One might wonder why a crown was forged from steel, and not decorated with any precious stones, although it was true that steel was valuable in those days. And the Norman iron crown that Egir wears, which he systematically rewarded when he was king, forged from alloy steel smelted by modern technology, can be called the best steel forged - but, in any case, it can't compare to a golden crown, right?

"Only fools and nouveau riche will love crowns made of gold. Egir replied: "Steel is good, for all weapons are forged from steel." Steel's only mission in this age is to kill. In addition to killing, it is still killing. Wearing such a heavy crown stained with endless blood on the top of your head, you have the consciousness of killing at any time, or being killed. ”

That's it.

Egir Skadergrímsson conquered Sweden.

That night, the warriors were extremely tired, and at the same time it was too dark to pursue. So Egil reluctantly ordered to return to the camp.

In this way, although the number of enemies killed in this battle was close to 20,000, the number of prisoners was only 15,000 or 6,000. That is, almost half of the enemy fled.

This time, Egil did not use methods such as slaughtering or burying the prisoners alive. Because then, Sweden is his territory. And these Swedes can obviously be classified as the northern branch of the Germanic language family, the Vikings, or the Norman people. Therefore, the recognition of Egil by these Swedes is quite high. Egir also felt the need to woo them over, and promised to acquit them. At the same time, they were asked to return to the countryside and then be next to their relatives and friends, as well as to the Swedes who had fled early, to declare:

This is already the territory of the Normans, and you are already the Norman kings, the lords of the strongest kingdom in the north, and the undisputed strongest in the snow: the subjects of Egil Skadergrímsson!

After Gustav's defeat and death, the big picture was decided. The whole of Sweden trembled under the iron hooves of the Normans. After holding aloft a spear with a head that Gustav had already brushed with lime but still looked a little different, and appeared under the still mutilated city of Stockholm, the Swedes wisely succumbed. Next, a large area of Swedish territory can be determined. The whole of Northern Europe is one step closer to reunification.

The next step is to reorganize the internal affairs, replenish the army, rest the city of Stockholm, calm the people, and ...... The expedition continued.

The two Eastern European countries, Moscow, Novgorod, and Egil, did not want to be bypassed so easily. In particular, Novgorod, with its weak military strength, vast territory, developed commerce, and the unification of the Baltic coast, proclaimed the last step of the Norman emperor...... Egil wouldn't let him go anyway.

Over the next period of time, Egil chose the usual Stockholm officials through the seats recommended by the Royal Council - after the establishment of a centralized political axe, Egil no longer had to rely on bonds to exchange officials, as he had done before. Instead, a local bureaucratic system can be established by selecting more competent city managers free of charge through the personnel recommended by the Royal Advisory Council, which is the central government's axe.

This is similar to the inspection system of the Han Dynasty. However, Egil also knew that it was not too good to do so. The system of selecting bureaucrats needs to be further improved - but before that, he needs more literate men, that is, he needs to improve the quality of the population of the entire empire, and establish a system for selecting officials...... Again, this is a very troublesome job. Speaking of which, even the Norman lingua franca has not yet been popularized.

These long-term things aside, Egil's most important person at the moment is to stabilize the situation in Sweden, Gustav's head is really useful, if any disobedient nobleman wants to resist, as long as he raises his head and shakes it, the nobleman's wooden castle will be panicked, and soon a traitor will jump out and cut off the castle owner's head, and then open the door and surrender.

Because Gustav is second only to the Father and the Son in the territory of Sweden. Since even he will be killed. Then the strength of the enemy can be imagined. Not everyone in this world is not afraid of death. Especially in the case of certain death.

In this way, Egil stabilized the situation in Sweden very easily and very quickly. Stockholm was renovated. and to enforce various decrees that were in full sync with the rest of the Norman kingdom. After that, a garrison patrol of 500 men was stationed in Stockholm. Law and order was maintained in the area.

