chsdbacks Chapter 407: Driving Away the Nobles
Chapter 407: Driving Away the Nobles
Chapter 407: Driving Away the Nobles
After staying up all night with Pastor Martin in the church, Li, who had just finished his sleep, was covered in sweat.
When Li woke up, it was already past three in the afternoon. Looking at the dark sky outside the window, Li was a little confused whether it was morning or evening.
"Xiao Li, please prepare a change of clothes for me."
"Okay, Master~"
Xiaoli brought a set of replacement clothes and took away Li's wet clothes.
Li thought that Xiaoli would take the clothes to wash, but then he heard Xiaoli opening the door of the next room.
Next door was Xiaoli's bedroom. She went in with Li's clothes and never came out again. Li didn't dare to think too much about it. After changing his clothes, he pushed open the bedroom door and checked the furnishings in the house.
The layout of the new home was similar to the old house in Gravel Hill, except that it had a few more rooms.
The ground and roof also use a more tightly fitted concrete structure, making the overall structure more solid and beautiful.
There is a new study and reception room on the first floor. Li saw his mother Rose's coat on the clothes rack. It seems that after becoming the governor, his mother's career ambition has also been mobilized.
But what was a bit strange was that Li did not see any trace of his father in his new home.
"Could it be that! They are separated!"
Just when Li was lost in thought, Xiaoli came downstairs with a rosy complexion.
"Master, what are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for evidence of a conflict between my father and mother!"
Xiaoli was speechless for a while, wondering why the young master's behavior became more and more childish after returning from the royal capital.
"Master, the master has been living in the militia camp all this time, training soldiers with that brave man."
"So that's it..."
My dad was so busy that he didn't even come home, which meant that the militia's training was not going well.
Li felt that he must go there and take a look when he had time.
"Xiao Li, I have to go to church again, so you don't have to prepare dinner for me."
Li made an appointment with Pastor Martin last night and asked him to help keep Theresa.
Li hopes to communicate with Theresa and ask her not to continue to be so stubborn.
After arriving at the church, Li saw a lively scene that was different from yesterday.
Theresa and several young clergy were distributing eggs to the residents who had gathered.
"May the goddess bless you!"
Having witnessed more suffering, Theresa exudes compassion and holiness.
Compared with those cunning bishops in the church, Teresa is more like God's spokesperson.
Theresa noticed Li on the edge of the crowd. Li raised his hand to greet her, but Theresa pursed her lips and turned her head away.
"Why is this so arrogant..."
Li just stood outside waiting blankly until half an hour later, when he looked up at the crowd again and found that Theresa was gone.
Li quickly squeezed through the crowd and came into the church, where he saw Theresa sitting on the bench where Martin had sat yesterday.
Li's mouth twitched, but he still walked to Theresa's side.
"Excuse me, can I sit down?"
Theresa didn't move at all, she just put her hands together and recited scriptures silently.
Lee had to wait until she finished praying before he could talk to Theresa.
"...Li, you don't have to tell me anything. I can promise that I will never go to the City Hall to cause trouble for your mother again."
"Teresa! That's not why I came to see you!"
Theresa's awkward attitude made Li very embarrassed. He didn't understand how he had offended her.
Li Mingming had just returned, but Theresa was so disgusted with communicating with him.
Could it be that Theresa is jealous?
"Li! Put away your frivolous thoughts! Even if I serve the goddess for my whole life, even if you are the only man left on earth, I will never have anything to do with you!"
Li scratched his chin, feeling as if he had heard this sentence somewhere before.
"Okay Theresa, I came to you to ask about that piece of land."
Seeing that Li was asking about serious matters, Theresa straightened her collar and suppressed her overflowing anger.
"The land by the river, right? According to the original plan, it should be allocated to farmers as farmland for Windmill Bay. I just hope the city hall can maintain the original plan!"
"You are against selling the land to the nobles?"
Li, who has experience on Earth, knows that when the nobles buy too much land, serious land annexation will occur.
But in the north of this world, industrial development has just been established, and Theresa should not have realized this problem yet.
Therefore, Theresa must have a clearer reason why she was so opposed to the nobles buying land.
"I have no objection to that."
As Li speculated, it turned out that the reason why Theresa was so angry was not the nobles.
"What's that for?"
"Because you're blind!"
"Teresa, you are a nun! Swearing at others will only create bad karma!"
"You are blind! You can find out what those people did with just a little investigation, but you only know to come and question me. It was their fault, what does it have to do with me?"
Theresa cursed at Lee and kept pulling her hair.
Theresa has been under a lot of pressure recently because of the land issue.
As a result, Li also came to question her, and Theresa felt that the whole world was against her!
"I'm sorry! Theresa, calm down first. I really don't know what happened. I promise you that I will definitely punish the person who really made the mistake, okay?"
"You bastard! Go away!"
Theresa was so angry that she cried, then she sat back on the stool and prayed silently to the goddess.
Li had no choice but to sit on the other side and wait for Theresa to calm down.
They waited until dark. Li was very glad about his decision. It was the right decision not to let Xiaoli prepare dinner for herself tonight.
Just as Li was staring at the roof of the church, Theresa beside him suddenly stood up.
“…Follow me.”
Theresa said something to Li and walked to the back of the church.
Li hurried to catch up.
Behind the church is the living area for the clergy. There are several small houses used as dormitories, and an open space in the yard where some vegetables are grown.
Martin was watering the pea seedlings. When he saw Theresa and Lee coming over, he made a religious gesture to them.
"Theresa, did Lee do anything to you? Why are you crying like this?"
"Father, I'm hungry."
"Oh, you are crying because you are hungry. The meal is ready. Come inside and eat."
Theresa went into the house first, followed by Lee.
As he passed by the talking nonsense Martin, Lee glared at him fiercely.
Martin just smiled. He felt relieved to see the young man so energetic.
Theresa in the room had already served two bowls of rice.
The meals for the clergy were simple. There was only a deer leg that had been boiled dry in the big pot. This deer leg had been reused countless times.
Onions and shredded radish are added to the venison leg soup, and eating this soup with dry and hard bread will naturally give you a feeling of the hardships of life.
Theresa and Li sat opposite each other. It was not until they had finished most of the food on their plates that Theresa slowly spoke.
"Li, can you drive all the nobles out of the Northland?"
"what?"