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

"Then this rebellion..."

"This is a big hidden danger. I'm not afraid that they want to beat us. What I'm afraid of is that they will intercept our food road from the back. Their speed is too fast, and we don't have such good riders." Widukind stopped suddenly when he said this, "Has Albion woke up?"

Ragnaro shook his head: "Not yet, he hasn't woken up since he was hit on the head with a shield from that shield girl."

Vidukind sighed: "Forget it, you can make arrangements, I want to see my daughter."

Chapter 38 Hamburger with Thin Crust and Big Stuffing Eighteen Folds

Hamburg ushered in the first sunny day in winter. Such a sunny day is also a good day for the market, but today, the Saxons who originally had their own market place gathered in what they saw as the territory of the Franks— -Hamburger.

This sparsely populated town was crowded with merchants from Hanover, the Stormarn tribe from Stade or Bremen, and even merchants from the North Sea and slave traders from Ross.

These are all written by Chief Aisa, Prince Oborite Drozko, Olean and others. Everyone knows that the lord has made a fortune from the Kingdom of Denmark, and there are a lot of spoils and slaves to sell, so they all Come here.

In addition, the villagers who joined in the fun, the Saxon chiefs who came, bards and traveling priests, mercenaries and wandering warriors looking for customers, all came to Hamburg today.

Two teams of Tang army soldiers cooperated with two teams of Saxon slave soldiers to patrol around Hamburg to maintain order, while a few Saxon or Frankish serfs rolled out a small cart and started selling loudly.

Dick was still wearing his chain mail flamboyantly, leading some low Icelandic horses, and walking on the dirt road in Hamburg. On the open space not far away, various tents were erected, some business travelers and wandering warriors In and out of it.

"Dick, what's that?" Dick looked in the direction his girlfriend pointed, only to find that a Frankish serf and a Saxon serf were pushing a small cart and selling... white bread?

This white bread looks soft, but it has big fists. What's strange is that there are many patterns like clothes folds on the top of the bread, which looks unaffordable.

Looking at the female companion beside him, Dick gritted his teeth: "Go, go and have a look, buy two to try."

Leading the horse and wearing a black veil on his head, the passers-by around gave way for Dick. In the past two days, many provocative wandering warriors have died at the hands of people wearing such black hats.

Looking at the expressions of fear and envy of the people around him, Dick raised his head proudly. He used to be a person who hated dogs in the village, and looked contemptuous wherever he went, but now, hehe, 30 years east of Ulster, 30 years west of Ulster, don't bully the young and poor.

Although Dick paid the price of half a foot, an ear and almost bleeding to death, facing everything in front of him, he felt that it was all worth it.

"what is this?"

"Master, this is called a hamburger." The Saxon serf immediately replied in fluent Saxon, "The reason why it is called this is because it is our hamburger's characteristic bread. It is fluffy and soft, and there is meat filling inside."

The Frankish serf next to him also added in unfamiliar Saxon: "Your lord will agree to eat it."

"Give me two."

"You are wearing a turban, and I will give you a discount according to the rules. Two hamburgers are half a Denier. I am looking for this wooden chip. There is a Jewish money changer at the entrance of the village. You can use this wooden chip to exchange your money at any time within today. Recognized currency, the exchange fee is already included in the goods, and you don’t need to pay any more.”

Passing over two steaming steamed buns and a slightly smaller Danish silver coin, Dick took the "hamburger" with some heartache. It is really expensive. You know, half a Denier can buy three and a half loaves of bread.

But this one was only as big as a fist when it was in his hand.

Pulling his girlfriend, Dick took a bite of the bun. The soft bun skin was soaked with sweet onion and mutton stuffing. The juice exploded in his mouth, and the salty taste lingered between his lips and teeth. Much better than regular white bread.

Before Dick could taste it carefully, a crisp bell and whistle sounded. Dick was so excited that he ate the buns in two or three bites, and led his female companion onto the horse.

"what happened?"

"The summoning bell has not yet come after three rings, and those who want to be whipped, let's hurry up."

On a slightly higher mound near the Ulster River, a wooden platform was built, and under the wooden platform, there were benches and seats on three sides, a shed on the top of the head, and a low fence around it. rise

This is the place where Feng Sen held the celebration ceremony, and asked his female companion to wait outside with the horse. Dick tidied up his headdress and the chain mail on his body, and tidied up his clothes before he could enter the seating area of ​​the Saxon auxiliary soldiers.

