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Count Reinstein has a good habit of taking notes. This habit is rare among the lords of the same era, but it doesn't matter, because Count Reinstein is an alien in their eyes: he clamors to give serfs a better life and reduce their labor, but he doesn't flatter the local churches and monasteries, and he doesn't have the rights to occupy the moat and pond. The serfs in his territory often swagger and run to the water of his dilapidated castle to fish and catch frogs, while the lord himself can't even find a piece of lard or butter on his table. In order to improve the production method, he borrowed money everywhere. In the end, the castle and land were taken away by the creditors, and the serfs didn't sympathize with him at all and scattered.

His wife took her dowry and remarried. Reinstein chased after her, but was surrounded and beaten by his wife's relatives on the way. He was almost sent to the monastery relief center to live with lepers, because the residence of these patients was adjacent to that of the insane.

The local bishop sighed, and then asked someone to hang a bell for lepers on him. Wherever he went, it would ring. Even the famous local villains and warriors would stay away from him when they heard the bell. This was also a "special way" to protect the down-and-out lord - otherwise the bishop was worried that Reinstein would be beaten to death on the spot by other lords or knights when he walked on the road one day and shouted some absurd slogans, which would be bad.

So, before embarking on the road to the East, poor Reinstein could only stay in a hay field next to the castle. After the spring thunder of the East, the lord wrapped in a blanket, rode a long-haired skinny horse, and continued to hang the leper's bell around his neck. He followed the Rhineland valley "duangduang" all the way to Bohemia and Hungary, shouting that he wanted to go to the Holy Land to see the true holiness and justice. The civilians along the way were moved to see that even such a person wanted to win salvation, and they joined his team one after another. Reinstein spread the words "Salvation is not just for individuals. Salvation is to allow everyone, including you serfs, to have a better life." As a result, in the end, there were as many as 40,000 people gathered around him.

So, why did Count Reinstein take notes? Because he now wants to record the journey to the Holy Land and what he saw and felt. It can be used to refer to and correct his ideals at any time, and can leave a glorious and elegant work of the "Great Christian Pilgrimage Age" for future generations, so that he will have no regrets when he goes to heaven to face God in the future.

When he accompanied Prince Sven and Florina, the engaged couple, and came to the Mutter River Valley under the escort of the army of the clergyman Gawain, the content of the diary was as follows:

I met the purple princess of the Roman (Greek) Empire. Very beautiful (how beautiful, the earl suffered from a lack of vocabulary and could not describe, the same below);

The purple princess is very smart. Very hospitable, very elegant, but a little arrogant;

The Danish prince and I attended the banquet hosted by the Grand Duke and the Princess, with a lot of exquisite food and game;

Along the way, we saw many hanged people. The farmers were farming next to these corpses on display;

The crops are growing well;

I learned some Greek, such as "hungry", "delicious", "sleep", "are there any women", which are very useful;

Today I talked with the legendary Pauline girls. Many of them are very beautiful;

(Supplement), asked the two with the rosiest faces and slightly brown skin. I was beaten for the Greek I had just learned;

Seleucia is very big, I went to see the big hospital and college that were built, I was very happy;

In the inn in the city, Princess Purple sent a maid to teach me how to play backgammon, which they call "Zeno (the earl is misspelled here) chess?" It is said to be something from hundreds of years ago, the rules are not quite the same, but it is fun;

Zeno chess is fun;

I can't play Zeno chess today, because Princess Purple sent an encyclopedia dictionary, I want to read and study, and give the copy of my diary to Princess Purple, Let her revise and polish it for me, the princess seems very interested;

(Supplement to that day), the three beautiful maids came again, so they played Zeno chess again;

(The next day), Zeno chess is fun;

(The next day), Zeno chess is fun, too fun;

(The next day), no, I have to study the dictionary today;

(The next day), they played Zeno chess again, this time the maids let go, whoever wins can play a prank on the other, it is said that they learned this from the Grand Duke and the Princess, it is fun, it is really interesting!

(The next day), the princess returned the diary manuscript and asked the maid to tell me that my writing was impeccable and she didn't need to polish it for me anymore. She was very happy, so she played Zeno chess with the maids for another day...

(Supplement), I went to the Acropolis Palace to attend the banquet, which was very happy, but during the banquet, the Grand Duke said that he was going to attack a city. I forgot what it was called, but it was not far to the west of Seleucia, sandwiched between the seashore and the hills. Prince Sven also vowed to participate in order to repay the Grand Duke for saving his life. It is said that in the dungeon under the palace, the Purple Princess imprisoned many people, most of whom were women. It was interesting and very interesting...

The earl's elegant and exquisite diary is recorded here for the time being. It may take some time for it to become immortal, because his experience afterwards is the same as that of the Danish prince: he was hired as a "senior consultant" by Gawain, was given fifty Byzantine gold coins, changed horses, and followed the mighty Red Hand Brigade with the diary manuscript, and entered the three-sided wilderness under the Alaman Fortress and began to swiftly besiege the fortress.

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As for the remaining 30,000 civilian pilgrims brought by the earl, when they saw the prosperous and quiet scene of the Mutter River Valley, and many German compatriots also greeted them warmly and asked them to stay to build a small paradise, the proportion of those who joined the military government was extremely high: about 24,000 people immediately signed the "Saint Benedict Real Estate Benefit Farming Contract".

However, Reinstein didn't care about this for the time being. At this moment, he opened his mouth wide and looked at Gawain's army: the twelve sailing oars that were half sold and half given by the Italian city-states, and many light self-made warships, came out from the naval port of Seleucia, tossed by the waves, and blocked the river channel of Alaman Castle to the sea; then, the well-trained soldiers and military servants in the brigade began to dig trenches, block the castle, and set up military camps and tents behind the trenches. The whole operation was as orderly as if it was commanded by the same brain.

And behind this army and the upcoming war, the labor and trade in Seleucia and Sicily continued as usual, because the six simple government offices entrusted by Gawain, including two groups of urban autonomy and rural autonomy, were all in operation.

Then, when everyone was surrounding the Grand Duke's scarlet tent, a gray-haired girl who looked as smart as the purple-robed princess came to the siege equipment field where the craftsmen gathered, wearing an elegant robe and holding a box containing blueprints.

[It's almost 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and on May 15th, the red envelope rain can give back to readers and promote the work. It's love, I will definitely update it well! ] (To be continued ~^~)