A subjugated princess will never die a vagabond

Maxi is here to be fair, if Luntia puts all his heart and soul into building wonders and does not make such excessive demands as "being a demigod", after the Church of the Sun sends a god-endowed person to serve as a demigod, he will not really put him Kick aside—

At most, it's nothing more than overhead power and raising a pig in a pigsty.

Well... that's better than losing, right?Maxi thought so.

Moreover, if he had the faith of Cloris, it would not be difficult to delegate power a little bit.

Alas, it's all Luentia's fault.

Because of this, Maxi was even more satisfied with Cloris: "Of course you won't be allowed to contribute to the Holy Church for free. I will allocate funds for you and send a team of knights and a knight of the sun to sit in the 'Gospel Correctional Institute' at the same time." , as long as it is beneficial to preaching, you can discuss it with the knight captain."

This is a shackle for independent people, but a great gift for devout believers.

Cloris wondered: "This, this is not good, my lord bishop...?"

"I know that you are working hard in a chaotic place, and you will use some unconventional methods. You don't have to shy away from it. My knight is not the kind of person who doesn't know how to adapt..." Maxxis said, "I will also appoint more outstanding knights. An upright person will not cause trouble to the local residents."

Maxi has a deep understanding of the army he is used to in the colony, and he is already considered a moral benchmark if he does not bully men and women, and does not blatantly plunder residents' property.

The best way to keep them honest is to feed them before they get hungry.

"That's not what I meant!" Knowing that Maxi had misunderstood her, Cloris quickly said, "I have no objection to the stationing of the knights, but how can I ask for funding from the Holy Church? Not only do I not need funding from the Holy Church, I will use the income from the commercial port to help Shengjiao spread the word, benefit the common people, and let believers appreciate the goodness of Shengjiao, but..."

Cloris hesitated to speak.

Maxi waved his hand: "Just talk."

Cloris squeaked and said: "It's just that everyone's life will be difficult now, so in the short term, I can only donate a small part of my income to the Holy Church, and more income will be used to help those in need. ..."

Maxi almost doubted his own ears, could there be such a Madonna in the deep world?When did human morality turn upside down?

"Any other requests?"

"Yes, yes, I just hope you don't blame, my lord bishop..."

"You can say it all."

"What's more, the Duke's taxes on the commercial port are too strict. In addition to paying the religious tax, each resident also has a variety of exorbitant taxes such as the wonder tax, the natural disaster tax, and the poor tax. It has reduced the favorability of the Holy Church, if the Holy Church wants to allocate funds, can the 'religious tax'..."

This is a big matter, and Maxi doesn't know much about it. He looked at Robert, and the latter said in a calm tone: "The original religious tax will be in charge of other priests, and after I am left, most of the religious tax will be represented by the Duke's Palace." Anyway, as for the wonder tax and other taxes, I'm not very clear about it, the church's finances in the city that never sleeps mainly come from the appropriation of drunkenness."

Robert put it mildly.

Translation translation, what is escrow?

In other words, collect a lot of taxes, and finally "honor" the church with only a little bit of meat stuffed between the teeth, and everything else is swallowed up!

"Fuck Luntia!" Maxi was furious, in stark contrast to Robert.

Luentia doesn't know what's good and what's wrong, and the fish ponds are empty, so how can they continue to fish out of the water?

"Master Bishop?" Cloris was startled.

"The religious tax and the wonder tax can be exempted, and other taxes must be discussed with the Duke's Palace," Maxi said while suppressing his anger, "but I can guarantee that the basic life of the citizens will be guaranteed!"

The Diocese of Drunk Country does not mean that the Church of the Sun is the ruler of Drunk Country, but the church has many industries and considerable influence in Drunk Country. Even if there is a slight disagreement with the business alliance due to the matter of Hurricane Island, the overall cooperation is smooth.

As one of the main airspaces in the wasteland layer, Zuixiang has developed agriculture in the area. Maxi said that if it can be guaranteed, then it will be done.

Of course, only citizens and believers.

