows a lot of novel things, you have to study hard and think carefully...Dane remembered the instructions of Pope Clement, shook the head with a wry smile, cleared his throat and said, "You are about self-salvation Is there anything else I don’t understand about the way?"

"Understood, we all understand...We must follow the Lord’s teachings." The merchants were busy nodded.

The servants of the government affairs hall walked into the Conference Hall with cool well water and handed them to the merchants. After the merchants drank the heat, Pastor Dane said slowly: "Now there is one thing that will test your piety."

The merchants looked at each other in blank dismay, inwardly grumbled. ...Master Dane, is this asking us to donate money?

After a cup of cold water, Kohler's mind became sober, and he took the lead to express his position: "Dear Lord Dane, if you have anything, please tell me, as long as I can do it, I will never excuse him! "

The rest of the people woke up and everyone talking at once said:

"Yes, yes, yes, as long as it is within our power, we will never excuse it."

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"I know that all of you here are devout and generous believers and donate every month... Flatlake Town builds a cathedral. Among the civilian believers, you donated the most money." Pastor Dane nodded admiringly and groaned. He said: "Randal and Feniksi have led hundreds of thousands of people, and some believers live in hardship. Although the church has a lot of relief, it can't completely solve their difficulties... They need the self-salvation of all members."

Cut, it's not for money!

The merchants exchanged their eyes, and their eyes focused on Kohler. He stepped forward, bowed deeply, and said sincerely: "I am willing to give 400 silver sols to help sister brother through the difficulties."

Everyone generously donated, "I am willing to give 400 silver sols. , Help brother sisters to redeem themselves."

"I pay 380 silver sol..."

"I pay 360 silver sol."

Fat businessman Witch held up the right hand, and the last one said: "I'm out of 100..."

100 Silver Thor was embarrassed to call it so loud...Kohler and the others looked contemptuous.

"100 Kinsoul!" The fat businessman took a breath and finished speaking.

100 Kinsoul? 3600 Silver Sol! Fatty, really rich... Don't you have two stinky money... Everyone greeted their new partner nodded kindly, with hidden disdain in their eyes.

Dane also took a look at the fat businessman, then shook his head and said: "It's not just a matter of money... Gambis Kingdom is fighting against murderous murlocs. Not long ago, Randal had 307 brave men. The mercenary soldiers died unfortunately, and more than 100 people were injured. 27 of them were left with lifelong disabilities... apart from this, the swamp scouts responsible for monitoring the Ant-Man army also suffered casualties from time to time. So far, 83 swamp scouts have been disabled. Some of them are even paralyzed for life...Although Viscount Randal gives them pensions, they need someone to take care of them. Their wives, parents, and brother sisters have to lay out their hands, stop working, and stay at home to take care of them. Some families have only couples and couples. For underage children, wives cannot go out to earn money to support the family, and the pension is always used up for a day. This kind of family is even more difficult. There are also bachelors who are unattended and can only live in the church’s poverty-stricken home for a long time..."

Dane paused and continued: "In the future, there will be such unfortunate people, and such families will also have...I hope everyone here can contribute money and efforts to help these families redeem themselves."

This is indeed not a question of money...it is a question of a lot of money. Helping the emergency does not help the poor. This is a bottomless pit!

The merchants looked earthy and secretly made up their minds. When the priest was gone, they went to Mrs. Lilia and asked the lady to come forward and ask the priest to give up this kind of demand for the dead.

"Mrs. Lilia and I have already negotiated..."

The merchants are ashamed...Can Flatlake Town stay?

"She agreed with you to form a mutual aid association. The purpose of the mutual aid association is to help families in need complete self-salvation."

Dane said with a smile: "The mutual aid association is located next to the poverty-stricken homes of the villages and towns. Build a mutual aid home to accommodate the widows and the disabled, led by Randal, so that their families can be reborn. Who of you wants to join the mutual aid association?"

"Me!" Fat businessman Witch raised his hand again. Exclaimed: "I am willing to offer 400 goldsouls to join the mutual aid association!"

"Okay! From now on, you will be the first president of the Randal mutual aid association." Dane pointed to the fatty in a cordial manner. Asked: "Believers, what is your name?"

"Respected pastor, my name is Witch."

Fatty bowed triumphantly, which aroused the anger of the businessmen Gaze.

