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Text Chapter 266 The Bells of Lana City

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.    Dangdingdangdang-ding-dang" The sound of the bell from Zhi Mountain in the distance echoed in the wilderness, long and solemn.

    The ancient city in front of you is one of the three Orthodox holy cities in the history of the Western Continent, alongside the Holy City of Baines and the Holy Land of the Red Lion Kingdom, Yago City. It is also the capital of the Gulana Empire and the current seat of the Orthodox Pope.  Rana City.  It has been the capital of the Western Continent in a true political sense for thousands of years.  Maybe financially too, but for thousands of years the assets of the Lana Holy See have never really been made known to the outside world.

    Looking at a complex of buildings on high ground in a distant city, I couldn't help but think that the Orthodox Holy See in the modern Western Continent should be much richer than the Vatican in the information age of the previous life.  In its previous life, the Vatican was an out-and-out international financial trust, known as the "International Financial Empire."  The Morgan consortium in the United States is the largest agent of Vatican assets, and other investments are also spread around the world.  In addition, as a country that has been immortal for a thousand years and a force that has controlled Western politics for a thousand years, the accumulation of time alone is enough to be staggering.  There are many ways to rule the world, some rely on conquest, and some rely on money. These are the methods known to most people in the world.  At the same time, it is also one of the most skilled methods of those in the building complex on Prophet Mountain in the distance. In addition, they may have a world that is not known to outsiders. Who knows.

    After a while, I finally saw a group of knights galloping from the direction of Lana City.  He came to me on horseback, sat on his horse, bowed to me, and reported directly to me: "Sir, His Majesty the Pope has returned after being summoned by God the Father."

    "Oh, you go down." Sitting at the door of the carriage, he waved to them.  Signaling them to step back.  After saying that, he jumped down and walked towards the back of the convoy holding the horizontal knife on his waist.

    The great knight Xiang Duo came over with his little wife Eva and a group of female relatives.  "Sir, the ladies would like to ask for your permission to stay here for one night. They want to crown the Pope"

    "Okay" He lowered his head and raised his hand.  "I understand. You go to Mr. Lan Yuan and ask him to arrange a big tent and let the priest of the Gordon Knights of the regiment come to lead the prayer. You go."

    "It'smy lord."

    "Yeah." He nodded and watched Xiang Duo turn around and leave.  I couldn't help but sigh loudly in my heart, if I die one day, will there be so many young beauties praying for me?  In addition, their men are not jealous and they pray together.  It's worth living to that extent in one's lifetime.  Although religious belief is optional for me.  But we are still very tolerant of other people's beliefs.  As long as God¡¯s things belong to God and Lao Tzu¡¯s things belong to Lao Tzu, that¡¯s all.

    Sitting by the fire, gnawing on yellow bread and drinking the oil-smelling hot water from the small pot.  The vague prayers of the priest of the Gordon Knights came from the big tent nearby, and he couldn't help but smile.  This reminds me of when I first came to this world and was in the old man¡¯s church. I could also recite those prayers, and I still recited them often at that time.

    The military chaplain wanted me to lead the prayers before. The military chaplain was very smart. He didn¡¯t care whether it was in line with religious etiquette or not and just used this to please me.  In the Western Continent, clergy are more senior than nobles in the eyes of civilians.  So if you want to say that Orthodox teachings are harsh.  I don¡¯t think so. In fact, it should be said that the teachings of Orthodoxy are constantly being modified in line with the secular world.  Most people saw only the massacre of heretics by the Orthodox Crusaders.  Witch hunt.  In fact, this religion is the most adaptable of all the cultural circles in the world, the one closest to the secular world. It defines its teachings according to its own wishes, so it does best.  Why is it said that it knows how to adapt?  Just look at the warhammers carried by the military monks. As soon as the flag is raised, the monks can hold the doctrine in one hand and the warhammer in one hand and go into battle to kill people.

    Their strength is not because of how reasonable their doctrines are or how inspiring their religious myths are. Orthodox teachings are not as good as Buddhism and Taoism in explaining everything and people in the world. Their strength lies in knowing how to use authority from the very beginning.  I wonder if in the previous life the ancient religions in the country were so ruthless and integrated with the secular kings wouldn't it be the Crusades' turn, but the Bagua Army or the Swastika Army's Western Expedition?  If that were the caseit would probably knock the entire West into a tailspin.  It was not a single conquest to expand territory, but a centuries-long war to expand the cultural circle.  Imagine the ghost guy clasping his hands and silently chanting Bodhisattva's blessings or wearing a blue-gray Taoist robe ugh.  Seems interesting.