Otherwise, relying solely on the accumulation of regional churches, if you want to wrestle with merchants to stabilize prices, you will have to kill your head and blood, and the current conditions are not suitable for doing such things.

Even so, it is infinitely richer than the Mercy Courtyard.

but……

"Then thank you, Bishop!" Cloris said gratefully.

But this little girl, doesn't she have anything else to ask for?

Not greedy for money or power?Not for fame and fortune but for the common people?

Maxi believed that there might be such a Madonna in this world, but how could a girl who survived the chaos of the deep world be such a person?

Maxi didn't want to imagine Cloris as heinous, she could be good, but not too good!

The Holy Mother had to make Maxi worry about whether there was some thunder behind it that he didn't know.

"Uh..." Cloris thought for a while and said, "Not anymore."

"Think about it, think about it again," Maxi said patiently, "I am the bishop of the first district, can I still deceive you? Since I can say it, I will definitely do it. There is only one chance."

"I just want to let people see the light better..." Cloris mused, "But there are always villains who want to exploit ordinary people, so..." She seemed to have finished thinking, and said seriously to Maxi, " I hope that the Holy Cult can support me to unify the southern commercial port, so that I can serve the Holy Cult better!"

This sentence is more ambiguous.

It can be understood as an ambitious plan, or it can be understood as a genuine consideration for the poor.

Seeing the girl's sincere expression, sensibility made Maxi hope it was the latter, but rationality made him hope it was the former.

Either way, Maxi can accept it.

It's a good thing to ask for something, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to take advantage of a person who is dedicated to the public.It is easy to control selfish desires.

Maxi nodded: "It's just the southern commercial port. I will send someone to discuss this matter with the Chamber of Commerce. Also, your 'Gospel Correctional Institute' is out of the essence of a gang..."

Before the words were finished, the pious Cloris took the lead, a little impolite but not offensive: "I will fund the construction of a church for the Holy Church, and invite the clergy to preside over missionary matters!"

239. The Holy Maiden of the Penitentiary

The commercial port stretches for more than [-] miles. When subdivided, it can be roughly divided into the southern commercial port, the central commercial port, and the northern commercial port. It accommodates more than forty large and small wharfs and is controlled by more than a dozen gangs.

In addition to providing berths, the commercial port has the function of logistics and warehousing. When the situation is stable, many commercial firms rent warehouses here to allocate goods, help companies charge "storage" fees for moored ships, and open restaurants and entertainment shops in the surrounding area to absorb consumption. As far as the Indigo Club is concerned, the biggest pier can bring tens of thousands of Aegis net profits to the club every month.

Resupply ships generally do not replenish food and water on the agriculturally barren Hurricane Island, and only purchase energy locally.This part is monopolized and exclusive, and belongs to the interests of the Sun Church, and the gang has no right to get involved.

Although the upper realm has already used power armor for war, and there is even a short-distance cross-air railway built by the Fuwu River, but perhaps because manpower is cheaper, the transportation mode of the Night City Wharf is still very backward as a whole.

Most of the citizens in the commercial port depend on the wharf to live, either engaging in the most basic service industry, or selling their physical strength to load and unload goods.It's just that in the past six months, the number of berthed ships has decreased month by month, and the income of residents has also been continuously reduced. Under such circumstances, the Duke's Mansion has to levy religious tax and wonder tax and other messy things, which is really worse.

The proprietress of the Inn on Laining Street has been in a lot of ups and downs recently. She doesn't believe in any religion, but in the past two months, the Charity House has grown in popularity. Under Qima's guidance, he believed in the Grace House in a daze, so he had the confidence to beat someone up.

But before her identity as a believer in Grace House was fully confirmed, the Church of the Sun came to her and put her in prison, saying that she was going to clean up the remnants of the cult, but it happened that someone reported her.

It stands to reason that she should have died when she was put in prison, and some of those hooligans had malicious ideas to frame her, but fortunately, on the second day of being imprisoned, a young girl who was in charge came to Laning Street. Like the Holy Mother, she taught the scriptures block by block, spread the true meaning of the sun, and at the same time pardoned all unbaptized believers in the Grace House, so the proprietress was released again in a daze.

