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

The specific renovation method is to ram clay, slag ash and small stones into mud bricks, bake them in the furnace until they are hard (not bricks, just bake them), and then spread them on the road. Before the cement straight road is laid, at least It can last half a year.

So here comes what makes Tibes puzzled, why is the color of the soil here so strange, and why is it so flat and hard?The most important thing is that there is no cow or horse feces on the road, at most there are one or two piles on the side of the road.

"Just to remind you, when you arrive here, you have to abide by the rules here, and tell your clansmen later, in addition to recuperating your health and checking for diseases, the most important thing for these seven days is to learn the rules here."

"Okay, Baihu."

Tibes quickly turned his attention back.

Walking past the wheat field and the mill, Tibes and Zhao Si appeared one after another stoves. These stoves were as tall as a person, and some craftsmen were moving up and down with adobes.

Apart from rattan signs, Hamburg's current major exports are these bricks and tiles. Feng Sen himself did not expect that the chiefs and chiefs near Hamburg are most interested in building materials such as bricks and tiles.

The main reason is that there are many forests and swamps near Hamburg, and there is a lack of mountains and stones, so most of the houses are made of wood or mud, but the problem is that wood is not fireproof and easy to get wet, and mud is not waterproof and easy to collapse.

One of Feng Sen's weapons to win over these chiefs before was to give a house, and he took a few craftsmen to build a house in a village.

Saxon society is a blood clan society. Every chieftain is related to relatives. He visits the house during holidays and festivals.Give me one too.

Under the matchmaking of chiefs such as Aisa and Iopa, tribal villages of all sizes began to buy heads and tiles from Feng Sen, especially in Saxony, where wars are everywhere, a strong house that can protect itself is about to become Just needed.

When doing business with Saxon chiefs, don’t even think about money, you can only barter. The chiefs don’t have any special products that can be sold, so the goods exchanged are basically food, cloth and livestock.

But so far, it's not yet the harvest season, but the rebellion has almost spread to the north bank of the Elbe River, so Feng Sen gave another option for hard currency - Yan Ling.

Yes, after the previous few battles, the available arrows in Feng Sen's hands have dropped sharply, reaching a very dangerous red line. In order to make up the tail feathers for making arrows, Feng Sen allowed the chiefs to pay with wild goose feathers.

The wild geese in the Saxony area were in bad luck, but in any case, the effect was remarkable, at least it was more than enough to make enough feather arrows for the dental soldiers.

Leaving from the hot brick-burning industrial area, Tibes followed Zhao Si and walked towards Zhongyongfang.

"When you arrive at Zhongyongfang, remember that there are nobles you can't afford to mess with. Don't blame me for not reminding you. Be careful, have you heard? Otherwise, they will just chop you with a knife, and there is nothing to say."

"I know, I know." Tibes walked with her head down in panic.

As he walked, Tibes suddenly noticed that the road under his feet had changed color again, and it became the same stone road as before.

Entering the Zhongyongfang from the gate, Tibis glanced at the passing crowd from the corner of his eye. Most of them wore strange hats and clean and beautiful clothes. What was different from them was that these Han people were all black. With black eyes, this is in line with the legendary image of a brutal devil.

In front of the general's mansion, Zhao Si led Tibes into the general's mansion after he informed the guard at the gate.

And Feng Sen was sitting at a small table, holding a black chess piece in his hand, playing chess with Fenner.

Seeing Zhao Si leading the refugee representative, Feng Senshi put down the chess pieces in his hand and sat down facing Tibes: "Are you the representative of the refugee?"

"Yes, yes, little Tibes, Heavenly Father bless you, my lord."

"Very well, let me ask you, what is the situation in Lune now? How many refugees are there?"

Chapter 98 Lune is a good place

"Lord Lord, the situation in Lune is not very good." With his head lowered, Tibes didn't dare to look straight at Feng Sen. "Many tribes in Lune participated in the Vidukind rebel army. When they joined the Vidukind rebel army, they would lead people around to extort food. Some Saxon hunters who used to live in the mountains, forests and swamps became bandits. Most of them were in groups of twenty or so, looting everywhere.

