I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

75 – University (1)

“Hello, Your Majesty Rotaring. I’m Andrea, and I’m here to supervise the church’s construction.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m glad that the cardinal is coming in person, so it looks like a great church will come out.”

Hey, the cardinal came in person. He must be busy, but the cardinal is coming, so he must be in a hurry.

The interests of Seonghwangcheong and Rotaring are very well aligned.

Seonghwangcheong wants several benefits from establishing a provincial archdiocese at the same time as conciliating Rotaring to stop intervening in the temple. It wants to restore the church and suppress the backlash of the domestic church group.

In fact, the church forces in Korea, which had even had signs of rebellion as they confiscated church territories, quickly calmed down with only one holy place in the Seonghwangcheong. It’s not the headquarters of the church for nothing.

“How do you plan to build a church? I wish only Rotaring technicians would be used.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. Where else would you say the quality of technicians is as high as that of Rotaling?”

“Well, that’s right.”

Since the time when the Kingdom of Rotharing was the Duchy of Burgon, even before his grandfather conquered numerous territories, it was a very wealthy neighborhood due to its fertile farmland. As a result, Dijon became a paradise for countless engineers, and the Dijon Castle built at that time was huge and luxurious enough to be compared to castles in other kingdoms, even though it was only a duke’s residence. Of course, not only in the field of construction, but also in other industries.

Although all borders were blocked due to diplomatic isolation in the middle and commerce dried up, thanks to the large weight class, I was able to barely survive.

As the cardinal said, Dijon’s technicians, who have been developing day by day since then, are of a very high level compared to other countries. When it comes to large-scale civil engineering projects, there is nothing better than using domestic workers.

“In addition, according to the order of His Holiness, the Archdiocese of Rotaring, which will be built in Dijon, will be built larger, more splendid and grander than other archdioceses. Believers who are disturbed by the rise of heresy and heretics who betray the light We need to show them that the church is still strong and shows off its splendid light.”

“Is that so…? Well, since you judged that, I have nothing more to say.”

I can’t thank you so much.

He builds a building with other people’s money and hires domestic workers with other people’s money, but he even builds the building more luxurious than expected.

I’m very surprised to think that even though money would be sorely lacking because of the holy war, he would squeeze his own body and devote himself to such hogu.

‘That money must have been earned by selling indulgences.’

The church decrees in the country, whose confiscation work had already been completed, suddenly had money.

Under the circumstances, I didn’t respond and just left it as I thought it would come back to the church construction cost anyway. If the church to be built was the size the cardinal said, not only Rotaring but also funds from the indulgences sold in other countries would have come here.

Sucking up the wealth of neighboring countries…

This… Well… It’s nice, but it’s so sweet it’ll rot your teeth.

It is not a simple metaphor.

Foreign rulers who realized that domestic capital went to Rotaring through Seonghwangcheong would look very uncomfortable on Rotaring, and reformists in particular would look at Rotaring, who had become an avenger of invasion, almost as if they hated it. May be

Of course, I could defend myself by sending mercenaries to the imperial faction, but there are plenty of non-emperor heretics. If a few of them got a bad idea, the Rotarings bordering the Empire could be in trouble.

Uh… We need to put more guards at the border and construction sites.

“Please tell His Holiness that I am grateful to him for investing so much money in the construction of the church and for suppressing the church’s opposition.”

“hahahaha, His Holiness told me the answer to that in advance. [You are practicing good deeds for the sake of your faith, so what is important about those faults? Please, please continue on the straight path of faith.]

“That’s right… His Holiness has a very keen eye for the future, right?”

“It’s an honor.”

A person with such a keen eye proclaimed the eradication of heresy, splitting the empire in two, selling indulgences and collecting funds to give to me.

I said it sarcastically because I couldn’t control my emotions for a moment, but the cardinal didn’t seem to notice my sarcasm at all. I’m glad.

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“Yes, all the servants and attendants who roamed the corridors or patrolled the outside said they saw the majesty and the prisoner together. In particular, the servant who had left something in the dining room and went to retrieve it, the prisoner was fed by the prisoner. They say they saw it being given.”

“Huhhhhh…?”

Looks like you like her very much, Mr. Seo.

If it’s just the two of us at night with a b*tch who doesn’t have a belly like that, that’s probably the only thing to do. I never thought I would even go into a garden where people are rare.

