Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Half an hour later, the two of them finished the punishment game of standing at attention, standing astride, and standing against the wall, and the strange centaur disappeared.

The candlelight no longer flickered, and the temperature in the entire room finally dropped, returning to the winter cold.

A ray of cold wind blew in from the open window.

Queen Maria's face showed a hint of peach pink. She sat aside with a cup of tea in her hand and took a sip.

The forced standing just now caused a serious loss of her physical strength. When she goes back later, ask the servant to bring a midnight snack!

It would be great if this man was willing to eat with her. Thinking of this, Queen Maria glanced at Zhang Yong.

(Damn it, I found a small mistake when I checked the information today. It is recorded in history that Queen Maria was the youngest daughter of John III’s father-in-law. The one who married into the Duchy of Ryazan was the eldest daughter of John III. Strictly speaking She is the same generation as John III. Maria was born around the same time as Guyana and is a few years younger than the protagonist.)

"This special drink tastes so good. Are there leaves soaked in it? Or a special kind of grass? Or spices or something? Did you bring it from the East?" Queen Maria asked.

"This is called tea. It's an oriental specialty! It tastes like a light fragrance. If you like it, I'll leave some seeds for you.

You build a tea garden in Hungary, and then grow some tea here. You can pick it every summer, then dry it and fry it.

It won't go bad if you keep it for a year or two. When you want to drink it, just take some and add boiling water. "Zhang Yong came to Queen Maria, poured a cup of tea, took a sip and said.

It was really physical labor just now, and my physical strength was severely lost! Very lacking in water now.

Tea is still the favorite drink of Orientals. My own military-civilian talents have detailed tea-making methods. The tea I drink is a modern craft tea, not the ancient ginger slices. Tea with some other flavorings.

When you drink it, there is only a faint scent of tea in your mouth.

"Well! Thank you, I think some upper-class nobles will like this thing very much.

If the output is large then, I can give some to noble ladies or nobles in some countries.

Let them taste this tea for free. If they like it, let them come to buy it from me. "Queen Maria said.

This tea tastes so good! It's warm and hot, and it's very comfortable in your throat when you drink it. It has a refreshing taste.

etc! Selling tea, this, this seems to be a big business! A huge deal!

It goes without saying how popular Chinese tea is among Europeans. It can be said that tea played an indispensable role in promoting Europeans to launch their great voyages.

If the tea business can really take off, it will be equivalent to another China's flagship product, an important commodity of the Silk Road, equivalent to Central Asia's spices.

This business can be done, and it is very easy to do, and the profit is very high.

Hungary cannot grow much tea on its land, but its own Guanzhong land, the Henan Plain and the Sichuan-Sichuan land produce a large amount of tea.

As long as there is enough profit, countless merchants will come to the East and bring this tea to the West for sale. This is an important commodity.

"Hahaha! Your proposal is good, this thing can indeed be sold.

And it will definitely sell very well. In addition to tea, you can also sell silk, porcelain, and sugar. "Zhang Yong said.

These are the most popular commodities of Europeans. After all, it is impossible for the Mongols to live here for a long time if they want to maintain a strong military here.

Then there must be enough interests. Without interests, just a word from the monarch cannot control the country's system.

Silk, tea, sugar, and porcelain were all commodities that could only come to Europe.

Then it will be a huge profit, and then I can justifiably send troops to garrison.

Moreover, part of the profits generated by these commodities can be put into the national treasury, and part can also be used to maintain military expenditures.

"Uh! Do you think this proposal is good too?" Queen Maria said happily.

"Hmm! I think it's very good, but you probably won't be able to grow too much tea on your Hungarian soil.

Part of what you grow can be given to these European monarchs and nobles to taste first.

There are many types of tea, probably hundreds of them, each with a different taste and texture.

There are drinks for winter, drinks for summer, drinks for women, drinks for men, those for nourishing yin and replenishing yang, and those for removing internal heat.

If they like it, I can open up the trade routes in the East and let Eastern tea, sugar, porcelain, silk and other things enter the West. "Zhang Yong said.

This girl's proposal is really great, if this trade route can be opened.

The future will be of great benefit to them, and these businessmen do not need to pay or organize themselves at all. They will come and buy things out of their own pockets.

All you need to do is collect some taxes, and you can make a lot of money.

"Well! Then I, I will give it a try and open up this trade route to your east. There is also a waterway, but the outlet is on the Kingdom of France." Queen Maria said.

I have unintentionally shown some value! His attitude towards himself should change!

Please, can you go to her bedroom next time? Can't you be a little kinder to yourself?

Standing there is a waste of energy.