Many villages were plundered. After the remaining young people picked up their weapons, they either became bandits or joined Vidukind's rebel army. Every village and tribe was panicked. Many villages began to build walls or Raise the fence, but most of the villages simply went to become bandits or took refuge in Vidukind.

In addition, there are terrible Franks. Although we have not been plundered by the Franks, the farmland near Detmold has been burned by the King of the Franks..."

Feng Sen nodded slightly while listening: "Where are the refugees? Are there many people?"

"Like us, there are not many refugees. After most of the villages were plundered, they either went south to seek refuge with Chief Uda in Dessau, or they went to seek refuge with Widukind."

"Then why did you come to Hamburg?"

"There are two hunters in our village. They told me that there is a fruit forest in the Rosengarten mountain, where rye can be grown, hunting can be done, and there are caves to hide in, so we decided to hide there all winter, but they Both died on the way, so..."

"I see." Feng Sen narrowed his eyes, "Have you heard anything about the tribes in the south?"

"Magdeburg and the tribes along the Elbe River were basically plundered by the god-killing Sorb cavalry. Many tribes have become refugees and starved to death everywhere." Tibes raised his head and glanced at Feng Sen secretly, then quickly lowered his head. "I heard that after the arrival of Chief Uda, the situation was a little bit better. It's just that after the capture of Magdeburg, the Sorbs and Chief Uda seemed to have some conflicts, or the Sorbs robbed enough and went back."

Feng Sen continued to ask: "Who is the tribal leader in your Lune area? What's the situation now?"

"The leader of our Lune is Angwona. Although this side is called the Lune region, in fact, Lune is not the strongest tribe, or even the weakest tribe.

The four tribes on Lune's side are Uelzen, Walsrode, and Celle plus Lune. The leaders of these four tribes discussed major issues at the Marklow meeting.

Among them, Walsrode and Celle have already defected to Widukind because they are located on the west side of the Harburg Mountain, while the Uelzen and Lune departments are still vacillating. "

Feng Sen was lost in thought.

Lune is located in the southeast of Hamburg, and the straight-line distance to Hamburg is only [-] kilometers away. The place where Lune is located is called the Lune Wasteland. Before the Neolithic Age, it used to be a vast virgin forest, but now it has become a wasteland due to overgrazing.

These wastelands belong to the Gist landform, which is quite common in this area of ​​Feng Sen. It has a relatively high terrain and is composed of sandy and gravel soil. Compared with the clay soil on Feng Sen's side, this soil is more sandy.

These gist highlands are relatively higher, and the land is harder. The depressions between these highlands are basically composed of wet grasslands, and swamps will form in places with poor drainage.

There are many such landscapes in Hamburg.

Before Feng Sen found a salt well in the forest on the border with Lune, he kept an eye out and secretly sent someone to investigate in the territory of Lune.

The spies told Feng Sen an amazing fact - the spies not only discovered a salt spring in Lune, but even an unexploited gypsum mine!

After hearing the news, Feng Sen has been thinking about the possibility of Lune hiding weapons of mass destruction for the past few days.

Perhaps others may think that it is just a salt spring, nothing unusual, but Feng Sen knows that the output and reserves of the salt mine in Lune are absolutely astonishing!

In the later Hanseatic League, Lüneburg monopolized the salt trade in North Germany, relying on the salt mines of Kalkberg.

In North Germany, where it is difficult to make sea salt, the salt is called Platinum, and it is conceivable that the profit is huge.

"Do you know how many people there are in the Lune tribe?"

"There are three large settlements in Lüne, Kalkberg, Lüne, and Bardowwick, with a total of about 2000 people. I don't know about the villages. It is estimated that there must be 2000 people."

"And what about Ulzen?"

"Uelzen... I don't know much. They are more than Lüne, but not by much."

After thinking for a long time, Feng Sen raised his head, and then he noticed Tibes who was covered in cold sweat. He waved his hand, "Okay, there's nothing else to do with you, you can go."

"That, my lord, my son..."

"Your son?" Feng Sen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "Your son is fine, Zhao Si, you can take him to see Mrs. Kang later."

"Here."

Tibes hurriedly learned the same gesture and bowed to Feng Sen.

Feng Sen moved the chessboard away, took out a map, and spread it on the table.

