Chapter 130 Salamanca
Miledi picked up a Portuguese oyster and she suggested, "Let's go to Portugal."
Roger asked: "Why are you going to Portugal?"
"I don't want to walk the way I came. I have a caravan guard named Magellan who is a native. He said that you can go back to Leon when you go to Portugal."
"How to go?"
Miledi called the guard with brown and black hair, same color beard, blue eyes, and dark skin by the sun.
Roger felt that the name of this guard was very familiar, but there were too many Westerners with the same name, so he was too lazy to think about it.
According to him, he was born in Porto, the capital of Portugal, and the guard of a family of a ruined knight said:
"From here, take a boat to Porto, the capital of Portugal..."
“Boat?”
“Yes, go south along the coastline.”
“Is there any land?”
Roger didn't want to take a boat at all, the Mediterranean had already made him feel bad, and he didn't want to appreciate the romance of the Atlantic Ocean.
"You can walk another famous pilgrimage road called the 'Road of Portugal' and you can go all the way to the cathedral of Porto, the capital of Portugal."
"Is the road easy to walk?"
“The road to the parish of bruja.
"Walking through the mountainous areas of bruja, the roads are rough. But it's easier to walk after passing."
"Continue talking about the next trip."
“Then go east from Porto to Salamanca,
“Then go north across the Douro River in Zamora.
“Further north, it was fertile land, all the way to Leon.
“Although it’s a detour, it’s easy to walk along the way and you can ride a horse.”
"Salamanca, this place name sounds familiar."
Roger vaguely felt that he had heard it.
Magellan introduced seriously:
"Maybe you have heard of its legend. It is an ancient city that has existed since ancient Roman times.
"Legendary Hannibal led the Carthage army and captured the Roman city there.
"But now there is nothing important left behind except the Roman bridge on the Tormes River and a stone cow."
"I haven't heard of this history, it shouldn't be the reason."
"That lord, you must have heard the name of Salamanca from the warriors. After all, it was once a battlefield for Christians and Arabs..."
“Not it.”
“Maybe you heard the people talk about it when you were passing by Castilla.
"The large-scale expansion of Salamanca City was facilitated by Raymond, the ex-husband of His Majesty Ulaca, King of Castilla.
"At that time, Raymond offered generous rewards, so the Katillas, Galicians, Mozalebs, Jews and Franks all immigrated to the city.
"So this city has a great reputation among the people."
"I have heard of Raymond, but I haven't heard of this story. It's not the reason. I must have heard of Salamanca somewhere, why can't I remember it?"
Roger himself was nothing. He saw Magellan scratching his head in annoyance, as if he had not completed the task assigned by his leader, and was more anxious than himself.
Magellan frowned and thought, then made another statement.
"Maybe you have heard the saying of the City of Gold."
"City of Gold?"
“Yes, the buildings in Salamanca are built with various locally produced Viamayor stones.
"This kind of stone will shine in the sun, blue, green, but at most it is a golden glow.
"So from a distance, the whole city is like gold, shining with dazzling brilliance, so people call Salamanca a city of gold."
"It sounds pretty good, but I'm sure I haven't heard of this rumor before."
Roger saw Magellan like a bar, facing a tricky customer who couldn't report the name of a wine, trying hard to satisfy the other party, but he didn't realize that this was actually the other party's problem, and it was not his fault.
Magellan tried to propose another possibility.
"Sir, maybe you've heard of the church there, uh, but that church is not finished yet, maybe that's not the reason."
"Church? Let's hear it."
“The church under construction is called Enonimas Cathedral.
“The construction work was prepared and presided over by Bishop Geronemo, who was in charge of the Salamanca Church.
"By the way, there is an interesting rumor. Maybe there are some lords where have you heard of this interesting rumor.
“Biography of the Church is asked by Bishop Geronemo to carve a large number of reliefs on the facade of the church.
“This is a fine job, not within the original agreement, so the stonemasons asked Bishop Geronemo to pay extra compensation.
“Bike Gironimo didn’t have that much money, so he reached an agreement with the stonemasons.
“As part of his reward, he allowed the stonemasons to choose images that did not involve doctrine.
"Therefore, the stonemasons spoke, as long as someone paid, they could ask them to carve the images he designated on the facade of the church..."
"Inonimas Cathedral! That's it!"
Roger finally remembered.
When he was building the dam in Baron Rolo's territory, the craftsmen under Master Tom who built the Tower of London once mentioned the place name Salamanca.
Roger remembered that Master Tom originally planned to go to Salamanca to build the Inonimas Cathedral, but later the other party thought they had no experience in building the church and refused them.
Roger thought that if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have met Master Tom.
He thought that until now, Master Tom was still building a church for Dean Benedictin in Baron Rollo's territory.
Roger knew that the construction of the church was time-consuming.
He suddenly had the impulse to go and see the Inonimas Cathedral that Master Tom wanted to build but failed to build.
Roger ate the Portuguese oysters that had just been pried open in his hand in a bite with the cold Galician dry white wine.
He threw the shell into the clear sea.
He said: "It's settled, go to Porto to Salamanca and then to Leon."
Miledi suggested: "So, I will go by land with you and your guards, and let my men walk by sea.
"They should arrive before us, just call us for the front station, help us book the inn, and prepare wine and food."
Roger agreed.
So Miledi ordered his men to let the guards outside Magellan set off for a chartered boat.
At this time, Roger suddenly had a bad taste, and he said:
"When I went to the Salamancading Inn, I hired a stonemason for me to build the Enomimas Cathedral. I will draw a painting, and you ask him to carve it for me."
Roger asked his men to bring parchment paper and pen and ink.
He swept away the leftover oysters and spread the parchment on the table.
He drew a lion, and then drew a cone of ice cream on the lion's front paws.
He felt that he was not satisfied, so he drew another astronaut.
Miledi looked at the freshness and asked, "What is this? Are the lions holding the torch and the warriors in armor?"
"almost."
Roger was perfunctory and laughed in his heart.
He thought that if the lion with ice cream and the astronaut in space suits were passed down to later generations with the Inonimas Cathedral, it should be a tourist check-in destination.
Chapter completed!