Chapter 304: Coming Home

Kohler: With my encouragement, they formed their own teams.

Kohler's team is called the Meteor of Ubechen, after the name of his fief and his own technical and tactical characteristics, and the main members are archers trained by him.

The team of the Bulls and his infantry fighters, named "Hrusbeck Bulls", succinctly highlights the image of the leader and the team's overall fierce defense.

Yaroslav's team is named [Lyutich Grizzly Bear], which reflects the unique national characteristics, whether it is offensive or defensive, they have their own set of ways, they are good at summarizing and learning from the experience of others, and then combine their own reality to bring forth the new, very creative and executing, which can be called the most difficult team to deal with.

Rollo and Jensen begged me to name their team, as the royal team directly under the Duke, the name must be high-end and high-grade, and in connection with the great name of the Galactic Battleship in the previous life, I named them [Royal Nijmegen], which is absolutely shocking.

At my suggestion, the four teams formed a league and played each day after dinner. Through two rounds of points, the top two teams will be selected for the final and compete for the Nijmegen Cup.

Although the value of this simple silver wine glass is not high, it is enough to provide half a year's ration for a family of five, but its main role is to enhance the collective sense of honor and fighting spirit of the players, unite the unity and strength of the Nijmegen people, cultivate a common cultural heritage, and more closely link the loose feudal territories.

As the league progressed, all the work was on track in an orderly manner, and after obtaining sufficient manpower and materials, the construction of Neustadt seemed to be a rocket, and every day was changing dramatically.

The new site of the castle was chosen on a seaside terrace overlooking the port, and the construction of a fort that was easy to defend and difficult to attack was built according to the terrain, and it was also able to protect the merchant station from a high position and strengthen the garrison of the entire area.

The cargo terminal has been greatly improved after expansion, from the appearance of a large crab with tentacles stretched out, with an artificial breakwater, enclosing a harbor against storms, adjacent to the port warehouses and trading station buildings are connected, every day Swedes from the north bargain with the merchants, and then exchange the special furs and amber for a whole shipload of food supplies, bustling and lively.

The original site of Neustadt Castle, where we now live, will be used as a barracks, and the avenue connecting Hanover will run from its feet, flanked by newly cultivated fields, and the sown barley will sprout and grow with the hope of a better year.

I was relieved to stand on the dock at dusk and look at the sky, the waves in the distance, the seagulls chasing each other and circling and playing, the Swedes waving goodbye to their new best friends, and the annoyance of missing a wonderful rugby game tonight, the waves at my feet crashing on the boulders, picking up a cloud of white foam, everything was so peaceful, how good would life be forever so ordinary?

But to survive in this jungle of predators, you must brace yourself and turn yourself into a beast armed to the teeth to fight your enemies.

The Poles had not been seen in Verlatin since the Grand Duke Mieszko had withdrawn from the army, and according to intelligence, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke had returned to the new capital of Toruń and had fallen ill, and the two princes were secretly accumulating strength, and in the event of the Grand Duke's death, the civil war was likely to break out.

The Slavic tribes west of the Oder River to the Elbe, without the aggressive oppression of Poland, basically stopped their migration and settled down in their place, and many of them followed in the footsteps of the Lyutić to Nijmegen to enrich the local population.

The Swedes were still tirelessly hoarding grain and grass, which made me wonder if they were planning a grueling eight-year war of resistance, and through the matchmaking of Prince Anund, Nijmegen got in touch with King Olaf of Norway, the king of ice and snow who was almost defeated by the Danes, and was willing to do anything to restore his country, and promised Nijmegen all the terms one by one, and the Triple Alliance based on the defeat of King Sven of Denmark was finally determined. However, Nijmegen plays the role of the non-visible behind-the-scenes person, responsible for providing all kinds of material support, and only when the situation is clear, will it tear off the disguise and jump out to get a piece of the pie.

His Majesty the Emperor also seems to have lost interest in marrying Poland, and a Poland that is about to be messed up will not only not add weight to his stable throne, but will drag himself into the quagmire.

Therefore, Emperor Henry made a smart choice, kept a distance from Princess Figura, and re-favored the queen who had been neglected for a long time, and the chaos caused by Xiao Wall came to an end temporarily.

The panic and despair of the people entering the new millennium have been exhausted by the bitter days that seem to never end, the peasants still have to cultivate and harvest in the same way to feed the lords, and the knights still have to sharpen their swords and be ready to fight hard.

