Europe in the late stage of Middle Ages, was already the rudiment of a modern city.
London, Rome, Madrid and the capitals of other major countries were incomparably prosperous.
Of course, their prosperity was not comparable to Eastern Roman Empire's capital Constantinople for the time being.
At this moment, the whole city was decorated with festive lights in the Europe, Orthodox Church sacred place, which was known as the new Rome.
It was like celebrating a festival.
Actually, the reason why the whole city was celebrating was that today their great saint Lord Constantine XI ascend the throne.
Although it was late at night, the city was still brightly lit.
There was no exception for the baron castle that was located in the southwest corner of the city.
The room was decorated with lights.
John standing in the garden, he could hear the celebration clearly, but he kept staring at the outside.
"Why hasn't father come back yet?"
John thought.
A typical Europa beauty walked out. She was tall, blonde and green eyed.
This was the only maid in the John family, and she also served as butler.
As soon as the maid came out, she smiled and said, "Young master, don't wait for baron. Today the Holy Lord ascends the throne. Baron is congratulating in the palace. I guess he will come back very late."
John turned his head to look at the maid and paused for a while on her plump chest. Then he smiled and said, "Are you happy that the Holy Lord ascends the throne?"
The maid thought for a while and answered, "of course. He is one of the greatest emperors in the history of Rome."
One of the greatest emperors?
John wanted to laugh.
He was a transmigrator, who had traveled from the future and was familiar with all the history afterwards.
Now Eastern Roman Empire was like a small boat in the sea that was going to be destroyed at any time.
And today, the new emperor Constantine XI was the last emperor of the Rome Empire.
Ironically, the reason why Eastern Roman Empire perished was that the son of emperor the Ottoman Empire, who was now supporting Constantine XI the throne, Mohammed II personally destroyed the country.
An emperor of the country which had been destroyed.
The only thing presentable he could do was to invade the big principality in Athens and force Duke Florence to compensate. How could he become the Holy Lord in the eyes of the people of Eastern Roman Empire?
John shook his head with a sigh.
He couldn't figure it out. He was in the modern society when he was preparing goods in his supermarket. He was hit by something on the shelf and passed out. How could he wake up to be in Middle Ages?
And in Eastern Roman Empire, the country which was about to be destroyed.
In this life, his full name was John Duke Ducasse. His ancestors used to be the ruler of Eastern Roman Empire.
However, after hundreds of years, the early glory was gone. His family only left him, his sister who were travelling abroad and his father who was a baron heavily in debt and had no territory.
"Alas, Eastern Roman Empire is going to perish in three or four years. By that time, we aristocrats will be killed. What should we do?"
John was a little annoyed and wondered if he should escape abroad before the Empire was destroyed.
But before he could perfect the escape plan, worse news came!
In the night, a knight rode all the way to the garden.
The maid had no time to scold the knight for his rudeness.
The knight got off the horse and shouted, "Young master, bad news! Baron made a mistake in the palace and was caught by the saint Lord. He is going to kill him!"
What?
Her father was caught and was about to be sentenced to death?
John suddenly stood up, with his eyes widely open and a little excited. He thought to himself, 'I'm going to inherit title so soon?
Before he could imagine the beautiful life of the future nobility.
The knight said quickly, "the Holy Lord sent someone to catch you. He said he would kill you too!"
John
Shit
Shit
Who did I offend?
He was going to be killed not long after he passed through the time?
John was so worried about this news.
Fortunately, he was calm. He tried hard to suppress his panic and asked, "What happened?"
The knight said honestly, "today, the Holy Lord ascended the throne, and he has set up a banquet to entertain the envoys from various noble clans and countries. Baron... He..."
John was anxious, "what's wrong with him? Tell me!"
The knight smiled bitterly and said, "Baron insulted the Ottoman Empire with harsh words at the banquet. He said that they were ambitious and would annex the Empire of Rome sooner or later. The Holy Lord was furious, and then..."
My God!
How could I have such a stupid father?
John wanted to roll his eyes. Constantine XI can only ascend the throne with the support of the Ottoman Empire. If you cursed them like this, it would be strange for Constantine not to kill you.
What should I do?
Flee abroad?
The problem was that it was too late to escape now.
John realized something immediately
If he wanted to save his life, he had to ask the Ottoman Empire to let them go.
As long as the Ottoman Empire didn't blame them, he and his father would be fine.
But what could he do to make the Ottoman Empire let them go?
John frowned and asked, "How many Zambats do we have at home?"
A Zambat was a general term used by Eastern Roman Empire and the countries in the Middle East for more than four grams of gold coins.
The maid quickly replied, "I checked the account two days ago, and there are only more than 100 Zambats on the account."
Now the average income was about ten Zambats per year, and more than 100 Zambats were definitely a huge sum of money for ordinary people.
But for the powerful, the money was too little.
Do you want to buy off the Ottoman Empire's messenger with more than 100 Zambats?
It's impossible!
Ten thousand Zambats were enough.
John's heart sank. He knew it was impossible to buy off the Ottoman Empire with gold coins.
"Young master, what should we do?" asked the knight.
John said in mind that if he would know what to do. We don't have money at home.
Could he really just sat there and waited for death?
Thinking for a while, John asked again, "do we have any rare treasures at home?"
The maid said helplessly, "the valuable things have been sold by Baron to pay off his debt. Have you forgotten?"
John
He felt a headache. Why did he come to a poor noble family with only four walls?
It was not as good as his previous life's family.
In his previous life, John's family ran a large supermarket, which was relatively rich.
Thinking of this, John missed the large supermarket in his previous life, from which he picked up anything he like and put them in now was precious.
Well, instant noodles didn't belong to them.
Well, all kinds of meat were not included.
And
Well, it seemed that he was wrong.
Well, why should I think about that? I should think about how to save myself first.
When John was about to ask if there was anything else at home, a loud sound came from his head.
"Today's bread only costs seven dollars..."
God!
Isn't this the horn of my supermarket for promotion this week?
John widened his eyes and found that the supermarket he had opened at home in his previous life appeared in his mind!
There were all kinds of goods in it!