Chapter 370 The Attitude of the Holy Court

If there is anyone who is most satisfied with this list, it is probably George.

Although including the Templar Knights given by the Holy See, the total number of places is only more than 2,000, and these soldiers and horses are also provided by oneself. But these two thousand people are supplied by the Holy See - and they are at the temple level.

These are more than two thousand sets of magical runes and various kinds of sophisticated armor!

In addition, there will be many tools to defend the city, as well as a sacred object that can create divine fire and dispel a fog - this is equipment only available in the temple. Of course, Dawn Cathedral doesn't need this thing, but I can take it with me.

In addition to these supplies, more than two thousand Templar Knights are also paid by the Holy See - about two hundred thousand Silver Foxes every year!

The money is allocated directly to the local church - the Cathedral of the Dawn. The local church has the final say on how much money to pay the knights.

So the money goes into the shelter's pockets.

According to convention, in addition to those Templar knights with quotas, there are usually a large number of teaching soldiers in the temple. Therefore, the salary of the Templar Knights is generally not so high. Some of them will be used to arm and teach soldiers.

Whether the teaching force can be fully staffed depends entirely on the local financial strength. The Holy See only provides so much military supplies in total.

Although the salary at the shelter is relatively low, the average salary is only one or two pieces of silver fox per person per month. But the total of 80,000 sergeants is also a terrifying expense - the annual expenditure is in the millions!

In fact, George could not pay a penny in salary. Because in this kind of disaster situation, it would be good to have someone to live in if someone stutters. In addition, the soldiers and civilians in the valley are united and will protect their homes even if they have no money, so many people think that salary is unnecessary.

But on the one hand, he didn't want the people who shed blood and sweat to have a better life than the 'nobles in the city'. On the one hand, it is also hoped that the consumption of sergeants can promote the stability of the shelter's economy and monetary system. So the pressure on shelters is not small.

Although due to the improvement of the financial system, the money spent by the soldiers in the valley eventually returned to the hands of the shelter. However, because the ratio of military to civilians in the valley is too large, and the ratio of materials to currency is unhealthy, even if the balance of limited purchases is achieved, inflation will still exist - the exchange ratio between silver foxes and materials in the black market has reached an extremely terrifying figure!

This forced George to repeatedly consider cutting his salary.

In addition to the inflation in the black market, he could no longer afford to repurchase the trophies he had bought back from the sergeants - many people wanted to exchange for silver foxes in addition to potions. Moreover, the production of pharmaceuticals alone is not enough.

The development of trade with Elda, the mining of silver mines, etc. have alleviated great pressure. Coupled with the military salary from the Holy See, the financial system of the sanctuary has finally stabilized.

After that, when the trade is fully developed, and the shelter and the sergeants themselves can use the spoils of war to exchange for a large amount of supplies in that trade, everyone will be rich.

In addition, considering that Valley is on the front line, the Holy See exempted Valley Parish from submitting 'funds' - I'm afraid the Holy See also knows that even if it asks for this 'tax', Valley will not give it to it.

After all, the Holy See did not allocate food and grass. It’s all prepared locally.

Generally speaking, if it was before the fog, it would be unreasonable for the Holy See to give such a small thing. After all, there is a war going on here, and the things given to more than 2,000 knights are nothing more than a slap in the face.

But if you take the current situation into account, the Holy See has actually given a lot of support - in this fog, even the transportation of more than 200,000 silver foxes is also a huge problem.

So it can be seen from this incident that the lurkers have completely stopped visiting the valley recently. They didn't dare to rush up and down too much, looking forward to a truce with Morpheus and looking forward to future cooperation.

The only dispute between those lurkers and Bishop Avery and others was the position of the Templar Knights.

Because after having this position, it means that the Divine Grace Knight will no longer have a false name, and the 'top secret force' in the valley will also be fully recognized!

In the future, if there is unrest in Elda and there is a problem in St. Wilmick's Cathedral, the various powerful knights and virtue knights in the valley have the right to intervene in the church troops there!

What's more, there is the third-level 'seat knight'.

If one day St. Wilmick's Cathedral really breaks down, he will directly go there to kill first and then take over all the troops there. Bishop Avery can then persuade the cardinals and the diocese of St. Wilmick's Cathedral to hand over the situation. In his hands!

Although if George really intervened, the Holy See's document would be just a false name. But the Holy Court is orthodox after all, and its influence on people's hearts is huge!

There is a big difference between bandits coming to occupy territory and regular troops coming to occupy territory! One can be regarded as an invasion by Elda, and the other is here to support counter-rebellion!

