When the princes who attended the meeting were armed, and when the king announced that he had gone on to win the prize, the people were so full of spirit that they drew their swords and axes, waved them highly, and shouted for joy—as Tacitus put it: in Germanic customs, the use of weapons to give consent is the highest respectful approval.

The prince had not yet performed a sword salute, but because of his birth, he had to wear a weapon, and in order to show his favor, the prince's young attendants, Rodrigo's son Sigbert, Hugh Barn's son Enuerf, Moka's son Oswald, and Volsiov's son Uhtred, were to receive the sword together.

Pagan customs were still preserved, and such ceremonies were usually held at the beginning of the new month, which meant that all the princes had to stay in the capital for half a month. This gave the knights who were about to be ordained time to prepare their costumes, in fact, the sword salute, from the battle flag, spear, shield to the war horse, which required the families of the young samurai to pay a lot of money.

"Your Majesty," Count Volsiov stayed alone after the meeting, "there is something that needs your permission......

The King was about to go to see his sister Madame Christina, but the Count's petition was obviously more important: Walcioff and Gerspatrick Jr. wanted permission to marry, a sensitive matter that he had to weigh.

As a king, Edgar did not want to see the union of the northern families, but a categorical refusal could be problematic as well, and Edgar did not forget the internal division caused by the bride incident in Normandy.

Dominating powerful lords is the foundation of rule, and their swords are constantly ringing, either unsheathed for the royal family or down to the king's own helmet.

The Goldwin invasion at the beginning of the year punished 286 Southern Thane with the dispossession of their land, and they had to surrender to the king a pair of weapons, a saddled war horse, and an unsaddled pack horse, as well as various property symbolizing Thein's status, such as hounds and falcons, which had now starved to death due to the sheer scale of the punishment, and many more would have been brought into Winchester had it not been for Westminster's edict.

Since the eagle dogs in the south have suffered heavy losses, the minions of the north are even more urgent, and the king's blue pupils shrink towards the center of the whites of the eyes like cat's eyes in direct sunlight.

It is not difficult to find reasons for refusal, for example—Consanguinitas—that consanguineous marriages are not permissible in the Church. However, this is not the case......

I had to put up with them.

Half a month later, the knights-to-be, who were about to receive weapons and spurs, each received a set of gifts before the vigil.

Looking at the face guard with a single horn and the bright polished chest guard, Count Rodrigo couldn't help but admire: "What a genius workmanship!" ”

"Your Majesty is too generous." Little Guspatrick commented with some jealousy, he was already a knight, and naturally he was not on the list of receiving gifts from the king this time, but the majesty of the king's nephew Sigbert's Spanish war horse covered with this sheet metal steel armor made him make up his mind to order from the master of Greenwich immediately.

The king had given Philip ten horse armors to King Philip of the Franks, but they were Oriental-style scaly armor, which was regarded as a treasure trove by the French king, and never appeared outside the court, let alone on the battlefield.

The raw materials for the manufacture of this batch of steel armor in front of him are not obtained from the sword forging process that is common in the world, but the iron ore imported from Sweden is used to decarburize cast iron, and the steel ingots produced in batches are naturally inferior to the blade steel in terms of quality, and the advantage is that the output is large, suitable for the armor manufacturing industry, in the absence of temperature control technology, only a few masters can skillfully use the technology of surface hardening, so the price of this batch of plate armor given by the king is enough to compare with a Danish ship.

As for the Uzi steel ingots exported from Persia and India, they are still priceless, and only Uhtred, the son of Walsiov, currently has one such broadsword in the Kingdom of England, which is so sharp that it can cut off the head or limbs like a razor, neither Count Rodrigo's "Immaculate Steel" Corada nor King Edgar's "Broken Ice" real silver sword can compare with this sword of King Hu.

"Your Majesty seems to be really planning to let these children go into battle." There was a hint of blue on Walsiov's face, and he could not forget the time when his father had returned from Scotland, and that day had been his happiest day, until his brother disappeared from the front of the returning army.

"You will be my heir from now on." He remembered his father proclaiming to himself by dragging his brother's horse and stroking its mane.

The world remembers Hughed, Earl of Northumbria, for his defeat of Macbeth, the High King of Alba, at the Battle of the Seven Sleepers, and all Walsiov remembers is the empty saddle and his mother and aunt weeping in the castle.

"It's time, the son of the Duke of Norman has done a great job this time, the Duke of Lower Lorraine wore a shield ten years ago, and now he has been in a hundred battles. Those little mongrels are no longer virgins, and now that they know what women are like, they should know how men bleed! Warwick County Governor Tolkell shouted.

His words were very reasonable, and the nobles present all nodded yes, and of course Volsiov agreed, if a thirteen-year-old man could not use a sword, he might as well become a priest.

At this moment, Walsiov swept away a familiar figure, holding the indigo silk cloak of Princess Woolf Hilde, and seemed to be running in the direction of the church......

Under the walls of the Île de la Cité in Paris, King Philip dipped his finger in holy oil and swiped his daughter's forehead on the bridge that used to be the tower fort built by Emperor Charles the Bald, which once held back Björn the Brave, son of Ragnar, but is now in ruins.

"Protect her." Philip lifted his cloak and turned to his brother.

"I swear with my life that the princess will arrive safely." Prince Hugg replied respectfully.

After seeing the convoy leave, Prince Louis suddenly raised his head, his figure was a little bloated, like a big loaf of bread.

"Where did my sister go?"

"I'm going to see your uncle with you." Philip stroked his son's forehead and fluffed his hair up.

He remembered his daughter's question: "Why are you leaving?" ”

For I have none but you, my children.