029 Duchy of Kent

Since there was no concept of a state in his homeland, Ivan took the Romance language and his own vowels to create a new script that was easy to understand, and was hailed as a prophet, and Ivan used this prestige to unite many tribes to form an alliance.

When he returned, he also brought with him some hardy plant seeds, which were sprinkled on the coastal plains where the temperature was warmer, and some vegetables and plants were cultivated, so that the Danes at that time could no longer only eat fish, eat fish, and eat fish and other wild animals. Improve the extreme imbalance of nutrition.

Later, Ivan recorded the knowledge he had memorized in his mind on animal skins and taught it to the tribes.

He was only thirty-nine years old when he died, and was hailed by the heartbroken Danes as the greatest hero of the human race since the opening of the Lord God Odin, and also gave him the title of the god of wisdom, and sacrificed to every household.

In the fifth year after Ivan's death, relying on the seafaring skills he had learned, such as watching the astrolabe, the people succeeded in discovering many small islands that were uninhabited and had a more pleasant climate, and began to settle abroad.

Students who learned the lingua franca taught by Ivan (then Roman) were sent abroad as translators.

Due to the protection of force, the caravan sent this time was courteous, and the hides of white bears, snow wolves, ice leopards and other animals they brought were very welcome, and they were exchanged for metal, jewelry, wheat and other items.

The good things of the foreign country began to spread to the Russian continent again, gold and silver began to become the mainstream as coins, and the clothing worn, in addition to animal skins, also added wool and silk fabrics.

Delicious wine, let them abandon the local wine as bad as urine,

The two peninsulas of the continent, the Navia Peninsula and the Scannes Peninsula, were transformed from tribal alliances to kingdoms in the fourth and fifth years of the new calendar.

One is "that", one is "Wei", the two countries in the twenty-eighth year of the new calendar, and dissolved into one, named "Nawei", the kingdom of Nawei is dominated by nine powerful tribes, including the Semitic tribe, and the Semitic tribe is the king, but any major event, it must be discussed by nine ministries to be official.

When there are too many people, the heart is mixed.

In the ninety-second year of the new calendar, a civil war broke out between the nine tribes, and the tribe of Shem was defeated and divided into two tribes, one remained in their homeland, and the other fled to the present-day Norman province, where they married and assimilated with the local inhabitants, and established a new state.

After the establishment of the First Dynasty of Gaul, the Normans were also incorporated into it, and because of the territory that was not "from time immemorial" in the traditional sense, the Phalans were extremely prejudiced against these peoples with unusually fair skin, more golden hair, green eyes, no haircuts, many long braids, a penchant for drinking, fighting, and a bull's horn on their heads during war.

The First Dynasty's governance of the Normans was much stricter than that of other provinces, and if the counts of other provinces paid a hundred gold coins as taxes a year, the local counts of Norman would have to be twice as much.

This made the local Norman nobility, often rebel, on the map of the country, divided and merged, and it was not until the Second Dynasty that the situation improved, but the northerner name has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Rude, dirty, you're not much different from a northern barbarian. In Gaul, if this was said by a non-Norman lord, it would be a very broad irony that included the Norman provinces, the Russian continent, and Britain.

The Sun King Patton, who was very kind to the Norman provinces, did not forbid them to use the dialects of their ancestors and the folk customs passed down from the previous monarchs, and he also toured the local area many times, and even played with others in front of the local nobles, dancing the local traditional dance, which made the Norman lords and nobles very fond of Patton.

After Patton retreated to Norman, his ambition was not extinguished, and he relied on popular popularity to integrate a noble force loyal to him, and also gave his youngest son, Harold, the basis for his rule.

Patton's last words before his death were to "lead the troops back to the royal capital".

His father's will, Harold always remembered that when he became the Norman Grand Duke, he always wanted to regain the throne, but Adri's security against him like a thief, over the years, he was about to give up hope, but inadvertently, he found O'Brie who was in the Norman province, so he had this plan, but he didn't expect to make such a big move, he really regretted not at the beginning.

Norman Province - Grand Duke's Residence.

"Waste Aubrey, a hundred deaths are not enough to settle his faults!" The fire burned fiercely, but it couldn't bring down the coldness on Harold's face.

