The Middle Ages was the era when the barbarian leaders rebuilt civilization on the corpses of the Western Roman Empire after the collapse of the Roman Empire, the era of the Church Crusades, the era of ecclesiastical power over royal power, the era of the Renaissance, and the era of the Vikings.

Vikings, this is the opponent that caused Charlemagne a headache in his later years.

In response to the Viking invasion, the Frankish state imposed a Danish war tax on the Danes, but the huge Frankish kingdom, like any large empire, faced its own vassal rebellions, family seizures, and endless riots, so the war tax that should have been levied on the Vikings became a tribute to the Danes under the hint of the Vikings.

Danish gold, which literally means "Danish money", was a bribe paid to the Vikings by the monks and local nobles, and all the people who were disturbed by the Vikings were obliged to pay this money in exchange for peace.

During the Seven Kingdoms of England, the King of Wessex was unable to resist in the face of the invasion of the Danish king and the Viking king, so at the suggestion of the Archbishop of Canterbury, according to the custom of the Frankish Kingdom, he paid 10,000 pounds of Danish gold in exchange for peace.

It is said that before the Vikings invaded and the catastrophe occurred, the priest of the monastery had already declared that God had given a warning: a few weeks ago, there was a flash of lightning in the sky, and an evil dragon was hovering over the monastery.

"Fear has never been seen before in the skies of Britain, and we are miserable living under the clutches of the infidels."

The Vikings, in the minds of the Britons, were the greedy dragons, who demanded large sums of Danish gold from the people of Britain every three or four years, and of course this burden fell on the freedmen because the land of the Church was exempt from expropriation.

One hundred thousand pounds of Danish gold, no doubt this is a lot of money, King Harold thought to himself.

Danish gold is not only a tribute to the Vikings, but also a fixed tax, which is the Anglo-Saxon dynasty of England to collect money, for the Danes to pay Danish gold only once in three or four years, four or five years, and the British for the freemen to collect Danish gold, is indispensable every year.

Edward the Confessor was a well-deserved saint king, and he abolished the Danish gold system during his reign, but this also caused problems for Harold, the self-proclaimed heir of King Edward, who was not financially wealthy, even though he was a powerful minister in the British government, especially for the defense of England.

"Archbishop, I agree with you, I think it is a very good opinion, and as long as he pays me a hundred thousand pounds of Danish gold as promised, I will approve that William, Earl of Avalon, can be my first in line to the throne. But now I have to lead my soldiers to the border and deal with the Norwegians. ”

King Harold said, and no one knew what was going on in his heart.

It is unrealistic to take out the land and distribute it to the heroes, but if the land is not given, the people below are likely to be unable to work, so money is necessary.

The first payment of Danish gold was 10,000 pounds, the maximum was 70,000 pounds, and the average was only 30,000 or 40,000 pounds, which was enough to satisfy the Vikings, and also allowed him to recruit enough soldiers.

Therefore, it is perfectly acceptable that the first in line of succession is Earl William, and the second in line is his own son.

It's like Canute the Great and Edmund II lived longer than their lives, survived their opponents, not only did not let their descendants lose the inheritance of England, but also annexed each other's countries.

As long as he himself lived longer than Earl William, then Earl William should not want to inherit his kingdom at all, and at the same time, he could add a clause in the agreement that they could inherit each other, so that he could also take the legendary holy land of Avalon in Britain into his hands.

Of course, if Earl William is quite alive, then he will simply break the contract, just like when he was in Normandy, he also promised to make Duke William the king of England, and now he has not admitted it.

Even if it was the saint king, Edward the Confessor, who married the daughter of the enemy as the queen and gained the support of his own family, but in order to prevent his family from becoming bigger, after marriage, the king swore to keep his chastity for the rest of his life, and he would not touch his queen at all, so that the queen would be widowed directly, so that Harold's family could only stare dryly in the end.

This is politics, taking away the land and country of the other side without the use of force.

The council of wise men received the king's promise and withdrew satisfied.

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Ireland: The Underground Treasury

"King Arthur can only defeat the dragon, but he can't kill the dragon, he can stop him, but he can't destroy him, William, what should you do next?"

Lily looked at the gold coins being carried by the elves, a large amount of money to be given to King Harold of England in exchange for a single claim.

King Arthur defeated the dragon, but he could not kill the dragon, only the dragon slayer could kill the dragon.

Therefore, King Arthur's blocking of the dragon also means that he is also resisted by the dragon.

"Because I need time, I need time to accumulate and strengthen my strength, so every minute and second I win is very precious. Strong claims or weak claims need to be spoken, and I have the right to inherit the Kingdom of England at any time, even if my ruling center of gravity is in Ireland. ”

William sighed, compared to his opponents such as the King of England, the King of Norway, the Duke of Normandy, and the Duke of Brittany, his little Earl of Avalon was really a little inadequate, but now he had no choice but to face the difficulties.

"Now that Ireland is still in the hands of the Vikings, as long as the king of Norway is defeated by Harold, then the Viking rule over Ireland will surely be shaken, then I can immediately let the soldiers take Dublin, and directly crown the king at St. Patrick's Cathedral, and declare the Kingdom of Ireland restored."

William slowly told his plan, as long as the Kingdom of Ireland was restored, then the curse of the dwarf elves would be lifted, and he would get Prince Liam's 3,000 elite soldiers.

Compared to the 15,000 men of the King of Norway, the 12,000 men of Duke William, and the 23,000 men of King Harold, these 3,000 men are of course nothing, but he is already qualified to intervene in the situation in a consistency.

The point is that his future lies not here, but in the journey of destiny launched by the gold coins of fate.

This will help him win the possibility of fate, which is the future.