Chapter 443: The Horn of the Charge! (Thank you all for your votes!)

The dinner to entertain Cecil's delegation was naturally extremely sumptuous.

The chefs of the Principality of Idar had already mastered the essentials of new-style dining under Bruno's repeated instruction.

therefore……

When the servants brought the delicious dishes to the long oak table in the middle of the banquet hall...

The eyes of almost all the members of the delegation were involuntarily focused on the dishes placed in front of them.

After all, today's era is an extremely backward era.

Even for nobles, their daily meals were mostly simple dishes such as white bread and bacon.

Not only is there a lack of a wide variety of seasonings, but even the cooking methods are extremely simple, consisting of steaming, boiling, and baking.

However, this dinner prepared by the Idar people was an eye-opener for these envoys who came from afar.

How should I put it…

The recipes of the Principality of Idar can be said to be a fusion of various delicacies from the previous life, including Chinese food, Western dishes, Japanese cuisine, etc.

It includes recipes of royal court dishes and folk snacks, using precious and carefully selected ingredients.

in,

Chinese dishes require rigorous knife skills and delicate seasoning.

There is both the boiled cabbage with green leaves, thick flesh, light and delicious taste, and the sour soup fish soup with spicy, sweet, delicate and tender taste.

The Western dishes at the banquet were of various types and varied.

The Mexican tacos with corn as the base and beef and vegetable fillings are very appetizing, and the French lobster seasoned with cheese and sea salt is mouth-watering.

In addition, there are foie gras sushi, mushroom egg rolls, squirrel mandarin fish...

For a moment, the members of Cecil's delegation present were slightly dazed.

They couldn't understand it! Not to mention the social outlook and industrial construction of the Principality of Idar, they couldn't understand even the recipes of the Principality of Idar! Even as nobles, it was the first time for them to taste so many wonderful ingredients and experience such a novel taste.

Looking at the food placed in front of her, Leia used the knife and fork in her hand to gently pick up a piece of squirrel fish covered with orange-red juice and put it into her mouth.

Instantly, a sweet and sour rich aroma bloomed in her mouth.

The fish meat was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a sweet and sour taste. The mellow and rich flavor made Leia's heart flash with surprise again.

Naturally, she had no say in the negotiations between the Kingdom of Cecil and the Principality of Idar.

After all...whether it is the purchase of weapons or many other matters, most of them have to be decided and judged by Viscount Danielson.

So, when the officials of the Principality of Idar and the members of the Cecil delegation were discussing heatedly...

Leia's eyes were like a hamster searching for food. She couldn't help but glance at the plates of food. Then, she "inadvertently" stretched out the knife and fork in her hand and put the food that looked delicious on her plate.

There's no way, although on weekdays, Leia has never had any interest in eating or anything like that.

But today...

The sumptuous dinner and delicious food prepared by the Idar people were not something that Leia could easily refuse.

Who can resist the delicious food from the Principality of Idar?

…

The discussions and negotiations between Cecil's delegation and the Principality of Idar lasted for two full days.

The representatives of the Principality of Idar, led by Old Ford, naturally lived up to expectations.

Not only did they secure a considerable arms order for Bruno, they also reached a number of substantive consensuses with the Kingdom of Cecil.

Although at the beginning, the arrogant Cecil people had no interest in the weapons and equipment of the Principality of Idar, but...

No matter in which era or world, no one can escape the "true fragrance" law originating from the earth.

When the members of the Cecil Mission experienced the weapons and equipment equipped by the Idar army for the first time at the Idar Magic Weapon Test Site at the foot of Mount Almis...

No more pretense! Let's get down to business! We have long wanted to buy weapons and equipment from the Principality of Idar! Okay,

The weapons and equipment owned by the Principality of Idar were already many years ahead of those of the Kingdom of Cecil.

Let's just take the melee weapons as an example.

The vast majority of forces in this era still rely on the "block iron smelting" technology to create daggers and knives.

On the other hand, the Principality of Idar, which occupied the eastern part of the empire, had built large steel mills and arms factories, using the blast furnace iron smelting method to forge one sharp and pointed Idar standard saber after another.

not to mention……

This time, the Principality of Idar wants to sell more than just melee weapons!

With the replacement of new magic rifles, the Idar army replaced a large number of obsolete old firearms, and the Principality of Idar is also looking for suitable potential buyers across the continent.

There is no doubt that

In this day and age, no force can resist the temptation of magic rifles! Especially when Viscount Danielson saw with his own eyes that the Idar soldiers destroyed the armored scarecrows fifty or sixty meters away with their magic rifles...

His desire for the magic rifle reached its peak!

As King Cecil's confidant, Viscount Danielson is well aware of the external crisis that the Kingdom of Cecil is facing today.

