At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was a feudal town, but in Western Europe

Of course, most of the Frankish lords and a small part of the Saxon tribes have handed over, but the handed over is basically in kind, and all of them have been put into the granary, equivalent to less than 100 solida, and wildling chiefs in various places have appeared Violent tax resistance and even looting of business travel and escort teams occurred. "

A trace of murder flashed in Feng Sen's eyes: "Tell Han Shizhong to pick two or three tribes or manors that have done too much. They will be slaughtered. The tribesmen will be punished as slaves, and the women will be handed over as wives."

Wang Sima shook his head and said: "Although the disputes between the country and the field have been suppressed at present, it is only temporary, and it will not cure the root cause. At most, it will be suppressed for a while. If we want to increase our strength, we must increase the population. If the population increases, the land will inevitably be in short supply.

Two-thirds of Saxony's land is forest. When the land becomes tense again, conflicts between the Chinese and the savages will break out again. In fact, many savages are already dissatisfied with Feng Sen's large-scale migration of the Franks.

Besides, on the Chinese side, many manor owners and aristocrats are still taking savages as slaves in private. They are also short of people, and because the Heavenly Father religion prohibits enslaving Heavenly Father believers. "

Human beings, as long as they have breath, they will fight non-stop. Wherever they go, there are big and small macro and micro struggles, fighting against the sky, the earth, and people, but Feng Sen doesn't have the spirit of endless fun. Feel helpless.

Flipping through Wang Sima's pamphlet over and over again, Feng Sen fell into a long silence.

It was quiet for a while, but Wang Sima suddenly said tentatively: "I heard that the Vileti people plundered a lot of wealth from the Eupolites?"

"Oh?" Feng Sen's eyes became playful, he stood up and paced back and forth in the room: "Valetti people, Villetti people..."

After walking around for a while, Feng Sen finally stopped. He raised his head and looked at Wang Sima. Just as he was about to reply, he heard a knock on the door: "Marshal Jie, all the officials have arrived."

Chapter 2 Wang Xi's Uncle Frank

"It's just a coincidence that they came here." Feng Sen muttered, then showed his face and smiled at Wang Sima, "This group of officials are all the eldest sons of the Frankish manor owners, there are about twenty or thirty of them. I bought them from them at the beginning. Grain, promised them to send people to learn our Tang-style agriculture."

Wang Simaqi said: "I really thought they were devout, but I didn't think it was because of this."

Feng Sen chuckled: "Although faith is good, it can't be eaten as food. Although they are barbarians, they are like a mirror in their hearts. They all know that they are helping me to suppress businessmen. They throw peaches at them, and I will repay them." plum."

Wang Sima stood up and put the five or six pamphlets into his pocket: "Then I won't bother Jie Shuai, and we'll talk about Villetti's issue after the matter over there."

Standing up, Feng Sen tidied his clothes, bowed his hands to Wang Sima, and walked to the front hall. Most of the officials were waiting in front of the ceremonial door in the front hall, which was specially designed for visitors to tidy their clothes.

It's just that the culture of the Frankish court has not yet risen at this time, and the officials are naturally rough, with no etiquette at all, and there are people who are holding their noses and playing everywhere.

Passing quickly through the corridor, only the sound of Feng Sen's footsteps gliding through the empty corridor, the white mist in the morning condensed on the tiles, dripping on the steps, making a crisp "da da" sound.

On both sides of the promenade are open spaces like patios, on the right is the utility room for fire-fighting tools, and on the left is the ear room where the bannerman guards are on duty.

After walking two more steps, the front hall was in front of him. Feng Sen was just about to step into the front hall, but he saw several Eight Banners guards in chain mail pushing open the door of the side room. They lined up tiredly in two rows, Just about to leave through the small door.

According to Feng Sen's design, these Eight Banners Banners also had the responsibility of rotating the shogunate. These bannerman guards seemed to be on duty for most of the night, and they were worthy of low duty. It was hard work to be upside down day and night.

