Seeing Marin's puzzled face, Edward said proudly:

"You don't understand that, do you? You also said that the minister named Shang Ying erected an ordinary log and said that he would reward hundreds of gold coins, but the people did not believe it. And I dismantled one of the pillars of the palace and said that it was much more credible to carry the pillars of the palace. After all, it's the palace thing......"

It suddenly dawned on Marin that this was the so-called aristocratic effect. In later generations, the unscrupulous advertisements in China were desperately related to the court and nobles. Like that mountain mineral water, it is shamelessly called a water noble, and it is especially shameless to make up a foreign princess's love princess...... Ma Lin sprayed directly after seeing it in his previous life - you are a local Chinese company, and you have an egg relationship with a Western princess, is it really good to make it up like this?

However, there are really foolish letters. Just rushing to the nondescript name of "water aristocracy", there is a group of turtles and fools who are willing to buy it......

Therefore, it is really a good idea for Edward to remove a pillar from the palace and use it as a letter wood...... At least, the title of "the pillar of the palace" is indeed very bluffing......

Soon, his soldiers removed a few meters of roof beams from a small warehouse in the palace (it can only be a small house of this kind, the main house is a stone fortress). Then, carried by the soldiers, he went to a market near the palace......

The market of London City is different from Xianyang City of Qin State, the market of ancient China is a square market set up by the government, it is an independent large area with a wall, with an independent courtyard and four gates, like a small city in the city, so there is a south gate and a north gate.

The markets in the City of London, on the other hand, are somewhat like the rural markets of Marin's later generations, which are set up along the bustling streets. And, not far from the pier on the banks of the Thames. After all, London is an inland port, with well-developed shipping and a lot of goods imported from the docks. The street next to the South Gate Pier is the easiest place to form a bazaar.

Therefore, the soldiers carried the pillars of the palace to a main road that formed a market near the south gate, intending to build a "standing wood for faith......

In order to let the people of London know the news, Edward, at Marin's suggestion, did not immediately begin to issue rewards, but first sent people to hold copper basins (in fact, in ancient China, gongs were struck to attract the attention of the people). But there were no gongs in ancient Europe, so Marin had to find a few copper basins, and let the soldiers hold the copper basins in their left hands and the gavels in their right hands, knocking while walking, instead of the gong effect), knocking while walking, walking through the streets and alleys, loudly announcing the matter of "standing wood for faith", for fear that some people would not know......

"Bang-bang-" a loud gong...... Oh no, it was the pounding of copper basins, which resounded in the streets of London, accompanied by the shouts of soldiers:

"His Majesty Edward has ordered that the warriors who resist the wood will be recruited in the bazaar south of the city. If you can carry a single wooden pillar from the east side of the market street in the south of the city to the west side, you will be rewarded with 1,000 gold coins! The king is worth a thousand gold! ”

"Any man with strength can try it, starting at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning! Whoever is the first to carry the wooden pillar to the designated place will receive a reward of 1,000 gold coins! ”

Edward knew the importance of promulgating the decree and getting it recognized by the people, so he was not stingy at all, and directly raised the reward from more than 500 gold coins to 1,000 gold coins in order to cause the biggest sensational effect. And the first day ended with the propaganda of the soldiers of the 4th Regiment of Marin.

In fact, many soldiers were very tempted and wanted to try. However, Edward would not let the soldiers participate. Because, this is for the citizens of London, and it is naturally best for the citizens of London to carry the wood.

Early the next morning, Edward and Marin led a group of guards to the west end of the street in the south of the city, waiting for the arrival of the "warrior" carrying the wood, and planned to be rewarded with 1,000 gold coins by the monarch himself.

But after 9 o'clock, half an hour passed, and there were many onlookers, but there were not many who really dared to step forward to carry the wood.

In fact, Edward's move seemed very strange to the citizens of London. Because, these 1000 gold coins are too easy to earn. That's 1,000 gold coins, which is equivalent to 250 pounds. In those days, an average Englishman earned only two or three pennies a day. And one pound is equivalent to 240 pence...... Almost £250 is equivalent to the income of an average Briton for 82 years, which is definitely a huge amount of money......

Therefore, for such a simple condition and such a generous report, the common people did not believe it and hesitated......

Marin saw that this was not going to work, so he glanced at Saqqara. So, Saqqara hurriedly arranged for the English soldiers of the Fourth Army to change into the clothes of ordinary people and mix in the crowd as nurseries......

