"A medieval RPG with a feudal lord simulation function, but the perspective is locked on the landlord."
——AD Grand Duke’s Three Commentaries on "The Storm of the Kingdom" Part One
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In the evening, on the second floor of the castle, in the study.
The butler served honey water to the master and the devil.
"Oh, our King in Spain seems to want to start a war again?" Li Jiasu summarized concisely.
Chuyang nodded and said: "Yes, that's generally true. But in terms of details, I believe you also know that there are many uncertainties and coordination issues."
"The intentions of the nobles from various places, the 'interest negotiations' between the three grand dukes and His Majesty the King, the 'position selection' of the noble lords in the palace, the mobilization of soldiers and food, the attitude of the church, and the Crusaders
level of support.”
"As your Excellency said a few days ago, [the demolition work of the old castle is currently in the preparation stage]. His Majesty the King's jihad plan is now just the [preparation stage of the preparation stage]."
"Maybe after a month, we nobles in the palace of the royal capital will hold a deliberation meeting, and several factions will be unable to reach an agreement. It is also possible that the conditions will not allow His Majesty the King to restart the war."
Li Jiasu said "Huh" first, and just as he picked up the tea cup to take a sip of honey water, he suddenly said "Hmm?"
Putting down the tea cup, the devil asked the young lord: "Wait a minute, I don't know what to do."
The devil made a gesture with his left hand,
"Chu Yang, what you said earlier was, 'Launch a holy war against the French and Portuguese kingdoms again', right?"
The young lord replied: "Yes, we in Spain already fought a war with the French and Portuguese five years ago."
The devil touched his chin and asked: "According to my experience, generally speaking, the 'holy war' should be launched with the [church as the core], right?"
"Listening to what you just described, why do you still need to look at [the church's stance] and [the support level of the Crusaders]?"
"What is the current situation in your world, no, your Kingdom of Spain?"
Li Jiasu is indeed a little confused now,
Since coming to this world, I have been busy, surveying territories, training construction teams, attending literacy night reading classes, clearing dust, rescuing people, coordinating projects, and other things.
I have no time to care about chores that have nothing to do with dusting.
Logically speaking, who will be the king, the relationship between the court and the church, the rumor that a rare treasure has appeared in a certain area, the sword master of such and such is about to accept a disciple, and other events...
Is it none of my business?
Regardless of whether the wind blows from east to west, from north to south, the dust collector only wants to dust.
Well, of course, if a war between kingdoms really breaks out, the prices of materials sold by maritime merchants will definitely fluctuate, which will have a somewhat negative impact on Li Jiasu's civil engineering projects on the island.
However, it is never a bad thing to know more information. To sell pork, you also need to understand the policy direction.
Just as the young lord was about to explain, the red devil waved his hand, signaling Chu Yang to wait a moment.
"Attor!" cried the devil,
The housekeeper came in from the door with a whoosh sound.
"Your Majesty, Sir, what are your orders?" the steward asked.
Li Jia Shu ordered: "Three things. First, you send someone to inform the Sreif workers that there is no need to go to the forest to cut trees tonight. I have something to do."
"Let them rest early, and I will take them to chop down trees tomorrow morning."
Butler Ator nodded, "Yes."
"Well, the second thing." Li Jiasu pointed to the direction of Gusi City outside the window.
"Send a clever runner to go to the city tonight to find Arcadio Buendía - if he happens to be in Ciudad Guz - and ask the runner to tell Baron Arcadio
, just say that AC Li has something to discuss with him in detail, ask him when he is free in the next three days, and please come to the castle."
"Remember! Let the errand runners try to avoid Juana." Li Jiasu instructed,
"Try not to let the female monk encounter the [Castle] invitation to Baron Arcadio, do you understand?"
The housekeeper quickly replied: "I understand, I will send a smart person to handle this matter. Please don't worry, sir."
Li Jiasu nodded with satisfaction and finally said: "The third thing..."
The butler listened attentively.
Devil: "Notify the kitchen later and ask the kitchen to make a plate of fried peanuts with salt and pepper coating. Remember to roll in an extra layer of powdered sugar."
"After it's fried, bring it to the study."
The housekeeper was stunned for a second, then replied, exited the study, and went to carry out Li Jia Shu's instructions.
Behind the desk, Chu Yang said with a smile: "Can only peppers be grown in purgatory?"
Li Jia Shu laughed dryly and did not answer Chu Yang's teasing. Instead, he said: "Chu Yang, please help me select a few books from the bookshelf next to me."
"Involving the history of the Kingdom of Spain and the history of the Church of the Holy Atonement."
"Just an overview type. After I read it quickly and the fried peanuts are delivered, we can talk in detail."
"Otherwise, even if you explain it in detail, I might not be able to understand it easily."
...
If there is a book, it will be long; if there is no book, it will be short.
Just like fried peanuts will expel the moisture, a good story will not overwhelm the word count.
To put it simply, Chu Yang helped Li Jia Shu select two books, and the latter spent about 20 minutes quickly reading some chapters.
About 25 minutes later, the servant brought over a steaming plate of fried peanuts that smelled of salt, pepper and sugar.
The devil and the young lord chatted in detail for two hours over snacks and honey water, allowing the devil to have a certain understanding of the history and current situation between the three parties: the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of France and Portugal, and the Church of the Holy Atonement.
understanding.
The story has to start hundreds of years ago.
As mentioned above (Chapter 18 of Volume 1), hundreds of years ago, an armed landowner in Spain and his men pacified the four directions, resisting the Saracen bandits in the south, and marrying the Kingdom of France and Portugal in the north.
He sued for peace, won the feudal lords' chicken competition, and became the first male lord of the Kingdom of Spain.
The [Holy Atonement] Church was also established at that time.
The success of the first generation of heroes was not only assisted by his own subordinates, but also by the first group of [Sin Eaters] - before the establishment of the church, the ascetic monks who believed in the [Holy Atonement] called their group -
—He made great contributions to the first generation of heroes in annihilating many evil villains in the Spanish region.
As for the [Holy Crusaders] that is now affiliated with the church, its earliest personnel were some of the legionnaires who were devout to the [Holy Lord of the Atonement] and later became religious under the first heroic lord in Spain.
Of course, times have changed, and today's [Holy Army] is completely affiliated with the church and has an independent source of troops.
And the relationship between the church and the French and Portuguese kingdoms also has a very subtle, uh, fate?
The Kingdom of France and Portugal, whether it was hundreds of years ago or now——
——It has always been a [polytheistic] country with ‘freedom of belief’.
Yes, the Kingdom of France and Portugal did not establish a 'state religion'. Within its territory, whether it was abstract natural gods (Druids), folk idol gods (local source culture), worship of heroic spirits (deification of historical people), or
Other weird and bizarre beliefs are allowed to exist openly!
Unless, the royal court of the French and Portuguese people issued a king's decree and announced it to the whole country:
"A certain belief is [dangerous and evil] and [anti-human]."
"From now on, this kind of belief is prohibited from being preached and spread in our kingdom."
The Church of the Holy Atonement was once able to preach and spread faith within the Kingdom of France and Portugal.
Well, once.
Until 50 years ago,
The French and Portuguese kings of the previous generation,