Chapter 58: The Deste Castle
After a month of "mascot", the old Huffman also had few friends of the same grade to show off. So he agreed to leave Marin.
Marin ran away quickly, took his men and horses, hurried to the horse, and went to the Nethends ...
The speed of riding is obviously notparable to walking, and Marin and others are equipped with a single horse and two horses. So, three dayster, Marin and his army arrived at the small seaside port of Den Helder, opposite the ind of Texel.
Den Helder is only 4 kilometers away from the fishing vige of Tholencher, the southernmost port of Texel. However, Den Helder is not yet a port city, but arger fishing vige with a small fishing port.
If they are carrying people, the small fishing boats in these fishing viges can easily transport everyone to the other side. However, Marin brought 1030 horses and severalrge carriages, and the small fishing boat could not be loaded. As a result, Marin had to send someone on horseback to nearby important seaport Amsterdam and hired severalrge ships.
In this way, after waiting for four or five days, Marin was on a big ship hired by Amsterdam andnded in the fishing vige of Tholencher.
Afternding, Marin sent a local viger to find a local dialect businessman (businessmen are not easy this year, they have to learn to speak many dialects), and helped to dere loudly that he was the new Texel The fact that the baron was the lord of the lord, and issued a sheepskin instrument and seal issued by the emperor.
Facing Marin''s 400 warriors like wolf, what other ideas do the vigers have? So they swore allegiance to Marin and stated that they were willing to pay taxes.
Considering the end of 1495, the fish flood in the North Sea will begin next spring. So Marin demanded that taxes be levied next spring.
Then, Marin continued to lead people northward and arrived at the administrative center of Texel Ind-Den Burg ...
What disappointed Marin was that he didn''t see the majestic castle in his imagination, but instead saw a deste castle ...
Yes, the deste castle ...
This castle is very small andpletely iparable with the photos of European castles that Marin saw on previous Weibo. Of course, the castles that are tourist attractions are either the king''s or the duke''s. Denborg, strictly counted, was just a pce of the Earl of the Nethends. Therefore, the size of this castle is like two or three vis. At best, it''s a luxurious country house. It''s just that there are more tall and solid walls than the vi.
Around the castle, a church and several houses were scattered sparsely. It seems that Denborg is just a small town with a small poption.
When Marin brought his army into the town, he caused great panic. People fled home, closed the door, and watched Marin''s troops through the crack of the door.
In medieval Europe, it was normal for an army to pass through a small town and grab it. Even killing individuals and robbing them aremonce. Therefore, the townspeople are also very afraid that they will be robbed or even killed ...
Marin ignored these townspeople, but went directly to the church, greeted several local priests, and by the way, asked about the situation on the ind.
The principal of the Den Burg Church is an assistant bishop responsible for preaching and religious rituals throughout the ind. In fact, Texel Ind is embarrassing. The area is not small but the poption is small. If you send a regional bishop, it will be a little overkill. It is not appropriate to send the priest (priest) to take charge of the religion in this area. Therefore, the Archbishop of Utrecht simply arranged an uneptable auxiliary bishop (lower than the assistant bishop, who has the right to inherit the regional bishop, and the auxiliary bishop does not) to manage the hundreds of worshippers on the ind ...
Yes, there are only a few hundred people on the ind ...
ording to Bishop Dalyan, currently the poption on Texel is sparse. The reason for this,
Mainly because of inconvenience.
These days, there are no nes or ferries. Therefore, it is very inconvenient to travel between Texel Ind and the maind. The inhabitants of the ind want to go to the maind, they must take a fisherman''s fishing boat.
However, fishing boats do not often go to the maind. Generally, fishermen will sell fishing boats before they sell salted fish or buy them. The farmers and herdsmen on the ind can only take a boat.
Usually, because of the inconvenience of transportation, the prices on the ind are much more expensive than on thend, except for the sea fish, rye andmb produced on the ind ...
Therefore, although many people emigrated to the ind, most of themter moved away ...
Right now, there is only one town in the entire Texel Ind-Denborg, with 200 townspeople. Outside the town, there are the three viges of De Waal, De Koch and De Coxdorp, and the two small fishing viges of Tholencher and Odeshilde. The total poption is only over 800 people.
The cultivatednd on the ind disappointed Marin, only 1,000 Ugram. In addition, many grasnds are used for sheep.
Not to say that there are only 1,000 Eugrams on the ind that can be cultivated for farnd. Instead, the ind has fewer people and can only nt such arge area ofnd. If there are more acres, thebor force is simply not enough. Even because of insufficientbor, only half of the 1000 Ugramnd on the ind is cultivated each year, and the other half is left fallow and abandoned.
Moreover, the 200 Ugram fields on the ind belong to the church''s property on the ind. The remaining 800 Eugrams belong to three families-the Colin family, the Mahir family, and the Roni family.
However, these three families also have a lot ofnd onnd. They don''t really care about the farnd on Texel. Because the affairs on the ind, because of the inconvenience of traffic, are too cumbersome to manage.
"Bishop Dalian, are these three families willing to sell their fields?" Marin thought about it and decided to buy thend that the three families didn''t value. As a lord, if there is no field, it bes a joke.
"You are already a lord, of course you can do this. And, you can buy from these three families at a reserve price. Because, in name, you are the owner of this ind!" Bishop Dalyan suggested kindly.
For the ind of Texel to be an independent baron leader, Bishop Dalyan is very wee. why? Because a baron used this ind as a territory, he would definitely take good care of it, and even recruit exiles to open up wastnd together. At that time, there are more people on the ind, and his assistant bishop can be promoted to be a true regional bishop. Moreover, with more people, there are more "tithing" in the church.
In the Middle Ages of Europe, the church had the privilege of collecting tithes from the people. This privilege, until modern times, still remains. However, in Protestant countries, this tax waster epted by the government.
Following the advice of Bishop Dalyan, Marin decided to pay fornd ownership in three agricultural viges and several ranches on the ind. ording to the estimate of Assistant Cardinal Dalian, the total value of thend of three agricultural viges and several ranches on the ind is only 10,000 gold coins. This is a piece of cake for local tycoon Marin.
Then, Marin took 400 men to the deste old castle-Denborg ...
I saw the old castle covered with dust, and only the town''s sheriff often sent people to clean the lower facade. As for the interior of the castle, it has always been locked. The thickness of the dust inside is a pit ...
And many of the wooden furniture in the castle fell apart. Obviously, they were corrupted ...
"Mom, Kohler, tomorrow you''ll find someone to clean the castle again. Remember, let everyone wear a mask, it''s so ugly, it''s really ufortable ..."
Because the castle was too dirty, Marin had to order his men to camp near the castle and live in a tent for a few days. As for Marin himself, at the invitation of Bishop Dalyan, he lived in the church room ...