Without the war, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye it was the spring of 1273. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is the year that Europe will come to an end to the so-called era of the Great Vacancy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1254 to 1273.

In this era of great interregnation, the German and Italian regions were in chaos, and William II, Earl of the Netherlands, Alfonso III, King of Castile, and Richard, Count of Cornwall, England, were all elected kings by some of the princes, but they either did nothing at all.

During this period, the German region was divided into a number of independent feudal principalities.

The feudal lords fought among themselves to claim the land that belonged to the empire for themselves. Many knights at that time were not self-sufficient and made a living by plundering merchants and peasants.

Everywhere there was feudal anarchy, the trade of the whole country was blocked, the people were struggling to make a living, and the productive forces were seriously damaged.

Italy, on the other hand, was caught in the middle of a war between the Anjou family in France and the Hohenstauffen family in Sicily------

The old saying of the Great Song Dynasty also works, and the troubled times produce heroes!

Rudolf I was the lord of southern Alsace and northern Switzerland, the son of Albrecht IV, Count of Habsburg.

After his father's death, the 21-year-old Rudolf inherited the family's estates in Alsace and Allgäu.

He was a skilled and ambitious man------ and he often expressed his loyalty to the Emperor and his son Conrad IV. In return, Rudolph received a large amount of land grants.

Rudolph was fond of martial arts, and often led his troops to fight and expand his territory. He forcibly seized the fiefdoms of the Counts of Torgenburg in Switzerland, seizing some imperial farms and unclaimed territories.

He married Gertrude, heiress to Count Bouchhard III of Hohenberg, and seized the fiefdom of the Duchy of Hohenburg.

As a result of these successful marriages, and the succession to his mother, the Count of Kiburg, Rudolf had united Alsace, the Rhine, and Switzerland, the largest prince in the German Duchy.

In 1273 he won the election of a king who ended the era of the Great Vacancy, becoming the nominal emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

However, the rule of the Holy Roman Empire was completely medieval, the emperor had no real power, and the actual power was in the hands of more than 300 lords, large and small, and the Holy Roman Empire was neither sacred, nor Roman, nor empire.

So its rule was very divided, with the local lords being completely autonomous, with their own armies, courts, and even the power to collect taxes.

At that time, a businessman had to pay taxes 13 times when he walked 200 kilometers!

This system seriously hampered the industrial and commercial development of the empire.

Moreover, the Pope also had a lot of power here, and the famous "tithe" was an invention of the Pope. Since the Holy Roman Empire proclaimed its sanctity through the Church, it also had obligations to the Church, and was therefore somewhat constrained by the Church.

However, Rudolf I was a man who grew up in troubled times, and his name, even if it was only a superficial name, and with the help of the Church, he was determined to do a great job!

Of course, he did not know that in the far East there were people who were paying attention to him------ because he was expected to take further strong measures, abolish all kinds of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, maintain peace and order in the country, and adopt more methods conducive to the development of the city's handicrafts and the burghers.

If there is no good social order in an area, there is no way to carry out maritime trade activities.

When the spring of 1273 arrived, Egypt was also in the midst of construction.

The victorious king, Baibers, accepted the Knights Templar of Antar Tus and the Knights of the House of Charity of Melgaib

The regiment sued for peace, and the two sides signed a 10-year truce.

At this time, the victorious king Baibers officially began to rebuild the navy, build a post station, repair mosques, and appoint judges.

He also allied himself with the Tatar Kipchak Khanate, and was an enemy of the Tatar Ilkhanate.

In Europe, trade treaties were signed with France, England, Sicily, Aragon, Seville and other places.

Contrary to history, the owner of Zhang Guoan ordered the construction of a large trading post in Cairo.

This cargo station can not only buy and stock up on the goods needed in advance, but also serve as a hotel place for business rest, negotiation and entertainment.

Its scale is not small, with three floors, except for the warehouse area in the backyard, the total construction area is about 10,000 meters.

Of course, in terms of height and scale, it is not as big as their mosque, and even the exterior has been decorated in halal style, trying not to stand out.

The development period in the past few years is very important, and we must seize the opportunity to go out.

The owner of Zhang Guo'an stipulated that this cargo station could accept all the merchants from Liuqiu Island or the Great Song Dynasty to stock or live.

During this period, the Hui merchants were of course the main guests of this cargo station, and they ate well in the Great Song Dynasty or Liuqiu Island, and their activities were very active.

Due to the destocking of the Great Song Dynasty and the price of goods, Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, had no choice but to set his eyes on the African island of Madagascar.

The island of Madagascar in this time and space has not yet appeared as a country, but some Arabs and Austronesians who immigrated here, and they mixed with the local natives to form the Malagasy people, which are in the tribal stage of large and small.

Eastern Madagascar has a tropical rainforest climate that is hot and humid all year round, and is rich in a variety of hardwoods.

The central plateau has a tropical plateau climate with a mild climate, while the western part is on the leeward side with less precipitation and a savannah climate, both of which are natural farms.

In addition, there are no large carnivores on the main island, so this place is known as the kingdom of cattle.

Of course, for sheep as well.

The source of cattle here is African zebu cattle, which is a kind of meat service and zebu cattle, with good meat quality, high meat rate, and great strength when serving.

The appearance of the cow is characterized by a short head, horned or hornless, and a large nodule peak. In particular, fat cattle have larger tumor peaks. The coat color is mixed. Generally, there are black, red, wheat grain, grass yellow. Black and white flowers and red and white flowers.

The live weight of an adult cow is 450 kg and that of a cow is 320 kg.

The body height is 125 and 119 cm respectively.

The average cow lactation period is 180 days, and the milking volume is 150-250 kg.

The owner of Zhang Guoan had to arrange for the return merchants to take Wang Zheng and Xiao Er's caravan away, while the other maritime merchants thought that such a business was not suitable, and preferred to stay in Cairo and wait for gold, silver, or other spices.

Of course, you can't force others.

In the letter, Zhang Guoan also instructed the two of them to bring back more elephant eggs.

The elephant bird, which is more than three meters tall and weighs more than half a ton, is a huge, flightless bird that lives in Madagascar and is extinct in that world.

It's a pity that it is a very gentle kind of big bird, and Zhang Guoan is ready to protect it thoroughly.

He had always believed that the best way to protect it was through commercial farming, and he remembered that there was another species of dodo on the Maldives island of the world, and he had to find a way to get it.

The diameter of the elephant bird's egg has a length of 30 centimeters, more than a hundred eggs, and it is believed that raising it is a profitable thing.

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, asked them to bring a hundred naval members to ensure their safety, a large tribal island, may be more dangerous.

In the spring of 1273, when the owner of Zhang Guoan looked further east, something happened.

After the clan merchants of the Satsuma clan and Mihara Koi brought back two ships of silver mines, they knelt down and pleaded with the owner of Zhang Guoan Island, saying that the mine was sealed!

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, sneered at the time, the mine I invested in and developed, just a little bit of production, you sealed it for me, and you want to play the game of closing the door and beating the dog?? (To be continued.) )