Although it is already April, it is still very cold in the suburbs of Munich.

But today, even the biting spring cold and the even more painful rain are not a big problem.

Everyone's heart is hot, Ladislaus's heart is hot, gold may make the skin feel colder, but it can warm the human soul, and the soul is always above the body.

"The Fugger family is really rich." Frunzberg couldn't believe that such a huge gain could be achieved through intimidation.

"I originally thought that I could get another thirty to fifty thousand, which would be enough." This was the voice of the Hohenzollern magistrate, but Ladislaus didn't quite believe what he said. This should be *

Your Excellency, the *official, is flattering me. "Your Excellency, the Archbishop, has a good understanding of human nature and has determined that Patriarch Fugger will not just give you a note, but will definitely have a sum of cash to fund the activities."

Although they knew it was flattery, Ladislaus certainly did not disgrace the situation. The Fugger family took out another 120,000 thalers. This time it was cash from several surrounding branches and was concentrated into the Munich Textile Association. Of course, it was not immediately

It has been mobilized. It is too dangerous to transport large sums of cash under the current traffic conditions. In the early months when the flames of chaos began to appear, the Fugger family concentrated their funds in big cities. Of course, Munich now has a population of just over 10,000.

In Li Di's time, it could only be regarded as an ordinary-sized town.

This time, all the Fugger family provided was gold. Although the size has become smaller, gold is indeed more attractive than silver, and most of these gold coins minted in Augsburg have Habsburg printed on them.

Among the portraits of family members, Maximilian I, the founder of the Habsburg family, has the most portraits. This can be regarded as another kind of compliment.

"Leave 20,000 yuan as the army treasury, and pay the rest immediately to the grain merchants who have already negotiated the contract. These hoarding guys have become rich this time. Don't hire any more civilians. The Duke of Bavaria agreed to provide me with 1,000 yuan.

Five hundred people."

Although the price of grain has reached more than ten times that in normal good years, one taler can only buy less than ten pounds of wheat, but it can only be slaughtered.

Those who can provide the materials needed by the army are big grain merchants. These big grain merchants have top-level backgrounds and may even directly belong to big shots in Bavaria.

The limited imperial power possessed by the Habsburg family was simply impossible to control them.

The real power is still the army.

The delay of the Austrian army not only made Fugger's son anxious and hesitant, but also made the Duke of Bavaria feel extremely uncomfortable. Although this army helped him eliminate many rebels, who would like to have others sleeping soundly next to their bed.

It should be said that Ladislaus can be regarded as the benefactor of the Principality of Bavaria. However, the current situation of the people being so poor that the Duke of Bavaria really has no ability to repay the favor. Coupled with the mentality of "Isn't it the right thing for the royal family to rescue its ministers?", he really

It can be regarded as nothing.

Of course, the Duke still made a gesture. He donated his bathroom so that Ladislaus and his senior subordinates could take a long-awaited hot bath.

In fact, there were maids who could provide a variety of services, but Ladislaus refused.

Of course, Ladislaus was not without benefits. He captured more than a thousand captives who could be used as slave labor, and several hundred captives were sold to landlords or several small free cities with strong city defenses that were not worthy of siege.

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Moreover, the Austrian army has been causing chaos in Bavaria in the past few days. It has imposed heavy taxes on the villages that were lucky enough not to be destroyed by the uprising, and forced the purchase and sale of various beasts of burden and grain.

It was under this pressure that the Duke of Bavaria was willing to provide civilian husbands.

Compared with military security, extracting a little gold from the Fugger family is really not Ladislaus's biggest concern. Of course, he would not object if he could make some money along the way.

However, this kind of action should really be stopped. Ladislaus has more information than the panicked Mr. Fugger.

The bishoprics with independent sovereignty are the focus of this round of uprisings. Several archbishoprics have been captured so far, and even the seats of powerful religious electors such as Mainz and Trier have been surrounded.

Once the city is broken and captured, the Archbishop of Cyric will be executed by the priest of Benn. According to the letter from the Electorate of Saxony, Martin Luther even "suggested" that the Habsburg family should follow the trend and not share the story of the destruction of the Roman Church.

destiny.

Although the church of Sune, the goddess of love and goodness, is good at inciting uprisings, it is no match for the Benn church in the struggle for power after the uprising.

At present, the leadership of the rebel army has fallen into the hands of His Majesty Black Hand's pastor, otherwise the Church of Suni would never dare to burn the Archbishop of Dark Sun to death.

Of course, Sirik's counterattack was also very cruel. This time, several of the captured fire-haired ladies and Lady Night's priests were immersed in water tanks and executed.

By the way, at the recent New Year's Mass, His Majesty the Dark Sun issued an oracle called "The Source of Purity" through the true election of the Pope, abolishing all punishments by fire and stoning, because being burned or crushed to death is "

Dirty methods of death cannot purify the souls of the deceased, and are inconsistent with the magnanimity and broad-mindedness of His Majesty God. Only the souls that undergo thorough washing with pure water and return to heaven can rest in peace."

Although Sirik is facing the challenge from Bane, he has no intention to hide the conflicts with Cassus and Gulamba. This conflict seems to have brought him a useful ally, which can strengthen the water elemental god Isti.

Siya's prestige method of execution is obviously a declaration of alliance.

After all, Cyric is the first church in the mainland. Not only within the church, several countries where the Dark Sun's influence is still unshakable, such as France, Spain (excluding the Netherlands), Portugal and most Italian city-states are also considering it.

Should we completely abolish the punishment by burning and stoning?

This change in power combination has not yet spread to the Holy Roman Empire, where the elemental gods are basically just spectators.

The conflict is still concentrated between the two powerful men, Cyric the Dark Sun and Bane the Blackhand.

It's just that the cooperative relationship between Ben and Sune is not smooth but does exist, which troubles Ladislaus very much. Because of the conflict in godhead, the fire-haired lady is the enemy of the Knights of Vision, that is, the Habsburg family.

enemy.

If this conflict continues, Austria and Spain will inevitably have less choice between Dark Sun and Black Hand. Ladislaus doesn't care which god he nominally believes in, but the smaller the freedom, the less the price the other party is willing to pay.

The smaller.

"In any case, this time the Duke of Bavaria finally agreed to let us build a formal church in Munich. From now on, public officials in the Principality of Bavaria can also be followers of His Majesty the Knights of Vision." Aude Kessler achieved an important achievement.

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"Please select a person among the citizens of Munich who has been inspired by His Majesty the Knight of Vision to be a pastor. Then we should leave." Ladislaus had another question, "It is said that several of the captured Suni pastors were in high-level affairs.

They were very popular among the officers, and there was an endless stream of requests for individual interrogation in turn. Considering that everyone had worked hard for so long in the winter, I did not prohibit it immediately, but it was over now. These women were all sent back to the Moral Training Institute in Vienna.

Well, you can’t follow the army.”

"Praise your wisdom." This is what Odd Kessler has been striving for. Although these priests have become tools to vent their desires, priests of other gods are always detrimental to the faith of the Vision Knight. Who knows what they will do
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