Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Su Li smiled and said, "This is one of the reasons I invited you here. I plan to invest a large sum of money for the Bishop’s Council to expand all the churches. This amount will not be less than 10,000 Golden Crowns, and your Dawn Church can gain nearly 2,000 Golden Crowns from this. What plans do you have?"

10,000 Golden Crowns is definitely not a small sum.

It was Su Li’s success through the Radiant Competition Festival and the recent clearing of the spider nest that made him a lot of money, otherwise, it would have been very difficult for him to directly donate over 10,000 Golden Crowns to the church.

This is directly donating money to others, and Su Li will not be able to intervene in how it’s allocated later; it will be entirely up to the church’s decisions.

Besides gaining a lot of goodwill from the church and political influence, Su Li cannot obtain other direct benefits. More importantly, it’s to promote development and indirectly benefit from the future growth of the territory.

This large donation also caused the wrinkles on Vandar’s old face to bunch together instantly, like a blossoming flower, as he said excitedly, "Lord, if your donation comes through, we have many plans and arrangements."

"Firstly, there is the Griffin Forest issue you mentioned; we will resolve it immediately. We will recruit more church personnel to expand and prosper our villages, farms, and pastures."

"Then we will build more Reya’s Divine Grace buildings. You know, the faith in Reya is strongest in places most in need of this Goddess’s blessing — the countryside, fields, and farms. The ancient stone circles and Ogham Stones are her temples, some of which date back before humanity came to the Old World. We will rebuild these temples and ancient relics to bring more of Reya’s Divine Grace to the territory."

"Of course, we will also further suppress the drunken Aholt Church, as his followers have appeared somewhat in our territory."

Su Li raised an eyebrow and asked, "Does your Reya Church also have opposing churches? Tell me about this divine spirit."

"The bloodthirsty Aholt is an ancient god of fertility that existed before the Human Emperor Redema descended. Recently, his church has emerged in the southern part of the Empire. His priests burn prisoners trapped in wicker effigies, indulging in the supply of their dark god’s demand for human sacrifices. Aholt resented Tal and Reya for usurping his rule — if the priests of the latter two are caught by his followers, they become offerings especially pleasing to Alhot. Reya’s priestesses hope to suppress the detestable Aholt Church. Worse still, some rituals of that church can be mistaken for Reya’s."

The divine spirits of the Empire’s Pantheon are indeed numerous.

However, Vandar was obviously unwilling to mention this Evil God more, as some of his authorities easily attract the interest of Lord’s establishments.

So he continued, "Of course, the most important task is to enhance our church’s priest personnel to oversee the populace’s production. Although Reya’s priestesses are often empathetic, they are honest and straightforward, yet also understanding in making their admonishments and advice not too sharp. When dealing with those who betray their loved ones, are greedy, or lazy during the harvest season, priestesses can become stern and resolute."

"With more priests, during the subsequent planting and harvest seasons, we can oversee those lazy civilians to get them to work more actively, reserving more grain to deal with potential years of disasters and crises."

Su Li nodded slightly. Undoubtedly, in the Hesse Territory, this group of Reya Church followers plays the role of promoting agriculture and sericulture.

Perhaps this is what makes the Empire distinct from the East.