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Chapter 228 Maierne City (4k [-] in [-])

The peoples of the northern lands lived by plundering and hunting all the year round. Even for a self-proclaimed civilized nation like the Leidon people, when they planted wheat, oats and other crops, most of the time they just went to the fields for a while when it was warm.

Nine large and small warships looked at the harbor ahead, and Lauren ordered someone to blow the horn, and all the warriors of the Griffin clan gathered on the deck for a while.

"Where is that?" Lauren asked Master Masafei, who was experienced in looting.

"Maybe it's Maiern City, there are many merchants there, and they have paid asylum money to Sha Qipo before, and they are with them." Master Ma Safei said so, recognizing the appearance of the distant harbor.

Putting on his armor, Lauren held his sword and shield and said, "Are you with the Shaqipo people? Well, it's time to do it, brothers!"

Hearing Lauren's voice, the soldiers roared in unison, releasing the resentment accumulated on the bumpy ship for several days. There is no doubt that their fighting spirit is high at this time.

When the nine large and small warships rowed through the water and docked, they rumbled and smashed half of the wooden boards of the port fence. The merchants who were packing the leather-wrapped goods on the pier stared at the warships that were docked in disbelief. .

The guards of Maiern City were in a mess for an instant.

They were protected by the Shaqipo people, and due to the latter's reputation, many looting ships avoided here. It is rare to see such a large-scale looting. In addition, it is the end of winter and they have not yet reached the north. The season when the natives go south in groups to plunder.

Due to various reasons, the Marne City Guard did not respond in time. The merchant slaves on the pier fled in groups. Lauren blew the huge horn on the warship, and the soldiers on the warship that had already docked rushed to the pier. , brandishing a sword to drive away the fleeing crowd, but did not step forward to kill easily.

This is one of the looting techniques summed up by the Leiden people. The goods and money are dead, but the people are alive. Now, no one will come to this harbor, and their plunder will only get less and less.

For the other warships that hadn’t docked yet, the soldiers put their swords and shields on their backs, jumped into the sea at the same time, and swam towards the pier.

The city of Mirne fell into a large-scale riot, and all kinds of noisy and terrified voices resounded. Lauren intended to use this as one of the foundations of the rule of the Leidon people, so he immediately ordered the loud Garda warriors to climb up the watchtower and set the flag down. And the shield hung on the pole.

After that, there were scattered resistance in Maiern City.

This city, which enjoys the protection of the Shaqipo people all the year round, is very loosely defended, and most of the guards of Maiern City are the lord's servants, without much training.

In front of the brave and skilled warriors of Garda, the guards of Mairn City are really not enough.

The long swords and battle axes of the Garda warriors didn't cut many hard things. The soldiers of the guards put down their weapons and leather armor one after another, kneeling on the ground and surrendering.

Arriving at the harbor in the morning, there was no more resistance that afternoon, and Lauren took over the city.

The Leidon people arrested the treasurer appointed by the lord and tied him up in the city hall.The latter was ready to flee as soon as the Leidon people arrived, but failed to escape because they were busy packing up their belongings.

"Are you in charge here?" Lauren had learned Zhen'ah, but he was not very proficient. There were many servants from the south in the kingdom.

"Yes, yes" the treasurer nodded dully, still not recovering from the panic.

"We Leidon people, our Griffin clan will rule here and take over everything here."

Lauren briefly explained his idea of ​​ruling Mairn City.

Speaking of this, the treasurer reacted and said one after another: "No, no, my lord, this is the land of Earl Marne, not your pagan land."

"The lord who rules this area." Master Ma Safei said in a timely manner: "People in the south always like to call them earls, barons, etc."

"Earl Marne? Now he can't control this place. In short, we have taken over here. You can stick to your position, but only if you are thrown into the sea."

Lauren thrust the dagger hard into the long table, and the table shook violently, scaring the treasurer.

The treasurer's hands and feet were bound. He was a dwarf-human hybrid. He didn't have much of the dwarf's irritability and self-esteem in his bones. The years of writing accounts on sheepskin wiped them all out.

He didn't dare to speak for a while, and lowered his head.

