After driving away the Lithuanian envoy, Randy receives another message.

The emissaries of the Holy Roman Empire, together with the emissaries of the Papal States, seem to converge to form a common legation.

In other words, there seems to have been some degree of offensive and defensive alliance and exchange of interests between the Holy Roman Empire and the Papal States, and the Norman Empire is likely to be the target of their common target.

After learning the news, Randy felt a little regretful, if his opponent was empty, he wouldn't care, and if his opponent had no strength, he wouldn't care.

But when the two opponents are united, righteousness and strength are combined, then Randy will have to hesitate.

"Big deal, I'll just give in a little bit on the contract."

Before the joint mission of the prospective emperor and the pope came to Brandenburg, Randy felt that he should leave, so he pretended not to know that the other party was coming, left Brandenburg and returned to Gothenburg, so that this group of fools could run two more steps, and he had a home field advantage on his own turf, and he had a more psychological advantage, and at the same time, the magnificence of Gothenburg could also make the other party more inferior, so that the scum could better understand what kind of opponent they were dealing with.

After making up his mind, Randy directly ordered the whole army to go home.

After that, he threw the army to Archbishop Peter and the knight captain Alpha, and ordered the current Pomeranian garrison general Anderson, and the current Prussian garrison general Hans to go south to meet him, and he took his wife and two concubines and a large number of maids to take the first step, and ran to Stettin, the capital of Pomerania, where he took a change of ship to Gothenburg.

Of course, at present these things are only assumptions, and it takes a lot of time to take care of all kinds of things and retreat, especially the various drafts on army reform in the recent period, except for those that need to be taken away in the end, everything else must be destroyed.

These include a lot of privacy, such as which duke is out breading his little wife, which countess is in love with which knight, which young lady of the family has a large group of little white faces before getting married, and so on.

Although these may seem like nothing, if used as a weapon of rumors, it is not necessary to cause a political earthquake in the area of the person concerned, so it is important to deal with it properly.

After being busy with these things, Randy left with peace of mind, but although in the Pomeranian region, there is already a mature road network, but Brandenburg, which belongs to the Holy Roman Empire, is in a bad condition on the road, and it is better to ride a horse, but Randy must take a carriage for the sake of face, and he must let the carriage run very fast in order to hurry, but it has suffered a few girls.

Along the way, Artoria complained more than once: "Why are you in such a hurry? If not, let me ride a horse. ”

"The dignity of the royal family is important, and with a little patience, there are only a few days."

Randy coaxed Artoria on the shoulders like this, and when he was camping at night, he also took advantage of Chagang's control to accompany Joan of Arc and Maria for a while.

In short, this trip still looks quite good to Randy, and he can hunt along the way, and Stettin's luxurious Emperor's Seat Ship that you have already prepared also makes Randy, who is fed up with the dark and cramped cabin, feel very fresh.

The journey was uneventful and unhindered to Gothburg, the capital of the Norman Empire, which has now been upgraded to a large city, with all the necessary facilities and a number of buildings unique to the capital:

Royal Consulate, Royal Grand Place, Guards Barracks, Guards Cavalry Barracks, Royal Academy of Sciences, Grand Library, Imperial University.

After several years of development, Gothenburg has become the largest city in the whole of Northern Europe, covering an area of 82,000 square kilometers, with a permanent population of 80,000, a reasonable urban layout, a beautiful urban environment, a variety of dreamlike buildings, fountain vegetation, full of confidence, healthy faces of citizens, endless caravans, bustling pedestrians on the bluestone streets, all make people who come to Gothenburg forget to return.

The subjects of the Norman Empire proudly proclaimed that this was the most favored city in all of Europa.

People from Eastern Rome called it the Constantinople of the North.

The Slavs called it Skagra Rim Songler.

People from more distant Arabia, Persia and steppes called it the Crown City.

Speaking of Randy, who has Enides, is quite advantageous, owning Enides is equivalent to having the best designer, the best engineer, the best construction engineering team, no need for any manpower at all, as long as there is enough money, you can exchange these buildings, such power is not even in place of forbidden magic, this is also Randy's confidence that he can conquer the world's greatest confidence and guarantee!

