The news of the baptism of the Danish king Banuk was brought to the camp of the East Franks by Warner, who wore monk's robes, and many East Frankish nobles who heard the news were stunned, and the heretics who had just been fighting on their side turned out to be brothers in the blink of an eye, but in the face of the testimony of the Warner monks, the nobles could only admit this fact, and they had to agree to an armistice, and the rest was a negotiation between gentlemen.

"What a venerable missionary who took advantage of the situation to force the King of Denmark to convert to the Holy Religion, and it seems that the Holy See will certainly make him bishop of Northern Europe." The Count of Thuringia walked up to Arold with a wine glass and said to Arryd.

"With a sword in one hand and a Bible in the other, are you sure that the Vikings would sincerely convert to the Holy Religion in this case?" Arold took a sip of his wine, even on the battlefield, the nobles can enjoy good food and wine, not to mention that this is an obvious victory, Arold thinks more about how much benefit he can get from this war, if the truce he may not get much land, the Mason nobles also have the same idea, after all, it is the king who presides over the war now, not the duke.

"If it weren't for the duke being so weak, we should have gotten the entire land a long time ago, the nobles are saying this in private, what do you think?" The Count of Thuringia whispered in Arryd's ear.

"But without the king's army, we would not have won such a good victory." Arrod's ties with the three vassals grew closer, and in private they would exchange information, and the nobles' dissatisfaction with the duke became more and more superficial, if they could not satisfy their desires with land or possessions this time. The Duke's rule will be in jeopardy, and how to divide the land of the Vikings will become the focus of their attention.

"Tomorrow morning, outside the castle of Schleisug, I will negotiate the terms of peace with the Danish king Banuk." King Henry of East Francia accepted the armistice and peace talks, but Henry seemed very relaxed about this, after all, King Henry's solution was not to annex the Danish land, but to prevent the Vikings from continuing to invade the kingdom in the south, because King Henry had a bigger chess game, and he would not allow the Vikings to make trouble, so the current outcome was the most beneficial to the kingdom.

"Is it as a meeting of two Christian kings?" Warner Brother asked again to confirm.

"Meeting between Christians, in the name of God." King Henry raised his finger and swore an oath. I saw the king swear to God. Brother Warner bowed and left.

"Your Majesty, we respect your decision, but please don't forget the rights and interests of the nobles who shed their blood and died, as well as the living nobles." The Duke of Abel petitioned King Henry. Although the Duchy of Mason was also one of the important principalities that made up the Kingdom of East Francia. But after all, it is a remote principality. Far less important than the principalities of Bavaria and Franconia.

"Rest assured, Lord Duke Abel, my dear friend, I will take into account the interests of the nobles of Mason." King Henry assured Duke Abel.

Early in the morning of the second day. King Henry led the nobles and knights to the outside of the castle of Shireisug, outside the castle the Danish king Banuk had been waiting for them for a long time, but the original army of thousands of people had a few hundred people left at this time, these hundreds of people were baptized according to Banuk's orders, and they were also the first Viking warriors in the Vikan region to believe in Christianity, and there were originally several crosses in the open space outside the Shileisug Fort, which was the punishment of the Duke of Abel to deter the Danes, but at this time it was also pulled out, Only a few potholes remained.

This meeting soon became a great story in Christendom, and the merit of being able to force the Danish king to convert to Christianity was enough to make Henry canonized after his death, but the efforts of the Warners were not in vain, a bishopric order from Rome was considered to be a reward for his efforts, and the nobles of the Duchy of Mason were rewarded financially, and the Duke of Abel was officially promoted as the king's foreign minister, in charge of the foreign affairs of the kingdom, and was eligible to participate in the king's royal councils. This was a great honor for Duke Abel of Mason, and it had a great effect on enhancing the Duke's personal prestige, and it could be said that he had entered the core of the kingdom's power, and the young and vigorous Duke Abel was of course very satisfied.

"Count Mecklenburg has made a great contribution to this war, and my father should not forget it." Prince Otto was good to Arold, reminding King Henry Arold of his merits, this remark was said in Schleisugburg, after the truce between the Kingdom of East Francia and the Danes, in order to show his friendliness, regardless of previous suspicions, Danish King Banuk took the initiative to invite King Henry into the castle, after all, although there was a Mecklenburg fleet to transport supplies, but sleeping in the open at night was still enough for the elderly Henry.

