Chapter 735： Blue Fox in Schleswig

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According to the description of the people who fled Hezeby, the people who stayed behind in the Ross shop ended up with death.

If the Blue Fox himself really died, it would not be a loss to the majority of the Ross people. But the loss of shops meant that the Russ lost their market in Denmark, and the Danes' war behavior was to force the Russ Principality to launch a commercial war for revenge.

Of course, Ross could use this as an excuse to start a country-to-country war, and even draw on the Kingdom of Sweden, which hadn't made money in the previous war, and the two countries joined forces to beat Denmark.

Many people think that the blue fox has no bones left, but not only is he still alive, he is now passively disguising himself in a brand new and extremely safe image and rushing to the northern border where the king of East Frank crossed.

A group of priests in black went down on foot holding a cross. Eskil was noble and old. He sat in a carriage and looked after a pile of moving supplies and the most precious sacred artifacts taken from the monastery.

There is also a fat man in black who plays the job of suppressing the warehouse. He is not someone else but the Blue Fox.

He was almost alone, rushing towards the unknown south wind here, he was extremely curious and extremely frightened. He didn't know what he would see or hear when he entered the Frankish kingdom, and he was afraid that he would encounter an accident.

Now, I can only listen to the old guy Eskil's request, first be a believer and a priest.

"Maybe their **** will bless me..."

Everyone was speechless along the way. They walked on a rugged forest road. The so-called road is just a few yellow lines exposed in the grass. Obviously, there are not many people walking on this road.

Everyone has been gone for many days, and many little priests felt that this departure was a cut with Hezeby Monastery. The teacher's sacred work of spreading faith to the north ended in failure as Hezeby went through wars. Maybe there is a turning point here! The fat Ross man Joseph Blue Fox sitting on the carriage became the teacher's friend.

After passing through a group of oak forests, a strange open ground appeared in front of him.

There is a grassland here, but it is amazing that no one grazes cattle and sheep.

Take a closer look, there is an existence that looks exactly like a rammed earth dam in the front, it can even cover the woods behind, seriously disturbing people's sight.

No doubt the blue fox has noticed this geographic anomaly.

"Eskil, what is that?" he asked.

"do not you know?"

"How do I know? It's the first time I have come to such a southern place."

Eskil pointed directly at the wooden staff with a smile: "That is the Schleswig Wall! Back then, the Danish chief Godfrey ordered the construction to prevent the kingdom (special Frank) from invading. It is a pity that the kingdom is still I own the city of Schleswig."

Blue Fox really has no sense of the distant past. The main reason for him to come to the south is to take refuge, and the second is to inquire about the commercial atmosphere here.

He asked casually, very vulgarly: "Are there merchants in the city? Are there prostitutes?"

Some words are taboos for priests, and Eskil was trembling with shock, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. He held back for a while before staring at the blue fox with a blank face: "Joseph, you have been baptized, don't say some devilish words. You must keep your heart pure, and you can't do dirty things that are not allowed in the scriptures!"

"I understand. But I just asked if there are prostitutes in the city. Where there are prostitutes, there are merchants, and I want to talk to them."

"Forget it! I warn you that you are the priest Joseph if you are able to protect yourself. If you do something extraordinary, I can't protect you."

"Whatever..." The blue fox shrugged, cursing in his heart that this old guy had a man's body, but he believed in the so-called sacred faith and stayed away from a woman all his life.

The wooden crosses carried by the priests are very prominent, and the rebel fighters of Lord Schleswig who guards the border easily noticed this situation.

A solid rammed earth wall cuts off the Jutland Peninsula, and there are trenches on both sides of the earth wall. Only in this way, this so-called "Great Wall" is not an insurmountable line of defense at all. Its greatest effect was actually that Chief Godfrey blocked the entry of Frankish cavalry.

History By 835, the control of the entire Great Wall was controlled by Ludwig of the Kingdom. It belonged to the territory of East Franconia. The specific management of the Great Wall was in the hands of the Earl of Hamburg, and several viscounts under it controlled the military points along the Great Wall. . Among them, a dead city is the largest border military town!

Under normal circumstances, the Danes cross the Great Wall because they believe in Odin and other Nordic gods. If they cross the Great Wall and enter the south, they will be arrested or even executed because of their wrong beliefs.

A large number of refugees fled the Great Wall a month ago and confirmed the identity of the believers under the personal inspection of the Viscount, and then they were given safe asylum.

Now that even the toughest priest has withdrawn back, what terrible thing happened to Hezeby? !

Viscount Henry realized the complexity of the situation and quickly mobilized the guards in the city to enter the border gate.

The thick wooden door was opened, and a crowd of armored soldiers walked out.

Viscount Henry took off his helmet to greet the priests, and stood there watching them walk in.

