"It's my swordfish's honor to serve you, my lord!"

After listening to me, Ebrey put down the food in his hand and replied solemnly: "Since I served you, Lord Duke, I have come to understand that what I used to do was a petty fight, hiding behind the Danes to pick up some scraps and feasting, it is really too embarrassing. ”

"Now that we've eaten and drunk enough, let's talk about serious things!"

This specially made chair is my favorite, the back of the chair is wide and tall, just enough to bury the whole person in the shadows, creating a sense of oppression of the superior, is the only weapon to play tricks.

The swordfish wiped the food scraps from the corners of his mouth, swallowed the last mouthful of the stuff in his throat, and crossed his fingers to report seriously: "My lads work without delay, from France to the coast of Denmark, all the ships that go to sea have not escaped the net, all of them have been robbed and scuttled by us, cross-strait trade has become extinct, especially the port of Flanders, which has almost become a deserted and abandoned port, and even the fishing boats dare not leave the shore too far, it is said that the Count of Baudouin was very angry, and offered a reward for my head, and threatened to smash my body into ten thousand pieces." ”

I snorted and said lightly: "My father-in-law is such a violent temper, and his full beard can't hide the impatience in his bones, but he can't be careless, let Flender grab you and me by the pigtails, and then I won't be able to save your dog's life." ”

"Understood."

The swordfish has been wandering in the rivers and lakes for a long time, so it naturally understands the mystery, and it also saves me the trouble of trying to tell me carefully.

"Winter is about to begin, and the summer winds are over, and soon the wind will change to the westerly wind blowing from the coast of England, and it is when the Vikings sailed from their bases in Britain to sack the coast of France, and all my men withdrew to the port, and for the time being they will not go to sea, forgive him, the bearded earl, who will not find me if he turns the sea upside down."

"It's good to stop for a while, so as to save the wind and make a big move."

I nodded, and agreed to his suggestion: "I don't know how long the war between the Danish Bazihu King and the Norwegians will last, but I hope they can continue to fight dog-eat-dog, if the Danes unite, the problem of the north will become a problem." ”

"I'm a Dane, born in the Lord's Walled City on the island of Sidan."

The swordfish stared at the candlestick brought by the maid, as if recalling some unbearable past: "I grew up there, I know their way of doing things too well, the Norwegians are stubborn and not united, the narrow land is ruled by many unconvinced lords, Olaf Triegwisson is just a public leader, with no real power, the seemingly powerful alliance is actually scattered, Sven is a smart man, the war will not last long, and the winner will be decided soon." But I don't understand your lordship, why are you suddenly concerned about the war of the northerners, are you preparing to conquer the pirates of Denmark? The swordfish asked suspiciously, and he collapsed into the back of his chair with his arms in his arms, and the faint light of the candle could not make out his expression.

"You don't know yet, His Majesty the Emperor, in reward for his service to Nijmegen in Poland, has granted me the royal possessions of Billenmarco, where the barren coast faces the Baltic waves and the ant-dense Slavic tribes that dot the banks of the Elbe, not to mention the Poles who stand behind them sharpening their knives and waiting for revenge.

"If you want to gain a firm foothold in this kind of place of four wars, you must make friends from afar and attack with long sleeves and be good at dancing, I don't want to make too many enemies, I want to pull at least one ally first, the Poles will definitely not become friends, and the Slavs are barbarians who are difficult to contact, so the Bazi Hu King is the only choice."

When I was dreaming of myself wandering leisurely in a sea of gold coins, I was woken up by Rollo's knock on the door, and I wanted to strangle him.

Luo Luo knew that he was guilty of disturbing the Duke's dreams, so he cautiously poked his head out, and his whole body was still hiding behind the door, and after confirming that my breath was a little smoother, he said:

"My lord, Leonardo, please come over, it is said that a certain scholar has developed a new process of glass blowing, and I want to demonstrate it in front of you, Leonardo said, you will be speechless with surprise."

"Glass?"

Still immersed in the dream, I frowned, hoping to gather the few spirits together, but I still couldn't get serious, the word echoed in my mind for a long time, and it was barely understood by neurons, and a weak arc signal was fed back to me.

"What, is it that liar who claims to be from Corinth? He had been eating and drinking for so long, and finally he had something to take out...... "I stretched my waist and put Serena's arm back on top of me, carefully tucked the corners of the quilt, and fumbled for clothes.

Rollo silently withdrew, I put on my shirt, leaned over and kissed the cheek of the beautiful woman who was hunched over and sleeping like a kitten, and tiptoed to the next room to cover the door, where the maid who had been waiting for a long time to take a bath with warm water.

