Of course, Alaric also saw Tang Ping's puzzlement, and said with a wry smile: "Tang, you should have doubted my identity too, right?" ”

Tang Ping scratched his head: "It's not that I doubt it, but I just think that Uncle Alarik, you don't seem to be an ordinary person." ”

After all, Alaric can sail, and although he has not been seen fighting, several scars on his body also show that he is definitely not such a simple person.

The most important point is that he is literate!

Just this alone, it is definitely not easy to know his origin.

However, Alaric helped Tang Ping at sea, so if he didn't take the initiative to say, Tang Ping would definitely not ask the other party about his origin.

After all, who can guarantee that they don't have a secret?

"Actually, my full name is Severin Alaric." After Alaric finished speaking, Tang Ping still looked confused.

But if there is a surname, it should be a nobleman, right?

"Actually, Wessex was founded by my ancestors."

"What?" Alaric's next sentence directly stunned everyone.

According to Alaric, Wessex is one of the Seven Kingdoms of England, and this was actually founded by his ancestors?

"It's true!" Alaric looked north and said, "My grandfather's name is Sevrin, and our branch is named after him. ”

"More than a hundred years ago, my grandfather Sevlin's grandfather, Sellink, led his people to land in the waters off Hampshire and then established the Kingdom of Wessex. Thirty years after my grandfather was king, we expelled the Celts, who had lived in the area between the upper Thames valley and the lower Severn. ”

"By that time our Saxon settlements had spread all over the Hilten Mountains, but a traitor had arisen among the people, the current King Egbert, who had banished my grandfather Safflin and our family and driven us out of Wessex!"

"My grandfather died in regret and left a will to hope that the descendants of our family can regain the glory of the family and let the surname Safflin shine again in the skies of Wessex."

"My father had tried since then, but Egbert had the means to expand his territory to the small kingdom of Britons to the west, and to force Kent and other nations to pay tribute to Wessex. Wessex's power is starting to get stronger! ”

After saying so much, he looked at Tang Ping apologetically and said, "I'm sorry for hiding this from you!" In my generation, I know that we shouldn't be able to retake Wessex, but our desire for revenge hasn't changed. I have scars from my battles with Wessex when I was younger, but unfortunately I lost! ”

Tang Ping shook his head and said, "Uncle Alaric, you don't have to feel sorry for me, this is your family's hatred, no matter how you choose, I think it's right." And if you really want revenge, I can help you, at least I think you'll be better suited to be King of Wessex than that Prince Woolf. ”

At first, he only thought that Alaric should not be simple, but he didn't expect to directly give himself a scene of prince's revenge!

But he wasn't lying, and if Alaric wanted revenge, he would help him.

Whether it was a personal friendship between the two or propping up a power in England, he had a reason to do so.

Li Shimin has long coveted this continent, although it is not necessary to conquer it by force, but at least those who hate the Tang Dynasty cannot be the masters.

What is the prince named Woolf, because the glass he burned himself was not as good as the glass products of the Tang Dynasty, so how could Tang Ping be relieved to cooperate with him?

"Actually, I'm about to give up!" Alaric smiled wryly. Their family has been fighting for this goal for decades, but the hope is getting slimmer and slimmer, and it is naturally difficult to persevere.

Thor was also dumbfounded when he heard it, and after a long time, he was actually rescued by the descendants of the founder of Wessex, and he vowed to take revenge on Wessex!

For a while, the mood was quite complicated.

"In fact, if you want to fight, it's nothing more than money and people!" Tang Ping said with a smile: "Uncle Alaric should know that I am very rich, as long as I sell some things on my ship, I will be able to let you form a fleet and a large army." ”

"Don ......" Alaric was about to speak, but was interrupted by Tang Ping.

"Don't worry, it's not for you, you can lend it to you, and after you recover Wessex, you'll return it to me."

Then he looked at Thor again: "As for people, didn't you say that you still have a lot of scattered people?" I think you're in pretty good physical condition, your people are like this, right? ”

This Thor is clearly a Norse, or in this era or a Viking.

As for what kind of race the Vikings are, everyone should know.

The pronunciation of Viking comes from the Old Norse word for sea adventure, and they are also known by the name Viking.

