Chapter 50: Miscellaneous Matters
While Henry was shaking all the nobles present with the news of the Crusade, Calvin was rushing to the manor on the outskirts of Memleben with a group of men in black. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
According to Ryding's information, this manor house contains a ledger of transactions between the Orton family and the Bavarian Leopoldin family, which records in detail how many resources the Bavarian Duke Arnulf gave to the Orton family for the support of this divine decision. You must know that the Orton family relied on this divine judgment to get a lot of things from many people who saw the Klose family unhappy, and Richard took the blame for many people who participated in the assassination of Carolan behind the scenes, and these people more or less compensated Richard after the Orton family blocked all the participation in the divine judgment. But Richard doesn't know why, in addition to taking out part of it to enrich his strength, he hid other wealth that is not easy to get rid of quickly, and only his son knows about it except for himself.
Hardly anyone knew that Richard had a secret chassis of his own so close to the Klose manor, and if it weren't for Redding's elite team of assassins and a little luck, he wouldn't have been able to find out that such a fortune was being hoarded in the cellars beneath the manor.
Theoretically, this wealth already belongs to the Klose family, the victor of the divine judgment, but only theoretically. Since the Klose family did not know about this wealth, then Reding would not be polite to Herman. As soon as Calvin escaped, Leding's men found Calvin and rushed to the manor with him.
"You mean to say that this manor belongs to Richard's mistress? This mistress is also the daughter of a nobleman in the Kingdom of West Francia?? "Calvin had just experienced such a dangerous thing, and Calvin actually had the heart to ride a horse while chatting with the assassins who showed him the way.
"Yes, but it is said that the mistress has long since returned to the kingdom of West Francia, and the manor has always been run by a merchant who keeps bees. As you know, the apiary has always been protected by the Kingdom. Therefore, few people know the details here, and at that time, in order to find out the situation in this manor, our brothers sacrificed several times. "The assassin who spoke to Calvin was actually a woman, but it was a woman, at least from Calvin's point of view, there was basically no appearance of a woman except for her voice.
In order to strengthen their combat effectiveness, medieval warriors will consciously increase their weight and waist thickness to ensure their arm strength and the stability of the lower plate, so the children of medieval beauty warriors can wash and sleep, and the beauties with a high combat level are nine times out of ten are aunts, as for the rest of the one called Elise.
"Well, it's so close to Klose's house." Calvin sighed when he passed by the vicinity of Klose's house, no wonder why Arthur was able to keep up with Carolan who ran away to the forest so quickly, everything can be figured out from here, it seems that Ledeen may not be correct when he says that no one knows about this manor, at least Herman should know some, otherwise he would not be so decisive to duel with the Orton family, after all, there are a lot of big fish behind that matter. If Herman was simply looking for someone to operate, he would definitely not look for Orton, at least the Goethe family next to Caroline's Iris Manor would be more suitable for Herman.
If Herman had duel with the Goethes, he would not only have a good chance of deterring other ill-intentioned guys, but would also logically expand Carolan's territory to a sufficient extent to give the Klose family a strong enough territory near Memleben. And the strength of the Goethe family is not as good as Orton, but it is not weak, at least it will not be as big a price as fighting the Orton family.
"Let's go! Let those little cuties of Redding hurry up, and we will quickly solve the problem, take away the wealth that can be taken, and burn the rest. After a period of hurrying, Calvin and his party finally arrived at their destination, looking at this low-key and hidden manor, Calvin frowned, and then gave orders. According to Leding's habits, there must have been people from Reading in this manor for a long time, so Calvin said so.
"Okay, sir, please wait." As Calvin had expected, the female assassin took out five rattling arrows and shot them in the order of three and then two, and after a while, there was some noise from the manor, and then the door of the manor was opened from the inside.
"Hmph. Ledeen's habits are disgusting. Do it. With that, Calvin rushed into the manor first. Ledeen was short of money, and it was not easy to support an organization, and of course, Calvin was also very short.
