"At all times, God alone is the only one who can bring true light to the ignorant people, and we are only the Lord's lackeys, and we must use the power of spears and swords to overcome difficult problems that cannot be solved with the Bible and prayers."

I smiled heartily at Father Djokovic, and said that I accepted his offer to seize the rule of the Low Countries, and at the same time supported Father Djokovic to become the bishop of the diocese of these vast lands and large populations, and to stand behind him to provide material and military support for his step by step to the papal throne.

Just when we tacitly smiled, there was a loud commotion outside the castle, and the soldiers standing guard on the city wall poked their heads out angrily to observe, which unlucky man who did not have long eyes disturbed his dreams, and the priest and I went to the window and looked down, only to see a dozen carts covered with thick tarpaulins, which seemed to be full of priceless goods and gold coins, and bent the backs of the carts and horses, and Jensen stood behind a little man with a thief's eyebrows, and the appearance of a fierce god carrying a knife did look very much like a bodyguard hired by merchants.

"It's our people, get ready to act." I instructed the soldiers on standby.

"Inform the nightingale and the soldiers in ambush at the city gate to move, and cooperate with Jensen and them to occupy the city gate, the army must be ambushed not far from here, and take advantage of the enemy to give us such a big advantage for nothing, and not take a bite of the hospitality of sorry people."

The short man disguised as a merchant pretended to have a frightened expression, stood on the carriage and waved his arms exaggeratedly, as if he was afraid that there would not be enough arrows aimed at him, and cried out loudly: "I am a merchant from Hanover, and I wanted to turn my feet in the county, but I was unable to continue the journey in the unfortunate war, so I beg the merciful lord to let me into the city to hide in the face of God, and I will pay a tax for myself and my retinue to your satisfaction, and leave as soon as the war is over, please do well, my lord!" ”

The soldiers on the city wall pointed to the carriages huddled in a heap behind them, and the mountains of goods made it clear to anyone with a discerning eye that this merchant was worth a lot of money, and that his taxes could give him a few more copper plates for the spoils of war when he returned home, and that he bought a headdress to make the mother-in-law of the family happy, but the lords of the city were all sleeping, and it was obvious that he was impatient to disturb the dreams of the noble knights for such a trivial matter.

The soldiers all watched with amazement, the sergeant major in charge of the city wall at this moment, he was only a blacksmith, and he was a little helpless to receive unprecedented attention at the moment, and he couldn't make up his mind when he encountered a decision-making problem.

"It seems that God does not favor the poor man today, so let's go!"

The little man waved his hand and told his men to move on in frustration, but the first two carriages were stuck in the mud and slid on the spot, and were about to fall down under the weight of the heavy cargo, and a few Eastern Roman gold coins fell out of the edges of the oilcloth that were not tightly sealed, and the sun blinded everyone, and the gold fell into the dirty mud.

"Hey, little man, come in, but before we do that, we have to calculate the value of the goods, otherwise the brothers behind me won't agree."

The sergeant major couldn't see anything else in his eyes, he had never seen gold coins in his life, and he finally had a chance to get it, so naturally he wouldn't give it up easily, not to mention that it was all voluntary donations from merchants, don't do it in vain, even God won't forgive stupid fools, right?

The little man can definitely win the Oscar for Best Actor in the future, and his superb acting skills and grasp of details are simply to the extent of being superb, I saw that he said good things to the sergeant major full of good things in a carriage, and the sycophants were exaggerated and almost slapped in front of God.

The sergeant major held his chin high, pretending to be displeased and dragged the little man to hand him a pocket full of tinkling gold coins, and finally he could not resist the other party's courtesy, and forced himself to accept it with a non-exemplary expression, and waved his hand to let the soldiers guarding the city gate slowly push the winch, and raised the closed city gate.

"My lord, you are a great and uninhibited hero, and David of the Bible who killed the Philistine giant Goliath must have been nothing more than that, right? To have the privilege of knowing you is definitely the most bragging honor in my short life like an ant, and if I have the opportunity, I hope you will come to my home as a guest and tell my sons about the heroic years of scolding Fang Xuan, and let them be touched with the spirit of heroes......"

The little man rubbed his hands together with a smile, and his flattering expression was like a very cute beckoning cat, and he bent over and almost arched into the mud on the ground.

"Where, where, it's just a gesture, you must know that in Utrecht, the lords like to do business with the rich and rival big merchants, although the North Sea is not peaceful now, the Danes are frantically plundering the coast of England, and our cross-sea trade income has decreased significantly, but the huge market in Germany is like a thriving lion cub, looking for food hungry, haha, opportunities to make money are everywhere."