    Of course, this is just a random thought in my mind caused by the Orthodox monks.  After all, Orthodoxy can maintain a very large influence in the diocese where Orthodoxy is located. This is the fundamental reason why they are different from other religions. Other religions do not even have a unified supreme religious leader.  Salaism

    Religious leaders are only at the level of a single country, far from the scale of the cultural enclosure like Orthodoxy."Han, His Majesty the Pope is dead" Lan Yuan, who was sitting on the wooden post next to me, looked at the bonfire and said blankly.

    "If you die, then die. It's not your father-in-law who died." I can't stand this guy. I don't know who he is?  Why pretend to be deep here?

    "Huh?" After hearing what I said, Lan Yuan blinked and turned to look at me, and giggled twice: "If you speak softly, you will cause trouble."

    "Haha" I knew what kind of guy this guy was. The more senior a person is, the less likely they are to follow the orthodox Holy See.  These things are for the common people.  As soon as the emperor was excommunicated by the pope, the nobles began to rebel. That was just a tiger skin for the premeditated nobles.  All the emperors who were able to march into Lana City had pacified the domestic nobles. As for the riots of the civilians, it was nothing to those nobles.

    ¡°Tell me, what would he do to us, Gordon, if he were the Pope of the three principalities¡¯ dioceses¡­¡±

    Before Lan Yuan could continue, she raised her hand to stop him.  Then he waved to Atu and the others who were sitting not far away.  "A Tu, come here you three, be on guard. Xiang Duo, help Master Lan Yuan and I look around, don't let others hear our conversation."

    "Yes, siryes, sir"

    ¡ª

    After Ah Tu and Xiang Duo started to take charge of guarding, they stood up and sat next to Lan Yuan.  "In the short term, the Principality of Gordon er, the Principality of Gordon. We won't have anything to do in the short term. The Vatican of Rana will be busy preparing for the death of the Pope for a period of time, and then choose from various dioceses and cardinals.  The new Pope has arrived. It will take at least half a year, so we don't have to worry so much for the time being. Our own affairs are more important, so let's go back to the Stone Castle first. The thing I'm worried about is in the Principality of Gordon.  Enter 'Principality'"

    "You mean the new pope doesn't recognize it?"

    "No, even if a new pope is elected, they cannot deny it, but that doesn't mean he will definitely admit it. They can choose to remain silent. The now deceased pope has only issued a golden edict, and has not waited for Gordon to respond.  He has passed away. Do you think it is better for Gordon to call himself a principality or a principality now? Call yourself a principality. If the new pope goes against us, he will ask you for taxes from the principality. If we call ourselves a principality and the three principalities  When it comes to dealing with the new pope, the new pope kept silent and even directly said that Shibao had not responded to the former pope¡¯s golden edict. If the three principalities deliberately used this matter to find trouble, we would not be able to get any benefits"

    "It shouldnot be like this. I have never heard of such a thing before, can it be done like this? This seems too unconvincing" Lan Yuan said while picking the bonfire twice with a stick.

    "The important thing is not on the side of the Lana Holy See" He picked up a piece of wood at his feet and threw it into the bonfire.  "In the Three Principalities, as long as they think it is suitable and there is a chance of winning, then any excuse is fine. Their soldiers may not know why they are fighting from beginning to end. Therefore, excuses are not a problem. Is it revenge against us?  It doesn't matter, what matters is us. As long as there is a chance of winning, we Gordon will be happy to attack any surrounding lord. So we need to build Toss into a medium fortress within a year, a specialized military fortress, not a castle.  If the Two-Headed Serpent Principality and the Lion Principality want to attack Gordon, they have no other way but Toss. If the Fire Eagle Principality wants to attack Stone Castle, they must meet up with the other two principalities in Toss Town.  , Only in this way can we have a military advantage over Gordon."

    "Haha, Duke Mengniu made a wise decision when he decided to capture Toss Town. We captured it so simply and easily."

    "Well I guess the Duke of Fire Eagle hated the Duke so much that he gritted his teeth, but in the end he died first. Besides" he patted Lan Yuan on the shoulder.  "It was my wife L'Oreal's idea to fight Toss Townotherwise we wouldn't be able to fight if it was later."

    "UhSister L'Oreal"

    "Well" He was very satisfied with Lan Yuan's appearance, smiled and joked: "Be careful in the future, don't mess with her."

    "Does she agree to the marriage between Wallace and Lan Qi?" Lan Yuan is most concerned about this.

    "You go backyou canwell, ask her in person" I dare not guarantee this for Lan Yuan, because I have never asked L'Oreal myself, and I can't guarantee that I won't be strangled to death by her if I tell her.  .  In other words, the checks I wrote to Lan Yuan were all bad promises I'm so bad

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