People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

This banquet is enough to be remembered by every lord of Transjordan, as well as those pilgrims and nobles who did not receive the invitation but came uninvited.

Farewell to the last wave of nobles.

Lothar accepted the allegiance of a group of knights in St. Andrew's Church.

In the church, the clergy who was presumptuously promoted by Lothar to be the regional bishop, respectfully presided over the loyalty ceremony for the knights.

But this time, Lothar simply accepted the loyalty of these knights, and did not let them stay in his court.

In this era, many knights will be loyal to and serve multiple monarchs.

Those who step on two boats are relatively dedicated, and the most can even step on dozens of boats.

Of course, in this case, the monarch does not need to pay them salaries and land, and no real vassal relationship has been established between the two.

No feudal city can be granted without military merits, and feudal lords are not philanthropists.

Time flies.

Another week passed in a blink of an eye.

During this period of time, Ella Port has initially recovered a bit of vitality.

At least in the port, there are no longer a few lonely ships, and many merchant ships who have visited here have found that the number of pirates wandering in the Red Sea has become less and less recently.

In the past, the pirates here were so rampant that even the fishermen driving small sampans along the coast might be the eyes of some pirate gangs.

As long as they are seen by them, in a short while, from some hidden pirate hideouts, galleys will drive out one after another.

As a result, many merchant ships need to be equipped with a large number of guards, and the cost has skyrocketed.

If the pirates are under control, the cost of the merchant ship's investment in escort, and the possible risks of encountering it will become less and less, and this trade route will definitely be able to revitalize.

On the street, the reorganized army of peasants and soldiers, led by the imperial knights, patrolled the port in an orderly manner every day to maintain law and order.

All the gang members were cleared out, and some of them were put on the gallows after the public trial, along with the rebellious Saracen leaders.

But most of them were just demoted to serfs and forced to work, and after redeeming themselves, they could regain their freedom.

This has greatly improved the original serious security problems in Ella Port.

The card draw reward for the new week is standing inside the city wall of Port Ella. It is a giant tower with a Gothic spire that is very different from the style of this era.

It was named by Lothar: Siegfried.

Acquisition is not the meaning of "Siegfried Line", but the meaning of a warrior who bathed in the blood of the dragon and became indestructible in Norse mythology.

Even though they had been converted for many years, Norse mythology still had considerable influence in Germania and the three Nordic countries.

In the past few days, the scene of "Siegfried" rising overnight has frightened many people.

As a "miracle" or "miracle", it is solid and reliable, and there is a mysterious magic circle inside.

Although it is definitely not as good as the wizard tower built by Emperor Germania for his witch advisors, the firepower of Siegfried Tower is definitely not weak.

Its special effect is: the accuracy and range of the "cannonballs" and "bolts" projected from this tower will be greatly improved.

This will make Port Ella almost a city that will never fall, because even a small trebuchet, the shells thrown from here are enough to hit the most advanced giant counterweight trebuchet of this era.

This means that the enemy's siege equipment will never be able to get close to the walls of Port Ayla.

It's a pity that the ballista and trebuchets on this tower will not work once they are disassembled. They are more than enough for defense, but they have no offensive ability.

Otherwise, Lothar would definitely be more willing to disassemble the tower, and use pack animals to pull the dismantled siege equipment as "support artillery" to accompany the army.

The reason why the trebuchet is difficult to use in field battles is because of its poor accuracy. In most cases, it can only be heard by the opponent.

Lothar still hopes that he can extract a siege equipment factory.

Without more advanced siege equipment, it will be a very big problem for the neighbors along the Red Sea to those intricate and dotted castles.

In terms of scale, these castles are far inferior to the state of New Habsburg or even Jogrysburg before they were repaired, but there are so many of them.

...

Last night, members of the Levantine Witches Association sent by Witch Anna also arrived.

The visitor was a witch who was covered in a black robe from top to bottom, but the exposed parts were extremely smooth and white.

After she sent the "meditation method", she hastily performed the transformation technique and turned into a bird and left.He didn't even want to mention his name—Lothar thought that as a wizard, he should be very popular in the Levant Witch Association.

