All right! Randy admits that he didn't do very well, but Joan of Arc is definitely a model for himself to learn, although before this Randy already felt that he was skilled enough to coax the public, but now it seems that there are still people outside of people, and there are heavens outside of the world.

It would be a lie to say that Randy was not interested in the rich French region, the key is how to absorb the benefits of this area, if you have to maintain a high military budget every year, and start riots from time to time to make yourself anxious, and you can't collect taxes at all, the more land you occupy in this situation, the greater the loss.

So the crux of the matter is ...... The people's hearts are back!

Although Randy has never treated NPCs as human beings, and even cut a legion commander some time ago, so what? If there is no interest, who will stand up for him?

The commander of each garrison regiment has the title of earl, but there is no private soldier under his command, and all the troops belong to Randy, and without Randy's order, their army will not even be able to get out of the station.

The fiefdom of Anderson, the Scandinavian garrison corpsman, was in England......

The fief of John, the commander of the English garrison, was in Livonia......

The fief of the Livonian garrison commander Aven was in Normandy......

The fief of the former garrison general of Normandy, as well as the current garrison general James, was in Prussia......

The fief of the Prussian garrison general Hans in England......

Admiral Carter's fief was in Danish territory......

That's basically it, none of this is the point, it's not a big deal that the loyalty of the five new generals has dropped collectively, and even the newly recruited Legion Commander James has a bad attribute, and it's not a big deal to always look disgusting with his eyebrows down.

As long as Randy still has a brutality value of seventeen stars and a prestige value of fourteen stars, then no one will dare to rebel, at least until they are fully prepared.

In addition, Randy also felt that it seemed a little unsafe to hand over the entire navy to Carter alone, and the sea territory under his command had expanded a lot, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, both of which were within his sphere of influence, and Norman merchants poured into the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and even the Caspian Sea, which further increased the task of the Manman Navy, and Randy had planned to divide the power and divide the navy into three parts.

Although Carter also served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Navy, only one-third of the Baltic Navy fleet could actually be commanded, and two new positions were added, one was Marshal of the North Sea Navy and the other was Marshal of the Outer Sea.

And all of this is just Randy's little plan, it's like giving Artoria a head, and if she doesn't find someone to take care of the blame, Artoria's situation will be very bad.

Before Randy was only the king of Norway, the Vikings thought that they were a good match with Artoria, but now that Randy is the Norman king, many of the Vikings under Randy's command already look down on Artoria.

Especially not being able to have children!

Although Randy said it didn't matter, the fact is that in this era, no matter which region of the earth, they are very persistent about the problem of children, no matter what kind of woman they are, whether they look like fairies or are peerless, they are vulnerable if they can't have children, plus Randy and Artoria have been married for more than a year, and now their stomachs have not changed, which is naturally criticized.

Therefore, Artoria changed Randy's order without authorization, hoping to capture France, and there was such a reason in it, wanting to use some actual achievements to block the rumors among the Vikings, but I didn't expect this to be the result in the end......

If it weren't for Randy cutting down a person and showing his attitude, then the letters that his subordinates wrote to the Pope asking for a divorce would have been piled up as high as the Alps.

A little mention of Joan of Arc here, although Randy has not met Joan of Arc yet, it can be seen from one side that Joan of Arc is indeed very good at buying people's hearts.

Randy gave land to the serfs!

It was an important land that was able to produce food in the Middle Ages!

But the serfs still didn't give Randy face, they just didn't resist openly, and secretly still reported to the French rebels, just like the common people in the occupied areas during World War II, who didn't know where they got such a high level of consciousness, and they didn't even want their lives.

Here's how it works......

After Randy thoroughly investigates the situation in Île-de-France, he knows that he will not be able to appease these Frenchmen without investing in the capital.

The aristocrats have been cut down by themselves, and the middle class is basically not the main force of trouble, so the rest are a large number of serfs who suffer a lot.

This also involves one of Randy's strategies against his empire.

There is also an experimental significance to the practice of this in France.

Randy allowed the slain nobles to be given the status of serfs and freedmen, and allowed them to pay for a piece of land that did not exceed ten acres, cultivated it for 20 years, and paid the agricultural and poll taxes on time, and the land would become their inheritance.

Of course, as serfs, generally speaking, they have no long belongings, and they definitely can't buy land at ten times the market price, but it doesn't matter, they don't have Randy, Randy lends them money on behalf of the Norman Kingdom, but this can't be borrowed in vain, and collateral items are required!

What is the collateral? It's the land that the serfs just bought!

The interest rate is not high, two cents, which is much lower than the usury of today's black-hearted Jewish merchants.

If the debt is due and no interest can be paid due to natural or man-made disasters, then sorry, the land used as collateral can only be confiscated.

In this way, the serfs did not get nothing, they were free to find work, but in this era before the industrial revolution and the urban handicraft industry was not developed, how could they find a job and make ends meet?

He is no longer a serf, so he can no longer cultivate the land, so should he sell himself into slavery again?

Who says you can't farm without being a serf or a yeoman farmer?

Randy invented a nice word......

Agricultural workers!

In the words of the Celestial Empire, it is a long-term worker, the kind that gets paid for farm work, of course, the salary is not very much, and it is barely able to support the family.

But if it is said that after paying a tax to the state, paying a cent of interest to the state, and finally paying a loan to the state, the serfs can still survive for 20 years under such oppression, then Randy has nothing to say, anyway, he has eaten the interest for so many years, and finally got a large loan to earn it.

An extremely fair and win-win edict for the emancipation of serfs began to be implemented in the lands of France, and the serfs who had acquired the land burst into tears and their favorability towards the Norman kingdom skyrocketed, completely unaware that this was only the beginning of a new round of oppression.

