"This glass is good, but it makes people can't see the scenery outside the window clearly, as if looking at their own reflection through a muddy pool, but they can't even see their original face." The old fellow heard me pulling the chair, and whispered without looking back, as if he were talking to himself.

I sat down slowly, and before I had time to chew on the meaning of his words, I replied without thinking:

"People can't recognize themselves in the first place, if this is not the case, why does God need everyone's repentance and reform, everyone is a good man and a woman, and the world will not be fun."

"To be honest, when you proposed to take the opportunity to annex Denmark, I really didn't agree with it, it was too risky, and if it didn't hit it well, it could cause a backlash, and Nijmegen could be devastated."

Leonardo tapped his knees under his robes and said in an aggressive voice: "But you have impressed me, the courage and talent that a duke should have, vividly displayed, I finally unwilling to admit that I am old." ”

"I thought you would blame me for using a bow and arrow to kill Sven in disgrace!"

I made an innocuous joke, and the old guy grinned reluctantly, so that I was not embarrassed or embarrassed, so I had to find another topic: "Uh...... Let's talk about the situation you know, I just came back from the north, and I don't know much about things at home. ”

When Leonardo heard this, he turned around and smoothed his robe and looked at me and said, "With such a large piece of land, can others not look at it?" Although there is an edict from the Holy See, it is inevitable that there will be some gossip, and I would like to know how you are going to deal with it, to be king? With Nijmegen's relationship with the Vatican, it is not difficult to ask the Pope to decree the coronation, and the Wyvern is indeed missing a crown that makes it look more beautiful. ”

"The crown? Are you ruined when my brain is broken? Sending yourself up the cliff with your own hands? ”

I raised my eyebrows and made an exaggerated expression: "Nijmegen is walking too fast, leaving others too far, you should stop and wait for them with some measure, after all, maybe everyone will help each other in the future, it is better to have some friends than to betray relatives, and besides, we must also consider the feelings of His Majesty Henry, a vassal occupies more land than him, this will be understood as a provocation, the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, remember I told you the wise words of the Eastern sages?" ”

"Even if you don't plan to go too fast, others won't like it, as your feudal lord, His Majesty the Emperor hasn't been in any situation lately, but this is just a sign of danger."

Leonardo tapped the ground with his cane, and the empty room was filled with cold echoes: "You haven't answered my question yet, what are you going to do with the newly acquired territory, it's a large area of rich green space!" ”

"Your Majesty must give enough in there, it doesn't matter how many bones he throws out, anyway, his appetite is very small, and the housework has already made His Majesty anxious, I am ready to let Count Odense and Count Kronborg directly swear allegiance to Your Majesty and become his vassals, and I will also give the Holstein region south of Danny Wilk Castle to the Saxony family as a trophy, and plug the mouth of Your Majesty that is about to open the lion's mouth."

Without waiting for Leonardo's opinion, I continued: "As for the rest of the land, the lords above will naturally swear allegiance to Nijmegen, but they must not continue the extensive rule of Sven's shepherding, which is a more savage wilderness than Friesland.

First, the size of Jelling Castle was enlarged and the army was stationed, the eldest sons of the Danish lords were required to take turns to strengthen the surveillance of the various lords, and secondly, when the situation stabilized, a nationwide land survey was to be carried out, and the mountains, rivers, forests, products, arable land, and population were classified and registered, so that the strength of each Danish nobleman could be grasped and the tax could be redistributed on the basis of this, and finally there was an important measure, which was a new term, so keep your ears up and listen:

Called......

"Tui En Order!"

"Push the Grace Order?"

The old guy wrinkled his nose, and my new term was confusing him again.

"That's what the story says......"

"There was a young king in the old East, who had been ruled by a large number of states and decrees, and his father and ancestors had been helpless for generations, and he followed the advice of his teacher and issued a decree of tuien, which stipulated that each lord must pass on half of his realm and title to his eldest son, and the other half of his territory was divided equally among all the remaining sons."

"This order was enthusiastically supported by the concubines who could not obtain the right to inherit and had to sweep away the house when they became adults, and after a few generations, the territory under his rule became smaller and smaller, and he completely lost the strength to fight against the feudal monarch." While describing the success story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, I poured the wine glasses of both of them full.