“After the war here is over, I will find a way to open this trade route, don’t worry.

By then, this trade route will make your kingdom very profitable. "Zhang Yong said.

If you want to completely control this trade route, you must be your own person.

So during this period of time, please take more care of this queen!

Your son will be a future grand duke, or even a king, but he will not be your current son.

Yesterday, Zhang Yong took out his smartphone and checked foreign historical materials and records.

Queen Maria gave birth to a total of eight children with Bella IV, but only two survived. The eldest son should have died in infancy in history.

What a poor woman, it doesn't matter, after your eldest son dies.

I will give you another child. Our modern people’s genes are still very good, their disease resistance is super strong, and their physiques are extremely good, right?

"Okay! Thank you, can your general avenge my late husband? Capture that Archbishop Hugo Lin and those rebel nobles," Queen Maria said.

Bella, please don't blame me. What I did is considered as revenge for you. Those nobles, the archbishop and the damn church, I will make them disappear completely no matter what the price.

And your kingdom can continue.

"Absolutely no problem. I estimate that they will be back at noon or evening tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest.

I directly ordered that no one be spared from the rebel nobles, and they were all killed.

As for the archbishop, I asked them to capture him alive and then hand him over to you. You can deal with him however you want. "Zhang Yong said.

Just kidding, the Mongolian army was quite sharp and ferocious when they pursued them, and it was effortless to defeat these deserters.

Upon hearing this, Queen Maria immediately became happy and started chatting with Zhang Yong.

She talked about her time in the Eastern Roman Empire. When she was born, the Eastern Roman Empire had just been captured by the Crusaders.

At that time, members of the royal family fled to Nicaea, where they established a regime in exile, and the Roman Empire also split into several small countries.

The Crusaders also established the Latin Empire in their capital, Constantinople, but now most of the Latin Empire's territory has fallen, and now there are only two cities.

Of course, there were also some matters related to the Hungarian royal family, and Maria also explained them honestly.

"So, Bella IV has a brother, the Grand Duke of Croatia." Zhang Yong held Queen Maria in his arms and asked. "Well! He is Bella's younger brother. He was assigned to the Croatian region and became the Grand Duke there.

However, its population is only about 100,000, and its total military strength should only be a few thousand, not more than 5,000.

Originally, he was going to come over to support Bella, but for some reason, he was not able to be there in the end. "Queen Maria leaned next to Zhang Yong, took a sip of tea, and said.

"Oh! Do you think he will surrender to me?" Zhang Yong asked.

If he doesn't surrender, he will send troops there and destroy the principality of Croatia directly.

"I don't know about this. His cousin was enfeoffed when he was very young, before I got married.

I have never seen him, but I can write a letter of surrender in the name of the queen to see if he is willing to surrender. "Queen Maria said.

"In this way, you write a letter in the name of Bella IV and say that Bella IV was assassinated by a noble and is now seriously injured. Please recruit his younger brother to inherit the throne." Zhang Yong's eyes rolled. Turn around and speak.

Even if he sends troops to attack, he will also use troops and waste food and grass.

How convenient to trick him directly and then kill him with one knife!

"Uh! You, didn't you say you want my son to be the king? You, why do you want him to be the king?" Queen Maria suddenly became nervous and said.

We, didn’t we agree? And in the past two days, I have worked very hard to play with you.

"This is called a strategy. Don't worry, the throne or the position of Grand Duke belongs to your son, and you will be the regent for at least ten years in the future." Zhang Yong patted the other party and comforted him.

This is called a strategy. Do you understand the strategy? It's just a nominal call for him to come over and inherit the throne. Do you think I really want him to inherit the throne?

Am I free? I'm going to kill him.

"Phew! It scared me, but what if he doesn't come?" Maria breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest, and said.

Now that the death of Bella IV has not been announced, he can indeed be recruited for the reason of inheriting the throne.

But if you recruit him, will he really come? After all, Pest and Buda are now occupied by the Mongols.

"It's just a try. If he doesn't come, I will send an army of thousands of people to kill him." Zhang Yong said.

The Principality of Croatia is only a palm-sized territory, with only one main city and a population of more than 100,000.

Coupled with the population of some surrounding farms, the number of people who can survive will not exceed 200,000, and 5,000 Mongolian cavalry can take care of him.

"Okay! I'll write a letter in the name of Bella IV and ask him to come and inherit the throne." Queen Maria said.

Zhang Yong nodded, and the two of them were affectionate for a while, and then Maria got up and left Zhang Yong's room.

A speechless night!

Early the next morning, Queen Maria got up early and wrote a letter.

