Vol 7 Chapter 333: Queen's Advent

The ice-cold river water lightly slapped the rocks on the shore, and some ice floes drifted across the river, hitting the rocks with a clicking sound.
Several children were running and playing along the shore. They kept poking the floating ice cubes with the dry branches in their hands. Once they saw their ice cubes skewing or knocking others away, they would say Bursts of laughter.
Several women were not far away while doing the work in hand while paying attention to the movement here from time to time. Seeing the children having fun, they continued to work on their own affairs.
This is an ordinary winter afternoon, and the sun is warm on the body. Taking advantage of the warmth now, women all go out to bask in the sun. After all, the weather has been bad in those days, not only the house is humid, but even people seem to be It's going to be moldy.
A few men dangling from the ground in the distance, their expressions were not very good, and when they saw the women, they were not as shy as they used to be, especially looking at those carefree. Concerned children, it is more like men who are out of anger, one is still trying to kick a child who is in front of him to one side.
Seeing the appearance of several men, the women said that their laughter was lowered a lot. Some of them stood up to meet them when they saw their men, but were rudely pushed aside, and then several men sat down and started talking. gossip.
"Next year's harvest may be worse," a very strong man grabbed a rock and threw it into the river. "If this continues, I can't stand it. At that time, I can only take my family to begs."
"But what you can do outside of the land of the lord, we are not like the Catalans can serve as soldiers and support our family." Someone next to him retorted.
"I won't go even if I can serve as a soldier. Maybe I will leave my life outside. I still have a wife and children in my house," the man said, beckoning to a woman not far away, and when the woman came closer, he suddenly tried hard. She tugged the woman face down on her lap and asked her to lift up her plump ass, and then she slapped it, "Look, I don’t want to put such a fat on others." Men enjoy."
The woman screamed, and the person next to her laughed. Even the women watching the excitement laughed endlessly.
The woman struggled to stand up, and a child ran up to her and threw herself tightly in her arms while kicking the man's strong thigh with her short calf.
The man was not angry, but grabbed the clothes on the back of the child and lifted him up: "See if my son is very strong, but if he can't eat, he will quickly become skinny."
The laughter was gone, and a group of people sat together worriedly and sighed.
"The harvest has been getting worse and worse in the past few years. If this continues, you may really be hungry."
"Is there any way, our place is already pretty good. I heard that some parts of the north have not yet emerged. If you can't stay any longer, it may really be a wasteland."
A few people sat together and sighed, but couldn't think of any way for a while. In recent years, the gradually bad weather has become a nightmare for farmers. The increasingly colder climate has had a huge impact and destruction on crops, and the land has become It is hard to sow, and even the seeds that are planted are often suffocated in the field because they cannot emerge. In this way, the life of farmers has become more difficult in the past few years.
Not far away, a person hurried over, and when they saw that person, the men waved to him.
"What happened to Juan, in such a hurry?"
"Master pastor is here," the portrait villagers turned around and pointed to the entrance of the village as they gestured. "Everyone, hurry over."
"What happened? It's not time to pay the tithe."
Several people murmured and walked towards the small church in the village. This place is too small. The pastor lives in a larger town in the distance. He only comes to the village when it comes to worship, so the pastor came suddenly. Surprised the villagers.
The pastor is not very old, and he is also very strong. This is not the same as those pastors who always hold the cross to persuade others to do good, or always viciously threaten how terrible it is to go to after death.
"Be prepared, you idiots," the pastor's words were not so polite, even with a little taste. In fact, the pastor did serve as a soldier in his early years, but now he never uses weapons. Sending people to has become the use of the Bible to save souls. "There is a noble man who is going to pass by here, so please be smart and don't cause trouble."
"Who is the pastor?" someone asked curiously.
"Actually I don't know." The priest reluctantly jumped from the tall stone. He took a sip of the hot wine that had been prepared for him earlier, and then shivered slightly. " We all don’t want to cause trouble, do we, so if those nobles are free to ask about this and that, you tell him that this place is very good, and your life is like in heaven, understand?"
"Does heaven live this way?" a villager whispered while curling his lips.
He didn't want his words to be heard immediately by the sharp-eared priest, so there was a series of fierce curses and chasing sounds in the village.
The villagers gathered together curiously. They didn't know who the noble person was mentioned by the pastor, but since even the pastor was so solemn, it should be a big person.
So the villagers started to get busy in accordance with the instructions of the priest. Although they don’t know what to do to make the big people look satisfied, it’s always good to be busy. At least they won’t be chased by the priest holding the cross. Village run.
Towards noon, a group of cavalry appeared on the road outside the village.
The cavalry seemed to be in the dust, but they were extremely alert. They didn't relax because there was a village in front of them. Instead, the brigade slowed down a bit, and the leading soldiers immediately rushed toward the village.