Throughout July, in addition to fighting and confronting the Franks, Widukind continued to recruit troops in the Saxon region. Hanover, Wolper, Dannenberg, and even Oldenburg joined his camp.

Vidukind's army is still expanding. Judging from the strength on paper, it has already exceeded [-] troops, but in reality, it is estimated that there are no more than [-] troops that can really fight.

And Charlemagne's army is also expanding. Originally, there were only three or four thousand troops, but with the gathering of various princes and conscripts, it has expanded to about 1.

In the normal historical line, Charlie at this time had already captured Detmold and led his troops across the Elbe River.

Under various offensives, Vidukind had to surrender, was forced to change his letter, and was finally placed under house arrest in a monastery for life.

But now it's different. Under the pressure of Fengsen's looting, Widukind had to "lead the wolf into the house", and recruited the Frisians and Villetti to join forces. With Fengsen's rattan armor and bows and arrows, Detmold persisted until early August and failed to capture.

On the contrary, the Dessau chief Uda, who cooperated with Vidukind's army, captured Charlie's Magdeburg, and the Eupolites, who had lost the help of the Franks, retreated steadily under the offensive of the Vileti.

As in normal history, Charlemagne still used tactics that did not speak martial arts—destroying the fields. Charlemagne sent troops to plunder, destroy villages and wheat fields, and try to destroy the economic foundation of the Saxons.

This trick is indeed useful. In Feng Sen's world line, Widukind was defeated by this trick, but tactical victory cannot cover up strategic mistakes, as evidenced by the 30 years of intermittent wars in Saxony.

Due to the collapse of the economy, the chaotic situation gradually spread, and the originally peaceful nobles and freedmen all over Saxony became restless. The number of Vidukind's team continued to expand, and the Saxons whose homes were burned down also hated Charlemagne more and more.

Feng Sen felt that he could move.

"Call Master Zhenhui over, I have something to discuss."

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ps There are relatively many plots of farming recently, and it will take a while before there are war scenes

Chapter 99 Conception of the Kingdom of Saxony

If there is one thing that is the greatest enemy of Feng Sen's concrete paving plan, it is the rainy weather in Saxony.

Whenever it is about to rain, sticky clouds will pile up like an arhat. When the first raindrops fall on the forehead, people will not feel anything, but when the fine raincloth falls on the face like flowing smoke, people are already caught off guard.

Wearing a coir raincoat made of thatch, Vidukind walked towards the pier under the escort of three guards. It has been raining continuously for ten days. Whether they are Saxons or Franks, many soldiers have contracted the disease in the rain. dysentery or measles.

Vidukind stepped on straw sandals and walked in the rain with a sullen face. Raindrops hung on his tall hooked nose, and he patrolled the entire camp with ferocious eyes.

At the end of August, according to Vidukind's plan, Charlemagne should have been pushed out of the border of Saxony by this time.

But in fact, although Charlemagne has not sent troops for the time being, every attack by Vidukind has almost completely failed.

It was almost time for the harvest, and many people in the rebel army were already shouting, leaving part of the troops for now, and the rest went back to harvest food and prepare for the winter.

In fact, Vidukind had already dismissed a group of old, weak, sick, disabled and redundant soldiers and asked them to go home to harvest food, but unfortunately, this still couldn't stop the soldiers' longing for their hometown and fear of the enemy.

The Saxons were valiant warriors, and Vidukind was sure that he had never seen a tribe as fierce and fearless as the Saxons, who could charge without fear of death.

But in any case, they were unable to defeat the garrisoned Frankish troops. The Frankish troops always cleared the forests and bushes here before the battle, and then built fortifications and advanced layer by layer.

Although Vidukind could easily obtain supplies from the surrounding area, the Frankish army was also attacking villages and food transport teams nearby.

It's not that he has never captured Frank's army, but every time they face each other, Frank's army will use a strange formation. They will put the luggage carriage and so on in the very center, and surround the carriage with a group of armored men. It is composed of knights, and the outer circle of knights is a square shield wall.

Often when the Saxon army was still pushing each other or charging at the outer shield wall, the elite armored knights in the inner circle would rush out without any morals, and then the Saxons collapsed and fled.

The previous failures made Vidukind understand the need for a small group and elite guards who are loyal to him, otherwise speaking in front of big and small army leaders has no weight.

