The envoy breathed a sigh of relief, the matter of money is easy to say.

As Randy had guessed before, the Holy See lacked everything, that is, no money, and ate the offerings of the whole of Europe, and any bishop was rich.

But these days, it's not just about having money, it's about having land.

The feudal knights recognized the territory, and they would sell their lives if they gave the territory, although the Papal States was rich, but the territory was small and pitiful, and there was really no extra land to recruit knights.

The wealth of the country and the small size of the territory can be said to be a common problem in the whole of northern Italy, and it is also the reason for the prevalence of Italian mercenaries and professional troops, because they only require commissions and do not need land.

Take the money to find a thug to sell his life, this kind of thing the Papal States has done too much, and it is not bad this time!

Randy nodded, tentatively saying a number: "5 million!" ”

Hearing Randy's offer, the envoy slapped his thigh and said without thinking, "Okay!" 5 million! ”

“………………”

Randy instantly had the urge to ransack the entire Papal States, the Norman Kingdom's annual financial income did not add up to 5 million, looking at this guy's happy expression, it seemed that his offer was cheaper.

Randy immediately changed his tune and said, "I'm talking about 5 million a year!" For each year of the war, the Norman kingdom received a reward of 5,000,000 gold coins from the Papal States. ”

"This ......," the envoy hesitated.

If it is a 5 million deal, I am afraid that the messenger has already made a decision at this time.

But 5 million a year, although Randy says it's a reward, it's actually a commission.

5,000,000 gold coins to hire a nation to fight for itself for a year, such a big deal.

But when I think about it, is there such a thing as war when it is said to be fought, and when it is said to be stopped, it is stopped?

If the fight started, the Norman kingdom would have made a feud with the Greeks in the Eastern Rome, but it would be so simple that it could be stopped, and when the danger of the Papal States was lifted, this agreement would have no practical effect.

"Good! Below, on behalf of God's spokesman on earth, the Pope agrees to His Majesty's request. ”

Then the two sides chatted for a long time, because there was no coffee and other things to refresh themselves, and Randy couldn't get used to drinking the tea leaves transported from the East for the time being, so the two could only hold on to cold wine one by one.

Sleepless nights......

When the east turned white, the biggest deal of the Middle Ages was made.

In addition to a huge employment fee of 5 million gold coins a year, and the title of Emperor of the Northerners offered by the envoy, Randy also received three promises from the Papal States!

First, the papal envoy agreed to canonize Joan of Arc after a discussion.

He also promised to canonize Randy after his death.

On the other hand, although the Papal States did not specify which lands would be given to Randy, they did make a vague assurance,

The Papal States supports all of the occupied lands that Randy has acquired from the Eastern Roman Empire, which means that Randy has no problem with the land, as long as Randy has the ability to snatch land from the Eastern Romans, then these powerful lands belong to the Norman Kingdom.

"I really can't imagine that after such a long time, Your Excellency must be tired, right?"

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, I can still stand up to it."

After the envoy finalized such an agreement, he felt very painful thinking that the gold that was about to come back could be piled up into a mountain of gold, and the envoy was not young, and people in their forties and fifties in Europe could already be attributed to the elderly, and after a night of continuous negotiations, they were coerced, lured, fooled, and frightened, and the envoy felt physically and mentally exhausted, and he was about to be unable to support it.

"Then let's hurry up and finish, let's rest!"

Randy walked over and shook the small bell hanging on the wall, and the door opened, revealing two men dressed as civil servants holding parchment scrolls that listed the agreement that Randy had made with the messenger last night.

"Your Majesty...... This is? The envoy was slightly surprised.

"Oh! They are my clerks, who have drafted documents for me, and you will see if there is anything wrong with them, and if not, please sign them. ”

The Special Envoy politely took a document from a clerk.

On closer inspection, the treaty was written in two copies, one in Latin and one in the new Norman.

It begins: "Under the witness of the greatest, greatest, all-knowing and all-powerful God, Randy, the supreme and noble king of the Normans of the north, made the following covenant with Pope Innocent III, the apostle of heaven who walked on earth......"

Then there are all the treaties that were negotiated last night......

As a bishop, the envoy is very familiar with Latin, but the Norman language has just appeared, so the envoy doesn't understand it at all, but it must be about the same!

"There's nothing wrong with that!" The envoy laughed.

"That's good!"

Randy chuckled, took the two contracts from the messenger, and stamped it with his heraldic ring in ink, and the envoy walked over to stamp the key to heaven that the Pope had given him to represent the papal state.

