The Earl of Artowa's words made the atmosphere in the hall so serious, so almost everyone kept silent with their pipes in their mouths. Pope Innocent IV certainly had no bad habit, especially when he knew that tobacco was addictive, he ordered the ban on smoking tobacco among the priests. He looked at the expressions of all the kings and dukes who were leading the army in front of him, and knew that they were already worried about the strength shown by the enemy, and he felt that it was time to express his determination to everyone.

"Everyone, we are facing a vicious enemy, and this is beyond doubt. Therefore, I have asked my new servant, Henry, the king of the German kingdom, to bring these for me!"

It was a golden plate with some paper rolls covered with fire-painted seals on it. Earl Artowa's eyes were bright, and he could not believe that Pope Innocent IV would have acted so vigorously in order to defeat the "pagan bastard" from the East. His eyes hurriedly winked at King Henry III of John, and asked him to pay attention to the scrolls, which were nothing else, and were the loan notes kept in the huge wealth warehouse of the Knights Templar.

In the Middle Ages, the reason why religious power was so large was closely related to the emergence of the Knights Templar and its subsequent actions. At first, when the Crusaders had just begun to fight and won many victories in the Arab Empire, their warehouses had a lot of wealth. Then they all had land granted or purchased by the Holy See in Europe, which gave them the possibility of accumulating original capital, and at the same time, the tithes also made them richer.

Therefore, they had a huge and solid warehouse for the preserved wealth. In this case, many European nobles and knights placed their wealth in the warehouse of the Templars, and then more knights. In order to raise funds to participate in the jihad, the Knights borrowed loans. This loan eventually developed to Europe in the nobles and monarchs. Because of these loans, the Holy See became the creditors of the monarchs of various countries from a certain sense, and this situation continued until France first began to kill the Knights Templars.

Now, for the upcoming war, to muster the courage of these kings and dukes, and to relieve their worries, Pope Innocent IV has really paid a lot of money this time. According to the situation and information he has mastered, if this battle cannot defeat the terrible "pagan devil" from the East, then the whole of Europe may be trapped in the hands of that guy.

"Thank you, my Lord... I will fight the devil of the East to the end!"

King Henry III of John came to his senses first. He did not want to give up the opportunity to eliminate England's foreign debt. He came to Pope Innocent IV a few steps and knelt on the ground to kiss the back of his hand. The Pope was almost the co-lord of Europe at this time, and naturally his status was much higher than that of the human kings. And even if he met the creditor, wouldn't he have to respect him!

The actions of King Henry III of England were like a reminder. The Dukes and Kings around hurriedly put the pipes in their hands into the servant's hands, and respectfully held the ashtray. Then they quickly walked to Pope Innocent IV, lined up to express their loyalty to him, and swore to fight to the death with the "pagan devil from the East".

With the "determination" of the kings and dukes, the discussion of strategy became lively again. The kings and dukes looked at the map in front of them one by one, tried their best to turn their minds to think about it. The understanding priests arranged a sumptuous dinner for them at this time. Obviously, the priests did not eat those things, but the crystal cups, smooth porcelain plates and silver knifes and forks all made the nobles know again that the power and wealth of the Holy See were still what they had to look forward to.

Unfortunately, the power and wealth of the Holy See are really "light as a feather" in the hands of those with revolvers in their hands. This is a bit like the Eight-Nation Alliance when they entered Beijing, and a large amount of wealth is placed in the hands of those who have no force to maintain themselves. They are addicted to pleasure because of their wealth and refuse to change in the face of the ever-changing world.

Then in the end, it will only be abandoned by history and become a shame for all people in history to treat it as a joke.

"Everyone, I think we have been discussing for a long time. Now we should formulate a strategy to defeat them based on the information we know!"

Henry VII, who has become the close servant of Pope Innocent IV. Although he does not want to be a pope, he can become a king of Sicily or a king in some other place in the future. Since he is Pope Innocent IV, his tone of speaking is a little harder. Just like what he and the Pope sang separately, they were red and white. The most important thing is that they could not let the kings and dukes in front of him receive a lot of wealth without doing anything.

His words calmed the entire hall, and everyone looked at him with their eyes. Although they were dissatisfied, they could not say anything more when they had collected a lot of money. But when they looked at Henry VII, they were all self-evidently cold. Pope Innocent IV, who had fought with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II for many years, had long been a skilled politician. He smiled slightly, and his voice was still kind as a father.

"It's always too anxious, and the young man is always too anxious. I apologize to you on his behalf. But the situation we are facing does not give us more time. Here, I want to tell you about the news brought by my close servant Henry and His Excellency the Master of Bardoro from Genoa. I want to say that we are facing a very terrible devil, but we are not unfamiliar with the ability of this devil, maybe we can defeat them!"

After saying that, Henry VII nodded, and several Templars brought in a lot of booklets. They compiled information about the Great Song Yulin Army based on the information provided by him and Bishop Bardoro of Genoa who had experienced the Battle of Milan. When these kings and dukes picked up the information, they clearly saw what kind of devil they had to face.
Chapter completed!