Egil finally understood, and he was pinched by Artoria with his little waist, and finally got such a city that the gods didn't use, and I went to it......

Egil also looked at the specific situation in Iceland before: there is not much land available for farming, although agricultural buildings have been upgraded to luxury estates, crop rotation, irrigation, but the agricultural harvest is really not much. Fortunately, there is a large fishing wharf where you can catch a lot of aquatic products. However, even so, the total population of Iceland is just over 53,000 because of the harsh environmental conditions. The population growth rate is only 1.5% with the bonus of n buildings

And the specialty ...... Well, there is absolutely nothing worth mining, iron, copper, tin, lead-zinc and the like. And the climate is too cold, and it is impossible to make pottery or glass. The only thing that can be exported is fish...... But you have imported fish resources from Iceland all the way away?

Commercial, well, large commercial docks, and large commercial districts are well built. But do you have a lot of goods, and even if you have -- does Iceland have that much purchasing power? So the market is very depressed, and there is not even a hair...... So the business tax can't collect anything.

To sum up, the agricultural tax, the poll tax, the mining tax, and the commercial tax -- all your sister's total is only more than 1,600 gold coins. Blind to such a big city. Egil's heart is chilled when he sees it. Originally, I thought that even if the tax was a little less, it would be nice to be able to recruit a strong army. Who knows that in the end the system elf will say so.

Seeing how much Egil seemed to have been wronged, he was about to burst into tears. The system elf was a little reluctant in his heart, so he comforted: "It's not a big deal - when your technology level is enough, won't you save a construction cost, and there is still time for construction?"

"No, I don't think a little bit of construction cost should be a big deal when my tech level gets to that level. And the construction time ...... I think it would have taken a little longer to transport the army to the continent by boat. Egil sighed.

"And what about the time to ship the troops to North America?" asked Aurora.

“...... What do you mean?"

"Where else haven't you been to the Vikings in history?" asked Aurora.

"Hmm...... In my previous life, the five Nordic countries were basically like this, and I accounted for most of the British Isles. The Duchy of Normandy in France is also mine now, and the rest is the Baltic coast...... That's the next step. The rest is ...... Greenland, and ...... The New World of America?!"

After Aurora's little push, Egil finally reflected it. The Icelandic outpost was still used for this.

"But...... What the hell is that...... It's not the vast expanse of Central North America, nor the Caribbean of Central America, where the climate is good—it's Canada, where the climate is as bad as that of Northern Europe. Egil sighed.

"Won't you order the fleet to go a little further?" said Aurora.

"A round trip is a year and a half. It's a bit of a bustle......" Egir complained, "Do you want me to use the system of appointing governors, and the way of administering overseas colonies? Don't end up in the end with a bamboo basket for nothing. That's not fun. ”

Egil had already asked the system elves before, and the reading tendency and people's satisfaction in the region were directly related to the distance of the capital. To put it simply, the farther the distance, the greater the reading tendency. If you add to that the predatory management of the overseas colonies and the system of appointing governors, then it would be better to say that he was there (Egil has always felt good about himself). Once they are hung up, these overseas territories will fall apart immediately......

"Don't you want children?" asked the system elf strangely.

"This ...... I...... If...... I mean...... That ......"

Egil was speechless.

In the end, the conversation ended as many times as it had been, and Egil did not decide to continue in the direction of the New World...... The place is unfamiliar, so be careful to let the cannibals catch it and pick it up and gnaw it raw......

Let's move on to Sweden.

In September, after sending away the reluctant nobles, Egil regrouped his forces. The main force, together with the newly recruited native garrisons of Northern Europe, totaled nearly 30,000 troops, bypassing the Norwegian Black Forest and Scandinavia, advancing from the coastal areas at the southern tip of the peninsula, by sea and land, gradually approaching Stockholm, which had been blockaded by the navy for a long time.

Sweden, like other Nordic countries, has an underdeveloped agriculture and relies on fishing for food. As a result, those who went out to sea to fish were detained, those who went out to sea to fish were detained, and those who went out to sea to fish were sunk by ballistas...... Sweden says it has a little bit of food reserves, but it doesn't really have much. Before Egil's army arrived, he could organize men to hunt in the forest for meat. But at this moment, the road was also blocked. Now Gustav is already thinking about the food rationing system......

