Although Nai'an Province is also a vast and populous province with thousands of miles of fertile wilderness. However, because it is located on the border, the ethnic groups are complex, and the folk customs are fierce, most of them are disobedient to education, which means that people often pick up tricks and engage in tax and donation resistance.
Exercise or something.
The local nobles were not willing to hand over the power in their hands, and secretly made small moves below.
At the same time, barbaric tribes such as the Orcs in the south are constantly invading. Although those hooligans cannot read a word, they have no idea that there is a "Clash of Civilizations" written by the wailing Zhuan family.
Little Buge has made enough theoretical basis for the war of aggression.
However, the high priests of their tribe are also extremely disgusted with those church employees who are stealing their jobs and engaging in vicious competition.
Under their influence and brainwashing, the brats of various barbaric tribes were all extremely vicious. As long as they saw those guys wearing the uniforms of the Holy See, they would just grab the knife and pick off the gourd without saying anything~!
Due to the above reasons, the Holy See has not been able to make much profit in this place, and everyone is still in danger of losing their lives. Therefore, the Father God Church in Haute Naian Province has never developed. It has always been the bishopric of Oriental Province.
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The highest position in the temple here is the tall and strong district bishop in front of him, Priest Silas. In terms of rank, he is at most a division-level cadre. He is several lower than Lord Lorraine.
Rank, if it weren't for the sake of the Holy See, Lord Luo would hardly even bother to say hello to him.
In other words, the church organization in Naian is also managed by the archbishop who lives on the territory of the Julian Ecumenical. But in fact, despite the fact that Naian is connected to the eastern provinces by land, the independence of the local church in Naian
Still very big.
Because the archbishop in Constantinople who always dreamed of a cardinal's hat could not think of Naian, a small place in the southeast corner of the empire, except when collecting money every year.
Some time ago, Catherine had just put the Archbishop of Constantinople into a mess. Even the local church in Naian was in awe of Lorraine and Catherine. Their colleagues in Constantinople are still chewing on it.
Where are the potatoes~!
They don't want to fall into that same fate. When Lorraine first arrived in Nai'an, he had already expressed his loyalty to Lorraine - don't think we are a bunch of old fools, and if you have breasts, you will be a mother, but under your leadership, Sir
, we must be obedient.
Priest Silas is very aware of current affairs and a good person. He does not have the arrogance of ordinary high-ranking priests like the father-god and his dick, shaking as much as 258,000 yuan. It is Lorraine who wants to scratch the priest when she sees him.
I can't say he is disgusting with his temper.
At this time, after hearing his news, Lorraine and Adele looked at each other, both of them were surprised. Why would a bishop be set up here at this time?
Lorraine considered the impact of this incident in her mind.
If the diocese is promoted to a bishopric, a bishop will naturally appear in Naian, and the size of the temple will expand several times.
However, the temple does not need to be funded by Lorraine himself, and they are not as awesome as the church in Lorraine's previous life. They can collect tithes from the people, and even the king has to look at their faces.
Even though the Knights of the Temple are helpless, if they dare to stretch their hands to rule, the Pope will definitely be called by God.
The temples in Nai'an all rely on the temple's own land and donations from believers, as well as the red envelopes received from being invited to perform rituals, but those belong to the priests themselves.
It's just that Father's Day comes every year, and Lorraine has to do a little blood-letting, just for the sake of it.
The disadvantage is that in the future there will be a person who chirps all day long, the bishop is a big shot after all, Lorraine will be treated politely, and there will be more priests who are an eyesore on the street.
The good thing is that after the establishment of a bishopric, the strength of the local church will also be strengthened. This will be helpful for Lorraine to strengthen its control over remote areas. After all, once something happens in the local area, these priests will be the first to think of it.
Nai An Government.
After thinking for a moment, Luo Lin thought: The impact will not be big, at most he will hide away in the future.
Lorraine forced a smile and said: "Then I want to congratulate Chief Priest Silas. When will you be promoted? Then I will take the officials of Nai'an to celebrate you."
