Under the cold and bloody blows of the Teutonic knights, gradually Karsstadt's resistance stopped, after all, not everyone had the courage to resist, and gradually when night fell, the city calmed down, and Arold began to systematically sack the rich city with the city council as the command post. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Lord Duke, our people have already taken control of the city's money cellars, and they didn't expect us to take the city so quickly, so the money in it has not had time to be transferred." Earl Ron reports to Arrod.

"Well, of course we want the money, it's for the royal family and the king of West Francia, but don't forget the most important thing." Arold sat on a wooden chair, holding in his hand a glass of wine from Burgundy, which had been brought in barrels straight from the city's fair.

"Oh, what is it?" Count Ron was a little puzzled, he didn't understand what was more precious than a gold coin.

"You immediately take your capable men, collect all the documents of the mayor's mansion and the council, and take them with us when we leave." Arrod asked Count Ron to take all the documents in the entire city away, this trick was learned by Xiao He in the early Han Dynasty, when Chu and Han successively captured the Qin capital Xianyang, Liu Bang and his group of bitter brothers only cared about snatching treasures, but Xiao He was very discerning to collect the administrative documents of the Qin State and the national household registration and take them away, laying a solid foundation for the Han Dynasty to finally unify the country.

Of course, Karlstadt is only a city in the Middle Ages, but you must know that in the whole Middle Ages because of the raging wars and plagues, there are not many large cities formed, Arold will take away the population data and regulatory documents of the entire city, you will be able to have an in-depth understanding of the city, if you return here again one day, you can quickly grasp it, after all, the city's defense can be strengthened and changed, but its internal regulations and population data cannot be changed.

"Congratulations, Lord Duke of Mecklenburg." When the Mecklenburg legions had taken complete control of Karlstadt, the smoky city was visited by an emissary from the king of West Francia, wearing a checkered bandana, a blue velvet garment, and an emerald necklace around his neck, and rode into the city betrayed by his master.

"Hello messenger, the treasure for your master is ready, and you can take it with you at any time." Arold looked at the messenger dressed like an upstart and said with a slight smile.

"The sooner the better, of course." The messenger pulled out a delicate handkerchief and covered it around his mouth and nose, the smell of burning and blood in the air mixed together, making the French nobleman a little uncomfortable.

"Okay." Arold looked at the pretentious French nobleman, his heart was full of contempt for him, he didn't know what the Karlstads would think when they saw the French nobleman who had betrayed him, thinking of this, Arold suddenly had an idea, he beckoned to his subordinate Ted, and whispered a few words in the other party's ear.

"Thank you very much." The French nobleman smiled, he bent over his legs, and danced the fingers of his right hand a few times, which Arold knew was the etiquette of the West Francian court.

"Messenger, please." Tyde, the captain of Arold's light cavalry, made a gesture of invitation to the messenger, and the unknown West Frankish envoy happily followed behind Ted.

Ted led the West Francian messenger to the carriage loaded with belongings, and nodded with satisfaction as he looked at the loaded box of goods, but just as he was about to mount his horse and leave with them, a group of emaciated faces and clothes covered with smoke and dust passed in front of them, and the men of these men were tied up with ropes and guarded by the soldiers of Mecklenburg, who seemed to be captured citizens of Karlstadt.

"Stop, make way for the messenger of the King of West Francia." When Ted saw the group of people standing in his way, he stepped forward and shouted at him.

"Oh, I'm sorry Captain Ted." The Mecklenburg soldiers, who were guarding the captives, recognized the Slav as the captain of the hussars, and they hurriedly drove the captives to the sides with their spears to make way for the carriage.

"Squeak, squeak." The chariots laden with goods passed among the captives, and when the citizens of Karlstadt heard that this nouveau riche nobleman dressed like an upstart was actually an envoy of the king of West Francia, their eyes showed an angry look, and the king of West Francia had promised them that he would protect Karlstadt, but now he shamelessly betrayed them, and what made the citizens even more angry was that the king was so shameless and eager to send an envoy to share the spoils.

"Phew, traitor."

"Shameless, go to hell."

"Dirty." When the envoy of the king of West Francia rode past the townspeople, he heard the faint sound of scolding and cursing in the crowd, and the eyes of the crowd on both sides made him feel uncomfortable like a thorn in the back, and the journey seemed to be very long.