Two envoys were found and asked to ride to Croatia immediately to deliver the message, and they also carried the sword used by Bella IV during his lifetime.

The letter told the other party that Bellas was assassinated by a big noble in the country and his life was now in danger.

But his child was too young to inherit the throne, so he called his younger brother to inherit the throne of Hungary.

At this time, the people in Pest and Buda already knew that His Majesty the King had been assassinated by a noble and his life was in danger.

Now Queen Maria is temporarily regent, and the Mongolian army will be stationed in its own military camp or outside the city.

Although Bella IV had only been on the throne for a few years, he still made some political achievements. All the people spontaneously began to go to the church and pray for their king.

Pray that these Mongolian nomads can leave their country quickly, and that the king's condition can improve.

In the afternoon of the same day, 20,000 Mongolian cavalry led by Baidar and Chahan returned in a mighty manner and set up camp in a military camp west of Buda City.

Although the troops of the Papal States have been eliminated, their mission is not over yet. They still have to search for Kipchak troops on the western border.

According to the latest intelligence, these Kuman Kipchaks are said to want to flee to the territory of the Bulgarian Empire and seek refuge with Tsar Ivan Asen II. (The Bulgarian Khanate and the Bulgarian Empire were both countries founded by the Bulgarians.

The Bulgarian Khanate is a vassal state of the Bulgarian Empire. The emperor of the Bulgarian Empire calls himself a tsar, but he is not the tsar of Russia in the future. )

Regarding this news, Zhang Yong naturally sneered, it would be better if you go and join him! The other party must take you in. I just have a reason to beat him.

Anyway, he had already destroyed one Bulgarian Khanate, and he didn't mind destroying another Bulgarian Empire.

This time, Chahan and Baidar brought back only one prisoner, Archbishop Hugo Lin.

At this time, the Archbishop was in a miserable state. His originally gorgeous Archbishop's robe was in tatters and his hair was scattered all over. He looked like a lonely old man, dressed like a beggar.

In the King's Hall, Zhang Yong and Queen Maria met each other together. Zhang Yong sat on the throne, while Queen Maria sat next to him.

"You are not worthy. As an archbishop, you killed my husband, and you inspired the nobles under him to rebel." Looking at the archbishop in front of her, Queen Maria said viciously.

"At least it's better than you, the temptress who surrendered to the Mongols. You surrendered to the Mongols just a short time after I left." The Archbishop snorted coldly and said.

"You bewitched the nobles under his command and asked them to assassinate my husband. Is this what an archbishop should do?" Queen Maria said.

If it weren't for you, a bastard, Bella IV's defense plan would not have been completely defeated by you, and you would even have been assassinated.

What exactly does this do to you? Make yourself a prisoner?

"Bah! You pagan woman, you guys who believe in Orthodox Christianity are not worthy of trust. Just like those screw men, you are the quickest to surrender." The archbishop said.

"Okay, let's put your affairs aside for now. Let me ask you, as the Priest King, King John, why didn't the Pope announce my identity?" Zhang Yong waved his hand, stopped the quarrel between the two, and then looked at Archbishop Yu. Guolin asked.

"Hmph! You are Nestorians. Strictly speaking, you belong to the Orthodox Church, not the Catholic Church. You are not worthy of being named the Priest King or King John." Archbishop Hugo Lin said.

Queen Maria sitting aside was a little confused, what is this and what is it?

The man in front of me, isn't he the king of Mongolia? Why, why did he become the legendary King John again?

Zhang Yong gave Queen Maria a look, which means this, I will tell you later.

"Is this what your Catholicism means? Those artifacts I brought from God, I showed them to the Pope in a friendly manner, but he took my artifacts for himself and took away my artifacts." Zhang Yong asked.

Artifact? What is an artifact? Is it something like the True Cross?

Archbishop Hugolin was a little confused. He was indeed a senior member of the church, but he had always stayed in the Kingdom of Hungary.

He has not returned to the Papal States for a long time. He only knows that the Pope has denied the identity of a certain King John, but he does not know the specific content.

"It seems you don't know anything. Okay, Maria is up to you. You can do whatever you want." Zhang Yong said.

"Can I execute him?" Maria asked.

"Yes, of course. If you want, it's okay to have the Orthodox archbishop come to preach in Hungary." Zhang Yong said.

Hearing this, Queen Maria's face suddenly became pleasantly surprised. Letting Orthodox Christianity be introduced into Hungary has been her long-cherished wish!

Although he was baptized and became a member of the Catholic Church after marrying Bella IV, in terms of faith, he is still an Orthodox Christian.

This man treats me very well! (End of chapter)