Leonardo listened carefully, and his shriveled lips, which had lost half of his teeth, suddenly asked, "I guess you may have fallen behind in the main part of the story, and the lords are not indifferent and waiting to die?" If it was really that easy, why did they work hard for three generations to be subordinate? ”

"Hey...... Of course, this was accompanied by a civil war in which the royal power was consolidated, but if you think about it, if my first two policies can be implemented vigorously, will those Danish lords still have the strength to bargain with Nijmegen? ”

I handed Leonardo's wine glass to him, held my own glass and touched it gently, and hooked the corners of my mouth proudly: "In this way, Denmark has become rotten meat that has been knocked out of the bone and sucked the marrow, and it can't be digested?" They don't claim to be kings, but they still know who the real boss is. ”

The old guy took a shallow sip of wine, drinking too much of this inferior thing is not conducive to the sleep of the elderly, in fact, Leonardo, who has too many things in his heart, is also difficult to sleep peacefully: "I'm curious, why do you know so many oriental stories?" ”

"Have you forgotten where you came from? Our ancestors are from Troy! I blinked mysteriously and turned to look out the window at the blurry shadow of the moon.

In the early morning of November 11th, it is the annual medieval festival of lights, St. Martin's Day, remember the previous festival, everyone gathered in the castle to watch the entertainers, perform a skit about the life of Saint Martin, children carry simple lanterns to wander around, as the last day before Ramadan can overeat, St. Martin's goose has naturally become a delicacy for people to feast on.

On this day, the taverns and brothels are also full early, because according to the custom, St. Martin's Day is also a payday for hired workers and artisans, and those who have received their hard-earned money will naturally take the opportunity of fasting to eat seaweed all night to treat themselves to the tiredness of the whole year.

When I was woken up from my dream by a quick knock on the door, there was no trace of the excitement of the festival in my mind, and the blood swelled up in my head, and I had just finished my long and boring conversation with Leonardo, and that I had poured a lot of wine with the guests from the north at the previous banquet, and were desperately longing for a warm pillow, and if I was not given a suitable reason, the person who provoked me at this moment would have to pay a terrible price.

Rollo didn't wait for me to answer and pushed open the bedroom door, and ran in almost with a wild run, it was not big or small, I sat up and was about to do it, Rollo shouted with his arms fluttering:

"My lord! My lord! Big things are not good! Lady Serena's amniotic water suddenly broke, and she was probably going to give birth! ”

"What?"

This time my brain reacted quickly, I immediately rolled over, put on a coat and ran out with my shoes pulled, just took two steps in the corridor and suddenly remembered something, turned back and pointed at Rollo's nose to order?

"What's so bad about good fortune? Crow's mouth, slap yourself twice to apologize! After saying that, Rollo was left stunned and stunned, rushing at Serena's delivery room.

Located on the top floor of the castle, the delivery room is a large room of absolute silence, with two windows facing the river, from which you can overlook the bustling scenery on both sides of the river, and also have good lighting, so that the whole room is warm and helps to relieve the tension of the mother waiting for labor.

In order to ensure that Serena was not disturbed, we began to separate after returning from Neustadt, and the busyness of Nijmegen's daily affairs also made me run around all day, or I personally led the army on the expedition, and had no time to be with my wife, so that I could only find some of her friends and maids to take care of me on my behalf, so that when my beloved wife was about to give birth, I was still sleeping as a husband!

I was forced down by several guards outside the room, their thick arms were as strong as the leg of lamb at the dinner party, and their strength was terrifying, and they talked and made comparisons to the bewildered me, and the maids who were busy going in and out of the hot water and pouring dirt, so that the anxious Duke understood the truth that the idlers in the delivery room were not allowed to enter, so I had to wait honestly at the door, pacing with my hands behind my back, and getting rid of the ants on the hot pot alive, and the feeling of being a father for the first time was both wonderful and like an invisible boulder, and I was desperately pressed against my chest and made me breathless.

"How's it going inside?"

I grabbed the arm of a maid in disregard of dignity, stumbling and unable to speak, my forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat, and I was even more frightened than I was on the battlefield of thousands of troops, and I especially wanted to cut off the heads of a few unlucky people.

The maid was obviously frightened by the duke's eagerness, and almost toppled to the ground with a basin full of blood in her hand, and her face was so red that she did not dare to raise her head, and replied hesitantly:

"Madame, I'm afraid it's difficult to give birth, and the doctor invited by the Prime Minister is helping ......" The rest of the shy maid didn't know how to continue, biting her lip and holding her cheeks bulging.

"Don't worry, my lord, the best doctors I have hired are the best doctors in Italy, with rich experience in midwifery, and that bearded Dr. Saracen also served in the court of the Sultan of Cairo." Leonardo, supported by his attendants, staggered into the corridor on crutches.

"Bearded? That's so unhygienic! ”

As soon as I heard that the people in charge of the delivery were men, I was old-fashioned, and my own women let other men see the light, can I not make my husband angry? Leonardo seemed to see through my careful thoughts, and secretly grinned without squeaking.

(End of chapter)

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