After experiencing the failure of the war with Feng Sen and the obstruction of the current Frankish army, he realized that he needs an army that is in order and can obey orders. Floods cannot break through standing stone pillars, but rolling stones can smash rock walls .

However, it is not difficult to let the Saxons stand side by side to defend against the enemy, and it is not difficult to make them charge. The difficulty is to make them line up in a neat array, and the difficulty is to make them charge after Widukind shouted the charge.

After walking through the camp, Vidukind's shoes were already stained with a lot of mud and water. He stood on the top of the hill without paying attention, silently looking at the opposite wooden village and his own camp, his eyes became more solemn and fierce.

"How are the tribal warriors?"

"Since the arrival of the herbs, the number of people with measles has decreased, but the number of people with dysentery has increased. Three or five soldiers die of fever or diarrhea almost every day."

"Where is Carl?"

"Those merchants said that many people in Frank also suffered from dysentery and measles, but they were much less than us."

"Of course, they live in the stockade, but we can only live in tents... Hasn't the reinforcements arrived yet?"

"No, Great Chief Wuda said he would go back to harvest wheat and come back after autumn."

"Damn Uda, he's just an ordinary Gower (chief family) in Dresden, how dare he treat me like this?!" Vidukind held the hilt of his sword and gritted his teeth.

The guard next to him replied cautiously: "Chief Uda said that he hopes to join you and the Saxon tribal leaders on the north bank of the Elbe River to vote for the highest war leader according to the ancient Saxon tradition."

"That's impossible!" Vidukind replied firmly.

During his many years of rebellious career, Widukind has long realized that the reason why Charlemagne's kingdom is so powerful is because he can gather the strength of all Franks, Lombards and even all believers of the Heavenly Father.

What about the Saxons?Not only do they hate each other, but there is no leader at the top. At the critical moment, no one can gather the strength of all the Saxons, and they can only be slaughtered by the Franks.

So what if the Franks can be expelled this time?It doesn't take three years for Charlie to stage a comeback, and by then, gather again?Elect a war leader again?It will be too late, and the Saxons will inevitably fall at the feet of the Franks.

Widukind needed a succession system from father to son, an elite standing army, obedient and united subjects, and a vassal decree prohibiting attacking each other. He needed to concentrate all power on the most heroic of the Saxons—that is, himself.

In order to achieve this, the position of war leader must not be voted on again. Widukind’s status as war leader was passed down from his father. If he is voted out, it will no longer be legal to take advantage of the situation to become king after the war.

"A low-ranking Gower from old-fashioned Dresden dares to seek the position of leader of Saxony? It's fantastic..." Halfway through speaking, Widukind suddenly narrowed his eyes and pointed to the guards, "Who is that? The fog is too thick, I can't see clearly."

The guard took two steps forward and looked down.

In the camp, a dozen or so Saxon merchants were wearing coir raincoats, leading a few Hanoverian horses and carriages behind them, and pitched tents in the rain.

Around the tent, a few small Saxon nobles waited aside, took out the gold and silver looted on the battlefield, and exchanged herbs and rattan tokens, as well as waterproof pine tar from their hands.

The guard turned back and reported: "It's the caravan led by Chief Aisa. Many of our rattan cards and herbs come from them."

"Chief Isa? Is he Goyle?"

"No, he's from Han, he's just the head of a village. After Han's previous Gore Nicholas died in battle, there hasn't been a new Gore, because there..."

"Burgers... what do they sell?"

"Herbs, mysterious anti-diarrheal medicines from the East, are very effective, a pack sells a solida or the equivalent of eels and livestock.

They also sell fermented soy sauce and soy sauce, which are very tasty spices, and they are cheap, can be stored for a long time, and are not difficult to handle. They can be eaten after being boiled in water, and one or two deniers can be sold in a bag.

They used to sell the shields made of vines, but they heard that the Serisians banned their heads from selling shields, so they don’t dare to sell them now, but it doesn’t matter, we already know how to make them, but the weather has been cloudy, so we have no chance to make them at all. "

This guard was also a member of Vidukind's small group and was responsible for a lot of specific affairs. Halfway through his eloquent talk, Vidukind interrupted him.