Rise of Rurik

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Can obese people be associated with ascetic monks?

Lanhu didn't care so much, he had to investigate the entire city defense structure of Bremen, at least he had to circle around the streets and alleys at the root of the city wall.

It is precisely this move that has been out of line, and the crowd can still hide it in the market, but now he is exposed to the eyes of the public.

The appearance of a fat man in this era is a blink of an eye. Ordinary people don't eat well and tend to lose weight. Why is an ascetic obese?

Bremen is an important logistics transfer station for the Frankish northern wool trade. In addition, cheese products and hemp fabrics are also distributed to the inland areas through here.

The prosperity of commodity trade naturally gave birth to bandits, and Bremen needed these merchants to pay high taxes, so they were obliged to eradicate bandits. The thief was caught and chopped off, and the looters in the city grabbed it and dragged it to the square to hang it in public. As for the bandits roaming outside the city, they were to be regularly exterminated, and a small cavalry unit specialized in this task. As the so-called bandits must be suppressed at any time, the earl even used this to train his troops.

There are also soldiers patrolling frequently in the city. These people walk frequently and are generally familiar with the faces of the citizens. However, every day there are vendors and pawns outside the city to sell goods, and the patrols of the soldiers have to be more vigilant.

Three dervishes walking around the streets at the root of the city wall?

The patrol captain and his five subordinates deliberately stayed still and walked sneakily. After all, the other party was an ascetic, and no matter how strange the behavior was, he could not arrest him rashly.

Blue Fox didn't know all of this.

It has been nearly 50 years since Bremen was expanded. The city has been renovating and slowly expanding. Since the city buildings are mainly wooden, the repairs are more frequent. Most of the citizens are no longer engaged in agriculture. They are various craft families serving the Count of Bremen, some are purely settled merchants, and some are the families of soldiers and retinues. Almost cut off from rural life, these people were the first urban dwellers in Western Europe and the forerunners of the "bourgeoisie".

The taxes collected by the earl have led to the employment of many people, and the prosperity of the merchants has also allowed the citizens who do not farm the land to have other jobs.

The results of the "Carolingian revival" are vividly displayed in Bremen. The city has long been free from the serious depression of the military fortress period, and a thriving business atmosphere has emerged and continued to develop.

It's just that its prosperity is inferior to that of Hazelby in the past, as well as the rising Novrosburg-on-Neva and Birka in Sweden. At least that's what the blue fox judged.

The blue fox really appreciates the architecture of the locals. Although most of them are single-storey wooden-walled thatched houses, there are also a number of double-storey houses. He deliberately stopped to observe for a while, stroked his beard that had been cut off with satisfaction, and couldn't help but smile.

"The double-storey houses are all based on stone blocks. The first floor is a stone room, and the second is pure wood. It is very good, so that the building does not have to worry about flooding, and the upper floor can live freely."

This group of Franks built a house model Ross can also learn, he is trying to memorize.

Continue to walk, and there is another moth ahead.

The wooden windows were opened on the second floor of a certain building, and the few pedestrians who had put them down clearly got the signal and ran away. After a short while, the hands holding the wooden basin appeared, and some brown sticky substance immediately fell down the slope.

There is no need to explain what happened. The blue fox pinched his nose subconsciously, and in a hurry, he simply shouted and cursed in Norse language: "What a villain, dare to throw the feces casually. If it splashes on me, I have to chop off your head!"

The language is Norse, and most of the city residents are Saxons who are good at speaking Saxon. The two languages ​​have the same origin. People who hide from shit can understand a few key words when they hear abuse. When they see that the abuser is actually a priest dressed as an ascetic, they can't help but cross their chests and lament their sins.

It was Lanhu's casual scolding that attracted uninvited guests, and the patrol team that had been trailing swarmed up and took down the three.

"Hey! Why are you arresting me?" Blue Fox still shouted in Norse in a hurry.

No, the patrol captain directly reprimanded in Norse language: "Is it a Dane? I have dealt with you. Disguised as a priest and entered the city? I have observed you for a long time, and the priest will not abuse and will not look around in the military area. Your fine work!"

"This is a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding. We came from the church." The accompanying little priest hurriedly explained in Frankish.

Nai He explained that it was useless. Lan Fox and the other three were tied up with ropes and escorted to the Earl's residence in front of the citizens, which was the inner city fortress of the city.

Lanhu wanted to explain, but Naihe was still dragged into the underground prison. As the bronze lock fell, he became a bird trapped in the pit, which was really hard to fly.

"It's really outrageous!" He slammed hard on the wooden door, his mouth was dirty again.

Although the jailer was impatient, the other party was also an ascetic after all. Although he was sent here for no reason, he should not act rashly. Maybe they would stop when they were tired of scolding.

Things are really strange, do ascetic monks also abuse and complain? Really unheard of.

