Wizard From Afar

Almost on the 2nd day when Loren and the imperial mission left, little priest Weber began his "reform plan."

And bear the brunt, aiming at the extravagance of Byrne Cathedral.

In simple terms, to increase revenue, first reduce expenditure.

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All the ostentation, supplies and servants of the priests were confiscated under Weber’s "bishop order", either severed or sold to the Chamber of Commerce at a low price. Okay, otherwise Chamber of Commerce is basically impossible to spend so much money at once) to subsidize the daily operations of the Byrne Church, charity work and the like.

In the face of "Leading by Example" and at the same time supported by the Duke of Byrne and Holy Cross Church, the priests of Byrne Church can only "willingly" and raise their hands in favor of bishop. The adult's decision.

But this does not mean that they really gave up resistance, but aimed at Weber's second decision-layoffs.

As a "spiritual guide" for Duchy, Byrne Church also has a large number of things to deal with. It even has to undertake certain court and tax collector work between the villages to promote the Duke’s "great achievements". Duchy's policies were extended to the countryside, and occasionally civil disputes were dealt with.

Such a variety of tasks, of course, is impossible for the cathedral's "honorable and holy" deacons to do it themselves; they are only responsible for coming out, and the specific tasks are handed over to all kinds of employees and church servants.

Under Weber's "new reforms", the number of these employees and servants was cut by four-fifths, making deacons complain about it; so they began to use passive sabotage and "staff shortage" as an excuse , So that Byrne Cathedral is almost half-paralyzed.

But they obviously underestimated the "bishop master"'s superhuman perseverance, and his ability to win allies and rely on "sincere to touch people's hearts".

Weber first abolished the redundant servants of the church, but all employees with certain "professional skills"—promoters, judges and tax collectors—were retained the priesthood in the church by Weber, and then all passed on to them. The court of Byrne, directly loyal to the Duke of Byrne and the Round Table Council.

In other words, although they still bear the name of the church and do the same things as they did in the past, the salary is paid by Duchy and the church no longer intervenes.

This can be described as "mutual benefit" for both parties. Weber got rid of the cumbersome and mundane affairs, while the round table council had a large number of grassroots bureaucrats overnight, and the execution effect was stronger than the court that had to pass each count in the past. Much.

Charlotte Torino, who was overwhelmed by surprise, immediately took advantage of the count did not respond and began to implement her centralization plan; and the "bishop Weber", who had spared no effort, was finally able to focus on the church’s The main function.

In the case of the collective slack of the cathedral deacons, Weber showed superhuman perseverance and extraordinary energy. With only a few priests who were secretly bought by Charlotte, he alone The entire Byrne church is in operation.

This time the deacons really panicked, because they suddenly discovered that they were doing nothing, and the church was still doing the same as usual-that means that he is also superfluous to Master Bishop, he will not even himself This group of people was also abolished, right? !

But Weber once again "turned his style", first ousted a few insatiable deacons, most of them were just dismissed from their posts, but retained the priesthood, and they were still the priest of the cathedral.

The most important point is that whether it is dismissal or dismissal, Weber’s reasons are excuses such as "advanced age" and "suddenly ill", leaving them the last trace of thinness.

The rest of the group immediately understood it, and asked for bishop with excuses such as "eyeballs hurt", "little finger pierced", "get a mouse hand", "I don't want to get up when I lie down" and so on. Dismissal of their duties allows them to go home and recuperate.

Weber naturally agreed, and immediately promoted a group of younger newcomers who had similar ideals with him from small sect halls everywhere to fill the vacant positions.

The cathedral was rectified, and the little priest—byrn bishop—Weber finally had the opportunity to turn the spearhead from “throttling” back to “open source”.

As among all Duchy churches in the entire empire, Byrne Church is certainly not the most powerful, but it is definitely one of the very best in terms of wealth; Byrne is already rich, plus the perennial donations of nobles from all over the world. , And the deliberate wooing of the Duke of Byrne in the past generations, the Byrne Church has an astonishing amount of funds and real estate.