Although the independence of the Kingdom of Cecil was the common wish of the western nobles, it made the nobles in the western part of the empire completely hostile to the Norman royal family.

In addition, the Church of Light, which is entrenched in the southern part of the empire and intervenes in this war in the name of the Grand Prince Pizman...

No matter how confident Viscount Danielson was in the strength of the Kingdom of Cecil, he was not sure at all that he could keep the well-trained Crusader soldiers out.

Many times, it is very difficult to admit that you are not as good as others, but after experiencing what he has seen these days... Viscount Danielson has truly realized that the comprehensive national strength of the Principality of Idar is by no means matchable by ordinary forces.

Therefore, after realizing the important value of the magic rifle, what he was worried about was not that the price of Idar's standard equipment was too high, but that the Idar people were reluctant to sell it!

At this moment, the olive branch that the Principality of Idar took the initiative to throw out - the arms trade with the Idar people, has undoubtedly become the most important help in the eyes of Viscount Danielson! If the army of the Kingdom of Cecil can also have such powerful weapons and equipment...

Wuhu!

By then, the comprehensive national strength of the entire Cecil Kingdom will have a qualitative leap! In the end, Viscount Danielson, in the name of Cecil's envoy, signed a subscription agreement with the Principality of Idar for 8,000 magic rifles and 10,000 Idar standard sabers.

In addition, he racked his brains and used all the gold coins he could to buy various armors, helmets, military rations...

But even so, Viscount Danielson still stared at the list of goods available for trade drawn up by the Idar Government Office with his eyes fixed.

He wants to buy more goodies! But the problem is...

After all, Viscount Danielson was not King Cecil himself. Even though he had used up all the funds granted to him by King Cecil Mankun Blood, he could not squeeze out even a single gold coin from him.

Fortunately, the "kind-hearted" Idar people seemed to see Viscount Danielson's predicament, and considering the "deep friendship" between the Principality of Idar and the Kingdom of Cecil, they lent two griffin knights to the Cecil delegation to deliver letters.

In this way, it would only take seven or eight days at the fastest for the Griffin Knights of the Principality of Idar to travel back and forth between the Kingdom of Cecil and the Principality of Idar and send Viscount Danielson to the Kingdom of Cecil in the western part of the continent.

Then, Viscount Danielson, who had received the order from King Cecil, was sent back to the Principality of Idar.

As for the rest…

Although Viscount Danielson was very interested in the magic industry and magic devices that originated in the Principality of Idar, these were, after all, the research results of the Idar School.

This is no longer something Viscount Danielson can decide! So...

Except for Viscount Danielson who will return to the Kingdom of Cecil by air with the Griffin Knights of the Principality of Idar...

Other members of the delegation, including Princess Cecil Lea Blood, will temporarily stay on the land of the Principality of Idar.

As for the engagement with Leia,

All right,

Although they had only met once or twice, Bruno was not opposed to the engagement, but as to whether to go through with it...

However, we need to wait until Viscount Danielson returns from the Kingdom of Cecil before deciding on the situation.

after all……

Bruno not only represents himself, he also represents the Principality of Idar behind him!

…

When Viscount Danielson left the Principality of Idar, it was already mid-June.

Just after Viscount Danielson left,

Bruno finally got the latest news from the Church of Light from the Idar CIA.

How to say it?

After so many days of calm...

The Church of Light, which had pushed the eldest prince Pitzman back to the throne, could no longer sit still.

…

Holy City, Bethlehem.

While the Principality of Idar was busy receiving Cecil's delegation and the nobles of Basel were busy blowing bubbles, the Church of Light was also not idle.

Even as early as January, with the stroke of the pen of Cardinal Camus Blanchard, the indulgences that the bishops of the Church of Light had placed high hopes on finally appeared on this continent in an alien world.

According to the church, if a believer in the church committed a crime, he or she could obtain God's forgiveness by purchasing indulgences of different quantities and levels.

The reason why the crimes committed could be forgiven was that the money collected by the church would be used to build statues and maintain the operation of the church.

Since the church is the only representative of God on earth, supporting the church is equivalent to believing in God, and will receive God's blessing and forgiveness.

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In conclusion,

The church fabricated a complete set of theological basis for the sale of indulgences, and distributed the task of selling indulgences to the bishops of each diocese.

And there is no doubt that...

This is a bad move.

After all this trouble... the church did make a fortune! The sale of indulgences allowed the Church of Light to accumulate a large amount of money and materials, giving it the capital and confidence to intervene in this war.

However, in places that the church could not see, the Church of Light was, to some extent, shaking the foundation of its own faith.

You know, the economic development status and population size of each parish are completely different.

