Finally! I almost shouted out in excitement, I tried to suppress my excitement, my hands trembled under the gaze of the priest and Princess Serena, and my grandmother's finally turned over, and I had the opportunity to say the hypocritical vows that I had reviewed countless times in the movie, I cleared my throat and replied loudly: "I do!" ”

The bishop turned to Serena and repeated this time with ease: "Serena Baldwin, do you want this man to be your husband and to be betrothed to him?" Love, care, respect, accept, and remain faithful to him, whether sick or healthy, poor or rich, or any other reason? ”

Serena squinted at me, and the bouquet she was holding in her hand sank down clearly, as if she had made up her mind: "I am willing to ......"

Bishop Odoxis, fearing that the eccentric Princess Serena might make some kind of moth, immediately put the holy oil representing God's blessing on the foreheads of both of us and said to me, "Now you can exchange rings." ”

I fell to my knees, Hans, as the first attendant to follow me, with the glorious mission of preserving the ring, stepped forward and handed me the gold ring set with a huge ruby, and I took Serena's slender jade hand like a tender onion, and while carefully pushing the ring on my ring finger, I recited the prepared oath with emotion: "I, Randy Adrian Hoffman, please you, the noble Princess Serena Baldwin, be my wife, the companion of my life and my only love, and I will cherish our affection to love you, I will trust and respect you now, in the future and forever, and I will laugh and cry with you. ”

"I will love you loyally, and I will be with you through the future, whether the future is good or bad, difficult or happy. No matter what kind of life you are ready for, I will always be here to watch. As I reach out for you to hold on, I will commit my life to you, so help me, Lord Alvereign. ”

Serena rolled her eyes, but she remained calm on the face of the ring, put the ring on my finger in the same way, and then tried to keep a smile in line with me:

"Count Randy Adrian Hoffman, thank you for being the love of my life, for being my one, I want to be your wife, to share with you all my dreams, desires and more, we will have and support each other from this day, whether it is good or bad, rich or poor, sick or healthy, love and cherish each other, death can separate our hearts."

Bishop Odoxes hurriedly raised the scepter in his hand and announced the end of the wedding in a loud voice: "Let us, in the glory of God, bless the couple and praise the great Lord!" ”

"Amen!"

Everyone bowed their heads and prayed in a deep voice, but their hearts were eagerly looking forward to the beginning of the banquet, because a few days ago, the convoy of Nijmegen transporting ingredients swaggered through the market, so that many nobles who received the invitation looked forward to enjoying a sumptuous meal, after all, the wealth of Nijmegen and Flender are well-known, compared to the wedding or something is all an appetizer before the main meal, and the activity of the muscles and bones in order to stuff themselves more, why do some people refuse to be kind?

The celebrant tapped his scepter on the ground, and his solemn voice said what the people had been waiting for, and the attendants led the nobles to the banquet hall for dinner, and the lifeless guests finally woke up from their hibernation and scrambled to get their way......

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Life after marriage is far more boring than imagined, and there are no conditions to go to the Maldives for a honeymoon under medieval conditions, but it is just a cold shell that grabs the quilt with himself at night.

Although Leonardo has been openly and secretly expressing to me that he hopes to give birth to a noble son early and stabilize the hearts of his retainers, but since I learned that I was marrying a young bad girl, and at the same time a slut who didn't know when, she would put on a green and green hat for herself, I began to subconsciously avoid the responsibility that the husband had to fulfill as a husband.

After a long time, the rumors were spread in private by the long-tongued women, and everyone whispered that they were worried, what was the unspeakable illness of the Earl, and Leonardo was even more nervous to visit famous doctors, wanting to cure the stubborn disease, which made me cry and laugh.

But then again, in addition to being far from my identity value in terms of personal life, Serena has to say that she is an expert in internal management, and has lived up to her father's years of training, and with the vigorous energy of a girl, she has figured out the family background of Nijmegen in just a few days, and has taken over the work of sorting out the accounts, firmly in her own hands, it seems that the women's fascination with the control of the family's financial power has deep historical roots, and they all like to live a life of careful budgeting.

Leonardo and Wangcai have been standing on the side, staring at Serena worriedly, Wangcai is out of loyalty to his master, worried that a female generation will mess up the castle's housekeeping, causing immeasurable losses, and Leonardo is more out of the observation and test of Serena, wanting to prove that his vision is not bad, and definitely find a capable virtuous helper for Nijmegen, after the initial test, he will rest assured that most of the castle housekeeping will be handed over to his idle hostess.