It is only from the end of the eighth century that there are some records of them, first raiding monasteries along the coast of Western Europe, and then gradually carrying out organized invasions of other European countries, from Ireland to Britain, from France to Eastern Europe, the Vikings can be found everywhere.

This nation can also be said to be a fighting nation in this region of this era.

If Thor could find his people to raise an army, with the financial backing of Tang Ping, Tang Ping felt that it would not be difficult to overthrow a secession regime on the island of England.

No matter how bad it is, one day his system will be upgraded, and it will be over if he goes back and calls the Tang Navy to bombard England directly.

After listening to Tang Ping's question, Saul asked with some confusion: "Can you really take us to Wessex?" ”

"Of course!" Tang Ping patted his chest and said, "I'm also a general who has conquered countless lands, okay?" ”

It's a pity that Tang Ping's words are not convincing at all, compared to him, who doesn't seem to be very reliable, Saul feels that he should believe Alaric more.

Alaric is hesitating, he has actually given up revenge in recent years, and Wessex is getting stronger and stronger.

Just now, he also blurted out that he was willing to help Thor because he couldn't hold back, and now he regretted it a little.

Seeing that Tang Ping and Sol were both looking at him, he hesitated for a moment and said, "I...... I want to think about it! ”

Tang Ping didn't force him, after all, Alaric was close to fifty years old, and he had already exceeded the average life expectancy here, and whether or not to recapture Wessex at this age depended on his own decision.

It's just that Tang Ping didn't expect to get an answer from Alaric soon.

As soon as Tang Ping got up the next morning, he found Alaric walking around outside, and looking at the dew on his clothes, he was afraid that it would be a long time since he left.

"What's wrong? Uncle Alaric? ”

"I ...... I decided to accept your help! Alaric said firmly: "Yesterday Saul came to me, and he was right, if Woolf succeeded him as king of Wessex, more tragedies like that would happen." ”

What does Alaric say? It's just that his heart is too good, Tang Ping has followed him for so long, and he found that he is willing to help others in everything.

To say that it sounds good is kind, and to say that it is not good is to be a bit of a virgin.

Such people are most likely to be morally kidnapped.

It's just that Tang Ping himself hopes that Alaric will become the new king of Wessex.

So since he has decided, he will definitely be willing to help him as well.

"Okay, in that case, call Thor and we'll look into it."

Soon Thor was also called, and Tang Ping took a map he had drawn, although the outline was not so accurate, but the direction was definitely correct.

He first said to Thor, "Go and gather your people together as soon as possible, just as the weather is getting warmer, you can live on the island next to you." "They are an archipelago in the first place, and Waitanhoup Island is the largest one, and there are some smaller islands next to it, as long as you simply play around, there is no problem for people to live in temporarily.

Thor and the people in all the places where they lived, according to him, at least a thousand were as young and strong as him.

Although there are not many of these people, if they are armed and attack suddenly, they can take Wessex.

After all, at this time, Wessex's troops were only in their early 20,000s, and they were still scattered in several places across the country.

It is impossible for the productivity of the island of England at this time to afford too many troops.

Even the troops in their early 20,000s are not all professional soldiers, and their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

As long as Tang Ping can find 800 young men to train him, he may not lose even against the Wessex army, which is ten times larger.

As for who will train, isn't this a ready-made instructor like Lao Cui Lao Du?

And the fleet and weapons and horses, you need to find old Peter.

The old man was now in charge of expanding Fabianlo's Knights, so it would not be difficult for him to procure more weapons and horses.

Old Peter is a businessman through and through, as long as Tang Ping can afford to pay for it, he can help you buy things.

After someone has equipment, train for a while, buy a few boats for them to send to the north, and 800 iron horsemen blitz England, a great thing can be done!

Alaric went to Porto and brought old Peter, who had just returned from buying horses from the north, to the island.

"Don, I'm so glad to see you again!" Old Peter is full of spring breeze, and now he is a good man in Porto, because he sold Tang porcelain to the city lord Fabianlo, which made his relationship with Fabiano very close.

All kinds of orders of all sizes were handed over to him to do, and he really earned a lot of money and cramps.

Of course, Tang Ping is even more enthusiastic.

