After the first raid was frustrated, the Danish king decided to plan his actions more carefully, gathered all his forces for a surprise attack, and was sure to defeat Arold, the Earl of Mecklenburg, and capture the rich provinces, but Arold learned from the mouth of the shield maiden Grace that it was the Danish king of Northern Europe who made his calculations, although the Danish king could not be compared with the king of the Frankish kingdom, but the ability to mobilize a few thousand soldiers was there, compared to Mecklenburg to fight with the strength of a province, Even relying on Arold's various weapons and tactics could not be unscathed, and Mecklenburg was the base he had built with great difficulty, and he must not suffer heavy losses again.

"My courtiers, this is the situation now, and how are we going to deal with it?" In desperation, Arrod had no choice but to gather his courtiers in his lord's hall, which was attended by Brother Elvet, Elder St. Jom, the deputy head of the German mercenaries, John Borg, and the captain of the Inner Palace, Ron.

"We should gather more soldiers." John Borg said categorically.

"However, the total population of Mecklenburg is only more than 6,000 people, and it is very difficult for us to maintain a total of 1,000 troops so far, if it were not for the armor protection system and intensive cultivation implemented by Lord Earl, it is already remarkable that the average Earl can maintain a standing army of 300 people." Brother Elvette told the courtiers that it was true that slow population growth had always been a problem for Europa, and that when food was scarce, Europa farmers often killed their children to save their rations, and that Christianity repeatedly forbade this kind of mutilation of young children.

In the fairy tales of Grimm. The so-called Snow White story, its prototype was restored by experts and found that the original beautiful and romantic Snow White story turned out to be full of almost horror elements, that is to say, it was not her stepmother who killed her, but her own mother, in the original Germanic story, the mother said: If I don't kill my own child, then I can't live. Later, this long dark tale of Germanic people was adapted into a romantic love fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

"We can ask Lord Mason, Lord of the Earl's Lordship, to protect us, and now is the time for the Lord's Lordship to fulfill his duty of protection to us." Sir Ron said loudly. As a feudal system, Arold was a vassal of the Duke of Mason. Now that the Duke had sworn allegiance, Duke Abel was supposed to protect his possessions and domains in accordance with feudal law and tradition.

"Hmm." Arold sat on the lord's chair and put his hand on his forehead, he had always thought that he could rely on his own strength. Responding to the challenges of this dark age. But now I realize that even if I work hard to increase productivity. But there are some laws of nature that no one can break lightly.

Population was the most important factor limiting his power, even through guò emigration and the purchase of slaves, as well as the assimilation of the Slavs. The population of his territory is unlikely to leap up in the short term, and the insufficient population means that in the era of cold weapons, he does not have enough troops, so he must use force carefully and reduce the frequency of wars.

"It's a good idea, but if the Earl had contributed more land and wealth to the church earlier, this kind of punishment from God would not have happened." The elder of the Friars of St. Jom, holding his wooden cross with both hands to Arrod

said, but Arold only nodded slightly, he has always regarded this kind of god stick as the wind in his ears, the raid of the Norsemen comes from their poverty and greed, and has a woolen relationship with God.

"There is one more thing I must report to the Earl." Brother Elvet also ignored Elder St. Jom, and then spoke to Arrod.

"What could be more important than the upcoming raid of the Vikings?" Arold asked curiously.

"Your heir, Lord Earl, because you have not married Her Royal Highness the princess so far, and you have no heirs, the people in the territory are very worried." Brother Ervet couldn't help but say, and looked anxious, in this era, the state does not rely on the operation of the government, so the survival of a kingdom, duchy or earl is continued by the bloodline of the king, duke and earl family, if the heir will mean the destruction of the country and the displacement of the people, so people regard the bloodline of the ruler's family, especially the direct bloodline, as particularly important.

"That's right, and the wedding to Princess Josie will bring the Wendell family and the Herman family closer together, so that we can also get the Duke's assistance soon, which is a good idea to kill two birds with one stone." Sir Ron nodded in agreement, marriage was always the cornerstone of the close bond between feudal rulers, and the other courtiers nodded in agreement.

"It seems that everyone is on the same page on this point." Arold looked at the courtiers and felt that he should indeed get married, although he and Princess Josie have always had a marriage contract, but after all, he is not his wife, in this era where everything can happen, marrying the Herman family is not only a personal matter, but also a big matter related to his family.

"We ought to be prepared as much as possible, on the one hand, to ask for the support of the Duke of Abel, and on the other hand, to prepare for the wedding of Her Royal Highness the Princess, who, according to the tradition of the Hermann family, usually takes place in Fort Mason, to which the Count needs to go in person." Brother Elvet said.

"Okay, that's it." Arrod stood up and announced to his courtiers.

Several emissaries from Mecklenburg galloped towards Mason Castle on horseback, and they brought two messages from Arold to the Duke of Able, one was that the northerners, under the leadership of the King of Denmark, might attack the Duchy of Mason within this year, and the other was that Arold asked for the fulfillment of the sacred marriage contract with Princess Josie.

"Is Arold finally going to marry Princess Josie?" Of course, the news of the marriage must be told to SùArold's father, Baron Wendell, the prince of the Duchy of Mason is of course very satisfied with this marriage, and he is ready to gather all the important people of the Wendell family to attend this extremely important wedding for the Wendell family, which is a wedding where the Wendell family is united with the noble Herman family.

"What a jealous guy, haha." Yves laughed heartily, and his voice echoed through the cloister, causing everyone else to look to this side.

"It's good news, and there's good news in addition to that." Baron Wendell also had in his possession a parchment letter from Fort Lida, which the monks in Fort Lidada had helped to write.

"Oh? What is it. Yves asked curiously, he was a Germanic nobleman who believed that martial arts were more important than literacy, and therefore was far less interested in writing letters than his brother Arrod.

"Your wife, Josephine is pregnant, and this will be my first grandson." Baron Wendell said to his eldest son with a smile on his face.

"What? I have children. Yves grew his mouth in surprise, because he had to serve the Duke of Abel, so he often only returned to Fort Lida once in half a month, but he didn't expect that after the last time, Josephine would become pregnant, which was a surprise for him.

"God forbid, a new generation of Wendell family bloodline is finally about to be born, Ifu is going to be a father, and I'm going to be a grandfather." Baron Wendell couldn't help but moisten his eyes when he said this, the once broken squire aristocracy, now one of the best aristocratic families in the Duchy of Mason, is not only about to merge with the famous Herman family, but also a new generation is about to grow up, no wonder some people say that the Wendell family seems to have suddenly gained God's favor.

"I'm going to ask Lord Abel to come back to Fort Lida, to see my wife." Yves said excitedly, his impatient personality immediately walked to the room of Lord Abel Duke, and Baron Wendell tried to stop him, but he couldn't.

"Hehe, this kid." Baron Wendell took the letter, couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and at the same time raised his head to look around, thinking that if Arold gave birth to a boy with Princess Josie, then he would also have the right to inherit the Duchy of Mason, thinking of this, he coughed lightly, lowered his head and left slowly. (To be continued......)