Over here, Xie Liancheng and the others were busy searching for the treasures Zhou Xu had left behind. On the other side, Joan, who had only returned to the continent some time ago, immediately brought a new batch of missionaries into the Saint Roland region and began spreading the faith.
With the war having only just ended, this was an excellent time for the State Religion to proselytize.
The arrival of the State Religion's missionaries did not provoke any resentment among the local populace.
That was because the State Religion's consistent style was disaster relief and aid. The missionaries would not grab you the moment they arrived and chatter endlessly, forcing the State Religion's teachings into your head.
They did not do that. They would help you directly. And really, who would resent someone who helped them?
When they encountered someone in difficulty, they helped him. When they encountered an orphan, they adopted him. That was the State Religion's principle of conduct.
Great Zhou had orphanages. They were relief facilities under the State Religion's banner and existed alongside the State Religion's churches. Or, one could understand them as a single entity: the churches and orphanages were one and the same, and the adopted orphans lived in the churches under ordinary circumstances.
By helping orphans, they not only cultivated more believers for the State Religion, but also improved its reputation among the local populace.
On this foundation, the doctrines and ideals they proclaimed during their regularly held missionary activities were always loyalty to the ruler and love of country, serving the nation and its people. There was fundamentally nothing wrong with those ideas either.
The only problem, perhaps, was that everyone in the Saint Roland region thought their previous emperor was a fucking idiot.
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