Chapter 159: Clean the house
Ahmed paced around the room with some anxiety.
Inside, the fireplace burns brightly, and the walls are depicted with lines, squares, triangles, and colorful tapestries.
Since Zoroastrianism forbade idolatry, as well as depictions of all living beings, they rarely used animal and human portraits.
Thus, in battle, the lords and knights of Christ are often held with banners of lions, eagles, dragons, bulls, and serpents, while the Saracens carry banners of lines, moons, and flames.
Of course, the exception is the "Saladin Eagle" flag, which is most likely related to the belief in the old gods of Egypt.
The servant brought a plate of watermelon cut into strips, revealing a red melon: "Master, don't worry. ”
"How can I not be worried? It was the Dragon Slayer, said to be the bravest knight in Jerusalem, and who knew if the Assassins of Assasin would be able to make it? ”
Ahmed let out a long sigh.
Lothar is famous for his personal bravery, and if it weren't for Lothar breaking the rules and the intention of attacking them, they would definitely not dare to go against Lothar.
Besides, the servants they had sent to contact Renard had not yet been heard from, and if he could get the support of the old earl, he would be much more relieved now.
The servant comforted: "Master, don't worry, these Assasin are not afraid of death, and they carry weapons that block the magic gold, even if that Frankish lord really has some extraordinary powers, there is absolutely no possibility of being spared." ”
It seems that this mouth has been opened.
The voice just fell.
Then a loud bang was heard, and the whole mansion trembled.
Immediately after, shouts of killing surrounded from all directions.
Ahmet's face immediately turned pale: "Oh no, the Holy Flame is above, this killer star is the first to find me, didn't you say that the assassins of Assasin are all dead soldiers?" ”
It's a good death, but Lothar doesn't need them to confess at all, he knows who did it - take 10,000 steps back, even if it wasn't Ahmed who did it, Lothar would have to put this pot on his head.
At this time, he was personally leading the team, sending soldiers to slam the door of Ahmed's mansion with huge ramsticks.
Ahmed came to the courtyard wall and looked at the remaining veterans who were heavily armed, wearing iron armor and lobster helmets, and his face became even more ugly.
With a hint of luck, he shouted, "Lord Earl, why do you attack my mansion, but I have pledged my allegiance to you and made offerings of wealth. ”
Bang –
The heads were thrown by the small trebuchet below and rained down on the mansion, causing a scream of fear.
"Ahmet, you hired the Assassins of Assasin to do it to me, and now that their heads are here, do you still want to deny it?"
Lothar sneered.
Ahmet trembled, he was a landlord, not even Hussein's ruthless and murderous person, and his psychological quality was extremely poor.
With a hint of crying, he cried: "My lord, I, I am also coerced, Adan and Ebeni are the masterminds."
"Okay, don't quibble, tonight, none of you can escape."
On Lothar's side, Frigila followed Jeanne and led another group of men and horses to march overnight to attack the mansions of Adan and Ebenny.
Due to the decrease in the number of troops led by him, there were only more than fifty people in each team, so the group night vision lasted for a long time.
He wasn't in a hurry at all.
Bang –
The wooden door was smashed open.
Lothar shouted, "Attack! ”
The remaining veterans flocked to the mansion.
The screams were endless.
…
It's night.
Hebron's three prominent men, who had a monopoly on the right to collect taxes on tens of thousands of acres of land, were swept away by Lothar.
The goods, spices, and fabrics that have been shipped out of their homes are simply innumerable - all of which they have accumulated over hundreds of years.
"Raiding the house is really a shortcut to make a fortune, if Emperor Chongzhen can learn from me at the end of the Ming Dynasty - no, if Emperor Chongzhen dares to learn from me, he will only die faster."
Lothar sighed with emotion.
But the sequelae of copying the family are also huge, if it weren't for this era, there would be a vassal who was a vassal and not my vassal.
