When news of Miba's death spread back to Rome and the Kingdom of Asturias. It made the Pope angry and his father, the Duke of the Kingdom, in tears.
For the Duke, England is too far away and he has to face the Crescent Cultists to find out the truth. But the Apostolic Nuncio chose to continue to contact and support Fei She, as the strongest supporter of Catholics in the north.
When a new Roman mission arrived near the North Frankish port. Cause a stir along the way. Many homeless and beggars wanted to be close to the mission and seek blessings from God.
This time the Holy See sent a group of clergy headed by a cardinal. The formation is bigger, wearing clothes from the east
"silk". It is said that everyone who has seen the material and color has their mouths wide open in amazement! The exquisite craftsmanship makes people hardly feel uncomfortable when wearing it. The place where the silk is produced has always been a topic that the nobles talk about. ......... At the same time, there was a camp position in the Galloway area in the north.
The servants of the southern territory of "Rad the Strong" packaged the goods received at the Yorkshire port and then sent them to the north as quickly as possible.
And one night, Kunsang, Ladd and some newly attached knights and nobles were called to hold a secret meeting.
At the meeting, they talked freely about the future of the country and their own way out. Ladd also took out the gift. When the square box was opened, the soft light attracted everyone's hands. They put down their wine glasses and looked at this thing intently.
"Hey, this is the goods from 'Serris'!" A stack of precious silk gowns was carefully spread out by the servant.
Rare, precious, beautiful. With three attributes superimposed into one, it is a product that is rare to see even once in three years in the North.
Ladd was very proud and asked his servant to spread it carefully and said,
"I spent a lot of effort on these gifts. I sent people to establish a business network in Frank. I also sent people to the Castle to purchase from the monks and came back via the Mediterranean sea route. Everything I have today was given by your Excellency. I I have exchanged all my gains in the past few years for these costumes and presented them to His Highness Malm. I wonder who would dare to accuse me of being corrupt and illegal!" Ladd acted very excitedly. These costumes are very expensive. But considering the evil things he has done in the past few years, he can still afford it.
Malm's birthday is approaching, and she considers herself a loyal minister and the auxiliary group of Edward, the legitimate heir. The important ministers, headed by Kunsang and Ladd, gathered early to plan the future.
In Kunsang's eyes, other Oran women are cousins, and he only recognizes Malm. He also prepared gifts, but
"Medicine". He clapped his hands and called two of his close associates who had been with him for several years, and they brought a bundle of burlap bags.
The henchman opened the goods inside the sack and found a girl with a strange face. The cry of a long-horned buck came from outside the tent.
The "Sami" was recognized. This is a race that lives in the north of Finland and specializes in reindeer. The snow there is so heavy that it can bury people alive.
Everyone looked at the girl. The girl looked at the group of men in horror, uttering syllables that no one could understand. Kunsang took a sip of wine, wiped his mouth and explained,
"In the years when I was captured in the North, I also went on expeditions with them. The Vikings always had a blood sacrifice ceremony, mixing all kinds of blood together to make fresh tonics. The stag's antlers and the girl's blood are two precious things. Herbs." Oran wanted to treat Malm's disease, but in the past two years, he had used countless methods, which only delayed the disease.
Gradually, Oran also tried folk remedies. But they are all natural medicinal materials that have been tested and are harmless to humans.
But for these rough and cruel warriors, let yourself use more special remedies. This is to share the monarch's worries.
"How did you catch the Sami people?" Looking at this fair girl, Ladd had some thoughts, not about men and women, but about business.
He had already started selling slaves, and was surprised to find that the profit was much higher than that of wool!
"Guthrum and Lagertha traveled to and from the north coast. I asked them to prepare it for me." Kunsang also reminded everyone that these two are medicines, so don't make any mistakes.
Over the years, all the knights who have followed Oran are still alive. In the Beiying area, you can indulge in lawlessness and be wealthy.
Kunsang had two children, and after taking control of Edinburgh, he was driven by a father's nature and a man's ambition. I also want to build a great family that can assist White Eagle.
Now their faction can be regarded as
"Clan". Because Kunsang is also a member of the Vijay family and was given the same surname. The strongest, with mixed members, but because of the support of Oran, the source of power, they are all prosperous.
