People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 134 Choosing a Site for the Tree of Life
At this time, it was dark.

After sending off the vassals who came to see him, Lothar returned to the main hall of the lord's hall.

In the hall, dozens of candles were burning, and it still looked a bit dark.

Rang Na, who had enjoyed herself drinking at the banquet, had two red clouds on her cheeks, but her eyes were still clear and bright, and she was drinking from the wine bottle.

"Ha, what a sweet drink."

"My lord, look how beautiful the moonlight is tonight, and there are delicious wine and food, come and have a drink with me."

Lothar took the wine bottle in her hand, and glanced at it distressedly: "This bottle is wine produced in the monastery of Bordeaux (a place name in Gaul), and it is worth ten Suledes gold coins. It was tripled, it was a gift from Baron Argonne, and I wanted to use it to entertain guests."

"I'm also a guest."

Jeanna was a little reconciled, and Xu Xu said: "In the past, the church prepared more than a dozen wine cellars for me, which were filled with wine from all over the world. My favorite drink is the kind made by the Ross people with potatoes, which is strong enough. , one sip down, as if running wildly in the ice and snow."

Lothar sighed softly: "If you like distilled wine, you can prepare a batch. The excess alcohol can be used to treat soldiers' wounds. If you need money, go to the clothing maker and ask for it. I will give you three hundred soledes." The amount of Skin Coins."

"Thank you sir."

For the time being, he has no idea of ​​promoting distilled alcohol and forming a whole new industry with it.

People in this era generally cannot accept high-alcohol alcohol. The alcohol content of ale is generally less than [-]%, and it is regarded as a nutritional drink that nourishes the body.

Lothar went up the stairs and came to the study - Leonard didn't need such a thing as a study, it was originally prepared for his tax collector.

He went to the table, took out the inkwell, dipped the ink with the quill, and began to write.

He intended to write another letter to Count Leopold of Austria.

The funding received from him last time, including about [-] Suledes coins, a boatload of grain, some grain seeds, skilled tailors, blacksmiths, masons and other workers, played a significant role in the development of the initial Yogryusburg. small effect.

First of all, of course, thank you.

The second is to inform him that Baldwin IV has signed an armistice agreement with the pagan king Saladin, and he no longer has to rush to join the Crusades.

The last thing to mention is that he has been promoted to the title of Earl of Transjordan, and his seat is Hebron. If he comes to pilgrimage, please be sure to come here as a guest.

With Leopold, Lothar still hopes to maintain a friendly relationship.

Although Lothar was already one of the largest vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in name, he knew very well that he was still far behind in hard power compared to Leopold, the Austrian border count.

He is now a fat man who is full of food. He has to convert all the fat on his body and the food in his stomach into muscles before he can burst out with great strength.

Another letter was addressed to Werner and his brother Otto.

He remembered that when he left Aargau, he once told his elder brother Otto that when he returned to Eagle Castle in the future, he would accept his greeting with a more honorable honor.

Now, he has done it.

The earldom of Argau has barren land and backward commerce. The gold content of this earl's title cannot be compared with that of Transjordan.

However, Earl Werner has a lot of talents under his command, which still makes Lothar jealous, so in this letter, he also mentioned the idea that Earl Werner could send some confidantes to help.

In the city of Hebron, waves caused by the arrival of a new lord slowly spread like ripples on the water.

Noon the next day.

Two city guards were sitting in the tavern, drinking some wine.

One of them was wearing a full set of chain mail and lobster helmet, and a burqa marked with the emblem of a double-headed eagle, which made the whole person even more heroic.

If the bartender in the tavern didn't know these two regular customers, I'm afraid he would have to take him as a noble knight and his attendants.

The companion of the city guard was only wearing a worn leather armor, with a look of envy on his face.

"Hey, brother, I am not surprised that you were chosen by the sheriff named Mordel, after all, you are born with a strong physique. But the master gave you this sturdy armor and sword so easily, and returned it to you. Once you have a golden eagle flag, aren't you afraid that you will sell it and run away?"

