When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 1174 A New Life in the Holy Mechanized Court

The Holy Alliance seems to have taken no action in response to the potential attack by the vampires.

However, some veterans were brought back to the military, and training was intensified.

In military districts like the New Five Counties and the Shattered Plains, order and security have been tightened, and some cities have even implemented long-unheard curfews.

Outside of the Holy Alliance, there was an uproar in Fran, Leia, and the southern and northern Norn fortresses.

Of the three major knightly orders of the Church, the Temple Knights were basically crushed by the Holy Alliance, while the Frontier Knights were crushed by the Holy Alliance and the vampires working together.

The only survivors today are the Knights of the Holy Sword on the southern border of France.

Unlike other knightly orders, the Frontier Knights hold a special position; they are the Great Wall of the North, defending against vampires.

Although the Frontier Knights themselves promoted this statement, it did indeed have some effect.

Now that the Border Knights have died, the Empire's vigilance towards the Royal Court has increased dramatically, especially along the coast and in areas bordering the Border Knights.

After the Beef Burger was breached by the vampires, the northern Norn region descended into chaos.

The alarming rumors then spread like wildfire across the mainland.

Even many refugees and bandit knights in the Leia region raised the banner of the royal court to rebel against Leia.

As for the Leia nobles, they began discussing the idea of ​​leading the vampire army south to divide the Holy Alliance and Norn territories.

These messages, once published in the newspapers, were met with a barrage of criticism.

Monks like Lemingston engaged in verbal sparring with these Leia scholars in the newspapers, and even challenged them to fights in person.

Unfortunately, Lemington and other friars of the Holy Path came from street preaching backgrounds, while many Leia scholars came from university ivory towers.

Even with the same number of people, they still got beaten so badly their butts were wet with sweat.

At the urging of Charles VIII, the Imperial Diet was reactivated and immediately prepared to restart the war defense mechanism against vampires.

The Holy Alliance, on the other hand, replaced some of Leia's seats and sent representatives to participate as an observer nation.

Charles VIII, as he had hoped, presided over the meeting in his powerful position as an uncrowned emperor.

After all, Leia had submitted to the Holy Alliance, Norn was weak, and their only major enemy, the Holy Alliance, was content with its modest wealth.

This meeting, which was of great political and diplomatic significance, turned into a ceremony for France to enhance its national reputation.

As Horn said, it is not because of the crown that one becomes emperor, but because of the emperor that the hat on one's head is called a crown.

Although Charles VIII had not yet received the crown, many of the nobles present already addressed him as His Majesty.

As for the Holy Alliance's homeland, it is too far away to interfere.

It's worth noting that the distance from St. Regis to the border fortress of Kingsham is approximately two thousand kilometers.

Even if the Holy Alliance wanted to intervene, they couldn't.

Therefore, Horn adopted one of the best strategies: ignore it.

Within the Holy Alliance, everything is proceeding according to plan.

Crystal Palace Commercial Street, Brass Discipline Bureau, Mechanical Necromancer Spells, Holy Mechanism Renovation Project.

With a large amount of resources poured into the Saint-Germain industry, factories based on various clockwork mechanisms sprang up like mushrooms after rain.

Along with the factories, a massive number of rapid literacy classes and basic labor schools sprang up.

Although most factory workers operate machinery, it doesn't mean there's no manual work involved.

In fact, there are many jobs that require various skills. If you want to advance, you can only learn to read and then learn on your own by following the skills manuals published by the Holy Alliance.

With more people on St. Regis Street, people walked faster.

Everything is rushing forward, but one confused person is left standing still.

Alexei.

The flow of people rushed past him, but they couldn't shake him off like a stubborn, unyielding rock.

Upon receiving the news, the original trip to Norn had to be postponed.

The shooting army has retreated to the rubble plains, does he really want to go and take down Fat Beef Fort all by himself?

All he could do was wait, wait for the situation to become a little clearer, and then head north to rejoin the firing corps.