"Go and warm up a pot of sweet rice wine for them, and steam a portion of the pickled duck, let them eat before leaving." Feng Sen stopped in his tracks, sent a kind heart, and asked someone to give the tired soldiers some warmth in winter.

A few attendants went to notify the bannerman attendants, while the other trotted to the dining room to inform.

Soon, little Hans, who was about to leave on a donkey, got off his horse again. There were no tables or chairs around, so he asked the attendant to move a stool. The four flagmen of the Frankish flag held hot rice wine, took a bite of the hot duck meat, and breathed out a big mouthful of water vapor in the winter.

Little Hans finally voted for the flag, and got the title of a hundred households as he wished, and became a hundred households under the Frankish Banner Ahrens Qianhu, leading a hundred or so people.

Since the Franks are of the same family as Charlemagne after all, Feng Senming secretly gave him a lot of preferential treatment, just like other bannermen who have to blow cold wind on the city wall in winter, but little Hans only needs to guard in the guard room of the general's mansion. Stoves, just take turns to stand guard.

In addition, dental soldiers are more willing to marry Frankish women than Saxon women. The first batch of Han-French hybrids will be born around the beginning of spring, and it has become a daily custom for dental soldiers to marry a Frankish wife or concubine.

Just like little Hans’ younger sister married a dental soldier named Wang Xi this winter. The other flag men went to sleep in the flag house at the gate of the city, but little Hans went straight out and turned left, riding a small The donkey took two more steps, and it didn't take much to reach the brother-in-law's house.

After getting off the donkey, he led it to the stable and tied it up. Little Hans glanced enviously at the tall Hequ horse in the stable, and he could only sigh.

It's so nice, this big house.

Wang Xi's house is worth three country wooden houses, it is impossible to say that little Hans is not jealous, this is a pure brick house, there is a warm big kang in the bedroom, there are hanging There are two archery targets, which are specially used for practicing archery.

I have to admit that the archery skills of this group of Siris are really good, and none of them can shoot badly. With a sigh, it is no wonder that they can defeat such powerful Vikings and Saxons.

Maybe my nephew who is still in my sister's womb will also become a member of those Seres people, or a member of the Han tribe. This kid is unlucky. I will beat him to death for more than ten years. Fortunately, he was born.

Sighing in his heart, little Hans dragged his heavy steps along the path paved with gravel, and bumped into Wang Xi who was walking out with two white buns in his hand. .

Little Hans is on duty at night and sleeps during the day, while Wang Xi is on duty during the day and sleeps at night. Every time Little Hans is off duty, Wang Xi is still sleeping. Go on duty, the two of you basically belong to the neighbors you can't worship when you go out early and I come back late.

So although Little Hans has been living in Hamburg for almost half a month, the two basically met each other when they met for the first time, and the rest of the time it is really difficult to see each other. Today, Little Hans delayed eating duck for a while , this is the time to meet.

I have lived here for almost two years, and married a Frankish wife. Wang Xi has learned a little bit of Frankish, and simple communication is not a problem. He stepped forward, put on a big smile, and asked his brother-in-law : "Did uncle eat breakfast? Manya just made porridge, bacon and pickles, let's have some together?"

Little Hans had a strange expression on his face. He didn't know how to get along with Wang Xi, but he replied simply: "The commander gave me a pot of rice wine and steamed duck, so I ate it."

"Oh, oh, ok, ok." Wang Xi also nodded awkwardly, and the two stood facing each other, speechless, both of them had the expression that I wanted to say something, but then I swallowed it.

In the end, it was little Hans who bowed his hands, and said in half-baked Chinese with Frankish: "My brother-in-law is on duty, don't be late, I'm going to bed first."

"Okay, then I won't bother uncle." Wang Xi also cupped his hands.

Looking at the wobbly little Hans with a tired face, Wang Xi rubbed his head, without thinking about it, got on a rough horse in the stable, and walked towards the barracks outside the city, where the bannermen of the Northern Saxon Guard were being trained, and he was one of the instructors.

