Vol 6 Chapter 181: The "Legacy" of Vlad III

Alexander had heard the name of the Knights of the Dragon. He knew that the Knights were a mysterious semi-armed religious group that originated in Bohemia. This is a strange group that believes in the ecclesiasm, but it has a quite oriental character in its actions. In the early years, this knighthood was organized by a group of armed monks to protect the parish. During the Hussite War, they chose to stand on the side of the church, but the victory of the war did not bring them any benefits. Questioning the way of doing things, the church put them on a par with the Hu School.
The reason for this is that after the armed monks united with the local nobles, they thought that their contribution to the parish was enough to allow them to separately receive taxes paid by the farmers, and the nobles who joined the Dragon Knights were also willing to spend Money supports such a sturdy style, and it can be an armed monk unit that can do everything for the money.
In fact, the knighthood has turned into northern Wallachia, especially in Hungary and Transylvania. Many nobles joined the group in secret, hoping to get their protection.
While this knighthood continues to recruit and expand its influence in the name of faith, it has also accumulated a large amount of amazing wealth.
Vlad III once secretly joined the Dragon Knights. He did this in order to be able to convert and then marry his later Catholic wife.
The reason for Vlad III ’s original decision was simple. His rule in Wallachia became weaker, and the invasion from Hungary and the threat of Ottoman made his rule even more shaky. In order to obtain Bohemian For the forgiveness and support of the Asians, he chose to convert to the Catholic Church, and at the same time, through the marriage with a Bohemian princess, he stabilized his seemingly precarious position.
At this time, Vlad III joined the Dragon Knights in order to get support, and at the same time donated a large amount of property to the Knights. There are rumors that in order to get the support of the Knights, those nobles let him be the king in Bohemia In front of a few good words, Vlad III evacuated almost all the treasures he had collected in Schwara Castle.
Only as a result of this, the Balkan tyrant, known for his brutal rule, did not exchange for the support he longed for, and even shortly after his death, his son Cepes was expelled from a small territory sheltered by the Knights Then, after many years of wandering, Cepes was able to return to his hometown.
Many people who are familiar with the Dragon Knights' behavior of collecting money and doing things are very disapproving, but people also know that the Knights are not only powerful in the local area, but also because they have accumulated money for many years. People are not willing to offend this rational group that has gradually transformed from a paramilitary force to an armed consortium.
Alexander knew that the Dragon Knights, in addition to knowing Vlad III, who was known as the "first vampire", also had Prato during this time entrenched this in northern Wallachia and southern Hungary. A detailed description of the strange group.
Prato came to Wallachia with money and relationships, and began to wave around with a lot of gold coins in the hands of a blind group of people. This naturally attracted the attention of the Dragon Knights. At the same time, they were vigilant. The various reactions that came out soon entered Prato's sight.
At that time, Prato was just thinking about making more money, so of course he was very careful about the sudden appearance of a mysterious competitor, but this made him gradually understand some of the Dragon Knights ’actions in the Balkans.
It can be said that this is a secret chamber of commerce with private troops, but their backstage is not those rich and wealthy merchants, but a group of local nobles of all sizes.
When he heard that the other party was the messenger of the Dragon Knights, Alexander's expression slightly moved. He motioned to Schell to put away his weapon and walked to the man.
"I can't help but say that you remind me of the former Grand Duke of Wallachia, Vlad III," seeing the man's helplessness when he heard the name of Vlad III, Alexander ignored him and looked at it. The woods and the high slopes in the distance "I wonder if you want to meet so, or is this your custom?"
"Duke, you are a busy man," the man raised his arms high and rocked back and forth a few times at a strange pace, then the team on the first slowly backed away and gradually disappeared on the top of the slope, then The figure in the woods flickered, except for a few people who came out of the woods, the others quickly disappeared into the woods and disappeared.
Alexander looked at those people, and looked at the proud look on the face of the man. He knew that these locals should be demonstrating to him.
These people know every mountain, river and jungle here, which causes great trouble to their enemies.
In history, even after ruling here for hundreds of years, the Ottomans still did not fully control all the land in the Balkan mountains. In many places, they spent a long period of Ottoman rule in a tacit independence. Period, and even after a few centuries, the people in this land still have their own peculiar customs and completely weird temperament that ca n’t get along with the outside world, which has brought this world again and again. trouble.
"We hope to talk to you," the man said to Alexander. He stood with several others because they all had beards of the same style. At first glance, it seemed that they could not tell who they were. "We It was a messenger sent by the Knights, and we voluntarily sent messages, so you do n’t expect us to say anything by using punishment to execute a confession. Maybe we will speak because we ca n’t bear the pain, but even then you ca n’t know us Is it true, as for threats with our lives, please rest assured that no one will care about us. "
As soon as the man opened his mouth, Alexander was speechless. He couldn't help thinking of the legend that Vlad III almost didn't care whether the other party was a messenger. He had hanged the messenger sent to him more than once on the gate of the castle. There are many other ways of torture, so that all the people sent to see him as death.