Because the hooligans smashed up the store while she was in custody, the Church of the Sun also arrested these criminals and compensated those who were injured by a certain percentage.

The business started again, even though life was still difficult, the proprietress did not dare to say anything wrong, she just hoped that bad things would not come to her again.

After another two days of stability, the neighborhood suddenly became chaotic again. When the proprietress inquired, she found out that the little girl who "amnesty the world" was building a church and opening a sun court in the small square of Zaoxing Street. There were many bad-sounding guys. He was tried and executed in public, and many people rushed to see it.

"I heard that those criminals are the mastermind behind oppressing civilians and exploiting us honest people," a short, second-rate dealer in the hostel who sells cigarette cans and other groceries told her. tax, but secretly intends to re-mortgage our mortgaged property to the bank, trying to deceive us completely, leaving no bones left! Fortunately, the little saint stopped it in time and sent those lackeys of the Duke's mansion to help the society. Catch them all in one go, and this will save us from the fate of our families being destroyed!"

Some religions have the title of "Saint", but the Church of the Sun is not among them, so this is just a folk name for Cloris "following what others say". Even if Maxi knew it, he probably just smiled lightly.

It's fine if you don't call the girl a holy seat, it's just the ignorant thoughts of some foolish men and women.

Another resident said: "Tsk, that's really bad. In my opinion, such a vicious liar should have his tongue cut off!"

"That's right, so the little saint beheaded him for public display!"

"This little... uh... the little saint is really ruthless."

"So what's the matter with being cruel? If you don't do something wrong, what are you afraid of? If you ask me, that kind of bastard should be cut into pieces!"

"Uh... are you a Sun believer?"

"Of course!" The Erdao businessman said happily, and suddenly asked with serious eyes, "Don't you?"

"Uh, me, of course I do."

"I'll just say it!" The Erdao dealer laughed, "And, the little saint also ordered that all Sun believers will be exempted from the religious tax and wonder tax for one year. This is a gift to us!"

The proprietress who had been silent all this time suddenly lit up her eyes, and she asked in a low voice, "Tax exemption?"

People like her with a stable family business are the ones who are squeezed out of taxes. Others live in a block every few days, and they can't find anyone to help the society collect taxes, and she can't escape even if she wants to.

"You don't know?" Erdao dealer said sadly, "Don't you still have delusions about the Mercy cult?"

"Of course not!" The proprietress retorted immediately, she wiped her sweat, this is a terrible remark, she said, "I just don't know how to do it..."

"That's easy. The little saint has built a new church in the small square on Zaoxing Street. You only need to pay an Aegis to get a half-year believer certificate!"

"Why is it only half a year?" The proprietress said in the middle of the sentence, and immediately said, "I don't mean anything else, just curious, just curious."

"Want to obtain a permanent certificate? Of course you can, but you must insist on listening to the scriptures and pass the theological exams organized every quarter. Otherwise, why would the little saint believe that you are a believer?" The little saint is merciful, otherwise she wouldn’t sell believer certificates to hypocrites like you, so why don’t you pay anything and try to reap the benefits?”

The proprietress even said no.To her, a shield worth half a year's tax is simply a free gift, and it's too late for her to be grateful, so how could she complain?

"But I can't read..." said a dock worker.

"Master Little Saint will organize literacy classes. Believe me, as long as you are sincere, the exam will not be complicated."

"So you've passed the exam?"

"Oh, of course, and I have obtained a first-level believer qualification certificate, and I can receive free fresh food every week!"

The dock workers were immediately moved.

He has no fixed place to live and works every day. He belongs to the category that is not easily taxed, and the bulk of his daily consumption is food.

but……

"Do I need to pay extra for literacy classes?"

