Fortunately, the Scots seem to have been frightened, perhaps lost south of Hadrian's Wall, or perhaps they had already escaped north of Hadrian's Wall, but in any case they were not stationed at Hadrian's Wall, let alone defensive.

This made Randy breathe a sigh of relief, as Randy had asked Enides how much gold he needed to restore Hadrian's Wall, which had been burned by fire, during the march, and the final answer made Randy almost collapse.

"100,000 Gold Coins !!"

During this time, in order to build a road network between various cities in England, Randy, who needed to raise 200,000 gold coins, had begun to save money, and the original food level had also changed from white bread to black bread little by little, such a change had caused dissatisfaction among Artoria and others, if this continued, maybe if the other nobles under his command rebelled, his direct troops might rebel.

Changing the food grade increases support by 15%, but lowering the food grade causes a 25-30% decrease in support.

Sure enough, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift!

In fact, in this battle with the Scots, Randy came one step late and burned Newcastle City, which already made his uncomfortable heart twitch, and if Hadrian's Wall was burned again, it would be an unbearable pain in his life.

However, the money for the repair of Hadrian's Wall and the reconstruction of Newcastle Castle, Randy had already thought of the source, which was cut from the defeated Scotland, and at the same time, Carter's two months of pirate life also obtained a lot of booty, in addition to some actual gold, silver, copper, iron and precious metals, there were some other things in a mess......

Grain, cloth, pottery and the like can add up to one or two thousand gold coins, so that it is enough to extort tens of thousands of gold coins from Scotland and rebuild Newcastle Castle.

And this month's interest, the loan shark lent to Edward seems to have been paid, so maybe the money is still rich, and Artoria can add a few new clothes, such as the black silk maid or something.

Three days later, as Randy said, life was not as good as it should have been.

After searching the entire Northumberland and Cumbria regions, although the Vikings found many lost Scots, including wealthy nobles, Robert II, the king of Scotland, who Randy wanted to capture, was not among them.

In other words, he has probably escaped back to Scotland, so it will not be easy to get Scotland to give in and pay a large amount of war reparations.

Randy suddenly felt a little tired, physically and mentally exhausted, to be exact.

Since the invasion of England in August, most of them were pacified at the beginning of the second year, and it took only five months to conquer a country, which is extremely rare in history.

Despite the cheating machine that Enides gave him, Randy still felt very tired, after all, although war is fun, but the mental and physical energy it consumes is quite intense, and it is harmful to physical and mental health, just like now, Randy looks at the mirror to describe his withered self, and feels that he has lost at least five kilograms.

Randy decides to take a break, and the army also needs to rest and recuperate after this series of battles.

Although the Continent of England had been governed a little before, and Randy had enacted three policies that were beneficial for recuperation, they had only barely recovered, from the level of devastation to the level of desolation.

Such a large territory in the entire British Isles......

London, York, Hanover, Carnarvon, Newcastle, Dublin, a total of six cities have only more than 22,000 gold coins in taxes, and now Öresund waterway toll tax can collect 30,000 gold coins.

Randy's rest plan for himself is half a year, neither because of too much time, but because he forgets how to cut people, and because of lack of time, it will not be effective.

And before that, it is necessary to reach an agreement with the Scots, if not a small extortion, if not a hard extortion.

Adhering to this philosophy, Diplomat No. 1 once again set foot on northern Scottish territory and entered the Edinburgh court, where he was immediately tied up and ready to be hanged in the city.

As a diplomat, Diplomat No. 1 can be regarded as having seen a lot of things, from the Queen of Orange Peel in Denmark, to the Pope of Rome, the governor of various city-states in Northern Italy, as well as the former King of Scotland, and his own boss Randy, which one is not a high-powered guy, Diplomat No. 1 has also understood a lot of things, his mouth is extremely sharp, and his courage has become a lot.

Just like now, Diplomat Number One looked at the various people around him.

Although Robert II hid it well, his eyes were still erratic, and the faces of the people around him were all unnatural, and there was not even a guy who jumped out to stop him, presumably because he had received the news in advance.

The oil pot at the door of the room, and pushing the messenger out and chopping it, these two tricks are really rotten, Diplomat No. 1 sighed in his heart, and did not make any resistance at all, but looked at Robert II with idiotic eyes, and the angry Scottish king almost hanged him.

"You can't be angry, you can't be angry, if you really kill him, then it will be tantamount to cutting off the way to negotiate, and then you will have to die. Who knows if there will be another William Wallace to save Scotland next? ”

Robert II took a few deep breaths to calm his mood and motioned for the soldiers to stop and untie Diplomat One.

"I admire your courage, messenger, but it is difficult not to kill you, it is difficult to bring us Scots to their knees, and in any case our desire for independence and freedom is not something that a man like you can imagine." Robert II first found himself a step, and then continued to threaten.

"Independence? Freely? ”

Diplomat No. 1 smiled smugly and repeated two words spoken by the King of Scotland:

"Sounds good, but you have to know that these things have a premise, that is, strength, if there is no strength, everything is false,"

"We are willing to fight, we are willing to fight everyone who invades Scotland, even if we fight with our lives!" Next to Robert II, another guy in heavy chain mail who looked like a nobleman shouted.

"So for the sake of the so-called face, the so-called pride, do you want to pull all the Scots to accompany the funeral?" Diplomat No. 1 was full of voices, and scolded the nobleman, making the nobleman speechless.

"Speaking of the Scots, if it's for them, I should fight you, you damned pirates!"

