It¡¯s not that the senior leaders of the church have never thought about preventing maritime merchants from trading with the Americas.
But after one of them put forward this suggestion, it was immediately rejected by Pope Carlos, without even listening to the proposer's explanation.
¡°Such a proposal, in Carlos¡¯s view, only a mentally retarded person would come up with it.
Today¡¯s maritime merchants are not comparable to those foolish people.
The materials and wealth of European countries, including the church, are all guaranteed by merchants who engage in maritime trade.
If merchants are not allowed to trade with the Americas, then they will teach these people how to maintain a luxurious life.
You know, now only trading with America is the most profitable business.
And products from the American continent, such as shampoo and shower gel, as well as daily consumables such as refined salt, sugar, and milk tea, are already very popular in the church.
"As long as they don't trade, they will never be able to use those products again, right?"
After getting used to the products from the Americas, if Carlos were to return to his old life, he would not agree even to death.
Furthermore, the church understands very well the thoughts of businessmen in this era.
For money, they even dare to draw a knife and fight with God. If the church blocks their path to wealth, these businessmen will hate the church.
And these merchants have money, ships, and people.
This is simply forcing them to defect to the American Song Empire. Carlos will never do such a stupid thing.
Therefore, he did not agree to the proposal.
Those maritime merchants didn¡¯t know anything about this.
They were just happy to see that the church did not stop them from continuing to trade.
As long as they can continue to trade and make money, other things have nothing to do with them.
Yes, it doesn't matter.
In this way, the church declared that Satan had come to the Americas, saying that the Americas were the paradise and home base of the devils.
But on the other side, it did not stop merchants from crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading to the American continent to continue their trade.
And the church continues to sell exorcism items, holy water, and indulgences to those merchants.
The excuse and name for selling indulgences is also very funny. It is said that trading with the American continent will deepen sin, because the people there are devils.
Therefore, to make a trade, you need to purchase an indulgence to offset the sin of trading with the devil.
The church made a fortune as a result.
Although the businessmen complained about this, they also acquiesced to this matter.
Who allows their families to be in the American continent?
However, because of this approach of the church, many businessmen have considered taking their families to America.
However, because of the church¡¯s rumors, the businessmen¡¯s families shook their heads in fear when they heard they were going to America.
In their eyes, America is definitely a dark world burning with fire, and the people there are guys with horns on their heads and bat wings behind them.
Maybe, green flames will spurt out when you open your mouth.
Therefore, although the businessmen were a little disappointed, they were still preparing to slowly enlighten their families and strive to leave Europe in the future.
Regarding the church, these people have a clear understanding of it.
¡°As the priests and priests in the public trial of the Song Empire said, the church is not a servant of God at all.
Do God¡¯s servants still care so much about money?
God does not need money.
A bunch of liars!
Many businessmen will curse one or two words in their hearts to relieve their anger when buying indulgences.
Trade between the two continents continues, but the situation looks very strange.
The concession conveyed everything that happened here through the American warships traveling between the two places, and placed it in front of Zhang Tie's desk.
As for what decision Zhang Tie will make, it will be a headache for him to deal with this matter.
Of course, the high-level officials in Portugal and France also spread the rumor about the church.
However, this rumor does not have a great impact on the two countries.
After all, they were originally unhappy with the church, so they didn¡¯t take this seriously at all.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??They still sent troops into some villages and arrested those church members who spread such rumors.
The nobles don¡¯t believe it, but the people at the bottom of the two countries are different.
They have no brains and are very easy to believe in other people's words.
If they believe the church¡¯s rumors, it will seriously affect their cooperation with the American Song Empire.
Therefore, Portugal and France had to work hard to eliminate the rumor spreaders who had sneaked into the two countries.
However, the rumors about the church still had a little impact on the people of Portugal and France, and they began to develop in a worse direction as time went by.
Seeing that the trend was slowly getting worse, the concession intelligence officers immediately reported the news back to the American continent.
These messages were compiled into documents and placed in front of Zhang Tie two months later.
Of course, when Zhang Tie saw the intelligence information from the European Concession, the corners of his mouth curled up into a sneer.
It¡¯s just too much of a lie. Do they think such rumors can affect us?
How naive.
