In November 1039, the war against Normandy finally ended with Henry I bowing his head, paying a ransom of more than 100,000 pounds of silver and reparations, recognizing William's ownership of the vast territories of the counties of Wiesant, Amiens and Anjou, and gaining independence from France.

In this battle, the French side led by Henry I can be described as a heavy loss, first of all, the combined forces of Henry I and the Duke of Champagne in the Chinese army were completely annihilated, and if William had not allowed them to redeem the captured soldiers and nobles, they could not even organize an army of 5,000 men.

This was followed by the Eastern Route Army, a coalition of 20,000 nobles led by Henry I's vassal, Count of Amiens Wissant, who was besieged by William in the Castle of Medimer, the county of Wissant, with the exception of Archbishop Reims and Earl Ode. Except for a few nobles such as Caroling, the rest were captured by William.

Subsequently, William ordered the eastern route army of the Count of Richard to occupy the counties of Amiens and Wiesan, and as for the counties of Vimandua and the archdiocese of Reims, William was the Archbishop of Reims and Ode. The special status of the Carolingian Earl, and the fact that the county of Sens was too far away, did not send troops to occupy it.

Finally, the Western Route Army, led by Count Rodrigo and two knights, defeated the army of the resurgent Duke of Anjou, Joufroois, and then captured the final territory of the Duke of Anjou, the county of Anjou.

If it weren't for the fact that the battlefield of Brittany was not over and William needed to further consolidate his territory, he could even directly order Count Rodrigo to lead his troops to destroy the Duchy of Anjou.

Of course, even if the Duchy of Anjou is still dying, William is not worried at all, in his opinion, the Duchy of Anjou is his cyst, and when he digests the territory, he can take over the territory deposited in the Duke of Joufroois.

William and Henry I discussed the details of the alliance and did not talk anything further, and immediately returned to their respective castles and camps with their troops.

The hatred between the two of them cannot be resolved by a paper covenant and an armistice, this war Henry I lost more than 30,000 troops on his side, and William also lost more than 1,000 elite soldiers, the tragic war made both sides have an irresolvable hatred, whether it is a nobleman or an ordinary soldier.

After the alliance was made, William still did not withdraw his troops, and he had to wait for the arrival of his father-in-law, Ferdinand I, so that he could unite with Ferdinand I to pressure Henry I to comply with William's conditions.

One of the most important is the loan agreement and the customs agency agreement, as long as Henry I can strictly implement the agreed ten terms according to the agreement between the two parties, then the whole of France will not be able to stop the surging inflow of industrial products from the Normandy consortium and the Duchy of Normandy.

Under the washing of a large number of cheap commodities, under the tendency of a large number of pecuniary interests, Henry I will face the bankruptcy of a large number of craftsmen, the bankruptcy of noble knights, the increase of cash crops and the decrease of food crops, and the Kingdom of France will inevitably become a dumping ground for William's goods, a source of cheap raw materials and an economic colony.

With the economic situation and financial resources of Henry I's domain, he simply could not repay the ten-year debt of up to 300,000 pounds of silver, and eventually the foreign trade checkpoints and customs duties of the Kingdom of France would be in William's hands.

However, the alliance between William and Henry I was ultimately an alliance between the city, which was forced by the siege of William's army and the harsh external situation of the Kingdom of France, so in order to ensure the implementation of the treaty, William had to unite with his father-in-law, His Majesty Ferdinand I.

Before the arrival of Ferdinand I's army, William had already sent an envoy to discuss a series of matters with him, including compensation for troop expenses, covenants, etc., in order to have a certain tacit understanding with William before his arrival.

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Nine days later, Ferdinand I's army of more than 20,000 arrived, and William personally led all the noble generals and guards to meet Ferdinand I, but Henry I seemed to be a mole, completely hiding in the castle, as if he didn't want to see William and Ferdinand I's son-in-law at all.

When I saw Ferdinand I again, he was already twenty-two years old, with curly brown hair and a short beard, piercing pupils, a young and handsome face, and his overall appearance was somewhat Moorish, but also Roman and Gothic.

It is only natural that Spain has a large number of Romans, and although they have been assimilated by the Moors and Goths, their appearance has been inherited.

Ferdinand I, wearing a crown on his head, a gorgeous robe, and a golden cloak behind him, laughed and walked quickly in front of William, patted William's shoulder with both hands and smiled: "William, you did a good job in this battle, and you directly defeated Henry I and his allies without my help, quite like I did back then."

Perhaps it won't be long before I should call you King William. ”

Ferdinand I was too young and had a very out-of-the-box personality, although he became the king of the Three Kingdoms and the emperor of Spain at a young age, and behaved very steadily and decently in front of outsiders, but in front of William, his out-of-the-box personality was exposed.

"Thanks to you, if you hadn't come thousands of miles to help, my King Henry I wouldn't have succumbed so quickly, and I would like to thank you very much." William smiled and thanked, "By the way, did you receive the gift I gave you?" ”

"That's a good harvest, 100,000 pounds of silver, I haven't seen so many years ago since I became the Count of Castile until now I became the King of the Three Kingdoms and the Emperor of Spain.

Every day the person I hate the most is my treasurer, who always comes to me and says, 'Your Majesty, stop the war, your treasury is empty, your granary is empty, your treasury is empty, we have no money,' and I was almost annoyed by him.

Truth be told, there is not a day when I don't have to worry about finances, and the years of war with the Moors are about to collapse Castire's finances, and this huge gold coin of 100,000 pounds of silver has helped me a lot! ”

"Haha, although this money is from me, this account will be counted on the head of Henry I." William frowned at Ferdinand I and said, "In order to raise funds, he owes me a debt of 300,000 pounds of silver, and as long as he continues to repay the money, he will not think that he will have enough money to organize an army to attack me." ”

"Or do you have a way, William, you've earned it anyway." Ferdinand I patted his chest and promised loudly: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, I can guarantee that Henry I, King of France, will not be in debt, otherwise I will want him to taste the power of the Knight of Castile." ”

"Then thank you very much, when the debt is collected at that time, you will have 20% of the income, so it will be regarded as a reward for you." William smiled and thanked.

"Interesting, William, I didn't misread you." It was a proceed of sixty thousand pounds of silver, and it was of great use to Castile, and it was no wonder that Ferdinand I was very pleased.