Chapter 95:
Although Bishop Roberto was very annoyed by the fact that the journey has been delayed, couldn't get angry, but this journey was not without gains.
As the Earl and Mrs Williams said, the whole of Sardinson is now rushing to harvest wheat, especially recently, farmers who can watch the weather find that it will not be long before it will rain in Sardinson, and the rain will not Xiao, to prevent the remaining wheat from being damaged by the rain, they had to speed up the time. Now, after dark, there are farmers in the fields lighting a bonfire to harvest the wheat. It can be a little faster.
As a result, the projects and factories that needed workers in all parts of Sardinson had to be temporarily shut down. The shutdown of the factories meant that even if people from the church went to inquire about the information, they would not be able to see any actual operation. Now everyone is busy harvesting wheat, so there is no time to chat with people.
So some people pretended to be migrant workers and went to the wheat fields to work part-time jobs.
The first news was naturally that this year's bumper harvest in Sardinson.
The yield of the field is a top priority, no matter who it is.
"They really can even grow 1,200 kilograms of wheat in the lower fields?" Bishop Roberto, who heard the news, almost accidentally threw the Bible in his hand.
The carriage originally prepared was one for the Pope and one for the two cardinals. Now the other bishop ran into the Pope's carriage to listen to him and Raymond talking about alchemy so that Bishop Roberto could go out to explore the mystery alone across the carriage. The knight reports the results.
"It's true, and even most of the lower fields produce more than that." It
was a Templar who brought back the news, and the knights have their fiefs, most of which are only 700 acres. , Most of the income of the knights comes from this, they are more concerned about the production of the fields than the real nobles, and they are more aware of the shock of this number than the high priests like Bishop Roberto.
He couldn't believe it more than Roberto when he heard the number, so he insisted on working in the farmer's field for a day, and his tired waist almost couldn't straighten, and he also wanted to watch them take the acre down. The wheat that Tian Xin harvested was taken off the pole and weighed. After seeing the real number, he received his wages and left. For this, he also received praise from the family and hoped that he would come back the next day.
Of course, they are destined to wait for no one.
"I heard that Sardinson even planted 2,400 jin per mu this year. This figure comes from the private plot of Earl Williams, and it is not one or two plots, but a large piece of wheat yielding close to This number, even the worst of his private plots is not less than 1,800 catties." The
earl's private plots are naturally high-quality fields, but some have signs of degradation due to over-planting, and the use of fertilizers is still short. , for the time being, it is impossible to completely make up for the lost soil power in these fields, so the output is somewhat biased.
However, this is rarely the case. In a few years, the output gap of private land will continue to narrow. By then, the average yield per mu will not be a dream at all, and it will even be higher than this number.
Of course, other people don't know about these things, but for Roberto, who is only a concept of farming, the figure of 2,400 catties of high-quality fields greatly stimulated his heart.
He pressed his chest, feeling like his heart was about to jump out of it.
He murmured to himself: "Why doesn't such a miracle happen in the church..." The
Church also has a lot of fields, and the area is very large. The wealth of the church is not casually said, they are the biggest landlords, and The churches in these lands are inexhaustible, and they are rented to serfs for cultivation. Although most of the clergy do not have noble titles, their lives are no different from those of nobles, and they are even richer.
Bishop Roberto's mood was complicated when he regarded the unprecedented harvest in Sardinson as a miracle, but the miracle did not belong to the church.
The knight thought he was asking himself, and continued: "Those Sardinsons all said that this year's great harvest was brought by their countess."
During harvest time, the territorial people are always excited and happy to praise the person who brought it all, and even if most of the orders are issued by the earl, the territorial people are very aware of what is happening in Sardinson County today. Who changed it because of whom, those new things that they have never seen are not original to this continent, if they are, they cannot be unaware of it, and their count has never denied the credit that belongs to his wife, he hopes his people will respect and love his wife as much as they love him.
Therefore, there is no need for the knight to inquire, he just said something casually, and the farmer who was told by him was very chatty and talked about how Wei Wei taught them to farm and how to make the fields have a good harvest.
It's just the important information about fertilizers, pesticides, etc. that the knights seem to understand, especially manure. How can such filth make wheat grow better?
