When spring comes, the central square garden of Bonnaa becomes very beautiful, with flowers of various colors, attracting many citizens to stay here, and in previous years it was also a good place for young men and women to fall in love, but this year few people are willing to bring their beloved women here.

Because next to the central square garden was a large training ground, a place used by Grand Duke Boya to train elite warriors, and occasionally rented to free people to learn to fight, so that they could learn to fight, and the intention was to find more people who could fight for him, but now this has become Zhao Bufan's personal stage, and every day many young female citizens lie next to the fence of the training ground, screaming for him.

Zhao Bufan, who has been away from home for so long, has changed a lot, in order to survive better in this society and not be fatally rejected, his hairstyle and dress are very different from before, it is difficult for people to see that he is from the mysterious East.

His originally fair skin turned into a charming bronze due to the wind and sun, and his scarred strong body and thick beard made people feel explosive hormones all the time, and when he kept wielding his two-handed sword in the training ground bare-chested, it was really like the rebirth of those ancient heroes, which instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Especially after two months of divine power practice, he has become strong again, although the form of power is very different from the past, but the divine power is also a kind of qi in the final analysis, his body has long been trained by qi to be very sensitive, the initial entry is naturally extremely amazing, and the western divine power is very flamboyant when it is released, and the naked eye can see that kind of violent power, how not to make those free female citizens crazy.

Not only at the training ground, but even back at the tavern, he still receives flowers and love letters.

This made Viscount Charlie very indignant, and he followed him to the training ground for two days, but unfortunately he was completely covered by Zhao Bufan, and barely received much attention, and then he often complained in Zhao Bufan's ear.

"Rilo, these vulgar citizens are really superficial, you'd better stay away from them!"

"Rilo, you should rein in your edge!"

"Lilo, don't get me wrong, they should be blind!"

“......”

Whenever this time, Zhao Bufan would always look at him with a smile, until Viscount Charlie made an excuse to leave because of excessive weakness.

It was a pleasant and pleasant day, but it seemed too short.

The war in the south soon ended, and Grand Duke Boya of the Principality of Bosnia lost the war and offered King Bodin II a brief peace on the condition that he cede a port in the south, and the assembled nobles returned to the realm with their vassals, and Grand Duke Boya slowly returned to Bonana.

Viscount Charlie got the news, decided it was time to leave, and quickly gathered those followers to pack up and hit the road.

Before leaving, Zhao Bufan silently inspected the carriage and supplies, and there were many heartbroken female citizens in the distance, all looking at him sadly.

This made Viscount Charles jealous to the point of madness, and secretly cursed: "Superficial woman!"

Then he sulked alone.

At this moment, a handsome blonde knight suddenly came from the other side of the street, old armor, torn shield, black scabbard, thin war horse, and a flag symbolizing his family next to the saddle, looking a little shabby, obviously a poor knight, but the eyes were deep and bright.

He led his horse and slowly approached, looked at Viscount Charles, who was closest to him, and humbly gave a knightly salute.

"Do you know where the great Viscount Charles is, and this is his glorious expedition?"

In an instant, Viscount Charlie's face turned red, apparently due to a blood supply problem caused by overexcitement.

He stood up, puffed up his chest and gave the other party the standard aristocratic salute, so excited that his voice trembled a little: "It's an honor to be praised by Your Excellency, if there is no other possibility, then I should be the Viscount Charlie in your mouth!"

"That's great!"

The blonde knight was very pleased, turned around and took out a thick parchment from the bag hanging from the saddle, and said eagerly: "I am Rolf, a knight from the Holy Roman Empire, and when I traveled in the Duchy of Austria, I heard about your great deeds from the mouths of nobles, and followed in your footsteps, hoping to become your knight and take part in your expedition. ”

As he spoke, he handed out the thick parchment book in his hand, and said with great seriousness: "This is my family tree, and there is also a certificate of my official knighthood. ”

Viscount Charlie also became serious, this kind of matter was a major event for them, so he carefully took the other party's parchment, read it gently, and waited for the other party to be confirmed to be legitimate, and he handed it back with both hands.

"Knight Rolf, I am glad that Your Excellency is part of our glorious expedition, and we are in need of a valiant knight like you. ”

"It's an honor to play for you!"

............

Viscount Charles and Rolf hit it off, quickly concluded a subordination contract with the law, completed the solemn and complicated etiquette, and then Viscount Charles handed over all his followers except the mercenary squad to Rolf's command, and let Rolf teach them how to fight on the road.

For economic reasons, these followers are only equipped with relatively cheap bows and short swords, not even leather armor, originally Viscount Charles wanted them to be equipped with short swords and shields to enhance their defensive capabilities, but Zhao Bufan felt that it was meaningless, thinking that in the absence of armor, the shield's protective ability was very limited, but it affected flexibility, it was better to carry a bow and arrow, which at least made their attack power stronger, and they also had the ability to fight from a distance.