The priest, who had already received the news, had led the villagers to wait near the entrance of the village, and when he saw the cavalry, he raised the cross stick in his hand to signal to them.
The leading cavalry patrolled the priest and the villagers. After some negotiations, the leading cavalry bowed to the priest, and then quickly ran back to the team.
The pastor and the villagers looked at the team curiously. Just when they saw a very solid carriage approaching slowly surrounded by the team, the villagers began to whisper.
The priest looked at a badge on the door of the carriage, and at first he was a little dazed, and then suddenly remembered something, showing a dazed expression.
"It's actually a queen." The priest looked at this strange-looking army in surprise. These troops are obviously well-trained. They are different from the mercenaries or kings he has dealt with in the past. The most important thing is that he is from These soldiers felt a real danger aura. Although they were wearing rather gorgeous military uniforms, it would be a mistake to treat them only as if they were goods.
After getting off the carriage, Ruosa instinctively raised her hand to block the sunlight above her head. She looked at the villagers before looking at the priest.
At this time, the priest also became a little stammered. He never thought that the queen would pass through their remote village: "Your Majesty, you are honored, oh no, I am honored to see you."
Ruosa smiled slightly. She was going to Zaragoza. The village was only passing by temporarily, but the news of her departure had been spread before she officially handed over the control of Babiarido to Tang. After Banderas, news of her upcoming departure was sent to Zaragoza.
She didn't go to Madrid, because she knew that there was still a "killing vengeance" between Alexander VI and her, and going to Madrid at this time was embarrassing for both of them.
Ruosa’s team set off directly from Valaritod to Aragon. On the way, she had already notified the towns along the way in advance, and because Juana’s experience became a terrible warning, so she took her along the way. The guards have always been cautious and prepared for possible accidents at any time.
This is a turbulent era in which no sloppy can be tolerated. Even without an attack by Ferdinand’s supporters, there may be misfortunes due to various accidents. Especially after entering the territory of Aragon, the Cuirass Grenadiers are more It's like facing a big enemy, like entering an enemy country.
"This village looks pretty good." Ruo Sha said casually.
"God bless, this is the best village in the neighborhood. Look at these villagers. Everyone eats like pigs." The pastor said easily and grabbed a villager who looked like a pig to him. Ask him to circle around in front of Ruosha, and then he asked with a little hope, "Then, your majesty, I wonder if the tithe in this diocese will continue to increase annually as before?"
Ruosha thought for a while and didn’t answer immediately. Her gaze swept across the dull-looking villagers, and finally fell on the face of the priest: "Respected priest, I can only say that you need to carefully consider this request. You must know God. Gong has already lost too much tax due to the war. I cannot reply to you without knowing the details."
The pastor looked at Ruosha in a daze. He didn't expect this young queen to be so difficult to deal with. The pastor who had thought that she might be able to get through it could not help being disappointed.
For centuries, tithes have become the most important source of daily expenses for the church, and the annual addition to the insufficient tax amount is to ensure that the tithes will not be lost due to poor harvests. Method.
The result of this is that sometimes because of bad years, the king's tax revenue may not even be as much as that of the church.
The lack of harvest due to weather in recent years has caused famine in many parts of Liberia. Although this famine is not very serious, it should be surrounded by the sea on three sides and the abundant marine resources have somewhat eased some of the food famine that may be caused by this. But facing the situation that the bread on the table is getting less and less due to the lack of wheat harvest, many people still start to worry.
Ruosha’s team didn’t stay in this village for long. Seeing this huge team gradually disappear in the billowing smoke, the priest finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then he lifted him up. The stick thought of the villagers chasing after them: "You pigs that only eat, don’t you ask the queen to pay more taxes? Look at the heart I worry about you all day, you are helping to set !"
Of course, Ruosa didn’t know what happened after the village she passed by accidentally, but she carefully wrote down everything she saw along the way in a memo. These are some of the things she saw along the way. All kinds of problems must be resolved by discussing with Alexander after meeting him.
Ruosa knows that being a queen is not so easy. It is not clear how many royalists in Ferdinand are still in Aragon. Even those Aragonese nobles who take the initiative to join in are not reliable.
As for the Archbishop of Zaragoza, Ruosa believes that he will be able to cooperate happily for a period of time, but it may not be the same as before.
The archbishop obviously has a great influence in Zaragoza, which makes Ruosa sometimes feel that Alexander has pushed her to the throne of the king of Aragon, which really has enough confidence in her.
After entering the territory of Aragorn, Ruosa sent several envoys to Gahel to report to Alexander. She did not blindly self-confidence because of the strength of her army. She knew very well how many people were waiting for her. Make a mistake.
