"It seems to be the one who registered in the city last night? What's his name? Antoine..."
“I have just returned to China and don’t quite understand the new regulations.”
When the soldiers heard what Fan Ning said and saw him dressing up, they just looked at each other and said a few words, but ignored him and followed suit.
Janus is a country with a religious system. The Pope appoints the king as the head of state in various practical senses. The predecessor of the current army is the former Sun Crusaders. In the above sense, the army, as a violent institution of the authorities, is also ultimately
Under the leadership of the Pope...
But this does not mean that the military will definitely buy the favor of knowledgeable people in ordinary churches, especially in wartime.
First of all, a practical problem is that in the face of a large-scale and equipped army, there are too few middle- and low-level knowledgeable people who are really unlucky. The steam industry technology of Xinli has been developed to its extreme half a century ago. Today's
The weapons are partially close to the level of Fan Ning's previous life before the First World War. Not only are the lethality of military firearms very impressive, but there are also airships, grenade launchers, tanks, battleships and even chemical weapons.
He looked very fragile in front of him.
Only when you reach a high level, have the ability to materialize your inspiration, and are involved in a war, can you protect yourself without risking death. Only when you reach the level of the Knower can you pose a substantial threat to a fully armed army.
From another structural point of view, the church headquarters is the "highest-level department". The following counties, dioceses, church branches or military districts have a somewhat "parallel department" relationship with each other...
In addition, the military is more centralized and does not have as strong autonomy as the parish. Therefore, it is easy for the leaders of the military and education at all levels to be superficially friendly, and their subordinates use chicken feathers as arrows, and they are not very considerate of each other.
Condition.
The fat officer motioned to several people to keep their guns in hand: "As a new priest, do you have a diocese or municipal service letter issued in accordance with the procedures?"
"Just right, just right..." Fan Ning's eyes looked at another place.
"What's right? I asked you if you have a service letter." The fat officer's voice was a little impatient.
At this time, on the street on the other side of the square, the sound of engines sounded, and five more motorcycles with yellow lights drove over with a heat wave.
"What's going on here?" A more elegant white-gloved officer jumped out of the leader's motorcycle, and he was also quite big.
"Brigadier General Boles, you are personally inspecting discipline tonight." The fat officer immediately smiled, took a step forward, and explained a few words.
After hearing this, Bors still spoke indifferently: "The curfew order was stipulated by Marshal Enukem under the coordination of the entire army and jointly made by various city halls. The priest must abide by it even if there is no special reason. Return to his residence quickly.
You are not allowed to stay here, and the other two people will be detained for questioning first."
"From now on, I will be responsible for everything. Why should I issue a service letter to myself?"
Fan Ning didn't care what the background of these military personnel was. In fact, he didn't even know the military rank system clearly. He raised his hand and made a few "clicks", and all the pistols and rifles came out of his hands and fell directly on Fan Ning.
Beside Ning's feet.
He began to teach bitterly: "You soldiers are all the sharp blades of the sun. Remember, you must believe it truly and truthfully. No one should violate the precept of arrogance, even if Marshal Enukem comes, even if Janus
kings come, and they will hallow the name of the Father.”
He walked up to white-gloved officer Boles again and put his hand into his coat pocket.
Amid the stunned expressions of the eight people, Fan Ning pulled out a piece of ham and walked back to the two wandering mother and daughter and handed it over.
After the dirty young mother took it, she couldn't help but glance at the platoon of soldiers, with fear and hesitation on her face.
"Eat and drink with peace of mind. The grain in the soil, the livestock on the ground, and the birds in the sky all grow in this city without seeing the sun. The saints in the city also bathe in the light and multiply their heirs."
Fan Ning's gentle tone made them feel that a priest's words should be listened to more than a soldier. Coupled with the hunger in her belly, the woman quickly tore the seal of the ham with her teeth, took a small bite, and then handed over the rest.
Gave it to the little girl.
The little girl was nowhere near as tall as an adult's legs, and could not have been older than four years old. She began to devour the food voraciously, and the woman had already finished chewing the small piece she had bitten off. She just stared at the little girl without reaching out to take it again.
"Two more dollars." Fan Ning went to take out the white-gloved officer's coat again. This time he only touched the cigarette case. He put it in and stretched out his hand to the other people.
"Give it to him." After the firearm was surrendered, Boles signaled to his subordinates in a low voice.
The fat officer muttered something and threw the two pieces of ham in his pocket to the woman.
The two of them almost bit off their own fingers after eating ham, and their faces turned white and blue from holding it in for a while. They grabbed piles of snow on the ground and stuffed it into their mouths. As their throats squirmed a few times, they felt a hint of illness.
The bright red color showed up on her face.
Looking at this mother-goddess expression, Fan Ning recalled the piles of food at the dinner party before leaving, and then flashed back to countless similar scenes in his memory over the past few months and years, and felt bored and irritable inside - in modern times.
Such situations are common on the Blue Star, and such a mysterious power can be proved to be effective. The strong and the weak are more clearly differentiated. Even the old industrial world at the height of the Hui Tower is in chaos. It will be lucky if it doesn't go completely crazy one day.
After he calmed down a little, Fan Ning spoke gently, still in Lavoisier's usual tone: "Which city are you from? Are you not getting enough food and clothing? Is it because of bad habits, being a widow, or being oppressed?"
?”
"Mr. Father, I just came to Biqi. I live in a small workshop, and I am not a homeless person..." the woman said cautiously, "It's just that I really don't have enough food now. I will take the children to the church to eat cakes in the morning.
, I would go out at night to try my luck, and occasionally I could catch some leftover food from the dinner at the master's house... After the accident in the Southern Continent, the textile company where I worked went bankrupt, and I couldn't find a job. My husband was in the army.
I was serving, and I was supposed to come back next year, but I died on the front line in the first month after the war started..."
"You should have pension money."
"It's almost gone, Mr. Father..."
"Spending it so quickly?"
"I received 232 pounds. I thought it was a large sum at first, but now the price of food has increased three times, the price of oil has increased five times, and the price of meat, vegetables, cloth and medicine has increased six times.
It can range from seven times to more than ten times... Our family has a funeral, five people need to eat, and someone is sick. At first, I thought I could survive for two or three years, but the first month's expenses were only 28 pounds.
, I tried my best to save money in the second month. I didn’t feel as full as I did in the first month. Instead, I spent 50 pounds. I really couldn’t support it anymore..."