Because of Marcus's sneak attack earlier, Kunsang didn't drink at all tonight, and neither did Nan Ding, who felt strongly guilty.
And neither did Olan. He read the important letters he took out of the study over and over again.
I agreed to King Ella’s agreement to send troops before June, and I still had nearly two months to delay it.
Since he still had to raise the betrothal gift, he wanted to make another fortune.
At this point there is only one good choice left, the neighbors to the north.
His men are all warriors, and Father Ulf is out to protect Malm.
And the only one left who can read, is loyal and trustworthy is Nan Anpu, who is considered a political talent.
Around four o'clock in the morning, as soon as Nanamp woke up, he received a message from Oran.
After wiping his face a few times, he entered the lord's study. Less than two minutes later, Titan also walked into the room in a daze.
I almost fell down!
Nanamp has experienced it many times and knows that Olan will call people to discuss government affairs at any time in the early morning, so he did not dare to drink too much last night.
But Titan was different. He was still dizzy now, and the ale made his head hurt.
This is the first lesson as a messenger and trainee knight. Stay awake at all times and wait for the lord's summons.
Suppressing the dizziness and nausea, Titan found it difficult to just stand.
Oran is not used to it. If you can drink, you must be able to stay awake at any time.
Your own messenger has to deal with many things, and you must grow in the way that best suits your own needs.
"Your Mightiness."
After the two said hello.
"How do we fight, how do we fight, and how long do we fight?"
Olan pushed the letter to Nanamp and asked three questions in succession, scattering all the sleeping insects in Nanamp.
Afterwards, Olan's eyes moved back and forth on the map in front of the table, while Nanamp quickly read through the letters.
It contains information about Yewei County in the north and the Viking settlement.
After putting down the letter.
All of this requires money, Nan Anpu said first, "The effectiveness of the guild will have to wait at least two seasons of harvest before it can generate any surplus."
"It won't happen. I've calculated carefully that the remaining losses from the two battles to regain the territory were barely evened out by spending on the wounded." Oran said.
"What about borrowing money from the church in the south?" Nanamp suggested.
"The only two churches in the south, Mercia and Wessex, have such financial support, but they are far apart. Besides, we have never had any friendship with the priests there, so what kind of mortgage can we get?"
If you don’t save enough, you can’t borrow it, so what’s left is “grabbing”!
Nanamp straightened his tone and said, "The content of one of the letters stated that it was the Viking force 'Golden Tooth Bardo' who was causing trouble, and Earl Sacks sent a signal to ask for help from the former Baron of Canaan. Let's start from here. ,Your Mightiness?"
Nanamp joined the discussion and pointed his finger to the north of the map of Yewe County - the land near Edinburgh County.
He began to tell about the enemy situation of the surrounding lords that he had learned from Oran's father for twenty years,
"There are two groups of Viking Danfa in the north of Yewei County with a population of over a thousand. One group is led by 'Golden Tooth Bardo', and the other group was previously managed by a 'Norwegian old man', but this person was recently heard to have died. I don’t know who the successor will be.”
"Not his children?"
"Your Excellency, the heirs to the lords of the Danfa District generally do not choose the son of the leader, because everyone travels far away from home, so the first priority is to select the powerful person who can best protect their property."
Nanamp said again, "'Golden Tooth' was defeated by your father. When 'Your Excellency (the father of Oran)' was still there, he sent troops to protect Earl and protect his castle property, but he later used 'transit' Because he did not want to pay our remuneration, he forced your Excellency to withdraw, so this hidden danger was not eliminated."
"What does his nickname mean? He talks about gold?"
"Yes, I heard your Excellency say that during a battle, his mouth was seriously injured. Later, he found a blacksmith and a doctor, melted the stolen gold tools, made them into teeth, and stuck them in his mouth. But the glued teeth were no different from the original ones. The proportions of the teeth were weird, so he simply had the remaining teeth pulled out and all the new ones (gold teeth) were glued in."
