When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 1020 The Holy Path Sect of Windmill Land

Early June, 1454.

Windmill Land had just emerged from the shadow of war and entered the busy summer season of freight transport.

The once desolate dock became bustling with activity, and sails moved slowly across the azure sea.

Ships from New Zealand and even the Royal Court still appeared at the docks, and the Centaur gang and the Norn gang were still fighting in the streets.

Warehouses lined the coast, with cast iron booms hanging from their exterior walls for loading and unloading goods.

Walking in the shadow of the warehouse walls, Guillermo Oleigh lowered his hat brim and hurried past the chatting Franz soldiers.

Although it seemed no different from before, he could still clearly feel the changes brought about by the arrival of the Franco Legion.

First, a large number of Leia speakers in the city hall were expelled from Windmill Village.

Subsequently, stricter controls were placed on gatherings and nighttime travel.

Finally, the shops of the Leia people on the streets often changed their flags to those of the Franco fleur-de-lis overnight.

This does not mean that all Leia people were driven out of politics or business; many who switched sides stayed.

In addition, in order to win over the locals, a large number of local Windmill Land nobles and city priests were recommended to enter the city hall.

The actions of the Francans and the Lea people caused varying degrees of chaos in the city halls of different places, which even allowed many monks of the Holy Path Sect to infiltrate.

For example, Guillermo del Toro, a follower of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was successfully elected as the secretary of the city hall through the unanimous recommendation of the citizens.

The attitude of the French people towards the theological sect of the Holy Way has always been quite ambiguous.

We neither promote nor suppress it.

This attitude also reflects the attitude of the entire imperial theological community towards the Holy Path Sect.

The fall of the Holy See, the loss of the Triple Crown and the Ark of the Sacred Heart, and especially the Pope's mysterious suicide, plunged the entire religious community of the empire into chaos.

It's one thing for other believers to commit suicide, but for the Pope to do so is truly unacceptable.

In conjunction with the fall of the Holy See, countless superstitious believers and priests saw it as a harbinger of Judgment Day.

Therefore, it can be said that the theological and even intellectual circles of the empire were in chaos. Although they had withdrawn from the war, they were too late to suppress the Holy Path Sect.

This created the eerie religious atmosphere of Windmill Village, but everyone knew that such an atmosphere wouldn't last long.

After walking for a long time along the rows of warehouses, the number of soldiers wearing iris-patterned cloaks on the street became increasingly smaller.

Finally, Guiller looked around and, taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking, turned into a small alley.

The sky was narrow in the alley, and the cold walls were covered with moss. After walking for a while on the stone slabs, I came to a house.

Gier looked around and, seeing no one passing by or following him at either end of the alley, knocked on the window.

“It’s me, Guillermo del Toro.”

How much are the spices today?

"10 dinars."

The green-painted oak door opened, and Gier followed the limping retired veteran into the house.

The living room of the house was packed with nearly thirty people. Some had a chair, while others had to stand.

Standing in front of the square glass window, however, was a burly man who didn't look like a priest preaching.

"...The Holy See has fallen, the Triple Crown has been lost, and there are two opposing popes. How did the Messiah Church come to be like this?"

"Ultimately, it's that the priests don't act like priests, and the nobles don't act like nobles."

“Clergy have a responsibility to spread the word and promote good, but all the bishops are bloated with greed and corruption.”

“Nobles have a duty to protect the land and its people, but they abandon their land and move into the city, where they exploit farmers without restraint.”

"If the priests and nobles had each fulfilled their duties, how could the empire have suffered such civil war and turmoil? How could the Holy See City have fallen naked under the noses of ogres?"

"Then why have the priests and nobles become so depraved? It is because the human heart is inherently evil and has original sin."

“The priests should have been the ones to oversee and judge original sin, but instead, both the priests and the pope were consumed by it.”

"What caused this result? The doctrines and scriptures are good in meaning, but they have been misinterpreted by the church. I think only learned people should be qualified to interpret doctrines..."

He went straight to the kitchen to pour himself a cup of coffee before returning to the living room with the tea tray.

He looked around for a while before finally finding his younger brother, Matthias O'Reilly.

"Mattis..."

"Shh..." Mattis quickly put a finger to his lips, "Listen to Father Lemingston."

Gilles was helpless; he knew his brother was a staunch supporter of this Lemington clergyman.

Although it was Archbishop Richelieu who converted Matthias to the Church of the Holy Path, he still enjoyed the sermons of this Rimmington priest. The reason for this becomes clear after listening to Rimmington priests' sermons a few times.

"...It has been proven that the old church was already outdated, and the destruction of the Holy See City was a harbinger of this."