Generals have things to think about generals......

The king has things that the king should consider......

A king can be a successful general......

A general can't be a king of success......

Unless the general rebels!!!!

While Artoria and Joan of Arc were fighting on the front lines, in the rear, Randy and Philip II were not idle, but were in full swing.

Unlike the fierce swords and swords on the front line, such a battle is not visible under the water, but it is extremely dangerous.

Wooing!

Lobby!

Bribe!

In fact, during the time when Randy was on a boat to Normandy, he didn't always cultivate a relationship with Aurora, and Randy didn't fall behind.

The fastest sailing boats, the fastest horses, the fastest carrier pigeons, and the fastest spies will always pass on the latest information to them.

For example, the political situation in various countries in the recent period. Who is the appointee? What are the military movements? What was public opinion among the aristocracy? Intelligence related to the Norman kingdom is given the highest priority.

And Randy's task is to find useful things in this mountain-high data, organize them, and make correct judgments.

For example, in recent times, his Burgundian allies have been holding back and do not want to cooperate with him in the attack on France, and Aquitaine has inexplicably defected again after losing a few troops, including several cardinals who he has bribed heavily, and he seems to not want to speak for himself in front of the pope.

The civil wars of the Holy Roman Empire have ceased for some reason.

In Lithuania, although Vytautas made a big battle in the south, the main forces were inexplicably assembled to the north, Genoa, Venice, and recently withered in the Mediterranean, and the disappearance of a large number of wars was miserably suppressed by the Ottoman and Barbary pirates.

Randy felt like he understood.

I don't feel like I understand.

Until Enides reminded: "Alexander was a king at the age of twenty." ”

Randy shrugged his shoulders and expressed helplessness, although he didn't think there was any difference between the Middle Bronze Age and the current Dark Middle Ages, but Randy understood that what he had done in the past two years was indeed a little too outrageous, from an earl to a powerful kingdom, he seemed to be stronger than Alexander!

After thinking about this, Randy really understood that this group of bastards wanted to join forces against him, first the Vatican found a reason to excommunicate him, then there was a general rebellion of all the nobles in the country, and then the European countries united to form a crusade to eliminate themselves.

Randy fought a cold war, although his current strength is very strong, but if the situation really develops like that, it is really likely to be beyond his control.

Unconsciously, all the countries of the entire European continent have developed a strong hostility towards themselves.

But why didn't they swarm and tear themselves to shreds in the first place?

Randy starts to think......

For example, the cost! The mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, the Norman kingdom is powerful, and it can deter them to a certain extent, presumably this is a reason, after all, no one who can be a king or emperor is a fool, and he will definitely weigh it again and again before making such a big decision.

There is a more immediate reason...... That's France!

Randy made an assumption that the other party was about to attack the Norman kingdom in such a series, and the time period should be that France was in a state of full disadvantage, if France was annexed by the Norman kingdom, then the strength of the Norman kingdom would increase unprecedentedly, and becoming the hegemon of Europe was just around the corner, so they hurriedly connected and prepared to jointly suppress the Norman kingdom.

But the speed of development is beyond imagination, the Kingdom of France actually survived under such a disadvantaged situation, and the saint from heaven led the revival of the kingdom, like a fairy tale.

But that's not the point, the point is that Randy still has an army of 50,000 on his hands, galloping along the sea route overnight, rushing to the battlefield in France......

So they are waiting, if the French saint can perform another miracle, then the Norman lost his army and lost his prestige, then the purpose of suppressing the expansion of the Norman kingdom has been achieved......

If only Randy could create brilliance again......

Kill him, and there can be no new Alexander in Europe, unless that person is himself.

Europe cannot be united unless that person is himself.

Death for everyone except himself.,Start with the anime kingdom.、

Randy completely figured out that this battle must not be won, not even a draw, only defeat, complete defeat, and total annihilation is the best.

Are you kidding?!

Randy, who figured it out in the cabin, stood up and kicked over the table, before starting to smash things, and the first thing he was killed was a beautiful porcelain tea set.

Half an hour later, a refreshed Randy pushed open the hatch and walked out, snapped his fingers to summon Nemulis, and handed him a parchment roll.

"Find a way to give this to Philip II!"

“……………………”

Although it is a little strange that the relationship between the Norman Kingdom and the French Kingdom has fallen to the freezing point, why does His Majesty still write to him, but as a spy, the most unforgivable thing is to be talkative, so Nemulis didn't say a word, nodded and went out to arrange.

Randy's plan is simple, but very practical.

It was a deal with Philip II, exchanging the king's guessing heart for an alliance.

He helped Philip II deal with Joan of Arc and at the same time returned the French region, and at this price bought Philip II's cooperation, and the two sides put on an interesting play.

Although Randy's role in this play is a little disgraceful, Randy doesn't care, as long as he can maintain the strength of the Norman Kingdom and reduce the speculation of the European continents, and after this, Randy also understands that the expansion in Western Europe, a traditional European region, will be greatly resisted, and it is better for him to focus on Eastern European affairs in the future.

But Normandy and Brittany must not be handed over, this is Randy's bottom line.

The big ship turned into a small boat, the small boat turned into a carriage, the carriage turned into a carrier pigeon, and the carrier pigeon turned into a horse-drawn carriage, and then there were the Norman spies who were recruited by the servants......

In this way, after several changes of hands, the letter appeared unobtrusively in the temporary palace of Orleans, on the table of King Philip II of France.

It was late at night, but Philip II was still on business, and he didn't have the central government and officials at all levels as convenient as Randy to help, so he had to rely on himself for everything.

Therefore, the job of the king is really not something that ordinary people can do, except for the faint king, of course.

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