The turmoil, which lasted for four days and three nights, was finally put to an end with a word from Hippocrates, and the hussars, complaining that there were too few enemies this time to enjoy the fight, slowly returned to the city of Kiev.

Randy was busy and used the time of the past few days to smash the city of Kiev with the tax money in September, and smashed Kiev into a large city like Gothburg, with high and deep pools, strong palaces, surrounding farmland and cultivated land, windmills, waterwheel mills and other buildings, paved stone roads in the city, sewer systems, public toilets, public baths, fountains, cathedrals, commercial districts, river docks, and the Baroque Grand Palace were all built.

Of course, shortening the construction time costs a roll and gold, and it also gives the city a negative stat.

"You Have Enslaved Us Harshly" Twenty Years of People's Hearts -15!

None of this was a problem, though, and Randy was satisfied just by appreciating the expressions of those turtle-like Rus nobles who couldn't close their mouths when they saw the city.

In addition, I don't know if Artoria's own quality is so good that it is beyond the charts, or Hippocrates' prescription is symptomatic, in short, after returning to Kyiv, Artoria's body is basically fine, wearing cursed armor and holding the sword of victory and contract in one hand to cut people, Randy also put his mind at ease and devoted himself to preparing for the enthronement ceremony in a month.

Nobles from Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Lithuania, whether Rus' or not, were invited by Randy to gather in Kyiv.

Because some people were too far away from defeat, the enthronement ceremony had to be postponed again and again, and finally set for November 15 of this year, during which time Randy decided to stay in Kyiv to renovate his army and start some diplomatic affairs.

First of all, of course, on the Eastern European side, the envoys who threatened the Zaporozhye Khanate and the Grand Duchy of Moscow were already on the way, marching south to Tancibo, questioning why the Eastern Roman Empire was also preparing to go south in violation of the previous truce.

"Do you know what to do when you get there?" Before the mission officially leaves, Randy asks after formally meeting Foster in his palace's study.

"Of course you know, for the best interests of the Empire."

"Wrong! Miss by a mile! ”

"The subordinates don't know?" Forster looked puzzled.

"If it were another country, it would be fine, but with that Greek empire, sometimes it needs to make appropriate concessions, and it will get unexpected results."

"Your Majesty Refers ......"

"Forster, let me ask you, what do you value most of an ancient empire like the Greeks and the Eastern Roman Empire, which has not fallen for thousands of years?"

"Cultural heritage?"

"Wrong again! It's face! What is most needed to sustain a decaying empire? Military? Economy? Politics? Diplomacy? None of this is right, it's face, as long as the people of this country think that they have face, they are still the first in the world, unparalleled in the world. ”

"But......" Forster was a little puzzled for a moment, frowning and trying to argue, but unable to speak.

"It's hard to express this kind of thing to you for a while, but as long as you can guarantee that the Norman Empire will not suffer in some substantive matters, then it doesn't matter if you are a little humble in terms of rhetoric, you want to make the proud and complacent Greeks think that they have defeated the barbarians, that they are the victors, and that the benefits given to us are nothing more than some mercy of the victors for the losers, so that they will be happy to give us more, even some unexpected benefits, understand?"

"My subordinates understand!" Although he still doesn't understand Randy's logic, Foster knows how to act after arriving in Eastern Rome, and that's enough, thinking is handed over to the leader, and the actual actions and operations are handed over to his subordinates, Foster is very clear about his position.

The Norman Emperor Randy von Hoffmann was about to celebrate his second glorious moment in his life as the Rus' Tsar of Eastern Europe.

Norman was in Eastern Europe, and within Europe, there were mixed accounts of Randy's actions.

Under the manipulation of Norman spies, it is more commonly said that Randy represented the Catholic world in his crusade against heresies, expanding his territory, and performing outstanding feats.

And Randy declared that he wanted to be Queen of Rossar, and many people in the continent were aware of his ambitions, although the world map had not yet appeared at this time, and there was not even a rough map of the early inaccurate ones, but from the descriptions of the merchants, people could still know how vast Randy's newly acquired territory was.

