A drop of crimson wax oil dripped on a roll of parchment, Arold took off his ring, and covered it with the candle oil, the lion pattern appeared on it, Arold looked at the stamp with satisfaction, picked it up, blew it, and handed it to Ron, who was with him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Give this to my brother and let him mobilize the military forces of the Duchy of Mecklenburg according to the orders from above." Arrod watched as Ron put the scroll in his arms and admonished him.

"I'll give it to the Earl myself." Ron assured Arrold, but he looked a little hesitant.

"What's wrong?" Arold asked.

"I'm just worried that there's no one to guard you." Ron said to Arrod.

"Harvey and the soldiers are still there, don't worry, after gathering the soldiers, you will set off by sea to reach the Low Realm, and then I will meet you." Arold tapped his fingers on the wooden table, if you go by land, the distance is long and the loss is large, if you set off by sea, it will save a lot of time.

"Understood, Lord Duke." Ron bowed to Arrod and exited the room.

"Ahh Solving an important matter, Arold stood up and stretched, Princess Josie took the children to play in the courtyard, Arold did not have to worry about their safety, the servants of the royal family served them respectfully.

Arold wanted to tease William, so he opened the door and walked out, and at the corner of the narrow corridor of the castle were guarded by guards armed with halberds, and squire servants in square robes dodged on either side, clearing the way for the noble duke.

"Don't forget, your old friend, the cemetery outside the castle at night." Suddenly, an extremely faint voice came into Arold's ears, Arold stopped, he frowned and looked left and right.

"What did you say?" Arold asked the attendants on either side of the hallway.

"Duke, Lord Duke, I didn't speak." Several of the attendants looked at each other, and they did not understand why the noble Duke of Mecklenburg. Will speak to them suddenly.

"Oh, nothing." Arold looked at the attendants in the corridor and shook his head, perhaps he was having auditory hallucinations.

In the courtyard of the castle. The courtyard is filled with the smell of flowers, and next to the fountain is Princess Josie and others, who are playing in the water, which served an important role in the war.

"Come here. Little William, look at him and be able to walk staggeringly. Little William, with the help of the maids, staggered over to Princess Josie, and the appearance made everyone laugh.

"What a delicate miracle, what a little angel." At this time, Prince Otto was wearing a hat with feathers, and he walked up to little William and held him in his arms, and Princess Josie and others hurriedly saluted him.

"Your Royal Highness." Princess Josie saw beside the prince followed by a middle-aged nobleman with elegant manners, who had taken off his richly decorated hat. A court courtesy was performed to Princess Josie.

"This is Tim. Peter, an envoy of the king of West Francia, is Josie, the princess of Mason. Prince Otto introduced Princess Josie.

"Oh, envoy of His Majesty the King of West Francia, are you from Paris?" Princess Josie had always been interested in what the bards called a prosperous city, so she asked curiously.

"Paris, yes, Your Royal Highness the Princess." Tim, the king's envoy, smiled and said to Princess Josie.

"Tell me about it." Princess Josie said wistfully.

"Oh, that's going to be a long time coming."

"Look. The Duke is here. When Prince Otto saw Arold approaching, he hurriedly introduced himself to the envoy of the French king.

"Oh, which duke is this?" The envoy was a little strange, he had not yet heard of Arold's prestige. After all, it was not easy to get to Saxony from the territory of the king of West Francia, and the lords and barons along the way, who had gradually become more and more domineering, hated the authority of the French king.

"It's my husband, Duke of Mecklenburg." Princess Josie introduced to the envoy.

"Mecklenburg? Have you added a new principality? ”

"Uh, this." Prince Otto did not know how to answer, and he was afraid that it would be inappropriate. will hurt Princess Josie next to her.

"My husband conquered the territories of the West Slavs, became the ruler of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, and formed a deep affection with Prince Otto during the battle, on the basis of which the Duchy of Mecklenburg swore to His Majesty the King." Princess Josie smiled and proudly said to the envoy.

"Ah, I see." The envoy smiled strangely, and in the eyes of a nobleman like him, such a duke, who had become by conquering pagan lands, was nothing more than an upstart.

"How?" Princess Josie's brow furrowed, and the envoy's behavior annoyed her, and she reached out to take the child from Prince Otto's hand.

"Please forgive Her Highness the Princess." Prince Otto pressed his right hand to his chest and apologized to the princess.

"It's okay, please forgive me for leaving first." Princess Josie led little William away from the fountain, and Arold had approached by this time, and he glanced curiously at the back of his wife leaving.

"Am I missing something?" Arold stood in front of Prince Otto and the envoys, the three of them in a triangular position, and it looked like three elegant nobles chatting in a friendly manner.

"No, I'm introducing you to Lord Tim." Prince Otto smiled and said to Arrod.

"It's an honor." Arrod pressed his hand to his chest and bowed his head slightly in greeting.

"Lord Duke, I don't know why His Royal Highness the Prince insisted on meeting us, is there any connection between this?" The envoy said to Arold.

"Oh?"

"Of course, the Duke of Mecklenburg will be responsible for reclaiming the kingdom's rights to Karlstadt." Prince Otto said to the envoy.

"I have to say that it is extremely unfriendly for your country to occupy Lorraine when our country is leaderless." The envoy immediately protested solemnly to Prince Otto.

"However, your new majesty Louis IV, who is about to ascend the throne, has indeed made an agreement with us to exchange Lorraine for our support." Prince Otto said nonchalantly.

"Yes, but we still think it's a very unequal agreement." The envoy coughed lightly, his bluff was only to achieve a more favorable diplomatic position, but Prince Otto was young, but he was not immature, and his diplomatic skills were very sophisticated.

"Let's be honest, how did Louis decide to withdraw his support for Karlstadt." Prince Otto looked into the envoy's eyes and said to him seriously.

"Hmm." Arrod watched with great interest, he was witnessing the transactions between the two countries at the highest level, something he would get used to later, so it was a good opportunity to learn.

"Ten thousand gold coins, give them to me and my master." The envoy was silent for a moment, then stretched out a finger and said to Prince Otto.

"Ten thousand gold coins, Karlstadt is not worth the price." Prince Otto shook his head and disagreed.

"Karshstadt is a very rich city, and if you loot it, I'm afraid it's more than that, and it's worth it."

"Tut-tut, Mistress Tim, the people of Karlstatt are faithful servants of the king of your country, and you betrayed them like this?" Prince Otto said with a smile.

"It is God's will, and it will take a lot of money for my master to ascend the throne, and the people of Karshtadt cannot prepare it." Tim made a cross on his chest and said to Prince Otto.

"Five thousand, five thousand at most." Arold said to Tim suddenly.

"Uh, tsk." Prince Otto's brow furrowed slightly, and he glanced at Arrod, if it wasn't for Arrod to speak, he would have killed the price again.

"Deal, can you give it to me right away?" Five thousand gold coins were a relief for Louis IV, who urgently needed the money to pay for the merchants' loans.

"Yes, but I have one condition." Arold said to Tim.

"Oh, what is it?"

"You must send messengers from the King of Dharma to announce to them that you have been abandoned by the King of Dharma while I am besieging the town." Arold said to Tim.

"What? This could not have happened, as the King of France had publicly promised to protect Carstatt, and such a public violation of his oath could not take place in public. Tim's head shook like a pendulum clock.

"So what can you do?" Arold asked.

"No more food and weapons to Karlstatt." Tim sighed and said to Arold.

"Send me a guide who is familiar with Karlstadt, this is the final request."

"Understood." Tim looked at Arold's calm face and held out his hand to him, and the two shook together.

(To be continued.) )