Chapter XXV: King Puren's Strategic Plan for Population.1

The next day just after dawn, the morning sun shone on the sturdy armor of the cavalry, and the Pulen cavalry rode their horses, carried the banner of the Glory Rose, and galloped on the green prairie with their heads held high.

Most of the treasures hidden in the thieves' secret chambers had been sealed in chests, and then handed over to the follow-up Ni and his subordinates to be transported back to the city overnight. After all, it is not a very safe place, and Han Tianxiang has always done things simply and neatly, and when he left, he did not forget that a fire burned the entire walled city.

Even 100 meters away, you can still clearly see the cottage halfway up the mountain with fire and smoke rising into the sky.

After destroying the walled city of the bandits, no one will know what has happened here, and no one will be interested in what has happened here, nor will anyone know what kind of benefits the city of Pleon has received from here.

To put it simply, it is to destroy all the evidence and quietly hide the treasures of the royal city of Pulun together with those treasures.

After several hours of travel, from morning to noon, the cavalry of King Pullen finally arrived in Yorkshire, and they drove straight towards York.

Tianxiang led his men through a small wooden house, or a slum, before coming down to the city gate.

"Stop!" An English soldier in a red leather robe and leather armor walked to the gate of the city and crossed his spear with another soldier in front of Tianxiang.

The British soldier, with a high nose, blue eyes, and short greasy blond hair, looked at Tianxiang with a slightly surprised gaze. Especially the ten tall "knights" standing behind him wearing uniform armor and riding war horses, in this era, people who would wander around with such uniform equipment and family flags are only capable of certain members of large families.

"Where are you from?!" The British soldier asked aloud. It has not been long since the end of the last war, and although the Scots have reached a peace agreement with the British, neither the English nor the Scots will believe that they will be bound by a broken piece of paper, especially when the hatred for each other is so strong that it is either you or I die.

Although the British soldier shouted at Tianxiang, his tone was extremely cautious. He didn't shout at people like he used to: "Hey! You idiot is blind, don't you see that Lao Tzu is under martial law here! If you want to enter, take out the entrance and exit fee of 1 silver coin! ”

Perhaps, it was because the sight of the heavily armed knights behind Tianxiang and the fact that they had quietly pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords gave the soldier a lot of pressure. No idiot would want to offend a knight, let alone face an angry knight's iron cavalry charge, which would be disastrous! No one dares to joke with horseshoes with their lives!

"We come from remote territory in the west of England, and those behind us are my family knights. I'm here to buy some food and seeds, because the people of our territory are starving to death, and I can't just watch my people die. Tianxiang said on the war horse.

"Ah, that damn war again!" The British soldier snorted in disgust and spat on the ground. "Damn the Scots, if it weren't for them we wouldn't have suffered such a great sin! For God's sake, please bring in the general, there are very few nobles like you who are willing to pay for the food of the untouchables. ”

"Thank you." Han Tianxiang thanked him very politely. His calm and elegant conversation, coupled with his expressionless appearance, easily gave people a faint sense of arrogance, and this feeling was obviously the momentum of nobility in the eyes of the English soldiers.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry, sir. It is forbidden to carry weapons in the city, so please leave your weapons and then hand over one silver coin per person to enter the city. The British soldier was about to open the barricade, but suddenly remembered that there were still rules for entering the city, and the young nobleman had not been informed, so he turned and spoke.

Hand over your weapons? Han Tianxiang frowned.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Tianxiang asked with a frown.

"I'm sorry, my lord, but this is the Duke of York's orders, and everyone is to obey them. This is not for certain people, but to prevent the Scots from sneaking into the city and causing trouble. Of course, if you plan to buy some weapons in the city, you can do it, but you have to pay a certain amount of money and our soldiers will have to escort you out of the city. The British soldier was very skillfully introduced.

"Isn't the war over yet?" Tianxiang looked around at the bustling and busy situation of caravans coming and going, not at all like during the war.

The English soldier shrugged his shoulders, carried his spear and said with a helpless expression: "If you think that the Scots are beasts that can communicate with words, then honestly, then we don't have to work so hard to guard the city gates here." “

"Besides, we never seem to have seen the banner of my lordship, can I ask you to report your noble name? We can record your flag style here, and you can pay directly into the city next time. After all, the city of York now belongs to us English, and as the nobility of England has privileges in this city. ”

"Oh? What privileges? Tianxiang asked with interest.