For the Earl of Bremen, today should be an ordinary autumn day. Earl Hunter guards his sanctuary and earns a fortune every year by collecting transit fees from merchants, with which he can support a larger army of retinues and recruit more if necessary. A large number of militias defend the city.

Precisely because the weather was good today, Lord Earl took more than 50 people out of the city on horseback when it was dawn.

Autumn is a good time to hunt wild deer. By the way, it can also deter bandits hiding in the forest. It is also a reassurance to small merchant ships and land-based merchants on the border by showing their presence, and even a warning: Taxes must be paid.

Until evening, the earl who shot two deer with a bow returned with his troops. The cavalry's horseshoes overturned a lot of dung, and the Count did not think about taking care of the traffic and sanitation in the city. Seeing the return of the Count, the people shunned, and most of them bowed and saluted in the street.

The cavalry stormed back to the city's inner fort, the area across from the city square from St. Peter's Church, where a three-story wooden fortress was located, or it should have been four, because the top of the herringbone stood With a conical arrow tower, it is the commanding height of the city, and it is also a platform for the earl to look down on the whole city, and he can also look at the enemy in times of war.

The blue fox who visited the city in the evening has not come back! Saint-Esquier was already panicking, because the rule was not to eat after the meal, and with what he knew about the fat blue fox, even if the man's belief was not purely on the issue of eating, he was not ambiguous.

The blue fox and the accompanying priest seem to have disappeared for a while. What's worse is that the gate of the city is now closed, and the city will enter the curfew period when the sun goes down. While the priests are noble, they are also restricted by many dogmas. For example, they must not leave the church area at night unless it is absolutely necessary, and the gates of the confinement walls will even be locked.

Blue fox will never run away? He's a Ross!

St. Eskil's mind was a mess, and it was the local priest who offered some plausible advice, which was to ask the Count of Bremen for help.

The discussion of the priests and the anxious appearance of Eskil were noticed by Robert, the Count of Hamburg, who was in disbelief. The old nobleman said in a tone of almost certainty: "A fat ascetic is suspicious no matter how you look at it! On the other side of the square, if I were Hunter (referring to the Earl of Bremen), I would see such a person dangling in front of me, and I would immediately send someone to take it down."

Robert is so determined, Esquill can be regarded as the backbone.

"Joseph Blue Fox is a Ross messenger and a convert I cultivated. Even if he is not a devout, if there is a mistake, I don't want to go to Ross to preach."

Hearing that, Robert deliberately supported the fire: "Then you have to hurry up. This old friend of mine always has to face the robbers outside the city. If Joseph Lanhu is regarded as a gangster in Qiao Zhuang, I am afraid that he will be tortured. ."

It was terrifying to hear it. Esquil tightened his legs and made an exception to announce that he would go to the Count's Fortress at night to see the situation.

To make the Northern Saint Eskill so reckless, is that fat man really a treasure? Robert didn't want to disturb Hunter, and he didn't want other nobles to know that the dignified Earl of Hamburg had left his fief without authorization.

Now that I want to be low-key, I can't be afraid.

St. Peter's Church needs to be prepared, and the castle is another situation.

Today's hunting harvest is not bad, although it is a mere two small deer hunting, according to the usual probability, hunting two per week is normal.

Buckskin is the earl's treasure, and will be made into leather gloves, leather hoods, and saddle skins. The deer head will be made into a specimen and become a pendant of the house. As for the venison, the Count kept the most chewy hind legs, and gave the rest to the soldiers.

"Ah! The warriors have had a great harvest today!" He returned to the house, and the young countess took off his robes herself.

The young son came running with a grin, was picked up by him, and kissed his delicate face with a mouth full of beards.

The original wife of the Earl of Bremen, Hunter, died of a high fever, and the poor wife left only one daughter. The daughter had married into neighbouring Flanders and became the wife of Earl Baldwin.

Hunter, who became single, worked as a happy freeman for several years. During this period, he also recruited the Normans who stole the port of Durist, but he was defeated.

Hunter was very nervous about the Normans. Those guys were legally recruited by Prince Ludwig, but in fact everyone knew that they were a group of wolves that needed a lot of meat to be fed to stabilize. As long as the people north of the Great Wall of Schleswig are Normans, the Normans are about equal to pirates. Earl Hunter's understanding is very simple and pragmatic. He himself did not cross the Great Wall to take a look at the Danish area, even if the geographical distance between them is not far away. According to the description of the genuine Earl of Flanders and a large number of businessmen, in his In my heart, Normans and pirates are the same thing.

"The prince is playing with fire. Harald and his men are pirates, and Horrick and his men are also pirates. Who can guarantee that this group of people will not suddenly rebel, who can guarantee that they will only attack Lothair and not Attack you (referring to Ludwig)?"

In recent years, the days have settled down, and the most intuitive manifestation is that he collects tolls very happily every year and increases every year. With the help of Prince Ludwig, he married the daughter of the Marquis of Frankfurt. This was a purely political marriage. Because of this marriage, Ludwig of East Frank was involved in the affairs of the Duchy of Alemany.