"Ha, Lord Duke, the messenger must be embarrassed now!" Count Ron learned that Arold had deliberately arranged this play, and although he didn't understand why Arold treated the envoy of the King of West Francia like this, he didn't care about the actions of the King of West Francia.

"I don't care about him, by the way, you personally lead the escort of the property to the royal family, and it must be handed over to Prince Otto as soon as possible." Arold shrugged his shoulders, he knew that now the king of West Francia recognized Henry's occupation of Lorraine, but in fact, from the future history, the French have never given up on Lorraine, France and Germany will definitely have a dispute over Lorraine again, and Arold is very clever to plant the seeds of distrust of the French in the hearts of the Karlstadts.

"Yes, Lord Count, I will go as soon as I can, to-morrow morning." Earl Ron heard Arrod's command and hurriedly replied.

"Oh yes, I found a necklace and this toy in a pile of loot today, and you give it to my wife and children." Arold smiled slightly, he walked to a wooden box next to the wooden table, opened the wooden box inside was a small necklace inlaid with many crystals and silver, and an intricately carved oak knight toy, Arold carefully examined it, then closed the small wooden box, handed the box to Earl Ron.

"Ha, that's good, Princess Josie and little William will like it." Count Ron took the small wooden box and said with a smile.

"yes, after the matter is settled, we can go back, Ron, do you have a beautiful girl you like? If you like me, I will officiate your wedding, and starting a family will make your rule stable. Arold also smiled, thinking of his wife and son, Arold couldn't help but feel in the mood to tease Ron.

"Don't, Lord Duke, although you can preside over my marriage as a feudal lord, I don't want to be controlled by my wife yet." Ron waved his hand and smiled bitterly.

"Hahaha." Arrold couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Ron's sad face.

Early the next morning, Ron led a few knights and elite soldiers to escort the belongings for the royal family out of Karlstadt and bound for Quedlinburg.

After several days and nights, Count Ron finally came to Quedlinburg, where the royal family is located, the people on the gatehouse of the castle saw the flag of the Duke of Mecklenburg, and heard the triumphant news brought by Count Ron, and hurriedly asked people to open the city gate to welcome them, the soldiers guarding the city on the gatehouse of the castle took out the trombone and puffed out their cheeks and blew, with the crisp trombone sounding, the people in the castle knew that there was good news.

"What's going on, why do you play the trombone?" Josie, who was sitting in the guest room of the castle teasing her son William, heard the sound of a trombone coming from the castle gatehouse, and couldn't help but ask the maid next to her curiously.

"I don't know the Duchess, I'll ask!" The maid who was in charge of serving Josie hurriedly lifted the hem of her dress, and quickly left the room to inquire, and when she heard that it was the Duke of Mecklenburg who had conquered Karlstadt and the Earl of Ron who had come to Quedlinburg with his belongings, the maid hurriedly returned and told Princess Josie the good news.

At the same time, Prince Otto and his father, Henry, the "Bird Catcher" of East Francia, also learned the news, Prince Otto couldn't help but look at his father happily, and King Henry's cheeks, which had been emaciated by illness, also had a hint of rosiness.

"He did it, he did it." Prince Otto said incoherently.

"Looks like you've got a capable friend, now help me up." King Henry nodded slightly, and then he pushed back with all his might, and sat up from the bed, a room filled with the smell of incense, for the doctors and priests believed that incense could ward off all diseases.

"Father, what are you going to do here?" Prince Otto hurriedly stepped forward and helped King Henry up with the court servants.

"To change my clothes, we must formally receive the envoy of the Duke of Mecklenburg." King Henry endured the pain and said to his son, King Henry broke the tradition of the Carolingian dynasty, and wanted to pass the throne to his designated heir, Otto, in fact, facing a very big risk, as well as the backlash of the dukes of the tribes, in order to ensure the stability of his son's throne, King Henry must let the world know the power of Prince Otto.

"I, I see." Prince Otto looked at his scrawny father, and he knew that his father would use the last bit of energy in his life to pave the way for him to take the throne, and he couldn't help but feel tears rolling in his eyes, and at the same time secretly determined to take on the responsibility of king.