Chapter 123: Letter of Invitation
"God forbid, that's great news. “
When Jonas saw the end of the story, he couldn't help but rejoice, in a war, Jung's injury was only a scar on his arm, which was a blessing in misfortune for Jonas, as for the specific casualties in Jung's army, Nader did not write, but in one of the paragraphs, it was written that Jung's knights did not have much loss, and about the death of soldiers, it was accidentally detailed.
Of course, this is also understandable, compared to knights, who need training to become combat effectiveness, those armed peasant soldiers who can go to the battlefield after only a few months of training and even a spear are not so important that they need to tell Jonas.
Flipping through the envelope, there were two pieces of paper with words written on it, one of which was a letter informing Jonas that the human trade he hoped would be canceled, and as for the reason, Nader gave that the Earl of Il would have other dispositions with these captives, and as for the remuneration of the nobles, it would be compensated by looting, so the transfer of people to Jonas's domain was not counted.
Seeing this, Jonas was a little disappointed, if he went to other places to buy slaves, the first was that the quantity was small, and he needed to go to many places to buy the amount he needed, and the second was that the price was expensive, of course, his main reason was that the quantity was small, and the scarcity was expensive, so the goods of slaves were very expensive in peaceful areas.
Only where the war broke out, because the victorious lords would quickly replenish their strength, they would sell a large number of people in the occupied areas as slaves to compensate for their losses in the battle, this time is the cheapest and largest amount of slaves, generally 1/3 cheaper than usual, so when Nader told Jonas that human trafficking is not allowed, Jonas was indeed a little unhappy in his heart.
However, after seeing that the Count of Il written by Nader later gave Jung a small town in the territory of Monferrato to Jung in recognition of Jung's military exploits, his heart was instantly balanced, a small town has a population of at least 2,000 people, plus the nearby villages, it must have at least 4.5000 people, and he is Jung's first heir, so these properties will not be his own in the future.
Thinking of this, Jonas smiled, slaves can't be bought at a low price for the time being, but getting a village with a complete organization is still a very fortunate thing for the Ruger family.
Putting this piece of paper aside, there was only one piece of paper left in Jonas's hand, and Jonas looked at it, there were few words, and there was only one theme in the whole text, the appreciation and jealousy of Count Il.
In this letter, Nader wrote down all the scenes of how the Earl of Ill treated the captured Mr. Audu, and Jonas was willingly frightened.
After the victory of the war, Jung pulled Mr. Auduc, who had been bound, to the Earl of Il, who had fallen from his horse and was covered in mud and water, which was very dirty, in stark contrast to the Earl of Il, who had been cleaned after the battle.
At this moment, Aodu had also lost the reserve and nobility that a nobleman should have, and became like a peasant who was digging in the field, disgraced, pressed by the shoulders of two knights, kneeling in front of Il, waiting for Il's sanction order.
In the eyes of Nader and others, the final sanction for Aodu is to kill him, for those who follow Il, to get rid of the aftermath forever, and for Uldu, you can also get a decent death, after all, Ill is also a member of the Al Ramich family, and he is the same family as Aodu, and this inheritance is also a legal inheritance, so killing Uldu is the most decent way to deal with it.
However, when Ilr decided on the method of punishing Audu, he chose to use brass to kill, that is, first throw a pit for Audu, and then bury Audu in this pit, leaving only his head exposed in the air, so that he could not move freely but could breathe to stay alive, and then poured the burning brass directly into Audu's mouth, burned all his internal organs to ashes, and finally under the remaining vitality, he endured the burning pain and slowly died.
This kind of death is obviously very cruel, which makes Jung and others a little sideways, which is a very undignified thing for a nobleman, because the huge pain will inevitably make his body very mutilated after death, and his expression will be very hideous, which is a more terrible thing for a family with a long heritage, and for Auddu himself, than death itself.
After the execution of Uldu, in the face of the remaining nobles who followed Uldu against Il, Ilr took the order that the family door could be preserved, but the title holder must be killed, and all the nobles who followed Uldu were sent to hell, and then supported their relatives to inherit their titles.
Il's series of practices made Nader feel that Ilr was not as humble, reasonable, and gentlemanly as he appeared on the surface, and that kind of cruelty and dislike of the nobles from others simply made all the victors present feel afraid, which also made Nader suspect that there were still many things that he still did not know behind the Earl of Il, and in the future, it was possible that this poisonous snake would bite the Ruger family.
However, Jonas was a little puzzled, even if the Earl of Il was deep in his mind and cruel to those who did not follow him, but what did it matter to him, I was in the county of Piedmont, and the earl's sphere of influence was obviously not that far away, for himself, this was just a powerful person, as for the threat, Jonas did not see it.
This is Nader's vision and insight compared with Jonas, has a higher starting point, at this time Jonas, his sight is still only on his own acre and three points of land, and Nader is already thinking about the future route for Jonas, in Nader's opinion, the duke of the Susa region in the future, except for the Earl of Il, there is no one to bear, this duke that has been broken for centuries is only the Earl of Earl has the means and prestige to integrate this place.
And Piedmont, where Jonas is located, is the capital of the dukedom of Susa, and Milan is the capital of Susa, in the future, Il will definitely not be willing to be only a count with two counties, this is Nader's conclusion after contact with Il in recent days, this is a young careerist, and his ability and his ambition, in Nader's opinion, match.