However, after this assignment, every bishop was given the task of selling indulgences for a considerable amount of money.

It is true that some people would take the initiative to buy indulgences sold by the church, but...

Many more civilians had never committed any crime and did not have the money to buy indulgences.

But in order to complete the tasks assigned to them, the bishops of various dioceses tried every possible means, and even used their brains to develop pre-sale businesses specifically for civilians.

Can you guarantee that you will never commit a crime or behave badly in the future?

Not necessarily?

Since you can't guarantee it, then you have to buy it for me! The church has done so much for you, and you are reluctant to spend even such a small amount of money? If you don't buy it, then I'm sorry, it means you are not a devout believer.

The gods will hate you, the church will expel you, and your identity as a believer will be ruthlessly stripped away by the church! In this era of prenatal education for all,

The church's rhetoric, which is similar to that of a large-scale PUA, has undoubtedly dropped a heavy bomb in the hearts of ordinary people! They are already living in poverty,

The reason for believing in the church is the hope to be saved after death and to go to the heaven on earth mentioned by the church.

But in many areas,

There have been rumors that only by purchasing indulgences can one go to heaven on earth.

so……

Even though their lives were already extremely difficult and full of setbacks, they still had to use their trembling hands to carefully put the sweat-stained coins hidden deep in their pockets into the "atonement box" set up by the church.

then,

The bishops of the church would give them a piece of parchment that was extremely scribbled on and looked like a ghost drawing, but was soaked in holy water!

But we can't ask the church to write anything more on it, after all...

The parchment was probably only one-third the size of a palm, leaving little blank space for careless carving.

and,

Whether it was writing or drawing symbols on it, or using parchment as indulgence paper, it all cost money! The original intention of the church to sell indulgences was to make money and prepare for the upcoming war, so it was naturally impossible to make any fancy logos.

so……

When the sale of indulgences continued vigorously until June...

The amount of money accumulated by the church has reached a terrifying figure.

…

During this time,

Cardinal Camille Blanchard was always happy.

The dark cloud that had previously hung over his head seemed to gradually dissipate as time went by. (Two of his trusted aides successively joined the Protestant Church) And...

With the sale of indulgences, a large amount of money flowed into the church.

As the empire's interior became turbulent, the number of believers in the God of Light also increased.

As the saying goes, when the sky clears and the rain stops, you feel fine again.

In a situation that seemed so promising, Cardinal Camille Blanchard felt that...

The time for the church to rise has finally come! In his view,

As long as the Crusaders raise the banner of eliminating harm for the people and enumerate the heinous crimes committed by the imperial nobles...

The intervention of the Church of Light immediately made it the righteous army in the hearts of the people!

The only thing that Archbishop Camus Blanchard was worried about was whether the Principality of Idar, located in the eastern part of the continent, would intervene.

But now...

He could assert that the Principality of Idar would not send troops! Because...

The Kingdom of Basel has been persuaded by the church!

The Kingdom of Basel will launch an attack on the Principality of Idar and delay the Principality of Idar!

Although it may sound unbelievable, after all, the Kingdom of Basel has enjoyed peace for nearly a hundred years, but... this has become a fact that is set in stone.

During this time,

The Church of Light was of course also paying attention to the tulip miracle that occurred in the Kingdom of Basel.

The church naturally didn't know the truth of all this, nor did it have the leisure to trace the root cause, but what the church knew was that... the skyrocketing price of tulips made the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel arrogant!

You know, the dumping of goods by the Principality of Idar caused many Basel nobles to suffer "severely" and caused huge losses to their interests.

But now, the rising price of tulips made the Basel nobles feel good about themselves.

As the saying goes, if you have money in your hands, you will be at ease.

so……

With the help of the church, more and more Basel nobles have gained an inexplicable confidence!

In their opinion, it was time to strike back! It was time for Basel to rise! The nobles of the Kingdom of Basel also planned to take advantage of the money in their hands to give their northern neighbor, the Principality of Idar, a good "beating"!

after all……

Although the army of the Kingdom of Basel is not very good, it can attract people!

As long as there is enough money, what kind of desperado can't be recruited? What kind of mercenary group can't be hired? In the eyes of the Basel nobles,

As long as you spend a lot of money,

The Kingdom of Basel is capable of supporting a decent army and fighting what they "think" is a local war! "The charge horn has been sounded..."

"The Church of Light will create a brand new era!"

Looking at the map hanging in his room, the cardinal said in a deep voice.

I feel I am very strong, so I accept a closed-door disciple. The tuition fee is 888 yuan, and I only teach closing the door. Now I have signed up to learn how to turn off the lights and close the windows.

——Today's cold joke (reprinted)

(End of this chapter)