He relayed what he had heard to Bishop Roberto.
Growing food with filth? Kill pests with poisonous drugs?
When Bishop Roberto heard this, the first reaction in his mind was to regard the woman who had frightened them not long ago as a believer of the devil.
Only the devil would use this filthy and weird method, and that woman must be a heretic who believes in the devil, a heresy that must be eradicated.
Then he further thought about whether it was possible to use this name to force Sardinson County to hand over their secrets. If the evidence is conclusive, even if they are nobles, the church has the right to dispatch the Inquisition to arrest them for trial. At that time...
He thought ruthlessly, if the other party is unwilling to tell the secret, then it should be dealt with in the same way as the previous heresy trial results.
But soon he had to regretfully discover that this was not a good idea to implement.
They are not in Rome now, nor in any other country that can be controlled by the Church, but in the Prady Empire.
The relationship between this country and the church has not been very good. This can be felt during their recent trip to the capital. The king is the best friend of the church on the surface, and the attitude of the nobles is also ambiguous. Willing to make some deals with them, but openly stating that the church has absolutely none.
The reason for this attitude is probably in the early days of the Prady Empire when the church members who were active in this land tried to intervene in the regime of this new country as in the past, but at that time they changed from aristocrats to royalty. The king was very dissatisfied with the fact that the church was always meddling in power, and he didn't give them any chance at all.
After finding that they could no longer hold the same power as before, the clergy headed by a cardinal began to incite other nobles to launch a coup against the royal family, which undoubtedly caused the newly established Prady Empire to once again lead to precarious civil strife.
In the end, their conspiracy was unsuccessful. The first king of the Prady Empire was a decisive and iron-blooded man. The first thing he saw after the successful pacification was to execute of all the nobles and clerics who participated in the coup. The incumbent Pope has repeatedly written letters asking him to hand over those clerics to be handled by the church, but he ignored it completely, and even intensified his efforts to arrest all church members in the empire, tortured them with words and deeds, and dug up the secrets of these people, guilty of guilt Those who are not guilty will be released safely.
And there are very few clerics who can be cast, because in the opinion of Prady I at the time, even a fundraiser whose origin is unclear can be regarded as a crime, and they will spend a few days in prison. In 2008, if the nobles outside the capital didn't want to get into trouble with the church, and secretly poured water on the clergy they captured, I'm afraid all the clergy in Prady during that period would have to spend their entire lives in prison.
After this incident, the Pope was naturally very angry. He even ordered other countries to send troops to "teach" Prady. Unfortunately, the countries that the Church can interfere with are far away from the Prady Empire. They going to Prady had to pass through other countries first, and the countries around Prady were also aware of the church's malicious intentions because of this rebellion, and the Prady Empire had negotiated exchange terms with them earlier, so They naturally disagreed with the border crossing requests made by those countries and even sent troops to guard the border to prevent these people from forcibly crossing the border.
It's not that these people are so interested in the conditions put forward by Prady, but they hate the Pope who was tough at the time more than the other party.
Moreover, at that time, most European countries focused their attention on the Eastern Expedition, and the domestic forces that could be mobilized were limited.
So the so-called teaching of the Pope was not implemented at the end, which also made the church lose face. For a long time, the relationship between the church and Prady can be said to be incompatible, until the Pope and Prady I died one after another, and the two sides The relationship has only recovered a little, but it just looks better on the face. Prady's attitude from beginning to end is "You can preach, but you must dare to interfere in our country's affairs. If you chop off one hand with one hand, no one will do it."
And Prady's nobles also found that without the church's intervention, they have a higher authority in their territories, and no one will suddenly jump out. Ask them to abide by this and that, and it's fine to eat meat on fasting days because no one dares to care.
Therefore, they are also happy that the power of the church in the country has weakened, and they have not been helpful.
However, as nearly a hundred years have passed, everyone has almost forgotten what happened in the past, and the church's influence in Prady has never given up. They can always find opportunities to develop - and then be pressed down, and then continue to work hard, always This cycle, although it seems difficult, after working so hard for so long, more or less regained some vitality. At present, I have cooperated with some nobles in private and won some rights that do not touch the bottom line of royal power, otherwise the route of the Pope's visit this time. There is simply no way to add Prady.