"To be on the safe side, write the names of both parties as well!"

Randy commanded, turned to his clerk and said, "As witnesses, write your names." ”

"Command, Lord."

"That's as it should be."

Eventually, the two treaties were signed with the Black Dragon Seal on a Red Background, the Heaven's Key Seal, the Norman King Randy von Hoffmann, the Bishop of the Papal States Hildebrand, and the names of the other two dragon sets.

After the signing of the treaty, both parties were happy!

It happened that because of the heavy snow, the nobles of the other countries had not left, so the envoy of the Papal States announced the news in public.

Of course, there is no going to say anything about gold, titles, territories, and these things.

The envoy had only one to say, and that was that the pious Norman King Randy had made the decision to lead the brave Norman knights south to save the Papal States from crisis.

As soon as this news came out, both believers and pseudo-believers all cheered, and congratulated King Randy and Bishop Hildebrand, and some excited nobles said on the spot that after returning to the territory, they would also form an army to go south to rescue Rome, although these nobles alone seem to be nothing, but if they add up, they are also a force that can come in handy, Hildebrand immediately praised their piety, and said that the Pope would never treat these warriors who fought for Christ badly.

Another day of feasting......

It's another day of glitter......

The Bishop didn't wait for the snow to stop, and he couldn't wait to return to the Papal Prince's Mansion, and at the same time told Randy that he wanted the snow to stop before heading south.

Randy was a little embarrassed: "This ...... Even if the snow stops, it will be very difficult to march or resupply the mountains due to heavy snowfall, so I think it is better to wait for the ice and snow to melt after the beginning of spring before making plans. ”

Hildebrand heard it: "This is not good, your side is indeed a continental climate, winter is winter, no matter whether you are friends or enemies, you don't want to fight, but not in Italy, Italy is a typical Mediterranean climate, the four seasons are like spring, you can use troops uninterruptedly, you take a rest like this, wait for a few months of winter to pass before sending troops, Rome may be attacked, how is this feasible?" ”

So the bishop pleaded bitterly, and Randy hesitated and thought that this was indeed a matter, so he said to Hildebrand: "Then please sign another treaty with me, declaring that the act of our army to the south to rescue Rome is a righteous act blessed by God, so that wherever the army passes, all resources can be collected on the spot, and all those who do not comply will be punished for heresy, and if so, then the forty-five thousand Norman army is willing to go to Italy by starry night." ”

The bishop thought to himself......

Probably this is the reason why the Norman king did this, and he was punished for heresy, and it was really a big hat, and giving such rights to Randy was not equivalent to handing over the chainsaw to a perverted murderer? But now that the thirty-three staff members were on their knees, they were almost so trembling, and Bishop Hildebrand gritted his teeth and thought, "Anyway, it's not my territory, so I just want the Norman king to come with his troops quickly, so the papal envoy signed such a subsidiary treaty with Randy, and then left in a carriage with his retinue."

For the next half month, because the snow is getting heavier and heavier, so nothing can be done, this is actually a lie, the climate in Normandy is better than Scandinavia, although in the eyes of the Italians, such bad weather is completely unsuitable for combat, but for the Normans it is only a small scene, Randy wants to wait a little longer.

Look at the Holy Roman Empire in action!

Needless to say, the grudge between the Holy Roman Empire and the Papal States is not to be mentioned, anyway, Randy does not believe that the Holy Roman Empire will sit back and watch the Papal States fall, in addition to waiting for reinforcements from home.

The 5,000 troops that were previously divided as the Breton garrison, coupled with the battle with Joan of Arc, the Norman army lost thousands of soldiers and horses, and now the Normans only have more than 40,000 troops left, and according to the news from the spies, the Eastern Roman army in the Apennines has a total of 37,000 troops, which is basically the same as the Norman army, so Randy would rather wait a while longer and wait until the army recovers to the level of 50,000 troops before sending troops.

At this time, the castle barracks, heavy cavalry stables, projection ranges, and three kinds of conscription buildings have been established in the Normandy castle, and most of the troops can be recruited here, but some high-level troops, such as Norman royal knights and decisive chargedogs, need to be recruited in Scandinavia, Oslo Fortress, and special dwarven chamber guard mercenaries can only be hired in Scandinavia.

It would take almost a month to get from Scandinavia to Normandy, and Randy decided to wait for half a month, take the army first, go slower by himself, and go faster with the follow-up troops.

