What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

Since Huang Silang has been able to sit firmly at the head of the nine major families for so many years, he must understand this simple truth and would never be so short-sighted.

Could it be that the Yellow Wolf Chamber of Commerce had encountered some major problems, forcing the fourth Yellow Wolf to eat his own legs to get through the difficult times? It seems necessary to investigate.

But no matter what Huang Silang's reason was, his plan was doomed to fail!

For both public and private reasons, Fran cannot let Huang Silang's plan succeed.

"How about it, my beloved Saint! This is a great achievement." Margaret said: "In the history of the Holy Roll Empire, or even in the history of Orila City, no army has ever been able to invade their heartland! This is a great honor. Why don't we join forces to attack."

"This is indeed an honor. But... Christina paused, then said, "Since Your Majesty has already decided on the battle plan, why bother to come to me to discuss it? Our Shinra Church is weak and the only armed forces we can use are a thousand Crusaders. With this small number of people, we have to garrison the various cathedrals of the Shinra Church.

It doesn’t work.”

"Given the current combat power of the Shinra Church, it can indeed be ignored." Margaret said with a smile: "But war is not just a competition of military combat power. Logistics and supplies are also very important."

"You want me to help you raise military supplies?" Christina asked.

"That's right!" Margaret said, "You are well aware of the situation in the empire, and the little money left in the treasury has been almost squandered by my damn father."

You've squandered a lot. Fran glanced at the beauties in the hall.

"But if I remember correctly, your Majesty's brother, Duke Habsburg, is a powerful Grand Duke. To Grand Duke Habsburg, the military pay for your attack on Orila City is just a drop in the bucket. Why do you need to seek cooperation from an outsider like me?"

"No one's money is taken for free." Margaret said, "Even if that person is my brother. Of course, the Saint Lady's money is not taken for free. If you help me this time, I can give you 30% of the loot, and I will declare to the public that I joined hands with you to attack the city of Orila, and you can also share half of the glory.

Yao, how?"

Christina glanced at Fran imperceptibly, and after seeing her determined eyes, she slowly said: "I don't want money, nor glory. But I want something else-"

"what would you like?"

"I want your religious tax." Christina said word by word.

After hearing this, Margaret was obviously stunned for a moment, and then she said, "Religious tax... Lady Saint, this is really difficult for me."

"The restoration of religious taxes is just a matter of an imperial decree."

"A decree that no one listens to is no different from a piece of waste paper." Margaret said, "Lady Saint, I am truly cooperating this time. Otherwise, I would not have told you such important information."

"I am also sincerely cooperating." Christina said, "Otherwise, why would I come to your bedroom in person?"

"Lady Saint, don't you know the situation in our country? The emperor is just a figurehead. I can't even collect ordinary taxes, so how can I convince the grand dukes to pay religious taxes?"

After hearing this, Christina immediately smiled and said, "I don't want you to help me collect religious taxes. Just return this power to the church. As for whether it can be collected or not, that is my business."

Chapter 32 Competition and Cooperation

Margaret obviously did not expect Christina to make this request, and her expression became noticeably more serious.

Although the Holy Roman Empire is no longer the same as it was in the past, all the nobles still remember the days when it was the most powerful.

After the noble coalition defeated the Shinra* religion, they used three sharp blades to restrain it.

One is to depose the Pope and abolish the power of bishops to interfere in government affairs, turning them into a loose organization.

One is to disband the Crusaders and deprive them of their military power.

One is to ban religious taxes and cut off their source of income.

As long as these three sharp blades are there, it can be said that the Shinra* religion will never be able to recover.

However, the Holy Roman Empire has now restored the structure of the Crusaders, and with the support of the Saint Christina, if they can integrate their internal forces, they will be the Pope in name only. In this way, two of the three sharp blades have been removed.

If the religious tax is lifted, the Shinra* religion, with its economic source, will most likely regain its former glory under Christina's leadership.

This is something that no noble wants to see, even Queen Margaret who is constrained in every way.

Christina played this move beautifully. Now it depends on how Margaret responds.

Fran looked at her with gloating eyes.

"Your Majesty," Christina said, "I know you have concerns about my religion. But what is the reality now? On the surface, you and I are the two most powerful women in the empire. In reality, we are both in name only. Instead of wasting time on each other for an illusory future, why don't we cooperate now?

, let’s first climb to the pinnacle of power together, right?”

Margaret still did not answer Christina.