Therefore, from now on, George can intervene in the affairs of the Holy See openly! His title of 'Knight of Divine Grace' is no longer just a false name. As a Knight of the Holy See, he has a natural say in St. Wilmick's Cathedral.

However, he kept a straight face, showing his full disdain for that position, pretending to be just like his subordinates.

After Wallace finished reading, George waved to him and asked about the members of the mission.

"Most of them are old guys with status but no real power." Wallace said. He basically knew these people, or had heard of them: "To put it bluntly, they are just a group of good guys and fence-sitters. The real things have been decided by the Holy See. They come here just for the sake of formality."

Many of these guys without real power in Wallace's eyes, George has also heard of them. But in his previous impression, these were all big shots.

George noticed the "Sir Boris" mentioned in the letter, who seemed to be the leading cardinal.

"Sir Boris is new and belongs to the conservative faction." Wallace shook his head and said: "This guy is lucky. Originally, the position of the cardinal was reserved for Lord Avery. The conservatives are deliberately disgusting people."

Wallace did not envy this guy who was not as good as himself for taking office as a cardinal. Although the cardinal is closer to the core, he is a real frontier official. Of course, if the Holy See intends to give him a cardinal, he will never refuse. However, it is absolutely impossible to ask him to go to the Holy Court and give up the positions of Archbishop of the Dawn Cathedral and Archbishop of Rodunk.

George shook his head when he heard this. Archbishop Avery had actually returned to the Holy Court some time ago, and the battle video was sent by him.

This guy did not go with Charlie and others. Instead, after retreating, he led several teams of knights and priests, changed into mercenary uniforms, and hid his tracks all the way. He rushed to the Holy Court first.

This made his journey smooth, escaping the pursuit of demons and the assassination of lurkers.

For this guy who promoted the "God's Grace Knight" all the way, Aloysius probably hated him very much! That's Morpheus! If there was no Avery, there would not be so many things in the capital!

So the lurkers hated him. And the conservatives also thought that he was defeated in the Blue Water City. Not only did he have no achievements, but he should be punished!

This kind of statement has been spreading until the appointment of ‘Lord Boris’. When Avery returned to the Holy See and brought back those detailed situations and images, the reformists who had been suppressed helped him successfully redress.

And after the Vatican troops fought a battle with the demons. Avery, who led the secular troops and resisted in the City of Clear Water for a month, became famous. Even many conservatives were convinced by him.

This made Aloysius hate it - what ‘top-secret Knight of Divine Grace’, he was completely deceived! Those idiots didn’t know what kind of troublemaker they had invited!

If he had known who he was, he would never agree to the appointment of that person as a ‘Knight of Divine Grace’!

This simply set off a chain reaction. Not only was the king a pile of shit stirred up by him, but the troops he could send were also greatly reduced! Not only that, the refugees from Bishui City also flew away, and the demons' troops lacked strength, nutrients and time, and failed to advance into the southern hinterland as planned - it was delayed for more than two months, and the Holy See was a group of fools who reacted!

He was even suspected. He had to stay hidden and clean up his own ass. Otherwise, let alone taking down the Holy See, once exposed, he, a spy who had penetrated into the enemy alone, would be in trouble under the watchful eyes of thousands of Templars, Temple Knights, and Heavenly Armed Forces!

But even if he did not hesitate to expose himself and hinder the Holy See, he could not save the current situation in the east.

Because now the demons' troops can no longer pass the "Zhenjian Pass". The so-called one year to take down the Holy See has become a ridiculous declaration.

The blitzkrieg has become a protracted war, and Aloysius's anger can be imagined. But the "God's Grace Knight" He couldn't move, so he could only vent his anger on Avery.

However, when Avery returned to the Holy See, 'Lord Boris' had already taken office.

Avery's big red robe was eventually blocked. But with his achievements, the big red robe is probably indispensable, but I'm afraid that this will involve interests. The conservatives will never let this guy, who is now more popular than Vic White, take office so easily.

For his distant grandson, Avery has sacrificed a lot. Although many things in the valley have been fought for by George and others, they must be said to be fought for by him. The political bloody storm stirred for a long time-politicians said black is black, and white is white. Until the Vatican troops took part in the battle. The Holy See saw their need for the valley, and it was finally finalized by Vic White and others.

Gavi next to him cursed: "Fighting on the front line, stirring up shit in the back. I really don't know what those people are thinking!"

George nodded. The war situation in the east was even more tense than in the valley.

But on the other hand, the demons could no longer look west. So after this meeting, many things were settled. He could go to the south with peace of mind in the future and promote guerrilla warfare in Eldar!