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When Calvin ransacked the secret manor, everyone in the Klose family except Herman set out on their way back to the manor. As for Herman? Oh, Henry said there was something to look for him, and then he was kept. Yes, this crusade organized by Henry was the first expedition in the history of the East Frankish kingdom to be organized independently by the royal family. In the past, the pattern of warfare in East Francia was that the king first gathered the tribal dukes, then calculated how many troops they could support, and then waited for them to arrive with the army, and finally went out on the expedition. Dragged steps, nobles with their own thoughts, it is no wonder that the East Frankish kingdom has been hoisted and beaten by the Magyars for so many years.
This time it was different, Henry the Bird Catcher was directly using the royal standing army as the main force of the campaign. Then tell all the nobles the news of their expedition, and let them decide for themselves whether to send troops to support. This made it very uncomfortable for all the tribal nobles, who found that now that the royal family no longer needed to rely on them militarily, could their privileges still be guaranteed?
So after Henry announced the Eastern Crusade, all the tribal nobles fell out and pestered Henry to ask for an explanation. In this case, Herman, as the commander of the royal standing army, naturally could not walk away without permission. Under the influence of the big bomb of the Crusades, everyone present did not pay attention to the second news announced by Henry, that is, due to the long-term vacancy of the Duke of Swabia, Henry appointed Conrad I of the Conrad family as the new Duke of Swabia.
Caroline's eyes narrowed when she heard that Conrad I. He knew this man in later generations, a die-hard loyalist of the royal party, and a cavalry general second to none. After Otto ascended the throne, he led the Swabian warriors to fight to the death in key battles many times, and died for Otto's prestige.
But it's too early to think about this, the current Conrad I is still a little young, not a few years older than Carolan. Conrad accepted Henry the Birdkeeper's edict with a serious face, and then swore an oath in his family name to swear allegiance to Henry and Otto the Birdfisher.
Another legendary family, Carolan followed Hermann and Rudolph to congratulate the young duke; The Conrad family has a long history, having been married to the Merovingians, so according to some of the most secret legends, their family is supposed to have the blood of the Messiah. It was evident that Conrad had great respect for Herman, and it was clear from their words that he had served under Herman.
After Herman and Henry returned to the royal palace in Memleben, Rudolph and Canossa said a word and went to integrate the forces of the Klose family, which was his responsibility as the eldest son.
Poor Carolan and Canossa must rush back to the manor to prepare for tonight's feast, in addition to celebrating the achievements of these warriors who fought for the Klose family, they also have to personally pick up Hugo Capet, who has come from afar. After all, everyone is a relative, Hugo has come to Memleben, if the Klose family doesn't even eat a meal together, can they happily be relatives with the Salian family.
Hugo's reason for coming to the East Frankish Kingdom this time was simple, that is, he wanted to get enough resources from Henry the Bird Catcher to help him resist the great nobles of the West Frankish Kingdom, as well as the last king of the Carolingian dynasty.
However, Henry the Birdcatcher hesitated, because West Francia was too far away for Henry the Birdcatcher, and his interior was too chaotic. For the throne of such a distant kingdom, the amount of resources invested is something he needs to think about.
However, the current Capet family can't wait too long, because since the strong Robert, the Capet family has become the target of the West Frankish Kingdom because of its own strength, whether it is the Vikings in Normandy, or the Fuller of Anjou, or several great nobles in Aquitaine, they have not hesitated to show their malice to the Capets. Now because of the news from the Anglo-Saxon dynasty in England overseas, the whole of West Francia has become a powder keg, and the most tragic war may break out at any time because of a little spark, Hugo Capet actually wants to get a promise from the East Francian kingdom this time, that is, if the war breaks out, they need the military support of the East Francian kingdom, and in return, they are willing to give up the entire Lorraine region.
This kind of thing is not something that Carolan or Hermann can interfere with, and now all the energy of East Francia is focused on the south and east, so Henry the bird catcher must not be willing to make this promise, so Hugo Capet's arrival in Memleben did not go very well.