Seeing that Margaret did not reply for a long time, Christina continued, "This religious tax decree is just a piece of paper for His Majesty now. I thought that exchanging a piece of paper for my 30% of the looted materials and military merits was a very cost-effective deal. But now it seems that His Majesty does not think so."

At this point, Christina stood up and sighed, then said, "Since Your Majesty is unwilling, I will not force you. It is getting late, and it is almost time for me to leave."

"Wait a moment." Margaret slowly walked in front of Christina, looked directly into her eyes and said, "Although the Saint Lady's request was beyond my expectation, what you said makes sense. Instead of worrying about a dispute between the imperial power and the religious power that will happen in a few decades, we should first think about how we can survive.

That's right. Okay! I agree to your request, but..."

"But what?"

"I would like to make one more small request." Margaret paused, then said, "I want the little nun next to you."

As she spoke, Margaret stretched out her green jade finger and pointed at Fran on the side.

Eh?!!!

No, I have already mocked you like this? What else do you want from me? Are you trying to take revenge?

"Your Majesty," Christina said, "This little nun was indeed rude just now... but you are the queen after all, so don't bother with her."

"No, no, no! Saint, you misunderstood." Margaret pinched Fran's face and said, "Such a lovely little nun, I love her so much, how could I care about her? Her innocence and fighting spirit successfully attracted me. So leave this little nun to me, I promise not to treat her badly.

Hers.

Christina's expression changed slightly, and then she said, "Your Majesty, there are so many beauties in this palace. How could a little nun like me be favored by Your Majesty?"

"Her purity and innocence are rare in my life! Although the beauties in my hall are all graceful, compared with her, they all have a little more worldly odor." Margaret said.

Ah this.

Fran was embarrassed.

Christina was also embarrassed.

Pure? Spotless?

I have to say that this queen's vision of people is quite poor.

If you knew how she launched the Tulip Storm that bankrupted countless people, and if you knew how she fought at night, you would never say that.

"Little nun, are you willing to come to my place? I promise that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. If you are interested in the dungeon, when we conquer the city of Orila in the future, I will make you the city lord," said Margaret.

"This is absolutely impossible! Your Majesty, please don't mention it again." Without waiting for Fran to say anything, Christina refused flatly.

Margaret didn't seem to expect Christina to refuse so decisively.

Christina obviously realized that her reaction was a bit too extreme, so she quickly explained: "For me, every nun is an individual worthy of respect. I will never give them away as gifts!"

"What if your little nun is willing to stay with me?" asked Margaret.

"I don't want to." Fran hugged Christina's arm and said with a pitiful look, "I still want to stay by the side of the Saint Sister."

After hearing this, Christina also made an apologetic expression.

Margaret could only sigh, and then said: "Well, in that case, I won't take away someone else's love. Then, Saint Lady, let's have a pleasant cooperation."

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Your Majesty!"

The two held hands together.

However, when Christina and her group left, Margaret's smiling face immediately turned cold. She waved her hand, and immediately two women came to her side.

"His Majesty."

"Who is this nun? How could she make the saint give up her religious tax rather than send her away?" Margaret said, "Go check for me, who is this nun? Stealing someone's love is the greatest pleasure in the world."

"As you command!"

When Fran and her group came out of the palace, it was already completely dark. So they did not go to the palace outside Vienna, but went directly to the holy place of the entire Shinra* religion - the Golden Dome Cathedral.

The Golden Dome Cathedral is also a building that existed during the Rohr Empire. As the headquarters of the Holy Roman Empire, its grandeur is no less than that of the Imperial Palace. However, unlike the Imperial Palace, the Golden Dome Cathedral has never been left unrenovated, because believers regard the renovation of the church as a sacred honor, so every year there are people who rush to contribute money and effort.

To this day, the Golden Dome Cathedral has retained its former grandeur.

However, Christina was obviously not as particular about pomp and circumstance as Margaret. Apart from the daily patrols of the Crusaders, the entire Golden Dome Cathedral was empty.

The Saint's bedroom is at the highest point of the Golden Dome Cathedral, which is also the most sacred place in the entire Holy Roman Empire.

Different from Margaret's bedroom which was full of extravagance, here there was only a sense of sacredness with simple elegance, and the light gauze mixed with the cool breeze from outside made people feel relaxed and happy.

"My Lady Saint."

"My Lady Saint."

When the maids saw Christina, they bowed and Christina smiled at them.