The soldiers and nobles treated these priests with a high degree of courtesy. They showed discipline and stood on both sides of the gate and hooked their heads to signal, and then witnessed them entering the city.

Eskil exchanged glances with the Viscount, and the blue fox keenly sensed the risk, and very cleverly hooked his head without looking at anyone's face.

As Blue Fox said, of course there are prostitution and mobile merchants in the city. The fief of Viscount Henry is here. In today's era, Schleswig is not a land of bitter cold to East Frank, but it can also be described as a mixed political and economic form. With the Kingdom of Denmark in the north, and the Oberthliddites and Pomeranians in the east, the fief of Viscount Henry was on a bad bulge. It is impossible for him to collect too much tax from the nearby villages, so he settled the financial problem by collecting tolls from the merchants in the past.

The city resembling a village with a small population is now overcrowded. Now that a group of priests have also withdrawn, many refugees from the war have gathered, hoping to receive the blessing of the priests with open arms.

Because the cross that was carried is still hung with a special sign, it means that a regional bishop has come. who is he? It is the "Bishop of the North" Eskil.

The people knelt down and opened their arms and mouths calling for salvation. Eskil got out of the carriage and motioned to the little priest to open the bronze urn containing the holy water containing the fragrant rose essential oil. With some withered pine branches dipped in the holy water and splashed on them, it was considered a blessing.

Have you gained sacred power in this way? The blue fox was amazed, thinking that perhaps Prince Rurik could also learn one and let the high priest "sprinkle water".

The Blue Fox also got out of the carriage, and soon saw a man in black with a wrinkled face and no beard hurriedly approaching, presumably this is the pastor of this city.

After many days of walking, the small classrooms with soft legs and feet finally got a chance to rest.

Schleswig was a border post city established by the Danes in the past, but now it is occupied by Franks, and the role of the city has not changed essentially. In such a small city and the surrounding sparsely populated villages, only a dozen priests can provide stable support.

Compared with the national organizational structure of the Frankish kingdom, the organizational structure of the Holy See invented and determined by the Roman emperor is more complete. The Holy See is like a tree trunk. The bishops of many areas under its jurisdiction are thick branches, with archbishops, and cities under large areas have bishops (patriarchs), and finally a priest in the village. This tree-like management model allows the Holy See to manage every village in Western Europe.

In terms of status, Eskil is much higher than the bishop (patriarch) of the city, and he also has the right to act arbitrarily on issues of faith in Schleswig.

He placed many little priests on the spot in the city of Schleswig, handed a bag of silver coins to the bishop of the city, and asked: "This is the funding given to me by the prince, and I will put it here for you for the time being. We are all We need to live, and you continue to teach the young priests. When we are spreading our faith to the north in the future, one after another Danish village needs many pure priests. They are the children around us."

The old guy Eskil has been agreed by the Holy See to go to Bremen as the bishop in a few years. He has a good relationship with Archbishop Sinkmar of Reims and also has a good relationship with Prince Ludwig.

Bishop Schleswig respected him, and Viscount Henry had not only respect, but also many secular questions.

On that day, Henry personally confessed to Eskil in the city’s monastery on the grounds of repentance.

He claimed that he did not protect the people with sacred beliefs, was sitting and watching them flee, and the only thing he could do was to open the door and let them in, then took out some rye from the warehouse and cooked it to give them alms.

Although the Viscount is a nobleman, his performance is simply a little saint!

Eskil believed it to be true, and then thought of another character-Prince Rurik of Rose.

"Henry, my child. You have done a good job. You have practiced your beliefs. You have saved many people. The Lord has forgiven you. As long as you continue to stick to your principles, your soul will be redeemed... "

This seemed to be a scene, and Henry heard it warmly. At this point, Henry's real purpose began to show.

"Padra, I only have one question. Why? Why do a large number of merchants and villagers outside the city walls have to withdraw to the city? Is there really a war in the north? I learned that the visitor is the Danish Horlick, he is not Harald Clark Isn’t he’s nephew? Isn’t the prince’s servant? Didn’t he call himself the Earl of Flanders? Why would he bring disaster?"

Mentioned this matter, Eskil changed his calm expression and sighed to hint at the complexity of the matter.

After the procedural work was finished, Eskil invited the Viscount Henry to come to a secret room to talk in detail.

There are some things that Eskil will not explain to a lower-level nobleman. It can be said that it is meaningless. He specifically explained the war incident in the Freeport of Hezeby, and even Horrick's true attitude.

He pledged with honor, claiming that Horrick had betrayed the kingdom, and everything may have gone back thirty years ago.