"You can continue to take care of the city. You don't have to pay the asylum money for the Shaqipo people. You will pay it to us now, and we will only charge [-]% of theirs."

The treasurer was stunned, and raised his bearded head, feeling a little unbelievable.

After all, Roland regards this place as one of the foundations of his rule, not a place to plunder for a while, and continued: "There is also the Earl of Marne, you don't need to pay any more taxes that he wants you to pay. We, we only want half of the earl."

Lauren thought for a moment before he thought of how to pronounce the word "tax".

The treasurer was stunned again, and he soon realized that it was a good deal to be ruled by these heretics from the north.

The sums that would have been due to the Saquipo and the earl were now only due to one lord, and all were reduced.

Seeing the vacillation of the treasurer, Lauren asked Master Masafei to untie the half-dwarf, half-human. The latter stood up and gave a ring ceremony in a hurry.

Looking at the treasurer's ring ceremony, Lauren was absent-minded for a moment.

When Master Ma Safei cast a questioning look, Lauren came back to his senses and explained: "I have a literate book servant here, named Mi En, and Master Ma Safei will bring you to meet Mi En later. "

The treasurer nodded repeatedly, and muttered in his mouth: "Praise the Lord, I have met a reasonable heathen."

Listening to his godly words, Lauren suddenly asked, "Do you have a church here?"

"There are churches in the countryside in the suburbs," the treasurer felt strange, and he said truthfully: "Of course there are churches here."

Lauren is going to church.

After asking the gods in the cabin for many days without any response, Lauren could not help wondering whether the Lord had not revealed himself because he was not a true believer.

Although Luo Lun realized the value of human beings under the enlightenment of his wife.

However, when Lauren continued to think deeply, more questions came to his face.

What is the value of man to God?
Normally, Lauren could easily answer that man's value to God lies in sacrifices, in pleasing God, in priests dancing around bonfires, and spreading oracles to the earth.

But when Lauren faced the icon, he could always recall those words.

"You worship me with blood, do you want me to repay you with blood? You worship me with disaster, do you want me to repay you with disaster?"

At the earliest time, Lauren could only realize that animals and living people should not be sacrificed to the Lord. He is not on the blade or battle-axe. What pleases the Lord has nothing to do with animal sacrifices or bloodshed.

But now, the third prince felt that such an idea was very simple.

So Lauren wanted to go to the church and meet the priest here.

Above the Sea of ​​Thousand Pillars of Clouds, God sees all of this.

He looked towards the church in Marne.

Affected by the turmoil caused by the landing of the Ledonites, the priests in the church abandoned the church, leaving only a few monks hiding there with their heads covered.

When Lauren arrived at church, he was inevitably disappointed.

With the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, he asked a few monks for advice.

These shallow monks couldn't answer Lauren's questions. They couldn't read a few words, and the priest hadn't taught them, so they recited scriptures along with the priest.

These monks were all farmers' children. After putting on their monk's robes, the most they said about the Lord was the words "Praise the Lord" and "Lord, please have mercy."

After Lauren heard that the sacrament they had done alone was nothing more than the sacrament of healing for diagnosing the diseases of farmer's sheep, sows and other livestock, the disappointment in his heart couldn't be further increased.

The third prince was doomed not to find the answer he wanted in Maiern City.

"...My lord, why don't you get baptized first and then think about this issue?"

A monk cautiously suggested:
"Abandon other gods and be baptized first to become a true believer. Maybe the doubts you have been thinking about can be answered after you convert to my lord."

After thinking for a while, Prince Lauren shook his head: "This is too illusory. I will not be baptized to become a true believer. Before I understand this, I have no reason to convert to the Lord above."

The monks looked at each other in dismay when they heard the words. They were true believers from birth, so they couldn't understand what reason is needed to convert to the Lord?
Another clever monk turned his mind and suggested: "It is said, it is said that a descendant of a saint is going to visit the earl, my lord. Would you like to ask the descendant of the saint?"

"Who is he?" Lauren cheered up a little.

"Luke, Blessed Luke." The monk paused, and said solemnly: "I heard from the priest that he is from Pope Island, and he will definitely become a cardinal in the future. He is only 23 years old. What a genius, Lord, to have so much insight in the study of God's revelation at such a young age."