"That is more extensive than the two Holy Roman Empires, those places are flat, rich in water and grass, although the population is sparse, but as long as patience is managed, the policy is appropriate, after a period of development can double the population, the original territory of the Norman Empire, the vast majority of them are covered in ice and snow, and are not suitable for farming, whether it is England or Scandinavia, it is not too suitable for human habitation, although the Normans are brave, but the number is not much, Randy still doesn't have a suitable heir, and he refuses to divorce his wife and remarry, so the Norman Empire was originally not a cause for concern, as long as he survived until Randy's death, all problems would be solved, but now the situation is very different. ”

Holy See......

Inside the Papal Palace......

Innocent III, who was already in his old state, pondered the Norman Empire, but in the end could not make a decision.

Is it really a battle with a torn face?

Or appease this restless behemoth and put him at the disposal of the Holy See?

"Cardinal Heard, how's the training of the new army?"

"It's almost done, Holy See!"

Hildebrand, who has become the number one celebrity at the Pope's side and the successor of the Pope because of his military power, replied: "A total of 50,000 elite troops, including 3,000 heavily armed heavy cavalry, have all been trained and more than half of the training has been carried out, so that they can protect the safety of the Holy See and fight heretics from afar, without any problems." ”

Listening to these slightly exaggerated words, Innocent III finally nodded in reassurance.

The Papal States eats the whole of Europe, collects tithes, sells indulgences, and there is nothing to worry about in terms of money, if you harden your mind to train the army, the money is exported like a sea of gold and silver, and the armor and equipment of the army are even better than those of the Normans, Randy has a sad face, desperately searching everywhere, wanting to replace all his army with plate and chain composite armor, but in the end he can only sigh at the bill!

But this feat was accomplished by the Papal States, a small country in Central Italy, less than 1/10 of the territory of the Norman Empire.

The 50,000 elite papal guards, except for a small number of archers equipped with compound bows wearing chain mail, the rest of the hoplites, hoplites, all of them are plate chain composite armor, wearing the key to heaven cover, looking majestic, I don't know if Randy will vomit blood after seeing it.

With such strong soldiers, what heresy will not be destroyed? God does not prosper?

The Pope nodded yes, and was much bolder, so he ordered: "Send an envoy to Kievan Rus' to congratulate Emperor Randi on his great achievements in expanding his territory." Second, he was asked to convert the local people to the Catholic Orthodox way, to abandon Orthodox heresy, and to send priests to help the Norman Empire if the Norman missionaries were short of manpower. ”

After Pope Innocent III issued the order, all the bishops couldn't help but praise the wisdom of the Holy See, this action sounds very good, congratulations and help, but in fact, it harbors evil intentions, wants to use the spread of Catholicism to spread the influence of the Papal States in Eastern Europe, and even directly sent priests to establish monastic territories and divide the fruits of Randy's victory.

If Randy had agreed to Innocent III's request, it would have been better to say that the two sides would compete fairly, and the clergy would use the opportunity of the mission to go to Eastern Europe to enclose land, develop believers, develop the power to directly obey the orders of the Papal States, and even develop Eastern Europe into a country with serious divisions and weak imperial power as if the Holy Roman Empire were in the same situation.

If Randy doesn't say yes, so much the better! Are you Randy or not a Catholic at all? Do you want to be excommunicated?

No matter which one Randy chooses, it is not a good result, and Innocent also looks a little fluttering when he hears the sycophants of the protagonists on both sides, thinking that the Pope does have some benefits, and this feeling of getting something for nothing is really good.

When the Papal States heard Randy's announcement of his accession to the throne as Tsar, they sent a mission to intervene, and with the polishing of the Cardinal Order, the Pope's edict seemed more euphemistic and beautiful, but the real request was outrageous.

First of all, Randy's coronation as Tsar should be like the Norman Emperor Randy von Hoffmann, and the coronation of the pope will be required for all generations, secondly, to open up Randy's newly conquered Eastern European territories, so that the papal state religion is free to preach, and the priests should be allowed to establish monasteries freely, and third, Randy is required to oppress the Rus' nobles who came to be crowned and let them convert to Catholicism.

With the exception of the envoys to Kiev, all the clergy were satisfied with the decree, believing that the Holy See, worthy of God's choice of the Lord of Europe, could come up with such an empty idea of a white wolf.

However, the envoy to Kiev had another idea, and the legendary Norman emperor with a violent and cruel personality directly cut himself down with an axe, and led a 100,000-strong Norman army south to the Apennine Peninsula and bloody the city of Rome.