The sergeant major patted his round belly as he spoke, as if it was full of ways to get rich: "Speaking of which, I still have something to do with you businessmen, in fact, my father was a businessman, and later spent money to buy a title to decorate the façade, which made the family look decent a little bit. ”

The sergeant major pressed the little man's shoulders with a preachy look.

Just when the two of them were talking happily, the convoy that was entering the city gate suddenly stopped, and the horses huddled together stood uneasily, neighing in panic, and the driver shook the whip in his hand and tried to control the vehicle, and the noisy sound disturbed the sergeant's interest in laughing and talking about life.

"Why don't you go? The plague-stricken lazy ghost, crawling like a snail, what's going on in front of you? The sergeant major pointed impatiently at the soldiers on the city wall, and asked in a fiery temper, but he did not see their expressions of wanting to speak.

"I asked them to stop, is there a problem?" A deep male voice sounded from the cave in the city gate, the deep and magnetic voice was definitely a natural singer, making people have an irrepressible resonance, I poked out the window, trying to see the owner of the voice.

"Baron...... Adult ......"

Just now, I tore off the sergeant major who didn't give me face, and immediately shortened half a body, changed his face and put on a smile that was even more disgusting than a small man, and quickly ran to the man he called the baron, and explained: "It's just a group of stupefied businessmen who are fleeing for their lives, they are willing to pay taxes and come in to seek refuge, I have had them carefully inspected, the carriage is completely fine, please rest assured, sir, this kind of small thing will not bother you." ”

"Checked?"

The baron carried the exaggerated giant sword in his hand on his shoulder, and slowly circled around the first carriage, his sharp sword eyebrows picking up a beautiful arc, staring at the pockmarked coachman for a long time, his keen eyes carefully looking for every possible suspicion.

This baron should not be very old, but he exudes a terrifying murderous aura all over his body, awe-inspiring and inviolable, rejecting people thousands of miles away, especially the tough and mean chin tightens the corners of his mouth, it can be seen how many baptisms of wind and frost swords and bloody rain he has experienced in his growth, God often smiles and does not speak, and sculpts a young man into a real man who crawls out of the sea of corpses and blood.

"Lord Baron!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, the little man immediately trotted to the baron's side, and nodded with a more humble attitude: "We are loaded with a cart full of woolen textiles, carpets and fabrics, and we are going to Hanover to try our luck at the big bazaar next month, but we did not expect to encounter the army fighting here, you must know that the courage of the merchants is not a needle, and it must be great to be protected by a brave knight like you, my lord!" Of course, I will pay for the care I have received, and the Byzantine gold soles will have hard currency. ”

As he spoke, the little man still habitually rubbed his hands, making people more convinced of his identity as a philistine businessman.

The baron tilted his head and tapped his shoulder with the scabbard, patiently listened to the compliment of the little man, and then with a wave of his hand ordered the dozens of soldiers who followed behind him to surround the convoy, and the saber rattling was as if he were facing a great enemy.

He glanced at the little man with a frightened expression on his face, and lifted the tarpaulin covering the first carriage with his hand, and a large cart of gray woolen fabric was exposed, and the quality was not of the highest quality: "This is the garbage you are going to transport to Hanover to catch the big set?" You must know that cloth of superior quality is everywhere in the Netherlands, and that you, a complete profiteer, should use this tattered to ruin the reputation of the woollen textiles of the whole Low Countries? I have to open every carriage to check, when the war is tense, in case you are an undercover agent sent by the enemy, our bloody battle yesterday will be all in vain, and we must be careful at the critical moment. ”

A complicated expression flashed on the little man's face that was difficult for ordinary people to detect, but it was well concealed in a fleeting manner.

According to the original plan, there must have been an ambush of our most elite warriors in these carriages, and when they entered the city, they would quickly storm the city gates and pave the way for victory for the large army outside the city, but they did not expect to encounter such a thing.

The little man quickly let his face return to normal, pretended to pat the woolen cloth piled up on the carriage very freely, and said to the baron with a smile: "My cargo is guaranteed to be fine, if you don't believe it, sir, you can check it one carriage after another, but now that the city gate is open, there may be an enemy hidden somewhere, in case the opportunity is taken advantage of...... As a small businessman like me, I can't imagine the consequences. ”

(End of chapter)