To Four Thousand Years Later

His Majesty the Pope intends to call a banquet.

This sentence alone would even make people laugh. With his current control over the Theocracy, it is impossible to even leave his room. Even his own son is not allowed to see him. The public trial of the pope will start in two days, and now it has even started to build momentum in the whole city, but at this time, a banquet is going to be held...Your Majesty, are you afraid? Want to rebel? When the archbishops heard the news, they couldn't help laughing.

But the cardinals looked gloomy and said nothing. Probably the Last Supper. So the priests guessed.

Perhaps this banquet was to celebrate the honorable admission of the Pope to Ambrose Abbey as an ascetic... and also to celebrate the country's rebirth from the fire. Freed from the tyrant's control, there is light and a future. The reason for saying this is because the cardinals promised that from now on, there will be no Pope in Solomon's Ecclesiastical State. The highest political body is the "Cardinal Council", and everything will be discussed by many people. And ruled by one person. This beautiful vision made the priests rejoice, and they began to look forward to what they would become cardinals in the future. There is only one Pope, and they know in their hearts that they are not the best; but there are many Cardinals. Even the laws of the Theocracy allow the addition of cardinal positions.

- I definitely can't be the best person, so can't I still be the relatively good group?

So before the Southern Judgment started, they had already quoted classics, trying to prove the superiority of this system. In their view, the outcome of the trial has already been decided—they have been preparing for so long, and they have greatly offended the teacher...how could he be innocent? How can the Pope be innocent?

no doubt. They will attack the pope as a commoner. Attack the ruler with all the power and win big!

It's like going back to Rome in the Republic period, how wonderful it is to keep the royal power in a cage! But besides being excited. They overlooked one thing. Perhaps because the mood was too excited, the rebellion, fear, and excitement of killing those in power in a social sense went to their heads... Only a handful of priests realized that the change of flow direction began to remain silent among the increasingly heated crowd. Now that the pope's authority has been taken away, all his supporters have fallen, and he himself has been locked in a cage, about to be sentenced to a politically and socially determined death sentence...

So, how did the news that he was going to hold a banquet get out?

Of course they couldn't figure it out. Unbeknownst to them, a cardinal met the Pope and had a conversation with him without anyone knowing. In the end, the news that the Pope decided to hold a banquet was also spread by him.

He is the holder of the cardinal seal specially bestowed by the Pope, and the only Leonardo in the history of the Church who has the authority of a cardinal in the name of a layman. The last cardinal who should not have existed.

Realizing that Leonardo had unknowingly arrived in the Theocracy, the cardinals also knew that they had lost half of their money here.

Although I don't know how the Pope notified Leonardo, how Leonardo came here. But since the "Light of the World" issued an invitation to the banquet, the cardinals had no choice but to go. They could not give the Pope face, and even shut the Pope directly in the room, so that even his son could not see his face. .

Once they had to give Leonardo this face, Leonardo said they would hold a banquet. Then there would have to be a banquet; he said to end the trial...they could only temporarily end the trial. Not because Leonardo has the cardinal's seal.

but because. he has money.

He is too rich. More than ten years ago, Leonardo concentrated on increasing the control of his business empire. He makes new inventions by himself, makes publicity and packaging by himself, finds people to manage operations by himself, and does sales and promotion by himself. This is a real one-stop service.

His money is rolling in more and more, and it has even lost its meaning. But Leonardo knew in his heart that money was meaningless if it did not flow. For this reason, Leonardo built large-scale roads, built a large number of schools and orphanages. By the way, he can also invest in some companies that he thinks are promising. But when the investment money is much higher than the selling price of the other company...it becomes an acquisition. If it weren't for worrying about not having enough time. Leonardo even wanted to build a couple of wonders. It is no exaggeration to say that if Leonardo is willing, he can even buy the entire Theocracy. The companies he opened in various countries are connected to each other to form a huge industrial chain, supplying materials and selling products to each other, and the prices are not only low but also of high quality.

Other companies simply cannot compete with them. In the end, it can only go bankrupt or be squeezed to the edge of the market. The best result is to be spotted and then acquired to become a part of this behemoth.

"Lesson, the milk, wine, fruit juice that people drink, people's clothing and accessories, the hospital where they see a doctor, the medicine they take, the house they live in, the road they walk on, and the places where they save their wages, buy stocks and funds... all belong to Leonardo's.

It was even Leonardo who gave money to their Theocracy—after the Pope gave Leonardo his seal, Leonardo's annual sponsorship fees to the Theocracy accounted for 60% of the total. Basic necessities of life, life, old age, sickness and death, education, entertainment, military industry insurance.

Although Leonardo is not a king, he is far more powerful than any mortal king.

As long as Leonardo stops sending money to them, the Theocracy's economy will collapse instantly, and many state-level projects currently in progress will collapse due to sudden lack of money.

One cannot afford to be offended. This is real dad. A father who is much more important than the Pope. The Pope was allowed to send a letter to Leonardo before, because he was worried that Leonardo would get angry afterwards. For example, "Why didn't you notify me of such a big event", "Do you think I'm the master of the district machine", "So I'm not one of your people, right", "Oh, then I will withdraw the capital" and the three consecutive Ex attacks. Walking into the hall, the cardinals looked at the Pope sitting on the main seat, and Leonardo standing behind him with his hands behind him, and bowed respectfully to Leonardo.

"Solomon's wisdom has always been with me, of course. But even I really didn't guess it...you guys have a ball together. Leonardo looked at them in silence for a while. Then he said softly, stretched out his finger The seat in front: "Sit down, friend, first meeting.

"Your name is too long, so I won't call you by it." In his eyes, each of the thirteen cardinals had the same pale green name: Guy Julien Calvin Calvin Calder Ed Johnny Northcliff Ebenezemicky Alex Maillard, total