Today, Egil has long been recognized as the world's largest power by the European continent. Even the Eastern Roman Empire, on the surface, had a lot of disdain for the Normans, but still remembered that in the Second Battle of Budapest, the Eastern Roman army defeated the European coalition led by the Norman Empire. At the same time, it is not forgotten that, de jure, another title of the Norman monarch Egir, the Tsar of Rus, was a reward from the Eastern Romans - but, though unwillingly, though absolutely unspeakable. Deep down, the Greeks also subconsciously regarded the Norman Empire as more powerful than themselves - or at least a great empire that could be compared to themselves. [Empire has never been a sacred zybook]

Of course, this will never be said. Even if she was psychologically very close to the Norman Empire, maintained an intimate relationship with the Norman Emperor that went beyond friendship, and even felt that the Eastern Roman Princess Lilianu needed to learn from the Norman Empire in many aspects, she should be as vigilant as possible when communicating with people. Remind yourself not to say too much praise for the Normans - even neutral words should be used sparingly, lest they puncture the sensitive and fragile self-esteem of the Romans.

That's pretty much it. The Norman Empire, as far as is known, Europe, North Africa, the Near East. In the so-called Western world, it has become the strongest in the name of it. And Egil Skadergrímsson, the emperor who has become a living legend, the man who created this miracle, did it all in just six years.

"If you want to improve, you should learn from the Normans. They are modern, the most progressive countries in civilized society. They have perfect laws, perfect political systems, perfect commercial systems, perfect agricultural systems, perfect handicrafts, and equally perfect military systems・・・・・・ as if there is nothing in this world that can defeat that nation or emperor - of course, all this is based on absolute dictatorship, absolute monarchy, absolute, and unending shameless plundering of other peoples and nations. ”

This is what Italian scholars at the time commented on the Norman Empire. While acknowledging the progress of the Norman Empire, it regarded it as an evil and authoritarian progress. If you can't eat grapes, you can say that grapes are sour. What does that mean?

But none of that matters. When the Norman Empire's ubiquitous spy system brought these comments to the tyrant, Egil Skadergrímsson was not ashamed but proud, and finally laughed: "Well, so be it." Occupy and squeeze the entire old world, and even the entire new world. That's what an empire should look like. ”

Of course, other countries will not be so willing to be relegated to the second rate and become the target of oppression and bullying by the Norman Empire. However, their monarch, even the smartest, could not have turned the whole country around like Egir, with a bureaucratic system, his cheap and capable sisters, and a system as powerful as cheating. All they could do was to follow in the footsteps of the Norman Empire, learn from Handan, and follow suit.

Whenever the Norman Empire introduced a series of reforms, both military and political. Other countries will copy it, modify the subject-verb-object a little bit and send it out. Whenever the Norman Empire made a decision - whether it was to plant a new crop or open a new trade route, other countries would immediately take it, revise the subject-verb-object again, and publish it again - of course, because of the country, because of the ability of the rulers, because of the level of productivity. The excellent political system of the Norman Empire could not be described as a tyranny of cruelty in other countries - and yet the other countries of the continent were still happy to do so. ...,

"If you can learn a little bit of it, you can make the kingdom infinitely useful - after all, the vast majority of countries today are still in a very primitive, very backward, very obscurantist state. Enforcing political laws in such a country is like drawing on a blank sheet of paper. You can do whatever you want. Even if there are some mistakes, it doesn't matter・・・・・・

That's pretty much it, the political system of the Norman Empire, the national focus of the Norman Empire, was one of the most popular things in the West in the 11th century. And this time, the Norman Empire made a long voyage and gained a lot of money, which was even more coveted by the European continent.

It was not close to the sea, the country was divided, and the German princes who were preparing to beat people's heads into dog's heads for the throne of the Holy Roman Empire did not count. The three countries of Spain, which were in weak power, extremely dissatisfied with the aristocracy, and extremely troubled internally and externally, did not count - in addition to that, the pagan countries and the countries that believed in Allah were still not counted.