At this moment, quite a number of Saxon auxiliary soldiers had arrived, and they greeted each other with hands in their hands, and sat down under the arrangement of several small officials.

The bell rang three times. Except for a few unlucky ones who were locked outside, almost all the people present were present. They included the chiefs of various tribes, Saxon auxiliary soldiers, local free people, and some mercenaries and wandering warriors.

In addition, outside the fence, there were many idlers who could not enter. They rode on the trees, stepped on the fence, surrounded the entire venue in three circles, and waited for Feng Sen's appearance noisily.

Soon, Feng Sen, wearing a white robe and a cross pendant, stood up. After a friendly speech, Feng Sen entered the topic very directly:

"...In this counterattack, many Saxon righteous men also participated out of reverence for our savior, so I decided to give them the status of 'Saxon Han'. From now on, their descendants can be called Han Chinese!

At the same time, in order to commend their achievements, I decided to award them the title of "Hundred Households". This title means that he can have a maximum of [-] households of subjects, and these subjects will be redeemed slaves.

In addition, for every Saxon soldier who fought bravely on the battlefield, I bestowed on them the military rank of "righteous obedience".

My warriors, please come forward and get your badges and foreheads. "

Under the envious eyes of everyone, Dick stood up on the wooden platform with his head held high, waiting excitedly and tremblingly, Baihu, Baihu, who can succeed father to son, is also a nobleman!

At the beginning, when he heard that he was going to follow the new lord to conquer the Danes, Dick was extremely scared and angry. He never thought that his father would be so ruthless and push himself to die.

But he never thought that those legendary Dan people were so fragile under their, no, our Jingnan Army's iron hooves.

Forced to train and stand in a military posture, forced to get up on time every day, every move must meet the standards, and the instructor beats and scolds him at every turn.

Even at the beginning of the march, Tang Jun rode away and asked the Saxons to follow up with his feet. Sometimes Dick could dream of that terrible scene in his dreams.

Every night when I arrived at the camp, my feet were bloody, and I had to pierce the blisters with a knife. I was too tired to sleep, so I had to wear a pair of straw sandals before going to sleep. A pair of straw sandals would rot at most after one day.

At that time, Dick was completely numb, and he did whatever Shangguan said. Finally, Shangguan told them to attack a 50-man Viking phalanx, and they rushed straight up. He didn't react until Dick killed one himself.

But everything was worth it, 30 days of marching and fighting, in exchange for a child who has no worries and a bright future.

After taking over the gray military uniforms, several senior generals of the Tang army put khaki foreheads on them one by one, and it was Feng Sen who put on Dick's foreheads.

"Your name is Dick?"

"Ah... yes, Jieshuai, my name is Dick." Dick replied gratefully, having never expected Feng Sen to remember his name.

Feng Sen patted him on the shoulder: "Good name, young man, do a good job, and when you are done, I will let you be a thousand households."

Thousand households?Command a thousand households? !Dick got off the wooden platform like a dream, feeling like a sea tide in his heart.

"Rewarding hundreds of households is the first thing today. The second thing is a decree. Everyone knows that the "Saxon Law" has been promulgated. Saxons can no longer atone for their crimes by paying blood money. Immediately sentenced to death.

In order to implement this decree and fully carry forward the will of the great King Charles, I decided to issue the "Non-Han Law" or "Non-Subject Law".

First of all, I want to explain what Han people are. People who live in the land of Han and are loyal to me and the Frankish Kingdom are called Han people.

All those who live in Han land but are not Han are non-Han. They do not own land, but live here. Therefore, in addition to the original tax, we have to collect a non-Han tax, which is a sum of money. A tax imposed on those who are not subjects of the kingdom but live on the land of the kingdom. "

Feng Sen paused for a while, gave the subjects below a bit of buffer time, and continued: "You don't need to convert to become a Han Chinese, that's for the priests.

All I asked was to simply tie my hair up like mine, and I would send someone to inspect the place, and if someone didn't wear this kind of bun, he and the three households around him would have to pay the non-Han tax.

In other words, Han Chinese and Franks are official subjects recognized by the Frankish Kingdom, but you are not, if you want to be treated fairly, be Han Chinese or Franks.

The "Saxon Law" is a cruel law for the Saxons, but it is very kind to other ethnic groups. Heavenly Father bless us, we have a merciful king.