Because Gothburg is the capital, it can build a large number of special buildings that other cities don't have, but there is also a small loophole in it, as long as Randy moves the capital once, then the new capital can build these new buildings, and the buildings in the old capital will neither disappear out of thin air, nor will they lose their effectiveness, and Randy Randy has also had many plans to move the capital several times if he has plenty of wealth.

Of course, there are not many possibilities for such a situation at present, after all, the financial situation of the Norman Empire is not very good now, and Randy is eager to spend a penny in half, and Enides also has clear regulations that not any city can become the capital, it must be at least the size of the city, with a permanent population of more than 30,000, and before this was defined as a companion capital, now Norman in addition to the capital of Gothenburg, also has New Nijmegen, London, St. Petersburg, Hamburg, four companion capitals.

Hamburg was not developed as a city, but as a castle, and could not have been used as a capital unless it was rebuilt later.

In addition to more taxes and attracting population, the city can also reap some benefits, in addition to building public universities, provincial libraries, Praetorian Guard barracks, Guards cavalry barracks, palaces, and a series of buildings, in short, a weakened version of the capital's characteristic buildings.

Among these characteristic buildings, the university and the library are cultural buildings, which can increase the probability of producing talents in the city, and can recruit officials with better attributes in the university, so as to fill the defect that grassroots officials can only buy in Enides.

The Praetorian Guard Barracks can recruit a range of armies that are stronger than the professional army! Coupled with the fact that the formal research of plate armor has been successful, although the early plate armor, whether in terms of weight, defense, and comfort, there is a lot of room for improvement, but this is undoubtedly a milestone and memorable thing, the Praetorian Guard is the first batch of elite armoured with new plate armor, armed with metallurgically improved elite weapons, and fully armed elite troops.

The following classes can be recruited in the Praetorian Guard Barracks:

"Heavy Armor of the Norman Praetorian Guard"

Ethnicity: Norman

Equipment: Early Full Body Plate Armor, Metallurgically Improved Tomahawk, Cross Spear, Composite Kite Shield, Metallurgically Improved Throwing Axe, Half-Phoenix Heraldic Coversuit,

Morale: Extremely high

Training: High

Discipline: High

Stamina: Excellent

What to bring: Norman Army Flag (The Conquest of the Land flag, the left half of the Norman flag, a phoenix with wings of earth and fire, and Norman embroidery for the Conquest of the Land.) ）

Item Ability: This can be used to motivate self and nearby allies, and can also enhance your charge with the Fury Warcry to scare nearby enemies.

Introduction: This is a versatile extremely strong infantry all-rounder, each of them has been carefully selected, selected from various armies, after combat training, familiar, perfect their individual combat skills and overall combat ability, they carry a variety of weapons, to deal with a variety of possible situations, array shield spears, resist cavalry, use tomahawks in close combat, or throw axes for short-range support attacks, no matter what terrain, what situation, this elite unit is the commander's best reliance.

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Reloading the Norman Praetorian Guards

Ethnicity: Norman

Equipment: Early Full Body Plate Armor, Metallurgically Improved Extra-Long Spear, Metallurgically Improved Halberd, Melee Hand Axe, Small Track Shield, Half-Phoenix Coversuit,

Morale: Extremely high

Training: Extremely high

Discipline: High

Physique: Excellent

What to bring: The Norman Army's half-phoenix flag, which motivates allies.

Class introduction: as majestic as a mountain, as solid as a rock, a phalanx array with both offense and defense, with an elite Swiss version of the super long spear phalanx with halberd soldiers, the equipment is still excessive, it can be called the most powerful phalanx army in the Middle Ages, one of the products of the military reform of the Norman Empire.

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Reloaded Norman Praetorian Guards Axe

Ethnicity: Norman

Equipment: Early Heavy Full Body Plate Armor, Metallurgically Improved Battle Axe, Spare Hand Axe, Half-Phoenix Cover,

Morale: Extremely high

Training: High

Discipline: Medium

Physique: Super strong

What to bring: The Norman Army's half-phoenix banner to motivate allies, and the battle cry to strengthen the charge and scare nearby enemy forces.