Divide these countries: France, Burgundy, the Duchy of Milan in Italy, the Republic of Venice, and the Holy See. and the Eastern Roman Empire. 'Either near the sea, or with seafaring and commercial traditions, or with great power—these countries could not sit still when they heard that the Norman Empire had made a fortune on seafaring.

"I think we should send missionaries to Atlantis so that the people there can convert to Catholicism and spread the glory of the Lord. Pope Gregory VII said this while fantasizing about a large number of natives desperately carrying gold into their coffers, and saliva flowed unconsciously.

"Dispatch the fleet! Expedition! We will bring the fabled New World under the control of France! I think that after my death, people will say to me: Conqueror of Atlantis!" The king, who was worried about the funds for the reform and the salaries needed to expand the army, shouted desperately.

The hapless monarch, on his way through Asia Minor, was choked by the Seljuk light cavalry. It's a big fate, and I survived to the territory of Eastern Rome. However, the Eastern Roman Empire, which did not have much friendship with the French, did not want to let the French army pass so cheaply

"Either stay here and help us fight the Turks, and then help you leave when we have won. Otherwise, it is not impossible to use the Roman fleet to transport you - but you will have to spend a lot of money to get the Imperial fleet to help you. At that time, Lilianu, the princess of Eastern Rome, who was in command of the war in Asia Minor, said to Philip IV angrily...... [The empire has never had a sacred zybook]

"Stay?!Just kidding, I don't want to be cannon fodder for the Romans!" So France spent a great deal of money - almost all the spoils they had plundered from the Holy Land, and bought the help of the Roman fleet. In addition, Philip also took up several territories in the Near East, which had not yet been hotly covered. France, which had made a fortune in the Holy Land, suddenly became poor again.

"Atlantis has been a territory of the Roman Empire since ancient times, a sacred and integral part. We are firmly opposed to the encroachment of other countries on the territory belonging to the Roman Empire!" On the other side, the legendary Eastern Roman Empire continues to play with its "ancient claims". ”

and other countries, such as Burgundy, Brandenburg, Hesse and Hungary, as well as the Duchy of Moscow. These allies, quasi-allies, vassals and quasi-vassals of the Norman Empire also sent emissaries, saying, "Boss, you have to bring my younger brother and me ・・・・・・ for such a rich thing" or something similar, hoping to share some profits. ...,

The most anxious should be the Italian countries. For a long time, these countries on the Apennine Peninsula have shouldered the role of second-class dealers, and even third-way dealers. With good seafaring ability, huge navy and trade ability, he crushed the European continent by earning a passing fee. The merchant aristocracy of the Italian city-states took it upon themselves: on land, perhaps the rude Frankish and Germanic nobles would have the upper hand. But on the ocean, it is definitely us, the merchants, who have the advantage.

However, what they were proud of was not at all worth mentioning in front of the mighty fleet of the Norman Empire. After the victory of the Crusaders, the great Arab empires that had been running between the East and the West collapsed, and the European countries involved in the war gained a lot of territory in the Near East. This put an end to the monopoly of Mediterranean trade by Italian merchants - the Norman fleet, which was larger, faster, fairer and safer, and the Norman merchants with official backgrounds took much of their business in the Eastern Mediterranean. This was very distressing to the Italian merchants.

And before the Italian merchants could figure out what to do in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Norman Empire, the damned Norman Emperor, came up with something like this -- the lost continent, Atlantis, the land of gold, but not even iron? A little garbage was exchanged for three ships of gold?!。?! [Empire has never been a sacred zybook]

Therefore, Italian businessmen jumped up and down, looking for opportunities to join the voyage.

In this way, under the leadership of the Norman Empire, other countries either began to explore alone, or hoped to join the Norman Empire's long-distance fleet, for a time, the New World, Atlantis. It has become the hottest topic in Europe. And those who deliberately lead these topics out are naturally the ubiquitous and professional spies of the Norman Empire・・・・・・

"That's a lot of money. Egil chuckled and said to Aurora, "The so-called Age of Discovery, well, that's what you have to do. The European continent nations worked together, plus piracy, black eats black, privateer licenses...... I'm going to make a lot of money. ”