Viscount Charles respected his opinion and equipped them with bows and short swords.

Rolf is a very responsible knight, he is very strict when teaching those followers combat skills, and more importantly, he is still very strong, far above Viscount Charlie, Zhao Bufan has no clear reference, can not be sure of his strength, but there is always a feeling that if Rolf goes to the East, the actual combat power should be in the range of three to five grades, maybe as high as three grades, or five grades, definitely considered a strong one.

Moreover, he was very poor, and apart from the old knight's equipment and a thin horse, his entire possession was only gold coins and a few dozen silver coins.

Even more tragic is that his family has lost its territory in the internal conflict of the Holy Roman Empire, his father has been killed in battle, and his title has been lost, and his mother has remarried another nobleman.

Unable to endure the ridicule and discrimination of the vanquished, he traveled on his own, intending to find another way out, and then went to the Kingdom of Hungary, where he heard about Viscount Charles, and saw that this was an opportunity, and planned to follow him in his crusade.

This powerful and traditional knight made the knights of this army stronger, obviously helping to control the followers and mercenaries, and the burden on the shoulders of Viscount Charles and Zhao Bufan was lightened, at least they did not worry every day that there would be a mutiny in the ranks.

In this way, while training, they traveled eastward, stopping and stopping, and naturally the speed was not fast, and it took them a long time to reach the border of the Byzantine Empire.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the border post of the Byzantine Empire, Viscount Charles quietly called Zhao Bufan and Rolf away from his followers, and said worriedly: " I'm glad we've arrived in the Eastern Roman Empire, and when we get through here, we'll be very close to the Levant, but we also have a very serious problem, that is, how to get the Eastern Roman Empire to support us through, as you should all know, Byzantium is a place where the emperor has the final say, and they support the Orthodox Church, and if we don't have enough reason, they won't tolerate so many people with weapons coming in. ”

Rolf looked puzzled, and said suspiciously: "Isn't the glorious crusade because of the request of the Eastern Roman Empire? They were beaten by the Seljuks and couldn't raise their heads, so they were forced to ask the Holy See for help, and the Holy See of Light thought that they were from the same source as each other, so they called on everyone to go east, since we were recognized by the Holy See, it was the army of the Eastern Crusade, and it was also helping them resist the enemy in the east, why didn't they let us pass?"

Viscount Charlie looked at him deeply.

"Rolf, I must tell you in all seriousness, you don't understand politics at all, and if you are not careful, you will definitely suffer a lot in the future!"

"I beg your advice. Rolf looked very respectful, he admired Viscount Charlie and Zhao Bufan from the bottom of his heart.

Viscount Charles knew that everyone was now in the same boat, and there was no point in concealing it, so he sternly told him: "The Eastern Roman Empire was forced to ask the Holy See for help, it was because of the war situation at that time, and the Holy See called on everyone to go east to the Levant, because we did not want more True God Christians to come over and shake our faith.

In fact, since the Illumination Orthodox Church split from the Bright Church, they are incompatible with the Bright Church, and each other says that they are orthodox, and now that the Levant has established several kingdoms to form a stable barrier, the Eastern Roman Empire will not want us to continue to pass through their land, and the Bright Orthodox Church will look at us unfavorably, because we are the army canonized by the Bright Church, not them. ”

Rolf was silent.

After a long time, he opened his mouth again: "Then why don't you take the sea route?"

"No ship will be willing to carry us!"

Zhao Bufan took over lightly, now he also has a lot of understanding of the situation and culture of all parties, and he is very clear about the difficulties he faces.

"Rolf, you must understand that the ships to the Levant are merchant ships, and if they are loaded with our army recognized by the Church, whether it is one person or two people, their nature will change, and they may lose their trade permits, or even be attacked, and no merchant will take this risk. ”

"Then what are we going to do?" said Rolf, who was so worried that his mood sank.

Viscount Charles had obviously thought about this question a long time ago, his blue eyes gradually flashed, and he said firmly: "I think the safest way is to set up a knight order, follow the example of the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller, be independent in the name of the knights of the God of Light, and not participate in the struggle for the orthodox rights of the Holy See and the Orthodox Church of Light, take it as their responsibility to defend the God of Light, and take the initiative to obtain the approval of the Orthodox Church of Light in the Eastern Roman Empire!"

Zhao Bufan frowned: "We are an army recognized by the Bright Sect, will the Bright Orthodox Sect recognize it?"

"Why not?" said Viscount Charlie with a smile on his face, " We are the knights of the God of Light, and we take the initiative to seek recognition from the Orthodox Church, which will make the Orthodox people very happy, and they will be very willing to show that they have the same authority as the Holy See, and get satisfaction from respect, although after this news spreads, we may make the Holy See of Light angry, but what does it matter, we are far away in the Levant, there is no way out, when it is really necessary to seek support, we are already strong, have a certain right to speak, and can completely explain everything by lobbying. ”