The day after Randall was rescued, he sent three hundred men to the province of Prixing, where the seventeen nobles were all killed by the fiery wolf, and the account was to be counted on him and Aubrey, and to involve the south.

When the leading general knew about it, he did not dare to take over, retreated to his son-in-law's territory, and immediately reported back, Harold received the news and gave the order to withdraw the army quickly, but less than a week, the news came that the fire wolf was executed, and Lord Pennipo also used prisoners to testify against himself. And Aubrey was taken by the local nobles of the province of Pulie, and sent to the royal capital to wait for the fall, and now the province of Pulie is in chaos.

"How many people can play?" Harold said to the left and right.

"Back to the Grand Duke, there are about 11,000 people with equipment, and if even the peasants participate in the war, they will not be issued armor, but only some simple equipment, and they can increase the number of troops by 7,000. ”

"So little?How can you be sure of victory against the Upper Southern?, but the Adolf family has few people and has injured the only heir, it is difficult to get out this time, I plan to issue a conscription order and collect food in advance to prepare for a big war.

"Your Highness rest assured, between the north and the south, the long road, the first to do it, the burden is too great, we just need to deal with it calmly, plus the winter, the north is cold, the southern army must not be able to stand it, maybe we can easily win, in terms of physique, the Normans are not comparable to the southerners, hold for a few months, in the snow season, the sky is full of frost, can make them freeze and scold their mothers. ”

"Can't be too optimistic. Harold shook his head, "And the royal family, I guess the royal family will secretly help, in that case, more than sixty percent of the kingdom's army is our enemy." ”

"Your Highness, there is a letter. An official hurried in, with a letter from the Duchy of Kent in his hand.

After reading it, Harold's face became even heavier, "Kent and Angli suddenly fought, a large number of farmland was harvested, and now the situation is very bad, not only can they not support us, but they also want us to support 3,000 people and at least 100,000 catties of wheat to help them survive the winter." ”

This news extinguished Harold's mood of wanting to fight, and his subordinates looked at each other, and the two countries in the north called for battle every day, not fighting sooner or later, but fighting at this time.

"I can't support it. ”

"Support. ”

Harold's men quarreled.

"Kent is our northern ally, and if the Anglo wins, the south of the British Peninsula will be unified, and then we will be under too much pressure to attack our ships passing through the North Sea. "Another person supported the sending of troops.

"The most important thing at the moment is to win the Southerners, if you win this one, the other lords of the kingdom will naturally stand in line, and it is not too late to support Kent at that time. Immediately, one person jumped out to oppose it.

"Gutaev, you have been ordered by your father to assist me, and you are also equivalent to my prime minister, can you tell me, can you help?" Harold asked about one of the highest-ranking ministers in the meeting.

"Although the Duchy of Kent is an ally, the nobility of Britain has always been despised by the other princes of the kingdom, and in the last twenty years, the Duchy of Kent has followed the example of the Danish barbarians, plundering our province and the two provinces bordering the North Sea, Merz and Upper Land. After marrying us, although he didn't do it again, it would take at least a generation to fade the memory, and I think it would be better for Kent to leave it alone. ”

Gutav also has the blood of the Shan tribe on his ancestors, but the descendants of these remnants have no feelings for their homeland for a long time, and even his father was killed by Danish pirates.

Gutaft's words were very heavy, equal to the sum of the eight officials attending the meeting, and after thinking about it, Harrow also thought that his father-in-law was treacherous and cunning, and he was not so easy to fail, so he said, "Then don't send troops." ”

"Yes, Your Highness," the officials said.

"Slow!"

As Harold spoke, a female voice interjected, and looking at the voice, the generals and cronies saw the Grand Duchess and came in with Her Royal Highness.

"It's this again. ”

"Looks like she's got the news too. ”

"If the Grand Duke listens to her again this time, it proves that Gutaev's influence is waning, and I can't always be on the same side as him. ”

After saying goodbye, the officials watched the Grand Duke and his wife speak as if they had taken dumb medicine.

"Debi, what are you doing here?"

"Harold, I have something important to tell you, so let's end the meeting quickly. ”

"You leave first. ”

"I said, you end the meeting right away!"

Debbie hunched up, undaunted by Harold's gaze.

Harold was a little upset when his wife yelled in front of his subordinates, but when he heard his lovely little son waving his father in a milky voice, he couldn't get angry and waved everyone to retreat first.