Hearing these words, Lauren became interested and hurriedly asked, "When?"

"Probably recently, I don't know."

Then, the sight of Lauren leaving the church fell into the eyes of God.

Roren and his Griffin clan took over the city of Maiern. The people of Ledon urged the artisan servants who accompanied them to start repairing the defensive measures for the city of Maiern.

During this time, Lauren and the treasurer had a lot to say about the situation in the south.

Driven by revenge, in just a few days, he figured out what the aristocratic system in the south was like, and he also gained a better understanding of the war situation in several kingdoms.

At the same time, in order to better deal with the people in the south, Lauren learned a lot of court language and noble etiquette from the treasurer.

Right now, the three kingdoms are attacking each other in the south, and Earl Mirne is loyal to his lord, that is, Wayne III of the Verdusan Kingdom.

After leaving some Garda warriors to garrison and rule, Lauren called on the Griffin clan to set sail again.

sunny.

There is a wide river channel near Maiern City, and it is the season of favorable winds.

The warships sailed into the river. With the sails and the oars of the Garda warriors and servants paddling in the cabin, the seven large and small warships were moving at a considerable speed.

"Roren, do you want to capture the castle of the Earl of Marne? Take over the Earl of Marne?" Master Ma Safei felt that this plan was a bit inconceivable.

For the Leidon people who returned to the northern land after years of looting, this is really a rare plan.

"Not only that, but I also want to become the new generation of Marne lord here. In this war-torn south, there will always be a kingdom that will recognize us and give us the legal lord status."

"Legal?" Master Masafei exhaled and said with a smile, "You really sound like a southerner."

The Raidun had no laws, and for a long time they were a loose group of clans and tribes.

Even the Kingdom of Leidun was established by the former king and united with several major clans and tribes in order to resist the Shaqipo people.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Leydon people,
The squares written on parchment or engraved on stone tablets are not only complicated, but also extremely rigid. They are not as convenient as the various traditions passed down by the ancestors, and they are very humane.

"People in the south are too weird. They are not like us. We worship the God of War because we need war and plunder. They are different. No matter what they need, most of the time they only worship the Lord."

Master Masafei said from memory.

Hearing his words, Lauren's nerves seemed to be touched by something.

And when the third prince wanted to capture that trace of thoughts, the horn of the messenger sounded outside the cabin.

Lauren stood up, pushed the cabins away, and saw the messenger servant hurrying over.

"Third Prince, a sentry saw troops fighting on the shore, and he seemed to have seen the flag of Earl Marne."

After hearing this, Lauren grabbed the servant's arm and asked quickly, "Really? Did you really see Earl Marne's flag?"

"Yes, yes, he said so."

What a great opportunity!
Lauren quickly realized this. They were planning to attack Earl Mirn's castle, but he didn't expect that Earl Mirn appeared near this area.

Moreover, Earl Marne was obviously caught in a battle with the enemy, and the Leidon people could take advantage of it.

The opportunity was rare, so Lauren didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered the warship to dock, and all the soldiers put on leather armor, swords and shields.

In the harsh and severe cold environment, Northern Earth has raised the most brave and loyal fighters. Following the order of the third prince Luo Lun, the fighters mobilized at an extremely fast speed.

The warship slowly approached the shore, and several boat ladders were lowered. This group of soldiers had no horses, but with their bravery and fearlessness, no cavalry of any nation or race in the world could do anything to them. Lian Shaqipo No one can.

At least they thought so.

Roren ordered the sentinel who had spotted Earl Marne's flag to point out the direction, and then blew the horn. All the Garda warriors who disembarked sang battle songs in unison.

These Leidon people immediately laughed, their faces were as happy as if they had drunk wine.

Lauren stood on the hill, raised his long sword high, and led the battle cry. They were about to capture the first castle in the New Kingdom, and lit the lamp of revenge.

　Thanks to book friend Hansha Qianshu 357 for the reward of 2500 starting coins, thanks to book friend Tea Dan for the reward of 1500 starting coins, and thanks to the book friend who got lost for the driver’s reward of 1600 starting coins

　　
　
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