Ride and Cut

The envoy team departed from Fleisch and headed south along the flat avenue.

　　 After half a month, he crossed the southern border of Pompeii and officially entered the territory of San Jose.

　　 The church country of the Holy Light Church is a mini-country containing only a few small cities, sandwiched between the borders of San Jose and several small principalities. If the Pompeii wanted to reach the church country as quickly as possible, they had to spend a long journey on the land of San Jose.

　　 This is a country with completely different customs and customs from Pompeii. A warmer and humid climate has cultivated a passionate artistic style, and has also brought a more open atmosphere and prosperous business.

　　 Richard is still here. It is the first time that he has seen the regular customer mercenary group in the knight novel with his own eyes, but it seems that they have no ability to change the situation in the mainland, but they are better at finding cats and collecting debts.

　　 Lord Lord asked Bedrick about this, and immediately got the latter's merciless ridicule. "The kind of mercenary group you are talking about does exist in some small duchy. But for a big country, how can it be possible to allow the civilians to freely organize their armed forces?"

　　 Then Richard's mercenary group sentiment was shattered.

　　 Farmers in San Jose are generally used to planting a crop that is not common in Pompeii—rice.

　　 Locally, rice can mature twice a year. It is said that in the southernmost part of San Jose, this crop matures three times a year, and the yield is amazing.

Most of the members of the 　　 diplomatic group are authentic Pompeii. They are not accustomed to rice made with rice, and have never moved after tasting them once. Only Lord Lord, he was so excited to see this thing that tears filled his eyes, he made half a basin in one breath, and became famous in the first battle.

　　 "Have you eaten rice before?"

　　 Half a month of getting along day and night, there is always a bit of familiarity with each other, and Paul occasionally has a few words with the lord of the mountain fort.

　　 "I'm from the southern provinces and I have eaten a few times." Although Richard doesn't know why such a big person is so warm, but it is not easy to be kind, and he will not stick to him and give Zhang Leng's ass.

　　 "What do you think of the country of San Jose?" The carriage was driving fast on the fertile fields, and Bishop Paul pointed to the farmers and waterwheels that were constantly flying backwards in the paddy fields on both sides.

　　 "Very rich!" Richard said sincerely, "Ordinary civilians actually have the conditions, and they pray for a long time at noon every day. This is too much for Pompeii to starve to death."

　　Paul suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, "This is a mandatory decree issued by San Jose to express his piety. This is how the ‘Holy’ in front of San Jose came from."

　　 "But few people know." Bishop Paul suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "In fact, the church doesn't like this practice or even hates it. The holy name is given by pinching the nose. Guess why?"

　　 "I don't think it is enough to pray once a day?" Richard doesn't have a good impression of any church. Of course, the Holy Light Church is no exception, subconsciously holding guns and sticks.

　　 But facts have proved that since the Holy Light Church can sit firmly on the top of the mainland's first church, it is impossible without two brushes.

　　 The answer given by Bishop Paul does not involve faith at all. On the contrary, it is very realistic, and even has a taste of careful calculation: “Because the royal family has gained the reputation of piety, the church is responsible for private complaints.”

　　 This made the lord stunned, "This is really the case."

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　　 Generally speaking, the officials of San Jose and the lords of Pompeii generally maintain a certain respect for the envoys of Pompeii. As long as the foreign affairs documents were submitted, the journey went smoothly, and there were even banquets hosted by the nobles from time to time.

　　 But in the private sector, the situation is completely different. When most civilians discovered that they were Pompeii, their first reaction was to flee.

　　Especially, the lord of the Alpine Fortress also brought a lot of orc warriors. It is no exaggeration to say that the body is wider than the door, which has seriously aggravated this situation.

　　 Richard couldn't help feeling the seriousness of the estrangement.

　　 On the one hand, Pompeii is a descendant of the rebel Nero, and San Jose carries the glory of the ancient human empire, and it is true that it will not be dealt with at the beginning. But on the other hand, in the past few thousand years of their respective countries, the original barriers may not only have not been eliminated, but have gradually become more insurmountable.

　　 Pompeii folk ethos is fierce and martial arts, while San Jose promotes business to get rich.

　　 They regard each other as robbers and profiteers, and it is not a day or two for them to spurn each other. How much of this is natural, and how many people have created it has long been hard to tell.

　　 And when the envoys finished their seven-day journey in San Jose, they left behind three hundred miles of rut, and a city built entirely of Yellowstone was already in sight. The ornate Gothic spire, over the height of the city wall, is displayed in front of the visitors.

　　 City of Holy Light, Vatican.

　　 It is said that the Holy Light God descended the miracle here for the first time, opening the thousands of years of history of the Holy Light Church, and the Hagia Sophia, which was built on the original site, has long since become the main court.

　　 It is said that the area of ​​this small city is less than a quarter of Coron, but there are more than 100 churches of different sizes, large and small, almost all of the architectural content.

　　 It is said that the permanent population of less than 20,000 is almost entirely composed of priests, nuns, churches and other clergy.

　　 "There are many interesting churches in the Vatican. If Mr. Richard is interested~www.readwn.com~ I can show you around."

　　 "Thank you, Bishop Paul, then." The Lord of Alpine Fort was really a little moved

　　 It's just that there is another team preparing to enter the city at the same time. They hold a light blue banner high up, and use white lines to depict a woman wearing an ice crown-that is the symbol of the goddess of ice and snow.

　　 After Pompeii completely abandoned the Church of the Snow Goddess, the only one who can hold this emblem upright is of course Stuart’s envoy.

　　 Even the three big powers, faced with top vicious events such as the re-emergence of the dead, had to hold their noses and sit together at the negotiating table, trying to explain to the world.

　　 But the negotiation is the negotiation. I hope that Stuart and Pompeii can let go of their prejudices for the time being, and it is better to expect the solar energy to come out from the west or the tiger to become a vegetarian.

　　 The leading forces of the two envoys each tried to take the lead and stepped into the city. As a result, no one had robbed the other but neither was willing to give in, and confronted each other at the gate of the city.

　　 This is the City of Holy Light, a place where force is absolutely not allowed in theory.

But both groups of people lacked awe of Vatican. Pompeii had just converted, and it is difficult to say how many true believers besides Paul; while Stuart was directly a pagan, a clergyman of the Church of the Goddess of Ice and Snow. There are so many that the Holy Light cannot shine on them.

　　 More importantly, both sides are rich and powerful, and they are all used to the role in their own country.

　　 So even if it's just the trivial matter of who advances to the city, they don't have a psychological burden when they are arrogant.

　　 "Oh." Richard covered his face and sighed. He now knows why the mediation will be so difficult.