Section 10, Herman. Billund
Arold lent his Teutonic knights to Prince Otto and asked them to deliver the gifts to the Duchy of Bavaria and the Duchy of France, and the Teutonic knights did not dare to slack off, and immediately mounted their horses and followed the convoy escorting them to the two duchies, carrying the flag of the King of Saxony and the knights representing the Duchy of Mecklenburg, and wearing smocks that were characteristic of the Teutonic Knights. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Look, that's the knight of the Duke of Mecklenburg." When the Teutonic knights left Quedlinburg, both the nobles and commoners of Saxony went out to watch, and such a brightly armored and mighty knight was indeed a beautiful sight.
"I didn't expect the Duke of Mecklenburg to have such a fine knight under him." Prince Otto and a young saxophone nobleman also saw the traveling Teutonic knights from the castle tower, and their pure white robes and black crosses were really conspicuous.
"The Duke of Mecklenburg came from a family of knights, and was originally brave and good at war, and their family soldiers fought from Mason to the territory of the West Slavs, and later destroyed the Count of Lauzitz, relying on this army trained by Arrod." Prince Otto said enviously.
"Fortunately, the Duke of Mecklenburg is a friend of Your Highness, and having Mecklenburg as a barrier against the invasion of the Slavs in the east can also relieve you of a lot of pressure after becoming king." The Saxon nobleman said to Prince Otto.
"The Duke of Mecklenburg is very capable, and I admire him very much as a friend, but ~~." Prince Otto withdrew his gaze from the backs of the Teutonic knights, and he said to the Saxon nobleman.
"But?" The Saxon nobleman looked at Prince Otto in confusion.
"But as a king, I have too many things that need an elite army to complete, there are people such as Donkmar who are not satisfied with my accession, and the threat of the Magyars from outside is not over." Prince Otto said to his friend.
"Donkmar is just a friend of some nobles, and their strength will not work against you, and as for the Magyars, it has been a long time since His Majesty built many castles on the border." The Saxon nobleman seemed to be well aware of the political situation, and he tightened the leather bracers on his wrists with his hands.
"Well, but it's not enough to wait for someone to attack, we must find a way to defeat the Magyars, and drive out the ugly horse-riding people once and for all." Prince Otto's eyes lit up as he clenched his fists and said to his friend.
"It is very difficult to defeat them, you must know that even your father, His Majesty the King can only limit and not completely eradicate this scourge, and I have heard that some priests believe that the Magyars are a scourge from God, and cannot be solved by human strength." The young saxophone nobleman frowned, his pretty blonde hair swaying with his head.
"But Arold did it, and he beat the Bohemians." Prince Otto's voice was somewhat raised, the Bohemians had similar living habits to the Magyars, and the way of fighting was mainly on horseback, and in Prince Otto's opinion, Arold must have a way to deal with the nomads.
"Your Royal Highness, you mean to let me get acquainted with the Duke?" The Saxon nobleman asked.
"He was a student of the Duke of Mecklenburg." Prince Otto smiled and said to the Saxon nobleman.
"Become a student of the Duke of Mecklenburg? But will they give me access to core secrets? The Saxon nobleman frowned and asked Prince Otto.
"Dear Herman. Lord Billund, you are the most intelligent and capable Saxon nobleman I have ever met, and I am sure that you will have a way of gaining the trust of the Duke of Mecklenburg, just as I trust you. Prince Otto put his hand on Herman. Billund said to him on his shoulder.
"Of course, it is me Herman who can serve you, Your Royal Highness. Billund's honor. "Herman. Billon hurriedly stepped back and knelt down on one knee to express himself to Prince Otto.
At this time, Arold was enjoying family fun with his son William Jr., and Arold transformed a handkerchief into various small animals, and used this little animal to tease his son, causing Little William to giggle, which reminded Arold of his sister Lina again, so he sat down in a wooden chair and turned to the side towards Josie, who was sitting under the window embroidering with the waitress.
"My wife, do you see Lena? Why didn't I see her. Arold asked.
"Uh~~." Josie's expression was stunned, she opened her mouth and didn't know where to start, when a maid stood up and said to Arrod.
"Lord Duke, Miss Lena and her adoptive parents have been visiting the town below the castle lately, and have not returned." The maid hung her head and said to Arrod.