Olan Guang's teeth ached when he heard this, and Nan Anpu continued, "These new teeth that are glued on will fall out from time to time, so this person repeats this thing over and over again. The proportion of the teeth that are glued on will vary in length due to different skills of the craftsmen. There is also a gap. I heard people say that when Baldo opens his mouth, he is like a big fish in the sea, opening its bloody mouth."
"These Viking bosses are all fucking crazy!"
After Oran finished speaking, he added, "Instigate a conflict between him and Earl Earl, and intensify the conflict, but this is far from enough.
This bastard Earl plotted against my father. He also wanted to join forces with the former Canaan Baron to annex our White Eagle Territory. The letter clearly stated that I will push the border line of influence across this time.
The 'Golden Teeth' does not border our territory, but another old Viking force borders us, and this force must also be used. "
"You mean 'cow neck'?"
"Cow's Neck--Smon Pigg", among the lords of Danfa District from the north of Northumbria to the area bordering Scotland, he has the greatest reputation and the largest number of subordinates. He is active in several counties in the northern part of the kingdom.
He often mediates conflicts for other lords in the Viking Dan law area.
"This man once sent an envoy to Ella and wanted to submit to the kingdom. He doesn't have much hatred towards us. Now that Durham is unified, we will have more contact with him." Orland said.
"Your Excellency, although Niu Jing wanted to seek refuge with King Ella, the king ordered him to disband his tribe, but he refused.
The king sent people into his Danfa District territory, but they were repelled by the Niu Jing people. How can we contact him?"
"Nan Anpu, there are several ways to quickly become familiar with people you don't know well. Common interests or common enemies.
We form an alliance with them. If they want to go to sea in the future, they can use our territory. They don't have to go further north. They can also trade with us and reduce the hostility. This is beneficial.
As for Qiu, Kunsang was captured and sent to the Vikings for many years, and finally settled near the Golden Temple of Uppsala in Sweden.
After he came back, he told me everything he knew, including information about this 'Simon Pig'.
This man was originally a Norwegian nobleman. During an invasion of the Rhine River, he captured a Frankish girl.
A year later, he married this girl, and she convinced him to believe in 'the Lord',
Probably the power of love, Niu Jing really agrees!
But later this incident was revealed and his tribal rule in Norway was challenged.
His free men and nobles, under the command of his abdicated father, captured the two men and
And sent the two to the Uppsala Temple, asking Shi Meng to burn the heretic (wife) with his own hands in front of the priests and witnesses, in order to retrieve the warriors who can go to the Hall of Valor in the future. "
The story of a father asking his son to kill his daughter-in-law is so fascinating.
"Did this man really kill (his wife)?" Tai Tan came to his senses and begged him, who had been promoted to the nobility. He had just gotten some water, soaked himself up, dried himself and re-entered the house. At this moment, he could finally have a normal conversation.
Oran glanced at it and continued to tell the story Kunsang told him.
"Kunsang was present at the time, preparing to be forcibly sacrificed three days later. He said that he was unwilling to see 'Niu Neck'. Finally, Niu Neck's angry father, a white-haired old man who wanted to go to the Hall of Valor, because as a shield maiden His wife was killed by a Christian, so he just asked people to drag him and his wife to the execution platform!
Niu Jing's wife did not let go until she died. Her neck was slashed with a knife and blood flowed all over the floor.
And when the knife fell on the cow's neck, the chopping knife suddenly collapsed and one corner was broken off.
According to the regulations of human sacrifice, the victim cannot be killed with one sword because 'God Odin' and 'God Thor' are unwilling to adopt this person's soul.
Later, rumors spread that his neck was protected by God and was as hard as a cow, so he was called "cow neck". "
Both Titans and Southampton opened their eyes wide at this half-legendary and half-real experience.
It seemed that both of them believed it.
But to Olan, this is fart!
How can a person's neck be stronger than iron steel? It's probably because his father couldn't bear it and bribed the knife wielder.
