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Eskil could not guarantee that the blue fox was really caught by the local nobles. He and the Count of Bremen were old acquaintances. Even if he hadn't seen him for a while, he still remembered the count's face clearly.

The team of priests all held up the fire soaked in pine resin, and a fire dragon appeared in the dark. Many citizens who lived near opened the second floor window and peeked out to try to find out.

Seems to be priests? Is it a big day today? Need a ceremony at night?

When Eskil and the others arrived at the Neibo Suspension Bridge and faced the wooden suspension bridge that had been released, the previous speculation seemed to come true.

The armored soldiers waited first, and they saw a crowd of black-robed priests respectfully and even retreated spontaneously.

At this moment, a man pushed the priest away. He took off the hat of the burqa and yelled: "Hunter! Hear my voice! I'm Robert, Robert Richard von Hamburg."

"Robert? I heard it right?!" A voice came out very quickly, and soon a sturdy man walked up aggressively.

The torch illuminates people's faces, and Saint Eskil takes off his hat, his weather-beaten face looks particularly kind.

The other man smiled maliciously, it was Robert Earl of Hamburg himself.

The two are old acquaintances of Hunter, Earl of Bremen, and they see each other right away.

Hunter greeted him happily, hugged his old friend Robert, and politely said: "Are you performing a miracle? Suddenly appeared in my castle. Robert, is there something important that makes you have to come? And..."

Eskil coughed twice and straight to the point: "I'm only here to verify a question. My lord, please answer me truthfully."

Hunter hurriedly drew a cross on his chest: "Please tell me."

"My three ascetics have mysteriously disappeared, and there are legends that they were arrested by your people. You know, this kind of thing is crazy! I hope this statement is just a slander from the wicked."

Hunter obviously took a step back. He didn't expect that the church not only came to inquire about sins, but Saint Eskil also seemed to have won the Lord's miracle and suddenly came to Bremen, and it was the saint who asked the sins himself.

"This matter is more complicated."

"That's it." Eskil continued to ask: "There is a fat man among them. I hope this person is not beaten to death by your men."

"No! Nothing. My people did catch such a suspicious person. Although they are in my dungeon, they are now offering delicious and delicious food."

When a stone fell to the ground, Robert's speculation was actually true.

The blue fox in the dungeon was released quickly, and he reappeared in front of Eskil perfectly.

This is a farce, no one can accuse the Count of Bremen's actions to be wrong. But things have just begun. The secret visits of a suspicious fat man, Saint Eskil and the Earl of Hamburg, many things seem to have many coincidences, and they must have hidden secrets.

The Earl of Bremen has his own means. First he ordered his troops to pull back to the suspension bridge on the grounds that it was too late, and then he was eager to hear the teachings of the saints, and had a drink with his friend Robert. He must understand all the tricks, because of his instinct, there may be a danger behind it.

The priest pays attention to asceticism. As for an ascetic monk who eats to become fat, there must be hidden behind the absurdity. Besides, this person talks endlessly in Gnostic and has a good way of shouting in Latin, but he is not good at Saxon and Frank.

In this way, the blue fox suddenly became a guest from a prisoner. He was still dressed as an ascetic, sitting in the oil lamp-lit banquet hall of the Earl of Bremen, facing the brown bread on the table with no appetite.

No one really has an appetite, but the Earl of Hamburg is happy to drink ale with the Earl of Bremen.

Hunter asked directly: "Please tell me all the truth. All signs indicate that you are doing secret things. For the safety of my territory, we need to know the hidden facts."

Robert shrugged: "I didn't need to conceal this matter originally. I was thinking about telling you later, since I exposed it, it doesn't hurt to explain it now."

"Please speak."

"It's a military threat."

When Robert uttered this phrase, he saw the thick-haired Hunter, his beard swelled in extreme tension, his head resembled a lion, and his eyes staring like brass bells.

"Are you... so alert?" Robert wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh.

"Where did the threat come from? I see! It must be a Norman."

"It's the Norman. Do you remember the pirate who stole Durist (about 20 kilometers east of Amsterdam today)?"

"Horik? The dog kept by His Royal Highness?"

"It's a bad dog." Robert shook his head. "He has left Durist and is now the king of Denmark. Among the many Normans, Denmark is the most threatening to us. Horrick expelled the priest from the north. , The man betrayed his faith and began to kill the evil **** with blood. Saint Eskil was fleeing Denmark, and the man threatened to use force against us. The war is about to begin again!"

For a long time, the Franks did not care about the things north of the Schleswig Wall. The lords were the heroes of Charlemagne's expansion of the war. After winning the enfeoffment, the first priority was to consolidate and improve their rule. The situation in Denmark is not good. There is also a lack of understanding channels.

According to his own understanding, Robert described the possibility of horror in a jealous manner: "The Normans will cross the Great Wall, and Horlick is a hateful big pirate. Now he is a king and he has the capital to looting wildly. He used to lack strength, now he is a king. It should be possible to gather an army of five thousand people."