Walking on the avenue, Wang Xi pulled the rein suddenly, and turned to the inspector's office next to Jiang's mansion. He tied his horse to the tree at the door, and trotted in.

"Captain Xiao." With half of his head stuck out from behind the door, Wang Xi stepped into Xiao Agui's class with a smile.

Xiao Agui reluctantly put down the leaf card in his hand, and slapped Denier on the table: "Brothers, let's play first, Wang Silang has something to do with me."

The other team leaders all laughed and said, "I think you are about to lose, so leave the table on purpose."

"Come back and lose double."

"Surrender just say it."

"Fart your mother." Xiao Agui scolded, "When I come back, I will win all your loincloths away!"

Pulling Wang Xi to the corridor, Xiao Agui took off the wine bag from his waist and took a sip: "What's the matter?"

"Captain Xiao is in charge of the duties of the banner guards on duty?"

"Of course."

"Hey, Captain Xiao, I just married a new Frankish wife, and that brother-in-law is Banner Ding, who is on guard at the general's mansion every day, and is always on night shift..."

Although that uncle is a barbarian, he is also one of his own, no matter what, he is a relative, the uncle of his own child. Wang Xi has no other relatives here except a younger brother who is in his early ten years.

"Ham, what am I supposed to do." Xiao Agui waved his hand, "You write a note later, including your name, place of origin, and what you look like, and I'll transfer you to the daytime within three days at the earliest."

"Thank you team leader, thank you team leader." Wang Xi bowed again and again.

Chapter 241 Chen Gongyan

After properly arranging Mr. Lang, Feng Sen rushed to Gistacht the next day without stopping, where Chen Chongyi and his construction department were working hard to build the dam while the water was dry in winter.

Standing on a five-meter-high watchtower, leaning on the railing, Feng Sen looked at the bustling construction site in the distance, while Chen Chongyi stood beside him in a leather robe, his face was dirty, covered in dust and mud.

The Elbe River is a quiet river, but sometimes it can be very fierce under the influence of the sea. Since most of the estuary of the Elbe River in Saxony is a plain, if you really want to go to the mountains, you have to be near the Harburg Mountains.

Due to the large tidal range, once there is a storm at sea, the high tide will often submerge the land, sweep the manor, pour the seawater into the low-lying areas, forming salt marshes, and even wash the land into the water.

Gistacht is located in the northwest of Hamburg, close to Stade. In the future, the Saxony shogunate will build a barrage here so that the sweeping tide cannot erode the land of Saxony again.

Despite falling into a dry season, the roar of the Elbe River is still strong, and the water flow hits the boats transporting stones in large quantities. Those boats swayed from side to side, and the construction commander Shi, who was doing survey work on the water, held his hat and grabbed the railing, in a panic. .

On the banks of the river, under a cloudy sky, hundreds of laborers armed with hammers and axes pushed large stones into cages made of wooden frames and fishing nets; Cranes are transporting these wooden grid cages to the ship one by one.

The boat carrying the heavy wooden cage swayed in the river, as if drunk, and arrived at the predetermined position, and threw the wooden cage into the water along the wooden stakes set up in advance.

The reason why this section of the river has suddenly become turbulent is probably because of the dam that is being built.

"Jie Shuai." Wearing a rabbit fur hat, Chen Chongyi came to Feng Sen's side with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, cupped his hands, and sang.

Taking off the cloak on the side and putting it on Chen Chongyi, Feng Sen picked up the kettle burning on the stove beside him, poured a cup of hot milk for Chen Chongyi, and handed it over: "Chen Sicheng works hard, but take care of yourself."

"Ashamed, ashamed." Chen Chongyi coughed, took the milk, and gulped it down regardless of the scalding temperature.

Feng Sen and Chen Chongyi sat down together and started talking separately, and the main content of the conversation was why it had been half a year and it hadn't been built yet, and it was going to be spring, and when the spring water came again, the embankment Can it still be built?How much is the specific construction period?How much resources and funds are needed?

"Hui Jieshuai, I started the construction of the Gistacht barrage a few months ago, but due to going astray, it can be completed before spring, but whether it can be put into use is still open to question." Chen Chongyi He lowered his haggard face and replied.