Notoriety is the greatest, but Olan relies on it very much.
After "clan", there is Angsa local
"Gentlemen", other county chiefs, and even nobles from Mercia, Kent, East Anglia and other places are all included in this range.
The gentry can be divided into direct lineage, non-direct lineage, martial arts faction, and civil service faction. Those who fought in the Battle of Repton and mobilized more than thirty men were direct descendants.
After Oran captured the two kings, he joined the external team. Those who join within two periods of time belong to the external lineage of the direct lineage.
Among them, according to whether they can go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, they can also be divided into martial arts and civil affairs. Ulf and other monks also formed their own
The "monk" faction. He is a direct lineage, but most of the priests who joined him from various places belong to the outside lineage.
As long as there are three people, it is a small group. After devouring Mercia, Northumbria's population approached 400,000.
For Oran, there are only direct and non-direct descendants. But the subordinates themselves derived three, six, nine and so on. The initiators were Kun Sang and others.
Clan, direct line, outer line, monk. There may be more in the future
"Relatives", this is a human bonding that Olan cannot suppress. After the girl was taken away, everyone continued to drink.
In terms of the preciousness of the gift, the silk just now is the most outstanding.
"Where is Seris?" A young knight whose father had just died in battle asked in a high voice as he joined the meeting. He was too drunk and didn't understand.
Others joined in the hate, all wanting to show off their erudition. Ladd educated him in the tone of an elder,
"The East, the mysterious Eastern Empire, have you heard of the Silk Road?"
"The Han Empire!" shouted Osa, the wild boar present at the meeting.
"No, Siris!" Ladd emphasized.
"It's the Han and Tang Empires." Another knight eldest man said Han. The Han Dynasty was once everyone's perception of the Eastern country.
"No, there has been no Han for a long time. I heard that it is now the country of Xinlong, the lord of the grassland and the successor appointed by the Changshengtian."
"I have also heard this story. When I was fighting with the Vikings, I captured a Viking. He had a slave captured from the Eastern Plateau. He said that the slave said that in places further east on the plateau, the country The owner’s name is Tian Khan, and she’s a woman!”
"Female" Most people were stunned. Everything about the East is mysterious and beautiful. The most important thing is that as a subject, you must know the mind of the lord.
Sometimes when Oran was alone, he would blurt out a few incomprehensible syllables to the east.
"Is it still the Eastern Tang Dynasty over there?" Once, everyone heard Olan talking to himself and said this sentence in the local language.
Later, his subordinates paid more attention to Eastern things. But the journey is too far, and all that can be verified are just fragments of information.
Hundreds of years ago, a statue of
The countries of the "Han Empire" have contacted Junbao several times. And because they produced silk, they were called Seris in Latin.
This Silk Road, which also produces various kinds of jade and tea, has become a mysterious passage to heaven. Hundreds of years after the Han Dynasty, Mediterranean nobles were still called Han or Seris. Later, the Tang Dynasty rose.
A powerful
"Queen", the nobles of the Mediterranean said she was fond of force, and even her name was related to war. Later heirs fought a war with the Crescent Cultists.
Different eras, different merchants, and different routes distributed the mysteries of the East to people in different areas.
And the speed at which information spreads is different. A queen from the East and a warrior from the East fought a battle with the Crescent Cultists on the grasslands of Central Asia. To the nobles as far away as the Mediterranean, this event occurred in the same year.
False rumors are then processed and become true or false. So at this moment, the east is still a fog.
In the past few years, the Vikings have been roaming the Ross Prairie. From the native nomadic tribes, they have captured many nomads whose ancestors were from or near the east.
Some news was sent back to the Nordic region. Oran and other Angsa princes fought fiercely with Ragnar, and thus captured black prisoners of war, prairie prisoners of war, etc. from different areas.
Learn more about Eastern rumors. As the warrior who follows Oran most closely, Kunsang knows the most and is the proudest.
Illiterate brats! They are talking nonsense. He really can't stand it anymore. It is necessary to educate them. When Kunsang was suffering in the Vikings, he also captured the illegitimate slaves of the steppe nobles who had been shamans.