Of course, the main financial power of Nijmegen was still in the hands of Leonardo, and Enides's secret accounts were kept separately, and all he handled was large construction and military expenditures.

Serena also knew who she was, after all, the new bride who had no heirs was still an outsider in a sense, she only did her share of household chores, managed the castle in an orderly manner, arranged decent meals and proper decorations, and did not trespass in political affairs, in fact, it was impossible for us to let an outsider join the decision-making level in Nijmegen and dictate the internal affairs involving the county.

"The construction period of the castle is within the plan, the construction of the main city wall has been completed, the follow-up detailed defense project is gradually unfolding, the crane used to hoist the masonry of the tower is still being manufactured, and the moat is also excavated according to your requirements, but the number of workers has reached the limit, and seeing that the farmers are mostly busy taking care of their fields during the critical period before the harvest season, the time and number of people to work are not guaranteed."

Unloading the castle housekeeping, Wangcai's work is much easier, and the work of managing everything, which does consume a lot of the old man's mind, can finally steal some time to rest and rest, so I sent him to the castle overseer.

I nodded with satisfaction, he has always been reassuring, pondering the details are in place, there will definitely be no deviation, I hastily signed my name on the back of the document approving the appropriation, dazzled at the dense floral letters, and then on the hot tin poured by the little attendant, pressed the coat of arms of Nijmegen, this document officially came into effect, and finally finished the work at hand, the crooked writing and sour neck stretched a lazy waist, and encouraged Wangcaidao:

"I sent you there just to save myself about it, here is the new additional appropriation, enough to deal with it until Christmas, and to spend the money that should be spent in the province of the province, and to do things in a prioritization."

Wangcai carefully put away the parchment, now the main writing material in Nijmegen is still relatively expensive parchment, I invented the papermaking technology through continuous improvement, although the quality has been greatly improved, become more delicate and supple, but the faintly visible coarse fibers and yellowing and dark paper color, from the requirements of the writing paper is still far away, I have put the improvement of the process, completely to the skilled craftsmen and technicians, after all, they are the people who face the work every day, maybe there will be a flash of inspiration, As an earl, I have more important things to do.

Bishop Odoxes and Baron Lewandowski took their leave this morning, and with the reply they received, they went back to tell their anxiously awaited master, who seemed to be deliberately avoiding the same path with each other.

I have put chips on His Majesty the Pope and His Majesty the Emperor, and I have made complete preparations for myself, and the only thing I can do now is to silently wait for the development of the situation, whether the market will go up or down, and then decide whether to hold it for a long time or sell it immediately.

As the main means by which the aristocracy strengthened themselves in this era, the effect of marrying two powerful families was obvious, and the weak and narrow defensive line of Nijmegen could free up a large part of the security zone and concentrate the already small number of troops to complete the conquest plan.

Friesland is like a piece of bacon hanging behind the door, always exuding an enticing fragrance, and the marriage is to install two door panels on the leaky house, and now you can finally cover the door and easily remove the bacon and feast on it.

The only thing to wait for was the news from Rome, the acquiescence of His Majesty the Emperor and the disposition of the Bishopric of Utrecht by His Holiness the Pope, which would determine the time, scale and final outcome of the war.

Nijmegen has developed by leaps and bounds since the fall of Leonardo, the god of wealth, and I have relied heavily on the restoration of the once-crippled cavalry on the battlefield, and the quality of equipment and horses is by no means the same as in the past, although the number is only a hundred, but the quality is worlds apart.

The current cavalry is made up of Frankish mercenaries who have sworn allegiance as the backbone, recruiting a large number of ownerless free knights, improving the overall combat effectiveness, abandoning the original insistence on the flow of all the people, and beginning to take the road of elite soldiers and strong army.

When these horsemen swore allegiance to the Count of Nijmegen, they were given a corresponding piece of land, a full monthly salary, and they could hire freemen or keep slaves to cultivate their land, or they could contract or transfer the land to become professional soldiers, a system that not only gave the cavalry land as a symbol of social status, but also promoted the development of the borderlands of the county to a certain extent.

Cavalry was not the same as knights, they were somewhere between traditional knights and freemen, and were considered the lowest aristocratic warriors, provided with weapons and equipment by the castle, and obeyed the orders of the earl around the clock.

(End of chapter)