Of course, the unfortunate ones who put up such unfortunate errands are generally unpopular, and their opinions are no different from farting, and the opinions of these envoys are collectively ignored by the upper echelons of the Papal States, at least on the surface.

The Papal States are not idiots, and naturally know that the possibility of the second scenario occurring, but from another point of view, it is not a good thing that this possibility occurs, at least this can provoke the contradictions between the two sides in advance, the Norman Emperor refused the Papal State edict and beheaded the Papal State envoys, then the Papal States would have enough reason to excommunicate him and launch a crusade across Europe against the Normans.

Other countries should feel the same way! The aggressive attitude of the Normans, the aggressive ambition, and the arrogance of Randy in the world, a coalition of crusaders, crusaders against the Normans.

France can recover Normandy and Brittany!

The Holy Roman Empire is able to recover Northern Saxony and Pomerania!

Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, England, Scotland, all reinstated.

At most, only one Norwegian pension will be left for Randy!

Thinking of this, Innocent III couldn't help but feel the urge to laugh, but could it really be so smooth? Randy is the strongest general in the world, except for one defeat at the hands of Artoria since his debut, the rest of the battles are either victories or draws, is it wise to go against such a person? Thinking about it this way, Innocent III has some gains and losses.

"Don't be afraid, there are 50,000 elite troops in the Holy See, and if the banner of the crusade is played, the armies of the kings from all over the continent arrive, and there is no need to be afraid of any Normans."

Innocent III then began to cheer himself up like this again, the Holy See envoy in charge of this mission had already gone to Kyiv, deliberately slowing down along the way, hoping to wait for Randy to become emperor before arriving, causing this established fact, and when Randy cut him again, he would have something to say.

"This proclamation was drawn up before His Majesty ascended the throne, and there are quite some inappropriateness in it, but Your Majesty can rest assured that the foreign ministers will not forcibly persecute Your Majesty, and if Your Majesty has any requests, although you can say anything, when the foreign ministers return to the Holy See, they will report to the Holy See one by one."

This kind of rhetoric is indeed perfect, so that the other party not only will not want his own life, but on the contrary, it is possible to please himself, I have long heard that the Norman Empire is richest and the most important in Europe, and it is not easy for me to make an envoy once, no matter how I say it, I have to make a profit!

So the news of the Norman spy was a month and a half earlier than that of the incompetent envoy.

"Hehe......"

Randy smiled when he received the information, thinking that he was finally here.

Sonia behind her was a little uncomfortable, although the intelligence department of the Loman Consulting Office, the framework of this agency has been set up, using Sonia's original family connections, plus some of the spies produced by the Enides system supported by Randy, this is nominally a small department, but in fact it is the second set of intelligence network agencies all over the continent, which can be regarded as built.

Of course, it is still very immature and naïve!

Whether it is Sonia or Sonya's agency, it is like this big thing, Nemulis's intelligence department, the news of the spy network has been transmitted for several days, but Sonya's subordinates seem to be dead, and there is no news at all, but the final result of such a big thing is like this, which makes Sonya a little difficult to accept.

"There is a first-come-first-served person for everything, and people have been doing it for so many years, and it is not a big deal to be a little more advanced and perfect than you." Randy could see that Sonia was under a lot of pressure, so he found a moment to comfort him.

"But ......"

The more Randy says this, the more uncomfortable Sonia feels and feels like she has failed Randy's expectations.

"Anyway, everything has already happened, let him pass the past!"

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At the same time that Randy was worried about the Papal Decree, Forster, a diplomat on the Eastern Roman mission, also ate a third closed door outside the Grand Palace of Constantine.

"His Majesty the Emperor is not here!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is not here!"

"His Majesty the Emperor is not here!"

Because the Norman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire were still at war, the attitude of the Eastern Roman soldiers who held the palace was not very friendly, and even watched Foster walking back and forth at the gate of the palace, and threatened him with a Norman spy and wanted to arrest him and put him in the black kiln.

"Is this the civilization that your country is proud of? It's ridiculous! ”

Of course, as a diplomat, Foster was not frightened, he was completely unmoved, snorted coldly, deliberately raised his head, shouted loudly in Greek, and then did not wait for the surrounding Greeks to gather over, turned around and left with a cold snort.

(End of chapter)