Old Sword Master

North of Rotterdam, the Rhine enters the sea.

This is not a place where water flows freely into the sea, but a noisy construction site. Humans are trying to hold down the river and let it act according to their needs.

The Earth Element church mobilized a large amount of manpower here to carry out water control projects with two purposes, one is to strengthen defense, and the other is to drain water and reclaim.

Where the Rhine flows into the Zuider Sea, there are many densely packed sandbars and shallows.

The waterway between these sandbars and shallows changes very quickly. If you don’t get the support of the locals, you need very careful exploration and sea trials to enter them.

The Earth Element Church will hold sacrifices here every 6 months to change the conditions of the waterways to ensure that only well-intentioned merchant ships can enter it and trade in the towns of the middle and lower Rhine, while the pirates of England and Denmark cannot go back in from the mouth of the sea. Endanger the wealth of this fertile waterway.

“Press the soil tightly, must be very tight!” Gullit shouted to the laborers, “Only by compacting the soil can the river bank be firm and the river can be suppressed.”

Gullit, the leader of the Earth Element Church in Rotterdam, stood by the entrance to the sea, enjoying the work of the believers on the nearby river and the ships of Spain, Portugal and the Hanseatic League on the river in the distance. Unloaded on the dock.

The Rhine has plenty of water and there is no ice all year round. Now this river is already a large blood vessel connecting the Spanish Netherlands and China and Germany. Through the merchant ship, Cologne’s perfume can be directly transported to Seville, and can be installed on the return journey. The emperor recognized the work of the Earth Element Church of the various productions of the Upper New World, and the Earth Element Church was generally satisfied with the emperor’s recent diplomatic progress with England and Denmark.

In the long-term plan of the Earth Element Church, it wants to be much higher than the current orderly river, so that it no longer uses natural rivers where it enters the sea, and replaces natural rivers with stable and reliable canals. It will be easier to defend, and will benefit more economically, and transportation and agriculture will benefit from it.

Of course Gullit knows that he probably has no chance to complete this cause. The Rhine is not so easy to tame. Too many resources are wasted by war. The pirates of England and Denmark have stopped a little bit in the past few months. The French It will invade at any time.

The emperor also wanted to borrow money recently, but William Na (Sao sāo), who was able to act as a bridge between the emperor and the local power of the Netherlands, went to the “fireless furnace” and never returned.

Amsterdam and Rotterdam are indeed relatively wealthy, but you said you have a new world, with gold mountains and silver seas, why do you still stare at our little money?

Forget it, I still have to put together 2,000-3,000 talers to deal with it.

“Your Excellency Gullit, finally found you.”

Gullit heard a voice that made him irritable. He never liked this Delicht. Of course, the Queen of Suleus recently accused him of slandering Wood, and Gullit did not believe the accusation of colluding with evil spirits. He is fully aware of Delicht’s piety as a believer of Earth Element, and the Storm Heresy obviously worships the Wood-Lombard in Crete too much.

This Delicht, he cursed Wood all day when he came back from the No-Fire Furnace. That’s all, those storm believers really hate it.

What really annoys Gullit is that he recently said something stupid about “a pure Netherlands”. He wants to gain a similar advantage in Italy as Dark Sun in the Netherlands. In Gullit’s view, this is completely wishful thinking.

The Earth Element Church’s situation in the Netherlands has reached the limit of the emperor’s tolerance. It has an advantage in the North Netherlands, and it is good to have a presence in the South Netherlands. The next development direction should be to go east and deep into the north. How could Germany, fighting against the Black Hand Church that was suppressed by the regency, think of turning over with the emperor?

“What is your Lord Cruyff looking for?” Gullit asked.

