Little Henry accompanied Henry I to London Harbor again, but compared to the previous few times, the purpose was completely different this time, because they came to surrender to the Song army. The Song army had given them ten days before, and they also sent a large army to prepare for attacking at any time. This made Henry I both angry and frightened. In addition, England was not a monolithic part, and many of his sons and nephews persuaded him to surrender, and even secretly contacted the Song army. In the end, Henry I couldn't bear to surrender.

The Song army had already received news that England was preparing to surrender. At this time, a warship had approached the port and sent a small boat to the shore to let Henry I and others take the boat to the warship. At this time, Henry I was completely prepared to surrender and was not worried that Song would be unfavorable to him. After all, he was the king of England. If he was killed at this time, the whole of England would probably be in chaos, and this would not be of any benefit to the Song army, so he believed that the other party would not do stupid things.

Little Henry also followed Henry I on board the boat. However, when he boarded the bow, he saw a familiar face standing at the bow, looking at it with a smile, which made him stunned for a moment, and then said with a complicated expression: "I didn't expect it was you, Gruth!"

The one standing on the bow of the boat was Gruth. He used to be the guard beside Henry IV and was naturally very familiar with Henry. He had followed Hu Yanqing and played several games with Henry, and even once he almost caught him by Henry himself. So now when he saw him, he was naturally mixed in his heart.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, King, Gruth said hello to you both!" Gruth performed very normally. He immediately gave an imperial knight to Henry and Henry I. After all, in terms of title, he was far from comparable to the two people in front of him. Of course, he is now coming to accept the surrender of the other party as a winner, so his politeness made Henry and both feel a little embarrassed.

The next thing was simple. Henry I surrendered on behalf of the Kingdom of England, while Henry Little was escorted back as a war criminal of the Holy Roman Empire. Then the English army laid down their weapons, and the imperial army on the ship quickly landed, and then began to gradually take over the Kingdom of England.

After becoming a prisoner of war, Henry was immediately taken back to the Holy Roman Empire by Gruth on a warship. Then he personally escorted him to Rome. There was another touching episode during this period, that is, Matilda, the daughter of Henry I, who had to be with his husband no matter what. Henry I also loved this daughter very much. So when he surrendered, he made a request to pardon his daughter for not guilty. Da Song also agreed, but Matilda had a deep affection for Henry. No matter where Henry went, she would never leave. Even if Henry drove her away, she was unwilling to leave. In the end, Henry was both moved and uncomfortable, and could only let his wife be with him.

Because of the special identity of Henry, and staying in Europe was a threat to Agnes, Gruth was naturally very clear about this. So after reporting to Hu Yanqing, he immediately led a team of two thousand knights to escort Henry to Rome, hoping to send him to the Song Dynasty and Condra as his companion as soon as possible, so he also walked very quickly along the way.

Little Henry had lost all the chips in his hand, and at this time he had completely accepted his fate. And by the opportunity to chat with Gruth, he also knew that Agnes would not execute him, but wanted to exile him. Of course, Gruth did not tell him that the place of exile was in the Song Dynasty, but Little Henry didn't care about where he went, so he was very relaxed now, and even had the leisure to look at the scenery along the way.

They wanted to rush back to Rome from England. They almost had to cross the entire Holy Roman Empire. They could have taken back by boat, but because they had just occupied England and the island country needed warships to speed up the occupation, so Henry was sent away by Gruth from the land. This was good news for Henry. Of course, he did not want to escape or something, but wanted to see with his own eyes whether the Holy Roman Empire under Agnes had changed much than he did at the time?

When he first left the English Channel, the Holy Roman Empire that Henry saw was not much changed than before. After all, this place had just been defeated by the Song army, and even the battlefield was not cleaned up. Occasionally, he could see dead bodies from the roadside, but there were some different changes. For example, because there was no need to fight anymore, many of the original pieces of troops were disbanded. These people were all young and strong men. After they returned home, they could lead their families to clear the land and farm. So along the way, Little Henry saw many farmers working hard.

However, as he got closer and closer to Rome, Henry Little began to notice some different changes, the biggest change was the change in the local administrative structure. In the past, the Holy Roman Empire distributed land to nobles at all levels to manage. All land was the private property of the nobles, and those farmers and others were basically slaves of the nobles.

But now it is different, because the Song Dynasty actually divided the land into some areas of similar size and called it counties. Each county sets up officials to manage this area. The officials in the county are not hereditary like nobles, but have to be under the jurisdiction of the empire. Of course, it is very easy for the empire to appoint them. This is not as troublesome as the original empire wanted to abolish the title of a noble. Moreover, the officials in the county only have administrative power and no military power, which avoids the possibility of officials holding troops and self-respecting. Unlike the original nobles, one after another, they do not listen to the orders they are strong.

The establishment of a county is only one aspect. In addition, the empire has various changes, such as allowing ordinary people to own land, and taxation, etc., and it is said that these changes are learned from the distant Song Dynasty. Even many officials of the empire are Song people. They are experienced and have no connection with local nobles, so they do not have to pay attention to the interests of those nobles when enforcing the law, so those who obstruct their law enforcement will be subject to severe sanctions, which also causes many nobles to lose their titles for violating the law and even go to prison for this.
Chapter completed!