It seems that there are not many people of five thousand, and Charlemagne can respond with a hundred thousand people.

But these five thousand Norman warriors are in the cramped area north of Schleswig. A large group of hungry wolves are imprisoned in small cages. Once they break through the cage, the first person they encounter will be bitten by the most terrifying. .

"Hamburg will be attacked first, then your Bremen, and Baldwin's Flanders. The entire Saxony region is dangerous. Many Saxons rebels have escaped the Great Wall and become Normans, if they choose to take revenge. , Will have no fear of death. The evil **** they believe in promises that the souls of the war dead can... go to the evil god's heaven, but they are eager to die in battle. I don't have the slightest ability to resist this army going south, can you?"

Hunter, Earl of Bremen, listened as if sitting on pins and needles, his body was covered in cold sweat under his robe, and his feet in his boots seemed to be soaked in ice water.

Hunter shivered: "I can't... Even if I disperse my wealth to recruit militias, I can gather up to two thousand people. Those are farmers with spears and sickles, not qualified fighters. I can use up to three hundred soldiers. Elite."

Robert was stunned, then smiled bitterly: "Three hundred people? It's really a strong army. Pity me, including the militias. The maximum number of people is eight hundred."

"What about Baldwin who pulled Flanders?" Hunter asked.

"He? A coward! Horrick was robbing a house in his territory. This coward left it alone so that he could offer silver coins to buy the culprits. Horrick was a hungry wolf who couldn't feed enough. Our prince felt that he could use this person to deal with Luo. Thiel, now this hungry wolf is ready to bite his master."

Things became very tricky. Robert said that he was the lord at the northernmost border of the kingdom. The many contradictions he faced were the most difficult, and the information he obtained must be accurate.

Hunter thanked his friend for the war alert, so he could probably guess the purpose of Robert's sudden departure-to go to the prince's city of Regensburg and report the enemy's situation in order to claim credit.

"We must unite," he said.

"We are not enough."

"Since Baldwin is a coward, who else can we unite?"

"Ross."

"Who is that?"

"There is a person sitting in front of you, who is the real Ross." Robert's attitude is already very clear.

Hunter glanced at the blue fox: "This fat guy?"

"Exactly."

But Blue Fox, after he was released, he was stared at the whole conversation in Frankish, and he couldn't understand everything.

Hunter didn't intend to talk to a fat ascetic monk. He didn't know the identity of the other party. Even a priest must be a very low-level priest. Eskil regarded this person as an important person. Why should he look up to him?

Hunter asked Eskil to describe the situation in the North. As a person who saw the whole process of the war, Eskil did not skimp on words in describing the cruelty of the war.

The fortress of the Russ was besieged by a thousand people. All 100 Rus fighters were killed in battle, and the Danes also killed five hundred. Hazeby's port is a sea of flames, if it is not the rain from the sky, it is the real regional scene.

"The fat Joseph was protected by the Lord, and he survived. He was the messenger of the Ross people and wanted to establish a good connection with us."

Now that Saint Eskil had spoken, Hunter grudgingly began to face the fat man.

The Blue Fox was portrayed and ordered to describe information about the Danes and the Russ. He talked in Latin all the way, and Eskil translated it into Frankish, which was embarrassing enough for the Earl of Bremen. The Ross messenger, Qiao Zhuang, became an ascetic monk, and he deserved to be arrested suspiciously, but the other party was actually a Latin speaker, and Hunter was ashamed of this next round.

In any case, after some investigation, Bremen is the first commercial city that Blue Fox has seen southbound. The wool trade in this city can make up for some of the current deficiencies in the Duchy of Ross, and the Duchy can also open up a new wheat, Imported place of salt.

Blue Fox reviewed the situation, and after learning the general content of the conversation between the two earls, he immediately prescribed the right medicine.

"My master and the Danes are feuds. Now the Danes are burning my shop to steal a lot of wealth. This will surely arouse the fury of Prince Ross. Maybe the Prince will organize an army of three thousand people to sail to Denmark for revenge. It will be a big battle. , If you can get your military support in the south, the probability of winning is very high. Denmark must lose their power, which is beneficial to us businessmen. Even if we have different beliefs, at least you will not object to the purchase of Ross iron and leather. ."

The mysterious Russ seemed to be in the ocean to the east, and the hesitant distance would obviously not become a new threat to the kingdom. But wait a minute! The fat man clearly said that the 3,000-man Russ army could cross the sea to crusade against Denmark. Do they have such strength? If so, aren't the Roths as dangerous as the Danes? Sure enough, any Norman is the same.

The visitor's attitude has clearly been very transparent. Even if the visit is accidental, the Ross messenger's request to form an alliance with Bremen is not a joke. This fat guy has come prepared.

Hunter had a direct showdown: "I am worried that you Ruths will become the new villain. Even if you convert, your prince is still a barbarian. I can't believe it!"