"Lord Count Mecklenburg, what do you want to sue me?" King Henry sat in the room that Banuk had prepared for him, the Vikings were not in the habit of building a fireplace, but there was a fire pit in the room to keep warm, and Henry sat next to the fire with a wolf skin from Banuk on his lap to protect the East Frankish king, and he put his hand on his chin and asked Arold that a royal attendant poured hot ale into the king's cup.

"Your Majesty, Mecklenburg has spent a lot of manpower and material resources to defeat the Danish invasion this time, so in order to compensate me for the islands of Sealand as a safe haven for my fleet." Arold pleaded with King Henry.

"Zealand? The King of Denmark would not agree. Hearing Arold's words, King Henry's brow furrowed, he did not want to force the Vikings to be enemies in his own chess game, he knew that his real enemies were not the Norsemen, but from that terrible people of the steppe.

"Is this your only request?" Prince Otto saw the king's hesitation, and he immediately inquired of Arold.

"That's right." Arold had his own plans for the Baltic coast, and if it developed far from the Mediterranean commercial area, there was no more important thing than the control of the sea traffic arteries of the Vikan Peninsula, and the control of the Sealand Islands would not only allow merchant ships to have a safe harbor transit point, but also collect considerable traffic taxes from passing ships after frequent commercial exchanges.

"I will propose it to the King of Denmark, but it is uncertain whether he will agree or not, and in any case we must keep peace with the Danes, with the blessing of God." King Henry said this to Arrod.

"I understand, thank you." Arold only needs King Henry's approval on this matter, and if the Danish king Banuk does not agree, Julian's army is stationed on Zealand anyway, and the actual control is in Arold's hands.

King Henry did not break his promise, when the two sides negotiated peace, he put Arold's request to the Danish king Banuk, but to Henry's surprise, the Danish king Banouk did not immediately speak out against it, but looked at Arold standing behind King Henry with great meaning, although there is a palace of Banuk on the island of Sealand, but for these kings, the palace is nothing, the important thing is that the place where the king is located is where the capital is.

"It's not impossible to want Sealand, but I have two conditions that the Earl of Mecklenburg must agree to." King Banuk of Denmark sat in his chair, his voice echoing through the hall, and claiming territory was not uncommon in peace talks.

"Oh, please." Arold was also very surprised to see that the Danish king Banuk did not refuse, so he decided to listen to his terms, war is a continuation of diplomacy, and conversely, diplomacy can also get what war cannot get.

"I admire the brave soldiers of the Count of Mecklenburg, and you know that after being baptized as a Christian, my vassals who believed in the false gods have reneged on their oath to me, so I need an army to regain my lost lands and restore my rights." King Banuk of Denmark said to Arold.

"Borrow my army?" Arold's German mercenary group performed well in the battle with the Danes, and even the Danish king Banuk had to admire, not to mention that the Viking warriors who were Arold's terrible fire weapons were regarded as flood beasts, and if Arold's German mercenary group helped Danish king Banuk would quickly recover his own power, which was very good compared to ceding a mere Sealand Island.

"That's right, what's the matter, I'll follow the mercenary's right price." Danish King Banukti yì said.

"Yes, I agree to the first condition." One of the purposes of Arjord's establishment of the German mercenary regiment was to imitate the Swiss in selling force to various countries as commodities and earning foreign exchange remuneration for Mecklenburg, so it was not impossible to serve the Danish king Banuk.

"What is the second condition?" At this time, Prince Otto curiously asked the Danish king Banuk that the first condition was very surprising to them, so would the second condition be even more strange? The nobles of the East Frankish kingdom were intrigued.

"The second condition is to give Grace to me." Danish King Banuk looked Arold in the eye and said to Arold.

"What?" Arold didn't expect Danish King Banuk to put forward this condition, but then thought that as the only daughter of the former Danish king, Grace might be a greater threat to Danish King Banuk, thinking of this, Arrod immediately refused solemnly, "Although Grace was once your subject, she is already my slave, and she is my property and under my protection." (To be continued......)