"I'm glad to meet you, old Peter, I've heard that you're doing quite well in expanding the Knights of Porto now, how about you being interested in taking another business like this??"

"What did you say??" Old Peter didn't understand: "Do you mean that there is still a major expansion of the Knights?" ”

"No, no, no, it's not the lord, it's me."

"You!" Old Peter's eyes widened: "You want to expand, no, you want to form a knight order?" ”

Old Peter was a little out of his way.

This order can be formed by ordinary people? Unless Tang Ping wants to rebel!

"Don't worry, it's not to rebel, I'll form a knight group of eight hundred people, the main thing is that I have to let William come to the door to take revenge!"

After listening to Tang Ping's explanation, old Peter was a little skeptical.

However, it is also said that in the past, the scale of 800 people is really small, and Porto has added 4,000 knights to the expansion alone this time, plus the original, if Tang Ping plans to rebel, it will not be enough for people in Porto to plug their teeth.

"Okay!!" Old Peter gritted his teeth, as long as Tang Ping was not used to rebel, he would not follow him to the gallows.

"What do you want?"

"Eight hundred horses, eight hundred knights, eight hundred swords, spears, bows and arrows. And three more medium-sized sailboats! ”

After listening to Tang Ping's words, Old Peter gasped, are you going to arm these eight hundred people to the teeth?

Porto expanded the knightly order of 4,000 men, but in fact there were only 1,000 horses, and the rest were infantry, and they were not armored, that is, a war knife.

"That's not a small amount!"

Old Peter has been buying these things recently, and there are channels, but he doesn't know if Tang Ping can afford to pay for it.

As soon as Tang Ping waved his hand, Lao Cui and the others came over with a few boxes.

Old Peter opened it and looked at it, but he didn't know how many mouthfuls of cool air he had gasped again.

"This ...... This ......"

"What? Isn't that enough?? Tang Ping frowned and said, "Old Peter, I said that my brother will settle accounts!" ”

"Enough, enough!" Old Peter was amazed at the contents of the box.

He had long known that Tang Ping must still have a lot of treasures brought by Datang, but he didn't expect that there would be so many.

There seem to be three or four celadon carved pots in the Yue kiln alone.

Then there are quite a few silk products as well as some other fine porcelain.

There was even a pile of snow-white paper of the kind he'd seen before.

He promised that he would make a fortune by selling the paper to the church.

On these pieces of paper alone, you can copy a few copies of the Bible, and the church is definitely willing to spend money.

As for the rest, now Datang's luxury goods are the hottest things in the entire European continent, and they are all hard currency.

These things add up, and it's enough to buy the things Tang Ping said.

Delightfully told his attendant to pick up the things, and old Peter promised to deliver the order as soon as possible.

Seeing Lao Bi's departure, Tang Ping sighed and said to Lao Cui:

"Now we don't have rice bowls, night pots, quilts, sheets, or even pillowcases."

Lao Cui was a little speechless, just these things, isn't it enough for you to exchange for the armor and horses of an eight-hundred-person cavalry regiment and three boats?

Got the horses, weapons and equipment from Old Peter, and left Li Siwen and his sailors on the island of Waitanhoup, where he had to guard the cruise ship and also defend their base camp.

Tang Ping, together with the old Cui Lao Du, plus Alarik and Locke, took all the gold coins left over from the last sale of porcelain with them, and went north with Sol.

He also wanted to see what the legendary Vikings were like.

PS: Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom founded by the Saxons, probably founded in 495 by the Saxons under Seldick, who is said to have led his people to land on the coast of present-day Hampshire, England. By the time of Sevlin, the grandson of Seldik (r. 560-593), Saxon settlements had spread throughout the Hilten Mountains, and the original inhabitants, the Celts, had been expelled by the Saxons from the area between the upper valley of the Thames and the lower Severn, but Sevlin himself was exiled by the Saxons.

Well, this part is all historical, as for Egbert, there is indeed a person, but the king who unified the seven kingdoms of England in the early ninth century, and he does have a son who is Ethwoolf, but here they all appeared hundreds of years in advance, so you don't need to dig into it.

Today, 14,000 words have been written, bye-bye┏(^0^)┛