Silas chuckled and said: "Your Excellency, you have misunderstood. I have only been involved in the church for a few years, and I am not qualified enough to be promoted to a bishop. The chief priests have already been gracious to me and rewarded me. If I really sit on it, I will be punished by others."
Shooting black bricks from behind."
Seeing what Silas said honestly, Lorraine and Adele laughed.
Silas continued: "To be honest with you, I will be transferred to the headquarters of the Holy See to work as a secretary to my teacher, Bishop Enfield. The bishop of our Diocese of Nai'an will be directly appointed by the headquarters."
Although the bishop's peach was picked by others, Priest Silas seemed very happy to be able to leave this place where the people were all poor and unable to make money. Therefore, he seemed very happy.
Lorraine said: "Congratulations to Priest Silas for his promotion in the Holy See headquarters. Has the new bishop confirmed it?"
"I don't know about this." Silas shrugged: "I heard from the teacher when he wrote that they seemed to be still discussing it. You also know..."
Silas said, pointing to the ceiling, signaling to the Holy See headquarters, then spreading his hands, and said helplessly: "Our Holy See is also a super-staffed organization, and they are just brothers-in-law who only eat and do not work, so, that's what happened.
~! So sir, you don’t have to worry about the new bishop causing trouble for you.”
When Lorraine heard this, she couldn't help but reveal a faint sneer on her face, and thought to herself: "You dare to cause trouble for me?"
Silas looked at Lorraine's face and understood immediately. Then he hurriedly continued: "Of course, if he really dares to find him, I won't be able to deal with him with your skills. When the time comes, feel free to be ruthless.
, don’t save my face~!”
Lorraine paused for a moment, looking at Silas's big, red and oily face, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Only now did she realize that this Chief Priest Silas was actually a wonderful man.
Lorraine said with some regret: "It's a pity that Chief Priest Silas is leaving soon, and we haven't had a good gathering yet."
Silas smiled heartily and said: "Your Majesty the Governor, the formal order will still have to wait for a few days. I still have to stay in Nadel City until the bishop arrives before I can leave. We have plenty of time."
"Okay," Lorraine said happily, "I'll treat you to a treat in two days, Silas, you must come."
"Do I dare not come to the Governor's invitation?" Silas knew the conversation was over and stood up immediately, also happily saying.
After Chief Priest Silas left, Lorraine rested his elbows on the table, supported his head, and said to Adele: "It's interesting to be promoted to a bishopric. The people in the Holy See are not always very tight on the organization below.
Well, since when have you been so generous?"
Adele shrugged her shoulders, put her little feet on Lorraine again, shrank lazily into the chair like a cat, and said sourly as if she was talking to herself: "But maybe a certain saint
We are about to follow the bishop. Does someone think the bed is not wide enough? Let’s make sure we don’t lead that prude little prodigal into our home.”
Lorraine stretched out her hand to grab Adele's ankle, and tickled the sole of Adele's foot with her other hand. Adele couldn't stand the itching and giggled while kicking Lorraine with her other foot.
Jiao Jiao gasped and said: "Huh, if you don't pay attention, you will bully others."
Lorraine lowered her lips, put on the brightest look of a low-level gangster, and said with a smile: "Girl, I'm just bullying you. If you have the ability, just scream."
Adele held her chest with both hands, put on a pitiful look, and said softly: "I'm so scared."
Just as Lorraine was playing the game of leadership disciplining female secretaries, there was an untimely knock on the door.
Adele quickly pushed Lorraine away, spat at Lorraine, straightened her clothes, twisted Lorraine's body twice, and said angrily: "Look at how you are dead." Then she fled into the lounge inside.
Before closing the door, he made a cute face to Lorraine.
Lorraine rubbed her fingers that were still scented with fragrance, straightened her clothes and said loudly: "Come in."
The secretary's aunt had no idea that she had disturbed the governor's pleasure. Governor Lorraine was itching his teeth with hatred.