For a total of thirteen days, Egil occupied all of Sweden and controlled it all. Scandinavia was then redivided, dividing Scandinavia into two administrative districts, including the capital Gothenburg, and Oslo in the south, according to latitude, rather than the former border between Swedish-speaking Norway. and the central Nordic boroughs, which include the cities of Biard, Bergen, and Stockholm, and the Arctic region, which does not include a single city at all. Three pieces.

After all this is done, it looks like it will be July. Scandinavia enters the warmest season of the year. If you are a normal person, even if you go to Finland, which is the highest latitude, you don't need to wear a down jacket. The opportunity was fleeting, so Egil thought about it for a moment and gave the order to go on the offensive and take Finland under his control. At the same time, an order was issued to the Navy, which had completed the task of transporting reinforcements to Normandy, that all the remaining navies, except for the fleet that maintained the necessary logistical material transportation, were transferred back to the Baltic Sea region to harass the coastal areas of Novgorod.

At the same time, because of the state of war with Novgorod and Moscow, Egil decided to impose a penalty tariff on merchants from the two countries who crossed the border. Initial bookings will increase by 1,500 percent. If you can't pay it, you have to pay the debt with the goods. If the goods could not be offset, they would be arrested and used as serfs or miners. Until the merchant family takes money to ransom them, or until there is a truce between the countries - that is, Egil completely annexes the two countries, or the two countries bow down and provide Egil with huge war reparations, and cede territory and so on.

That's it.

And when it comes to Norman merchants, Egil has nothing to fear. Even if Novgorod and Moscow are temporarily missing, there is still a lot of business to be done on the European continent. In fact, the Norman merchants' greatest trade partners were not Eastern Europe, the two extremely barren countries, but the Italian city-states in the south, the Eastern Rome - and even the pagans of Ottoman Turkey and Egypt.

The gold of the pagans is also gold. This is a phrase that was popular within the small circle of Norman merchants. The provenance lies in the exchange of two Persian carpets for one inferior fur, and the ruthless pit of a certain hapless Turkish merchant.

And when dealing with Novgorod and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the main thing to trade was grain - yes, grain.

After Egil relied on the powerful effect of the system, implemented the rotation system, and refined the agricultural tools, as well as the use of green manure, heavy ploughing, and so on, the level of agriculture in the Norman kingdom was the highest among the European continents. Not only can it meet its own needs and provide enough military supplies to the army, but it can also export a large number of dollars to earn foreign exchange.

Prior to this, Egil's management of grain was relatively large. Not only has a mechanism been established in various localities for emergency grain reserves, but grain has also been listed as one of the military supplies. Private buying and selling is prohibited. However, after obtaining the two plots of land in Prussia and Livonia, after systematic identification, both of these plots of land were extremely fertile and could reach two years and three crops were very good. This is also the reason why Egilken took the lead in spending a lot of money to invest in and build this piece of land.

After receiving agricultural support from these two plots, Egil gradually eased the restrictions on grain exports. In this way, places such as the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Novgorod, where there was not enough food to eat all year round, naturally traded with the Norman kingdom, which could provide a large amount of grain for export. Locally produced furs and precious metals were used for the food of the Pope Norman Kingdom.

If this continues, the two countries with enough food to eat may be strengthened in a few decades as their populations increase. Even, if the Grand Duchy of Moscow could forcibly annex Novgorod, it would have been among the great powers of the European continent, but now it has been completely ruined by this war. Now these two countries have to continue to endure hunger - the ice and snow in Eastern Europe are not so good.

In addition, Egil also issued an order to impose sanctions on Lithuania, whose situation was uncertain in this war, and also increased the tariff of 50 percent of the penalty surname. The same ban on grain exports from Lithuania. Moreover, Egil also calculated the granting, promise, and incitement of several tribes in the steppes of Eastern Europe that did not deal with Lithuania, and a part of the Lithuanian nobility that did not fight with Vytautas within Lithuania. Further, to weaken Lithuania in a non-war way, after all, Egil has recently changed his focus and started a war with France......

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