Lonely Rock City, Royal Palace Garden.
Bishop Aubart flipped through a thin book and asked the middle-aged man in front of him, "Jennings, what do you think of this book, 'Justification by Faith'?"
Although the middle-aged man still looked young, his hair was already streaked with silver. He sat on a stone bench in the pavilion and calmly asked, "Before we discuss the contents of the book, why don't we guess where this book came from?"
“According to the traveling merchants, he carried about fifty copies of this book with him, and after visiting each country, he would present one copy to the local king or priest.” Bishop Orbart touched the neat text on the pages with his fingers and said with a smile, “To be able to copy this book in such large quantities and to format the text so neatly, there is probably only one country in the world with the technology to do so.”
Jennings pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.
Bishop Aubart asked, "So, in your opinion, why are they doing this? Or rather, what do they intend to do next?"
Jennings crossed his arms and thought for a while before saying, "I don't know what those people want to do, but this move is tantamount to waging war against the Church, which is not a wise move."
Bishop Aubert smiled and waved his hand: "I think that a war between Muxi City and the Pope is inevitable sooner or later. Think about it, by taking in alien species and using forbidden technology, everything Muxi City is doing now is challenging the authority of the Church. Rather than waiting for the other side to attack, the wisest choice is to weaken the Church's influence to the greatest extent possible from the religious roots."
Jennings patted the title page of the book: "Even if what this book says is reasonable and well-founded, and the church's religious control has been weakened as a result, it is tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock for the sake of the kingdom of Muxi City alone to be at odds with the church."
Orbart stroked his chin: "I always felt that this book was just a prelude. The religious offensive of Twilight City will definitely not stop here. They should probably have some follow-up actions."
Jennings looked at the other person and quietly asked, "If, and I mean if, the Church, under the pretext of attacking heretics, demands that all the diocese kingdoms besiege Twilight City, what should we do?"
Orbart pondered for a moment, then said softly, "Let's wait and see. After all, we've both witnessed the development of Muxi City over the past few years. Who knows what they'll do..."
Before the words were finished, a child's clear laughter came from the other end of the garden.
Orbart and Jennings looked up and saw a girl of about eight or nine years old happily running with her maid along the garden path, her face full of carefree smiles.
Jennings cast a doting glance at the girl, then turned back and sighed heavily: "The old king has been gone for five years, and Your Majesty is still too young..."
Orbart added, "The worst part is that the fighting in the south is escalating every day. Even from the lighthouse in Lone Rock, I can hear the distant explosions."
“The Church is still indulging in the imperial achievements of the Taylor era and is unwilling to look at the situation in the South.” Jennings said with a wry smile, “While the heretics are already using muskets and cannons, we are still locking ourselves in tin cans.”
Aubart looked at the cross in the center of the garden and shook his head helplessly: "Let us pray to our Heavenly Father that the war in the South will never end."
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At dusk in the western city, in the audience chamber of the royal palace.
Huggins glanced at Todd, who was busy reviewing official documents at his desk, and suggested in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you must be tired from your journey and have just returned to the city. Why don't you go to your palace to rest for half a day?"
Todd didn't even look up: "Whether the work that needs to be done is done sooner or later doesn't make much difference. By the way, where's the person I asked you to hire?"
"They're right outside the door."
"Please let them in."
A moment later, members of the Dusk City cabinet, including Emerson, Terence, Elijah, Joe, and the Ragren couple, entered the room.
Once everyone was seated, Todd put down his pen and asked the crowd, "Enough with the small talk, let me hear about the recent developments in Muxi City."
According to the different functions of each department, Terence first said: "The main construction of Twilight University has been completed, and students and teachers have moved in one after another. In addition, a number of patents in physics, mathematics, chemistry and other disciplines have emerged within the kingdom, and I have compiled a detailed list."
Elijah continued, “Your Majesty, the first phase of the Musi Cathedral project is complete. I swear to you, if it is fully completed, it will be the most magnificent and splendid cathedral in the world. We have gathered a group of monks as instructors for the cathedral and appointed Moore Rupert as acting priest…”
“Moore Rupert? The one-armed priest?” Todd pressed.
Elijah nodded: "Father Moore has a deep understanding of the doctrines, but he has clashed with the monks more than once over the interpretation of some scriptures."
The third speaker was Joe, who smiled and said to Todd, “Your Majesty, thanks to our immigration policy, the total population of Muxi City is now close to 100,000. Looking out from the city, there are cultivated fields everywhere. With the latest canals and waterwheels designed by Muxi University, we can divert water from the lakes at the foot of the mountains to the fields to irrigate the crops. As long as autumn comes, there will surely be a bumper harvest.”
Holding the latest economic data, the Ragrens reported to Todd: "Your Majesty, the kingdom's revenue reached a new high last month. The main reason is that several new products we added, such as mirrors and soaps, have been very well received overseas."
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