The renovation project of Hwov Cathedral is in full swing. Bishop Olof regularly spends one day a week at the construction site to monitor progress.
When Ate and the others rushed to the Hverv Cathedral, Bishop Olof was discussing with several builders at the construction site how to speed up the construction and shorten the construction period in the temporary chapel next to the construction site.
Matt took Ron and Kazak from Serankov Monastery to the small church next to the construction site of Hwov Cathedral.
Seeing a young religious guard standing at the door of the chapel wearing bright chainmail, a pure white Holy Cross cloak, and holding a knight's sword, Art knew he was in the right place. He handed the reins to Ron, asked him and Kazak to wait, and then walked towards the door.
The religious guard standing at the door of the chapel knew Art, and said with a smile: "Att, you are here to see the bishop again, right?" Thank you. Yes, I am here to see the bishop, and I have to ask you to send a message on my behalf."
This young man named William is the bodyguard of Bishop Olof. He has just turned twenty-one and has been canonized as a religious knight. Sir William had dealt with Art half a year ago and knew the relationship between Art and Bishop Olof, so he was polite to Art. "Art, please wait a moment. The bishop is talking to the builders now."
“Okay, thank you for the reminder.” Art stood beside William and waited patiently.
Seeing that Art was a little bored waiting here alone, William said with a smile: "Art, you did a great job in Wincheston last time. Even the Bishop praised you for not being afraid of violence and daring to fight against evil." I have overcome the danger, otherwise I cannot bear the anger of the deputy minister of the palace. So this time I came to thank the bishop in person for his holy light." William relaxed his tense body slightly and said, "Yes, after receiving your urgent letter, the bishop rushed to the palace and personally found the minister of security to intercede for you."
Matt was very touched by Bishop Olof's kindness in helping him at a critical moment. He said with gratitude: "May the Almighty God bless our great bishop." He drew a cross on his chest.
"Sir William, I still want to ask you something." Art said softly to William, then turned around and looked around to make sure there was no one around, then quietly stuffed a few small silver coins into William's arms.
William pretended to push it away and took the silver coin in his hand, whispering: "You say."
"When I came to Lucesien last year, I heard that the bishop would be promoted from assistant bishop to diocesan bishop. Is this true?"
"Yes, the bishop is vying for the position of bishop of the diocese of Lucesien."
William looked around and said in Art's ear: "But now the bishop has encountered some troubles..."
Art learned from William that as the reconstruction project of Hwov Cathedral progressed, Bishop Olof was facing increasing difficulties, the most important of which was the shortage of project funds. And if he could not complete the renovation of the church before the current Bishop of Lucesien, Drohan, was promoted to metropolitan, then he would not have enough brilliant achievements to compete for the vacant bishop position of the Lucesien diocese. Therefore, Bishop Olof planned to buy some of the real estate and quarry of Serankov Monastery to those wealthy businessmen and nobles, and he also repeatedly mobilized the believers to donate money and tribute for the reconstruction of the great holy site of Hverv Cathedral.
On the other hand, Bishop Olof has joined the camp of the Palace Minister of Security, and as a condition, the Minister of Security will also help Bishop Olof to sit as the Bishop of the Lucese Diocese. In turn, Bishop Olof will help the Minister of Security fight against the Deputy Palace Minister until the Minister of Security replaces the Deputy Palace Minister. The position...
Matt is very lucky. His theoretical immediate boss and his "father"'s old friend during his lifetime are allies in the same camp. As long as the relationship between Bishop Olof and the Minister of Public Security remains unchanged, Art, the temporarily appointed patrol officer, can always do a more stable job.
When the two people were whispering at the door, several builders came out of the chapel. Seeing that all the guests in the church had left, William signaled Art to wait, then turned around and went in to report. Art returned to Ron, took out an exquisite wooden box from the saddle, opened it, looked at it, and ordered Ron: "Ron, go and take out that porcelain."
Ron saw that Art wanted to increase the price of the gift, and asked: "Master, it is already expensive enough, do you want to give it more?"
"Don't worry, just go and get it."
Ron returned to his horse, carefully took out a ceramic vase wrapped in layers of linen from a small wooden box, gently opened the wrapping cloth and put it into the exquisite wooden box in Art's hand.
Hate returned to the door holding the wooden box and waited for Bishop Olof's summons.
After a while, William came out to summon Art to meet him, and Art followed William into the church.
Bishop Olof is still dressed in the same outfit as he was half a year ago, but from his kind and more haggard face, it can be seen that he has had a very hard time in the past six months.
At put the box around his waist with his left arm, he hurried forward and knelt down on one knee. Bishop Olof stretched out his right hand for Att to kiss his ring, then gently lifted Att up and said, "May God bless you. My child, shouldn't you be patrolling the border south of Tyniec now?" Why did you come to me to maintain law and order? "
At lowered his head slightly and kept a humble posture and replied: "My Lord Bishop, I came to Lucesien specifically to visit you. Firstly, I want to report to you my situation in the past six months, and secondly, I want to thank you for taking care of me."