We need to learn from the Holy Alliance, which combines church and state to establish a new church.

Therefore, we need you to go into City Hall, into the City Council, and persuade the city councilors to collectively re-wash the city.

"Turn the whole city into a church, and all citizens into clergy and believers..."

With a wry smile, Gier added a small spoonful of sugar to his coffee.

The priest's words were simple, but in reality, he was encouraging the windmills to be self-reliant and even independent.

Windmill Land has always been the preferred landing site for the Flesh and Blood Kingdom on the Eastern Continent, and has been the site of more than a dozen large-scale wars throughout history.

The rights and wrongs of the matter are complex and difficult to discuss, but historians are all troubled by the question of its legal attribution.

On the way eastward from the El Empire, the second place where the imperial people landed was Windmill Land.

This place was originally inhabited by a tribe called the Goths, who had gradually become Elized before the empire moved east.

After many twists and turns, the Goths first established a kingdom, and then were promoted to a legion, becoming one of the two major factions of the Central Army.

Another faction is the Imperial Guard Legion formed by the Kingdom of Celia.

In that era, these two powerful warlords were even able to hold the central government of the El Empire hostage, forcing the El elders to kneel before them.

Even Saint Pierre, the third Archbishop of the Holy See who completed the foundational doctrines of Messiah, was assassinated by the Gothic warlords.

However, with the outbreak of the Gothic Rebellion, countless border garrison troops, under the banner of "resisting the Goths and saving the elders," began a massive melee.

The Goths were besieged by various warlords and were eventually exiled south of the Nauan River.

They intermarried with local small kingdoms, forming the prototype of the present-day Kingdom of Fran.

However, in 476, the Royal Court launched its first bloody invasion, which led to the establishment of the Holy El Empire, and Windmill Land was taken over by the Royal Court.

During this period, there were several bloody battles with the royal court, and the windmill lands changed hands repeatedly. Sometimes it was occupied by the royal court, sometimes it became autonomous and independent, sometimes it was occupied by the Duke of Fran, and after more than ten years it submitted to the Duke of Leia...

With repeated changes of ownership, a large number of its indigenous people have died or been lost, and whichever side occupies the land will bring in a large influx of immigrants.

According to many people who make sarcastic remarks about the people of Fengchedi, those people are all "mixed breeds".

Then, it wasn't until the War of Recapture of Old Territory in 951 that Windmills returned to the hands of the then-Franzan Kingdom.

For the next century, the windmill area belonged to the Kingdom of France.

Until 1101 in the Imperial Calendar, the Duke of Windmill Land rebelled due to heavy taxes and eventually gained independence.

However, not long after the Duke of Windmill Lands gained independence, the Hundred Year War broke out, and vampires once again landed in Windmill Lands.

Finally, in 1283, the Kingdom of Leia recaptured Windmill Land in a war, where it remains to this day.

From the perspective of the 951 historical view, it can be said that Windmill Land was indeed the territory or even the ancestral homeland of the Franz people.

From the perspective of the 1283 historical viewpoint, the windmills should belong to the Leia, since they were the ones who reclaimed them.

Even some local residents of Windmill Village, holding a historical perspective from 1101, believe that Windmill Village should be independent.

After changing hands several times, a relatively independent national consciousness emerged in the windmill area.

Apart from the large number of Leia nobles and merchants who moved in in 1283, the locals generally valued the interests of the windmill region above those of the kingdom and empire.

Because of repeated invasions, the people of Windmill Land have never had much trust in the empire.

This fostered the idea of ​​an independent nation among figures like the Lemington clergy, a sentiment shared by the locals of Windmill Village.

In essence, it is the same type as "the Pope of the Thousand Rivers Valley" back then.

Guillaume also hoped that Windmill Land could become independent, instead of constantly changing hands between powerful nations, with its very existence dependent on others.

He simply didn't believe that he could achieve independence by persuading the city council alone.

Windmill Land is not as powerful as imagined. If they ever become independent, they will still need the Holy Alliance's help.

At least the Holy Alliance is far away from them, and it's not likely that they will annex their land.

After speaking at length for another ten minutes, Father Lemingston was finally ushered off the meeting by the meeting's chair, old Pierre.

He stood in the main seat, nodded to the heads of the people, and said with satisfaction: "Now that everyone is here, I would like to inform you of an important message from the Holy Alliance."

Upon hearing that it was from the Holy Alliance, everyone in the room held their breath.

"His Holiness the Holy Grandson has accepted Grandiva's challenge, and the two have also extended an invitation to the Imperial religious community to hold this debate as the Sixth Grand Council!"

　P.S. There will be another chapter later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)