It was good that Jurgen was good with money; von Schwarz couldn't care less about money. Lucre was dirty, in his eyes, and its pursuit demeaning. Land and glory were far better things to strive for, and if coin was to be had, it was best spent rather than hoarded. Merchants were pretentious, as far as Albrecht was concerned, and the worst of it was how they seemed, as if through magic, to be able to despoil nobles through usury and profiteering. Despicable. von Schwarz would rather leave such things in Jurgen's hands than sully himself. "That's fine," Albrecht nodded. "Just use it well." There was something dismissive about his tone, as if he did not really care about dealing with such things.<br/><br/>But as Kyril began to speak, von Schwarz's brows began to contort just as the steward's had, though he seemed to have a bewildered look upon his face. After Kyril had explained the predicament of the Orthodox peasants needing to go to a different church, that is, one in town, there was a moment of silence, Albrecht's teeth grit slightly, trying to resolve this in his mind. "But... why can they not go to our church?" he asked, seeming to be honestly confused, as though he did not hear the explanation as to why they needed to leave. Albrecht cared very little for religion, and his being illiterate did not help his understanding of the world. As far as he was concerned, there were only two faiths, the Christian faith of those who were on his side, and the pagans who he was supposed to kill. And it only mattered because of its application to martial endeavor, not because of any concern with theological dispute. As such, 'Orthodox' was quite simply a word that had no meaning for him whatsoever, and the notion of Christians who could not go to church was baffling. As far as he had understood it, the Teutonic Order wanted to control this land; that there were religious differences between the Order and those they intended to subjugate was not something he was aware of.<br/><br/>Fortunately, he did understand feast days, as in his country the serfs would quite often take off many days in celebration, days in which they would not work. Making someone work seemed quite useful. Before anyone could try to explain the Great Schism, Albrecht had made up his mind, "Buy the slaves. I don't want this manor to be idle at any time. There is much work to be done, and we cannot delay. And find out what it is about the chapel in town that makes it so superior to ours, I do not want to be second best to it." As he did not understand sectional differences, he resolved the issue in his mind by assuming that it was a matter of the staff's personal preference, and he would not tolerate being bested.