"Eighteen years have passed by in a hurry, and I still remember vividly the scene when I went into exile in Paris to seek the help of His Majesty Henry I.

How dejected I was, when all the nobles were against me because I was an illegitimate child, and who had blatantly rebelled against me because of my father's death, when only you were willing to support me, and only His Majesty Henry I was willing to support me as Duke of Normandy and to support me in putting down the rebellion. William walked on the wall of the Palace of the Cité in Paris, and said with emotion with his right hand ** on the masonry above: "I didn't expect that eighteen years have passed, and His Majesty Henry I and I have faced each other several times for various reasons, and what I didn't expect is that I actually became the master of Paris, such a strange fate, it must be God's arrangement." ”

As he spoke, William closed his eyes and prayed to God, and the people around him did not dare to disturb him, and they also prayed to God.

"Your Majesty, you are the master of Paris, there is no doubt about it, and you will also be the master of France, and you will rule the kingdom of France with my Normans, and fulfill my long-cherished wish of the Normans." Duke Richard exclaimed.

"Yes, whether or not I, the Normans, will rule France depends on the outcome of this war. Now our enemies are not only the princes of the Kingdom of France, but the surrounding countries and princes may join this war, we cannot give Henry I any chance to turn the tables, we must fight quickly. William did not have any modesty or denial, but generously and pragmatically admitted: "By the way, Duke Richard, whether the knights and troops stationed in various places are properly arranged, I know that our newly occupied four territories of Chartres, Orleans, Paris and Blois are not very peaceful, not only the local nobles, but also the strength of the church are very hostile to us, and it is not easy to establish a firm rule in these areas."

I don't want to see the smoke of rebellion in the wake of our army as soon as we leave Paris. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, we have left three hundred knights and two thousand militiamen in the local area, and plan to build forty medium-sized castles and two hundred small fortresses to suppress the local disobedient forces." Duke Richard reported truthfully.

"It's done well, and the arrangements are reasonable and proper, but we can't blindly indulge the local nobles in order to appease the place, encourage their arrogance, and choose some local nobles to act as the first birds, and kill the chickens and monkeys a few times, and they will settle down." William explained to the Duke of Richard.

The Kingdom of France was not the Kingdom of England alone, France had close exchanges with other countries, and the nobles of France also had complex relationships with the nobles of other countries, so William used the excuse that they had joined Henry I's side against him and went on a killing spree.

Because according to medieval values, these noble knights of France only fulfilled their obligations as vassals and fought against William, and they did not commit any crimes themselves, but they were praised by everyone. As the saying goes, there are debtors, and unless they take the initiative to launch a rebellion against William, they will never be able to settle their heads.

William naturally hoped to replace the scheming French nobles and knights with Norman barons, knights, and knights to consolidate his rule over the realm, and if they dared to jump out against William at this critical moment, he would be able to attack them.

"By the way, Lord Richard, hasn't Andrew completely defeated Baldwin V, Duke of Flanders, so when will his Third Legion go south to join our army?" William asked.

"Returning to your Majesty, Duke Andrew is leading his army south, and he will be able to reach Paris in five days, but his Majesty has left half of his army behind to guard against rebellion and prying eyes of the princes of neighboring countries, and the number of troops that can join us is less than eight thousand." Duke Richard said that he was not only the commander of the Fourth Legion, but also the chief of staff of the kingdom, and William's assistant, so he was naturally responsible for helping William deal with related military affairs.

"Well, pass on my orders, order Andrew to march directly into Reims and Troyes after going south, and cooperate with our army to eliminate the remnants of the Archbishop of Reims and the Duke of Champagne, and it is time for them to withdraw from the stage." William nodded and commanded Duke Richael.

"Your Majesty." Duke Richard bowed and replied, "When we march into Reims, this war will not end without killing or capturing King Henry I of France." ”

"Then tomorrow we will pull out the camp and march to Reims as quickly as possible, leaving Henry I alone, and I don't know what kind of moth he will make." William nodded.

Indeed, William was jealous of Henry I's long-sleeved dance, and if he drew other nations and princes into the war, the war would surely get out of control, which he did not want to see.

After the group left, William was still working on the next strategic arrangement, and the Normans had now occupied Paris and its surrounding Chartres, Blois, and Orleans, as well as the entire Duchy of Flanders.

If we add the northwestern territories of France previously occupied by the Normans, it can be said that the essence of France, except for Reims, Sens and Troyes, Bourges, Tours and the Duchy of Burgundy, has been completely occupied by William, and Henry I and his princes and allies can only shrink to the east to survive.

As for the Duchy of Aquitaine in the south, it is ignored for the time being, because of the previous plans of William, the Grand Lord of the Duchy of Gascony, Betna II. Morality. The Counts of Gascony and Aquitaine rebelled, leaving William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine, without the strength to go north to support Henry I.

Moreover, with Spain as an ally, he helped William contain Aquitaine and Toulouse, and they would not be an obstacle to William's seizure of the French throne.

By the time William had finished his official duties and appointed the administrative and military governors of the newly occupied territories, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, when the other nobles had already fallen asleep, but he was still diligent in his affairs, and when the other kings and princes spent a lot of time having fun, William was more diligent than everyone else, he seemed to have inexhaustible energy, tireless, perhaps this is one of the reasons why William was able to rise like a comet.

Putting down his official duties, William took out a few letters from England, the most recent of which had been received yesterday, and the handwriting on them was still beautiful and beautiful, much better than William's.

William read the letter carefully and repeatedly, which recorded that Queen Urakar had a deep longing for him, and made him

I can't help but have my eyes moist slightly:

"I'm sorry, Uraka, I can't be with you and Little Richard......"