It's just that Jonas doesn't know that at this moment, his vision is still only on this thousands of square kilometers of land that belongs to him.
Of course, this can't be blamed on her, there is no magic like the Internet in this world, for the transmission of information and intelligence, in most cases through word of mouth, or heralds, in this case, a modern person does not have many advantages, because the advantage of modern people is that the speed of information transmission is 10,000 times, 100,000 times, 10,000 times faster than the ancients.
And now, when Jonas is placed in the same situation as the ancients, an old man who has lived for more than fifty years must be much more powerful than his schoolboy, and he is only a little more knowledgeable and insightful than these seasoned politicians in this era.
Reading the whole letter, Jonas breathed a sigh of relief, overall, the situation is not bad, the war has been won, and he has received a rich reward, and Sandra can also end the frightened Ruger life and return to his normal noble lady life, Jonas often sees Vig write back in his heart to tell him how many more thieves, how many adulterers, how many robbers in Luger's territory, and now, Jung is about to return to his own territory, all these problems will be quickly solved.
"That's great news, and I have to tell the kids about it. “
Looking at Doron, Jonas's mood has become much better at this moment, not a little indifferent as before, thinking of the happiness of waiting for Anna and Leo to hear the good news, Jonas feels even happier, this may be the joy of being an older brother after completing the task assigned by his parents.
"Your Excellency, please wait, there is still a letter here. “
"And a letter, who sent it, if it's not someone important, can you wait for a while?"
Jonas frowned, was there anything more important now than winning the war, was there anything more important now than telling the children that their father was safe?
"This is from the Earl of Il. “
Doron's words made Jonas instantly calm down, after Nader's description just now, although Jonas didn't have much fear of Il, he still felt a little hairy when this person really approached him, so he opened his mouth and asked Doron:
"Earl of Il, why did he write to me?"
"My lord, this is a letter to you, I don't know what it's about, do you need to wait and read it?"
Doron shrugged his shoulders and said that he didn't know what the envelope meant, the truth was that he really didn't know what was in the envelope sent by the Earl of Il, and his information was not so influential that he could detect what an earl had written when he wrote a letter.
"Take it, I'll see now what the Lord of Earl needs to come to find an eight-year-old child. “
Yes, Jonas's child is 8 years old, remember a few days ago, on August 15th, he had his 8th birthday in his life, and the only birthday when his parents were not there, and the first birthday in his own territory, very special, but also very ordinary, except for his younger siblings, there was no one else.
However, it has a special meaning for Jonas that he has only two years left in Milan.
Walked to Dolon's side, jumped hard, and took the envelope that Dolong bent over to put in his hand and took it to his hand, this time it was not as cautious as the previous letter, folded the seal in half, and then tore it hard, took out the letter paper, and threw the envelope directly into the trash.
Holding one end of the letter, he shook it down, unfolded the letter and looked at it, there were few words, but the words were very gorgeous, and he must be called Mr., although Jonas was only eight years old, the whole letter was full of love, thank you, Mr. Viscount, you and the like, but it made Jonas slightly less prejudiced against Nader's letter, at least in his cognition, people who are polite and know how to measure are not bad.
After reading the letter, Jonas understood the meaning of the letter sent by Il, and the general meaning was that Mr. Audu had passed away, and he was very young and left no heirs, and his brothers were also paralyzed by accidentally falling off while riding a horse, and the minor drank and accidentally died of alcoholism, or he died of a cold because he was too young.
Therefore, the Monferrato Al Ramici family is now considered an absolute heir, and as the Count of Saluzzo, he is also the head of another branch of Al Lamic, after the Count of Montferratto is no one to inherit the throne, according to legal theory, the title of this count is also the Count of Il, and because of this, a coronation ceremony needs to be held.
And Jonas is theoretically or legally, no matter whether Il gets Jonas now or not, but Jonas is a vassal of Il, so this time, Il sent this invitation to the coronation ceremony, hoping that Jonas can come to attend the coronation ceremony of the Count of Montferrato at that time.
In the whole letter, there are no half-word threats and orders, all of them are in a consultative tone, which makes Jonas's attitude towards Ilr much better, he is nominally his vassal, and the legitimacy of his own land is because he is a courtier of the Earl of Il, and from the perspective of the normal relationship between lords and vassals, Il's is completely understandable to be so polite to himself, and it is completely understandable to use orders directly.
Il, on the other hand, wrote the letter to an 8-year-old child in a tone similar to a request, and Jonas admired the courage alone.
Of course, this has something to do with Jonas's experience, he lived in an era of information explosion, where authority had largely become a derogatory term, and people preferred experts who were close to the people, pragmatic politicians, rather than those professionals who were bureaucratic and always said something out of tune, that is, authoritative.
And in this era, the people here are very different from Jonas, they believe in authority, and they have great respect for authority, a nobleman salutes a bishop, a commoner salutes an administrator, it is a common phenomenon in this world, the superior naturally overrides the inferior, everything is natural.
This made Jonas very unaccustomed to it for a while, and the letter written by Il, but made Jonas feel a trace of kindness in his time, although it was not much, but this feeling obviously made Jonas's impression of Il a lot better.
So after seeing Il's invitation to go to Monferrato, he also nodded and handed it to Doron, asking him to arrange this schedule, and as for the children, he would also take them to Sandra first, and let her decide whether to keep the children in Ruger or take them to Monferrato. (To be continued.) )