"If you're willing to spend a little more, I can hire a few cooks for you. It may not be as delicious as the one in the palace, but it is definitely better than what you used to eat. ”

Tang Ping explained to Egbert that the cooks in the Tang Dynasty were also free people, not slaves.

It is impossible to tie a few to him and send them to him, but as long as he is willing to pay a relatively high price, it is no problem to ask a few cooks to go to Africa to get him food.

There are always people who are willing to leave their homes to make more money.

As for the seasonings or something, when the time comes, they will trade ores with Datang, and ask the transport ship to bring some to those cooks each time.

"Okay, then you must help me get a few good ones." Egbert was captured by today's Tang Dynasty food.

Fortunately, Tang Ping also helped him pack one just now, and he can at least eat it tonight.

But from tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat for a long time.

Thinking about what he had eaten in the past, Egbert felt that he had no appetite.

Now Egbert's affairs have been finalized.

Tang Ping took him back to London again.

Looking at the castle he was familiar with, Egbert felt like he was in a dream, only the food box he was carrying reminded him that it was all true.

He also has no attachment to the throne of Wessex.

I took a piece of parchment and wrote on it.

After writing it, he gave it to Tang Ping: "These lords above, they should have no opinion on who is the king, as long as their status is not shaken." ”

"These are going to be troublesome, and I can summon them to London if you need them."

Tang Ping didn't know these words at this time, but he would just give them to Alaric when the time came.

After thinking about it, he said, "Yes, let everyone come to London." ”

Egbert himself would take a group of die-hard loyalists, then co-opt those who would not have an opinion, then suppress these opinions, and finally support a group of nobles who were still loyal to the Soufflin family to fill the vacancy that Egbert had taken away.

You'll basically be in control of the whole of Wessex.

Egbert personally ordered all the lords to come to London.

He was now in the prime of his power in Wessex, and he had conquered so many territories that these noble lords did not dare to disobey his orders, so they soon came to London.

"Do you know why the king summoned us today?"

"I don't know, are you going to continue the attack?"

"I actually called all the lords, it seems that things are not so simple."

The lords entered the castle as they discussed.

Egbert looked at the chaotic lord standing below, and then thought about the great court he saw in Chang'an, and sighed softly.

It can't be compared, it really can't be compared.

Compared with Datang, he is really nothing.

I made up my mind that after going out this time, I would follow Datang's example.

"You must be wondering, why did I gather everyone here this time?"

Egbert didn't talk nonsense, and directly invited Alaric over and said: "This person may be relatively unfamiliar to everyone, he is Alaric the grandson of King Sufflin. ”

"What? King Soufflin? ”

"Didn't he go into exile decades ago?"

"What is the king calling his grandson for today?"

When the lords below suddenly heard such news, they all looked at each other, not knowing what Egbert was going to do.

Then Egbert's next sentence shocked them even more. "I'm going to give Alaric back the throne of Wessex, so he'll be the king of Wessex from now on."

"Your Majesty!" One of Egbert's diehards stepped forward and was about to speak, when he was interrupted by Egbert.

"I'll take you to open up new worlds, would you like to follow me?"

The few people he selected were all those who had followed him in the north and south over the years.

And as a generation of heroes here, Egbert's vision is still very accurate.

His die-hard lords didn't ask him where he was going, and when they heard that they were going to leave with them, they got down on one knee and expressed their willingness to follow him.

There were also some lords who had been loyal to the Sufflin family in the past, and although they later followed Egbert, they did not object to the Sufflin family continuing to inform Wessex, and also fell to one knee and expressed their willingness to be loyal to Alaric in the future.

The lords who had been circled out by Egbert who would not have an opinion saw that someone had sworn allegiance, and Egbert had clearly made up his mind to leave, and if they did not leave, they would have to be loyal to Alaric.

After hesitating for a moment, they also swore allegiance, and only a few lords remained, and their faces were cloudy.

Many of these lords surrendered from the countries that were attacked.

Naturally, there is no bond between them and the Soufflin family, but it is because Mu Qiang follows Egbert in his heart, hoping to follow him to obtain greater benefits.

Now Egbert is leaving Wessex.

Let them put down everything in their hands and leave, they don't want to.

But they were not willing to remain loyal to the unknown Alaric.

Egbert looked at these men and said with kind words: "You may wonder why I chose to give up the throne to Alaric, especially as we are about to unify England. ”

The people all nodded, they really didn't understand.

"Because...... Alaric they are stronger than me, and they will be better off unifying England with you. ”

He is talking about them here because he doesn't think Alaric will be better than him, but he knows that if Datang is behind him, he will definitely be able to do better than himself.

Those lords were a little unconvinced when they heard Egbert's words, and one of the lords asked directly: "So His Majesty the King was forced to give way because the other party was stronger?" ”

Now that I think about it, Egbert took people away at this time, which was more like a kind of exile.

They didn't know that Egbert was planning to go to southern Africa to create a new empire that emulated the Tang Dynasty, and invited the Tang Dynasty's cooks to eat and drink spicy food.

Just think he's exiled.

Egbert thought for a while and said with a smile: "So to speak, so if you follow Alaric to work hard in the future, you will definitely have a better future!" ”

The last of these lords, with the exception of two, hesitated and swore allegiance to Araric.

Alaric looked at the two men and said, "Go ahead, I'll show you a better Wessex." ”

The two of them originally thought that Alaric might do it to themselves, but they didn't expect to let them go like this, but they were a little impressed by Alaric's bearing.

When the two men left, Egbert went with his own people, and he would tell them about his plans for the future.

Alaric also began to explain his reform plans to the lords who were loyal to him.

That's right, it's reform!

He had his ideal kingdom in mind, and after many discussions with Tang Ping, they formulated a reform plan that took into account the interests of the lord.

These lords had just sworn allegiance at this time, and it was actually the time when there was least resistance.

And because Egbert took so many people, their territory and everything was a huge resource.

In Tang Ping's words, the reform is nothing more than an exchange of interests, and they can now exchange the resources that have left the lord for some conditions so that the reform can be carried forward.

It's just that Alaric himself needs to talk to these lords, which is both a test for him and a good time for him to establish his majesty.