One week after the submission day, the list of winners was posted on the bulletin board in front of the church.
Contrary to the expectations of the residents, there was only one winner, and it was actually a prisoner named Hans.
After that, there were rumors that the Holy Son personally met with the prisoner at the headquarters of the Knights. Just when everyone was curious about what this guy named Hans had written. Muxi Town Church
In the square in front of the theater, a large tent for theatrical performances began to be temporarily set up.
It took half a month to set up the tent. During this long period of time, a drama based on the novel "Mockingbird" officially met the residents of Muxi Town in this tent.
That night, a total of 300 spectators came to the simple theater with 200 seats.
During the hour-long performance, people started talking loudly, gradually became lower-pitched as the plot progressed, and finally turned into endless cries and sobbing.
Although the stage set was simple and the props were hastily arranged, the tragic experience of the father and son in "Mockingbird" deeply touched the hearts of the audience, making these people unable to control themselves with grief.
In the next few days, the stage play "Mockingbird" caused a sensation throughout Muxi Town. Not only was the performance venue full, there were even people from far away towns who took a day and night carriage ride.
To get a vote.
As for the author of the script, Mr. Hans, he was completely regarded as a star and sought after.
Todd not only distributed competition rewards and performance income to him as agreed, but also specially allocated a sum of funds from the Muxi Mutual Aid Fund to establish a "literary studio" for him to fund his full-time writing.
Through this "Story Contest", Muxi Town is quietly undergoing some changes.
First of all, people's views on literature gradually broke away from the shackles of theological allusions and myths and legends, and took a big step towards the awakening of self-awareness and thinking reform.
Secondly, the success of "Mockingbird" promoted the commercial development of literature and drama. In Muxi Town, more and more businessmen saw the huge business opportunities in this. They held their coins high and looked for any novels that might succeed.
and scripts, indirectly creating the driving force for folk creation.
Finally, and most importantly, the demand for literacy in Muxi Town is becoming more and more driven by literature and drama. For those who have financial conditions or have dreams to pursue, a new way of life——
Writing was placed in front of them. If you want to write out the thoughts in your mind, you must first learn to write. Driven by this motivation, and at the initiative of Todd, the seminar was held by monks and students.
Free study classes have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. With people's rising enthusiasm and the large number of textbooks printed by printing presses, Muxi Town has officially entered a wave of learning.
Of course, this is all for later, let us return our attention to the Knights of Muxi. After finishing the "Story Contest", Todd began to focus on the military again.
After nearly three months of outward expansion and the reorganization of prisoners, Todd held a military meeting at the Knights headquarters. The only people present were Huggins, Cumberland, Alfonso, and Terry who participated as an intelligence agent.
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The meeting began with Huggins introducing the expansion results of the Muxi Knights: Relying on the "Successors" and explosive packs, the Knights' troops were invincible and invincible. Huggins led the troops to attack in total.
Eleven fiefdoms were obtained, about 1,300 residents were transferred to Muxi Town, and a wealth of about 130,000 Silver Moon was obtained. After many battles, the popularity of the Muxi Knights increased greatly.
Then, Cumberland collected 229 prisoners and formed a cavalry company consisting of 25 standard lances and a half-formed heavy armored infantry regiment. During this period, Alfonso
, took over the task of town defense from Huggins, and conducted a new round of selection and training of the militia group.
Finally, Tristan, the deacon from the capital of the Papal Kingdom, shared the news he had recently learned from the church with the Knights of Muxi.
The first news is about the battle situation on the Eastern Front. The church coalition forces of the Holy Acropolis and the Knights Templar have been fighting for several months with the Allied forces of the Silver Ring City and the barbarians. Among them, the largest conflict occurred in
Twenty days ago, double
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The party mobilized a total of 12,000 troops, and an encounter broke out at the mountain pass near Watch Fort. After a day and night of fierce fighting, judging from the battle loss ratio, although the Church Alliance Army was superior to the Alliance Army, this time
The battle still ended with the active retreat of the church coalition forces.
The second news came from the south. According to the news obtained by church missionaries, the sectarian disputes within the Fatimid dynasty, a desert kingdom in the south, had been resolved under the political operation of a kingdom prime minister, Saladin.
Gradually it has entered a fever pitch, and a civil war may break out at any time among those pagans who believe in God.
The third news came from the Papal States. After the "Catastrophe of Truth" incident, the First Inquisition collected a large amount of heresy evidence. Although the secular nobles of Taylor City tried their best to prevent the trial from proceeding, the situation was not favorable for those arrested.
For scholars and disciples, it has become increasingly serious.
For the first two things, Tristan's advice to the Muxi Knights was only four words - "just wait and see what happens." But for the third thing, he seemed extremely anxious and anxious.
In the original view of the young deacon, the church had to consider the mood of the secular kingdom when judging teachers and students of the college in the past. This trial may be the same as in the past, with loud thunder and small rain, and nothing in the end. But unexpectedly
What he expected was that the Pope seemed determined to attack the people in the academy. In the final analysis, this was not so much a trial against the truth as it was a blow and threat to secular power.
After comforting Tristan's mood, Todd began to discuss the strategic direction for the future with the military "cadres" of the Muxi Knights.
Huggins suggested that while the Eastern Front was attracting the enemy's main force, superior forces should be gathered to expand the territory controlled by the Knights as soon as possible, and to obtain as much population and wealth as possible.
Alfonso hopes to complete the reorganization of his troops as soon as possible and station an army in the fortress east of Muxi Town for regional defense. The reason for this is the industrial area, livestock area and residential area of Muxi Town.
Most of it has been moved outside. If the enemy uses highly mobile troops to destroy and loot, the losses to Muxi Town will be inestimable.
After listening to the speeches of these two people, Todd nodded, but found that the old knight had not said a word yet.
Cumberland heard the question from the regimental commander, and after stroking his beard, he expressed his opinion.
In his opinion, expanding the territory as soon as possible, acquiring population and wealth, and moving the defense force eastward are all correct strategic directions. However, Muxi Town currently has a strategic weak link, which has always been close to being defenseless, and that is from
Military aggression on the northern sea.
Although Muxi Town has set up observation posts on Waiheke Island, this passive defense method will not only occupy a considerable part of the Knights' military resources, but will also bring great constraints to Muxi Town's coastal military planning. Therefore,
, how to eliminate or reduce the threat of enemies in the north is the most important task of the Muxi Knights at the moment.
Todd agreed very much with Cumberland's analysis, but his perspective on this issue was different from that of the old knight.
Cumberland analyzed how to prevent the enemy's attack from the defense loopholes of Muxi Town; while Todd analyzed how the town should integrate with the outside world based on the future development of Muxi Town.
Muxi Town is now in a very embarrassing situation. Its agriculture, animal husbandry, handicrafts and industry are on the rise, but there is only one way to digest the products of these industries-domestic demand. The merchants in the town are not without consideration.
In the past, the goods produced were sold to other towns, but all commercial routes seemed to be difficult: to the north, there was the Falling Star Mountains, and the caravan wanted to reach the north unless it could grow wings; to the east, it was turmoil and
During the war, there was no way for the caravans to cross that land safely; the journey to the south was long, the road conditions were bad, there was a lack of supply points, and there were layers of checkpoints to pass through, making this route unrealistic.
After all, the only convenient trade route is the sea to the west.
But when it comes to maritime trade routes, Muxi Town has encountered two huge problems: one is the backwardness of ship construction technology; the other is that sea lanes are vulnerable to pirate attacks.
After thinking about it this way, the focus of the Knights' next attack should indeed be on the alliance between the North Island pirates and the barbarians.