Of course, the sword cannot bring devotion to the Heavenly Father, I will not force you, and I ask you to think about it after you go back. "

Chapter 39 Tang Jun asked me to bring you a message

After changing into comfortable clothes, Feng Sen came from the room to the yard.

The cold wind was blowing dark clouds, but it wasn't raining, it was just gloomy and cold. There was a brazier and a small coffee table in the center of the yard. Wang Sima and Han Shizhong were waiting in front of the brazier to warm up.

Sitting in the main seat, Feng Sen stretched his shoulders: "During this time, please trouble Uncle Han to go out more. One is to support the hundreds of households while the chiefs are not at home. The other is that the new law is released. It is estimated that many Saxon tribes will make noise and suppress it more."

"Here."

Feng Sen looked at Wang Sima again: "Wang Sima, have you got all the statistics?"

Wang Sima nodded, and took out a piece of white paper produced by Mars Workshop: "The harvest of this expedition, a total of 600 people went to Denmark in rotation, 35 people were killed in battle, 110 people were slightly injured, and 67 people were seriously injured and could not go to battle. .”

Feng Sen let out a long breath: "Although this trip has been fruitful, the old brother still died a little too much."

Don't underestimate the fighting power of this old brother. The reason why the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was so good at the beginning was because it recruited a large number of veterans who fought in the Hundred Years' War with Turks.

After the old brothers died, the fighting power of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom continued to increase. Although there were soldiers recruited in Lianghuai, they were still like two people compared to the previous strong fighting power and heaven-defying results.

It is necessary to train the servant army as soon as possible. This small-scale battle is fine, but when it comes to large-scale battles, if this little capital is lost, then it is really sent.

"What about the capture?"

"This time we got 5000 horses, 800 cows, more than [-] sheep, more than [-] pigs, more than [-] chickens and ducks, and about fifteen or six carts of gold and silver jewellery, furs, daily necessities, and various weapons and armor, as well as grain, grass, and soybeans.

There were 100 prisoners of war, [-]% were women and children, and [-]% were adult men. Most of these [-] adult men had their right thumbs cut off, so they could not do fine work and could only do hard labor such as farming.

Among them, three blacksmiths, two cobblers, ten carpenters, ten stonemasons, a brewer, and their respective families did not have their thumbs cut off. "

"Those women and children, let the old brothers below pick one, one for each person, and let the hundred households pick the rest, and finally let the Frankish free people pick, and the rest will be distributed to the Saxon slaves who are freed from slavery this year."

"Here."

"How is Kaitian?"

"From September to early December, we opened a total of [-] acres of fields. Now the weather has turned cold, the soil has hardened, and there is not enough winter clothes. The slaves cannot work outside, so the field work has been temporarily suspended."

"Four thousand acres?" Feng Sen rubbed his temples, feeling a little headache, "It's still too slow, how are the four thousand acres divided?"

"According to your request, the injured and the disabled among the old brothers will be divided first, and each will be given ten acres, and two slaves and a cow will be asked to plow first."

"That's right, give those bastards more gold and silver women, so they won't be called Qu Injustice again... How about the workshop I was talking about?"

This time it was Wang Sima's turn to rub his temples: "Jie Shuai, there are quite a lot of lime and sulfur here, but we searched all over Hamburg and Bremen, but we couldn't find kaolin. We have already talked to those business travelers from various places. A Bavarian business traveler said that they seem to have similar ones..."

Feng Sen began to miss the life of killing people, at least there was no need for such a headache at that time. Kaolin is not as simple as making porcelain. For Feng Sen, the biggest use of kaolin is to make refractory bricks.

Without refractory materials that can withstand temperatures above 1500 degrees Celsius, where can we develop heavy industries such as ironmaking and steelmaking (for the Middle Ages)?

"If you can't, just wait. You can ask if there is Shi Mo later, um... have those Saxon slaves been idle recently?"

"Now I arrange for them to build thatched huts for themselves. Otherwise, some people will always catch cold and get sick. If it is not for Dr. Kang, two or three hundred slaves may die due to the cold this year."

"Okay, when they finish building the house, you go find some ingenious Saxons, both male and female, and try to build a simple small workshop a month ago.

I give three directions, one is the brewing process of soy sauce, tempeh, wine vinegar, etc.; "

Although workshops such as ceramics and steel cannot be opened, there is still such a relatively light craft method.

The first one is seasonings such as soy sauce and vinegar. You must know that European seasonings are scarce today. Spices and pepper can even be equivalent to the same weight of gold. It is conceivable how scarce cheap seasonings are.