The atmosphere in the venue was a bit stiff. Pastor Dane gave a dry cough, looked around all around, and said: "Of course, it is not realistic to let the backbone members of the mutual aid association bear the cost of assistance. The food and clothing for the widows and the disabled are provided by the poverty-stricken homes. The Mutual Aid Association is mainly responsible for taking care of them. The Viscount Randal allowed the Mutual Aid Association to hire people to take care of the food, clothing, and daily life of the widows, widows, and the disabled. In addition, the Mutual Aid Association can charge a certain amount of monthly fees from the families of the recipients as funds for operating the mutual aid home."

Huh? This can be done!

Kohler eyes shined, raising his hand and shouting: "I will give out 150 goldsore, no! I will give out 240 goldsore and join the mutual aid association!"

The mutual aid association is the church leader, the lord Allowed civil organizations. Although joining the Mutual Aid Association will lose a little money for a long time, it can improve your social status in Randal!

Other people also reacted and shouted:

"I'm out of 220 goldsor!"

"I'm out of 240 goldsor!"

"I'm out of 180 goldsor..."

Father Dane was satisfied with nodded and used a Holy Light Technique, and said in a solemn voice: "The pious will be rewarded. May the Lord give Blessed to you."

"May the glory of the Supreme Lord live forever!" The crowd half kneeled on the ground and prayed devoutly.

The misty holy light gradually dimmed, and a sweet voice like a oriole sounded outside the door:

"Father Dane, have you finished talking about your business?"

beautiful and alluring The charming Mrs. Lilia walked into the Conference Hall with graceful steps, raising her skirt to salute Pastor Dane. Marcy, her personal guard, bowed.

"Mrs. Randal, may the Lord guide your way." Pastor Dane painted the holy emblem on his chest.

"Mrs. Randal, good day." The merchants bowed respectfully.

Dane left his position, walked to Lilia’s side, and said to the businessmen: "Mrs. Lilia has a tax-free business to be handed over to the Mutual Aid Association." He raised his arm and said, "Madam, Please, I’m going to be with you."

Lilia slightly smiled, stepped on high heels, hired Tingting to walk towards the main position, took a black piece of paper from Marcy’s hand, and faced it. The businessmen said: "This business is called mutual aid coupons. It is actually a gambling business... it is issued once a week and the prizes are drawn on weekends... 20% of the total revenue is used as the issuance cost, and 40% is used as the bonus pool..."

Dane led his church attendant to the door, looked back, and found that the merchants listened quietly, with respect in their eyes. He couldn't help but think of a famous saying in the church:

The devout believer also has to dress and eat!

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Pinghu Fort, Lord's Study Room.

Victor sits behind the table and plays with a piece of black paper with 7 numbers written on it with special white dye. He did not expect that the improved paper that Randal led had not been used for writing, but was first used in lottery tickets.

Randal's rules of the game and the use of funds are modeled after Earth's lottery, but the name is changed to "mutual aid roll".

The paper and dyes of the mutual aid roll use several special plants as raw materials, which will emit orange and indigo flames after being ignited. The homunculus class uses these plant fuels as signal flames, which are difficult for human craftsmen to replicate, enough to ensure the anti-counterfeiting function of the mutual aid volume.

Compared with the technical content of mutual aid volume, its significance is even more extraordinary.

The appearance of mutual aid associations and mutual aid volumes represents that the wooden barrels of the closed-field centralized system have filled the bottom of the barrel. It has an ascending channel for the education system and the self-healing of the guarantee system. From then on, it can steadily install "water".

"Water" is not limited to refugees and tenants, but also includes leaders, vassals, Knight nobles, scholars, priests, and lords.

Assuming that the tenants do not have a security system, the bankrupt tenant families can only appeal to the church, and the pastor of the church will throw them to Knight, and Knight can start his own small family with followers. The centralization of land was still lost to Feudal System.

When the most basic refugee tenants have the ability to heal themselves, they will no longer rely on Knight and priests, but will steadily unite under the rule of the lord. Knight couldn't recruit a sufficient number of followers, so he could only rent the land to tenants, and he worked by the lord's side, gradually becoming a landlord noble. Tenants, lords, and vassals will also transform into the landlord class.

In other words, Victor can now start recruiting wild knights!

The military power, political power, and legal power of the Randal Family are concentrated in the hands of Victor, and the efficiency and power formed are by no means comparable to ordinary lords. In the pioneering war, the more land resources occupied by the Randal family, the stronger the attraction to the refugees, Knight, scholar, and priest. The snowballs are getting bigger and bigger. The traditional enfeoffment lords cannot compete with Victor, and the family becomes weaker. The freshman Knight will only serve the Randal Family.

Victor thus achieved overtaking in curves.

