"Because my handwriting Artoria knows, and the love letters should be written by themselves, so that they can appear sincere."

"Huh? Didn't you say the letter of order for the military mission? ”

"That's just incidental."

"Well, I'm really convinced."

"Next question, in recent times, the Oslo fortress has basically taken shape, and the buildings that can be built can basically be built, and more than 5,000 troops can be trained at the same time, and in the various territories of the Norman Kingdom, Normandy, France, Newcastle, England, Marlborough, Prussia, Livonia Riga, these four castles have also been upgraded to three-story star castle-shaped fortresses according to your requirements, which can produce all Norman troops except for the royal knights."

"Not bad!"

"And recently, smelting, forging, and other technologies have been improved again, and the cost of manufacturing and upgrading weapons in the future will be further reduced, and the maintenance cost of the army will also be reduced accordingly, which means that you can give more troops and equip more sophisticated weapons."

Randy then asks about the road network, and is told that the road connecting Brittany and Normandy has been repaired, and that most of the roads connecting the British Isles to England, Scotland, and Wales have been built.

What worries Randy the most is the communication lines connecting Jutland, the Rhine, northern Saxony, Pomerania, Prussia, Livonia, and New Scandinavia.

After more than three years of hard work, these areas belonging to the north of the main body of the European continent have all fallen into the hands of Randy, and from the map it looks like a bow, the national border is very vast, but the strategic depth is very small, so that there are indeed many places that can be attacked, but there are also many places that need to be defended.

Randy led the Norman army to expand the territory, and offended many people, and fought with Burgundy, the Holy Roman Empire, Lithuania, and Novgorod, although the first two have been temporarily allied, and the latter two have not shown obvious hostility, but Randy is sure that as long as the conditions are right, these countries are definitely not recommended to bite a bite on Norman territory.

Especially the Holy Roman Empire!

Of course, strictly speaking, I don't know who is right and who is wrong.

Randy assisted Frederick in his ascension to the throne of the Emperor in exchange for all the territory of Pomerania and Jutland, and the Norman cavalry swept through North Germany, conquering countless cities, which were previously occupied in the name of the Crusaders.

Speaking of which, this is one of the reasons why Frederick agreed so quickly to join the Catholic coalition and form the Crusaders and the Eastern Romans, because then he could rightfully take over the territories occupied by the so-called Crusaders.

But that's not what Randy wants, Bremen, Hamburg, Lübeck, these three important towns, Bremen and Lübeck are both important commercial cities, and Hamburg is an important fortress connecting Germany and Denmark, in Randy's heart, it doesn't matter if the other territories are returned to Randerick, anyway, with the current strength of the Norman kingdom and the diplomatic strategy of focusing on war with the Eastern Roman Empire, it is no longer able to swallow most of North Germany.

But connecting Jutland and Pomerania by land, two cities, a castle, and Randi are inevitable.

The contradictions between the Norman Kingdom and the Holy Roman Empire have been irreconcilable, in fact, if it were not for the delay of the war with the Eastern Rome, Frederick would have already launched an army to crusade against the northern barbarians.

The overall road between these areas is up to ten meters wide and is a composite of two avenues.

One is dedicated to east to west.

One runs exclusively from west to east.

Management, maintenance, there are professionals to take care of, of course, there is a road maintenance fee or something, there will be a tax card, every 300 kilometers set up, the price is fair, Tong Su is not bullied, whoever dares to embezzle, Randy will kill whom.

The length of the entire road network is more than 1,200 kilometers, fortunately, there are few forests, mountains, hills, and other complex terrain on the ground, so it will be easier, and some cities themselves have road network connections, so it saves a lot of effort, and the whole project only needs 7.5 million gold coins.

After hearing the system's quotation, Randy was very surprised to find that he didn't even feel the slightest sense of this number, when Randy was still competing for the king of Norway, it cost 100,000 gold coins to build a provincial road connecting Bergen and New Nijmegen, and Randy shouted and robbed, but now Enides quoted 7.5 million gold coins, Randy just sighed, thinking that it was not a matter at all.

Thinking of this, Randy admired himself very much, this loser index rose much faster than the point roll.

In addition to this extreme bunker, which can be called a loser's road, Randy also did a big job!

That's the artificial canal that runs through Jutland......