Feng Sen didn't criticize him, but walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "This is the end, it's irreversible, you do your best... Tell me about the detour you took before."

Chen Chongyi snorted, and after organizing his words for a few seconds, he replied clearly: "I have been here for investigation, and the incident of the tide hitting the shore has already happened in the Central Plains. I have checked the Qiantang County Chronicle and Wu County ( Suzhou) County Chronicles, this kind of thing often happened in the Central Plains when Wuyue was founded, and it is very similar to here.

Those county chronicles record how to defend against sea tides, basically using the method of defending seawalls, such as the Changfeng Weir built by Li Chenggong in northern Jiangsu, which used the method of defending seawalls.

The so-called Hanhaitang is actually to build a city in the middle of the river, block the water flow with brickwork, and build it with rammed earth in the middle. I thought it was the same here, but I didn’t expect that the riverbed of the Elbe River is too soft, and the way of brickwork can’t stand at all. Live, built twice and destroyed twice.

This is why we have to use the current new law to build dams. "

"New law? What new law?" Feng Sen asked curiously.

"It's a stone pond in a wooden cage." Speaking of what he is good at, Chen Chongyi immediately beamed with joy, "Using bamboo cages to sink stones into the water to build water conservancy projects has been used as early as when Li Bing and his son built Dujiangyan, but there is no bamboo in the local area, so they can only be replaced by relatively waterproof fir.

These wooden cages are two feet in diameter and six feet long, and the gaps between the wooden cages are connected by fishing nets.

The river bed is soft, so you have to use stones to compact it hard, but scattered stones are poured into the water, and the river is turbulent, especially when the tide rises, so they are easily washed away, but the stones are loaded with fishing nets and wooden cages. The scattered stones became a heavy whole, and the river couldn't wash it away.

Throw a large number of wooden cage stones into the water, connect them layer by layer, and then fix them with wooden stakes, then use rammed earth to consolidate them, and wrap them with green bricks to complete the construction. "

"How's the effect?"

"It hasn't been tested yet, but at least there won't be any cases where the building will be washed down by the water." Chen Chongyi pointed to the construction site in the distance and said, "I will set up a defense line of wooden piles in front of the wooden cage to prevent waves and tidal surges."

"What kind of barrage are you planning to build with this new law? How high is it, how wide is it? Are there any preparations for boat passage and fish passage?" Feng Sen's questions popped up one after another, making Chen Chongyi's forehead sweat a little.

Chen Chongyi put down the cup in his hand, and carefully took out a blueprint from his bosom: "Please look, Mr. Jie, I want to build a dam here one foot or two feet high. This is because I measured the sea tide last year and found that the tide difference is about three feet to one foot." between ten feet.

This embankment is [-] steps long from left to right, depending on the river course, a gate will be built in front of the embankment. If there is a boat passing through, the gate will be lowered, and the water level will be higher than the embankment before passing through.After passing through, continue to pull up the gate to maintain the original water level gap and prevent the countercurrent of the tide.

On both sides of the dam are sloped fishways to facilitate the migration of perch. "

"Yes." Feng Sen stood up and patted Chen Chongyi on the shoulder, "When this embankment is completed next year, let's call it Chen Gongyan. When this embankment is completed, it can at least reach a small Dujiangyan for Saxony."

"Thank you, Marshal Jie." Chen Chongyi excitedly stood up and bowed to Feng Sen.

Nodding his head, Feng Sen squinted his eyes and looked at the busy construction site. Suddenly, he frowned slightly and pointed to the distance, "That ship seems familiar. Is that the flag of Frasen?"

After making a confession, Chen Chongyi walked to the railing and looked into the distance: "Okay, it seems to be Frasen's boat! There is another one behind him, is that?"

"That should be Emond's ship, and he has also returned from Britain." Feng Sen looked at the seven or eight galloping ships with a smile on his face, and Frasen and Emond also obviously noticed Feng Sen's existence, stood on the bow of the galloping boat, and bowed to Feng Sen.

