CHAPTER XXV. Denmark
It was already afternoon when Carolan finally returned to the Klose family manor, and he didn't waste much time on Sa'an after returning to the Iris manor from Mirror Lake, and without the interference of the Goethe family, the handover was quickly completed, and all the people in the Irist manor quickly completed all of Caroland's instructions with unprecedented efficiency under the supervision of the cavalry regiment led by Heinrich. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info then Carolan casually dealt with the others with a few words and hurriedly took Heinrich and they left, which disappointed many people who paid attention to Iris Manor. Many ill-intentioned people hope that Caroline and Sa'an can break out into a fierce conflict, so that Caroline will not be able to take over the Iris Manor smoothly, and finally achieve their goal of influencing the Klose family through Carolan. In fact, many people have been feeling a little out of breath under the pressure of Henry and Hermann recently, but fortunately, there is a news that has recently brought the attention of Henry the Bird Catcher to other places: Elise, the daughter of the old Danish king Gorm, is about to take an envoy from their country to Memleben to attend the commemoration ceremony of the Northern Apostle Ansgar a month later.
As the bird catcher Henry had been planning to cross the Elbe and uproot the Slavs from the most important fortress in East Francia, Blaniebel. But there was one thing that could not be bypassed, and that was the raids of the Danish pirates along the Elbe. Once Henry's army had crossed the Elbe, it would have been fatal for East Francia if the Danes had taken the opportunity to raid Hamburg and Bremen. Just a hundred years ago, the Vikings completely leveled Hamburg. If it were attacked again this time, not only would Henry's prestige be greatly damaged, but the expeditionary force's rear would also be in danger; Although there was no such thing as a logistics line in the army in this era, a stable rear was still needed; Otherwise, just think of the East Francian army on the march being surrounded by Vikings and Slavs, and it would be a nightmare for all East Francians.
Although Hamburg was not as rich as it was two hundred years later, Henry, as an important seaport in the East Francian kingdom and the most important checkpoint at the mouth of the Elbe River, did not want it to be lost. In particular, he hoped to establish absolute royal power in the country through this military activity, so Henry tried to communicate with Denmark several years ago, hoping to establish an alliance between the two countries. Fortunately, most of the tribes in Denmark have now been integrated with Gohm, and the friendly relationship between the Bishopric of Hamburg established by St. Ansgaard and the Danes has made significant progress in Henry's efforts in this regard, and this visit is planned to represent Denmark and the Kingdom of East Francia into a non-aggression pact, in exchange for which the Kingdom of East Francia must support Gom in establishing a kingdom in Denmark with his family as the core.
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"Hah, our little Caroline seems to be a little weak! Are you being bullied by those damn slaves? Hahahaha Rudolph also returned home after completing his day's duty at the palace, but after seeing Caroline's tired face from a long day's travel, Rudolph immediately quipped.
It can be seen that the last time Herman praised Carolan, Rudolph remembers it very clearly, and at this time he did not forget to take it out to hit Carolan.
"Damn Rudolph, I'm just a little tired, where do you see I'm being bullied!" Caroline felt that her stomach couldn't stand the bump on the horse's back today, and she felt like throwing up all the time.
"Hahahaha, you went to take over a manor, how could you be so tired? Could it be that I've been practicing swordsmanship with you too little lately, and your physical fitness has dropped so much? Rudolph still refuses to give up the opportunity to make fun of his brother, who has suddenly become very smart recently, and relentlessly talks about topics that make Carolan very helpless.
"Rudolph, if you can't shut up and eat properly, I'm sure I'll stuff this piece of barbecue into your nostrils! I swear! Carolan whispered at Rudolph, he couldn't stand the sudden nagging brother.
"Alright, Rudolph, has Carolan done a lot today? Not only did you hunt a piece of antlers as a trophy, but even Noarthur's Goethe family ate a lot of money from your brother. At this moment, just as Caroline felt that the boat of friendship between Caroline and Rudolph was about to capsize, Lady Canossa's voice entered the hall, and then there was a sound of footsteps, and Lady Canossa took Herman's hand and walked in.
"Good evening, father, mother." Seeing Herman walk in, Rudolph and Carolan immediately got up from their seats and saluted him, even if it was a father-son relationship, they still had to give Herman, the head of the Klose family, enough respect at the table.
"Sit down and eat." Herman waved his hand with a blank face, and then walked to the main seat and sat down with Lady Canossa.
Herman has an interesting habit of eating, that is, he is not left-handed, but he likes to use his left hand to use the knife when eating, Carolan has never understood why, so he peeks at Herman's left hand while eating. Herman had obviously noticed his youngest son's sneaky eyes, but he didn't care, and he felt that it was better to hold back his son, who seemed a little too eccentric these days. Although many people are very optimistic about this little guy, Herman feels that as a future lord, Caroline's overly out-of-the-box personality is really not a good choice.
Herman wiped out his own dinner with his even eating speed, while Carolan and Rudolph, who were already exhausted, had already finished their meal and sat by waiting for Herman. This is the result of Herman's childhood, and even if Rudolph is so manic, he still has to sit in his place and play with his fingernails boredly waiting for his father's instructions or leaving.
As a result, the napkin handed by Madame Canossa, Herman wiped his mouth and coughed loudly twice to clear his throat; Hearing this, Carolan and Rudolph immediately adjusted their somewhat casual sitting posture, and according to Herman's habit, he had something to say.
"Carolan did a good job today, rejecting Michael and solving Sa'an's problem on her own. Presumably, no one will challenge your position at Iris anytime soon, but you'd better have a plan to finally get rid of these unstable people, as Michael keeps telling me that you can always go to him if you need to. Herman first turned his attention to Carolan and praised Carolan first. As for the dangers that Carolan took in doing these things, they were nothing in the eyes of Herman, a seasoned warrior.