Although Randy collects the toll tax of the Öresund waterway, which is indeed very cool, but time is money, and now the traffic of the Öresund waterway can no longer fully meet the trade of the Norman kingdom, and at the same time, Jutland is completely obtained by Randy, and also meets the prerequisites for the construction of the canal, and the construction of the canal in Jutland is the closest to the mainland, connecting the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, which can shorten the time to cross the two seas by more than three days.

And the whole project only costs 1.5 million gold coins, only 1.5 million gold coins, which is really cost-effective.

According to the report, more than one-third of the entire canal has been completed, and if there are no major problems during construction, the project will be completed this year.

Randy also asked about the development of the education system in the territory in the recent period, and the answer he got was very gratifying, more than 1/10 of the children in the entire territory who have enough family property and the right age have been sent to elementary schools, adding up to thousands of people, and Randy is very pleased with this.

It's just that there is a little problem here, that is, there is not enough paper needed for reading, parchment rolls or something, this kind of extravagant thing is made even by a scum like Randy, and papyrus is not much cheaper than parchment because of the problem of raw materials, and children who want to practice reading and writing can only use sand as paper, and branches as pens are so tragic.

"Is it necessary to start trade with the East? Introducing some printing papermaking technology from Arabia? ”

"Can't you study this technology yourself?"

"You are also a Chinese! Can't you save some face for the ancient country of the East? ”

"As you may say, I don't even know what the East is like, and papermaking, printing, and compasses are all handed down by the Arabs, so it is not as respectful as a Catholic to be respectful to the infidels."

"Alright! You can do it yourself, your imperial framework has been basically identified, and if you want to develop further, it will be very difficult if you don't have a large-scale cultural inheritance. ”

"Maybe!!

"Also, in my opinion, there is one thing missing from your empire."

"What's missing?"

"Of course, an heir who can carry on his legacy."

“…… Can I ask a question? ”

"Ask!"

"I've been killing people hard lately, and I've accumulated more than 500,000 points, so how many points does it take for a healthy, extremely talented, and loyal heir to exchange for one?"

"Do you want to get an heir through exchange? In fact, it is very simple, as long as you insert your body into Aurora's body, do piston movements until you shiver, repeat this action a few more times, and after ten months of time, it is guaranteed to be there, of course, whether the attributes are good or bad is another matter. ”

For the first time, Randy found that his shameless attribute was not high enough, and this time he was actually teased by others.

As soon as Enides said this, Randy also lost interest completely, and took out his pocket watch to look through the moonlight, and it was now the second half of the night.

"Sleep!" Randy uses this excuse to end the conversation.

At the same time, the Adriatic ......

After a surprise attack, a land battle, and a failed night raid, the Norman Outer Sea Fleet slowly bypassed the Aegean Sea, and then, due to a storm, temporarily took refuge in a harbor in the Adriatic, and when it reappeared after the rain had cleared, they found that they were unknowingly surrounded by a large Eastern Roman fleet.

More than a month ago, the Norman offshore army rushed to Constantinople and carried out smashing, looting, burning and sabotage activities in the Golden Horn, which led to another fierce man in the Eastern Romans, Her Royal Highness Lilianu, who personally stepped out and taught the Vikings a good lesson.

Field Marshal Carter, commander of the Norman Offshore Fleet, took it and led the fleet away, leaving no more opportunity for Her Highness Liliano to show her talents.

The news soon reached the city, and the ecumenical patriarch Sergius II was very excited, and announced in a high-profile manner that with such a heroic crown prince as Her Royal Highness the Princess, the future of the Eastern Roman Empire must be bright.

The commanders of the other legions were extremely embarrassed, and at the same time extremely regretful, followed by extraordinary fear, if before this, they had a reason not to go out, because the enemy army was strong, it was difficult to win, etc., but this expedition of Her Royal Highness the Princess proved that the other party was nothing more than a few thousand well-equipped pirates, and it could be defeated by relying on the thousands of gladiator slaves and Lilianu's guards that were improvised together. It's just a bunch of wine bags and rice bags.

Just when the generals were genuinely frightened and did not know what to do, Her Royal Highness the Princess took the initiative to gather them together to discuss how to write a letter to her father, the Emperor, Basil II, who was on a foreign expedition, to report the incident.

