This was the first city captured by the Pirate Kingdom. But recently, the Pirate Kingdom withdrew its troops. The mayor of Hamburg and several important businessmen returned here, bringing back a trade agreement with the Pirate Kingdom.
The contents of the agreement excited every merchant in Hamburg. Ella gave the remaining goods on the ship as gifts to the most powerful chambers of commerce, and the quality of these goods made those merchants salivate.
Although it is still unknown whether the always barbaric Pirate Kingdom can actually fulfill the agreement, many businessmen are already gearing up and starting to prepare to trade with the Pirate Kingdom - after all, profits are always accompanied by dangers, and timidity will only make people miss out.
Good opportunity.
It seems that Hamburg will soon return to normal life.
However, just a few days after Ella withdrew his troops, another army appeared under the city of Hamburg.
The citizens of Hamburg looked tremblingly at the troops outside the city - they were fully armed and numbered about a thousand. Although the number was small, Hamburg had just experienced the baptism of war, and there were not ten soldiers in the city.
.And the city walls that protect them still have several large holes that have not been repaired. If this army's goal is Hamburg, then they will not be able to escape.
As the army approached, people recognized it as the army of the Alemannic Federation. But this did not reassure the people in Hamburg. Hamburg is a free city, and the feudal nobles in the Federation are not the same.
The relationship cannot be called friendly. Although they both belong to the Alemannic Federation, entering the fiefdoms of those nobles is like entering a foreign country for those merchants - those nobles will set up checkpoints in their territories from time to time, restricting the merchants passing through Hamburg City.
The convoys forcibly levied tariffs; there were even nobles who pretended to be thieves and robbed the caravans in Hamburg.
A small part of the reason merchants are willing to pay for the right to fly the Pirate Kingdom's flag is for this reason. The Pirate Kingdom has shown how they protect Freyavenet. If merchants could also fly the Pirate Kingdom's flag, those
The nobles would certainly not dare to act rashly.
When the army got closer, sharp-eyed people recognized that the leader was Duke Otto of the Duchy of Angria.
The mayor of Hamburg and several of his entourage stood at the city gate, blocking Duke Otto's way.
"Duke Otto, what do you want to do by bringing so many people here?" the mayor of Hamburg asked sternly, "Hamburg is a free city! It is protected by the chief consul! You have no right to lead troops here!"
"Based on your performance when facing the Triumphant, do you really have the nerve to say that 'Hamburg is protected by the chief executive'?"
Duke Otto let his horse walk up to the mayor of Hamburg. The horse's mouth came to the mayor of Hamburg's forehead, and when he breathed, the mayor of Hamburg's face was covered with saliva.
"Stop dreaming." Duke Otto said on the horse, "When the Pirate Kingdom attacked Hamburg, the Count of Île-de-France didn't take any action. If I lead my troops to visit Hamburg, will he care?"
"What on earth do you want to do?"
"Don't stare at me like that. I respect the free rights of the city of Hamburg and have no thoughts about the city of Hamburg."
Just as Duke Otto said these words, the soldiers behind him stepped forward and forcibly dragged the mayor of Hamburg and his entourage aside.
"I'm just here to help you clean up the 'demons' in the city."
Duke Otto left these words and swaggered into Hamburg on horseback.
He led his soldiers and horses and surrounded a church in Hamburg. Previously, Ella, Habiba, Gottfried and others had stayed in this church.
It was Sunday, and many believers gathered in the church. Duke Otto waved his hand, and his soldiers violently rushed into the church and escorted everyone inside.
The priest of the church walked out behind the group of soldiers. Behind him was the nun who had taken care of Ella. The children adopted by the church gathered around the nun, holding on to the nun's clothes in fear.
The nun smiled and touched the children's heads, telling them not to be afraid.
"What do you mean?" the priest asked Duke Otto loudly, "Our missionary work in the Alemannic Federation is approved by the consul of your country!"
"Yes, the Archon approved your missionary operations. However, he did not approve that your Abrahamic Ancient Church can commit crimes wantonly in our Alemannic Federation with impunity!"
The group of believers shouted: "A crime? What crime have we committed!"
Duke Otto frowned and waved his riding whip in the air. The sound made the believers quiet for a moment.
"You should have heard the news - Frisia was attacked by a demon not long ago, and the entire village was burned down by that demon. And that demon was a Semitic."
"But what does this have to do with us?" the nun said, "I, the child, and these believers are all Alemanni!"
Duke Otto laughed: "It doesn't matter? That's hard to say. That devil kept saying 'God' and 'God' in his mouth. The God of the Semites is the God of your Abrahamic Orthodox Church, right?"
"
"That's just a fanatical believer." The priest replied calmly, "Even in our Abrahamic Orthodox Church, this is a heresy among heresies and is not recognized."
"Whether it is his personal behavior or a behavior shared by your Abrahamic Ancient Church, we will know soon."
Duke Otto darkened his face and ordered the soldiers he brought with him: "Go in and search carefully! Knock on every brick to see if there is a dark room! Turn over every piece of soil to see if there is a secret room.
There’s no body hidden!”
The soldiers rushed in under Duke Otto's command and turned the church into a mess. The priest became anxious and shouted: "You are blaspheming!"
As soon as the priest shouted, the believers also shouted. But Duke Otto didn't pay attention to these voices at all.
Half a day later, a soldier ran out and shouted: "Report! We found three corpses in the backyard of the church! They were all skinned and their hearts were dug out. It's terrible!"
"Where did the skin and heart go?"
"Not found! It was probably sacrificed as a sacrifice!"
The three corpses were dragged out. They were the corpses of three women, one of whom was even underage. Seeing the tragic scene, the group of believers who had been cursing on the ground were so frightened that they suddenly became silent. The people who had been watching
There was an obvious commotion among the citizens.
Not long after, all kinds of messy things flew towards the group of believers.
