Little Henry once again accompanied Henry I to the port of London, but compared with the previous times, the purpose of this time was completely different, because they came to surrender to the Song army, and the Song army gave them a ten-day deadline before, and also sent a large army on a large ship outside the port, making a pair of preparations ready to attack at any time, which made Henry I angry and frightened, plus England was not monolithic, many of his sons and nephews persuaded him to surrender, and even secretly contacted the Song army, In the end, Henry I couldn't do without surrendering.

The Song army had already received the news that England was preparing to surrender, at this time a battleship had approached the port, and then sent a small boat to the shore, so that Henry I and his people could take a small boat to the battleship, at this time Henry I was completely ready to surrender, and he was not worried that the Great Song would be unfavorable to him, after all, he was the king of England, and if he was killed at this time, I was afraid that the whole of England would be in chaos, and it would not be of any benefit to the Song army, so he believed that the other party would not do stupid things.

Little Henry also followed Henry I on the ship, but when he boarded the bow of the ship, he saw a familiar face standing at the bow of the ship, looking at it with a smile, which made him stunned for a moment, and then said with a complicated face: "I didn't expect it to be you, Gruth!" ”

Standing on the bow of the ship was Gruss, he used to be Henry IV's side, and he was naturally very familiar with little Henry, and he followed Hu Yanqing to fight with little Henry a few times before, and even almost caught little Henry with his own hands once, so now when little Henry saw each other, his heart was naturally mixed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King, Greetings to the two of you!" Gruth behaved very normally, and immediately gave an imperial knightly salute to Henry Jr. and Henry I, after all, in terms of title, he was far inferior to the two in front of him. Of course, he had now come to accept the other party's surrender as the victor, so his politeness made little Henry feel a little embarrassed by both.

The rest was simple, Henry I surrendered on behalf of the Kingdom of England, and Henry the Younger was escorted back as a prisoner of war in the Holy Roman Empire, and then the English army laid down its arms, and the Imperial army on board quickly landed. Then began to gradually take over the Kingdom of England.

After Henry Jr. became a prisoner of war, he was immediately escorted back to the Holy Roman Empire by Gruss on a battleship, and then personally escorted him to Rome. There is also a touching episode during this period, that is, little Henry's wife Matilda, that is, the daughter of Henry I, has to be with her husband no matter what, and Henry I also dotes on this daughter very much, so when he surrendered, he made a request to pardon his daughter's innocence. Da Song also agreed, but Matilda had a deep affection for little Henry, no matter where little Henry went, she would never give up, even if little Henry drove her away, she was unwilling to leave, and in the end, little Henry was both moved and uncomfortable, so he could only let his wife accompany him.

Because little Henry's identity is special. And his stay in Europe is a threat to Agnes, and Grus is naturally very aware of this. Therefore, after he reported to Hu Yanqing, he immediately led a team of 2,000 knights to escort little Henry to Rome, hoping to send him to the Great Song Dynasty and Condra as a companion as soon as possible, so he was also in a hurry along the way.

Little Henry had already lost all the chips in his hand, and by this time he had completely resigned himself to his fate, and took the opportunity to chat with Gruth. He also knew that Agnes would not execute him, but only exiled him, of course, Gruth did not tell him that the place of exile was in the Great Song Dynasty, but little Henry didn't care where he went, so he was very relaxed now. There is even leisure to look at the scenery along the way.

If they want to rush back to Rome from England, almost across the entire Holy Roman Empire, they could have gone back by boat, but because they had just occupied LinkedIn Gran, and this island country needed warships to speed up the occupation, so little Henry was sent away by Gruse from land, which was good news for little Henry, of course, he didn't want to escape or anything, but wanted to see with his own eyes whether the Holy Roman Empire under the rule of Agnes had changed from when he was at the beginning?

When he first left the English Channel, little Henry saw that the Holy Roman Empire had not changed much from before, after all, it had just been beaten down by the Song army, and even the battlefield had not been cleaned up, and occasionally dead bodies could be seen from the side of the road, but there were some different changes, such as because there was no need to fight anymore, so many of the original patchwork armies were disbanded, these people were all young and strong men, and they could lead their families to open up wasteland and farm land after returning home, So along the way, little Henry saw many farmers working hard.

However, as he got closer to Rome, Henry Jr. began to notice some different changes, the biggest of which was the change in the local administrative structure, in the past, the Holy Roman Empire had divided the land to all levels of nobility to manage, all land was the private property of the nobility, and those farmers and the like were simply slaves of the nobility.

But now it is different, because the Great Song Dynasty actually divided the land into some areas of similar size, and called them counties, and each county set up officials to manage this area, and the officials in the county are not hereditary like the nobles, but have to accept the jurisdiction of the empire, of course, it is very easy for the empire to appoint and dismiss them, which is not as troublesome as the original empire wants to abolish the title of a nobleman, and the officials in the county only have administrative power, and no military power, which also avoids the possibility of officials supporting their own troops, Unlike the original aristocrats, after they became strong, they didn't listen to the orders of their superiors at all.

The establishment of counties is only one aspect, in addition, there are various changes in the empire, such as allowing ordinary people to own land, in addition to taxes and other aspects are also greatly adjusted, it is said that these changes are learning from the distant Great Song Dynasty, and even many officials of the empire are simply Song people, they are experienced and have nothing to do with the local nobles, so they don't have to pay attention to the interests of those nobles when enforcing the law, lest anyone who obstructs their law enforcement will be severely punished, This also caused many nobles to lose their titles for breaking the law, and even went to prison for it.

For Zhao Jia's series of transformations to the empire, little Henry can not say whether he is happy or worried, first, he knows that these changes in the empire are gradually getting rid of some of the original drawbacks, making the empire's rule more stable, but at the same time, he also knows that the empire is becoming more and more like the Great Song Dynasty, maybe in a few decades, it will completely become the second Great Song Dynasty, and then the Holy Roman Empire will still be the original Holy Roman Empire? (To be continued.) )