Bishop Olof stepped through the passage and motioned for Art to sit down and talk.
Att sat on the prayer bench in front of Bishop Olof holding the wooden box.
The bishop glanced at the wooden box in Art's hand calmly and asked: "How have you been in the past six months? You didn't have time to say much about other things in your letter last time, so tell me now."
Att briefly told Bishop Olof about the many encounters with bandits, the formation of a patrol team, the encounter at Wincheston Manor, and the recapture of Alsburg since he last left Lucese to serve as the palace's southern patrol officer.
Bishop Olof was amazed when he heard this and said: "God bless you. My child, I thought you just wanted to get a proper title and then do some small things in Tyniec to make a comeback. I didn't expect that you have experienced so many life and death events in just six months. It seems that you are more courageous than your father. I believe you can avenge the family's shame."
"This time, your assistance to Antayas in retaking Alsburg can be regarded as a contribution to regaining the lost territory. However, since Antayas does not want the court to know that Alsburg has been captured, you can only report to resist the bandits first, but I will get some military honors for you from the Minister of Public Security."
At stood up and bowed to Bishop Orlov to express his gratitude, then he held the wooden box in his hands to Bishop Orlov, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, Bishop, I am dull by nature, and now I have a low status. Thanks to your help, I was able to obtain the position of patrol officer. Although I am still just a civilian officer, I have already You have allowed me to take the first step on the road to restoring the honor of my family, and you generously saved me from the revenge of the evildoers during the Wincheston Manor incident. I don’t know how to express my gratitude and respect to you. I can only contribute a small amount to your holy cause of rebuilding Hewulf Cathedral.”
After speaking, he gently opened the wooden box and saw an ivory gold-plated silver chain holy cross and a small exquisite ceramic vase lying in the exquisite wooden box. The Holy Cross is a religious relic and it is difficult to estimate, but the gilded ivory one is definitely worth a lot of money. The exquisite ceramic vase was identified by the porcelain and jewelry merchants in Lucesien City as being from the country of Eastern porcelain through the Asian business travels. It is worth at least 7,500. Hundreds of pfennigs, if sold to royal nobles or wealthy merchants who like to collect porcelain, may buy tens of thousands of pfennigs. Art was shocked when he heard the price of oriental porcelain. If it were not for the geographical and transportation restrictions, he would have wanted to leave here immediately and go to the far east to sell porcelain.
Back to reality, although Bishop Olof is a principled saint, he is by no means a pedantic person. He knows that Art must have received a lot of good things from Wincheston Manor and Alsburg, but Bishop Olof was a little surprised that Art suddenly sent such an expensive gift.
"Son, I am helping you only because I miss the old relationship with your father, so you really don't need to do this." Bishop Olof looked into Art's eyes and said it very sincerely.
"Your Majesty, please do not reject the sincerity of a devout saint to God. You are rebuilding Hewow Cathedral for God. As a devout and ordinary servant of God, this is one of the few things I can do, and I also hope that God's light will continue to shine on my life..."
At said it very vaguely. He was making a small contribution to the promotion of the diocese bishop in Orlov. At the same time, he also hoped that Bishop Orlov would take more care of him in the future...
Bishop Orlov finally accepted Art's gift.
Att’s efforts in Bishop Olof were immediately rewarded. When Bishop Olof learned that Art planned to make money from commercial trade between the Count of Burgundy and Provence when the time came in the future, he immediately said that he would give Art a banner to purchase religious goods for Hewulf Cathedral and Serenkov Monastery. In this way, Art's goods would be exempt from commercial taxes in many places in the future and would not be easily extorted by local lords and guilds. However, the bishop also told Art that north-south trade is not as easy as it seems. The water is very deep and muddy...
Of course, Art also hinted that once he makes money in the future, he will let Bishop Olof get a share of it, but Olof obviously has no intention of sharing Art's bread...
In the conversation with Bishop Olof, Art also got another good news - the Palace Minister of Security has a good impression of Art, who has just been in office for half a year, because the Minister of Security has appointed a total of There have been four southern border patrol officers, but so far only Art has truly formed an elite patrol team and started to perform his duties seriously. Therefore, the Minister of Public Security has begun to consider suggesting to the Prime Minister and the Marquis to provide some food, salary and military resources to Art's patrol team separately, and plans to establish Art as the Southern Border Sheriff of the County of Burgundy, no longer a temporary official position. If the achievements in Alsburg can attract enough attention from the palace, it is estimated that the idea of the Minister of Public Security will be realized soon.
Att and Bishop Olof talked in the chapel for half a morning. It wasn’t until the church’s noon bell rang that Bishop Olof signaled Att to leave...