Chapter 981: Chapter 609, Smooth Negotiations (Seeking recommendation tickets, seeking subscriptions…)
Church.
At the opulent grand hall.
The Archbishop and several bishops were seated at the highest positions at the top of the hall.
Looking down from above, they watched the young transmigrator below.
Fang Hao had thought it would be a meeting similar to the one with ‘Dordy’.
But he hadn’t expected the church to pull such a move.
...
It seemed more like a trial.
Fang Hao looked around at everyone present, and his gaze finally settled on Archbishop Milton. He clasped his fists and said, “I have seen the Archbishop, and the bishops.”
His voice was not loud, but it echoed calmly through the hall.
From this position, the distance from the Archbishop above was quite far, so it was impossible to discern the Archbishop’s rank and level.
But if one were to guess, he must also be an Orange Hero.
After all, as the ruler of Silver Wing City Dordy was still an Orange Hero, and if the Archbishop were Dark Gold, the church might have taken over this place long ago.
The Archbishop curiously glanced at him several times and asked with a commanding tone, “What brings you here, speak!”
Without hesitation, Fang Hao directly said, “To persuade the church to agree to Lyss City’s entry into the upper senate.”
What!!
The bishops started discussing fervently.
Faintly, some comments could be heard.
“Rebecca actually let him come over.”
“Exactly, Rebecca is getting more and more arrogant.”
“I think Rebecca knows she can’t get into the upper senate and is setting this man up to go through the motions, so as to avoid gossip later.”
“Yes, very likely….”
The hall was empty, and many seats for bishops were still unoccupied.
Some were still not back from ‘Sanctuary Fort’.
Even though they were whispering, some voices were clearly heard by Fang Hao.
Fang Hao remained unflustered and also very calm.
Since his identity had not been discovered upon entering, this had already reassured him.
As for the trial-like situation at the moment, Fang Hao didn’t mind.
Seeing it as just a meeting where both sides could use each other.
Once he got past this hurdle with the church, there would be plenty of opportunities to regain face in the future.
The Archbishop, tapping his staff lightly on the floor, brought the hall back to quiet.
His gaze continued to rest on the transmigrator below and he said, “Then tell us how Rebecca persuaded you to convince us.”
The rest also looked at him curiously.
Fang Hao said, “Respected Archbishop, I’ll be straightforward. Five thousand vicar robes, five thousand sets of blue-quality armor, just for the church to agree to Lyss City’s entry into the upper senate.”
This…
It was really blunt, devoid of the usual niceties and cover-ups among nobility.
Directly a trade of money.
This was not something that could be openly discussed.
Archbishop looked down and paused momentarily because this wasn’t sticking to the script.
Then he said, “Is this the condition that Rebecca had you propose?”
“You could say that.”
“Why didn’t Rebecca come to talk to us herself, instead sending you?” a bishop asked.
Fang Hao replied, “Rebecca was originally going to come, but then Lady Olivia called her away at the last minute, hence she had me come to explain the situation to the Archbishop and the bishops.”
“From what I understand, Lyss City does not have the capacity to produce so many garments and armor,” another bishop spoke up.
Fang Hao responded, “You need not worry about that, sirs. If I have promised it, I will deliver. The church, being the leader of the human Federation, I dare not lie to the church.”
“Does Rebecca really consider herself capable of being a representative in the upper senate?” another bishop said.
“Lyss City has been developing well, and Rebecca has been striving to resolve the difficulties for the Federation. If she sits in the upper senate, she will naturally respond actively to the council’s decisions.”
“Rebecca’s loyalty to humanity, how can you assure us of that…?”
The bishops asked one by one, and Fang Hao answered calmly.
No matter the response, he tried to maintain a composed demeanor.
These questions were merely formalities; what mattered was whether the benefits could sway the church.
In face of the church, one could see how much friendlier ‘Dordy’s’ issue had been.
After all had spoken.
No bishop stood up to ask further questions.
Fang Hao was also quite parched from talking.
After a brief silence in the hall.
Finally, the Archbishop spoke, “The matter of Lyss City entering the upper senate needs to be thoroughly deliberated. We will announce the results in the council later.”
Huh?
To question this long only to tell me you disagree.
No, wait…
The Archbishop’s words remained vague.
It seemed he was somewhat tempted, otherwise he wouldn’t have mentioned a deliberation.
After some thought, Fang Hao continued, “If the church is willing to help Lyss City, I can increase the number of armors to ten thousand sets. Calculating at the market price of the Trade Alliance, their value has reached ten million. What the church needs to do is just to assist an underdeveloped edge city.”
Ten thousand sets…
The hall once again erupted into discussion.
Ten thousand sets was not a small number.
The entire Federation’s external procurement for the year was close to this figure.
Yet, here was Fang Hao, promising to provide this solely to the church.
“Really?”
“Are they providing so many armors? And vicar robes?”
“Isn’t he just bluffing on this side!”
“Probably, he plans to use the transmigrator’s manufacturing, but this quantity would also be challenging.”