As Herodotus expected, the other five high priests did not agree with his proposal, but Herodotus did not expect these people to side with him.
In fact, what he said before was not meant for them.
This time, it was not only the high priest but also hundreds of priests who discussed how to deal with the Shuangxiu Cult, but it was their turn to speak out before.
Until High Priest Hesiod said, "Okay, everyone can put forward any ideas they have."
All the priests looked at me, and I looked at you. The last old priest named Sethis stood up from the ground, saluted respectfully to the six people, and then said.
"It is absolutely forbidden to form an army. This is the basis for the church to establish itself in the Western Territory. Moreover, the goddess also teaches us that we should stay away from violence."
"Then if our lives are threatened, who will protect us?" someone immediately retorted.
"Maybe... we can hire some guards and mercenaries." Sethis suggested.
"Those guards and mercenaries can at best deal with the bandits in the city. When you go to the wild and encounter a larger number of bandits, they will abandon you and run for your life, let alone face a real army."
Sethis also knew that what the other party said was the truth, so he added, "I think our focus now should be on persuading other nobles in the Western Region and telling them the consequences of Merlin and his Shuangxujiao.
Harm, mobilize all families as much as possible to isolate the Arias family."
"How to do it? Yin Leiya is now a dragon-slaying knight canonized by His Majesty the Emperor. The Arias family has just saved the Western Region with Shuangxiujiao... Those nobles have always cared about their reputation. No one will treat Arias at this time.
The family takes action."
"We don't need them to take action. We just need to properly seal off the Arias family and prevent those guys from coming out of the green field." Another priest said.
And his words were echoed by many people.
Whether you are willing to accept it or not, the failure of the Silver Moon Church in Greenfield has already happened. Now more and more people believe in Saturday there, especially under the despicable egg missionary offensive of the Double Holiday Church. The Silver Moon Church simply cannot
Unable to resist.
Most of the priests in the hall today have been to the territory of the Arias family, competed with the Shuangxiu sect for believers, and have personally experienced the power of this move.
Although everyone didn't say anything, they already agreed in their hearts that the green field belongs to Saturday and cannot be taken back.
Fortunately, there are not too many people there, so if you lose it, you will lose it. The key is how to protect other places, especially the few pieces of land next to the green fields.
The blockade is necessary. We cannot allow the monks who teach on a double holiday to come out again and confuse and bribe people outside at will.
Of course, it would be best to put restrictions on the economy and call on nearby lords to stop buying the specialty products of the Shuangxiujiao and the Arias family. This will drain the bottom line and make the Shuangxiujiao unable to produce eggs.
However, the latter point may not be easy to achieve. The radishes of the Arias family are okay. They are usually eaten by civilians anyway. If they are banned, they can just stop eating them or buy them from others. They are highly replaceable.
But both pepper and dragon's blood are good things here in Shuangxiujiao, especially the latter. It is said that they are going crazy in the capital.
There is no need to worry that no one will buy it. All the nobles in the Western Region are also rushing to get it. How can they stop it?
The priests discussed and discussed, but no good solution was found. Later, the high priest Kokoon noticed that Quintus was sitting in the corner in a daze, looking like he was distracted, and said,
"Priest Quintus, it seems you came back last, right...did you find another way to deal with the Shuangxiu Cult?"
"No, I just went to listen to the sermons of those monks." Quintus said.
"What?" High Priest Kokoon was startled, "Why did you even go to get the eggs..."
"No, I just want to see what Merlin wants to do."
"What does he want to do?"
"Establishing the kingdom of God on land."
"Humph, this kind of nonsense is just to deceive those ignorant people in the countryside." High Priest Kokoon said disdainfully.
"But I see that he is very confident, saying that he will make the lives of the believers below better than before, and that he will compare with our Silver Moon Church." Quintus said truthfully.
"The amount of wealth in this world is certain. When someone gets rich, someone will become poor. How does he plan to let so many believers below live a good life and rob the surrounding nobles? Well, this should be quite similar to those lizard people.
of appetite."
Quintus didn't know how to answer, and this was what he didn't understand. Moreover, there is a strange commandment in the Shuanghuo Cult, which requires its followers to work for five days and rest for two days, so that they can work hard.
The time becomes shorter.
Even those farmers who cannot read a word know that if you want to make money, you have to work hard and work hard.
And as the spring plowing was approaching, Quintus wanted to go to the land of Shuangxiu to see how Li Yu fulfilled his promise, or was he just deceiving and following him as the high priest Kokoon said?
those farmers.
In addition, Quintus also reminded others to be careful of the various strange and bizarre preaching methods used by Shuangxiu Cult.
For example, when preaching through singing, the melodies of those songs have their own curses. Once you hear them once, you will never forget them. They will always reverberate in your mind, making it impossible to prevent them.
Another example is the Common Language teacher named Anton. That guy hates the Silver Moon Church very much, and he continues to spray Picia while preaching. The key is that the guy’s preaching level is quite high.
Quintus estimated that he might not be able to defeat him even if he went up.
There is also the beauty missionary. A good-looking young man has been added to the Shuangxiu sect, and he is very lethal to female believers...
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The priests of the Silver Moon Church are now a little numb to Li Yu's random tricks. Fortunately, according to Quintus's feedback, the lethality of these new preaching methods is not as severe as sending eggs.
But there wasn't much time left for the church, and everyone felt a sense of urgency. Who knows how many weird tricks that guy named Merlin had yet to use.
There are more priests who support the formation of an army, but they have never achieved an overwhelming advantage. Even the big guys can't think of any other good way to deal with Shuangxiu Cult.
However, the long-standing inertia still makes everyone tend to maintain the tradition of the church and are unwilling to break it easily. What's more, five of the six high priests have expressed their opposition.
In the end, until dusk, when the sun set, the discussion failed to make any substantial progress.
Herodotus was not surprised by this result. He fell into silence again and just watched the quarrel with a cold eye without interrupting.
When it got dark, he left the temple and returned to his residence. High Priest Kokoon got up first, but walked very slowly, as if he was waiting for someone on purpose.
This chapter has been completed!