Therefore, Bishop Roberto's idea of arresting Count Williams and his wife in the name of heresy is impossible to succeed. In Dinson County, all staff were detained.
And from what he saw in the capital, that King Prady had a very high degree of favorability towards Sardinson County. If he chose between the church and Sardinson County, he would be on the side of the latter.
Even thinking about it again, I am afraid that the title of heresy cannot be put on the countess's head.
He didn't care about it before, but now he recalled that when he was in the capital, he had vaguely heard that King Prady's private plot would also be a harvest year this year, and the reason seemed to be because Sardinson County told the secret of the harvest. took him.
If this news is not wrong, in this case, he put the name of heresy on Wei Wei's head, which is almost equivalent to convicting King Prady of heresy at the same time. In that case, the news only needs to be spread out. , I am afraid that the church's influence in Prady will be cleaned up again.
Bishop Roberto only thought about this after a while, and the knight said: "The countess is said to be from the distant Silk Country, and the farming method she teaches everyone is also used by that country. ..."
Dongfang, yes, he also forgot the most important point.
That countess is a foreign visitor, but her country is a powerful country that almost destroyed the great Mongolian country. I heard that the countess's status is still very high in that country. Now she seems to be single, but she has two things. It's not that the continents have no intersection at all, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to come here.
If someone from the Silk Kingdom came to know what the church had done, would Rome still exist well?
The Countess might not be that important, but that's a good excuse to go to war, isn't it?
After experiencing the brutality and power of the Mongols, they were almost penetrated by the Europeans' impression of the far east. They have every reason to believe that the country that can defeat Great Mongolia will only be more fearful.
Bishop Robert was taken aback by the picture he imagined, and he no longer dared to think about framing Sardinson as a heretic.
But if you don't dare to think about framed things, you still have to inquire about the news that should be inquired.
He even felt that it was inadvisable that they had been staring at Sardinson's various commodity outputs, but had not paid much attention to the wealth contained in the land here.
He motioned for the knight to approach and told him to figure out as much as possible how Sardinson County achieved its current abundance during his time in Sardinson.
The knight is: "I'm afraid it's difficult to inquire about this kind of secret. If the time is too short, we may not be able to do it." The
bishop said decisively: "If the time is not enough, then send someone to stay, and in any case, we must find out how they did it. It's here!" The
The knights are very embarrassed. They are visiting with the Pope. The team is full of clerics, paladins and mercenaries. No one of these people is suitable for staying in Sardinson County. Although there are many foreigners, there are few foreigners. Their appearance and accent are very conspicuous here, and there are no suitable candidates to stay in the team.
Don't take the bishop's words lightly, but whether it is the Pope's guard or the team of the Paladins, he is not under his control. The Knights themselves are just ordinary members of the Paladins. Rick of Bishop Roberto does not include their captain. If someone stays to inquire about the information, naturally they can only do it secretly, and those who stay may even be wanted by the church as defectors. I just want to make my life better. Who can't think of giving up a good future because of this kind of thing and becoming a wanted criminal?
The knight murmured in his heart how unreliable the bishop's order was, and he respectfully responded, and decided to take advantage of this period to investigate, and if he couldn't find any information on the time or the like, he would talk about it.
Later, he found that getting information is not easy, but it is not difficult.
Originally, the knight thought that the methods that would make the fields prosperous should be closely guarded and only known to a few people, but soon he found out that this is not the case, at least in Prady, almost all farmers know how to retting manure, which is The castle didn't hide it from the people, and even publicized it, so it couldn't be easier for him to get the production method.
As for the new pesticide, because of its high toxicity, the specific formula is only controlled by Wei Wei and Karma. He wants to inquire unless he goes to get close to these two people, but no matter which one he can usually come into contact with.
However, after figuring out how to make manure, the knight felt that he had completed the task. He turned his head and handed the parchment to Bishop Roberto. After Bishop Roberto read it, he showed a disgusted expression, but he still It was decided to let people send this production method back to their territory, and let the serfs use it according to the compost.
Coincidentally, the knight had the same plan in his heart. If there is such a good method in his fief, there will be a bumper harvest next year.
