Chapter 235 The Iron Crown Law of the Principality of Lombardy

Author: Orange Cat Dragon

Chapter 235 The Iron Crown Law of the Principality of Lombardy

The next day, Ivita took the nine professionals and Tartax she had recruited before, as well as the vampire Wilson, the vampire Davina and the Hearthstone Witch, as well as the carpenter, a chef and the previously recruited

A doctor is on his way!

The reason why I took two vampires out was, firstly, that the mental compulsion skill was really useful, and secondly, I was worried that these two night creatures would stay in my territory.

This group of seventeen people brought a bunch of bread for food and beer for water.

This is the habit of those people traveling long distances. Air-dried bread is not easy to mold, and beer can be stored for more than a month. It is much easier to store than water that will smell bad in a few days.

Therefore, many people who often go to sea have developed the habit of drinking.

Actually, it doesn't have to be that troublesome.

Because Ivita has mastered water magic, she can summon water for everyone to drink.

But after Ivita found out about this, they had already set off.

They rented a ten-meter-long single-masted boat in the city of [Marlina], and then set off all the way downstream along the Po River in Ambrose, passing several cities and more than a dozen towns.

After that, they came to the southernmost pass of Ambrose.

After paying a tax of 12 pence each, they left Ambrose.

The farthest place that the boatman went to was the southern end of Ambrose, and it could not be sent any further.

So Ivita and others spent another two hours in a foreign country, rented a new boat, and took them to the far side of the Po River.

The country south of Ambrose is the Principality of Lombardy located in the mountains. This is a typical feudal country.

Therefore, both sides of the Po River are lined with patches of feudal lords' territories, continuous fields, and scattered small manor villages.

The men and women who came to fetch water with kettles all looked numb and lived a passable life. Their lives seemed worse than those of Ambrose's serfs. They were all very thin, and most of them had...

They are characterized by malnutrition, and the clothes they wear are patched. Many poor people even have no clothes to wear.

On the boat, the female ranger with elf blood was sitting alone in the stern. The four warriors and the two trainee hunters had become friends, joking and joking with each other. The two knights were sitting silently in a corner of the boat.

The two vampires and the Hearthstone Witch were very familiar with him, so they kept sitting around him.

Ivita originally thought that life in the Principality of Lombardy was basically like this.

Poor people, rural areas, vast farmland.

But two days later, when the ship passed the royal city, the magnificent city was full of ladies wearing gold and silver, and the streets on both sides of the river were full of pearls, reds, sapphires and emeralds. Iveta understood that this

The gap between rich and poor in this country is so wide.

This principality is a more feudal country than Ambrose, and is a typical feudal serf country.

This country is composed of feudal lords and their king, the largest feudal lord.

But Ivita did not care about the affairs of this country. He was just a passer-by here.

What's more, this is a duchy, and the strength of this duchy is many times stronger than the combined national strength of Ambrose's entire country.

It's just that the people of this country are poor and weak, but it doesn't mean that the country is weak.

Of course, the people of Ambrose are undoubtedly much richer than the common people in this country.

Along the way, Ivita could see that there were basically no merchants in the Principality of Lombardy. Instead, the lords of each territory had set up numerous passes and toll booths.

However, because Tartax used his connections in the Lombard court, they somehow became tribute ships to the king.

Therefore, Ivita and others were exempted from the transit tax.

In addition, the ordinary toll station soldiers saw that the professionals on this ship were not easy to mess with, so they did not dare to embarrass Ivita and others.

Ivita also noticed that among the toll booth soldiers in the Principality of Lombardy, there were actually some low-level professionals, first and second level.

This shows how powerful this country is.

However, when they crossed the country, they were transported by water and did not go ashore. Therefore, Ivita could only see some superficial things in the country and could not observe in depth.

While passing by the royal city, Ivita saw a huge stone mountain standing in the center of the capital of the Principality of Lombardy. The entire magnificent capital was built around that stone mountain.

The most interesting thing is that the stone mountain is very tall and stands on the ground. It looks similar to other mountains, but there is a huge crown on the top of the mountain.

It turned out to be a huge iron crown worn on the top of the mountain, so the iron crown towered into the clouds, half-hidden.

Like a miracle.

Those who look at it can't help but feel the illusion of their own insignificance.

When she got close to the huge iron crown, Ivita felt the magic power boiling inside her body. The magic power that had become active after leaving the desert of the holy mountain became even more excited when she got closer to the iron crown.

Ivita felt a little uncomfortable and glanced at the huge iron crown.

As for the other people on the ship, none of them dared to look directly at the Iron Crown.

Ivita asked the Hearthstone Witch: "What's going on with that huge crown? It's actually worn on the mountain?"

The Hearthstone Witch said to Ivita: "Your Majesty, that is the essence of the law of the Principality of Lombardy - the Iron Crown."

"The Principality of Lombardy has an Iron Crown law. Whoever is recognized by the Iron Crown can become the monarch here and be recognized by all the noble lords of Odo's descendants in Lombardy. Ordinary people can't even look directly at the Iron Crown on the mountain.

The crown, for that is the crown of kings recognized by Odo's heirs."

"There is a legend here. On the Lombardy Mountains, there was an ordinary slave boy who was herding sheep. He once met an archangel on the Lombardy Mountains, and the archangel handed a crown to his hand.

, told him, 'I give you the crown. This is the will of the God of all things. You will establish your kingdom here, and your descendants will rule here for billions of generations.'"

Ivita asked strangely: "This young man should be Odoin."

"Then he became king?"

Everyone looked at the old witch.

The old witch said to Ivita: "Your Majesty, you are absolutely right."

"But Odoin who got this crown did not become a king. He spent his whole life and became a wealthy free man with a group of slaves tending sheep for him."

"Later, in his later years, Odo held the iron crown and couldn't understand it, and he died in depression."

"But his son [Odordo]'s third son [Odoric] became the founder of the Kingdom of Lombardy."

"His descendants became most of the feudal lords in this kingdom."

"According to Odoric's claim, he and his descendants received the Iron Crown from their ancestor Odoin, and therefore can decide the birth, old age, illness, death and burial of everyone in the country."

The Hearthstone Witch seemed to have remembered something and said: "Under the law of the Iron Crown, only by praying to the Duke of Lombardy and the God of All Things can you be qualified to be buried in the land of Lombardy. Otherwise, even if you are buried in this land

, the corpse will not be accepted by the earth, will not rot, and may even risk turning into a living corpse."

After hearing this, Ivita raised her eyebrows. It was indeed a typical feudal serf country.
Chapter completed!