“Last night, the Dark Sun Church between Rotterdam and Amsterdam was completely destroyed, and the Bishop of Amsterdam was killed!” Delicht’s words made Gullit turn pale with fright, although Dark Sun Church was already in the North Netherlands. There is no sense of existence, but the bishop is still a great character, and this bishop has been domesticated by the Earth Element Church. He sold the destroyed Dark Sun church site in Amsterdam to the Earth Element Church, and then moved out of the city. In the comfort zone, I get a monthly allowance of a few hundred thalers. I spend my entire day holding money and buying very unreliable Spanish national debt. I want to please the emperor and transfer back to Spain. I don’t care about my beliefs at all.” Your Excellency Cruyff, please You immediately go to the Dark Sun Church of the Bishop of Amsterdam. We must find out who is instigating our relationship with the emperor and the pope!”

“Well, I’m going now.” Gullit felt that De Licht said this very well, of course he did not relax his vigilance, and brought a guard of 20 men.

He is actually the lord of Rotterdam, and he still values ​​his safety.

They rushed all afternoon, and finally arrived at the main church church at dusk.

This Dark Sun church is already a sign of destruction. The cross has fallen and the church door has been torn down.

“Where is your Excellency Cruyff?” Gullit saw that there were only 5 people around the church, and he was a little dissatisfied with his colleagues. Such a big matter, bring more people.

“Your Excellency Cruyff is in the basement.” One of Delicht’s men said, “Your Excellency Gullit, please bring only the most reliable guards.”

“Okay.” Gullit waved his hand and made most of his guards wait outside the church. He brought only one of his own elite fighters down. After all, it involved a Dark Sun bishop. He thought about it on the way here. It was Earth Element. The extremists in the church have the greatest probability, and secrecy is right.

However, he walked down the basement and immediately realized that the situation was not right. The atmosphere in the basement, which was less than ten square meters, was very depressing. The room was sprinkled with ashes and gold, which together formed a square that made people look scared.

This is “evil dwelling”!

Although this array was built very hastily, the pattern is not small. Ernie and Delicht used the flesh and blood of the Dark Sun bishop to build an array, and they also took out more than 10000 talers’ materials for spelling. Completely didn’t expect that De Licht could come up with that many materials, plus more than 10000 tals of refined gold seized in this church.

The elite warrior walking in front saw a burst of brown mist rushing, and then his (chest xiōng) mouth armor was deflated.

Gullit immediately wanted to turn around and exit.

“Your Excellency Gullit, go in and take a look.” Of course Delicht refused.

“You back…” Gullit should cast a spell instead of swearing at this time. He opened his mouth and a brown mist rushed into his mouth…

It is not so easy for the ancient general Venerable Lord to transform and control humans, even with that many support. However, as the high-ranking priest of the Lord of Earth Element, Gullit is the easiest target for this “home”. He and None of his gods realized that their doctrine had some dangerous additions unconsciously.

The ancient Venerable Lord is not the kind of generosity. The Lord of Earth Element shared that many benefits beyond his own strength in the “No-Fire Furnace”, and the price would be staggering.

In the next second, Gullit’s eyes turned brown, and in the next second, they turned into struggling human eyes.

Outside the church, Gullit’s guard waited for about an hour before Gullit came out.

“Go back to Rotterdam.” His face was exhausted, and he didn’t want to say a word.

…

When the evil demon’s counterattack has begun, Wood is in the fragrant palace. In front of him is a feast of 7 dishes and 3 wines. Of course, it is mainly the little Bazin and Anna Princess who are enjoying them. If they don’t worry, Wood can’t relaxed.

The half-drunk little Bazin didn’t know when he was up, and he was smashing the black continental basil roasted Bres chicken as the staple food. This kind of chicken is raised by the French in the Pyrenees mountain range, of course there are some Breaking through the barriers and entering Spain.

Wood did not eat chicken, but was tasting gems with the emperor.

“This ruby…” The emperor was stunned, even if he had never seen such a big ruby, this long strip, he only thought it was a sword or a long spear snatched by Wood. The emperor is not an expert in this respect, he Looking at his wife, “I think the quality is okay?”