It seems that Seobang-nim’s taste was that way, but it’s a pity that he hasn’t been able to figure it out for a while.

‘Besides… He fed you? Wow… That’s something I couldn’t do either.’

Jeanne was an orphan in the countryside and did not know how to use her tools, so Claude fed her instead.

Claude cut her bread and meat and fed her, and even wiped her soup from Jeanne’s mouth. Only the fact that it is is important.

Even if Jeanne becomes her new concubine, Ines, who did not see Jeanne as her chieftain because of her low birth, now recognizes Jeanne as an enemy similar to Chloe.

“Is that… Really?”

“Yes, Miss Chloe.”

After hearing the same report from the limbs, Chloe’s feelings are not much different from Ines’.

Chloe feels great resentment towards her brother at the same time as she feels great anger when her unique privilege and experience of feeding her is taken away by a slut who rolls in.

‘Somehow… He especially likes that b*tch.’

Only then does Chloe begin to understand her brother’s behavior.

From the beginning, she gave her luxurious bedding to Jeanne, who was imprisoned in the dungeon, and gave her all kinds of privileges.

She even didn’t like that she was locked up in such a nice prison. After that, she even fed her own food at the restaurant.

“…The West.”

“…Brother.”

The two have never been compatible like water and oil, but now they have the same feelings and the same thoughts.

The two of them call out to someone who is not here with a cool, subdued voice.

…………

“What?!”

“Your Majesty?”

“Oh, no. Continue.”

What is… That just happened?

It felt like cold ice started at the nape of my neck and traveled down my spine.

It wasn’t just that I got goosebumps, it was that I felt threatened for my life.

Wow, look at the chicken meat that has risen to the forearm.

“Keuheum, so did you say that the work of establishing the administrative system was almost finished?”

“Yes, that’s right. There are still many places to work on, but at this rate, it can be said that we have succeeded in transplanting the high-level administrative system of our Republic of Binness to the land of Rotaring. Now, even without me, the bureaucrats They will be able to pass on the knowledge they have learned to their successors.”

“Thank you, Luca.”

“I only work for what I am given, and Your Majesty has given me a sufficient amount. Gratitude is an undeserved honor.”

Just looking at the paperwork, the work efficiency of all bureaucrats soared up to twice as high. After all, he’s from a commercial republic where ability is more important than lineage when it comes to getting ahead, so his ability kills him once.

Usually, when work efficiency soars this far, surplus manpower remains. If it were a company, most of the surplus manpower would be fired or some would be taken out as reserve personnel, but what I am running is a country, not a company.

Firing high-ranking bureaucrats is unacceptable. If you have more manpower, you can do more work.

“I’m trying to establish a university in Dijon. How about it? First of all, I’m trying to teach law, theology, medicine, magic alchemy, astrophysics, public administration, and mechanical architecture.”

There are not one or two things that have been postponed due to lack of administrative power, such as strengthening local government offices and tax collection, but the most important of them is definitely the establishment of a university.

No matter how much local administration is strengthened and tax collection is made more certain, there is nothing more important than education that can get the best benefit without risk.

I thought about basic education, but no matter how much financial leeway I had in Rotaring, I couldn’t afford the financial deficit if I did that. Above all, the majority of the population is in agriculture, and a minority is engaged in commerce and industry. I’ll do this later, but first I need to establish a university.

“It’s a university… I like it. Rotaring is a mighty country, but it was always disappointing that there was no university to nurture talented people.”

After saying that, Luca looks straight into my eyes, and those eyes are full of deep lust for money.

[It’s as if he didn’t say such a thing to me without a reason. My contract has ended here, and if you want more contracts, ask for an additional price.] Luca said with only his eyes.

As expected, I am thorough in this respect.

“I will give you enough money, so can you take charge of the public administration professor at that school? Isn’t it possible that bureaucrats who are busy working cannot afford to teach others?”

Of course, if you need more manpower, you can bring in more qualified manpower from your home country.

After my words continued, Luca accepted my offer with a smile.

For Luka, who is patriotic to his country, he could not have passed up a good opportunity to gain personal gain and infiltrate the Republic of Vines’ influence in Rotaring. Alright, so bring in more new slaves, no talent.