"Sir, General Larry and the Lord of Cloni City, North Dakota, need to see you urgently," the secretary said.
Lorraine thought to himself: It seems like something happened at the border again. Orcs came in? That's not right either.
The city of Croni is the southernmost city of Naian. It has always been a forward base to resist the attacks of orcs. A cavalry brigade and an infantry brigade of the Naian Legion are stationed there.
Those who can work the city lord to see the governor in person do not seem to be harassing by ordinary orcs.
The army of Nai An Province is divided into two parts. One is the Nai An Local Army, which is a standing army of 5,000 people. It is divided into five brigades and is stationed in different places. One brigade is deployed at the Northern Avenue checkpoint, and the other is
The brigade is in Nedel City, and the remaining three brigades are all deployed on the southern front, always on guard against the orcs crossing the border. The defense positions of the five brigades are also rotated from time to time. Every soldier has experience in fighting orcs.
The Nai'an Army has a single mission and is directly commanded by General Larry. They usually have little contact with the local area. Local officials cannot mobilize this army. If a war occurs, it will be ordered by General Larry or by the captains of each group.
decided.
The other part is the city defense force of each city, which is set up according to the size of the city. It is usually decided by the governor and the city lord. They obey the orders of the city lord. As long as they can afford it, they are not afraid of too many people.
These city defense troops are also regular troops and are included in the establishment. Governor Lorraine and General Larry can give full orders to them.
Once the Naian Army is insufficient in strength or has other tasks, Lorraine can mobilize these troops. In total, these city defense troops have more than 20,000 people, because these people are responsible for regional defense, and there are not many mobile troops available for mobilization.
many.
The officers that Lorraine brought for training were all from the city defense army. The officers who were arrested for slave trading were also from various city defense armies. They managed the local checkpoints and passages, and they usually had a lot of money.
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In addition, there are paramilitary forces such as police officers and soldiers, local militia organizations, etc.
Like border battles involving dozens or hundreds of people, the local city defense army is usually the first to attack. After receiving the news, the Nai'an Army will rush to support.
If there is a plunder of hundreds of orcs that the local garrison cannot deal with, several brigades of the Naian Army will take joint action, and General Larry will also command and sit on the front line.
It can be said that the city defense army is an outpost, and the Naian Army is the main mobile force deployed behind the battle line.
General Larry and Lord North Dakota walked into Lorraine's office. Lord North Dakota was about fifty years old. He was also an old soldier with gray hair. He was wearing a military uniform. He was not tall and had a strong body.
Lorraine stood up to greet them. Seeing that they wanted to salute, she waved her hands and said, "No need to salute. It seems the matter is not big. You can sit down." He motioned for them to sit opposite him.
The Lord of North Dakota bowed and said: "Yes, sir. It's an urgent matter and I don't dare to make a decision, so I hurriedly came to report to you."
"Tell me what's going on." Lorraine said.
The Lord of North Dakota City said: "In the past, at this time every year, several small-scale orc tribes living near the border would discuss with us the issue of assistance in autumn and winter.
In fact, these people are here to ask for benefits, but they are of some use to us. I follow the practice of previous years and distribute some food and metal to them. I wrote a report to you, the Governor, on this matter some time ago."
There are thousands of orc tribes, large and small, living in the grasslands south of Nai'an. No one has ever unified that place. These tribes have always been killing each other. Every year there are tribes on the grassland.
Even if a tribe is exterminated, a new tribe will emerge.
The orcs living on the border of Nai'an are just like the nomadic tribes living on the border of China in ancient times. Some of them have always defected to the Central Plains dynasty.
Some tribes that failed in the war, or some small tribes that were afraid of being exterminated, usually chose to move to places close to the border of Nai'an and took refuge with the Nai'an people.
They were unwilling to enter Naian and become members of the Ruman Empire and be subject to the laws of the empire (after entering Naian Province, those leaders who had dozens of wives and hundreds of slaves would not be able to live a good life). They were willing to do so.
Living near the border, being the border barrier of Nai'an.