This description made the Viscount shudder. Although some things have indeed become legends because of the records, some old men who are still alive in Schleswig, when they were young, were also members of the expedition to Denmark following Emperor Charlemagne. Past events They are not so confused as to forget. The grandfather of the viscount had merit in the war that year. He was conferred a baron and guarded the captured city of Schleswig. When his father succeeded to the title, he was awarded the viscount because of his merits.

"Will the Danes attack us? It won't happen! They don't know the consequences of doing this? The kingdom will be angry." The Viscount couldn't believe it or didn't want to believe it.

Originally, as Eskil, he should not pay attention to the world, even if it is a war of life and death, he should not interfere.

However, the new king of Denmark, Horlick, used force to force himself back, and he treated the people of Hezeby with slaughter. They dare to attack the monastery, this is the most direct act of war!

Horrick did not declare war on Frank, and there was even a letter he needed to pass on to Prince Ludwig himself.

Eskil would naturally not tell Viscount Henry about this. He emphasized one point: "Protect the people at all times, just like Moses protects his people for his whole life. This is what you must do as a lord."

Henry was moved to tears when an adult bishop who was dressed in a simple dress and had a firm faith and respected morals taught himself personally.

Regarding the fact that Eskil wants to continue south to Hamburg, Viscount Henry is also willing to send a few knights to follow along. Eskil kindly declined, because this is already a safe zone, although the road to the south is also accompanied by desolation, after all, it is already safe. Dangerous beast? The bears and wolves have long been killed by hunters. Otherwise, how could the leather of the Ross people be rushed by the merchants of Hezeby? In fact, Eskil had also noticed that many of the soldiers under the Viscount had clothing made of obvious squirrel skin, and the place of origin must be Rose.

He didn't have to worry about the bandits, even the savage guys didn't dare to do anything to the priest. Eskil has never heard of priests being killed by bandits. Based on his personal experience, he can be described as a "lone ranger" for many years. Most of the time, he does not bring a follower, and travels north to spread his faith on a pair of feet. Only when you are old you need help.

They took three rest breaks in Schleswig. Most of the young priests regretted that they could not go south with their teachers, and envied the chance that the selected person had the opportunity to see the bishop of Hamburg.

During these three days, the priests had food except black bread and clean water, accompanied by some cheese and carrots.

Such a meal can be described as light, not to mention that black bread is far inferior to wheat bread in terms of calories.

The current life really makes Blue Fox speechless. He can only comfort himself by saying that "the father also survived this extreme state back then." The Blue Fox not only consumes energy all the time, but also eats light and non-oily water every day. What's worse, he learned that as long as he stays in Frank for a day, his food is always the same.

why is that? This is the rule!

This is a rule of the Pope in Rome a hundred years ago. The so-called people who have a simple and frugal style will have no miscellaneous desires in their hearts, so their hearts will be pure, and their souls will enter heaven.

In contrast, these priests can hardly imagine the life before the blue fox. The blue fox can squander money arbitrarily, maintain improper intimacy with many women, and gnaw meat unscrupulously. Such a way of life is diametrically opposed to the priest's "ascetic mode".

The blue fox is enduring, this kind of endurance can be called torture.

What's worse is that he will continue to endure this kind of torture in the foreseeable future.

A fat bear will be tortured into a skinny idiot! He felt that he had lost a lot of weight, and continued to live in this state, afraid that within two months, he would become a skinny existence like those little priests.

"If I get thin and return to Rose, will my father still know me? Will my brothers and wives still know me? The prince...can still accept me as a skinny person?!"

A pudgy image like a seal is a family characteristic. The so-called warrior’s beard and muscles are a symbol of combat power. A businessman’s fat posture is better than a hundred amber hanging on his body can better demonstrate the businessman’s financial resources, thus Facilitate the negotiation of transactions.

The sour brown bread can only be gnawed barely, while the slightly sweet and bitter yellow carrot can be gnawed hard. The slightly smelly cheese has become the only delicacy that the blue fox can enjoy, but this thing is still lacking.

For the first time in his life, he tasted the taste of poverty. He did not know that Sir Henry Schleswig could only provide such food to the Eskil group who was about to go south.

Subjectively, the Viscount still wanted to prepare more delicious food for the noble Eskil and his entourage, but he really couldn't bring out any treasures.

The viscount and the retinue, as well as the knights living in the village, eat black bread on weekdays, and only eat wheat bread on holidays. People eat brown bread and a small amount of horses eat oats.

This is already a Frankish territory, and it is indeed different from Denmark or the more northern world in terms of food culture. The staple food of local people, poor and low, is rye, and almost only rye is grown in the fields near the city.

This is an optimal solution. The local area is still cold, the growth of wheat is weak, but the growth of rye and oats has been stable, but rye is more suitable for making bread. It has a sour and refreshing taste and a sweet aftertaste. This kind of life needs this kind of light life. adjust. But oats, it’s hard to say...

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