Chapter 595: Triumphal Arch

"Uraka, are you uncomfortable here. If you feel uncomfortable, tell me earlier, after all, you are pregnant with a child and your body is weak, so you should pay more attention. William heard the voice of Uraka outside the door, and hurriedly went out to greet him, and asked with concern.

"I'm not uncomfortable, just come and take a look, just look at you, it doesn't seem like anything is going on." Urakar's eyes smashed, and he looked at William with a smile and said.

"You jealous woman!" William roared in his heart, but he didn't dare say it in front of Uraka.

"It's okay, it's okay, come, I'll help you back to your room." William accompanied the smiling face, not daring to be mad in front of Uraka.

At this moment, Avella walked out and greeted carefully, "Sister, brother-in-law." ”

"We don't have anything, what's your expression? Caught raping? William looked at Avella's expression and couldn't help but think to himself.

"Avella, I'm just coming to see, don't be so nervous." Urakar said with a smile, then looked at William, hooked his arm and said, "William, let's go." ”

Uraka's move was as if he was swearing sovereignty to Avella, and the straight man couldn't laugh or cry.

These days, because Uraka is pregnant, William has no heart to deal with political affairs at all, so he puts all these affairs on Prime Minister Ladolph to deal with, and he is always by Uraka's side, taking care of her.

The Normandy family is scarce, and apart from the Chancellor of Uncle William's branch and a few juniors of the Earl of Castle, only William and his son Richard remain.

However, the juniors of the Earl of Earlburg were closely monitored for the rebellion of their uncle William, Earl of Earl, and even if they grew up, they were unlikely to be reused, and William's two brothers, Robert and Hugh, were also closely monitored by William to prevent them from having any ill intentions.

Prime Minister Ladolph is also a thin man, and he was only in his forties under the persuasion of William to marry the former King of Scotland, Duncan. Dunkeld's widow, Elfred of the Hewess family, gave birth to a son named Roland until last year. Morality. Normandy.

As for the Duke of Richard, the Dewassy family, which was paid by Robert's uncle, only had two daughters and one son.

The Normandy family was too thin to help William consolidate his rule over the kingdom, and even if he wanted to canonize several vassals of the same family to consolidate the kingdom, he could not find a suitable match.

In the end, in order to consolidate the whole, William could only canonize and appoint those noble ministers he trusted to help him maintain the system, as for the future, William does not know, but at least for now this strategy is very successful, allowing William to collect all the power of the Norman kingdom into his own hands.

Therefore, William attached great importance to his second child, whether male or female, who could play a role in consolidating his rule.

If it's a boy, that's the best, it can make the Normandy royal family branch, if it's a girl, it doesn't matter, William can find a woman with good ability to join the Normandy family, and it can also expand the number of core members of the Normandy family.

These days, Avella finally stopped for a while, but after Uraka relaxed, she reverted to her old ways, pestering William, brother-in-law and brother-in-law, and calling it affectionate.

"Your Majesty, Lord Duke Hubert has arrived in Orleans with the First Legion, and it is expected to arrive in Paris tomorrow afternoon." Finally, William wanted to deal with some government affairs, and he heard Faller's report.

"Faller, you must do a good job of organizing the triumphal ceremony tomorrow, especially the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which I have asked you to build, can now be put into use?" William asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, everything is ready, the Arc de Triomphe was built last week ago, and it is fully ready for use." Faller replied respectfully.

The Arc de Triomphe is a gate built to welcome the triumph of the army that went out to fight, and was built to imitate the triumphal arch of later generations.

The Arc de Triomphe was built in September 1050, after William's entry, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and took two years to complete.

This triumphal arch completely copied the style of the triumphal arch of later generations, with a height of 49.54 meters, a width of 44.82 meters, a thickness of 22.21 meters, and a central arch of 36.6 meters high and a width of 14.6 meters, making it the largest arch building in the world.

On the walls of the piers on both sides of the Arc de Triomphe, there are four groups of large-scale reliefs with the theme of war, each symbolizing "march", "victory", "peace" and "resistance"; Some of the figures are five or six meters tall.

In addition to the 1st Duke of Normandy Rollo, the 2nd Duke of Normandy "William the Longsword", the 3rd Duke of Normandy "The Fearless" Richard I, the 4th Duke of Normandy "the Good" Richard II, the 5th and 6th Duke of Normandy Richard III and William's father Robert, and William himself in the center.

In addition to this, William's various generals are also on the list, including Duke Hubert, Duke Richard, Duke Rodrigo, Duke Andrew, and others and their war sculptures.

William stipulated that the winner of every battle had the right to leave a statue on the triumphal arch, of which William himself left the most statues, followed by the protagonist of this triumphant return, Lord Duke Hubert.

In addition to the triumphal arch, the preparation of the triumphal ceremony was also indispensable, and William specially instructed Faller to follow the pattern of Caesar's triumphal ceremony in ancient Rome.

At 1 p.m. the next day, Duke Hubert and his First Legion appeared punctually outside Paris, and in order to show William's respect for Duke Hubert, he personally led his important ministers to greet him.

Under William's leadership, Duke Hubert and the nobles who had been successful in the war rode through the newly completed Arc de Triomphe.

"Hubert, ladies and gentlemen, I have prepared twenty thousand tables for a banquet on the Île de la Cité, and the banquet will last for four days, and the officers and men of the First Legion may come to the Île de la Cité at any time with their families.

In addition to the feast, during the four days of triumphal ceremonies, I also arranged many wonderful entertainments, such as theatrical performances, mock naval battles in the Hippodrome de Seine, invitations to Roman gladiators to compete and hunt 400 lions.

All events are open to all adults, and all events are free for the public to watch. William announced to Hubert and the nobles in front of him.

"Your Majesty, this is really too grand, and the money spent must be extremely large." Hubert said in surprise.

"It's okay, it's all your deserved reward." William said unconcernedly.

In fact, this triumphal ceremony, in addition to the triumphal arch, cost more than 12,000 pounds of gold, accounting for more than one-twentieth of the entire kingdom's financial revenue.