This error includes not only that she might make some reckless decisions in the court and lose the heart, but also that she may unknowingly fall into a dangerous situation because of her carelessness.
Alexander was also very careful. He sent the army early to ask them to keep an eye on Ruosha's movements. Although he knew that the grenadiers around Ruosha were experienced veterans, he was still worried that he hadn't slept well these days.
They are in an "enemy country." Alexander is also very aware of this. To change this situation requires too much work and a long time. What they want to guarantee is that they must be vigilant at all times during this time.
On January 26, 1503, when the first ray of sunlight in the morning just shone through the furthest treetops on the horizon to the spire of the city wall of Gail, a group of guards and Sicilian "Segaia" veterans Our team hurried out of the city.
They marched along the avenue all the way to the west, passing some old roads they used to chase the Aragonese army from the town of Rome, and even saw some abandoned damaged vehicles and corpses that had not had time to collect on the road. About four or five miles away in Ercheng, they met the leader of Ruosha's team.
The loud horn sounded through the morning mist, and the two sides greeted each other with this loud horn.
Instead of riding in a car, Alexander rode a horse. Seeing the line looming through the fog in the distance, he jumped off the horse, took off his hat and stood in the middle of the road.
The grenadiers marched along the road one by one, and then they spread to both sides of the road.
A carriage appeared in the middle of the team. When there was still some distance, Alexander suddenly walked forward. Regardless of the snow that had just fallen last night, his boots stepped on the snow and strode forward. When the carriage stopped, it suddenly opened the door.
There was a brief exclamation in the car, but Alexander didn't care about it, he got into the car with a stride, and then took the car door.
The two armies outside the carriage looked at each other. At this moment, everyone felt an indescribable weirdness, but there was really no one to blame.
It is well known that the regent and the queen’s siblings are deeply connected, and the queen traveled long distances while she was pregnant. The regent expressed excessive excitement and concern, which seemed understandable, not to mention that the queen was not alone in the carriage, so It seems nothing...
The hunting guard officers who led the team were obviously smarter than the Sicilians. Perhaps because most of them were not very concerned about the so-called etiquette, so after shrugging their shoulders helplessly, they greeted the somewhat bewildered Sicily. Officer, the two sides began to reorganize their formation and march towards Ghawell.
In the carriage, the maid lowered her head and embroidered her handkerchief seriously. In fact, her handkerchief was finished during this journey, but now she has picked up some stitches again and started sewing again. .
Ruosha was panting quickly. She was not because of the bumps on the road, nor was it because of the excitement after seeing her brother, but the reason could be seen from her slightly swollen lips.
"Do you know how worried I am about you? I haven't slept well these days. Even when I was fighting Ferdinand, I have never been so nervous." Alexander took Ruosa's hand and looked at her carefully. "Really You shouldn't be allowed to travel in this weather, those Zaragozas are really damn."
"But they urgently need a queen now. Isn't that what we want to see." Ruosha said with a smile. She likes to see Alexander worrying about him, although it seems a little too much like a little girl. But she knew that the days when two people can be together carefree may be rare in the future.
They are monarchs, so they can’t waste their time talking about love, but they must bear the corresponding responsibilities. This is the price to be paid for obtaining rights.
"I will accompany you to Zaragoza." Alexander said as if he was thinking of something. He hesitated a little and then said, "Barendi has arrived. Not long ago, she is now in Gandino."
Ruosha showed a strange look on her face. She glanced at the waitress who had been sullenly working, and then said, "Then you didn't go to see her?"
"You know that I have to sit here. The Barcelonaians tried to rebel not long ago, but Offley had cut off their way to Zaragoza, and he fought two very good battles. Now the Barcelonaians Has retreated to the city and will not come out again."
"Barcelona?"
Ruosha thought for a while and nodded.
Alexander did not disturb her. UU reading www.uukanshu.com, he knew that Ruosha had entered the role of the regent of Aragon from now on, and dealing with the rebellion in Barcelona, ​​as the regent queen and as the queen, they have completely different treatments. .
"Then, I'm going to be the mistress once," Ruosa glanced at Alexander with a funny look. "I think your wife must be expecting me to be a little ugly when I take the throne."
Alexander sighed silently, knowing that his "good days" indeed seemed to be coming to an end.
Suddenly, Alexander Cat opened the door with his hand at his waist. Most of his body leaned out of the carriage, clutching the door helper with one hand, and raising his hat with the other and waving vigorously at the team outside: "Long live the queen!"
"Long live!"
The cheers pierced the mist and resounded across the fields!
On January 26, 1503, the Queen of Sicily arrived in the city of Gail, and the regent of Castile went out to greet him.
Three days later, the queen entered Zaragoza under the of the Royal Forest Army of the Kingdom.
The new era has arrived.