"Of course not," Erdao Daozi said. "There will be many nuns and volunteers in the literacy class to teach everyone. Even if you fail the exam, as long as you participate in voluntary activities and help each other, you can accumulate contributions and be promoted to a first-class believer!" He was excited Said, "Selfish people can't survive in the Holy Church. I'm accumulating contributions now, which can be counted as scores in the exam. When I become a special believer, I can be assigned to my own apartment! "

"You forgot one more thing," said the young man who had been listening. He was wearing a suit and leather shoes and patches. Although he was down and out, he was still calm and confident. He belonged to the category of refugees who had received cultural education. He said, "Your Excellency Cloris will also set up a residents' committee in each block. Every super believer who is upright, kind, and sincerely dedicated is eligible to enroll as a member and participate in the management of the block's affairs."

The proprietress was shocked: "Is it the same as those city guards?"

The young man shook his head: "There is management power, but no law enforcement power, but Your Excellency Cloris will allocate funds to the committee, and every committee member can receive additional food and shield subsidies."

That's fine too!

The proprietress already has some prestige in Laining Street, if she joins, then what will she do?She doesn't talk about actively bullying others, at least she won't let a bunch of bad people harass the neighborhood anymore!

Moreover, she can read and count, and has read many newspapers and magazines. People like Erdao Daozi can be admitted as believers, so she has no reason not to.

"Long live the sun." The proprietress sighed.

"No, you still have to say long live the little saint," said the Erdao dealer seriously, "it is the little saint who shines the sun around us!"

"Of course, of course, praise the sun, praise the little saint!"

tax-free

The proprietress seemed to see the future. She slapped the table with her big hands and said to the waiter, "Bring out two barrels of wine from the cellar for my old lady. Today's lunch is free!"

Everyone cheered after hearing the words: "Praise the lady boss!"

……

In addition to making a series of arrangements, Cloris also had to establish a series of regulations for the evangelical reformatory.

She has been studying the classics of the Church of the Sun recently, trying to find a gentle path that fits the church's philosophy.

Maxi is not as extreme as she thought, which means that not all the idiots like Osgar are in the Church of the Sun.Normal people don't like to send heretics to the stake for fun, so in the places below the wasteland level, the Sun Cultists will not fight against the vast number of natives like their colleagues at the upper level.

It's not that Maxi and his subordinates are good people, it's just that they prefer to extract money through "gentle" methods rather than purifying heresy.

As long as the girl reads the history of the Church of the Sun, she can always sum up a set of laws that do not violate the teachings of the Church of the Sun and can meet her needs.The logic doesn’t have to be so rigorous. Cloris herself is a believer in parallel imports. Theology can be used to fool the facade. What she wants is “rules”. The sun doctrine is just a tool and cannot be put before the horse.

She can do so much, not because the Church of the Sun trusts her so much, but because compared to the Grace House, the Church of the Sun is really rich and capable of making troubles.

The Radiance Tower can only be regarded as the middle and lower level among the wonders. The church allocated hundreds of millions of Aegis with a wave of its hand, and the accumulation of wealth for thousands of years can be imagined.

Among other things, the mines occupied by the Church of the Sun are more than enough to earn millions of Aegis every year.

It's a pity that these profits will be sent to the upper realm, and will not benefit the residents of the city that never sleeps.

It's not that the Church of the Sun has never thought of increasing the allocation of funds to popularize the faith. It's just that there has been no suitable tools and methods.

Therefore, Cloris stood up and not only became a tool person, but also gave a whole set of plans, which made Maxi unable to put it down, wishing to recruit the girl as a secretary on the spot—the kind of consultant.

She is in a good mood. Although the Evangelical Correctional Institute can't make any profits for the time being, and the overall budget is still in deficit, it can't make ends meet, and it has to borrow from the bank. Shield loan, even if it is more than 2 yuan, you can still repay it if you bite your teeth.

Money is great power.

Instead of fighting the enemy face to face, wouldn't it be nice to organize a fleet comparable to the mage's tower and bombard it indiscriminately at an altitude of several hundred meters?

After all, the existence of Alista tearing up the fleet with bare hands is a minority.

Of course, Cloris couldn't imagine how much a fleet would cost, otherwise, she would still put her imagination on improving her own strength.