European Emperor Cultivation System

Chapter 112 Login
Eastbourne is a town in East Sussex with a population of only a few thousand. Most of them live a primitive fishing and hunting life. The houses are basically made from local materials. The surrounding dense forests provide abundant raw materials, and the beaches are widely covered. The clay acts as a natural blending agent.

The docking place is not so much a dock as it is a simple mooring point. There is no one on the shore, only a few small fishing boats parked alone.

The crew members of the merchant ship dropped the anchor in advance, and several boatmen with good water skills took the lead to jump into the water and use thick hemp ropes to pull the ship to the shore smoothly.

"It seems that the place you are looking for is really remote." Li Peijun complained with a smile.

"Our trip this time will take nearly a week. Will such a large merchant ship stop here for a week? Will there be any problems with supplies?"

Possant glanced sideways and shook his head, "After the merchant ship escorts us here, we will head to Hastings to trade with the local merchants. We don't have to worry about the lack of supplies. We boarded from there on our return journey. Boat."

Looking at Li Peijun's puzzled eyes, Possant explained again: "Don't worry, we will be normal merchants when the time comes. As long as we pay our taxes in full, no one will do anything to us. The road here in Eastbourne is too remote. It's not easy to go."

Li Peijun gave him an approving look, "No wonder the sound was sometimes muffled and sometimes crisp when you stepped on the deck. It turned out that the cargo was loaded below, or you were thoughtful. Get off the ship immediately, and find some strong ones by the way." Boatman, take these seven sick gentlemen down."

"Thank you Lord Lord for your compliment, this subordinate will finish it now."

The cooks carried the fainted aristocratic envoys off the ship in pairs, and Possant's attendant Oke was born with supernatural powers, so he carried the two of them off the ship by himself.

What Li Peijun was curious about was that the nobleman would bring a few attendants with him when traveling long distances, but the nobles in the envoys were all alone. , or really did not want to attract attention.

Fortunately, the Chamber of Commerce left a few cooks to accompany them, and everyone's luggage was entrusted to them. Although the group of more than ten people was not large, it was enough to cause quite a stir in a small town with thousands of people. .

The furled sails were raised again, the anchor was slowly pulled out of the water with the sound of [-], and the merchant ship gradually left the port along the coastline and headed for Hastings.

Those nobles who had been in a coma for a long time gradually regained consciousness after smelling the smell of the earth, and their previous beautiful thoughts about the blue sea and vastness were swept away.

"I'm really afraid that I will be afraid of taking a bath in the future. Now seeing the sudden rising tide, my heart feels numb."

"Haha, you coward, I won't take on this job even if I die in the future, just stay in the castle and live my life."

"I don't know what this English woman is like, whether it's fun or not."

"Hey, let me tell you, we are here to do business this time, you have to go back and lock yourself up in the castle and play slowly."

"Actually, I want to try it too. How about we finish things early and go have some fun?"

"Good idea, haha."

The nobles were joking with each other again, silver bell-like laughter kept coming and going, and the topics kept changing.

"Why would the Duke send these people on a mission? They don't look like they are capable of doing things. Maybe they hooked up with some noble wives on the way." Li Peijun silently despised them as he walked.

In order to obtain information about another envoy group, Li Peijun started asking questions intentionally or unintentionally through small talk. Posang also actively assisted on the side. The nobles were confused and told everything they knew during the conversation. .

"It turned out to be a group of priests." Li Peijun pretended to be emotional after listening.

The nobleman waved his hand in disgust, "Those monks usually only talk about things they don't understand. This time they were sent out to win over the support of the King of England through the power of the local church. What a big deal. "

The nobles next to him also echoed: "The churches wear a pair of trousers to talk to each other. The Duke also donated a lot of money to them this time, so they don't have to sneak around to find the local nobles like us."

"Yes, yes, missionaries are respected wherever they go, unlike us, who feel that they are in danger of losing their heads when they leave their homes." The leading noble also complained.

The foresighted Li Peijun certainly knew the situation in England at this time. The reigning King Ethelred II and Edward, the predecessor who was assassinated and killed, were half-brothers, and both were legal heirs of England.

Since Archbishop Dunstan and Oswald supported Edward's succession to the throne, Ethelred II had deep resentment towards the church. After the assassination of Edward the Martyr, the conflict between royal power and theocracy intensified.

These guys on the other side of the ocean who stay in their castles every day naturally don't know what's happening outside. Just like when King Louis V of France was killed, they have a unique information advantage and must make good use of it.

Li Peijun wanted to instigate the king of England to tear up his face and fight the church thoroughly. After all, the strength of all parties would be greatly damaged after the chaos, and the resistance to unification in the future would be much smaller.

"I hope you can successfully complete this mission and give those fat-bellied monks a good look." Li Peijun enthusiastically flattered him and tried his best to bring the two parties closer to each other.

"Yes, that's right. I've long been tired of these guys who only read the Bible and collect IQ tax."

"Hey, are you blaspheming God? Why don't you repent quickly?" A devout believer in the team persuaded him.

The team walked into the quiet village noisily all the way. The villagers wandering outside looked at the swords and axes on the waists of the group of people in front of them, and thought they were robbers invading somewhere. He picked up the farm tools and opened his posture.

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

One of the aristocratic envoys was usually used to being arrogant. Looking at the malicious eyes of those people, his temper was also born of his own heart, and he began to lash out with his sword.

The villagers were bewildered, and stood there in a daze, not daring to move rashly. After a while, a villager who was a bit more courageous asked, "Who are you, where are you from, and what are you going to do?"

Seeing the meaningful expressions on the faces of those envoys, Li Peijun smiled inwardly.

These two groups of people can't understand each other's language, it's like chickens talking to ducks.

Although Norman and Old English at this time belong to the Nordic language family, there are not small differences, not to mention the Frenchized Norman and the Romanized Anglo-Saxon, if you do not carefully consider the pronunciation and word formation , I really can't express my words.

Li Peijun thought that the Duke might have thought that they would only deal with the King of England. After all, the nobles would learn Latin as their common language, but they didn't expect to encounter trouble as soon as they landed.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to resolve the embarrassment, someone took him a step ahead.

"We are guests, guests from afar." Passant replied in fairly idiomatic English.

(End of this chapter)