"Playing around town?" Arrod's brow furrowed, and he immediately stood up.
"Immediately order Ted to bring the soldiers and get her back." Arold shouted loudly, which startled everyone in the room, as Arold's face turned pale.
"Arold." Princess Josie stood up in fright, and the maids beside her also trembled, bowing their heads and not daring to speak.
"Wow, wow~~." Little William was startled by Arrod's sudden loudness, pursed his lips and began to cry, and Princess Josie had to hug her son.
The towns under Quedlinburg were prosperous and were the larger towns in the Duchy of Saxony, with Viking merchants from the north with iron and agate, Venetian merchants from the south with glass, silver, textiles and sculptures, West Frankish merchants with fine horses, and even Eastern Roman merchants with swords and silk.
"Hey, come and see, the treasure from the king's court." In the bustling town market, a balding old man was waving his hands vigorously, and beside him lay a wooden table covered with a flannel cloth, which was shiny with brown paint, and a square thing could be seen under the flannel.
"What is this?" The old man's shouting gradually attracted the attention of the people in the bazaar, who were all curious onlookers, and the people standing behind craned their necks.
"Here are the treasures of His Majesty's court." The bald old man saw that the people had almost gathered, and said to everyone mysteriously.
"The king?" A merchant asked curiously, there are hundreds of kingdoms on the continent of Europa at this time, and there are also many kings, and even some nobles whose territories are not as big as the Duke of Bavaria can call themselves kings behind closed doors.
"His Majesty the King of East Francia, who lives in Quedlinburg, of course." The bald old man said triumphantly.
"What?" After listening to him, everyone was surprised and couldn't help but turn their eyes to Quedlinburg.
"You're lying, how could something in the king's court come out?" There were also local nobles in the crowd, and they immediately said angrily.
"We never lie, I swear in my mother's name." At this time, a fat old woman stood up, she stood behind the bald old man, and said with foaming at the mouth.
"Hmph, I'm going to take you two liars and send them to the sheriff, and I'm going to pull out your tongues." The nobles of Saxony, who were very hot-tempered, immediately stepped forward with their swords on their waists, ready to catch these two nonsense liars, who had the audacity to openly deceive under Quedlinburg, which had already angered them.
"Oh, daughter, come out and save us, we are a real treasure." The bald old man and the fat old woman hugged each other in fright, and shrank behind them, when the curtain was lifted, and out of it came a young girl dressed in orange dress, with beautiful blue eyes, long golden hair braided into fine braids, and many precious stones inlaid with her belt.
"What's going on? Yawn, I slept well in it. The girl stretched, and her slender figure made everyone's eyes light up.
"Daughter, these people are going to arrest us." When the bald old man and the old woman saw the girl, they hurriedly ran to her side and said.
"Why did you arrest you?" The girl frowned slightly, she blinked her big eyes with long eyelashes, and asked in confusion.
"They say we're liars." The old woman sniffled, grabbed the girl's clothes and said.
"Do you think they're liars?" The girl looked up at the saxon nobles in a daze and asked them.
"Uh, hmph, of course they are liars, how can the things of the king's court end up in their hands." The Saxon nobleman was momentarily attracted by the girl's innocent and beautiful face, but he reacted and said.
"You didn't even look at things, and you said it was fake, which is too arbitrary!" The girl put her slender fingers on the velvet table and said to the Saxon nobles.
"Do you still need to see this? You charlatans, you charlatans, you don't know whether you live or die, you can cheat people elsewhere, and you even cheat in Quedlinburg, don't you know that the king's court is here? The Saxon nobleman puffed up his chest and said as a matter of course.
"Oh, that means that as long as the stuff down here is true, you have no reason to say that we are liars!" The girl said with a smile.
"Okay, you open it and we're going to see what's down here?" The Saxon aristocracy said unbelievingly.
"In the name of the Virgin Mary, we swear that this is truly a treasure." The bald old man and the old woman also stood up at this time and swore solemnly.
"Open, open and let's see." The people around were also intrigued, and they also wanted to see what kind of treasure was under this cloth.
"Okay, I'm open." The girl glanced at the crowd and pinched the woolen tablecloth with two slender fingers, revealing a shiny oak box underneath.