As a result, the vassals of Lothar, as well as the local magnates under the command of the rest of the lords, did not want to get involved in the situation on Hebron's side.
Otherwise, the rebels would have gathered tens of thousands of men by now to besiege the Citadel of Hebron.
In an age when even kings and emperors (specifically the Great Germania Emperor) were only great feudal lords, how a lord could increase his authority was actually quite simple.
It is to keep expanding one's land.
Get more goods and taxes, and more knightly allegiance.
But Lothar had already provoked the infidels, and it would be difficult to expand within the territory.
For example, if Lothar tried to deprive a vassal of his title and territory on the charges of "sword" and "fencing", it would easily attract the joint opposition of the vassal and the local tycoon.
When the time comes, it will be impossible not to fight several civil wars, or even attract the intervention of external forces.
Because these pagan heroes would never want to replace the lord with a ride on their heads for a ruthless character like Lothar.
But it's not in the way.
For the time being, Lothar has not planned to burn the three fires of the new official to his own vassals, even Renard has expressed his allegiance to Lothar.
From the legal point of view, it is too ugly to find fault and omission, and to use this kind of matter related to private morality or some trumped-up crime to annex their fiefdoms.
It was not uncommon for him to want to use a different approach—for example, to make a vassal his own knight of the Imperial Order.
A knight is not only a low-level nobleman, but also a profession, and when Lothar led the charge in the simulated battle, he was in the state of being both a knight, the king of France, and the Duke of Niger.
At this time, it is the best choice to gradually encroach and assimilate the fiefdom of the Earldom of Transjordan from top to bottom.
After breaching Ahmet's mansion.
Lothar and Prajna took the lead with a group of guards and escorted the prisoner cart back to the hall of the lords in Hebron.
Jeanne was also in charge of the next day's "division of the field", while Fabio and Andreas acted as Jeanne's assistants.
Although it doesn't cost money to become an edict knight, you can't get equipment like you can in the barracks, which is a pity.
Fortunately, Marles's blacksmith shop was already able to produce a full suit of plate armor, which was not bad.
Tonight, Lothar will take away a wave of the three largest local heroes under his command, and tomorrow will hold a public trial—it is too much to expect that these people who cover the sky with one hand in the place will not do evil, and they are too much to look forward to the glory of human nature.
They are not as smart as some landlords of a certain Eastern Dynasty, they can annex land on the one hand, open warehouses and release grain on the other, and they are villains behind their backs, and they can also put on a good appearance on the surface.
At the end of the trial, they were hung on the gallows—for the less evil wives and children, their families were reduced to slavery, and they were all sold or thrown into the mines to work.
He didn't have the heart to fight these places slowly.
He must unite the forces in his realm as soon as possible in preparation for the recovery of the fallen port of Ayla and the city of Aramdel.
What?
Is Alain delerior a bishopric?
What do you think!
If Alain was to be recovered, Lothar would at most give Uldin, the most he would be nominally conferred on by Uldin, and he would be the archbishop.
It is impossible for Lothar to spit out Alain again and return it to the church.
As for after the reconquista.
His goal was the neighbouring Sinai Peninsula, where the vast majority of the land was desert and the northern coastal region was quite livable and affluent.
If he can really conquer the Sinai Peninsula, then his title as an earl may also be changed - becoming a frontier count, which can also be translated as a vassal marquis.
It's just a nominal difference, and no one accounts for a more pronounced thing.
Nor would anyone think that the vassal of Lothar was a head above Count Raymond of Tripoli.
But Lothar felt that he should be able to get a new reward again, who made the previous life, "the West also implements the knighthood of the prince and the son", which has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people?
Back in the castle, Lothar washed up briefly, then returned to her room to rest, and tomorrow was not only the day of the public trial, but also the lottery for the new week.
I wish you all a happy new year and an early year for everyone in advance.
Love you guys.
mua~
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I'll knock you on the spot.
Bang Bang Bang –
(End of chapter)