When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 956: Upper Rivershire Wool Economy Belt
After taking a deep breath and reminding himself three times "don't be angry" in his heart, Horn walked into the Bucks room.

Taking the tea tray from the maid, Horn walked to the long table without any greeting.

The entire Bucks Room only became quiet after Horn had poured tea and coffee for everyone.

Putting the tea tray aside, Horn sat directly on the main seat, crossed his fingers and clasped his hands together, looking around slowly like a witch doctor asking a question: "What's the matter with this trip today?"

In addition to several cardinals in the royal court, there were nine religious masters sitting there.

After the third amendment, Horne formed a county order above the township order, with the master of the order being the superior.

Most of these monastic superiors were transferred from legion clerks or chief priests.

For example, Adol, the president of Upper River County, Ansel, the president of Longsand County, and Todd, the president of South Mound County.

There are also some left by the former county governor.

For example, Martin, the abbot of the Kasha County Order, Hilvis, the abbot of the Mound County Order, Moruo, the abbot of the North Mound County Order, and Sechinger, the abbot of the North County Order.

The nine brothers looked at each other, but no one answered.

Instead, it was the head of the Saint Treasury, Sissi, who spoke up: "They were discussing the relocation of the Upper River County bleaching factory."

Simply put, the issue that these religious leaders were arguing about revolved around the workshop.

To be precise, it comes from factory subsidies.

Under the unique system of the Holy Union, the presidents of religious orders at all levels have great autonomy over finances.

This has nothing to do with corruption or not. It’s mainly about more fiscal revenue, which means more resources, which means more things can be done.

Fiscal revenue is the action points of the guild presidents, and of course everyone hopes to have as many action points as possible in each round.

As for whether the action can bring good consequences, it depends on one's ability.

So as the head of the monastery in Upper River County, Adol naturally tried his best to fight for himself.

"Your Majesty." Adol even felt a little aggrieved, "We all depend on the bleaching factory for our livelihood!
There were not many people in Upper River County to begin with, and it was with great difficulty that a bleaching workshop was able to retain people.

It took me three years to finally develop a bleaching workshop.

This move is equivalent to giving the child I have raised for three years to Longsand County.

Although Langsander County is the center of the Holy Alliance, Upper River County is also where you were born and your hometown.

Even if we have to move, I won't say anything else, I'll just ask Langsand County to make up for the money I paid!"

"I'm not going to give you a dick! The factory is the property of the Holy Union, not your private property, I'm not going to give you a dick!" Ansel was still unyielding at this time, "Adol, you have a mouth full of teeth, and you keep talking nonsense.

Upper River County is not suitable for a bleaching workshop. You chose the wrong direction. Who will compensate you for your losses?"

"Since they are all Saint Alliance assets, it doesn't matter who they are placed with..."

Looking at the two people who were about to quarrel again, Horn turned to the helpless Madeleine and asked, "Is what they said true?"

"It is basically true. This is the decision of the Cardinals' Council, which is why we invited you and the elders of the religious orders to attend the meeting today."

“Then why was this resolution passed?”

Sissi pulled out a map with trade routes and canal transportation lines and walked over.

"Look..."

After Sissi's explanation, Horn finally reacted.

There are two routes for wool from the Gravel Plains to enter the Thousand River Valley.

The first one enters Upper River County from Beargnaw Castle, but is impassable in winter.

The second route runs from Ladenburg to North Mound County and is open all year round.

The wool is processed by washing the grease in South Mound County, combing it and turning it into weavable wool.

The yarn is then spun by a spinning wheel in a village workshop and transported to the Holy See by river. After being processed into woolen cloth by a clockwork machine in the Holy See, the goods are first transported from the Ibe River to the Nauan River and then upstream to Upper River County.

The cloth was finally bleached and rough-finished in Upper River County and then shipped to Rapid City for printing and dyeing.

There are two directions after this.

One was shipped to Jeanne d'Arc to be made into ready-made clothes or sold locally for sale within the Thousand River Valley.

One is to transport woolen cloth from Rapids City, the junction of three rivers, to Leia, Norn, Faran and Black Snake Bay.

The problem lies in the link from Jeanne d'Arc to High Castle.

If a bleaching plant was set up near Fort Jeanne, there would be no need to transport woolen cloth north, thus saving a lot of shipping costs and losses, and making it more convenient to sell.

But this will definitely have a huge impact on Upper River County.

As Todd said, Langsander County has many industries. Excluding the directly governed Holy Equipment Court, it also has garment workshops, papermaking workshops, printing workshops, Black Snake Bay Trade, etc.

But there are only two industries in Upper River County, an oil mill and a bleaching workshop.

This is going to cut off the lifeblood of Upper River County. It would be strange if they were not anxious.

"I don't have the subsidies for the cattle and sheep ranch, and I don't have the subsidies for the steel and iron ore in North Mound County, not to mention Hotam County and Lower River County." Adol was almost crying and complaining, "This is not a woolen economic belt, this is an economic belt around Upper River County!"

"Don't you still have an oil mill?"

"Don't you still have papermaking, printing, and garment factories? What's wrong with losing a bleaching factory?"

Ansel looked at Horn helplessly.

It was just a coincidence that they came to Upper River County. They couldn't care about any other place, but it happened to be Horn and Jeanna's hometown.

The hometowns of many of the Holy Alliance’s top leaders are also Upper River County.

"Adol." The saint's grandson spoke, and naturally the angel's fart was extraordinary. Everyone closed their mouths and held their breath.

Only Adol stood there nervously.

"The location of the bleaching workshop is indeed too remote. I can't give it to you. As for asking Langsander County to make up for it, that's not a solution either.

The most urgent task is to find an industry that is suitable for Upper River County and has easy access to raw materials.”

"But Upper River County is too ordinary. Apart from rapeseed flowers, there is nothing else to show for it." Adol said aggrievedly, "We can't plant rapeseed flowers all over, can we?"

Horn shook his head: “That’s too dangerous… Let’s put it this way, we can’t repair the bleaching workshop for you, we have to move it.

But the Holy Alliance Center could pay to build a track for horse-drawn trains between North Mound County and Upper River County.

I can't do everything for you, the rest is up to you to figure out."

Adol nodded at Horn in frustration, glared at Ansel hatefully, and sat back in his seat.

After resolving this core issue, the rest of the meeting progressed rapidly.

If we want to have a chat, there won't be enough time.

However, the several monastic leaders only gave a general idea. If Horn was interested, they would ask him to come over for a private chat after the meeting.

Sure enough, after the meeting, Horn told them to prepare well for next week's People's Congress, and then took Sechinger and Adol to have lunch.

As for the rest of the people, they naturally packed up their documents and went to the restaurant for dinner.

Just as Todd, the head of the South Mound County monastery, had finished packing, he felt someone patting him on the shoulder.

"Your Highness Jeanne."

Jeanna looked at him with a half-smile: "Are you free after lunch? After lunch, come to my study. I have something to ask you."

(End of this chapter)