The other is the most classic wine of the traversers, but Feng Sen doesn't plan to make too much wine, he lacks the raw materials to make wine, and the food must be supplied first, so this is put on hold for now.

The target users of soy sauce and vinegar are the middle-class small nobles, while the latter two directions are aimed at the big nobles.

People in this era have very poor means of entertainment and spiritual life. Although Charlemagne created a Carolingian Renaissance, many times, due to the backwardness of technology and culture, people often want to show off their wealth and don’t know how to show it off. Although they are kings and dukes, they still live like rich landlords.

Feng Sen's umbrellas and fans are products aimed at this situation.

Do you think umbrellas are for shelter from the rain?No, no, at this time, due to the warm Atlantic current, frontal rain often forms in Europe. It can be simply understood as light rain blowing obliquely or even horizontally. The practicality of an umbrella is probably not higher than that of a cloak.

The function of this umbrella is to shade the sun.

At this time, not only the Central Plains regards white as beauty, but Europe also regards white as beauty. Umbrellas are practical. When others are basking in the sun, you open an umbrella, and there are exquisite paintings from the painter Seris on the umbrella, which immediately makes you different.

The same is true for a fan. Others use a leaf to fan the wind. You take a feather folding fan, and then use the feather fan to cover half of your face. You still hold a pipa to half cover your face. Don’t underestimate the appearance improvement brought by covering the lower half of your face!

The same is true for embroidery. Although there is no more silk, there are other materials to improve. There are no silkworms here and there is no way to raise silkworms, so woolen clothing workshops have to be established.

Seeing Wang Sima write down the paper one by one, Feng Sen rubbed his head and said with a smile: "I'm not good at civil affairs, so please ask Wang Sima to take care of it."

"Jie Shuai is serious, it's just a matter of business, but Jie Shuai, it's not difficult to make umbrellas and fans. I have never eaten pork, but I have seen pigs running, brewing vinegar and soy sauce, and the boys in the supply camp can do it too. It's just embroidery, tailoring and other weaver work. None of us have seen it."

"I'll figure out a way to do this. Go and build the framework first, then talk about it. Ah, there's one more thing."

Let Wang Sima approach, Feng Sen whispered in his ear: "Go find some Danish prisoners of war and ask them to send a message to Widukind, saying that if..."

Feng Sen's voice became smaller and smaller, while Wang Sima's expression became more and more serious. After a few seconds, Wang Sima nodded hesitantly and left the courtyard.

Sitting on the grand teacher's chair, Feng Sen rubbed his chin, thought for a while, clapped his hands, and asked a servant next to him to call Kang Dezhen from the outside.

There are still a few days until the winter solstice, when the days are the shortest and the nights are the longest. Except for a few loyal soldiers at Mrs. Feng's door, no one noticed that when Kang Dezhen left, she was accompanied by two strange female workers in their 40s and [-]s.

Chapter 40 Children's education must be grasped

With the end of the celebration ceremony, the hundreds of households led the sheep and horses back to the countryside, and Feng Sen also sold some of the cattle, sheep and horses in exchange for a lot of food, so that he could spend a winter without worrying about food and drink.

With a large amount of external capital injection and the input of loot, the entire Hamburg seems to have pressed the accelerator button and started rapid construction activities.

The mud huts belonging to the serfs rose from the ground in an area to the west, but they were not built randomly. They came prepared. The size and location of a house were stipulated, and everything was handled according to the barracks.

Most of the Saxon serfs put on winter coats padded with wool. Although it was still a bit cold, they would not be exposed to the wind and cold again. In this way, they could help the cobblers tan the leather, which was much easier than opening the fields.

With the increase of the population and the expansion of the town, Feng Sen's manpower became more and more scarce, and he often took on several jobs. Feng Sen even inspected the workshop in the morning, met the chiefs, and went out to visit various tribes in the afternoon.

Under such high-intensity work, Feng Sen also had to start setting up a permanent agency to manage it.

He set up the current Hamburg as four workshops, one is Zhongyongfang where chiefs and soldiers live, one is Anliangfang where serfs live, there is a Xingyefang which is composed of craftsmen and workshops, and Lepingfang is where Franks live across the river.

Each square has a person in charge of civil affairs, who reads out orders, and three archers are responsible for the security of the square, except for Zhongyongfang, of course.

The stubborn old Hans was in charge of Leping Square, and now he was finally convinced by the verdict—it was his own verdict.