Another Scottish nobleman stepped forward and said, "Aren't you ashamed that you damned Norwegian pirates have been attacking our coast and plundering everything? ”

"The two countries are at war, and they are doing everything they can, rather than blaming the opponent, it is better to blame yourself, in the end, it was not us Norwegians who tore up the alliance in the first place, but you Scots!" Diplomat Number retorted.

"That's it!"

Seeing that this was difficult to embarrass the envoy, Robert II already knew that the matter was irreparable, and after all, he did not want to continue to fight the Norwegians.

"Say your terms, messenger, and if the conditions are right, I will show my mercy, and the magnanimity of the Scots."

"At the end of the day, it's not about giving in."

Diplomat No. 1 secretly despised in his heart, and at the same time smiled even more, and touched Robert II with his words:

"Knowing the honor and disgrace of advance and retreat, His Majesty the King is really extraordinary."

However, the other party didn't seem to have such a good temper, just snorted lightly and didn't speak.

"Then the conditions put forward by the lower lord are as follows."

Diplomat No. 1 took out a parchment treaty again, and opened it: "When we were allied with Scotland, we had a treaty that you would cede the Auckland Islands, the Hebrides, the Isle of Skye, and the Isle of Cole, and these islands to our country. ”

Robert II snorted lightly and did not speak.

"On this basis, the demarcation of the dividing line between the two sides on the British Isles is based on the area under the current actual control, and Your Majesty should have no opinion on this, right?"

"In the previous treaties, the two regions of Northumberland and Cumbria, as well as Newcastle City and Hadrian's Wall, were to be divided between us." Robert II argued a little uncomfortably.

"I know, Your Majesty tore up the previous covenant, didn't you?"

Diplomat No. 1 easily blocked this matter back, so that Robert II couldn't say anything, just like he said before, everything has to be said by strength, and now the Scots' strength is seriously damaged, even if Randy gives them a good Newcastle City, they may not want it, Robert II brought up this matter, most likely just to increase the bargaining chips for his own negotiations.

"The third condition is that we have suffered great losses because of the attack on the Scottish side, so we hope that your country will show good faith and compensate us for the losses we have suffered, including the bereavement of the fallen soldiers, the repair of Newcastle Castle and Hadrian's Wall, the cost of remediating the desolation of the land, the cost of heavy consumption, the cost of lost work, and the cost of mental damage."

"Let's just say the number! Don't be so verbose. ”

Robert II listened to what Diplomat No. 1 said, this fee and that fee, the more he listened, the more he felt breathless, and for the third time, he felt that it was better to hang this damn guy directly, if he was allowed to continue, Robert II was afraid that he would not be able to stand it.

"Your Majesty is really generous!"

Diplomat No. 1, who didn't know that he had turned around the gates of hell several times, continued to hold Robert II, but the other party obviously didn't appreciate it.

"A total of 50,000 gold coins." Diplomat No. 1 broke out such a number.

"What? 50,000 gold coins! Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey? ”

After hearing such a figure, Robert II stood up at once, but this time he was really annoyed:

"Come on, hurry up and tie this guy up, drag him out and hang him!"

Diplomat No. 1 can naturally see that this time the other party is definitely not scaring himself, but because he is angry and loses his mind, he complains in his heart, why don't you understand the truth of asking for a price to sit on the ground and pay back? Sure enough, it was a hopeless barbarian, shouting:

"Wait! I have something to say......"

In the end, after much bargaining, Diplomat No. 1 finally reached an agreement with Robert II, in addition to ceding the above-mentioned islands and recognizing the sovereignty of the Norman Kingdom over Northumberland and Cumbria, he would also compensate the Norman Kingdom with another 17,000 gold coins.

Although it seems to Diplomat One that such an agreement has taken advantage of it, in Randy's opinion, it still seems to be some, not some, but very cheap for them.

Randy shook his head and said to Diplomat One, who looked surprised, "Although the place in Scotland is barren to death, and it has been plundered by our navy before, it is impossible to have such a small family no matter how you say it, and you want less." ”

Diplomat No. 1 didn't agree in his heart, he was so easy to say this number, looking at the other party's appearance, he had the heart to hang himself, and his feelings were in the eyes of his boss, so he wanted less?

"Come, I'll settle accounts with you."

Randy naturally saw what Diplomat No. 1 was thinking, and calmly folded his fingers, converted all the financial situation of Scotland, and then concluded: "That is to say, plus the ransom of those knights and nobles, the other party can come up with at least 21,000 gold coins, but now if you look at it separately, the war reparations are only 17,000, and the ransom is only 2,500, so there is less income of 1,500 gold coins inside and out." ”

Seeing this, Diplomat No. 1 couldn't help but be convinced, and said that he would learn from the king and redouble his efforts.

But in any case, this time the Scots are hemorrhaging, both economically and manpower, and the domestic political situation is chaotic, and it seems that thirty or fifty years will not be able to slow down.

However, Robert II is not worried, because the British Isles, except for the island of Ireland, which has not suffered too many wars, the rest of the place is in devastation, and it will take a lot of time to recover, at least two generations of efforts, and the average life expectancy of people at this time is very short, so Robert II feels that if there is no accident, he will not conflict with the Norman kingdom again in his lifetime.

That's right, the Norman kingdom!

At this time, although even Northern Europe was not unified, Randy had already changed the name of his kingdom to the Norman kingdom, that is, he had regarded himself as the king of all Normans, and such behavior would naturally attract the hostility of his neighbors in northern Europe, Sweden and Denmark.

But Randy doesn't care, those two countries have also experienced a big war, and their strength has been seriously attribution, and they need to recuperate, and when it comes to recuperation, Randy, who has the Enides cheat, will not be slower than others in any case.