Last night, before he fell asleep, he started his first meditation—Lothar didn't immerse himself in it at all when he was trying out Fringela's blood clan meditation.

until this morning.

He just woke up from meditation, frowned and said: "The effect seems to be pretty good."

Mental power actually increased a little!
This effect is simply immediate.

"Flynn, is your meditation method more suitable for vampires, which makes it less effective for me?"

Furingilla's complexion was not very good, and she muttered in a low voice: "It doesn't make sense that you can even use blood magic, but you can't use the meditation method of the blood race."

Lothar was a little dumbfounded: "I can use blood magic, doesn't it all depend on you?"

Including Prajna's "Stone", Jeanna's "Holy Spear", Hans's "Beast Intuition", Lothar is all usable, but they don't understand the principle at all.

Blood magic is okay, because Lothar's mental power itself is qualified, and the frequency of use is high enough, so it can be regarded as finding out some ways.

But this is only an increase in proficiency. At best, it can be regarded as being able to apply the formula proficiently, and it is still at the level of knowing it but not knowing why.

"It's okay, I don't blame you for this matter, Anna probably wouldn't have guessed that it was my first time meditating."

There was a smile on Lothar's face. Maybe in the future, when he meditates again, the results will not be as immediate as the first time, but as long as there is improvement, he can save a lot of attribute points and add them to strength, sensitivity, and body. .

Jeanna hurriedly pushed the door open and entered.

She frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "My lord, don't lie on the bed anymore, your neighbor, Lord Saracens nicknamed the Impaler, has sent troops to attack!"

...

By the time Lothar hurriedly led the hussars, a farm near the border had been looted, leaving only a burning hut with billowing smoke.

The dying wailed desperately as they were erected on stakes.

On the opposite hillside, Rauf, the impaler guarded by the Mamluks, cut Lothar's throat.

On Lothar's face, the anger growing in his heart became colder and colder.

There was anger in Jeanne's tone: "Are we going to war with this bastard who likes to string people on stakes?"

The nickname of the Impaler comes from a very simple source, just like Dracula who is known as the Impaler, his neighbor likes to hang opponents on sharpened wooden posts.

Under the effect of weight, the victim will continue to slide down, and the intestines and other organs will not be roughly smashed, but will be gradually "pushed away".

This makes the victim often wailing and continue to live for a long time.

"No, he is provoking me, trying to get me to start the war, and in this way, he can seek the help of Adil - this old opponent, as far as I know, has just become the governor of Egypt."

Lothar doesn't want to bear the reputation of instigating war like Leonard.

The Port of Ayla and the Bishopric of Alandel belong to the de jure territory of the Counties of Transjordan, and Zayn Saladin was the first to provoke trade conflicts.

But to continue to expand, firstly, Lothar lacks personnel who can digest the occupied area, and secondly, it is easy to trigger the intervention of Adil, the Egyptian governor.

Unless Lothar is willing to roughly divide (inherit) seal (contract) all the occupied territories to his vassals, and use their own strength to control the newly acquired territories.

That is to make wedding dresses for others.

The power of the vassal is not a good thing for the lord. For example, Count Leopold, because he occupied the Austrian border region, his strength is almost comparable to that of the Duke of Bavaria, so he seeks to separate Austria from the title of Bavaria. The ambition to upgrade to a principality.

Hans stood aside, frowned, and said worriedly: "Then let him provoke us like this? The prestige you have worked so hard to establish in Port Aila will be shaken because of it."

"That's really a problem."

"Send more people to patrol the border - the Saracens' falcons are a very good means of detection. Ask Muller if we can provide some falconers to join our team."

Lothar said emphatically: "We must let these people who have been assigned to the fields and converted know that I, the lord, have the ability to protect their personal safety."

"Besides, Jeanna, you are preparing for an ambush, and the Impaler Rauf will definitely come again."

"Next time, don't let him leave alive."

"Once this self-righteous impaler dies, his territory will definitely be torn apart due to inheritance issues."