The Duke of Alemany's family died out, and the title of the country was vacant for a time. King Louis the devout wanted to confer the land to his youngest son Charles, which caused other princes to conspire to imprison his father and his poor little brother Charles.

Now that the Frankish king Louis the devout has been released, although he has become a king again, the huge kingdom is essentially controlled by the princes and the great nobility of the frontier, losing military power and only the title, no one cares about Louis as the king.

Ludwig did not have the title of Duke of Allemany, and this title has always been vacant.

The Marquis of Frankfurt had already declared his allegiance to Ludwig, and he had to do so, only because an elite army had been stationed at Regensburg, which rushed along the Danube, and the cavalry could reach Frankfurt in just two days. Frankfurt is the largest city in the Duchy of Alemany. The Marquis has his own mind, because the kingdom has been substantially divided. If it is officially divided, he thinks that he can pick up Alemany from Prince Ludwig, who is the king. Duke title.

A political marriage cemented the relationship, and the Marquis didn't want his young daughter to marry the elderly Count of Bremen, but what could be done? This marriage was recognized by the Pope.

The Count of Bremen was a loyal minister of Ludwig, and the Countess was a nobleman of Frankfurt.

Hunter rested, holding a silver jug ​​and drinking a large glass of wine, and then described to his wife the results of his hunting in the woods.

Although it was a political marriage, the earl fell deeply in love with his young wife, especially after the woman gave birth to a son.

The Marquis of Frankfurt has long since changed his attitude, because his territory is an inland transfer station for northern wool. Frankfurt has economic ties with Bremen. The commercial tax imposed on wool merchants has brought good business to Frankfurt. income. In the near future, the grandson will inherit the Earl of Bremen, and the business cooperation with each other will be more comfortable.

The Countess listened to Hunter's description. She was just an ordinary woman, so ordinary that she had no thoughts of her own. She just prayed step by step every day and lived a peaceful life.

After the deer legs were cooked, Earl Hunter tore the oily meat under the oil lamp, and then let his son eat the meat, saying, "You must be brave when you grow up, and now you must act like a It's a beast, tear me apart like a hungry wolf."

The little boy grew up in such an environment. He had a father who was good at hunting, at the very least, and smothering bandits, and he took his father as a role model.

The way his son was tearing and biting the meat made Hunter happy.

It was at this time that the city sheriff, who was waiting for the opportunity, informed the Count who was in a good mood about the deliberate priest arrested by his subordinates.

"What? You arrested strange ascetic monks? Are they really on purpose? You shouldn't be so reckless, I don't want to go to church for you to repent."

The sheriff was also helpless: "But my lord, the ascetic is swearing in Norse language. We arrested them near the city wall, I'm afraid..."

"Wait..." Hunter pinched his beard and realized that it wasn't easy.

The sheriff could guess what the Count meant, and added: "We have interrogated some situations. A fat priest said that he was a friend of the northern saint Esquil. He also said that the saint was in the city."

"It's absurd, it's not yet time for Saint-Eskil to come to Bremen, he's in Hamburg!"

"Yes. But all three dervishes say that Saint-Esquier has entered the city. And..."

"And what?"

"The Earl of Hamburg himself has entered the city."

"Ridiculous!" Hunter shouted, obviously frightening his son, and said in a soothing tone: "You go down first. When I finish eating, I will go to the dungeon and take a look. You know, I'm afraid this is a Norman. Conspiracy. Sheriff! You act vigilant and go to the Treasurer for twenty silver coins."

"Thank you sir."

The sheriff left happily, and the poor patrol that really arrested the blue fox and his party was only given a reward of one silver coin per person.

In a sense, Earl Hunter guessed right. In Frank's conception, the Russ are also a kind of Normans, and the arrested Blue Fox is indeed a military and commercial work. He was arrested while collecting intelligence. deficit.

Lanhu didn't encounter any severe beatings in the dungeon. First, the jailer didn't dare, and secondly, the fat man "confessed". The information he confessed was so shocking that the warden had to prepare black bread for the confession. He is a friend of Saint-Eskil, and if he offends this fat man, his soul is full of dirt.

The count was still busy eating meat, and another soldier came to report the situation.

His mind was a mess, and he criticized sharply: "I'll talk about it later."

"But your lord, you should look out the window. There's a team of torches coming out of the church, and they're coming towards us."

Hearing that, the Count immediately stood up, and then ran quickly to the tower on the top floor of the fortress, where he did see a team of torches.

"Oops, don't I really catch Esquil's friend. It's really unfortunate. Saint, if it's you, you should come swaggering!" Count Hunter gritted his teeth, and immediately ordered his subordinates to connect the inner fort to the city When the suspension bridge is lowered, he will personally meet the visitors.

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