In Lothar, the priests in the villages and towns want to make money and need to "encourage" the nobles and rich peasants to donate; while the priests of the Imperial Capital have the kindness paid by the believers who come to pray regularly in various churches. payment.

Only the Byrne Church, almost all large and small sect churches have their own fields, manors and plantations; together with donations from believers and nobles, it is enough to enable the local priests to live a life comparable to count; The Byrne Cathedral in the Scarlet Blood Castle holds the title deed of the most prosperous area in the inner city. It also has a staggering number of assets in conjunction with Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Commerce, and it relies on lending to make money.

But these properties have already been overthrown by Governor Byrne, and they were almost sold off by priests and deacons during the Centaur War; in addition, Loren and Charlotte secretly "instructed", Jr. Yod was responsible. The execution, from the inside out, was swept away by the Torino family and the Chamber of Commerce, leaving only an empty shell for Weber.

This is why Weber cleansed the public servants in the church and ceded the employees to the duke as soon as he took office. Unless he borrowed money, he had no money to supply these "idle people."

Weber, who was almost "poor and white", immediately hit the deacon who had been deposed, and wanted to collect the money they had acquired from reselling church assets in the name of "corruption".

But it's a pity, because Jr. Yod, who joined Chamber of Commerce, had long since guessed that he would do this.

So as soon as Weber came to the door, those deacons either "rolled away" or "investment failed" and went bankrupt; In the deacon family, the whole family was lying on the bed in just a few dozen days, thin and hungry to the point of being out of shape, only half a breath was left.

Things have reached this step. Even if the dying deacons did not tell him, Weber can guess who is behind doing all this-Duchy financial officer, co-chairman of Chamber of Commerce, Loren's Intelligence chief, Sir Yod Jr.

The only problem is that although Jr. Yode’s methods are cruel, either cooperate or die; but whether to transfer assets or plan the caravan "bankruptcy", it is a trick within the "rules" and is not involved. Church internal affairs.

That is to say, unless cast aside all considerations for face, all that Byrne bishop can do is to accuse Little Yod of being unethical and curse him without pain.

Weber decides to be courteous and then pawn.

Byrne bishop came to the door politely and told him politely that the Byrne Church had a sum of funds in the accounts of the Union Chamber of Commerce, and there was a huge amount of investment. He now needs this money. A portion of the money will be used to maintain the operation of the church.

And Jr. Yod also said very politely, it’s okay, just have to wait a few days; because so much investment is involved, the amount is so huge, and the Chamber of Commerce wants to collect the money. It also takes time.

Weber is nodded, which means it is understandable.

So after waiting for more than half a month, Webber, who was still silent, finally noticed that it was wrong, and immediately visited the door and questioned Jade in person.

What about the money?

The sincere little Yod stretched out his hands and shook his head regretfully.

sorry, no more.

Stopping the two followers behind him who wanted to rush up and smash the body of Jr. Yod into pieces, the indifferent Webber asked politely, why not?

The sighing young Jod immediately took out hundreds of pages of accounts, spread half of the room in front of Webber’s neat and tidy, and told him one by one that the money was operated. How investment has experienced gains, growth, fall and bankruptcy.

To put it simply, the church’s investments were once benign investments and they used to make money, but unfortunately these investments lost money for various reasons; except for a pile of IOUs and dead men The white bars of tell no tales, half of the copper plate is not left.

As for the process...Look at the books in this room, haven't I told you all?

Don’t understand? Not so much time? Aiya, that’s not my problem, but yours.

Unless you can come up with evidence to prove that my account book is falsified, otherwise this is evidence, and it is iron-clad evidence!

I stopped the entourage who wanted to perish with Jr. Yod again, Weber nodded, and said nothing else, just give me the promissory note.

The honest and trustworthy little Yode said that he was okay.

In the end, Weber took the IOUs and white strips filled with a carriage, as well as thousands of gold coins donated by the little Yod who was "satisfying each other", and left the Chamber of Commerce for the second time.