The soldier held the eagle flag tightly in his hand, with a solemn expression: "I will not allow you to insult our honor, this eagle flag, even if I sacrifice my life, I will never lose it, you actually think I will sell it Lose?"

His companion couldn't help but teased: "Ha, you are a gambler, you still want honor? You don't want to put on a new suit and really think you are a noble knight."

"I warn you, don't make fun of me like this. I'm not who I used to be."

The soldier holding the eagle flag solemnly said, "From today onwards, I will no longer take part in gambling or hang out with prostitutes. Heavenly Father will witness my repentance."

His companion said disapprovingly: "Come on, I don't believe you can control your dice-rolling hand and that thing in your crotch."

on the street.

A group of hussars galloped past.

Several pedestrians looked at their backs and pointed.

"Did you see those feathered cavalry? Those are the new patrol officer and his hussars. It is said that they easily defeated the slave cavalry with one against ten in the battle against the heretics."

"The Earl of Lothar is really a powerful person. I heard that he led 30 knights and defeated Saladin's [-] army forcefully!"

"30? How did I hear it was [-]?"

"Of course it's 30! The pagan army is totally vulnerable, but only defeated 3 people. How could the leper king generously reward him with a city?"

"It's a pity that it's great. He snatched Earl Leonard's title and territory. Leonard will not let it go."

"Indeed, alas."

There was sympathy in people's tone of voice.

Although for some reason, when they mentioned the lord, they subconsciously had a little favorable impression, but they also agreed that it would not be long before the new lord would be driven away by Leonard.

Ulm talked loudly with Pepin.

"Pipin, would you like to be a hussar? Just like us."

"Of course!"

"Then we have to go to Fort Yoglius. On the one hand, we will escort Mr. Marles to Hebron, and on the other hand, we will also be responsible for selecting the site...My lord wants to build a castle."

"Build a castle? Everyone has Hebron, why would you want to build a castle?"

"How do I know what adults think?"

...

Sego Village.

Mallos squatted on the ground with a solemn expression.

A huge footprint appeared in front of him.

He rested his middle finger on the front of the footprint, and lowered the entire elbow, which was only half filled.

In other words, the footprints of this monster are more than one meter long.

Combined with the marks it left on the ground, this is definitely a giant beast over ten meters in size.

Grieving citizens are trying to retrieve the remains of their relatives, but most of them only have severed limbs and gnawed heads.

A newly recruited hussar from Fort Yoglies came to him and told him, "Sir, there are no survivors. The perpetrator should be a monster. He... ate everyone."

"It shouldn't have come out to look for food because of hunger, otherwise, there wouldn't even be any remains."

"This should be a monster living under the mine, and it possesses some kind of magical power to travel through the mud and rocks."

The guess is very simple, because even he can't get in and out because of the width of the mine, and it can't accommodate a monster up to ten meters long.

"Report this news to your lord immediately!"

Marles stood up and ordered.

...

In the vast desert.

A small group of hussars was standing on a high slope looking out at the sea of ​​sand.

People who have been running all day stop here to rest.

Pepin was full of doubts: "It's hard for me to understand, Ulm, why does your lord want to build a castle in the desert?"

"There is not even a small stone here. If it is just to guard the enemies in the south and the Sinai Peninsula, the cost will be too high."

"Perhaps it is the same as Montreal, in order to be a material transfer center, so as to recover the Port of Ella and Alandelle, which are still under the control of the heathen. consider."

The ancient tree of life germinated in the desert, which is the most cost-effective thing.

Being able to add an oasis in the territory for him is equivalent to obtaining a new territory for nothing, although a certain amount of money and materials must be invested in the early stage to operate it.

Another point is that, as Ulm said, he intends to build a military fort here as an outpost for recovering the Port of Ella and the Bishopric of Alandelle in the future.

These two territories are his legal territories. When Leonard tried to plunder the two Zoroastrian holy places in Hejaz by "sailing on dry land", they were seized by the counterattack of the Saracens.

(End of this chapter)