In the early spring of March 1002, Eastern Europe was full of life, and the tribal chiefs of the steppes, the noble lords of the farming areas, and other Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Rus', Romanians, etc., were busy......

Of course, these guys aren't busy plowing or feeding livestock. It's war, civil strife, killing, and turf grabbing. Small alliances gradually formed, and then collapsed. Some of the more powerful chieftains, chiefs, princes, dukes, or so quickly appeared, and then before they could do anything, they died in the betrayal of their subordinates or the combined attack of other nobles. In short, the extreme vitality and dynamism of the United Kingdom has made the United Kingdom - nay, no longer the United Kingdom, but a chaotic Eastern Europe. Although there were a few nobles who claimed to be the rightful heirs of the United Kingdom, they were quickly destroyed by the surrounding nobles for various reasons. Eastern Europe today is such an extreme state of chaos.

Very nice, very attractive state of chaos.

Even Egil himself could not have imagined that the other side's apolitical axe and separatist tendencies could be so high. The whole United Kingdom was reduced to a state of no return, simply because of the defeat and death of one king.

Then came the creepy.

"If, if I had been defeated and killed in that battle...... So what is now the Norman kingdom...... Isn't it like the United Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania?!" Seeing the information sent by the nameless, the fights became more and more lively and chaotic, Egil couldn't help but think like this......

The answer, of course, is yes. Because there is no heir. Even, Egil even has a decent relative...... Uh, well, there are still decent relatives, let's say a certain cheap sister. But Egil was extremely skeptical that after his death, this strange fellow, who was actually supposed to be a system elf, would succeed in inheriting his kingdom - he couldn't even figure out whether he wanted to or not.

Well, well, it's useless to talk too much about this kind of thing. Artoria's stomach is not angry, and this is also helpless. Egil didn't even dare to mention it in front of his wife......

So, let's talk about some practical things.

After Egil succeeded in destroying Władysław and sending assassins to assassinate him, there was no suspense about the war that "decided the fate of the Baltic coast". Egil's victory, although ultimately one less negotiator, did not prevent Egil from turning around and annexing several fertile territories that were not part of Prussia into Prussia.

In this way, it was as if the territory of the Teutonic Knights in their heyday had come under the control of Egil, and at this point, Poland could no longer control even an inch of land on the Baltic coast. Of course, there was a certain degree of difficulty in this - although the decree of the six-month tax exemption appointed by Egir was quite powerful, relieving the people of the Baltic coast to a certain extent, and there was not much to make trouble except for a few people who were naturally restless—but it was impossible for a neighbour to be left alone in a situation in which the south, Greater Poland, and the whole of the Eastern European Plain were in disarray.

In just a few days, news came from a dozen villages on the border with Poland that had been looted by Polish mobs and nomads. As a result, Egil had to deploy a large number of infantry patrols in the border area, and sent troops to eliminate some of the most violent bandits. That's a little safer. But it's not an option. And Egil is now in a big battle, the territory has expanded a lot, and the army has lost a lot - the nobles in the realm have hung up, but they have not stopped as Egil imagined. Instead, a lot of relatives and illegitimate children popped up to snatch property and titles. Some even had brains that burned up and forgot about Egil's decree prohibiting private fighting. Gathering troops and horses made a mess. Security in the territory declined rapidly. It's up to Egil to take care of these things......

So, Egil felt the need to take a break. Regaining the strength of the Royal Knights and continuing to improve the Tomahawk cavalry, Egil has been on the border with the Eastern European steppes this time, and it is time to call up the main light cavalry. This mess of things made Egil tired of coping. However, the chaotic situation in Poland made Egil extremely uneasy.