"Oh, by the way, she will stay in my bedroom today." Christina said, "Please help prepare some sleeping supplies for her."

"Yes... The maids looked at Fran with envy and then left.

"Speaking of which... Fran saw that there was no one around, so she asked, "Do you often look for cute girls to sleep with you on weekdays?"

"Why do you suddenly ask this question?"

"Look at these maids. It seems like you used to host some girls overnight!"

"What if I say yes! Will you be jealous?" Christina blinked but did not directly answer Fran's question.

"Of course I'm jealous!" Fran said without even thinking.

Christina smiled slyly, then suddenly picked up Fran.

"Ah!" Caught off guard, Fran almost screamed! However, Christina had already carried her into the room, and then threw her on the bed in a "rude" manner. Christina put her hands on her waist and slowly untied her belt.

"Hey, you haven't answered my question yet!" Fran said.

"As a saint, of course I will let some nuns stay in my bedroom!" Christina said, "But... you are the only one who can sleep with me at the moment!"

After saying that, Christina's clothes slid off her smooth shoulders, and then she kissed Fran's lips passionately.

The battle begins again!

This time, the battlefield was chosen at the most sacred place in the entire Holy Roll Empire.

Chapter 33 A Small Request

That night, Fran lost badly again.

A sixth-level warrior is no match for the ninth-level saint.

Finally, exhausted, Fran had no choice but to crawl on Christina's soft body and let Christina touch her hair.

Starting today! I, Fran, must train my body well and level up! I will try to bring the 'evil' saint to justice as soon as possible (not with a real rope)!

However, Fran was also so confident when she suffered a disastrous defeat last time. But so far, it seems that she has not made any progress at all. Thinking of this, Fran could not help but feel a little discouraged.

The next morning, while Fran was still asleep, Christina had already started reviewing various documents. When Fran finally woke up, the documents on her desk had piled up into a high mountain.

Fran flipped through it casually and found that every document had Christina's detailed comments.

It seems that Christina's ability to become the most powerful saint in the history of the Holy Roman Empire was not only due to a series of adventures. Her own efforts were also very important, and she encountered the right historical process... This is what made her what she is today.

However, Fran also saw a problem from these documents: no matter how big or small the matter was, Christina had to take care of it.

On the one hand, doing everything personally does reflect Christina's ability, but it is also the biggest drawback of the Shinra Church! Everything depends on Christina alone. If anything happens to her, or she suddenly gets sick, the entire Shinra Church may come to a standstill.

"Sister Christina, do you think Margaret can really restore the religious tax?" Fran asked curiously, "Although she is the emperor, if other nobles put pressure on her together or even threaten her with force, then even if the religious tax is just a piece of paper, she must take it back."

"Don't underestimate Margaret." Christina said with a smile, "Don't be fooled by her arrogant and extravagant appearance. In fact, she is very talented, otherwise she wouldn't have stood out from so many heirs and finally won the crown."

"The struggle in the palace is one thing, and the struggle outside is another." Fran said, "The imperial power is declining now, and from what she said yesterday, it seems that she has fallen out with her mother's family, the Duke of Habsburg. With the power of Vienna alone, how can she convince other separatist grand dukes?"

"Her talents are not limited to court struggles." Christina said, "She is different from other noble ladies. Margaret grew up in a military camp. At the age of fourteen, she was already a brave and skilled knight. Later, in the conflict with the Fruman Empire in the north, she relied on only 800 light cavalry to defeat the enemy.

They defeated the 100,000-man army led by Emperor Feruman himself, and almost captured Emperor Feruman alive."

There is such a thing?! Fran didn't expect that Margaret, who looked like the last emperor of extravagance and debauchery, could have such a miraculous achievement.

"Not only that, she was made a count after the war. During this time, she managed her fiefdom in an orderly manner and even assembled an elite cavalry of 2,000 men. You know, many grand dukes can't afford such a force." Christina

At this point, Christina paused and said, "Although this is a different time. But I believe that since she can agree to this, she will definitely be able to do it. Of course, if she can't do it, I will naturally not help her raise funds. However, instead of worrying about me, you might as well worry about yourself first."

"I?"

"Next, you will face the youngest talented general of the Holy Roel Empire, not to mention that there is a local tyrant behind you who is ready to stab you at any time!" Christina said: "Do you really have a way to deal with them?"

"Of course." Fran patted her chest (somewhat inconspicuously) from the bottom of her heart and said, "I have already recruited soldiers in Orila City."