The nobles still have to nest in the cold and dirty castle, holding their fat wives and calculating how to get more wealth and land, and the priests still take the trouble to preach the glory of God, with the belief of nine deaths and one life, and go to the land of the barbarians to preach one after another, but who knows what ulterior conspiracy is hidden under the red robe of the holy papal see?

Only the wealthy and powerful nobles who had gone to the Holy Land to atone for their sins seemed to have received some kind of spiritual baptism, claiming that the clear sky of the Temple Mount at night would make people feel God's presence and purify the souls that had fallen from years of killing.

These nobles, who had returned from a long journey to a foreign land, also mentioned that the people of God in Jerusalem were suffering from the brutal and brutal rule of the infidels, and that the fifth generation of the Fatimids, who claimed to be the incarnation of Allah, Hari Abd Ali Mansur al-Hakim was young and vigorous, and began to fight against the entire Western Church, ordering the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

"The Holy Land is being desecrated by the infidels, and the warriors of God must shoulder the responsibility of saving the faith and the people!"

This kind of impassioned argument began to spread in the Christian world, but no powerful king stood up to advocate for his righteousness, after all, the Fatimid Dynasty was vast and powerful, and the Saracens had sharp swords, and the emperor and archbishop of Constantinople had not yet made a clear statement, and the Vatican had not made a public statement.

Others worry about them, Lao Tzu himself is better than anything else, liberate the Holy Land and move the Crusaders, etc., Rausch who likes to tinker with it, in short, the big ship in Nijmegen must be guaranteed to be unimpeded on the main channel and steadily advance according to the established plan.

Serena's due date is approaching, and with Kohler and Björr staring at Neustadt, I don't have to worry about it anymore, it's time to pack my bags and get ready to go home.

On September 1o, four days before the Holy Cross, I took Yaroslav, who was in charge of escorting and also setting foot on the land of civilization for the first time, and his Lyutich guards on their way home along the Hannover Boulevard, which had just begun to be built.

I also took this opportunity to talk to my loyal ally, the Duke of Hanover, and some information obtained from secret sources showed some signs of danger, and the spearhead was faintly pointed at the two of us, who were regarded as Emperor Henry's faction, and in the eyes of those stubborn conservatives, Nijmegen and Hanover, who had risen like new stars, were definitely challengers to the old feudal order, threatening their vital interests.

The weather in late summer and early autumn is the most pleasant, because it has both the lush greenery of midsummer and the ripeness of autumn, and even the breeze blowing in the face is soft and warm, like pink marshmallows, and people who revel in the beautiful scenery are naturally slightly drunk.

With the comfortable bumps and crookedness of the horse's back, enjoying the hard-won rest, the call of the hometown from far and near, temporarily bidding farewell to the battle of licking blood and the conspiracy of deceit, full of joy in the joy of being a father for the first time, the road ahead, I already know how to go on.

On the 5th of November, six days after St. Michael's Day, our group finally threw ourselves into the arms of Nijmegen for a long time.

The air was filled with the refreshing fragrance of ears of wheat when they ripened, and while I rode across the fields of irrigation canals, I proudly admired Yaroslav, shocked by the abundance of Nijmegen's exaggerated expression, my eyes were suddenly flashed by the light from afar, and I hurriedly subconsciously stretched out my hand to cover it, Yaroslav immediately grabbed the battle axe vigilantly looking for the enemy, and my mouth was still chattering:

"It must be the witch's magic, she stole the power of Thor's lightning, we have no chance of winning against this kind of person who sells his soul to the devil, why don't we avoid it first?"

Knowing what was going on, I slammed his rotten wood head, and the aching Lyutich covered the top of his head in confusion, looking at the Duke with squinting eyes in confusion, I shook my finger and showed him with my mouth open: "That's not witch's magic at all, it's the reflection of the glass on Nijmegen Castle." ”

"Glass?"

Yaroslav repeated the unfamiliar words and thought for a long time before he could find the corresponding memory in his mind.

"You mean the kind of transparent wine glass of the Romans? As crystal clear as polished amber, it was simply an artifact that only a god could possess, and Nijmegen was so rich? Inlaid on the city walls! ”

I couldn't control my temper and rewarded him with a violent shudder, no culture is indeed a terrible thing, the barbarian leader is accustomed to the hard life of grass roots and bark, even a piece of broken glass is a treasure, and the gods are worthy of enjoyment, if this is the case, then I am not more nourishing than the Jade Emperor?

"Let's go, I'll take you to see and see." I loosened the reins and hurried my horse to the castle......

(End of chapter)

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