Chapitre 198: Differentiation strategy
After breakfast in the early morning, Liang Lidong teleported back to Winterwind with Kail and Alice. Then, he returned to Reed Village without stopping.
Alice helped Kail clean the latter's house. She even intended to stay there for a long time, but Kail drove her back to Bronze Drum City. After all, Kail was a young man with boundaries. He wouldn't agree to such a thing. If something happened between the two young men and women, he wouldn't be able to face Barbara.
After Liang Lidong returned to the temple, the news that he and Kail were back soon spread out in Reed Village.
Although Belin could be counted as a central figure in Reed Village, Liang Lidong and Kail were the pillars of Reed Village.
Holding Liang Lidong's feet, the little maid laughed and cried. Liang Lidong patted her head and said with a smile, "Not bad. You've been exercising and not slacking off. You're a good girl."
Jessica smiled even more delightedly.
Jessica used to be a level-one professional, but she was now level-two. Although the improvement wasn't significant, it was not hard to imagine how hard the girl worked to level up by running with weights.
Now that Liang Lidong was back, the decision-making and management of the temple were naturally back to him. Belin didn't have any objection. She was even relieved. Perhaps many people were greedy for power, but for Belin, managing such a large temple was actually a troublesome task.
"Right …" When Belin handed over the management, she said to Liang Lidong in embarrassment, "A while ago, a noble came and asked us to offer a gold coin to him. He paid a hundred gold coins, and the goddess improved his strength, but he wasn't satisfied. He claimed that we deceived him and asked us to pay him back."
Liang Lidong was stunned. "A noble was bold enough to cause trouble in the temple?"
Belin nodded. "Yes, I think it's strange too. He was a noble of Winterwind, and it was said that he was quite powerful. I think he'll be back in a few days. "
"Yes, it's done. Leave this to me. "Liang Lidong smiled and said," You've worked hard during this period. Take a rest. "
Hearing this, Belin felt relieved. She bowed slightly and left the temple. Although she could be considered as a capable person. But no matter what, she was still young, and her experience and temperament were not enough to truly manage the management and external affairs of a temple.
After Belin left, Liang Lidong returned to the backyard with the little maid. Jessica said, "Master, let me make you a bowl of noodles. Then he ran out in a hurry. "
Liang Lidong shook his head with a smile. It was a good thing that the little girl was capricious, but the more she was, the happier Jessica was. She had been rather timid when she first came to the village. After all, she had been a beggar for years and was often driven away and beaten. She was already traumatized by human contact.
However, Liang Lidong was soon deep in thought.
Generally speaking, the smarter a person was, the more they liked to complicate things. This was a habit of theirs. They had to consider all possibilities.
After hearing that there were nobles … Also, a noble of Winterwind was bold enough to cause trouble in the temple. Liang Lidong immediately thought of five possibilities. Then, after a dozen minutes of consideration and calculation, he came to the most reliable conclusion.
Someone was targeting the Temple of Woking.
Following that line of thought, the most likely organization or force was the Temple of Life.
It made sense when he thought about it that way. Liang Lidong had viciously tricked the Church of Life a few months ago and even killed one of their archbishops. Now that the new archbishop had regained control of the Temple of Life in Winterwind, it was only natural that he wanted revenge.
However, Winterwind was his territory. Not only was the mayor his Knight of the Round Table, but the Guelph family and the Guild of Assassins were also his allies. Also, the Guild of Assassins was his ally, and nobles wouldn't betray their allies if they didn't have their own interests at stake. So, he felt that if the Church of Life was testing this place … Then, it was necessary to suppress them.
Very soon, the little guy served the noodles. It didn't taste very good, but it wasn't bad and wouldn't trigger the negative effect of being a glutton noble.
Then, Liang Lidong had a good night's sleep.
Although Professions had high resistance to fatigue, their minds and souls would still be fatigued. Otherwise, Emma wouldn't have had a mental illness because of her grief.
He slept until the next day. He woke up in high spirits. Hardly had he had breakfast when an unexpected guest showed up.
It was Grinton, the mayor of Bronze Drum City and the best spearman and cavalryman.
The old half-elf was as handsome as ever. He sat down and said, "Alice came back last night. She's much stronger than before. He had to use more than half of his strength to suppress her. That's all because of your teachings. Thank you in advance. "
"You're welcome." Liang Lidong waved his hand.
