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Chapter 16 Destroying Maple Ridge

Hengist was at church.

Although they were also recognized as barbarians by the Romans and a pirate race separated from the Germanic tribes, the Anglo-Saxons were actually superior to the Celts in terms of cultural level and civilization background.

After all, most of the Anglo-Saxons also converted to Christianity.

It has to be said that Christianity is worthy of being the world's largest religion. Using the existing Christianity as the core of national civilization has made the Ansa people more civilized than most of the indigenous barbarians in the world.

As the leaders of the Ansa people, the two brothers Hengist were second only to the King of Bie, and had a high degree of autonomy. All the Ansa people were under their command, and even the King of Bie could not command the tribal lords of the Ansa people.

However, Vortigern didn't care about these Angus bastards at all. As the embodiment of the anger of the British Isles and the last pride of the Age of Gods, he hated the people outside the island whose Age of Gods had already faded away. He even radically believed that the Age of Gods in the British Isles would fade away and the island would be polluted by the culture of outsiders.

Vortigern used the Ansa as useful tools to replace the very few Celtic warriors under his command, and he did not care at all that the Hengist brothers were using his prestige to centralize power.

As long as the two dogs were obedient and bit the enemy according to his will, Vortigern could not care less about what the hounds were planning behind their master's back.

Hengist was very skillful and even better at scheming. By relaying Vortigern's orders, he successfully eliminated dissidents and centralized power within a dozen years. In addition, he obtained the recognition of the Pope and became the Archbishop of Britain. Now he has become a de facto British prince.

Hengist levied a large amount of taxes in his territory, and only gave a portion of it to the humble king, while using the rest for his own enjoyment. It can be said that while he exploited the people to the utmost, he also transferred the hatred of the Ansa people to the humble king Vortigern.

After all, Vortigern didn't care, did he?

Religion controls the mind, and Vortigern provides military deterrence.

How could the Hengist brothers alone suppress the dissatisfaction of hundreds of thousands of Ansars?

It’s all thanks to the invincible Lord Vortigern!

Sunday is a holiday for the Ansa people. Even a slave owner like Hengist would give the Ansa people a chance to breathe. He very mercifully announced that no taxes would be collected on Sunday!
Yes, Hengist collected taxes on a daily basis, not on a monthly or annual basis, and he almost exploited the Ansa people like commodities.

At the same time, Hengist united a large number of Ansa captains, who were considered the nobles among the Ansa people. They were captains of the fleet and tax collectors of the villages. When the Ansa people established their country in the future, they would become nobles of various territories.

Hengist turned his back to the cross and looked kindly at the captains and his loyal sailors in the church.

After all, Kelar's teaching had only begun a few years ago, while Hengist's mission had lasted for decades.

Religion has always been known for controlling thoughts, and not everyone agrees with Kelar's ideas.

Therefore, education requires at least one or two generations, or a huge change like a landslide.

"God loves the world, children. As long as you sincerely repent to the omniscient Lord who is here and who was and who is to come, I will still love you."

Hengist's face was full of compassion, and there was no sign that he was a murderous and plundering pirate leader. However, everyone in the church knew Hengist's true face and quietly waited for what would happen next.

Hengist continued: "My children, we Ansas are a general term. All foreign nations that do not belong to the British Isles belong to our great alliance of Anglo-Saxons."

"Compared to the Celtic barbarians who believe in false gods, we are a minority, so we must unite and unite under the command of the white dragon to compete with the red dragon of Britain." Hengist emphasized the difference between Onkai and Ankai, and then said: "In the past two years, the children's efficiency in going to sea has increased a lot, and the harvest is also very good, but Lord Vortigern is very dissatisfied, and I also have doubts."

"Why is it that the more times the Celts went out to sea, the richer and more prosperous their territory became?"

Hengist's eyes turned cold and terrifying. He said, "I heard that some of us have colluded with the Celtic lords and betrayed the interests of us Ansars. How should we deal with such traitors?"

Isn't it said that Hengist is a great lord?

He fabricated the ethnic category of "Anglo-Saxons", united the various European foreign ethnic groups that were originally scattered, and single-handedly raised the big banner of "Anglo-Saxons".

Compared with Hengist's feat, the Celts, who still used blood ties and marriages to distinguish between enemies and friends, could be said to be very backward.

"Kill them!"

The pirate captain and the old sailors below shouted: "Boss, kill them!"

These veteran pirates made suggestions one after another, listing a variety of cruel punishments at sea. Some said to drag the pirates to the bottom of the sea, some said to use a cat-o-nine-tails, and some said to drown them...

Hengist smiled gently and said, "My brother Horsa is best at the Blood Eagle Punishment, but he hasn't done this for many years. I wonder if his skills have become rusty?"

"Don't worry, my brother!" Holsa smiled cruelly: "I will never lose this skill."

In front of most of the Ansa people, Horsa skinned an Ansa who spread Kelar's ideas and made a blood eagle...

As a religious leader, Hengist was very wary of the emergence of new ideas. He decided to make an example of a typical example and inspected various territories. Every time he arrived at a place, he would find a typical example to scare the others and arrange a large number of religious ceremonies to stabilize people's hearts.

In order to quell the idea that was enough to shake his rule, Hengist ordered that no ship was allowed to go out to sea, and vigorously cracked down on Kéral's benevolent education, promoted the confession culture of "belonging to the Ansa", and resisted the destructive and subversive ideas of "foreign Celts".

To put it bluntly, the culture of confession means that no matter how many unscrupulous things you have done, everything is allowed by God. If you have confessed and received God's forgiveness, you are innocent.

At the same time, God will forgive all those who repent, which can be said to be a perfect closed loop.

It can be said that Hengist's action almost destroyed the foundation of Kelar's education. A large number of religious worship activities were extremely misleading and could greatly increase people's recognition of religious groups.

Coupled with Hengist's brutality and decisiveness, as well as cutting off the Anshars' access to Kelar...

In just a few months, the Ansa people dared not mention Kelar's name anymore. Even those Ansa people who accepted Kelar's benevolent teachings were swept away by the fanatical Ansa people around them who were brainwashed by Hengist and Christianity and could not control themselves.

But just when Hengist was working hard to quell internal troubles, an order from the humble king Vortigern completely disrupted his plans.

"All troops move forward to destroy Maple Ridge!"

(End of this chapter)