The island was seized outside the house, and the city of Rome immediately knew about it.

The Knights Hospitaller controlled the naval superiority, the Knights Templar controlled the army, and the tax collection period was approaching, and if the standing armies from all over the country were brought back to defend themselves, it would be difficult to maintain taxes and law and order in many places.

The hospital's fleet was placed in the eastern Mediterranean, and at this time it was necessary to rely on its strength to have naval force, and Heywood went to see Luyo II once.

Luyo II was in a very weak state, his cheeks were sunken, and the use of light stones was ineffective.

After asking the Holy Father's personal doctor, Heywood learned that the Holy Father also had a serious illness a few years ago, which was crushed by the light stone, and it recurred again at this time, which was so serious.

Luyo II actually heard the request, but he did not respond, because he could not stand up and take command because of the situation. You can also shake the pot.

In this way, Luyo II's previous mistakes in the East were to be borne by Heywood.

Heywood was now lacking in prestige, and when he went to see the Holy Father, the Holy Father did not say anything, and in desperation, he wanted to make friends with both sides, and still issued a mediation order, but it could only be unpleasant.

The news of the withdrawal of the troops from the East a few days ago was signed by Heywood, who was recognized as weak by some of the main battle nobles.

They were clamoring to see the Father.

Now it is time for the Templars to abandon their previous island map and use more force on land.

Moreover, before the feast of the Great Missa, the Knights Hospitaller secretly sent troops to attack another small island in the Ionian Sea, causing heavy losses to the chief priest, Tonda Bell, who believed that the Acting Father Heywood had sided with the Knights Hospitaller.

In the earlier seizure of the island, "Pillay Joseph", who was the same Three Musketeers as Bran and Leary, was captured and left in the Knights Hospitaller for a long time before being ransomed.

It was also because of this detention on a naval ship that Pillay began to learn naval skills and became interested in naval warfare.

After all, his hometown, the Iberian Peninsula, is surrounded by the sea on three sides.

After learning some maritime knowledge, he later led a series of naval reforms when he returned to the Western Peninsula, but that's a story for later.

The Holy See has a lot of territory, but many of them are not connected, it is difficult to defend, and it depends more on financial resources, prestige, and faith.

The wealth earned by the Second Crusade was spent on celebrations, missions, and wars, and it has been spent.

Prestige and faith are still there, but it takes time to transform forces.

Sensing the injustice of the peninsula, Heywood ordered a "standing army" placed on the Frankish border to be withdrawn first.

The Holy See arranged eyeliner in the Frankish court, and naturally it would be reversed, and the pro-Frankish clergy soon wrote a secret letter and sent it to the Franks.

This move made Heydrian's mind big, and after the death of Yuan Pei, the heavy infantry regiment he established had already achieved initial results.

Coupled with the softening of the Duke of Rudolf of Provence, the Emperor's control over the empire was once again strong.

His strength had returned to a strength that was several points stronger than when he knelt in the snow in the mountains, and the Holy See had weakened in a few years.

The tall and majestic Palace of Versailles, on this day, the emperor brought his cronies and nobles.

Accompanying the Emperor was the Marquis of León, Toronto, the uncle of the former and former emperors, who was also the vice-minister of the empire, and his hair was gray, which was because of Frank's worries.

The Imperial Court was appointed by the Duke of Aquitaine, a moth-eater nobleman who only cared about pleasure, but in this way, he was brought up to accept the displeasure and anger of the other nobles.

Toronto was also the commander of the Imperial Heavy Infantry Legion "Thunder", and would enter the palace almost once every three days.

The number of this standing army, called Thunder, has reached two thousand.

Today, Torento has recruited six young officers to come here.

The six young nobles, dressed ceremoniously, all changed into silk dresses rewarded by the emperor.

Led by a maid, he walked through the multiple hall doors and slowly entered the palace banquet hall.

When the six of them arrived, the hall was empty except for the servants, and the kitchen staff served food one after another.

On the long table, beef and mutton from the south, wine from the north, fish from the west, and wheat from the east.

The food of the four sides of the empire can be found on the emperor's table every day.

The aroma of the food is full of flavor and appetite.

But no one dared to move a fork until the emperor and the deputy minister in civilian clothes arrived.

The crest of the Capet family, the other six were in awe.

At the same time, I hope that one day I will be rewarded by the emperor to use the emblems of some great families.

"Your Majesty, the centurion of the Imperial Thunder Legion (six people in unison) salute you."

Then the six of them nodded to the deputy prime minister.

"Sit down." Heyderian sat down in his silver chair and, with a wave of his hand, the crowd began to decide.

Heyderian had just come from the Queen's bedchamber, and yesterday was the Queen's eighteenth birthday, and there were many celebratory items in the palace to be demolished.

The second daughter of the Duke of Normandy, named Ambeth, a relative of the former Empress Anne, is like a glue to Heyderian (played by Heyderian), but unfortunately there is no official heir to the two so far.

Married to the new empress, the emperor severed all lovers and concentrated on running the main palace.

With his careful efforts, Ambeth changed from being loyal to his family to overseeing his own family of origin on behalf of Heyderian.

Bang la blah.

Wash your hands again before eating, this is the palace etiquette.

The six maids started with the emperor, the emperor stretched out his hands, and then the maid carried a silver pot and poured warm water on her hands, and someone underneath carried a silver plate to prevent the water from leaking, and then a maid Tibu wiped it.

"Eat, today's roast suckling pig tastes good."

After washing, Heydrian's eyes were clear, and the court waiter next to him immediately cut a piece.

It was the emperor's favorite dish, with a golden rind and full of oil, and when Hydrian took a bite of it, everyone followed.

Three of the six were not nobles, and had just been promoted to knighthood, so they had never eaten such delicious food.

A new knight, with the acquiescence of the Emperor, began to speed up his eating.

These things were so delicious that he used a knife and fork, and everything was just a large piece, put it in a bowl and rattle.

Red wine was boozed, swallowed cup after glass, and belched from time to time.

was so vulgar and rude that everyone looked sideways, and even the companion next to him secretly pulled the corner of his clothes, but this person ignored it.

It was only in the morning that Heyderian heard from Torento about the knight.

His name was Hugo Russell, a Danish immigrant of Viking descent who was proficient in the art of greatsword swordsmanship.

He was two meters long, his arms were naturally thick, and his fingers were half as long as the average man's, making him wield his greatsword as easily as a farmer's scythe.

The Hugo knight entered the Thunder half a year ago, and in all the martial arts training since then, he has never lost to the same person twice.

When he was angry, he roared like thunder and was as powerful as a bear, and gradually got the nickname "Thunder Bear".