On March 22, 1524, as the Habsburg double-headed eagle was hung on the Salzburg Archbishop's Palace, the Austrian army completely quelled the Salzburg Rebellion, with minor casualties and huge gains.

Although this uprising basically destroyed the city of Salzburg, which had a population of several thousand, and greatly damaged the economy of the Salzburg province, which took several years to recover, Ladislaus was still satisfied.

The original order was destroyed, and the new ruler could legitimately intervene.

Machiavelli in Vienna was able to obtain about 150,000 talers in cash by auctioning the salt mining rights, and an equal amount of loot had already been shipped to Vienna.

Unfortunately, the Salz River does not belong to the Danube River system, but is part of the Rhine River system.

If the building materials were transported by land, the cost would be too high and not worth it. Otherwise, he would still have the heart to demolish the Salz Castle to provide building materials for the Wiener Neustadt. Anyway, the Salz Archbishop's Palace is enough to serve as the core of the new city.

In fact, the investment in the canal connecting the Salz River and the Danube River can also be regarded as part of the assumed cost of the trade center. The system issued a "canal" task, but this canal required too many mountain passes to be dug, which made Ladislaus feel that the gain outweighed the loss.

However, more than two thousand slave workers are also an excellent labor force and are very valuable in reducing the construction cost of the trade center.

After a scuffle with a similar number of miners, hundreds of peasants who had garrisoned the Archbishop's Palace were pardoned and allowed to remain their serfs rather than outright slaves, although the difference was very limited.

The casualties on both sides were not large. Odd Kessler used his sharp tongue to persuade Pastor Nagy Thompson to surrender. Although Pastor Suni also participated in the meeting and immediately launched a counterattack, it could not prevent the castle door from being opened.

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After the gate was opened, Knight Cassano led the army and swarmed in, ending the battle.

In Odd Kessler's words, it would be best to deal with the two divine priests Sune and Bane mixed together.

The free and loose fire-haired lady and the black-handed tyrant who pays attention to humility are fighting endlessly internally even if there is the threat of the Austrian army from outside. This is impossible. The miners under the control of Nagy Thompson rely closely on the strict organization of the miners.

Rules and ruthless punishment form a highly combative organization.

Pastor Suni here is a member of the "Long Live Free Love" sect, which particularly emphasizes that a happy life comes from freedom. As early as the Austrian army besieging Salzburg, they began to try to infiltrate the miners' organization. They wanted to infiltrate these unfortunate people.

Miners were liberated from the enslavement of cruel leaders.

This kind of infiltration operation is what the fire-haired lady pastor is very good at. It has been tried and tested repeatedly when dealing with the Church of Sirik. Not only many oppressed farmers, but also many lower-level pastors and officials are also very dissatisfied with the depravity and shamelessness of the senior pastor of Sirik.

It was Pastor Suni's continuous activities that completely corrupted and collapsed the local Sirik church, and then further launched an attack on the government.

However, this routine action is not very effective against the Bann believers who are famous for their strict organization. Although many oppressed believers have indeed wavered, the oppression of the lower-level miners is even greater than that of the Cyric priests and officials.

Farmers are even bigger.

However, although Nagy Thompson was only a low-level pastor, he was quite prestigious. Many miners had no doubt that those "silly" Pastor Suni could not be his opponents, so they tipped him off.

Those miners who wavered or even defected were severely punished. Although they were not executed because of Pastor Suni's efforts, they could only survive half a life after a hundred lashes.

In addition to conflicts of faith, there are also great conflicts accumulated over competition for water and food.

The Archbishop's Palace has long been Suni's local base camp. Later, the miners basically fled inside with nothing. Although in order to jointly fight the enemy, "Long Live Free Love" distributed some supplies to the miners, but the supplies themselves were insufficient and caused

The conflicts still accumulated.

Even if Oded Kessler doesn't persuade them to surrender, they will kill each other sooner or later.

The instigation of Reverend Vision Knight only pointed out clear facts. Odd Kessler did not engage in bargaining at all as Reverend Suni imagined, but directly offered extremely harsh conditions.

But this harsh proposal, which only guaranteed one-tenth of the leader's private property and the freedom of life of his subordinates, immediately received a very positive response from Najib Thompson.

After receiving a promise from Ord Kessler to retain ownership of a small salt mine, Nagy Thompson launched an attack on his former ally without hesitation.

In fact, the Black Hand Priest had already made a plan for a mercenary attack. Almost as soon as the leader gave an order, the miners at all levels violently attacked their targets according to the long-established plan.

Nagy Thompson led a crack team and Ord Kessler to storm the gate and lower the drawbridge.

"Thanks to Pastor Thompson for understanding the general situation and being sensible. The next step will naturally be a mopping up battle without suspense. It will not cause too many casualties and there will be no risks." Ord Kessler summed it up calmly.

battle, and firmly rejected the reward from Ladislaus. "I really have no special merits. Please don't ask for another reward. Being able to serve the Knights of Vision is the best reward I can get."

Ladislaus was quite satisfied. Although the other party's narration process had always been very natural, as if it was really a trivial matter, there were still so many variables in even the most insipid and natural things on the battlefield.

Odd Kessler deserves to be regarded as the pastor of the Vision Knight, and is truly one of his own. This is probably what he means by being rewarded by the Vision Knight.

But the other pastor was not so calm. Nagy Thompson was a tall, pale man, and he was constantly confessing his faults in front of Ladislaus.

"Pastor Thompson, I am very pleased that you can repent of your previous sins at the last moment this time. According to Pastor Kessler's promise, your family's property can be retained and you can still retain one-tenth of the shares in your salt mine.

, but in view of your performance, I think it is not impossible to continue to let you own more shares."

Ladislaus was deeply impressed by Priest Benn's organizational ability. Not only Oded Kessler, but also Cassano Knight was full of praise for the discipline of the miners.

"His Majesty the Knight of Vision is magnanimous and broad-minded, and the Warlock Royal Family is also eager for talents." Pastor Odd Kessler is also very interested in instigating a black-handed priest.

"I am really unworthy of the love of His Majesty the Knight of Vision and His Majesty the Archbishop. It's just that His Majesty the Black Hand has treated me with kindness as deep as the ocean. I have no other wish but to serve Him with all my strength. I only ask to be able to take away what belongs to our family."

property and cash one-tenth of the shares.”

Ladislaus originally thought that the other party would definitely surrender. Unexpectedly, after a fierce ideological struggle, even though he was under great pressure and was sweating and his face was extremely pale, Pastor Thompson actually refused the solicitation of the Warlock Royal Family.

"Then it's as you wish." Ladislaus waved his hand, indicating that the other party could leave.

Ladislaus looked at Thompson leaving and fell into deep thought. The experience of the Elector of Saxony being severely beaten by him in the election made him underestimate the opponent's background. But today he once again confirmed the organizational nature of the Benn Church.
Chapter completed!