After reaching an agreement to the satisfaction of both sides, William personally bid farewell to Cardinal Hildebrand.

The treaty signed in London was more beneficial than disadvantageous for William, who lost only a portion of the ecclesiastical assets and Caesar, Duke of Apulia. Morality. Altwell's ambitious lockdown is just that.

Not to mention that the part of the church assets he returned was very small compared to the church assets he confiscated, and the return of this part of the assets to Archbishop Eldred of York and the three bishops had little impact on William.

Even the reappointment of Eldred as Archbishop of York could not have the impression that William was in control of the overall situation of the Church of England.

At this time, the whole Church of England had been renovated under William's reforms, and the Anglo-Saxon bishops and priests who were hostile to him had been replaced by Norman bishops and priests.

As for the loss of the nominal dependency of the Duchy of Apulia, the loss of the ambitious blockade Caesar. Morality. Outwell, not much to William.

Over the years, Caesar helped William very little, and did not provide troops, materials, and funds in accordance with the obligations of the monarch and ministers in each war, but he still enjoyed William's protection.

Every year he was able to import large quantities of ordnance and in-demand goods from the Norman kingdom, attracting a large number of Norman adventurers to Apulia, Italy.

It can be said that the Duchy of Apulia has grown and developed over the years by absorbing nutrients from the Norman Kingdom.

For William, Caesar. Morality. The lockdown of Outwell is a bloodsucking leech that doesn't do him any good.

As for the role of the Duchy of Apulia as William's strategic support and trade hub in the Mediterranean, it has become increasingly insignificant.

The detached Caesar could not provide any effective support for William, and even his port trading post in Apulia was deliberately restricted by Caesar, becoming a tasteless chicken rib that was discarded.

It was worth it for William to end the dispute with the Holy See and restore the Church at this price.

At present, William's strategic focus is not in the Mediterranean, but in the North Sea and the English Channel, that is, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway, which are the real goals of William.

The Mediterranean, on the other hand, is more of a lucrative market for William.

As early as the departure of William and Caesar, he began to plan the opening of direct trade with the Mediterranean trading powers such as the Republic of Genoa, the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Venice.

After several years of unremitting efforts, William has signed a direct shipping and trade treaty with the Republic of Genoa, and has opened a port area in Southampton for direct trade in the Mediterranean.

Republic of Genoa, a city republic in northwestern Italy. The central city of Genoa was originally a municipality of the Roman Empire, but was occupied by the Ostrogothic Kingdom, the Byzantine Empire, the Lombard Kingdom and the Frankish Kingdom in the early Middle Ages. The establishment of the City Council in 1100 marked the formation of an independent republic.

The basis of Genoa's economy is foreign trade.

From the 11th century, Genoa was one of the important maritime powers in the Mediterranean.

The Genoese market penetrated far into China and established trade links with the Chinese government at the time.

In the fourteenth century, the viceroy of the Republic took power in Genoa, and the city of Genoa was administered jointly by various nobles who had been making financial investments with foreign governments.

In 1528, Andrea Doria and King Charles V of Spain joined forces to create the so-called "Golden Age of Genoa".

The Republic of Genoa was one of the leading players in Spanish trade, and established a number of trading stations and ports on the Mediterranean coast of the Duchy of Barcelona, which not only monopolized Spanish trade in the Mediterranean, but also provided the Duke of Barcelona with a large amount of taxes, which officially supported the foundation of the Duchy of Barcelona in the Iberian Peninsula.

Due to the marriage and alliance between William and the Spanish Castiles, the Normans dominated the trade between Spain and the Nordic countries, and this time the contract with the Genoese can be described as a strong alliance, completely freeing the Mediterranean trade from the dependence of the Duchy of Apulia.

However, due to the rivalry between the Republic of Genoa and the Republic of Pisa, it was stipulated in this equal trade agreement that William could not trade with the Republic of Pisa.

To this, William gladly accepted, knowing that Genoa's important trade spread across the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and that its main rival was Pisa.

Eventually, Genoa defeated the Republic of Pisa and seized Corsica from it in the late 13th century.

Knowing history, he naturally wants to be on the side of the victors.

In exchange for the Entente, William signed a treaty of alliance with the Genoese, gaining strategic support in the Mediterranean.

As for the other giant in the Mediterranean, the Republic of Venice, which dominated the trade between the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Empire, William had sent emissaries to contact each other in recent years, but with little success.

According to William's intelligence agencies, it is likely that Caesar was playing in the way, after all, Caesar's Duchy of Apulia was an important ally and trading partner of the Republic of Venice.

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After temporarily ending the battle with the Pope, William began to prepare for his marriage, because the wedding day was approaching, and even the southern invasion of King MacPace of Scotland could not prevent William from holding the wedding.

The arrangement of the wedding, the invitation of guests and other affairs are naturally the responsibility of William's uncle, Prime Minister Ladolph and Osborne's butler, and the wedding is also presided over by the Archbishop of Rouen, Hamelin, William does not need to intervene, he is most concerned about inviting guests from all over the world to watch the ceremony, as well as his newly built palace Windsor Castle.

Windsor Castle, built on a small hill on the south bank of the Thames, is about 40 kilometers away from the suburbs of London, about an hour's drive or so, and is also the location of the famous Eton College in the United Kingdom.

Castles are a product of the European Middle Ages, according to Western historical records, between 1066 and 1400, European nobles fought for land, food, livestock, and population.

Like William's Tower of London Castle, which was used for war defense, it was originally fortified and enclosed, making it uninhabitable.

But Windsor Castle is different from these castles, as the future residence of William and the Queen and the royal family, William specially invited the most famous architects and skilled craftsmen in Europe, under his guidance, with a unique Gothic style to build, the castle tall and strong walls, one after another buildings, beautifully carved openwork windows make Windsor Castle even more beautiful.