"It's not a very good right, it's just that you can have priority when you enter the city, and you can distribute some loot in advance in times of war, of course, depending on the number of soldiers led by the adult. In addition, there are some merchants in this city who must give a certain discount to the English nobility, otherwise these greedy goods will be expelled from all! ”

"I see, is it the preferential treatment of the winner's side?"

Tianxiang said.

"It's just a little bit of interest in exchange for the enemy's flesh and blood." The soldier said with a strange smile on his face.

Tianxiang nodded, then waved his hand at the cavalry behind him.

Despite their reluctance, the cavalrymen surrendered their weapons. When handing it over to the soldiers, the Pleon cavalry did not forget to glare at them fiercely, as if to warn them to be careful! If you ruin your life, it's over!

"Here you go."

At this moment, suddenly a golden thing was thrown out of Tianxiang's hand.

The British soldier was slightly stunned, and he subconsciously reached out to take the gold coin as it fell from mid-air. When he got it, he looked at the gold coin in his hand in a daze, and then raised his head to look at Tianxiang.

"Thank you, warriors of England. In the name of William the Holy Conqueror, take this coin and invite your companions to be happy. Remember, my name is Draco. D. Char, the banner behind us is the symbol of our family - the Rose of Glory! Keep it in my heart. ”

Tianxiang choked slightly, and the soldier immediately ordered his subordinates to remove the barricade and respectfully escorted Tianxiang into Yorkshire with the ten cavalry behind him.

After entering the city, Tianxiang and the others found a place to place the horses, and then ran straight to the most prosperous business district in the city.

At this time, Tianxiang carried a total of about 200 silver coins and more than 100 gold coins in his arms. Based on the purchasing power of the current 11th century, his money was enough to buy twenty-five carts of grain, enough for more than 2,000 people to eat for three months.

After the Norman conquest in 1066, York was retaliated by the "northern demons" in 1069 and caused great damage. William I of England, William the Conqueror, launched a series of retaliatory campaigns against local uprisings. A castle was built on each of the banks of the Uss River. By this time, York was gradually becoming an important city and the administrative center of Yorkshire.

For more than two decades, from 1066 to 1085, York was controlled by the English for most of the time, and over time it became a thriving trading city.

After coming to the business block, Tianxiang suddenly found that this place is much better than he imagined, although the street is not very clean and fast, but it is also a stone paved road, on both sides of the road are lined with various stalls, many hawkers are also shouting loudly in front of their respective doors to attract people's attention.

Most of these people were English, and only a few were traders from other nationalities. Among them, the Scottish traders are the most scarce, and the traffic of nearly 600 people in the whole market is only three Scottish traders, and it seems that the English are not a little wary and hostile to the Scots.

Bypassing the lush trading block, Tianxiang and the others came to the door of a huge warehouse. It is an agricultural gathering place for thirteen towns and villages throughout Yorkshire, where large quantities of grain are collected and traded. Of course, most of it is reserved for food reserves, and only occasionally sold to the outside world in exchange for some of the funds needed to reorganize the army.

This year and last year, the people of Scots have suffered from natural disasters in successive years, and there is almost no harvest. In contrast, the English were exploited by the aristocracy, but at least they were able to withstand it. Because, in recent years, the harvest in the northern part of the British Isles has always been superior to that in the south, for example, this year and last year, although the Scots have suffered from natural disasters for more than two consecutive years**, but the English have received a lot of grain and reserves year after year.

This year, however, England has once again experienced a good harvest season, and Yorkshire's grain warehouses are almost overstocked. As a result, some nobles opened the granary one after another, took out some of the excess grain that would be spoiled if the warehouse was pressed again, and then used the money obtained from the sale to purchase military power, of course, in the process, they would not forget to be extravagant in the middle.

There are many vendors selling grain and grain around this granary, but most of them have backstage backgrounds, and most of them are famous families in England. Because of York's special trading environment, these nobles smelled money in it, so although there was a tax attached to the sale of certain goods here, most of the nobles were willing to come here to sell.

Because the Irish and Welsh had little access to the interior of England except York, and especially the Scottish, it was not uncommon to meet Scottish nobles who bought grain here whenever there was a famine.

In addition, the price of grain sold by the English to the Scots at that time was generally more than five times more expensive......

Although it was the first time to arrive, Han Tianxiang and the others were quickly welcomed by the vendors. Especially when Han Tianxiang took out the golden gold coins, the eyes of those vendors were almost glowing green. However, due to the great threat of the Pleen cavalry, they did not pounce immediately.