We have to admit this.
Europe in the early Middle Ages was really a barbaric era.
Although countries had appeared here, the general environment could not be changed easily.
The Gauls and Celts had established settlements in the area around the Rhine a long time ago. kingdom, but the state system and productivity at that time were extremely Because of its backwardness, the Romans later came and conquered the Rhine River area.
Hundreds of years of construction gave the east and west sides of the Rhine River some signs of civilization.
However, the arrival of the Germans destroyed the fruits of the Romans' hundreds of years of hard work. , bringing western and northwestern Europe back to the barbaric age.
The arrival of the Huns drove away the Germans.
The Germans continued to compress the living space and territory of the Romans, allowing the barbaric era in Europe to continue.
Then the Huns ruled most of Europe, and the Huns were only arrogant for a while.
It was destroyed by the Romans and the barbaric Germans, but Europe soon ushered in a new enemy, the Avars.
The Avars have been plundering in Europe for more than two hundred years, plundering countless treasures and plundering all the wealth accumulated by the Germans over the past few hundred years.
When it comes to their fighting skills, the light cavalry of the nomadic people in the cold weapon era It can be said that they are invincible, first the Huns The light cavalry of the people, and later the light cavalry of the Avars, the Westerners had no good way to deal with them.
The nomads had nothing but horses.
As long as they did not seek death, the Westerners could only stare at them, and there was no way to deal with the light cavalry.
Only light cavalry , you said to use heavy cavalry to deal with light cavalry, lances to deal with light cavalry, and use thick and tall walls to deal with light cavalry.
Please, my light cavalry will not make direct contact with your heavy cavalry and lancers, and will retreat with one blow.
How can you catch up?
Come up and I'll use the light cavalry to attack your tower.
I'm sick of the city wall.
You always have time to slack off.
I just want to take a moment to plunder your city and leave.
You can only stare at me.
How can you chase me?
I'm sorry, you don't have that many cavalry.
Even if you do, yours The mobility of the cavalry is also poor.
Whether they are the Germans, the Huns, or the Avars, there is no doubt about their destructive power, but they also left a valuable asset to future generations, that is, completeness The entire ecological environment of Europe has been preserved, and future generations should award them an environmental protection award.
Look, what beautiful mountains, forests, groves, winding rivers, and endless plains are full of animals coming out to look for food when the spring flowers bloom.
Since Zhao Ziliang and his party traveled all the way south from Aachen, they have passed either black forests or groves, mountains and rivers.
Europe at this time was really vast and sparsely populated, and Gaul lived at the bottom of society.
People are engaged in heavy physical labor in agriculture, Some barbarians with underground social status are herding herds, and the agricultural production activities of these farmers are only at the primary stage.
They have just begun to learn how to pull plows manually.
Most of them still use wooden plows, and the production efficiency cannot be complimented.
Ten days after leaving Aachen City, Zhao Ziliang and his party came to a river.
He saw Herodrut's appearance and asked: "Princess, we have been away from Aachen City for ten days, and you still look like this."
Reluctantly, is it a kind of torture for you to go out to relax on this trip?
You are not very qualified as a guide."
Hearing this, Herodrut had to calm down and said: "After this river, Verdun is ahead.
There is the largest slave market in the entire Frankish Kingdom.
There are many kinds of slaves, and there are the most people of all kinds.
Or the Jews and Saracens of the East" Zhao Ziliang wondered: "Why are there mostly Jews and Saracens?
Aren't you always fighting the Saxons in the northwest and the Huns and Avars in the east?
It stands to reason that the largest number of slaves should be the Saxons, Huns, and Avars."
Val is right.”
Herodrut stretched out his hand and smoothed his hair and said: "The Saxons, Huns and Avars are all barbarians.
Whatever skills they have, no one wants them even if they are bought back to do farm work.
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Only those who have horses and herds them."
Only slaves with high skills will be purchased, but this is not the case for the Jews and Saracens in the East.
Most of them are handicraftsmen with special skills.
Buying them will quickly create value.
Moreover, after your Western Qin Kingdom fought against the Saracens, many Saracens and Jews fled to Europe, but many of them They did not escape the fate of being captured by the slave capture team and then transported to the slave market for sale.”
Zhao Ziliang looked at Herodrut and smiled: "It seems that the eldest princess is still a compassionate person."
Herodrut immediately said: "Of course, because God is merciful, as believers in God, we should be merciful."
"But as far as I know, many God's preachers and priests are involved in the slave trade and benefit from it."
Herodrut's face suddenly turned red and he said angrily: "You are talking nonsense."
Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said: "I'm not talking nonsense.
If you don't believe it, you can ask the attendants and maids around you to see if they have heard of such a thing."
Herodrut immediately turned to look at a servant next to him and asked: "Tell me, have you ever heard of such a thing?"
"Princess," the attendant looked embarrassed, hesitant and embarrassed.
Herodrut stared at him with a straight face and his tone changed: "I asked you to tell the truth."
The attendant had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "You are a villain who has indeed heard of this kind of thing.
That is Bishop Belnoin, but this is just an individual case after all.
Not all bishops and priests are involved in this kind of thing."
Herodrut immediately trembled after hearing this, which seemed to conflict with the education she had received since she was a child.
Zhao Ziliang comforted her: "Princess, in fact, this is nothing, it is just an individual phenomenon.
Not all priests are like this.
There is no perfect thing in this world, and there is no perfect person.
I heard that you once had a loved one.
Doesn’t it mean that your sweetheart has no shortcomings?
Of course, human sins cannot be compared with shortcomings.
I just want to tell you that you have to imagine this world too beautifully.
You live in a deep palace all day long, and you don’t know or understand the dangers outside.
Because you have a noble status, many people will respect you and treat you with respect.
Flattery, I only tell you nice things, but you must not be so naive as to think that every one of them is sincerely good to you.
As for who is sincere and who is fake, you need to judge for yourself.
Let’s go. , let’s cross the river” A group of people rode horses onto the wooden bridge over the river.
Herodrut rode to the middle of the bridge and asked: "Prince Yunge, you are also a member of the royal family.
It stands to reason that you have also grown up in the palace since you were a child.
Why do you know so much?"
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "Because I often go out of the palace to contact the outside world and have a deep understanding of the living conditions and social phenomena of all strata of society.
The farther you go and the more things and people you see, the more you will understand."
Remember you are thirty years old today, but in my eyes you are a little girl who has not grown up yet, so you lack a lot of social experience and life experience."
Herodrut was silent for a while and said: "Maybe you are right.
It seems that I have been isolated from this world for too long.
By the way, why does your family name have the character Zhao in front of it?"
Zhao Ziliang was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Zhao is my surname.
Yunge is my last name.
I also have a surname called Ang.
Ang is a term of endearment used by ordinary people or elders to younger people.
We Orientals are all As far as I know, the Romans also had names, and some nobles not only had names, but also clan names.
We used to have clan names, but we stopped using them a long time ago.
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Now we only use names and characters.
It seems that you Franks only have first names but no surnames.
Moreover, you people here have so few names that you can use only a few.
Ten, many people have the same name, there are too many with the same name, making it difficult to distinguish them.”
The two of them were talking and riding towards the other side of the river.
Suddenly, everyone felt their feet were empty, and everyone, including people and horses, fell into the river.
It turned out that someone had already sawed off the supporting wooden pillars under the wooden bridge before they arrived.
When they walked onto this section of the wooden bridge, Someone pushed hard under the water, the wooden bridge collapsed, and everyone fell into the water.
"There are assassins, there are assassins, please protect the young master," Liang Zhenwu shouted after emerging from the water.
The accompanying Frankish palace guards also shouted: "Protect Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
The ambushers immediately attacked Herodrut and Zhao Ziliang in the river, and the guards quickly fought with these assassins in the water.
Herodrut struggled violently in the water, but the speed of the water kept impacting her.
Zhao Ziliang did not find her voice after he surfaced.
He knew that she was the closest to him when she fell into the water.
Even if she was washed away by the river, she would still be there.
It shouldn't be too far, he immediately That is to say, he plunged into the water.
Fortunately, spring had just begun and the river was very clear.
Zhao Ziliang quickly saw Herodrut flopping in the water, and he immediately chased after him.
However, the water flow was very fast, and it took him more than two minutes.
Only then did he catch up with her and bring her to the surface.
Several black-clothed assassins swam from the water.
Zhao Ziliang felt it immediately.
He moved his right hand and a sword appeared in his hand.
He slashed out several times.
The three assassins immediately stopped swimming, and wisps of bright red floated from their bodies.
This It soon dyed the surrounding river water red.
After Zhao Ziliang killed two more assassins in succession, he shouted: "Don't be obsessed with fighting, swim to the shore."
The targets of the assassins were Zhao Ziliang and Herodrut.
Most of the assassins came from the surrounding water to attack them, but no one came close to him, and they were all killed by him.
After losing a considerable number of assassins, the guards finally arrived.
The other assassins had nothing to do, so they dived into the water and disappeared
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