After listening to William's words, Chief Mutus had a hesitant expression on his face, and he had already begun to waver when he saw that William was leading people here, and that there was such a tall castle here.

However, the reason why he has no reason to retreat is still a matter of face, although William always said in his previous life that Westerners are not as good as those of the Celestial Empire.

But that also depends on the situation, a person in a high position like Chief Mutus, face is obviously very important to him, and it is a matter of his majesty.

William, of course, understood what he meant, and immediately said: "Since I have defeated all the opponents, then I am the future Count of Denlenburg, and I now promise you that after I become the Count of Denlenburg, I will continue to support you from being annexed by Zhongchekel." ”

"And, if you want, I hope that we can strengthen cooperation and have more room for trade, anyway, you haven't caused me any loss, if you retreat now, I can be blamed for the past, and it won't affect our friendship!"

William This is not a groveling benefit, on the contrary, it can bring a lot of benefits to William.

He had already begun to plan for the future of Denlenburg, and he knew better than anyone the benefits of commercial prosperity, and that this trade would allow him to get what he wanted.

For example, the slave business they often do, as well as the iron smelting that they are best at, should be able to be purchased by him after deepening the cooperation.

This is no less than a kettle in the desert for Denlenburg, which is deficient enough to the point of iron.

Both of these things were highly prized by the Chekers, who never sold slaves to neighboring countries and territories.

Because they are afraid that after obtaining these slaves, they will let those noble kingdoms increase their strength and finally encircle and suppress themselves, then the gains will outweigh the losses.

Therefore, they have always bought slave food into the hands of the nobles of the kingdom who do not border them, because of the distance, those people cannot pose a threat to them.

Iron is a more important strategic material, and the iron they use to create with superb smelting technology is in short supply no matter where it is, and the price is very expensive.

But even so, they will not export too much iron, first, because their output is not high, and secondly, they are afraid that they will be threatened by the surrounding forces.

And William's proposal to deepen cooperation also means this, not to mention that William also has items that are prohibited from being exported to them, such as good armor.

Although they are very good at smelting, they are not very good at crafting, and smelting ore and processing materials into weapons are two very different meanings.

Although their iron material is very good, the forging technology is not advanced, and even the worst blacksmiths in William's domain are much better than them.

Therefore, the enemy was about to salivate as he watched William's army.

Even the chieftain's guard of Chief Mutus could only wear shoddy scale armor, which was inferior to the scale armor of the Manders infantry in terms of structure and hardness.

However, due to the quality of the iron itself, the defensive power of this scale armor is not too bad for the scale armor of the Manders infantry.

That said, if their iron were to be forged by William's blacksmiths, the quality would be at least three to four percent higher than the scale armor worn by the Manders infantry.

Don't underestimate these three to forty percent, you know, this kind of defense can basically be compared with the armor of knights, so it can be seen that although good iron is important, forging technology is equally important.

At the same time, William did not open up food resources to them on a large scale, and the only way they could obtain food was through official trade with William every month.

"Look at my proposal, you want us to open up the iron and slave trade, we want to completely open the grain market to you, our honey vodka is also open to you, and in terms of military equipment, we can also cooperate with each other, for example, you make iron, we forge, but we have to charge a certain share of iron!"

It has to be said that William's offer is quite tempting and, to be fair, a win-win situation for both parties.

What's more, although William said that the grain market was fully opened, you must know that all the inhabitants of William's territory were William's serfs.

Every year they had to pay forty percent of the grain to William, one percent to the church, and the rest to their own remaining property.

And this is all due to William's tax cut, otherwise, in the Holy Religious cultural circle, there are even pathetic serfs who have to pay seventy percent of their income.

"Your suggestion is very good, this cooperation is mutually beneficial for both of us, I agree with your suggestion!"

When Chief Mutus heard this, a satisfied expression appeared on his face, and he was very satisfied with the price.

William is also very satisfied, isn't the Johnson & Johnson of a territory based on the army, population, and wealth.

The opening of the slave trade would have given William a boost of population, and iron would have allowed him to better arm his army.

As for money, he had a lot of means to make money, and now his influence has expanded, and after stabilizing his territory, he can continue to expand the business of vodka and honey, and sell them to more distant places through the Lance Guild.

And now that he has the entire county in his hands, business development is also easier, and it is definitely not a dream to reach thousands of monthly business taxes at that time.

Thinking about this, William continued to speak: "We have discussed business matters, and we should also talk about military cooperation!" ”

Listening to William's words, Chief Mutus looked at William with some curiosity, and there seemed to be no precedent for both sides in military cooperation.

But he still wanted to hear what William had to say.

"As I said before, I can support you against the Central Chekers."

As he spoke, William looked at Chief Mutus' reaction, and continued: "This support is not the material and nominal support of the Count of Loire, but the military support!" ”

"I hope that when the opportunity arises, we will launch an offensive against the Central Chekers together, even if they are strong, we may not be able to defeat them, but the cannibalization can still be done!"

"We can fully unite and deal with the Middle Cherkers!" William said categorically.

William's words were also well thought out, and after the capture of Denlenburg, William had already planned how to build.

But for him, expansion is always the theme, but unfortunately, to the west of Dellenburg, there is another viscounty loyal to the Church, and it is very difficult to expand westward.

But the East is different, the Chekers in the East are not originally a country of the Holy Circle, and there is no aristocratic hatred when they fight.

Probably also be praised, given the title of conqueror of the Chekers.

Although the Sichekr people have been weakened, the Chekers are like conspiring with a tiger in the alliance, and they are even more dangerous after destroying the Sichekrids.

It is better to unite with the West Çeker to slowly encroach on the Middle Cherc, and William very much wants to form a light cavalry unit, so it is the best choice to join forces with the West Çeker to encroach on the Middle Cherc.