In addition to this, Egil has also made some progress in diplomacy. After a major battle on the outskirts of Oslo, plus a two-month blockade of the Norwegian-Finnish coast. The countries along the Baltic Sea have also seen that this time, Sweden is 80% unlucky. Coupled with the co-optation of Norwegian diplomats, on September 4, Novgorod and the Polish-Lithuanian United Kingdom finally officially announced their alliance with Norway and declared war on Sweden.

The 40,000-strong army of Novgorod divided into two routes, one straight in the direction of Finland, hoping to occupy the whole territory of Finland, and the other way towards the Pskov region, preparing to recover the country. The Polish-Lithuanian United Kingdom was not ambiguous, and its 35,000 troops, including 10,000 light cavalry, attacked the two cities of Vilnius and Riga, preparing to unify the three Baltic states.

Speaking of which, there is also a slightly more sad country here, the Teutonic Knights. Since the defeat at the Battle of Chudsee to Novgorod and the Battle of Tannenberg to the United Kingdom, large swathes of the territory have been annexed, and a large number of soldiers and knights have been killed. At this moment, the Teutonic Knights had long since lost their hegemony on the Baltic coast. In addition, his godfather was in the midst of a civil war in the Holy Roman Empire, so he didn't have time to take care of it. Therefore, the Teutonic Knights have long since been reduced to a third-rate state. Although he also wanted to take this opportunity to join the Triple Alliance and beat the water dogs, he was not allowed to play at all. Therefore, the Teutonic Knights thought twice, but still did not dare to declare war on the Swedes......

Stripped of an indifferent knightly state, Sweden is still embattled. The Three Kingdoms Coalition Army and the Four Routes Army added up to more than 100,000 horses, but the Swedish king could only be trapped in Stockholm and could not escape. If this continues, the situation is a little - no, I should say, it is a bit dangerous.

However, there is a slight problem here, as the alliance between the three forces only speaks of a joint effort against Sweden, but not of the distribution of territory after the victory over Sweden - of course, in the eyes of the leaders of the other two countries, this is actually a tacit matter. Norway gets Sweden proper. The United Kingdom acquired the territories of the three Baltic states, while Novgorod acquired its own territories. How nice is that.

But what about Finland?

Also, the task given by the system, and what Egil has to do, is to unify the entire Baltic coast. So in fact, there are two other countries that are also Egil's targets.

So, Egil decisively decided to sell his teammates.

So, inside Stockholm, a conspiracy began......

After revealing and confirming his identity, Diplomat Seventeen talked eloquently in front of Gustav, looking back on the past, feeling the present, looking forward to the future, and listening to the Swedish nobles around Gustav stunned.

However, Gustav was not fooled.

"So, to sum up, my lord has always paid attention to the common prosperity and common development of Northern Europe, and there is indeed a little bit of unhappiness between Norway and Sweden. But this is only a tributary, and now the dominant form in Northern Europe is-" Diplomat Fourteen was interrupted by the other party.

"-- War. Gustav's face flickered under the flickering torches. His face was gloomy, and the others had no idea what he was thinking.

"That's right, it's war—ah, no, Your Majesty, I've said a lot about it, what does Your Majesty mean?" said Diplomat Fourteen, a little helplessly.

"If you don't call yourself a minister, you don't cut the land, you don't pay tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and everyone dies together. (This is translated into Chinese), Gustav said.

"If Your Majesty says so, then there is really nothing to talk about. Seriously, the conditions of my lord are really not very big, he just wants Riga and Vilnius two territories that did not belong to Sweden, and there is no indemnity, let alone a vassal, and the two sides are about fraternal allies, regardless of size, and they unanimously ...... to the outside world" Seriously, the conditions proposed by Egil this time are indeed very low, and even Gustav was surprised. I even felt that if this was really the case, then it would not be a big deal to agree to him.

However, the more this happened, the more Gustav felt that something was wrong. A smart person thinks more than ordinary people, and Gustav is a smart person, so he thinks more. Is there any conspiracy on the other side to put forward such conditions when victory is in sight? Or the opposing army has no food to eat. Or is there a rebellion somewhere in the territory of the other side, so such a condition is proposed? If so, then ......

So, Gustav decided to think again, as a king he naturally had his own channels of information, as well as doing some shady things for himself. He decided to wait a little longer and wait until everything was cleared out before making a decision......

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