The slave said that when he was young, he went to the East with his grandfather to pay tribute and protect the slaves. Kunsang asked about a legend from his mouth.
At this moment, Kunsang started class.
"Pull out your earwax and listen to me. To the east from the grassland of Ross is Tianzhu. Tianzhu was conquered by Alexander. It is the country of spices. People ride elephants and believe in something called..." Kunsang thought about it. It took a long time to squeeze out an incomprehensible syllable
"Brahma". He didn't understand what this meant, and the illiterate people in front of him didn't understand even more. He continued talking without being disturbed.
"After three thousand miles and nine mountain ridges, you can see the entrance to the Silk Road. It is ten times higher than the Great Wall of Despair that the Welsh boasted about! Then we ferry across a long and narrow ice-covered strait and enter the Silk Road. Road. The Silk Road is now led by a powerful duke called 'Yi Chao Zhang'. Anyone who wants to cross the border must get his permission. He is the strongest warrior in the empire. It is said that one man once faced two hundred warriors. And not fall down." One person beat two hundred people and heard it, isn't this the proper Divine Sword of the Eastern Dawn!
Kunsang said again,
"In this country, women exist as emperors. They use a kind of sterile male as a bodyguard. The population of the capital city is more than all the Viking insects combined." Now for the Vikings, each region is called The laws are different.
Sea wolves, northern wolves, white walkers, bandits, and
"Chongzhi"! Olan likes to call him Chongzhi in private, and everyone also likes to call him so in private. At the mention of insects, everyone drank too much. Thinking that they had met Irish insects again, they raised their glasses high.
"For Your Excellency, I fiercely rush to the heart of Danfa District!"
"Do it!" Kunsang was interrupted by a group of drunkards, a little unhappy. After they finished drinking, they slammed the table angrily and continued talking.
"Have you ever heard of tribute?" he asked. It was obvious that everyone had heard this and shook their heads.
"With a bag of sand, a few handfuls of weeds, and kneeling down and kowtow, you can bring back carts of tea, silk cloth, and rice and wheat."
"How can such a good thing happen, sir?"
"This is tribute, you know nothing about it." Ladd made a mental calculation. This is a costless business. As long as he doesn't die during the tribute process, the profit will be a hundred times greater!
In that case, it is really an honor to be a dog of the Tang Dynasty! Kneeling down twice is nothing. Back then, when insects were rampant, I had knelt down many times.
Under the temptation of interests and the Sami he had just met, Ladd had a new idea. Since the Silk Road is now controlled by a group of warlords, is it possible that there is another road to the east? This is a good question, and it has been affecting the relevant lords for hundreds of years.
During the era of great expansion of the Viking pirates, some lords thought that if they sailed across from the east, there would be no way to the east from the Mediterranean Sea. But if they sailed across the Arctic Circle from the Gulf of Finland and used dragon boats, there might be a great Arctic passage. Dreams mostly come from absurd ideas.
Maybe it's a way of death, maybe it's a way of life. But when people think better, the vision of a grand narrative will take root in their hearts.
"Who is the current king of Tang Dynasty and the archbishop?"
"They are emperors!" Kunsang corrected, as for the archbishop...he said a few words to Hu Zou, and then brought the topic back to re-introduce the emperor's name and nickname that he had heard.
"Son of Heaven, Lord of the Grassland, Guardian of the Duhu Mansion, True Dragon of the Empire, Supreme of the Four Seas, Incarnation of the Sun, Great Emperor Li of Xiantong..." With such a long name, everyone was even more confused.
"Emperor, this is a common title." Kunsang let out a wine belch. Everyone didn't understand what kind of bird this emperor was.
When they encounter something they don't understand, they draw comparisons from things they already know. The great emperor of the Tang Empire was probably as great as Frank Charlemagne, and Great Chang'an was as great as Great Aachen.
But my own country is not bad now. During the reign of Lord Oran, its territory was vast and its population was far greater than that of the previous kings of Northumbria.
They are now walking sideways in Northern England. I, Daying, am also a member of the Celestial Dynasty. While the kinship forces were meeting, another faction, with newly surrendered nobles from Mercia, plus Shrike and other subordinates who were originally members of the kingdom's nobles, also held secret talks in private to please Oran.