"The Knight of the Round Table's ability modification is truly impressive," Grinton said enviously. Grinton said enviously, "My daughter was originally useless apart from her looks, but after you conferred her a title, she became a genius."
"Why? Are you jealous?" Liang Lidong teased him. "Like I said, if you're willing, I'll reserve a place as a Knight of the Round Table for you."
"Forget it. I'm the leader of a family anyway," Grinton said gloomily, "When I was young, I desperately tried to become stronger in order to prove myself. I desperately tried to seize the power of the family. Now that I'm old, I regret it. Taking power into your hands means more responsibility. I've served the family for three hundred years. Now, I'm inseparable from the family. The family is me, and I am the family. If I become your Knight, I really won't be able to explain it to the rest of my family. "
Liang Lidong shrugged. "I understand. It's just a joke."
Grinton heaved a sigh of relief. However, his expression soon turned serious as he said with a hint of displeasure, "But last night, I discovered that my daughter wasn't very happy. She seemed to be troubled by her relationship issues. Do you know what's going on? Which bastard is bullying my daughter? "
As a father, it was normal for him to feel heartache for his daughter. Liang Lidong expressed his understanding. "It's not really bullying. Alice has a crush on Kail, but Kail already has someone else, so it's normal for her to be a little sad."
"She really doesn't know what's good for her." Grinton slammed the table heavily. "What's wrong with my daughter? How dare she like someone else?"
Liang Lidong sighed. Almost all fathers in the world were like this. If a young man dared to have designs on their daughter, they would definitely think of him as a bad guy. However, if their daughter fell in love with someone who didn't care about her at all, they would think that the person was more blind than a dog.
This was the case for Joseph, an ordinary person, and it was the same for Glinton, who was close to legendary.
"Why don't you marry my daughter?"
Grinton suddenly threw out such a sentence that Liang Lidong almost couldn't close his mouth.
He waved his hand vigorously. "Don't. Alice is a good girl, but she's not suitable for me. Besides, I already have two wives. "
"Tsk, I didn't see you have a wife in your dream." Grinton's handsome face was full of disbelief.
Liang Lidong smiled. "Let's not talk about the things in the dream. There are many things outside the dream that you don't know."
"Forget it, then. Just treat it as if I said something stupid."
Grinton couldn't be blamed. He knew very well that his daughter was about to reach the age of marriage. All the fathers who were heartbroken for their daughters hoped that their daughters could marry a man with a good personality who knew them well.
He had spent a long time with Liang Lidong in the dream and knew that this former master of his was the best in terms of character, knowledge, and strength. If his daughter married him, she definitely wouldn't be wronged.
However, since he already had a wife, then forget it.
Seeing that he was a little depressed, Liang Lidong changed the topic. "You didn't come here just to talk about your daughter, did you? I think there must be something else. Tell me about it. "
Grinton pondered for a moment, then said, "You told me a while ago that this world is about to descend into chaos."
"Yes." Liang Lidong nodded. "According to my personal guess, it's most likely going to be a multi-religious holy war. The gods may launch a worldwide war for the sake of faith. "
Grinton heaved a sigh. "I wasn't entirely convinced at that time, but because I trusted you, I made a lot of preparations. Three days ago, the two divine halls in my city started fighting. It was a bloodbath. If it weren't for the fact that I was prepared and managed to control the situation to the minimum, many of the people under my rule would've been killed or injured. "
"Which two churches?"
"The Church of Light and the Church of Life!"
Liang Lidong raised his eyebrow. "It was probably the Church of Life who started it."
"Oh? How do you know?" Glinton was rather curious.
Liang Lidong said with a smile, "That's because the Temple of Life in Winterwind seems to be trying to scratch me too. I'm preparing to fight back."
It was a universal consensus that ordinary people shouldn't be involved in the struggle for divine power. Grinton had been worried about it, but now that he saw Liang Lidong's confident and relaxed face, he felt relieved too.
"Goddess Woking has been gone for a long time. Are you still confident enough to challenge the Church of Life? "
"Differentiation strategy." Liang Lidong explained: "If it was during peacetime, I wouldn't have the confidence to use Woking Temple to confront the massive Life Temple, but now the atmosphere of religious war is so obvious, Life Temple can't put all its energy on us. We can take advantage of this time to do many things, such as developing our own influence through the method of encircling the city from countryside."
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Shallowman For those who don't know, encircling the city from countryside is a Chinese idiom which refers to effectively achieving something through indirect means
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