But Byrne bishop knows very well that Jr. Yod, who has already exposed his ugly face, will not let him go so easily.

Sure enough...Only 2nd day, Scarlet Blood Castle had rumors about "Byrn bishop will collect church debts", and it spread to half of Duchy; merchants in Byrn were all heard about it. The color changed to the point of alarming the Round Table Council.

In this case, Weber has only two choices left;

first is to insist on collecting these debts, and completely destroy those businessmen who are already bankrupt; but this will make Byrne The church is notorious, and he himself will surely be ruined because of it.

The most troublesome thing is that once there is a dispute, the Byrne Church will again be involved in Duchy politics, which is inconsistent with his original intention of reform;

second is to give up debt, but assets The poor Byrne Church will immediately face the embarrassment of making ends meet; under the premise that it has already lowered its head to the Torino family once, another compromise is likely to make the church completely lose its independent status and become a vassal of the duke and the Torino family.

Neither choice is what Weber wants to make.

So he decided to choose the third way.

Before Charlotte and the Round Table Council formally prepared to take action, Weber took the first step and announced to Quan Duchy in the name of "Byrne Church bishop" that he would formally deal with the church's debt problem in a week.

Invite all Duchy businessmen who are burdened by the church's debts—basically, the overwhelming majority—that they must come to the scene "on time" to discuss this matter with him.

Weber’s decision was decisive, and his hand was quick, which was a little beyond Yod’s expectations, but everything was still in his plan; and as the president of the Joint Chamber of Commerce, he was certainly qualified. Accept the invitation and go.

But not for debt, he was going to see how Webber could not get off the stage—whether he tore the face of "Saint", or swallowed the poison with painful self-knowledge... I felt irritating when I thought about it. Woolen cloth.

After dealing with an unscrupulous black hair wizard for a long time, Little Yod, who originally had a very low moral bottom line, loves this kind of social activities that "break idols" and "expose humanity" more and more. .

by fair means or foul, let those who seem to be honest and decent, show their ugliest side...it can bring a unique pleasure to little Yodd.

On that day, in front of many businessmen who were at a loss and complained, Weber did not mention a word about the debt issue. Instead, he angrily denounced Byr Duchy’s lending ethos; he compensated and controlled the unscrupulous lenders with huge sums of money. For the purpose of the team, a large number of debts were released, allowing the businessman to assume high risks, but at the same time he did not have any worries about the practice, so he severely criticized it.

So Little Yod could feel that those gazes that were originally fearful and bitter began to turn towards him one by one.

Why? It's still a question...The Union Chamber of Commerce under the banner of the Duke of Byrne is the largest lender in Duchy!

Later, Weber ordered the people to move out of the debts of the church, and burn to ashes all these IOUs and white notes in front of all the merchants!

Following the astonished little Jodd dumbfounded, the entire Byrne cathedral was immediately filled with joy and weeping atmosphere...

At the end of the day’s meeting, the Byrne church officially gave Quan Duchy announced that all businessmen’s debts and debts to the church will be exempted at one time, and will no longer be recovered; if any businessmen are willing to “repay the debts” by paying charity, no matter how much is paid, the church will also give it to the church in a “ceremonial manner”. They have a "good faith debt forgiveness certificate."

But this is only voluntary, and the church will never force it.

As the Duchy tax officer and the president of the Great Chamber of Commerce, Yod, who participated in the meeting, also "sincerely" shook hands with the bishop master, saying that he would firmly support the church's "low interest debt" decision , Severely crack down on all high-interest loans and curb the trend of lending.

Charlotte Torino, who has received a large number of low-level bureaucrats, also came forward and praised Weber's bishop for his outstanding spirit and "spiritual guidance" for the entire Duchy.

In less than a month, Byrne Church’s financial situation has improved immediately-the "sincerity debt exemption certificate" issued by the church has become a kind of "official certification" "honest business certificate". "Many businessmen who are not in debt are very happy to donate a large sum of money in exchange for this certificate to hang on the door of their shop.

The dark tide between the Chamber of Commerce and Byrne Church has just begun...