"Whew~" This was the voice of Lady Canossa who breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that Carolan had solved Sa'an's trouble, and Mrs. Canossa, who was relieved, took a sip of a glass of wine on the table.
"What! That son of a bitch! What did he do。。。。。。。。。。。。 You don't have to think about it to know that this is Rudolph's roar when he hears that Saan dares to make things difficult for his brother.
Automatically classifying Rudolph's voice as background music, Carolan thought with her neck that if she ignored Rudolph, then Rudolph would definitely threaten to take his guards to cut down those who were against her.
"Carolan, you wait, I'll take Edbede and them to clean up those guys!" Sure enough, as Carolan thought, Rudolph said the words in a tone that was almost shouting.
"Alright Rudolph, Carolan has done a good job, you don't need to make a mess." Herman, like Carolan, completely ignored the useless words of his eldest son, and only Lady Canossa stopped her eldest son in a strange tone.
"Got it, my brother. If I'm going to kill them one day, I'm sure I'll trouble you. It's just that I don't need it yet. Carolan comforted Rudolph's indignant mood without looking back, and he looked at Herman, who knew that Herman must have said these words more than just to praise himself.
"Actually, I'm going to build another manor near Mirror Lake, I looked at the account book, and the main income of irises in the past mainly depended on the rent paid by the nobles to hold banquets in Iris, as well as the income from the sale of liquor produced by them. I don't think such a manor is healthy. Besides, I don't think that after the owner of the iris becomes me, there will be so many nobles who come to the iris to hold a banquet. Carolan said the plan she had been pondering.
"Yes, I'm not happy with the Iris manor you obtained. That manor is only suitable for being a nobleman's plaything, not a source of strength for nobles. But fortunately, with the addition of Mirror Lake, it can be regarded as barely strong. "If Herman's comments about Iris Manor were heard by Sa'an, he would definitely be angry and vomit blood." Now that you have a plan, let Canossa mix it for you. The Klose family still has this resource. Without interfering too much with the iris as Caroline had thought, Herman turned his attention to Rudolph.
"Uh... Father. What do you command? He didn't expect Herman to stare at him, and Rudolph was a little overwhelmed.
"Elise is coming to Memleben." Herman was silent for a few moments before he suddenly spoke.
"Huh? Elise? Which Elise? Rudolph was visibly overwhelmed by the name.
"Denmark's only daughter, Elise." Herman reluctantly reminded his eldest son.
"Ahh This exclamation was uttered by Carolan and Rudolph together, but Rudolph's exclamation did not know why there was a hint of fear.
"Carolan, you know Elise?" Herman, who didn't expect his youngest son to follow Rudolph and shout, asked curiously.
"Gorm's only daughter? Doesn't Gorm have any other children? I remember that our relationship was not good, and there seemed to be a conflict on Holstein's side all the time. Carolan immediately thought of an excuse to hide her surprise, and the reason for his surprise was not a conflict between the two countries, but Herman said, Gohm's only daughter! You must know that in history, Denmark's Gohm had a son, the famous Bluetooth king Harald! Denmark was officially established and converted to Catholicism!
"Holstein wasn't under Gauhm's control, so we didn't really have any conflict with each other. Gohm's ruling area is mainly in the northern part of Jutland, well, this time, as a sign of goodwill, Gom sent his only daughter out. Herman didn't think much of Carolan when he heard what she said, and simply explained it to Caroline. And you, Rudolph, after the judgment of God a month later, you are in charge of taking people to Hamburg to meet Elise. This is what she specifically requested. ”
"Oh! No! Rudolph wailed when he heard this.
"Uh, what's the story of Rudolph and Elise?" Carolan looked at Rudolph's performance with questioning eyes, as if Elise was Rudolph's natural enemy.
"In the early years, Elise used to come to Herman to ask for swordsmanship, so at that time, Rudolph and Elise were learning swordsmanship together as opponents, well, at that time, Elise was a little older than Rudolph, so Rudolph may have been compared in the process of learning with Elise... Well... Deeply memorable. Lady Canossa noticed her youngest son's expression, and whispered over to Caroline. But when it comes to Rudolph's tragic-sounding memory, Canossa uses a very interesting word to describe it: deep memory.
"It seems that there are a lot of stories between Brother Rudolph and that Highness Elise... After hearing Madame Canossa's explanation, Caroline smiled and touched her chin, feeling that she must have something to watch by then.
"Okay, Carolan, don't worry too much about it, and tidy up the Iris Manor. I'll ask Heinrich to help you get the slaves Werner sent to you to Mirror Lake to set up a place to live in in the near future. With that, Herman got up and left the dining room with Lady Canossa. As for his last sentence, it was obvious that he would let Heinrich temporarily station in Mirror Lake, so that Caroline could take this opportunity to integrate the Lower Iris Manor.
Seeing that Herman had already left the restaurant, Caroline turned around and patted Rudolph, who was lying on the table and felt sorry for himself, on the back and said, "Okay, brother, isn't it just a woman!" As for the exaggeration! ”
"You know what! Elise is not a woman! That's a monster! The biggest sea monster in the North Sea is not as terrifying as her! When Rudolph heard Carolan's words, he raised his head and shouted uncontrollably. But fortunately, after shouting this sentence, Rudolph did not lie down again, but left the restaurant directly regardless of Caroline.
"Tut-tut... What had that Highness done to Rudolph before, and made him so afraid of her? Caroline smiled as Rudolph left the dining room, and did not hurry to leave, waving her hand to let the servants who were about to clean up the table continue to clean the table. But he himself picked up a can of wine and drank it himself, silently pondering his plan as he drank.