For the nobles, the title is a symbol of status, and the noble title represents their status, but compared with the title, they pay more attention to the actual interests in the title, what is the most practical and direct interest in this era, that is, the land, the princes and nobles are not large landowners who own a large amount of land, it is precisely because they have a large area of land and the tenant farmers on the land that they can support huge military expenditures, and divide the land into small pieces of mining to attract knights. The landless nobles were just settlers, and even with the title of earl, they were just diners in the courts of other nobles.

Duke Mason gave Arold the title of earl, but the land under this title was in the hands of others, Count Lauzitz gave Duke Mason this trick was extremely insidious, giving Arold the title of Count of Mecklenburg an empty shell, which not only blocked the mouths of other nobles, but also roasted Arold on the fire and became the laughing stock of other nobles, if Arold really planned to go to the territory of the West Slavs to claim land, it would really be his own long life, Those bloodthirsty heretics, who had the habit of sacrificing their evil gods with the blood of their enemies, had three county lands and four vassals, Duke Pulgibislav of Mecklenburg. Europe. With 5,000 troops and the support and support of the West Slavs, Rügen was able to say that his position in the Duchy of Mecklenburg was as solid as a rock, and no one thought that anyone could overthrow him, even the Holy Roman Emperor Henry, who was committed to fighting with the West Slavs for land, was trying to avoid conflict with him at this time.

"This must be Count Lauzitz's bastard idea, this damned bastard." The Wendell family temporarily settled in a vacated merchant's residence in the castle, this triangular roof house made of wood is not spacious, as soon as you push open the rough wooden door, there is a living room of more than 30 square meters, the east side of the living room is a fireplace, the corner of the fireplace is placed a pile of short and thick wood, above the fireplace hangs a thick woolen blanket, the blanket roughly depicts the image of a man playing the flute with color lines, and next to the living room are two small bedroom suites, Of course, there was nothing but a wooden bed inside, and the whole family of the merchants, who had a sharper sense of smell than rats, fled before Duke Mason began to lay siege to the castle.

"Enough Yves, although you haven't acquired the land, your brother has become an earl after all, which is a big thing for our family." Baron Wendell sat on the wooden chair, although he was angry that Duke Mason had listened to Count Lautz's slanderous words, but he also knew that the Wendell family could only accept this, and had no ability to resist.

"I'm not going to just forget it, I must get the land of Mecklenburg in my hands, it's my stuff and I won't give it up easily." Arold stood at the window of the house, the wooden window was opened, Arold watched the rain falling in the sky through the gap in the window, and the sound of raindrops falling on the ground could be heard from inside the house, because Göttingen Castle had just been conquered, and the civilians in the castle were hiding in the house and did not dare to take a step, so the streets in the castle seemed deserted, only a few hungry dogs were looking for food in the rain.

"Don't you understand, Arrod? Pulkibislav. Europe. The Duke of Rügen is not a person to be messed with, even the Duke of Mason is no match for him, so let's wait for the opportunity. Baron Wendell understood Arrod's thoughts, and no one knew better than him the important role Arold played in this war, but because the Wendell family was not a famous family, these bloody exploits were in vain.

"Is Sir Abel just sitting idly by?" Yves stood up, his massive body almost half of the living room, the wooden table next to him creaking as he collided.

"Sir Able can't do anything about it, it's a decision made by Duke Mason on behalf of the Herman family." Baron Wendell also approached Sir Abel for this, but found nothing, and the Sir was also very embarrassed when the interests of the Herman family were touched.

"Hmph, this ungrateful fellow, have you forgotten who helped him win the battle against Earl Brumbel, and who saved his life and honor." Yves waved his arms and shouted in discontent.

"Shut up, we swear allegiance to Lord Ebel, and if someone hears such words, they will mistake our oath for a lie." Baron Wendell immediately stopped Yves's unconcealment, and he did not want Count Lausitz to use this as an excuse to slander Duke Mason again.

"That's right, it's useless to say this now, Sir Able is a member of the Herman family after all, and of course he has to think about his own family's interests, so it's better to ask for others than for himself." Arold turned around and walked from the window to the wooden table, and Yve's indignation comforted him, in this dark and chaotic era when everyone was fighting for the interests of their family, only his own family could rely on him, but Arold felt that he could rely on his own strength to obtain land and status, and the help of his family might only make his plans a little earlier.