"I can barely believe it." Eskil did not translate this, and simply participated in the discussion personally: "Hunt, my child. I have been in Rose for half a year, and Prince Rose allowed me to build a monastery. I am already there. A bishop was arranged. According to my observation, Prince Ross is very interested in our faith, and there are many people there who have converted. The Ross people are not pirates, they have their own business. Especially the Prince Ross, he is a very young man. , As handsome as you were when you were young, and a brave blond. You can be friends with each other."

"It's all wishful thinking!" Hunter said so, his heart was slightly shaken, and he forced his composure.

Eskil was indeed wishful thinking. He ignored the fact that he was once under house arrest and an accompanying priest was killed. Seeing that Prince Rurik treated his subjects kindly, he did not hesitate to think of Moses and his people, quite pedantically. Trying to equalize as much as possible, coupled with the close contact with the blue fox, Eskil continued to suggest to himself, and increasingly felt that the Ross people could become converts and good people.

He was full of beautiful words to Prince Rurik, completely ignoring that the young prince was essentially murderous.

Eskil is ambitious: "I will go to Ross for the greatest attempt and try to persuade them to convert. Then I will return to Bremen with peace of mind. Maybe you should accept the olive branch from the Ross... "

Hunter still couldn't fully trust him, and since Eskil was standing on the platform for the mysterious Ross, he also "relaxed".

"If the Ross people are willing to come to Bremen to do business, it is okay. They should pay inflow tax, customs duty, belief protection tax, poll tax, business tax, commodity income tax...water tax, food tax." People have With ten fingers, Hunter said ten kinds of tax names carelessly.

Blue Fox tried to suppress his anger, and Zhou frowned and asked with a sigh of relief: "Does the Ross merchant still have to pay the inhalation tax when he arrives in Bremen?"

"Coincidentally, I should set up this tax." Hunter slapped his thigh, and then aimed at the blue fox with a carefree look.

It's just this expression, but it's more aggressive than verbal abuse.

The Blue Fox scolded in his heart that the Earl of Bremen was playing with fire. The Ross Navy was fully capable of killing Bremen, and it would not be an exaggeration to punish the arrogant provocateurs with force.

Only the Ross people have ever collected taxes (tributes) from others. When will the Ross people still pay taxes?

The Earl of Hamburg put forward some unreasonable demands that can be tolerated, but the Earl of Bremen is so arrogant.

Blue Fox ended the conversation, and it was the Earl of Hamburg that Robert hurried to persuade the old friend not to treat the Ross people like a big fat sheep. Because unlike Hunter, Robert knows that the elastic sword he likes to mention is made by the Ross people, and saying that it is "the Lord's reward" is just a good rhetoric. The Ross people can export a lot of excellent weapons, even if they spend a lot of money to buy them, it is worthwhile, not to mention the fat Joseph Blue Fox claims that Ross is willing to trade rye.

Because of Hamburg, Bremen, and Flanders, the earls in the northwestern corner of the three kingdoms are prominent in the macroscopic view, and as a lowland area, there is a serious shortage of minerals. If iron can be obtained from the Ruths, it will be good for the three earls.

Hunter didn't realize this. He didn't want to form an alliance with Rose, but he didn't prohibit doing business. He had invented most of the ten types of taxes previously described with fingers clasped, hoping that Joseph Blue Fox would shut up griefly. The city tax, customs duty, and business tax are compulsory, even if Hunter thinks about it, he doesn't open his mouth.

Bremen is a special existence after all. This is the diocese appointed by Charlemagne and the core stronghold of the kingdom in the north. As a vassal, he has the title of "Von Bremen". The barbarians of the foreign countries are friendly and commerce.

But Hunter was very happy about the infighting in the Norman world.

Such unexpected night meetings have fully enhanced Ross and Bremen's understanding of each other, and UU reading www.uukanshu.com is actually a blue fox with anger. This self-respecting nobleman who loves hunting and suppressing bandits dares to ask Ross for tribute. This is a serious sin and requires a huge amount of wealth to make amends!

The meeting ended up with the results of saying different things, but there were still intentional results.

In a sense, the blue fox is an outsider even if it is the messenger of Rose. Hunter realized the major threat of the Normans and naturally wanted to strengthen his defense against the self-reliant pirate Horrick's sneak attack, because of the quietly flowing Weser River. Directly to the sea, Horrick's bandits have also attacked against the current before. For this reason, Hunter really believed when Robert sent the alarm.

Since the Earl of Hamburg is going to bravely head to Regensburg, it will take some time to head to Frankfurt in the south. The team needs a batch of food, drinking water, clothes, especially materials for building tents, and Hunter is willing to support these materials.

Not only that, a parchment letter from Hunter, Earl of Bremen, was also stuffed into a wooden box with a few pieces of amber inside. The box was unlocked but sealed with wax. The letter will be delivered to the hands of Prince Ludwig, and the words are full of evil words against King Horlick of Denmark. Yes, who would give a good word to a group of gangsters who looted their own territory?

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