Nijmegen Castle's newly decorated bathroom adjoins the bedroom, with a ceramic water pipe buried in the wall for easy drainage and heating, and a large, smooth bathtub for two people to bathe.

I yawned in satisfaction, leaned out on my tiptoes to test the water, and slid in, scrubbing myself under the service of the two maids, and closing my eyes comfortably.

Those scholars who have not yet made research results all live in the special area of the castle, sharing a laboratory, the room is so dirty and messy that no one dares to go in to clean it, in fact, no one wants to go in, because the piles of bottles and cans and strange experiments are easy to mistake people for the witch's lair, I once suddenly came to the interest to study the research results of these medieval scientists, but I continued to inhale the pungent colored gas, After stepping on the bat that had peeled off the skin and flesh and blood, he finally gave up his plan to continue deeper.

Although there were many scholars who defected to Nijmegen, they did very little with it, and they only stayed in crowded rooms, tinkering with strange things according to some ancient book that was about to rot, and wasting food in vain.

After a simple breakfast, I walked reluctantly to the scholars' laboratories surrounded by everyone, and Leonardo walked slowly in front of the guide, chattering as he went:

"Constantinople and Egypt are considered to be the finest producers of glass, and they poured molten glass into molds, which they could blow in as many styles as they wanted, and they could also add silver and lead powder to the unsolidified molten glass to make metallic stained glass."

"I've been to so many places, but I've never seen such an invention, believe me, Lord Duke, this will be a landmark invention, once put into production, it will definitely be more profitable than your papyrus, Nijmegen will beat the glass industry of the Eastern Romans, monopolize all trade, just thinking about it makes me excited, I can't wait to throw away my crutches and go to the sea of commerce with the young people!"

I squinted at Leonardo, who was almost jumping up and down in excitement, and I didn't understand why the old guy was so uncalm, but it just showed that the well-informed Prime Minister who could make me personally go out, the guy who came to cheat and cheat, might have really made some earth-shattering invention.

Pushing open the door of the laboratory, I hurriedly flashed to the side to avoid the pungent gas coming out of the door, and looked at the few people who were stupidly blocked by the door and their faces were wrinkled into chrysanthemums, I smiled unkindly: "How does it feel about the scientists' unique welcome ceremony?" ”

Leonardo lightly patted the non-existent dust on his body, took half a step back calmly, and pushed his attendant to walk in front: "These scholars have some tempers, I have long been accustomed to them, have you forgotten the great Archimedes?" Focusing on math problems, he was beheaded by Roman soldiers. ”

I shrugged my shoulders and smiled helplessly, and motioned for Leonardo's attendants to go in first, and the rest of the people followed behind, nervously as if they had entered the lair of a sleeping dragon, in danger of being devoured at any moment, and as I had imagined, the scholars in the room, as always, did not notice that the noble Duke had condescended to come among them, and without even raising the eyes of the apprentices who had helped, our great mass of air drifted into the innermost corner of the room.

There was a small charcoal stove with a strong charcoal fire, and the iron pot on it was boiling with red liquid, and the boiling heat was blowing in the face, making the whole space much warmer, and the scholar we were looking for was busy left and right, his hair and eyebrows all falling out from the years of scorching, round like a ball of meat, but his eyes were shining.

"Ahem!"

Leonardo coughed twice deliberately, but was drowned out by the sound of the fire burning, and the Corinthian scholar was still busy with his work, preoccupied with his work.

I saw him put on a special thick glove, clamped the iron pot with tongs, poured the liquid inside into the mold next to the table, and then took a blowpipe, while carefully blowing, while adjusting the direction and angle of the mold, the red liquid glass gradually turned into a cylindrical shape under his blowing, and saw that the fire was just poured on a flat iron plate to fix it, aiming at the scale marked with a straight line on both sides to cut it open, the liquid that had not yet solidified at the core was still smoking hot green smoke, and he immediately used a wooden rod similar to a rolling pin tied to a lever, The molten glass is evenly compacted and flattened, and finally presents the appearance of a glass plate that is common in later generations.

Seeing this, I opened my mouth wide in surprise and understood why Leonardo was so excited, Ya actually invented a simple manual blow pipe method, a revolutionary innovation in the production process of glass, so that glass that can only make wine glasses and toys can finally enter thousands of households, and also realize my long-cherished wish, to install transparent glass on the windows of the castle!

(End of chapter)