It's like putting your heart in a frying pan and frying it.

Alexei felt like each day was an eternity.

Ironically, it was precisely because of this accident that Alexei was given a long enough time to stay in the Holy Alliance.

He secured Henröck's place at the Papal College of the Holy See, allowing him to broaden his knowledge. This significant event also meant he was finally able to attend his friend Baleri's wedding.

As for the time, it is February 1st, the beginning of spring.

It was postponed by more than a month compared to the originally scheduled December 5th.

The reason is simple: men and women getting married around this time have all received invitations.

Ask them if they would be willing to hold a mass wedding with the saint's grandson.

Does this need to be said?
What an honor to be married to Pope Son of God!

In a short time, statistics showed that nearly a thousand couples registered, attempting to marry Horn.

If Madeleine hadn't intervened, even more newcomers from other counties would probably have come to join the event.

The New Year has passed, the snow has melted, and spring has arrived.

As the snow melted away, revealing the clock, its chimes echoed throughout the entire Holy Mechanism Court.

Spring arrived in 1458.

If there was anything different about the spring of 1458 compared to the past, the biggest difference was probably that a large number of the original Insurra had disappeared, and in its place were numerous construction sites.

Giant, clockwork-like cranes stretched across the streets, lifting I-beams and placing them on roof beams.

As for the original seven-story apartment building, most of it was fitted with exposed, huge spring-loaded gears.

The exposed design facilitates maintenance, as spring-loaded mechanisms, unlike steam engines, do not require excellent sealing.

Secondly, it was to reduce the loss of ether during transmission, which is, of course, a superstition.

According to calculations by scholars such as Lorton, the metal casing does not affect ether conduction.

Unfortunately, the public firmly believes that if they force the developers to do this, there's nothing they can do.

In addition, a huge barrel-shaped water tower has been added to the roof of these apartment buildings in Saint Union.

This is where the Holy Alliance's water supply system comes into play.

The clockwork pumps within the ether clock range formed several key water supply stations within several blocks of Saint Union.

Large quantities of brass were used in water pipes, while slime gel was used to purify river water in water towers.

The residents of the Holy Machine Court no longer need to get up early to fetch water or buy water from water carts, unlike the residents of the Empire or other Holy Alliance cities.

All they had to do was come to the pool, turn on the tap, fill a kettle with water, and heat it in the three-burner coal stove.

After washing my face and brushing my teeth, and with the hot water ready, I can take out the mountain county's specialty nut cereal from the cabinet and mix it with hot water and sugar.

Served with a boiled egg and half a sausage, it makes for breakfast.

If you've ordered milk, you'll receive freshly squeezed milk daily from a ranch outside the city in your mailbox downstairs, packaged in clear glass bottles and sealed with corks.

Warm the milk in hot water and then pour it into the oatmeal for an even better taste.

After finishing eating and drinking, I took the newspaper out of the mailbox, tucked it under my arm, and went to the long, narrow rain pavilion outside.

Before long, you'll see the train slowly approaching from the city.

Once seated in a carriage, one can pick up a newspaper and read it by the light of day to see what big news it is.

Sometimes, Alexei would specifically take the early morning train to observe the crowds passing by.

Some of them came from rural areas, some from abroad, and their professions ranged from workers to scholars.

In terms of appearance, they are not much different from the Norn, except that they wear better clothes.

But Alexei always felt something was different, and it wasn't until he had observed it for half a month that he realized what it was.

The people of the Holy Alliance all have faces that show they've never been bullied.

Although he only stayed for another three or four months, Alexei felt that he had gained a lot more experience.

The citizens of these Holy Mechanisms have gradually developed a civic culture that is completely different from that of the Empire.

However, his observations and investigations ended there.

Today is January 31st, and tomorrow is the mass wedding of Saint Sun and many other newlyweds.

After the wedding, Alexei was to travel north.

This time, he must go north!

(End of this chapter)