The productivity has changed. Whoever adjusts the production relations first will gain an advantage from the new system.

The success of the mutual aid association is the key to the key.

Victor doesn’t worry that the Mutual Aid Association will be controlled by the church. The backbone of the Mutual Aid Association are merchants led by Randal. Their sources and shops are in the hands of Victor. Victor can make them impoverished. They lose their wealth and they are naturally out of the game. , No matter how pious it is, it's useless.

I was afraid that the church leaders quickly realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately called the mutual aid association to establish a new tenant relief system. Especially Clement, who is thoughtful and decisive, has a sharp eye, and is most likely to be the first to discover the problem.

Victor thought about it, and realized that what could be used was the mutual influence of Church's internal forces.

Clement's desire for power and survival are very strong, as long as he is forced to a dead end, it should be able to pull him into the water... Victor thought about it for a moment, lifted the quill and wrote a hot word to Catherine Love letter. In the letter, he showed off his ideas about the tenant system and mutual aid associations to his lover... and the alien version of the lottery.

"My lord, Father Dane, please."

"Please come in." Victor put down the quill and put the love letter in the drawer.

Pastor Dane walked into the study and saluted: "Your Excellency Randal, good day, may the Lord guide you in the direction."

"Call me Victor."

Victor got up from his seat and greeted him cordially: "Dane, have the mutual aid association affairs been done?"

"Uh... Victor, I think the mutual aid association should take a bit longer."

Pastor Dane hesitated for a moment, frowned and said: "I feel that the size of the mutual aid association will become larger and larger... I'd better inform Master Bishop Pierot first."

" How big is the volume? There are only dozens of freelance businessmen’s representatives. Mutual aid funds mainly come from mutual aid files and are under dual supervision by churches and government offices. These businessmen just use the money to come forward to hire caregivers, and there is nothing to worry about. "Victor laughed disapprovingly.

"However, the group assisted by the mutual aid association will become larger and larger..." Dane said hesitantly: "I always feel something is wrong."

Victor leaned against the table, both hands crossed near chest, the head of the jaw said: "Yes! The service scope of the Mutual Aid Association also includes those elderly who have lost the ability to take care of themselves, so as not to make them a burden on the tenant families. Although they lose the ability to work, their faith in the Supreme Lord is still there. Mutual assistance The courtyard is next to the church, and they pray during the day and night... Isn’t it a good thing that a large group of elderly and disabled people sing songs in the church every day? Or do you think this feat is too great for you to bear?"

"I..."

Victor stepped forward and held Dane’s shoulders, looked directly into his eyes, and said, "My friend, the situation under the Pope’s crown is not good. He gave up There are many dioceses. If he supports it, there will be people who will oppose it. If he opposes it, there will be people who will support it! If you report the mutual aid association, there will be many people competing for this feat. In the end, the unfortunate one is you...and me."

Victor let go, and lightly said: "I designed the tenant system to cooperate with the resettlement of refugees under the crown. The problem of self-salvation of tenants is solved. The easiest way is to have polygamy. Randal leads now there are more than 3,000 bachelors, even if there are two wives, the number of bachelors will increase to more than 20,000. You can get these 30,000 bachelors away, I don’t want them. ! Does the lord dare to accept tens of thousands of bachelors?"

"Furthermore, the treatment of tenants is not much different from that of the resident. The resident can marry two wives, and the tenant can also marry two wives. , What would my leaders and vassals think? Didn’t this bring me down?"

Dane laughed awkwardly and exclaimed: "Hehe, Victor, the mutual aid clubs and mutual aid papers you designed are very clever , I don’t think it needs to be changed."

"I think so too..."

Victor stroked his smooth chin, and said with a serious expression on his jaw: "Dane, For you, this is a political speculation! Understand? There are hundreds of students under the crown of Clement. If you want to get ahead, you must come up with convincing results! You have won a huge reputation within the church, under the crown of Clement. The pressure will be reduced. The first to be promoted under the crown is you!"

"Even if someone wants to suppress you and rob you of your merits... Will your situation get worse?" Victor used Looked at Dane with pity.

"You are now just an assistant to Randal's garrison priest."

Dane’s face immediately ashen. Victor said coldly: "Miller old man doesn't care at all... The lord and the priest need to support each other. You support me, and I support you. The higher your position in the future, the more help to me. I will go. The farther you go, the stronger it will help you."

"We have done this, and we are the closest allies."

Pastor Dane’s eyes became The scorching heat, like a flame burning, nodded and said: "Okay! Let's start the mutual aid association first!"