The certification of the consecrated wine was quickly approved.
Although this matter is extremely serious for the state religion and the entire certification process is extremely cumbersome, in the face of irrefutable facts, the authenticity of the consecrated wine is beyond doubt.
Because of this, the entire review and certification process was very smooth and there were no accidents.
After drinking the consecrated wine, Pavel sincerely praised it as the best gift the Emperor had bestowed upon his believers.
Not only that, Pavel also immediately asked the astropath he brought with him to send the message back to the capital of Mariupol and inform the Cardinal Archbishop of the news.
For the state religion, although the emergence of the Holy Wine did have a huge impact, it was only a miracle. What it could bring to the entire state religion might just be a new world of shrines, or an additional tool to identify heresy.
After all, the galaxy is so big and the empire has millions of worlds. Even if Alex could plant grapes on the entire surface of Rostov II, the output would still not be enough.
In reality, both the State Church and the Inquisition have a variety of methods for identifying heresy; using consecrated wine is simply a quick and convenient method, not the only one.
In a sense, its religious symbolic significance far outweighs its practical value.
And the most crucial thing is that the Mariupol sector is a frontier sector. Even if it is reported to the Holy Terra State Religion Headquarters, it will take several years for Holy Terra to give any response.
Being able to produce results within ten years is already a result of the extraordinary administrative efficiency of Holy Terra.
But for the cardinal archbishop of the star zone, the meaning was completely different. A miracle happened in his diocese, which meant that he had the opportunity to go one step further, to set foot on Holy Terra and compete for the supreme position of Pope for the state religion.
When one reaches the level of Cardinal Archbishop, he or she has the opportunity to compete for the highest position.
But generally speaking, the cardinals of the frontier star regions cannot compete with those cardinals born in Holy Terra.
In fact, even if the consecrated wine was recognized as a miracle, it only meant that the Archbishop of Mariupol had a chance to go further.
However, this opportunity was almost non-existent for him before the miracle of the consecrated wine.
It was for this reason that, after receiving Pavel's star message, the Cardinal Archbishop of the Mariupol region began to publicize the matter of the consecrated wine with almost no effort, striving to portray it as a great miracle.
At the same time, a large amount of resources and money were mobilized by the State Church, and with the personal intervention of the Cardinal Archbishop, a patrol fleet of the Imperial Navy was borrowed to escort the ship to Rostov II.
For the state religion, money is secondary and faith in the Emperor is primary.
If spending money can promote the emperor's beliefs, then the state religion is really willing to spend it.
Standing a few hundred meters high golden statue of the Emperor on the bridge is nothing, but a cathedral that towers into the clouds in the physical sense is an exaggeration.
For the state religion, as long as you can prove your piety, the state religion really doesn't mind spending a little "money" on you.
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"The national religion regulates this. Is it called 'small money'?" Alex looked at the fleet whose shadows covered the sky and felt for the first time what it meant to be rich.
In the low-Earth orbit of Rostov II, four Imperial Navy Dreadnought-class light cruisers were anchored around the starport, loaded with throne coins and various supplies shipped from the capital of Mariupol.
The equipment of the Battle Sisters alone is enough to arm at least one Templar, which is equivalent to the number of people in an interstellar regiment, and it is a full set of equipment including various vehicles.
"Believe me, this is really just a small amount of money. A mere 10 million Throne Coins in cash and equivalent supplies is really not a lot of money." Pavel said to Alex sincerely, "As long as the production of Holy Blessing Wine can be guaranteed, the State Church doesn't mind building a church on this planet with pure gold."
"Platinum? Then you might as well give me a Moon-class cruiser." Alex joked. Although the things sent by the state religion were far more valuable than the Moon-class cruiser, having money and being able to buy a Moon-class cruiser were two different concepts.
There were a lot of local rich people in the 3K era, but no one could buy a warship by himself.
"Moon-class? How many do you want?" Pavel didn't take it as a joke, but calculated seriously: "If you want ready-made ones, I can discuss with the Imperial Navy and have the Ecclesiarchy order a heavy cruiser to replace their existing Moon-class ones.
If you can wait, I can place an order with Forge World Mariupol, and a few should be built within 10 years.
The maintenance costs are paid by the National Education Department, and you don't have to worry about the relevant personnel, I can help you with it."
In Pavel's opinion, Alex's desire to reach the Moon Level was really no big deal.
Moreover, if a moon-class defense fleet is formed, it will be able to better protect this blessed planet.
If the state religion was not currently unable to control armed forces, it is likely that what came aboard the ship would not be equipment but state religion weapons.
But even so, more than a hundred combat sisters of the Ebon Grail Order arrived on board the ship and airdropped a mobile church directly from orbit.
Yes, they dropped a metal church hundreds of meters high directly from low-Earth orbit, and it landed next to the Holy Rosary Monastery.
Although the Empire's technology in this area is indeed not a problem, and big guys like the Imperial Knights can even use airdrops to perform orbital airdrops on fortresses, but watching such a huge church falling down with hymns playing is still shocking and shatters people's worldview.
By the way, this thing can be recycled and reused.
"For the Moon class, three new ships, I hope they can be delivered as soon as possible." Alex thought about it. Considering that he wanted to develop the sub-star region, he still had to have some "truth" on hand.
"Okay, I'll help you contact them when I get back. If it's fast, it should be delivered in five years. Do you have any special requirements for the void ship?" Pavel spoke casually as if he was sending out three models instead of three five-kilometer-long warships.
"There aren't any special requirements, just clean water and food on the lower deck, and regular genetic testing. As for the reason…" Alex thought of some guys with sky-reaching patterns, curled his lips and said, "There's a kind of alien. Although they also believe in the Emperor, they believe the Emperor has four hands."
"The Four-Armed Divine Emperor Sect?" Pavel was obviously not an inexperienced person. He quickly realized what Alex was talking about.
"Generally speaking, I prefer to call them gene stealers." Alex shrugged, looking indifferent, but his eyes were extremely sharp.