Marty, Countess of Weller, looked at this heroic knight, in the war with her uncle Billis, it was he who led the cavalry raid to save her fate, and since then Julian has left an indelible impression on Marty's heart, the strong woman on the surface is actually more eager to have a knight to protect her, looking at the young and handsome knight in front of her, Marty has a trace of nervousness in her heart, even in the face of her uncle's army, she is not too cowardly, what's wrong with her?

"Your Excellency the rightful ruler of Weller, Your Countess Marty, I bring you the sincere greetings of the Count of Mecklenburg, as well as gifts." Julian took a few steps forward, shouted at Countess Marty, and waved his right arm in a court courtesy.

"Welcome, emissary from Mecklenburg." Marty nodded his head in acceptance, and from behind Julian stepped up an entourage and pulled out a long piece of parchment, a list of gifts for Countess Marty.

"Ten jars of honey, three barrels of whale oil, fifty smoked fish, ten hangs of bacon, five horses of dyed linen, twenty baskets of wheat, 150 pounds of flour, thirty candles, and ten barrels of ale." The voice of the attendant sounded in the hall, and the Slavs standing in the hall and outside the door couldn't help but gasp when they heard the long list, this was a lot of wealth and goods, and they didn't expect their neighbor Count Mecklenburg to be so generous.

"Thank you Count Mecklen for the gift." Although he was amazed at Arrod's generous offer, Marty knew that as a ruler, he would not do meaningless acts, and Arold must have asked for so many supplies.

"In addition to these gifts. The Count also sent thirty pieces of leather armor and twenty Bohemian compound bows. When the attendant had finished all the lists, he bowed to Countess Marty, stepped back a step behind Julian, and handed the list to Countess Marty's attendant.

"Great." Marty's general couldn't help but applaud, honey, linen, and wheat were of course precious, but for Willle, who was constantly fighting on the border, there was nothing more important than the bow and arrow, and Arold was gradually phasing out leather armor and equipping his troops with chain mail. Obsolete leather armor can be used as a bonus for gifting allies. As for the Bohemian compound bow, he captured more than a hundred, and it didn't matter if he gave some to Marty.

"The gift of the Count of Mecklenburg is too valuable, and we Slavs have a proverb that birds do not eat food that they pick up for nothing, so please tell me the true purpose of the Count sending you." But Marty calmed down. She ignored the general's frequent glances. Said to Julian.

"Yes. Then I'll be blunt, Mecklenburg needs your support. Julian was also a bold knight, and he saw that Marty was not deceived by the abundance. I couldn't help but admire this strong Slavic girl even more in my heart, but he understood his mission, so he told Marty that the Vikings were going to invade the south.

When they heard that the warlike Vikings were preparing to invade the south, the Slavs in the hall were silent, and they agreed not to have any good feelings for the Vikings from the bitter cold region, and for a long time the main direction of the Vikings looting was the Slav territory, but later it was found that the Slavs were as poor as them and could hardly grab anything, so they changed the target of the attack to other directions, in fact, the Viking tribes also robbed each other, it was really a mess.

"Why are the berserkers attacking us?" Marty's general was taken aback and said that the Vikings in Northern Europe fought extremely fiercely and madly, they were convinced that only women and cowards should die in hospital beds, and the real Viking warriors should die on the battlefield, and the soul was greeted by the heroic female warrior Valkyrie to the sanctuary where the god Odin lived, so for the ancient pagan Viking warriors to die on the battlefield to die a proper death, so the Viking warriors were particularly crazy when they fought, and were called berserkers.

"My monarch has received accurate information that the Viking pirates are planning to attack the territories on the Baltic coast, so we should unite against the Vikings." Julian did not tell Marty that the Vikings were targeting Mecklenburg, but exaggerated the possible targets to the entire Baltic Sea, including Marty's territory, and the Viking attacks were sometimes aimless, so it cannot be said that Julian was deceiving the Wellers.

"How is the Count of Mecklenburg going to unite?" Marty asked curiously.

"My sovereign, Lord Count Mecklenburg, has a good army, but this army has just finished fighting the Bohemians and has not yet been fully rested, so it can only take a defensive posture." Julian said to Countess Marty, thoughtfully.

"Defense? Do you want to build a fortress? "Marty knew Arold's ability to build fortresses, and in his war of conquest of Mecklenburg, he first built a stronghold in a short period of time, the Angry Lion Fort, and used it as a bridgehead to take the entire county step by step.

"Yes, but we are too few men, so I hope that the Countess will support our serfs and build a fortress against the Vikings." Julian finally put aside the terms of Arold's negotiations, and although Arold implemented a lot of benevolent government in Mecklenburg, because of the policy of proselytism, many pagan Slavs fled their homes and scattered to the territories of Wille and Rostock and Kangtuoyi, and later Arold bought slaves and immigrated Germans to supplement the labor force of some of the territories, but the labor force was still too small compared to the original Slavic settlements.

"It's strange, I thought Lord Mecklen was asking us for reinforcements." Marty glanced at his general, surprised by Arold's request to send serfs to help him build his fortress.

"If the Vikings were to attack the Baltic lands, then we might also need serfs to build defenses, and give them to Lord Count Mecklenburg, and we would be short of labor, which is really difficult." The general glanced at his monarch Marty and said to Julian.

"Oh, is that so?" Julian looked at the humble tower, the general's words were really unconvincing, but just a gesture for the sake of bargaining, Julian had expected this to happen before leaving, so he granted him a plan, "We are not using your serf, Countess, for free. ”

"What does that mean?" Marty and her courtiers asked curiously.

"We are simply leasing your serfs, and we will use weapons and armor for the duration of the loan, so that we will get both labor and your army will be equipped to expand the size of the army to resist the Viking invasion." Julian shouted to Marty and her courtiers.

"Lease serfs?" Marty and the others were dumbfounded, in this era serfs were attached to the land and the big nobles, although they said that they were the personal belongings of the nobles in legal theory and could be bought and sold, but it was the first time they had heard of renting them out as things, this fresh mention made the Slavic nobles quite new, but if you think about it carefully, this is actually a thing that is beneficial to both parties.

"Well, we are not greedy and untrustworthy, because my alliance with Lord Count Mecklenburg is still in force, so when the Vikings attack Mecklenburg, I will send my own soldiers as reinforcements." Marty, as a lord, had to take into account the interests of all parties, and now that the interests of both sides were taken care of, she could finally relax and promise Julian.

"The same is true of Mecklenburgshire for you and for Weller." Julian bowed in gratitude and promised Marty that he did.

"Alright, business is over, and our friend should now be drinking with us like a real Slavic man." Seeing that the two sides had reached a consensus, the general happily raised his hands and announced to Julian and the others. (To be continued......)