Alien Knights

　　 "What?! 61 silver moons plus 36 copper stars, so many?! They just rented some simple farm tools and bought a few packs of seeds!"

Listening to Todd’s loud doubts, the Mursey Town merchant who was in charge of negotiating with the creditors wiped the sweat from his forehead and said embarrassedly: “My Lord, I didn’t really need to pay back so much money, but those creditors seemed to be I got the advice of others and used the loopholes in the loan contract to increase the interest rate."

　　 "Instructed?!" Todd, who was on the fire, asked angrily: "Which people have instructed?"

　　 "The original owners of those farmers."

　　 Todd was taken aback.

The businessman continued to explain: "Those farmers were originally attached to the farmer and nobles, but because of Muxi Town’s notice, they secretly escaped and came here. Because of this, those people are dissatisfied with you, but they fear that the church’s influence is not good. This I just caught a chance this time."

　　 Todd sat back down in the chair and waved his hand: "I see, thanks for your hard work."

　　 The businessman drew a cross on his chest and bowed his head back.

　　 A group of robbers who took advantage of the fire! Todd cursed a few words in his heart, walked out of the church quickly, and dived into the warehouse of the laboratory.

　　 Under the floor of the warehouse, there is a secret compartment in which is hidden the locked wooden box where he stores his money. With a feeling of expectation, he opened the lock and looked inside, and Todd's heart suddenly became cold.

　　 A small box of coins, it looks quite a lot, but it is quite heavy to hold, but most of them are bronze stars, and occasionally you can see some silver moons.

　　 These are not enough.

　　 Now that I think about it, after handing over the silver refinery to the monastery, my own fortune suddenly lost a big chunk. Now only the negligible stipends issued by the church every week; and the pitifully small taxes paid by the residents of Muxi Town.

　　 Some time ago, I just paid the deposit for the production of the "Sutherland Archaea" petri dish. Now I want to take over the debts of the farmers, so the huge funding gap in the middle must be met by some way to make up for it.

　　Increase taxes in the town?

　　 This method is not working. Now all industries in Muxi Town have just started. Whether it is a fisherman, a blacksmith or a craftsman, they are all spending money. Increasing taxes at this time will disrupt the practitioners' fund use plan on the one hand, and will also undermine their loyalty and confidence on the other.

　　 Sell stocked glass?

　　 Still not working. The stock of glass on the market is already small. If you sell it without authorization, it would be too conspicuous. And it is very possible for the church to know that it has mastered the manufacturing process. At this time, selling crystal holy objects, if things leak out, it will affect the image of one's priesthood and worsen the relationship between oneself and the church. It is really not worth the loss.

Um? Is there any way to obtain funds to help farmers tide over the difficulties?

　　 Todd's eyes floated to the laboratory table and saw a few unsmashed animal bones in the grinding bowl.

bone?

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　　 A new notice was posted outside the church, attracting the attention of the crowd.

　　 It said: In order to celebrate the establishment of Muxi Town for five months, Father Todd plans to hold a "tea party" in the square outside the church at noon three days later.

　　 What is "tea party"?

　　 The residents looked at each other without knowing what to do. However, since the priest mentioned the celebration and also said that everyone can participate, it is not a bad thing to come.

In these three days, in the tavern, beside the field, and in the workshop, the people in Muxi Town discussed the "tea party" the most. Some people said that the Son was going to give an exhortation speech, and some people said that it was the alchemy of the Father. A blessing for believers. There are many differences, but one thing is the same. The residents are all looking forward to that day.

　　 Early in the morning on the day of the announcement, a huge platform was built of wood on the square in Muxi Town, and decorative colored cloth was hung around the platform.

　　 There are smart people, who deliberately got up early, dragged the family to prepare dry food, put on a small stool, and occupied a good position. When other people saw this, they also called for friends and came to the square early.

　　 As a result, before eleven o'clock, the square was already crowded with people.

　　 A little later, there were catechumens from the church who lifted out four large baskets from the church under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people. Someone who has something good leaned closer to the past, and it was actually full of fried beans.

　　 The 100ml small corner spoon was held in the hands of every catechuman. They scooped out a flat spoon from the big basket full of fried beans, regardless of men, women, young or old, and industry ranks. At the beginning, some people didn't understand why the fried beans should be distributed. It was not until someone put the beans in their mouths and chewed them slowly. Then everyone understood that they were sent out as snacks.

　　 After sending out the food, some catechumens worked together to bring out two large buckets. When you open it, one bucket is a light yellow liquid with a delicate fragrance, which still has residual temperature; the other bucket is a light green, cold and clear liquid, which helps to clear the fire. Some people recognize that these two barrels are the drinks that everyone often drinks: barley tea and sage tea. As the simple wooden cups were distributed to everyone's hands, people chose drinks according to their preferences. The big barrels quickly bottomed out, and the catechumen raised the empty barrels to the church and refilled them.

　　 Alfonso and Huggins sat together. The former was holding fried beans in one hand and sage tea in the other, and asked his old friend through an iron mask: "What is this "tea party" for?"

　　 Hudgens is also at a loss, but he still feels a little worried and depressed that Todd didn't mention this to him in advance.

　　Walton, sitting behind the knight, stuffed a bean into his mouth~www.readwn.com~ and said grinningly, "Could it be that the people in the town should pay taxes?"

　　 Leslie took the steaming barley tea from Adelina, and squinted at the chunky man: "Didn't he just pierce you with a needle? Isn't he using it to hold you revenge?"

　　 Walton glared at the boy and snorted in his nostrils.

　　 In the side entrance room of the church.

　　Todd has rarely put on the full dress of the priesthood issued by the church today. From time to time, he puts the niche cap on his head and the whole sacrificial dress. He was nervous and uneasy, and inexplicably remembered the first time he went to a sponsor to seek funding for scientific research when he was teaching at a university in his previous life.

　　 paced slowly to the chapel, where Rachel and Karin, dressed in nuns, stood under the cross, quietly waiting for him.

　　 "Miss Rachel..."

　　 The woman pinched the cross on her chest with her index finger and thumb, and shook it towards the priest.

　　 Realizing that he had made a mistake, Todd quickly changed his words: "Sister Rachel, thank you for your help. If you hadn't borrowed my craftsman, I'm afraid the wooden table wouldn't be so fast..."

　　 "Father, we are all servants of the Father, helping you is helping me." Rachel drew a cross on his chest, crossing his fingers, pious and holy.

　　 The woman squinted at Karin, who was not used to wearing a nun's dress. The girl awoke like a dream. She quickly drew a cross and lowered her head, but her eyes were full of smiles and looked at Todd.

　　 The latter looked at her mischievous expression, her original serious expression slowly eased, and she laughed.

　　 Four bells rang over Muxi Town.

"it's time."

　　 Listening to the sound of people in his ears, Todd turned his body to the square of the church, pushed hard with both hands, and the door opened in response.