Introduction: This is a very terrifying, can be called a humanoid tank hoplite army, they come from all parts of the empire, selected layer by layer, different from the general Praetorian Guard, their selection criteria are more focused on the number of killings, rather than military merits, they have a better physique and heavier plate armor than the general Praetorian Guard, equipped with a long-handled battle axe with greater lethality, so that the assault power of these soldiers reaches the extreme, of course, in order to maintain their wild surname, the officers did not require them to maintain a high degree of discipline, When faced with the complex terrain that the cavalry could not use or when faced with the array of guns, it was the time for them to show their skills, and they proudly declared that they could tear apart all kinds of defensive lines, like fragile paper.

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Praetorian Longbowmen

Ethnicity: England

Equipment: Early Half-Body Plate Armor, Purple Shirt Longbow, Hand Axe, Circular Track Shield, Half-Phoenix Cover,

Morale: High

Training: Extremely high

Physique: Excellent

What to bring: The half-phoenix military flag motivates friendly troops, and can be arranged to reject horse stakes.

Class introduction: English, Scots, Welsh from the British Isles, after accepting the rule of the Norman Empire for a long time, identify with the rule of the empire from the bottom of their hearts, and be wholeheartedly loyal to the Norman emperor, in exchange for the opportunity to be in the Praetorian Guard, non-Norman race, the longbow in their hands has been more finely made, so that the range, accuracy, and power are beyond the ordinary longbow, their shooting accuracy may be slightly worse than that of the Sherwood archers, but their design speed and ammunition carrying capacity are better than the latter, At the same time, the melee ability is also quite good, even comparable to the average professional Viking warrior.

These four arms, general heavy infantry, phalanx heavy infantry, assault heavy infantry and longbowmen, form the Janissary infantry sequence, although it is slightly inferior to the ultimate class of the Guards Knight, but it is still better than the Norman heavy infantry that Randy currently relies on in the backbone of the army, of course, it is also more expensive and not very numerous, but as long as it is used correctly, it can definitely play an excellent role.

In comparison, there is only one type of military in the Praetorian Cavalry Barracks, which makes Randy feel a little dissatisfied, of course, the soldiers are expensive, not much, and the combat effectiveness of the Praetorian Guards Heavy Knights also makes Randy very satisfied.

Knights of the Praetorian Guard

Ethnicity: Norman, Polish, French, German,

Equipment: Fourth-generation Norman War Horse, War Horse Plate Armor, Knight Plate Armor, Heavy Cavalry Spear, Composite Kite Shield, Metallurgical Improved Battle Axe, Half Phoenix Coversuit,

Physique: Excellent

Morale: Extremely high

Training: Extremely high

Discipline: Extremely high

Introduction: These knights, like their Praetorian Guards, were also carefully selected from the Royal Order, from the heavy cavalry, or recruited from other places, and passed many tests before joining the elite of the army, as was the case with the Norman army's policy towards heavy cavalry, and they valued discipline more than the average feudal knight, emphasizing the group rather than the individual. Of course, this is not to say that the combat effectiveness of their individual people will be that bad. A Praetorian Knight can single out at least three Royal Knights and win, in fact this is one of the tests for them to become a Praetorian Knight.

Steely discipline, brotherly friendship, complete and absolute loyalty to the emperor, noble status and status.

The combat effectiveness of these knights was even higher than that of the famous ironclad paladiers of the Eastern Roman Empire, although there was still a considerable gap between the two in terms of numbers.

In three enlarged royal courts as well as various outbuildings......

The Imperial Gardens, the Royal Hunting Grounds, the Artificial Lakes, and the Magnificent Palace, although slightly inferior in scale to the Grand Palace of Constantine, were actually more expensive and more elaborate, and the whole complex was in the Baroque style, with an extremely ornate appearance, as if dreamlike, and the interior of the palace was still decorated, with curtains made of various precious gold, jewelry, porcelain, silk, and other precious fabrics.

These things are all ancillary products of the palace in the setting of Enides, and they cannot be sold outside, but can only be displayed to look good.

In addition, what made Randy even more excited was that he had been coveting all the furniture in Aurora's bedroom for a long time, especially the velvet bed, which was also in his room at this time, and the excited Randy rolled around on the bed with Artoria for a long time before it was finished.

Of course, such a large palace complex needs a lot to maintain normal operation.

Even if you only count the employment of more than 800 maids, the annual salary is in the thousands, in addition to the cost of various food, utensils, and electricity, the annual maintenance cost is between 5,800 and 6,500 gold coins, which is comparable to the salary of 5,000 Viking warriors.

(End of chapter)