The Alemanni Federation, a country that has been called the "United Emirates of Alemanni" by Ella many times, more than half of its territory once belonged to the Seven Hills Empire.
About five hundred years ago, the then emperor of the Qiqiu Empire divided the empire's territory into two parts and handed them over to his two sons. To differentiate, these two empires were called the Eastern Qiqiu Empire and the Western Qiqiu Empire respectively. Ella's country belongs to the Eastern Qiqiu Empire.
Although the empire was apparently divided into two, the relationship between the two empires has always been close.
With the cessation of the Qiqiu Empire's external expansion, the Qiqiu Empire's level of civilization has become higher and higher, but the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army has become increasingly declining. However, the empire was being invaded by barbarians in four directions: southeast, northwest and northwest. In order to win the war, the two empires had to hire a large number of barbarian troops to fight.
The Eastern Qiqiu Empire where Ella is located now also retains a force called the "Barbarian Alliance". Although it was defeated by Hestein, within the Qiqiu Empire, this can already be regarded as the most powerful force under the Imperial Guard. An elite teacher.
The Western Qiqiu Empire was not as lucky as the Eastern Qiqiu Empire. As the reliance on the barbarian army deepened, the leaders of the barbarian army gradually took control of the power of the empire, and the emperor of the Xiqiqiu Empire became a plaything in the hands of the barbarian army.
In the end, the mercenary leaders of the Germanic tribes deposed the emperor of the Western Qiqiu Empire and destroyed the Western Qiqiu Empire. Since then, the western territories of the Qiqiu Empire have fallen under the control of the barbarians. The Alemanni were one of these barbarian tribes.
However, Ella is not in the mood to think about these hatreds between the country and the family. All she could think about was her huge debt of 150,000 nomisms.
She did the math on paper.
"Selling a grizzly bear brought in 4,223 fen, equivalent to about 21 nomis horses, minus the meat the grizzly bear ate on the way, three pieces of smoked fish given away, and compensation. The expenses for doors, water tanks, and some scattered utensils...we made no money at all!"
Ella shouted, tearing up the densely written note with a bang.
She had been waiting at the port of Stade for a week.
She originally thought that with so much cargo left at the port, merchants would come back to get it. But after waiting and waiting, those merchants did not wait, and the "bandit-suppressing" team fought back several waves.
Judging from the equipment, the enemy troops who ran over were neither regular troops nor peasant levies, but mercenaries who did not know where they came from.
Every time she captured these mercenaries, Ella would enthusiastically invite them to visit the "Flying Dutchman", entertain them with mead and beef and mutton as cargo, and give them some travel expenses, hoping that they would go back and explain her mercenaries to their employers. Lazhen is here to trade.
Over the past few days, several waves of mercenaries were sent away, but apart from a large sum of money to entertain them, there was not a single businessman who came to Stadt to discuss trade with her.
"Amy, do you think I should build a fort here in Stade and be prepared to set up a stall here for a long time?" Ella once asked Amy for her opinion.
"That would be an invasion!" Amy firmly rejected Ella's idea.
Ella had no choice but to continue waiting in Stadeland. Although the merchants did not dare to come, if they stayed like this, the nearby Alemanni Federation lords would definitely come after hearing the news. As long as she explains the situation clearly in front of those lords, she can carry out trade in the Alemannic Federation normally.
However, in order to prepare for the raids from those lords, Ella still built a simple camp in Stade.
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If you look at the map alone, the Alemannic Federation has an extremely vast territory. Its area is more than five times that of the whole of Britain, and it is not inferior to the two great empires of Qiqiu and Tianfang.
However, this is just a symptom. Compared to the Seven Hills Empire and Tianfang Empire, where power is highly concentrated in the center, the power of the Alemannic Federation is even more discrete than that of the Pirate Kingdom.
The governor of the Alemannic Federation is only a common leader on the surface, but it is actually dispersed into nearly 400 states, each in its own state. The large and small nobles who control the territory only perform very limited obligations to the consul, and some powerful lords do not even need to perform them at all.
It is for this reason that the current consul of the Alemannic Federation is nicknamed the "Count of Île-de-France". Compared to the Earl of Île-de-France, who had almost no power at all, the powerful lords within the Alemannic Federation were more valued.
Otto, Duke of Angria near Stade, was one such powerful lord.
He once relied on the Dukedom of Angria to withstand three sieges by "Snake Eyes" Sigurd. This limited Sigurd's sphere of influence to Frisia and prevented the Alemannic Federation from being further invaded by Sigurd. After Sigurd's death, he took the opportunity to annex the land of Frisia.
Otto, who had both the principalities of Angria and Frisia, was now a popular figure in the Alemannic Federation.
Otto was sitting in a luxurious carriage when he received the news from Stade. He had just returned from a "gathering." Due to the lack of power of the consuls, "assemblies" were a way to deal with territorial issues between large and small lords within the Alemannic Federation.
However, the content of this "gathering" was somewhat special. The lords who participated in the gathering were not here to discuss matters within their territories, but came for the pirate kingdom.
Before coming here, they all received the news that most of the lords of the Pirate Kingdom had gone to sea with the Pirate King and were missing.
The Alemannic Federation has always suffered from the pirate kingdom.
More than ten years ago, Sigurd invaded Frisianland; two years ago, Ivar killed the son of the lord of Jutland; a year ago, a female pirate who called herself Scipio led troops to siege Lübeck and forcibly " He borrowed 150,000 Nomis horses and has not yet returned them. As for ordinary coastal plunder, since the number is really unclear, I won’t mention it.
Because the Count of Île-de-France, the governor of the Alemannic Federation, ignored this and did nothing, the lords whose territories were close to the Pirate Kingdom had to form an alliance on their own to fight against the invasion of the Pirate Kingdom.
This time, they thought it was time to counterattack.
Otto, who successfully resisted Sigurd's invasion, was naturally chosen as the leader of the alliance. The lords participating in the assembly only waited for him to raise the flag of righteousness first, and then responded in large numbers, destroying the pirate kingdom in one fell swoop.
However - "The port of Stade was occupied by pirates?"
Otto stood up suddenly, and his tall body almost broke the roof of the carriage.
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