Niang looked at the noisy bazaar in front of him, and then at the castle that was about to be completed at the foot of the hill in the distance, and felt indescribably strange.

As a businessman, Niang has also been to many places, whether it is the grand castle or the beautiful manor of the aristocracy, or the hustle and bustle of the autonomous town, there are many differences in this place.

But for a while, Niang couldn't tell what the difference was.

It wasn't until he saw the roadside vendors dumping sewage on the street, and instead of flowing everywhere in the street, the sewage had gathered and disappeared through a few small holes, that he understood why he felt that there was something wrong with the small market in front of him.

It's just as noisy, but it's unusually clean, and there's no unpleasant smell like in other towns, especially the unmuffled smell of feces that many towns can't hide.

At this moment, Niang seemed to feel that he was not in Aargau, but in the city of Rome, and only on the streets of Rome could there be such clean streets.

Just because the city of Rome has a perfect sewer built by the Roman Empire.

Unexpectedly, a small county of Allgäu actually built a sewer, this lord of Allgäu is really rich.

As a merchant, Niang couldn't figure out the use of the lords of the place in building sewage facilities at such a cost, and the only explanation was that there was no place to spend the money.

It seems that that raffite is really a good thing, and we must find a way to get the brewing process.

Niang came to Aargau Collar, the main purpose is to drink lafite, after the merchants brought the goods, the raffite has now become an extremely popular commodity, Niang naturally wants to take a piece of the raffite trade.

Just as Niang pondered where to start and get the raffite process, a group of soldiers approached him at some point.

By the time he came to his senses, he was surrounded by soldiers.

Seeing the soldiers, Niang did not panic, but said loudly.

"I have already paid taxes when I entered the territory, there is no tax evasion, here is my tax payment certificate." As he spoke, Niang reached into his arms and pulled out a piece of parchment.

But the soldiers ignored him, no one took the parchment, and Niang stood awkwardly in place, a little bewildered.

Why did these soldiers target themselves, and they didn't break the law?

Soon, Ginter arrived, glanced up and down at Niang, and asked:

"What's your name?"

"Niang, sir."

"Are you from the Bal region?"

"Ah, yes, I did pass through the Barr region before."

"That's you, come with us."

Niang was confused, and before he could react, two soldiers stepped forward to pick him up and lead him away.

"My lord, where are you taking me, there is... There's something to say. ”

"Don't be verbose." Ginter glared back at him impatiently. "It's your blessing that our young master wants to see you, many people can't see him if they want to, how can there be so much nonsense."

Master? Which is the son of a noble aristocrat, what are you doing when you see me, Niang's heart is even more puzzled, but Ginter's attitude makes him dare not speak out, for fear of angering these soldiers in front of him.

Generally speaking, the soldiers at the bottom are much more barbaric and difficult than those nobles, and if they are provoked, they will not be beaten for no reason.

"Oh, what's the matter with you. Gint, you said okay to invite someone over, how can you do this to others? ”

When Otto saw Niang, who was being carried by soldiers, he pretended to be surprised.

"Hurry up and let go of the people, the businessmen are all the distinguished guests of our territory, can our territory be so prosperous without them, it's really ignorant."

"Oh." Gint agreed, quickly motioned for his soldiers to let go of Niang, and then left with the soldiers.

"I didn't scare you, these people under me are a little ignorant, don't mind, I didn't mean anything else when I came to you, I just wanted to ask you something. By the way, can you tell me your name first? ”

Otto looked at Niang with a grin and reached out to help him.

On the way here, Niang already knew who the handsome young man in front of him was, the other party was the actual controller of the Allgao collar, the future earl, how dare he really let the other party help him, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Dear Baron Otto, my name is Niang, and I am just an ordinary businessman. You, if there's anything you want to know, just ask, I'm sure I know everything. ”

Seeing Niang's nervous expression, Otto shook his head, good fellow, how can he be scared with such a harmless face and friendly smile.

He didn't bother with this question anymore, and began to ask Niang if he had heard some news about the kingdom in the Baal region, and was concerned about the health of King Lower Lothair II.

Hearing Otto's question, Niang breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that this young master Otto really wanted to know the news, just send someone to ask directly, why bother so much, it's not top secret news.

Since it is not a top-secret news, Niang naturally will not hide it, and the news that the 1510 will hear in the Bal area, the capital of the Lotharingia Kingdom, has been said.

Sure enough, as in history, Lothair II, who was originally alive and well, was accidentally infected with a serious illness in the second half of the year and was bedridden.

After being treated by trained doctors and local cardinals, Lothair II's health did not improve, and from time to time he would remain in a coma for a whole day.

The inhabitants of the Bar region were all talking about this, thinking that perhaps the wise and martial King Lothair II would not survive the winter.

At this time, many of the powerful nobles of the kingdom, represented by the Duke of Holland and the Count of Luxembourg, had rushed to the Bar region, presumably to compete for the power of the kingdom left after the death of Lothair II.

This is Niang's guess, and it may just be Lothair II's deathbed behavior. Because Niang is just an ordinary businessman, he only sees the banners of many nobles, and does not know the inside story.

Niang also said that this news is not known to everyone in the Bar region, at least it is also a household name, and if it were not for the remoteness of Aargao, the news would have reached here long ago.

Hearing Niang mention this, Otto was also very helpless, the mountainous areas of Switzerland are like this, and the inconvenience of transportation brings not only the backwardness of economic development, but also the closure of news.

That's why the Basel region on the Danube is particularly important.

After listening to Niang's story, Otto pretended to have a sad expression on his face and said softly.

"Gods above, may sickness be far away from His Majesty. Several of His Majesty's heirs are still very young, and if His Majesty is gone, the kingdom is in danger of ruin.

When I heard such sad news, I was so anxious that I wanted to go to church and pray for His Majesty right now.

Merchant Niang, forgive me for my inconsiderate hospitality, I want to prepare to go to the church to pray for Your Majesty, but I have to grieve and let them send you back again. ”