"Do you have any plans?" Baron Wendell looked at Arrod's appearance, and was already familiar with his expression of making up his mind, knowing that Arold must have his own plans.

"Well, I have my own plans, I just hope that my father and brother can provide me with some help when the time comes." Arold smiled and nodded, and his mind began to calculate the amount of force he could muster at hand.

At this time, after the Duke of Mason conquered Göttingen, the Duke of Saxony did not move but sent an envoy to ask the Duke of Mason to treat his vassals well, this strange phenomenon made the Duke of Mason involuntarily cautious, and then when the Duke of Mason and his army stayed in Göttingen County for a week of recuperation, the Duke of Saxony led his army to appear on a small plain outside Göttingen Castle, and at the same time with the Duke of Saxony there was also a courtier from the court of the Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Henry's Prime Minister Nishizawa. Morality. Lord Werther, the emperor's courtier in his twilight years, brought Henry's request for a call for a call for peace between the two sides.

"Peace? What a joke, we are on the winning side and should go on the offensive to defeat the Duke of Saxony and let him cede more land. ”

"But this is the emperor's order, and if you disobey it, I'm afraid it will attract the truth of other vassals in the empire."

"That's right, not to mention the fact that our soldiers are beginning to want to return to their homeland, and the nobles are complaining about the poor jingle of the money bags."

Duke Mason frowned and watched his courtiers arguing with each other, holding in his hand a parchment document stamped with the wax seal of the Holy Roman Emperor, on which Henry was very dissatisfied with his private war with the Duke of Saxony without authorization, believing that killing each other in the event that the Magyars could invade the empire at any time would weaken the Empire's resistance to foreign enemies, if Henry's threat seemed to Duke Mason to be a joke, then it was followed by several letters from Brandenburg and several other archbishops, The Duke of Mason had to be nervous, and these archbishops were completely on Henry's side, frequently complaining that Duke Mason's private war had caused many rebels to enter their archdiocese, causing losses to the nobles and commoners in the diocese, and warned Duke Mason that if he did not stop the private war with the Duke of Saxony, then they might respond to the Emperor's call to impose sanctions on Duke Mason.

"It seems that His Majesty the Emperor has already bought off these greedy archbishops." Sir Abel stood beside the Duke of Mason and took the letter from the Duke and said.

"Hmph, I didn't expect the Duke of Saxony, a stubborn old man, to let Henry meddle in this matter." Duke Mason said dissatisfiedly, but he also knew in his heart that although he could not put the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in his eyes on weekdays, once this kind of righteous name was suppressed on his head, then he would still make his principality unbearable, after all, the Duchy of Mason was still nominally a vassal of the empire, and his duke was still a vassal of Henry.

"What are your plans?" Sir Able sighed, he looked at the nobles arguing at the bottom of the steps, and understood that the protracted war had caused these nobles to grow discontent, and if they knew that several archbishops had begun to turn to the side of the Duke of Saxony, they would probably abandon the Duke of Mason and take his men and return directly to their own territory.

"Well, since the Duke of Saxony wants peace talks, then we agree." The Duke of Mason made the last decision, this decision was not made lightly, according to the report of his court governor, he had paid a large amount of money for the war, and even did not hesitate to borrow money from the merchants, if he continued to fight, it would only increase his financial deficit, rather than use the county of Göttingen as a bargaining chip, and knock the Duke of Saxony on the negotiating table.

"Hey." Sir Able looked at the nobles who were vying for power at the foot of the stairs, and felt more and more that they were obsolete and incompetent, but that Arold's Wendell family had made many achievements in war, but had not been rewarded with any reward and the corresponding status to display their talents, and he was worried about his father's short-sightedness.

When the Duke of Mason agreed to the Duke of Saxony's request for peace negotiations, the envoys of both sides shuttled through the castle and the Duke of Saxony's barracks, and the last two nobles who controlled several provinces held negotiations in a village in Göttingen, and they led several of their guards to sit face to face in the presence of Chancellor Nishizawa.