Perhaps this behavior is not the style of Vlad III alone. Obviously, it seems that in the Balkans it is not so particular about making such a thing. Even in their view, respect for the envoy of the enemy country means precisely to the enemy. Fear and cowardice.
"Who made you bring the words?" Although it was guessable, Alexander still wanted to hear whether the answer was the same as he guessed.
"Our elders, or chiefs, you can call them whatever you want, but you can only see them after you have agreed to the conditions we have put forward." The man said "Another word, my name is Vateletto."
Alexander looked at the man who claimed to be called Vateletto, and the Dragon Knights would suddenly send someone to find him. This he did not expect, but now it seems that the other party obviously intends to deal with him and move the knife and the gun from time to time. Let Alexander guess the purpose of these people.
Sure enough, shortly after following these people around Schwara Castle and embarking on a road leading to a nearby village, the man named Vateletto was a bit impatient to say, "The Duke please believe us to treat you There is no malice, but it may not be so polite to your men. "
"My men?" Alexander asked a little strangely, and then he nodded if he understood. "I think you should say Prato, and I think only he will make you so annoyed."
"Yes, the one called Prato. This one of you has caused us a lot of trouble. Some of us have already been punished because of him. Know that he is making our money on our site. "
Speaking of which, Alexander also guessed how many of these people came. He did not expect that these local nobles would so blatantly consider Upper Wallachia as their own forbidden place, which made Alexander suddenly feel that he might choose this path himself. It was a very correct choice.
Sophia ’s time to become the Grand Duke of Wallachia is too short after all. Even in Bucharest, she already has enough reputation, but in remote places, those local nobles still have great power.
The so-called decree does not leave the island of Paris, which may be more simple in Wallachia.
Fortunately, now Sophia has almost controlled most of the southern bank of the Dambovica River, and the situation in Upper Wallachia, which is dominated by Transylvania, is somewhat more severe.
Vateletto was obviously just a talker as he said. Apart from complaining to Alexander that Prato had robbed them of a lot of their business, he did n’t say anything else useful. Obviously these people wanted to see The reason for Alexander is so simple, or in their view, this is a matter of course.
"You only need to tell your man to stop him from going to our site to fish for money," Vateletto said a little impatiently. "He must listen to you. Isn't it good for all of us, And as long as that Prato does not come to us for trouble, we are also willing to do business with him. To know that many nobles are interested in what he brings, I believe that it will definitely make a lot of money, but this must be We have to get our permission. "
"Wait a minute, I think you mean that even with the consent of Grand Duke Sophia Alexandra, Pukato couldn't do business in Transylvania, right?" Alexander narrowed his eyes and looked at Vajray. Reto.
"Of course not, how can this be done, to know that Vlad III had promised that the Knights had complete privileges in Transylvania," Vatereto said in a surprised tone. "We regard this as He admits that the Knights have all the promises here. You must know that the property he promised to dedicate to the Knights is not only a little bit, but the last thing he can take out is pitiful, which makes him have to sell to the Knights Transylvania ’s rights are mortgaged, so since then, Transylvania has actually become private land for the Knights. "
Vateretto said bluntly that he seemed completely indifferent to what would make Alexander unhappy. Obviously the privileges that the Dragon Knights had in Transylvania for many years had made them completely forget the real land. Who is the owner, or when they chose to abandon Vlad III, they no longer regarded it as part of Wallachia.
"You should abide by this oath. Only then is it reasonable, otherwise the consequences will be very serious," Vateletto said seriously, seeing Alexander looking at him all the time, Vateletto raised his head slightly. " You probably think I am intimidating, but this is the fact, even the nobles of Transylvania dare not have any objection to this. "
"Is that the case?" Alexander narrowed his eyes again to the man who was so bold that he dared to speak in front of him. "Do you think Grand Duke Alexandra should also keep such so-called promises?"
"This is a must. The rights of the Knights are not to be provoked," Vateletto said proudly. "I know you are the hero of the Battle of Bucharest, but what about this, the Knights rule Transylvania All of Niah, and will continue to do so in the future, so you should accept this fact. "
Vateletto continued to speak for himself ~ EbookFREE.me ~ His tone is sometimes ambiguous because of inaccurate pronunciation, but Alexander can still hear what he said.
Alexander listened silently to the nagging of this uninvited guest. Even before entering Transylvania, he found that the people here had obvious hostility, but he did not expect to meet such a person next.
This is a person who does not take him at all, or should say that he does not take Sophia in Bucharest at all.
Behind him is a local force composed of a large group of local nobles and monks. They may now claim to be a knighthood, but in Alexander's view they are actually an obvious splitting force.
Alexander suddenly felt that the scene was so familiar, and then he thought of the Teutonic Knights who once raged in Poland.
The Poles stupidly introduced the German knights into their own land, and then they tasted the real bitterness, and Vlad III apparently did such an equally stupid thing. In order to obtain Bohemian support, he showed a lot of Fortune, he did not hesitate to give Transylvania whatever he wanted in front of the Dragon Knights. Now that Vlad III has become a dead bone, the hidden dangers he left are exposed at this time.
"It seems that this way is right." Looking at a vaguely visible village in front, Alexander told himself in his heart.
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