Finally, at the instigation of the nursery arranged by Saqqara, a strong and honest young man in London stood up:

"I'll try it...... "With that, the young man walked to the legendary "pillar of the palace" with trepidation, and carried it on his shoulders and walked to the west side of the street......

The citizens of London on the side immediately discussed:

"Yo, isn't that John, the son of the old blacksmith Carl on the east side of the street? What a fool this young man is, what a blacksmith! How can the aristocracy's money be so easy to take, maybe it's a trap ......," an aunt commented.

Seeing that the British aunt was about to deviate from the topic, the nursery arranged by Marin immediately said:

"It doesn't matter if he's a trap or not, won't you know when John Blacksmith finishes carrying it?"

"Makes sense!" People chimed in, then craned their necks to watch......

The street is not very long, only about 500 meters long. So, John Blacksmith quickly carried the pillar to Edward.

But as the young blacksmith, John, approached, Marin put his hand on the handle of the wind-up short-shot rifle at his waist. Because he was afraid that the young blacksmith named John would throw the heavy beam over and smash the man. Although the top beams and columns are not big, they also have hundreds of catties. If you are hit, you will be injured if you don't die......

Thankfully, John, the young blacksmith, was not an Assassin. After carrying the pillars to the west end of the street, he placed them in the designated place under the guidance of the guards......

Then, surrounded by the guards, Edward walked over, and said to Blacksmith John with a smile:

"Well done, lad! What's your name? ”

"My name is John. Cartel......" replied the young blacksmith honestly.

And Marlin on the side sprayed directly:

John ...... Cattle? "In English, cattle means cow. The name of this blacksmith is also so interesting, it is actually called John Bull, so exciting......

"Yes, this lord, our family's surname is indeed Niu, and our ancestors herded cattle. Later followed a baron, who was given the surname of the cartel. That was hundreds of years ago, though. Now, the Cartel family has been in decline for a long time, and I can only make a living by striking iron. ”

Marin almost fell to the ground of lightning, but Edward was unaffected:

"Well, John, you're such a brave lad that you dare to try! Don't worry, what I've said will definitely count. So, your 1000 gold coins, right now! Speaking of the back, Edward was already very loud, in fact, he deliberately said it to the people on the side.

With that, a guard came over with a small treasure chest......

In front of everyone on the street, Edward opened the small treasure chest, and the golden light was reflected inside......

"It's really gold! That's a lot......" exclaimed some tall, long-necked Londoners.

Edward pushed the open chest to John. In front of the cartel, he said mildly:

"Count and see if there's anything wrong!"

John. The cartel's brain was tendoned, and he actually started counting gold coins on the street, obviously not believing King Edward......

Normally, Edward would have been angry. However, he is now trying to show that he is close to the people and trustworthy. So, with a smile on his face, Edward watched the honest John Bull count the gold coins......

Fortunately, although John Bull did not go to elementary school, he had been helping his father's blacksmith shop for a long time, and it was inevitable that he often collected money to find money, and he did well in mathematics in the first grade. After a long time, John. The cartel finally raised his head, smiled innocently, and said:

"Your Majesty, it's 1,000 gold coins!" Then, the thing picked up the small treasure chest and turned around and left......

Edward and Marrington looked at each other - shouldn't they thank the king for the generous reward of 1,000 gold coins?

In the end, Edward didn't care about John Bull's rudeness, because he was here to show generosity and trustworthiness this time, and he couldn't care about such trivial matters. On the contrary, he solemnly announced in public:

"No one is allowed to hit John. The idea of this bounty of the cartel, otherwise, it will be severely punished! ”

Soon, the young blacksmith John. The news that the cartel had received a reward of 1,000 gold coins after carrying the wood quickly spread throughout the city of London and began to spread beyond London. Of course, the English soldiers of the Fourth Army under Marin also contributed to it.

"What? Really gave the gold? ”

"Yes, I really gave it, I saw it with my own eyes! John Blacksmith counted in the presence of the new king. That golden light almost blinded my eyes......"

"Ahh I hate it! I had known I was going, and I had let John's stupid big guy take advantage of me......" someone beat his chest and howled.

"It's late, the kings have returned to the palace!"

"Alas...... 1,000 gold coins! I can't earn it in my life! ”

"Yes, I really gave it, the king is so generous!"

At this time, a young man on the side suddenly said:

"Yes, King Edward is such a good man of his word!"

In fact, this is the rhythm that Marin put out...... Through their efforts, Edward's tall image of "talking counts" can be regarded as spreading......