Furthermore, the people at the bottom of Portugal and France were affected by these rumors and began to have a little turmoil.
The Chinese geneticists in the concession have been attacked by fanatical believers from time to time.
Although there were no casualties, the momentum was not good.
The French high-level officials are unhappy with the church, but the people at the bottom are different.
There are still some fanatical believers among the lower class people in France.
After all, the church has enveloped the European continent for a thousand years, and believers can be found in every corner of Europe.
This is what makes Zhao Hongyu and the others most helpless.
Fortunately, the top leaders of Portugal and France have been suppressing it, so there hasn't been any big trouble yet.
However, if this matter is allowed to continue to develop, then the situation will not be very optimistic in the future.
Gently putting down the document in his hand, Zhang Tie fell into deep thought.
'Jie Jiao' has now begun to develop, Jenny has also joined 'Jie Jiao', and because of this girl's joining, 'Jie Jiao' has developed very rapidly, and at the same time, it has also formed its own religion of 'Jie Jiao' Tribunal.
Yes, the Inquisition that ¡®intercepted religion¡¯.
However, the Judgment Tribunal is completely different from the Church Tribunal on the European continent. The Church Tribunal on the European continent targets the lower class people. They arbitrarily frame some women as witches, or businessmen as blasphemers to satisfy their own perverted desires. , and their own ulterior motives.
The tribunal of Jiejiao is different. It was established specifically to deal with false gods.
The members of the Judgment Council are all fanatical believers.
They need to receive training and learn various killing techniques and combat abilities.
The purpose is to deal with the church fathers and pastors who continue to come to America in the future.
Although the riots were suppressed last year, Zhang Tie is not stupid enough to think that the church will completely cease its activities and stop sending personnel.
The wealth here in America has a fatal attraction for the church, a money-grubbing organization.
Therefore, they will never give up.
Now that such a rumor has appeared on the European continent, should we use "interception"?
Zhang Tie began to think about this issue.
" Jiejiao has been established for a short time, and its foundation is not very strong.
Although it has experienced rapid development, the number of believers is still very small compared to the church.
There are only more than 20,000 followers of Jiejiao on the entire American continent. These people have gone through various tests before finally joining.
Because Zhang Tie¡¯s original intention is to be incapable of indiscriminate action.
Therefore, the firmness of these believers in their faith is beyond doubt.
In terms of quality, it is much higher than that of church believers in Europe.
Of course, with the help of the 'artifact', the Europeans living on the American continent slowly changed their minds and began to believe in the false gods of Europe.
There is a famous saying that if you tell a lie 10,000 times, it becomes the truth.
This sentence is not unreasonable.
In short, there is a big environment here in America, and it is impossible for people's mentality to be affected by such a big environment.
When this plan was first made, Zhao Hong?, Zhang Tie, Wang Shan and others have considered this situation.
And, arrangements were made early.
After thinking carefully, Zhang Tie finally made a decision.
Regarding this rumor from the European Church, the American continent must make a counterattack, and the Church must not be allowed to succeed.
??Besides, the rumors about the church have now affected the people at the bottom of Portugal and France, which is intolerable to the Song Empire.
The people at the bottom of Portugal and France were shaken, and this time the empire's European plan was shaken.
It will also allow the church military group to easily defeat Portugal and France.
If this is the case, then wouldn¡¯t all the previous arrangements made by the empire be in vain?
No!
Absolutely not!
??Absolutely cannot allow such a thing to happen.
no way!
"Church! Hum, under the influence of our technology that is beyond this era, I don't believe that I can't defeat you."
Zhang Tie sneered and muttered to himself for a while before making up his mind.
That is, the empire needs to send a group of religious fanatics back to Europe and enter Portugal and France to fight against members of the church.
At the same time, they also need to bring some "artifacts" to them as assistance to help them open up the situation.
¡° Moreover, this is also a very good opportunity for Jiejiao to enter the European continent and fight with the church on the European continent.
¡°In this way, the energy of the church will be dragged on the European continent.
At that time, the church would no longer have the energy to peek into the American Song Empire, would it?
hey-hey!
¡°Let¡¯s have some fun and see who¡¯s more powerful.¡±
Zhang Tie stood up and walked out from behind his desk.
"Come here, prepare a car, I'm going to the outskirts of the city." (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)