Chapter 242 Six Thousand Horses

In the next few days, ships with various flags, large and small, arrived in Hamburg one after another.

By mid-December, most of the businessmen who had signed the West Britain Company's trade agreement had come to Hamburg.

Of course, there are also some who failed to come due to various reasons, such as accidents, such as not believing in Feng Sen at all, such as simply forgetting about this incident.

According to the agreement, they will lose the share of the West Britain Company, which will be a decision that they will regret for life.

In any case, a total of seventeen merchants were present this time. At this moment, they stood under the sunny sky, forming a crescent around Feng Sen on the square in front of the port, waiting for Feng Sen to fulfill his promise. Promise of.

"Thank you, thank you all." Feng Sen has changed into a woolen uniform with a fine-grained gray checkered collar at this moment, and the bun on his head is also wrapped in a square bun made of woolen hair. "Everyone, according to the agreement, you have come to Hamburg. I dare say that this is the most correct decision you have made in your life, because it will bring you wealth for at least 100 years."

"Let those idiots who didn't come regret it!" Some businessmen trying to please the Duke of Saxony immediately acted as the atmosphere group and began to heat up the atmosphere.

Of course, the businessman with a background said unafraid: "Your Honorable and Elegant Duke, with all due respect, I am a humble and disrespectful person, but to me, this is really important, I really can't wait to see I want to see those woolen cloths, can I...?"

"Hahaha, I'll lead you there right away." Feng Sen laughed loudly, "But before that, we need to re-confirm our agreement.

According to the agreement, once I can provide more than [-] bolts of woolen cloth, you will automatically be deemed to have joined my West Britain Company and hold a total of [-]% of the original shares. I own [-]% of the shares, and the remaining [-]% of the shares will be awarded to those who have won benefits for the company according to the company's benefits.

And everyone, everyone here, will become the hereditary director of the company, and I will grant you the noble status of honorary baron. Even if your shares have been sold out, you can still get a considerable amount of annuity, which will be given out from my share dividends. This is my reward for your support! "

During Feng Sen's words, seven or eight attendants had handed over the paper copies of the original agreement to the merchants for confirmation.

Many nobles with no background are about to jump up and down. This is a great gift. You must know that according to the teachings of the Heavenly Father and the cultural traditions of Frank, it is simply unreasonable to bestow the title of merchant.

If it weren't for Feng Sen's full franchise, and being a foreigner, and coming from the mysterious and powerful East, he would have been cut off from the aristocratic world long ago if he did this.

In fact, it was predictable that this incident alone would already hurt Feng Sen's reputation.

Now, for those businessmen with relatively humble backgrounds, the number of shares is not important, what is important is the title of the noble, even if it is just a false title without land.

"Then how should we divide the [-]% of the shares?"

Feng Sen laughed: "It's not the time to talk about this, is it? Why don't we inspect the six thousand pieces of woolen cloth first, how about that?"

"Of course, I would like to follow your wishes." Fowles stepped forward and bowed to Feng Sen, "Actually, I already believe that you can give [-] bolts of woolen cloth, because your blank paper has already set off waves on the British Isle. I have performed a miracle, and it is hard for me not to believe that you can give me a new miracle again."

"Thank you for your praise, but only the Heavenly Father can perform miracles. The miracles you have seen are all gifts from the Heavenly Father based on my piety." Feng Sen shook his cloak and led the way with his right hand, "Please."

Following Feng Sen, everyone came all the way from the port to the city, and saw a huge warehouse erected in the city. It was built with bricks, tiles and stones and was the size of a football field.

Hitting the wall twice with his fist, Feng Sen said to the merchants: "Except for the beams and pillars, basically no wood is used, just for fire prevention. This is where I put the woolen cloth. The result of nearly 300 people working day and night is behind this gate. Now you have one last chance to exit."

Seventeen businessmen looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them quit.

"Of course we won't quit." Kara stepped forward and nodded slightly, "It seems that no one wants to leave in front of Jinshan."