After finalizing the style of the ship's bow, the sampan successfully rested on the trestle. Then the three of them jumped on the trestle and walked toward Lawrence's port office. On the way, Peter told Lawrence about the previous
Lambert entrusted him with some instructions to Lawrence.
"Priest Lambert asked me to tell you that when you go in, you must follow their lead and bargain with the priests of the Church of the Goddess of Fortune." The first sentence Peter said made Lawrence feel that his outlook on life was shattered. In his heart, he felt that
This kind of thing shouldn't be negotiable.
After seeing Lawrence's face, Priest Peter roughly guessed what he was thinking, so he smiled and said: "If it were any other majesty, he would definitely not be able to bargain in this situation, but the Church of the Goddess of Trade and Wealth is a
An example. If you don't try your best, you can only get about 80% of the remuneration you deserve. But if you can really convince the other party, you will get 120% of the remuneration."
"Sounds quite reasonable." Only then did Lawrence realize that gods and gods are also different. For example, for the Church of Knowledge, preserving, screening and disseminating knowledge is the core of the Church, while for the Church of Agriculture, developing agriculture is
Their core. So for the Church of Trade and Wealth, the core is naturally to maintain existing trade and make everyone rich.
Therefore, it should be a normal thing to bargain with the clergy of the Church of Trade and Wealth, because this negotiation process is in line with the teachings of their goddess.
As soon as he walked into the corridor, Lawrence heard the heated discussion coming from the conference room echoing in the corridor. When he opened the door, he saw a group of rich and well-dressed guys with his father and the Agricultural Church.
What were the priests discussing together?
For clergy who serve other gods, it would be a very bad situation if others look like nouveau riche at first glance. However, for clergy of the Church of Trade and Wealth, if you see them after
Say from the bottom of your heart that these clergy are really rich and they will take it as a compliment.
Because welcoming back the statue this time was a very formal event for them, each of them was wearing the most formal dress. However, this kind of dress did not have much solemnity in Lawrence's eyes, but instead made him
I feel that the tastes of these people are no different from those of the nouveau riche.
Each of them wore a silk shirt, leather sleeves and boots, a gold-plated crown studded with gems, and various gadgets tied with silk ribbons at the hem. Outside they wore short jackets, trousers, and stockings.
.The outermost part is a sleeveless robe. Of course, these clothes are all made of the most expensive fabrics and furs, and use various bright and gorgeous design styles as much as possible.
Then a heavy gilded red cloak is put on the outermost layer of these clothes, which is decorated with thousands of sequins and hooks made of various precious metals. Finally, there is a pair of white gloves and a pair of magic inlaid gems.
and a gold-plated scepter. The senior cleric who led the team also wore a large pure gold crown inlaid with precious stones.
In short, the dressing style adopted by each of them looks like the dressing style of the rock stars in Lawrence's previous life plus the nouveau riche. Overall, it is better than the dressing style of bare chested tattoos and a big gold chain hanging around his neck.
The taste could be a little higher.
It was obvious that the other two clergymen present could not stand the appearance of the nouveau riche of the Wealth Church. Think about it, both the Agricultural Church and the Knowledge Church advocated diligence and frugality, and spent money where it should be spent.
place. So when they looked at the priests of the Church of Wealth who looked like they had opened a jewelry store, although they were very appropriate in etiquette, everyone could feel their inner unhappiness.
However, the priests of the Church of Trade and Wealth across the street did not think there was anything wrong. Anyway, this doctrinal difference made everyone unhappy with each other. This can be considered a common situation when they communicate with some churches.
Therefore, these priests were not affected in any way and continued to argue aggressively with the two priests present.
After entering the scene, Lawrence quickly joined the quarreling negotiation scene, and then began to list various examples to prove how cruel the battle to regain the statue was, how much the price paid by his side, and how powerful the enemy was.
.Use these to prove how much you paid to get this statue back, and then use this to increase the price.
After six hours of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement on this matter. For the Church of Knowledge and the Church of Agriculture, the Church of Wealth used a favor as a reward for their move. This is better than giving them something realistic.
The value to the two churches is much greater.
As for the New Sauer Island represented by Lawrence, the reward given by the Church of Trade and Wealth is to build a small church here. It also guarantees that there will be a permanent resident here, including an extraordinary person, and the total number of priests will not be less than three.
group.
For a territory, if more Orthodox churches can move in, it will definitely promote the development of this place. However, for any Orthodox church, the church’s clergy will never be enough. So like Xinshao
It is not easy to find a church that is willing to stay in an emerging area like Erdao.
For example, among the two churches on the island now, the Knowledge Church came to his son’s territory because Lawrence’s adoptive father was a church priest. The Agricultural Church first sent people because it owed Lawrence a huge favor before.
After arriving here, I was attracted by the various advanced agricultural technology conjectures proposed by Lawrence, and decided to set up a permanent church of the Goddess of Agriculture here.
Therefore, if the Church of Trade and Wealth is willing to set up a small church on the island, it must be a very good thing for the island. It can also provide huge help in attracting immigrants.
According to what Peter said on the way, in fact, when the new immigrants who were attracted by the information about the island came to the pier, many of them wanted to change when they saw the temporary and crude buildings in the town.
Fortunately, they all chose to stay after learning that there were two Orthodox churches on the island.
Therefore, Lawrence was very satisfied with the reward proposed by the Church of Fortune. At least he thought it was much more sincere than the simple monetary reward or the reward with some magic props at the beginning.
Especially after the farms, hospitals and small drug workshops attached to the hospitals were gradually built in New Saul Island, the importance of foreign trade suddenly became highlighted. The number of ships traveling between them increased several times. Although it is still the same as before
Offshore merchant ships are mainly dispatched from the surrounding islands, but future prosperity is completely predictable.
Therefore, it is quite meaningful to build a church of the goddess of trade and wealth in this place. Such a church can greatly promote the increasingly prosperous trade on the island.
After all the issues were settled, the clergy of the Church of Trade and Wealth inspected and accepted the very precious statue. Then the leading priest who looked like a wealthy businessman suddenly asked: "What did you find on the ship?"
Is this the only thing related to our church?”
"Except for this thing, I estimate that there are only a few gems and a dozen gold bars that may have been taken from your church." Mr. Lambert stood up and said. "But according to the rules, these are not important extraordinary items.
So it should be regarded as our loot, and if you want to get it back, you must provide enough ransom."