Eventually, Egil came up with a solution that he thought was not the way to go. He sent a letter to several of Poland's current neighbors, Lithuania, which was gradually becoming unified, and was abused by Sweden, Prince Rurik of Novgorod, who was greatly weakened, and Catherine II, the Grand Duchess of Moscow, who was currently accumulating strength and was keen to develop Siberia, and Attila, the Hungarian king who was still licking his wounds and preparing to make a comeback, Otto I, the Elector of Saxony, who was full of ambition to unify the Holy Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Emperor Basil, the ultimate boss across Asia, Europe and Africa。 It is hoped that they will personally send an envoy plenipotentiary - at least one plenipotentiary - to discuss matters concerning Poland. If you can, then it is not impossible for everyone to sit down together and divide Poland peacefully and amicably......

Egil didn't expect much as to whether this would be done—after all, all nations had their plans. For Hungary and Saxony, Greater Poland is something that wants to be annexed anyway. And for the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Novgorod, the two regions of Ukraine and Belarus, where the Rus' are concentrated, are also fatty and tender. Of course, it may not be impossible for the Eastern Romans to swallow up all of Poland-Lithuania, along with the other countries, including Egil. Egil is still a braised carp, but with a slightly larger tail than a normal carp. He never had any delusional hope that the great powers of Eastern and Central Europe would be able to sell their face.

The Eastern Romans might have ...... But that was on Egil's kneel for Basil.

But it's better than nothing. At least it's better to do it than not to do it. This is also a signal to other countries: labor and management are tired, labor and management do not want to expand, labor and management are harmless, and they are kinder and more cute than the white rabbit. That's it.

Of course, whether the rulers of those countries have water in their brains to believe Egil's words is also a question.

After the diplomatic problem is solved - it is solved. At least it will take some time to wait for the reply after the letter has been sent - and it will be time to settle the internal affairs problem. As for solving the internal affairs, the most urgent thing at present is to swallow all the land that has just been acquired.

Finally, after repeated examinations, Egil divided the whole of Livonia, as well as the whole of Prussia and part of Poland, as follows:

Livonia is divided into two administrative districts: Upper Vonia and Lower Vonia. Riga and Vilnius are the capitals, respectively.

The Prussian region was divided into three regions: East Prussia, Central and South Prussia (including part of Polish territory), and West Prussia, with Königsberg, Marburg, and Danzig as their capitals.

These five cities have been largely fortified due to the wars of Eastern Europe, especially the Teutonic Knights, and their industrial and commercial value is very low. However, the surrounding territories and villages are well developed. After a little thought, Egier decided to keep the castles of Marlborough, Danzig, and Riga far away to defend against the chaotic regions of Poland to the south, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Rus' to the east. Most of the fortress structures in Königsberg and Vilnius were demolished, the port was opened for trade, and the development of handicrafts was encouraged. The March tax revenue was then spent on renovating the area, upgrading the agricultural facilities of the five cities and surrounding villages, building roads around the cities, and reinforcing the defenses of the three castles.

The reason why Egil chose to continue to operate this region instead of allocating the finances to the stable United Kingdom, or Scandinavia, which is already well developed, is because the land in this part of Eastern Europe is fertile, suitable for farming, can feed a larger population, and can continue to expand outward, and has more development potential than the other two regions, and the other is because these areas have just been conquered and the people are not stable, so they need to invest a lot of money to establish a bureaucratic system and a judicial system to improve the lives of the people, so as to calm the people and eliminate the potential danger of riots。 Another reason, and the most important one, is that it borders other countries on three sides, and whether it is the Germans, Poles or Rus's are fierce rivals, they need to be vigorously managed and strengthened.

As a result, it took Egil several days to formally divide the administrative region of the Baltic Sea region and spend a lot of money to operate. Next, it is time to reorganize the army. The thought of this was painful for Egil - because of the order for the initial mobilization, the tax revenue had been cut in part this month, and Egil had been thinking about connecting the cities with roads in Livonia and Prussia. But the rest of the money is not enough. So Egil thought about it, and felt that the matter of the road could be put aside for a while, and it would be better to restore the Royal Knights first.

When the war ended, the mobilized Vikings, Englishmen, Celts, and French all went home with the spoils of war - and the bones of their relatives. The admirals were responsible for sending them away, and with this in turn, Egil's army was reduced by half to less than 30,000 men......

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