The generals had the intention to suppress this matter, but think about it, thousands of pirates attacked Constantinople, half of the Golden Horn was destroyed, and the tower on the northeast side of Constantinople was destroyed by enemy ballistas, so many major events could not be suppressed no matter what, as the main party, Her Royal Highness the Princess, who had become the hero of Constantinople, was the one who decided his life and death with a word.

Many generals shook their heads and sighed, not knowing how much money they would be extorted from this time when the handle was held in the hands of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"Destroy the fortune and eliminate the disaster! Who let the other party be Her Royal Highness the Princess! The generals comforted each other like this.

But the result of this matter surprised the generals very much, and Her Royal Highness the princess said very surprised at the meeting: "The truth of this matter, isn't it that tens of thousands of well-armed pirates on the other side went ashore to rob the Golden Horn, and the palace led everyone to fight together, and then repelled them?" ”

When the generals of Eastern Rome heard Her Royal Highness the princess's statement, they all smiled and agreed, but they didn't expect Her Royal Highness the princess to give face so much, not only did not write a letter to His Majesty the Emperor to punish him, but instead shared his military exploits with everyone, so tolerant and loving, it really deserves the demeanor that the heir of the Eastern Roman Empire should have!

Then Her Royal Highness invited the generals, went to the theater to see the latest plays, and watched the fierce battle of the lions brought from Africa and the tigers brought from the sea in the gladiatorial arena, and finally feasted them with luxurious food, and the generals, who were drunk in the middle of the night, all accepted the two maids presented by the princess.

In this way, the generals accepted the benefits of Her Royal Highness the Princess, owed Her Royal Highness a favor, and accepted the beautiful spies of Her Royal Highness, and they initially bowed down under the pomegranate skirt of Her Royal Highness, while Basil II, who was far away in Budapest, received a report that was not quite the same as the actual situation.

Her Royal Highness the Princess also knew which was more important than the other, and the description of the enemy was basically very correct, so it did not prevent Basil II from being furious, scolding the Admiral of the Black Sea Fleet with blood, and then rewarding his good daughter and the loyal generals, and then strictly ordering the Aegean Fleet, the Adriatic Fleet, and the Mediterranean Fleet, which had completed the task of transporting troops to southern Italy, to intercept the damned barbarian fleet and send all the enemy warships to the Mediterranean to feed the fish.

Carter Yuan Shuai was very unlucky, so he ran headlong into the encirclement network composed of the three major fleets of the Eastern Roman Empire, a total of more than 600 warships.

If it is in a normal state, the number of the Eastern Roman fleet exceeds that of the Norman fleet by six or seven times, even if the Norman fleet is equipped with scorpion crossbows in large quantities, but the Eastern Roman fleet also has a super secret weapon such as Greek fire, coupled with absolute numerical superiority, it is absolutely impossible for the Norman fleet to turn defeat into victory.

However, the fortunate thing in the misfortune is that the previous storm swept the Norman army at the same time, it also patronized the Eastern Roman fleet, and it seems that the other side did not find a harbor to escape the storm, the Eastern Roman army suffered heavy losses in this storm, dozens of warships of poor quality or bad luck were directly dismantled, and many Greek sailors were swept into the sea by the waves to feed the sharks.

The rest of the ships were not feeling well, and the decks were in shambles, some with broken masts, some with broken sails, and some with destroyed broadsides.

General Carter is looking at his own fleet, because he dodged in time, so he suffered much less trauma, which means that he may not have the strength to fight.

If it is blessed by the Lord of Hosts, it is unknown whether this battle will be won completely, thinking of this, General Carter's blood boiled, shouting: "Yang Fan! Expand the formation! Charge! ”

The Norman fleet immediately changed from a dense formation to a diamond-shaped formation, and the distance between the warships was just enough to form fire support between each other, and the warships would not appear too dense with each other, preventing the other side from using Greek fire against their own side, causing a chain reaction of burning.

Seeing that their warships were getting closer and closer to the other side, and the Viking pirates and sailors on the deck were also busy running forward and backward, carrying the munitions and materials in the cabin to the deck, picking up a large crossbow bolt in the shape of a spear and wrapping a piece of cloth around it, and a leather bag containing fire oil was tied under the cloth, which was used by ballista warships and was used in naval warfare.

(End of chapter)