There's one more thing to worry about!

That's Artoria!

All right! Not to be worried, but rather to be afraid, when the banquet was held in New Nijmegen, the words of both sides are still vivid, and Artoria swore that if any lady took a fancy to you, I would kill her or something.

Joan of Arc seems to be from a civilian background, and she can't be considered a noblewoman or a young lady, but she used to be a French commander, and if you think about it seriously, she should be much more noble than those countesses, countesses, etc., Randy thought about it, if it was a nun, it should be fine, right?

The answer, of course, is no!

Enraged, Artoria would never play with Randy's word games, and she could figure out what she could do with her toes, which must have been to swing the sword of victory and oath in her hand and directly cut down the pair of silver women.

Although Randy and Joan of Arc are innocent......

All right! I've kissed my mouth, but I've only kissed it, and nothing else has it at all.

In fact, Randy didn't think about the idea of fighting Joan of Arc, although at the beginning Randy just wanted to add a good general to his country, and at the same time let himself have less resistance when he occupied France in the future, but after that, Randy was not surprised to find that he was fascinated by Joan of Arc's holy figure, which was different from Artoria.

If Randy's love for Artoria is because of the same surname attracts, because he and Artoria are the same kind of people, the kind of comrades who can understand each other and have the same interests, so they like each other, then his love for Joan of Arc is the kind of toad yearning for swans, darkness for light, as for why Joan of Arc likes Randy, it may be because good girls always like bad boys, and in addition to that, Randy's attitude towards Joan of Arc.

First love! That's right! First love! Sweet and sour first love!

And it's Randy's sweet mouth that seems to have been smeared with honey, and he looks very good and young, especially Randy himself can also maintain, and he can't cause harm when he has no money in the first two years, and in the past two years, the treasury has been abundant and he has used milk to bathe every day, and he has also exchanged hairstylists, nutritionists and beauticians, royal tailors and costume designers to Enides, etc., which has greatly corrected Randy's appearance.

There is a habit in Europe today, every king has a nickname, just like Philip II, King of France, because he is more cunning, so his nickname is Fox,

Charles, Duke of Burgundy, is nicknamed bold because he is bold and out of line.

Southern Holy Roman Emperor Frederick, nicknamed Redbeard.

Northern Holy Roman Emperor von IV, nicknamed the Ancient Emperor.

And when Randy first debuted, because of various tax bonuses and the flag was a red dragon banner on a black background, he was nicknamed the evil dragon.

But everyone who has seen Randy thinks that Randy's nickname should be a beautiful man, and more aristocratic ladies in the boudoir have a lot of complaints about this beautiful man marrying an ugly monster, and they think it's really ruining Randy's face.

That's pretty much it, when a boy who is rich, powerful, idealistic, ambitious and talented, especially with a handsome face, is willing to put down his body and coax you sweetly, you will get married!

However, it is said that 95% of the first love is a failure......

Forget it, this kind of thing can be talked about later, and now the top priority is to get Joan of Arc's affairs done before Artoria comes back, in fact, Randy has already thought about it, and when the time comes, let Joan of Arc hide in the monastery, and then deceive Artoria himself, anyway, that girl's head is not too good to withstand Randy's tongue.

On October 28th, because the Normandy Cathedral was still under construction, Randy sent Joan of Arc to his palace as a guest, speaking of which, this black nun dress was worn on Joan of Arc, which was really very presentable, although the wide robe hid Joan of Arc's bumpy body, but on the other hand, it also gave Joan of Arc's holy temperament a big bonus, and Randy even felt that someone might be ashamed of himself just by looking at Joan of Arc.

"What are you looking at, Your Majesty?"

Joan of Arc, who was sitting across from her, blushed slightly as she watched Randy look at her intently.

"Of course it's up to you, Joan of Arc."

As he said this, Randy reached out to stroke the side of Joan of Arc's face, but Joan of Arc stopped him.

"Please note who you are, Your Majesty." Joan of Arc grabs Randy's hand and puts him back where he was.

"They all said you could call me Randy." Randy smiled disapprovingly.

Joan of Arc shook her head: "This won't work! ”

"Why do you have to see the outside world like this?"

"Because if it had been before, I did...... But now that I am a nun, I naturally have to keep my chastity, so I can only say sorry for His Majesty's intentions. ”

Looking at the apologetic Joan of Arc, Randy was speechless for a long time......

(End of chapter)