But whether it is a knight who is anxious to complete the task or Bishop Roberto, who knows nothing about farming, they don't know that fertilizer can't be used indiscriminately. When and how much fertilizer is used, there are strict rules. Not only will the crops not grow well, but they may all die.
The knight just wanted to know how the manure was made when he inquired about the news, and then he had a general idea of how to use it, but he forgot to ask for the specific details.
So in the future, on their land, whether the inexperienced serfs can plant the land well, we can only say that God blesses them.
What Bishop Roberto didn't know was that when he was delighted that he had obtained such an important secret - the knight didn't tell him that this secret was known to almost everyone in Sardinson to show his merit, but instead exaggerated that he was cheating. Difficulty in obtaining intelligence - another cardinal easily obtained detailed steps on how to make the wheat harvest from Felix.
Of course, the dove Bishop Umberto cannot fail to notice the great harvest in Sardinson County, let alone him, even the Pope, who is obsessed with discussing research with old friends all day, knows about it, but the Pope feels that now they are still on the road, and I'm reacted to discussing research with Raymond, so it's not suitable to ask this question for the time being.
And when he got to the castle, he must have gone straight to the laboratory, even less time.
So he gave the mission to Bishop Umberto.
Bishop Umberto felt that the task was not too difficult. After observing and inquiring along the way, he was more keenly aware than Roberto, who disdain to talk to the commoners, that the people of Sardinson seemed to know how to make wheat productive, and it was more useful for others. The tone of unusual respect and admiration told him that in Sardinson County, I there was a problem in the fields that the farmers didn't know how to deal with, they could go to the steward for help. If the steward didn't know what to do, they would directly Go to the countess, and as long as you get to the countess y problem can be solved.
And these problems will be written and distributed to various villages and towns soon after, read out to them, and if someone encounters the same problem, they can deal with it themselves.
So Umberto quickly determined that the highlight yield they wanted to know was no secret in Sardinson, and if needed, they could even get the answers they wanted directly from the people of Sardinson.
But both the Pope and Bishop Umberto had privately discussed before coming to Sardinson to have a good relationship with the master of Sardinson as much as possible, so they were not going to start from other aspects but chose to directly The Earl and Mrs Williams exchange.
As for the exchange of things, they are also ready.
But just as the Pope thought, Bishop Umberto also felt that it was not suitable to talk about it when he was on the road, so he waited until the motorcade arrived at Sardinson Castle before he told Felix that he had important things to discuss with him.
Felix didn't think that the important things that Bishop Umberto said were also important to him, but due to the identity of the other party and the fact that he was actively courting him along the way, Felix did not refuse this time. conversation.
Bishop Umberto's attitude was also very straightforward, without any false greetings, and went straight to the topic: "I have some clues about your wife's attack in the capital. I think the count will be interested to hear it?"
When it came to Wei Wei's attack, Felix's casual attitude changed immediately.
Felix has always been very concerned about that incident, and he has never given up the investigation afterwards, but apart from finding the three suspects, there has been no new progress, even if he has been targeting those three families intentionally or unintentionally. , they didn't show any clues, so Felix couldn't tell who was the real mastermind.
This made Felix realize that his foundation in the capital is too shallow. Even if his territory is getting stronger and stronger, and his business is getting better and better in the capital, he still has not risen to the top of Prady's aristocracy. The strength of the company requires time to operate and develop slowly, and it cannot be rushed at all.
But now, clues are coming to the door themselves.
He looked at Umberto with cold eyes - although the latter knew that the coldness was not aimed at him, he was still a little shocked: "What do you want to exchange for it?"
Seeing that he cared about Wei Wei, originally Umberto, who just wanted to exchange this news for some benefits, suddenly changed his original mind. He smiled and said, "His Majesty the Pope and I just want to use this news to make good friends with Your Excellency."
This is not wrong. Felix made good friends, and Felix's reaction just now made him realize that this news can be exchanged for more benefits.
Felix: "I think you know that the Prady people are not very friendly to the church. If you want me to be on the church's side, then don't talk about it."
Although it was a pity that he couldn't get the clues, he still Know which is more important.
Anyway, he can find out sooner or later, he firmly believes.