"My father is under siege, what are you going to do?" Debbie got straight to the point, he had just received a letter from his mother's family, and he immediately rushed to find Harold.

"You're very well informed, and I'm discussing it with the ministers, and they all have different opinions. ”

"You conscienceless thing, when the Norman province caused the peasants to revolt because of the famine, your half-brother in the palace didn't care about you, it was my father who contributed money and efforts, and you have today, and now your wings are stiff, and you don't recognize people. Debbie began to cry.

"Wow!" Seeing his mother crying, the two-year-old little Ott did the same.

Harold couldn't see a woman crying and upset, and when he was about to get angry, he saw the copper ring on her hand again, and his heart softened again.

"Don't you like to wear pearls and precious stones, this brass ring is not worthy of you, the Grand Duchess.

"This is the first gift you've ever given me, better than anything. Debbie wiped away her tears and looked at Harold.

The two looked at each other affectionately, remembering the years of fighting together, the position of Grand Duke was not obtained out of thin air, nor by royal blood, but by four battles.

Harold's original wife was supposed to be the eldest daughter of a duke in the Kingdom of Siri, and Patton arranged Harold's life from the day he was born, and even Harold's wife was decided when he was eight years old.

When Harold was seventeen years old, he won his first battle, captured Deby's brother who came to Norman to ransack, and he offered a large ransom, which Debbie later came to Norman with the ransom money to ransom people.

As soon as the two met, they were attracted to each other, and for the first time, Harold disobeyed his father's last words and was reluctant to marry the daughter of the mentally ill duke, even if he could bring him great wealth and reinforcements.

"Father, listen to me, I'm still young, and I can get the throne back without relying on outsiders. ”

"Shut up, you're too naΓ―ve to think about it, their family is currently the strongest of the "king choosers" in the Xili Kingdom, marrying him, Baili is harmless, you dislike him, just deal with things simply, if you give birth to a normal child, no matter how good, if you are sick, you can raise a mistress and give birth to a normal heir for you. ”

When Barton chases Debbie away and imprisons Harold for the wedding, an angry Harold does something stupid and deliberately provokes the Duke's daughter to say inappropriate things in front of many guests, making her make a fool of herself in front of dozens of nobles.

"Haha, you see! She is really a fool, she said that the marriage vow is the devil Satan, the first one since God opened the world, father, you also listen, I don't want to marry a fool, even if it is death!"

In the end, the marriage fell through, and Harold breathed a sigh of relief, how could he be married to such a woman.

However, he did not get complacent for long, which frustrated Barton's plan to unite with foreign powers, and in anger, Barton was unwilling to let Harold take a barbarian girl, and it was not until after his death that Harold got his wish.

Two years after Barton's death, he relied on Debbie to sell all his dowries and borrow troops from Kent to let Harold sit in this position, so Harold was very tolerant of Debbie.

"Take Ott out. ”

"Nope. ”

Harold was so emotionally distressed that after asking the servant to send Ott away, he kissed Debbie, and after a while, the two stripped naked, their clothes scattered all over the ground, and lingered directly in the conference hall, and after the passion, the two lay down on a large round table to gasp.

"I'm going to send some of my troops and hope my father can survive. ”

"Butβ€”" Debi wanted to fight for more, and Harold added, "I'm in trouble, be more considerate of me, we may have to use troops against the South." ”

"I think, don't do so many things, isn't it good now? I heard that your brother has been in poor health in the past few years, and in the future, your nephew will ascend the throne, won't he still rely on you as an uncle?" Debbie said that as she got older, she became more and more disgusted with the war.

"My brother is the eldest prince Gu Lie born in the main palace, he died of cholera, Adrian? is only a concubine, and Kunke's boy also has a prodigal mother, when he was born, the court physicians said that he was not yet in his life, maybe he was also a wild seed, how could the throne be obtained by a lowly person!

Wait, one day I'll set things right, and then I'll put the crown on your head, and Ott will be the prince, and your name will be written in the royal rolls, as a queen, not a duchess. ”

"But Ott has two older brothers, what if he grows up and bullies him?"

"Born to lowly maids, I will not let them be part of the surname 'Chron'.

Hearing this, where Harold couldn't see, Debbie was smiling.