Slowly, their living habits began to resemble those of the Naian people. They reclaimed land for cultivation, used the writing system of the Ruman Empire, and dealt with the Naian people. The orc tribes on these borders also suffered from the "autumn hunting" every year.
, the orcs from the south will rob them first every year.
These half-orcs who have taken refuge are not stupid. Since they have sacrificed their lives for the Naian people, they will naturally ask for something from the Naian people every year.
In order to allow these orcs to use them as shields, the Naian people are not stingy with the three walnuts and two dates. However, these orcs are also very cunning. Their own lives are at stake. Of course, they can fight if they can.
After that, I took my head and went to Nai'an to exchange money. If I couldn't beat him, of course I rolled up my bedroll and went into the mountain, disappearing without a trace.
People on the border scolded these orcs for feeding unfamiliar dogs. However, these people were also very bad at petty theft. They often covered their faces and acted like robbers.
The relationship between these orcs and Naian is just to use each other.
Lorraine nodded and said, "I know, didn't I approve it?"
The Lord of North Dakota nodded and said: "Yes, sir, originally I thought this would be fine, but ten days ago, another tribe suddenly moved to the border. This tribe's name is Aquitan.
There are more than 10,000 people in the tribe, and they currently stay about a hundred miles away from the border."
Lorraine's heart skipped a beat and she thought to herself: The situation is serious.
A tribe of more than 10,000 orcs stayed at the border. According to the orcs' method of all-in-one soldiers, this tribe called Aquitan could gather at least 4,000 men and come out to kill people and seize territory.
security is a huge threat.
Lorraine frowned, his face darkened, and said: "What happened ten days ago, why are you reporting it now? If there is any change in them, it will be too late for me to dispatch troops now."
After hearing the rebuke in his tone, the Lord of North Dakota couldn't help but turn pale, and then hurriedly said: "Yes, ah... No, sir, please listen to my explanation..."
General Larry interrupted at this time and said: "Sir, when they first appeared, the three southern brigades immediately rushed to the border to prepare for battle. All cities in the south were also on alert."
The Lord of North Dakota nodded quickly and said: "Yes, sir, I was ready to ask you for help, but on the day I received the news, they, oh, the Aquitan tribe sent envoys at the same time.
Come to me. They want to join us!"
Lorraine would not be surprised if the Lord of Nosdak City said that these orcs wanted to blackmail and threaten the Naian people with force. After all, it had happened in history.
But the words of the Lord of North Dakota, "They want to take refuge with us!" shocked Lorraine.
For orcs, a tribe of five to six hundred people is normal, and a tribe with a thousand people can be called a big tribe. However, for tribes with more than 10,000 people, Lorraine and the Ruman Empire people are not familiar with things on the grassland.
I don’t understand it very well, but I also know that one hand can count absolutely.
The tribe with tens of thousands of people is already the overlord on the grassland and can live a prosperous life wherever it goes. How could it suddenly say that it wants to join the Naian people?
The tribes that took refuge on the border of Nai'an were only one or two thousand people at most, and none exceeded five thousand. Suddenly a tribe of ten thousand orcs appeared on the border, which had a huge impact on the situation in Nai'an.
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Adele, who had been in the lounge, had returned to normal at this time. When the Lord of Nosdarco said this, she immediately opened the door and walked out.
When General Larry and Lord Nostalco saw Adele coming out, they quickly stood up, bowed to Adele, and said, "Hello, Miss Adele."
Adele also bowed and returned the greeting, saying: "Hello."
Lorraine waved her hand and said: "Sit down, Del come to my side. Lord Nosdak, please continue."
The Lord of Nostalco City said: "Sir, that's what I mean when I say surrender. Those Aquitan's own statement is that they want to make a covenant with us and become an alliance. I am afraid of fraud, so I will lock them all up first.
Got up and observed them for two days.
There has been no movement from that tribe, and the orcs who came to negotiate with us have also been very peaceful. I guess they really wanted to join us, so I hurriedly ran on the road for several days to report to you."