Breton with the same water as the ......

Why does that sound so awkward to me!

But after listening to Klein's explanation, the little Duke Tang finally understood that this Breton really had something to do with Wales. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

-- The ancestors of the Bretons were the Celts who crossed the sea from Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D., and the ancestors of the Welsh were also Celts.

It is clear that the Celts were so enterprising and left their footprints throughout Western Europe, but their children and grandchildren were more and more incompetitive than one another, and could only live on a small island far away from the European mainland.

Without further ado, what Klein said was good for only one reason, and that was the salt trade.

Salt, this thing has been emphasized several times, and there is a so-called 'place for soldiers' to fight for in the war book, so salt, it is the so-called 'place for businessmen to fight'.

The conflict between the Elder Tang and Breton has a long history, and the reason is that the Elder Tang Archduke produced a large amount of cheap and low-quality salt, which had an impact on the Breton high-quality salt market with an absolute large amount (see Chapter 148 Newlife for details).

At that time, the Archduke of Tang Jr. asked the envoy of Breton to bring to the Archduke of Bretagne Conouille, and the exact words were: "Cooperate or perish." ”

Now, seven months have passed, and the Brittany messenger came at the end of the spring ploughing, and now that the autumn harvest has ended, there is no news of any reply, but Klein has been reporting: 'Breton increases salt exports', 'Breton lowers salt prices'.

It seems that the Grand Duke of Conouille has chosen the wrong path.

There's a slight problem here, though.

"Crane, why do you say that you are so opposed to taking a few counties in three or four years, and now you want to attack an entire Grand Duke, and if you succeed, you will definitely swallow it up, and you are very happy to see it?"

"Your Excellency, this is a very simple arithmetic problem, a question of cost and profit."

Hearing the question of Grand Duke Xiao Tang, Klein replied without hesitation.

"You want those counties, what's the use of them? Do they have ports? Got a city? Or is there a specialty? No, they don't have anything, and once they occupy it, we need to invest extra energy to maintain law and order, invest extra money to make ends meet, which is more than worth the loss, and it is a loss-making business, and we can't do it. ”

"But Breton is different, although it is a little remote, but it is still on the European mainland, and the degree of development is much better than those counties, of course, the most important thing is the salt of Breton."

"By swallowing Bretagany, we have both the upstream and downstream of the salt trade, and we have a monopoly in the market, and I don't think I need to explain how profitable a monopoly is. In terms of cost, this is a profitable act, and I certainly won't stop it. ”

"Crane, you're really ...... Got it. ”

Xiao Tang's face was stunned, and it took a long time before he could react, and he said such words to Klein, and when he said the last two words, he obviously endured it.

But to understand these two words well, to do things clearly, to settle accounts, and to speak clearly, this is already the best praise for a financial manager.

"You've won a prize."

When Klein heard Little Tang say this, he knew that he had persuaded him, and he gave a salute quietly, and honestly went to the side to stand.

- As for what Klein said about Scandinavia, the three of them didn't mention it very tacitly, and it was purely a joke made by Crane.

Scandinavia and other barren and cold places, there is nothing but people, except for natural warriors, even in the heyday of the Roman Empire, there is no place to conquer, the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang, a Grand Duke, is still far from the king, not to mention the emperor, the strongest emperor in the whole of Europe.

But there are unforeseen circumstances, people will not look for trouble, but trouble will take the initiative to find people, and now, the Olaf patriarch who took refuge in the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang has encountered a big problem.

That's too much money.

This is not a lie, Olaf Patriarch received a large reward from Little Tang for completing the task of the Little Tang Grand Duke for his outstanding performance, and this reward is enough for the Olaf Patriarch and his people to live a good year with peace of mind.

But here's the problem, some people are red-eyed.

The large amount of food that Patriarch Olaf brought back with the ship, and the leather clothes that could protect his people through the difficult winter, each of them were necessary things in Scandinavia, enough to save the life of a newborn and prevent him from freezing to death and starving to death in the bitter cold winter.

And in Scandinavia, there is nothing more important than the life of a newborn.

Because the newborn represents hope, represents the future, and represents the possibility of the continuation of the race, like the Olaf patriarch who just took over the patriarch from the ruined tribe, he led the tribe to risk his life to attack and kill the giant bear every day, just to be able to exchange for valuable medicine from the merchants, so that the newborns in the tribe can grow up healthily.

"Patriarch, what do we do now?!"

In September, Scandinavia was already snowing, and the cold wind was blowing everyone's faces, and in such an environment, a man who was still **** on his upper body, covered in muscle bumps, and stood up more like a bear than a bear, asked the Olaf patriarch who was calm and didn't seem to be in the middle of the war.

This man is the deputy of the Olaf patriarch, named Arthur, the captain of his personal guard, if the Olaf patriarch is wisdom, then this person is force, the two of them are literate and martial, protecting the peace of the tribe.

"Is there any other way to let the clansmen hold on first, and send a letter of help to the Grand Duke of Donchester?"

"I've already let a few of the most water-savvy clansmen go, but the patriarch, what kind of grand duke, will he really come?"

Arthur asked suspiciously, across a distance of hundreds of nautical miles, would that Grand Duke of Rausch really come all the way here for the sake of a barbarian tribe?

"He's coming, I'm sure he's coming."

In the face of Arthur's question, Patriarch Olaf just used this sentence to gag his mouth. Arthur has been with Olaf Patriarch for so many years since he was a child, and he has never seen Olaf Patriarch believe in a person like this.

"Arthur, if he does come this time, I will decide to move the whole tribe to Ireland, what do you think?"

"All moving to Ireland ......"

Arthur muttered to himself, not out of anger, but out of confusion, the kind of confusion that had been achieved for many years.

"Yes, although Scandinavia is our homeland, it is not where we dream of, and our ancestors, as long as there is hope, are not they all looking forward to migrating?"

What Patriarch Olaf said is the truth, every Viking worships and hates the Scandinavian blizzard, and the source of the Vikings' conquest across the sea, in addition to the desire for land, also has the reason for escaping the Scandinavian blizzard.

"If, if this Grand Duke of Rausch really comes and can bring his people to peace, then even if I, Arthur, sell this life to him, I will not be reluctant."

Arthur thought for a while, gritted his teeth and replied, Arthur, like Olaf Patriarch, is watching the young people in the tribe grow up day by day, and gradually become towering pillars that can support the entire tribe, as long as he can save the lives of these tribesmen, then he Arthur, there is nothing to be reluctant to! Even if you can't enter Valhalla after death, you can only be a lonely ghost, wandering the land of Scandinavia, suffering from a blizzard every day!

"Then let's wait."

As he spoke, Patriarch Olaf closed his eyes and did not want to speak any more.

"The magic weapon I brought back from Munster is enough for the clansmen to fight against three, and there is no problem in supporting the situation in front of them, and the rest will be left to the great Odin to decide."

Ps: Arthur, meaning of follower of Thor.

Ps2: Drink the fragment...... Look at the monster went. Send two chapters first, and the rest of the morning will be sent again.