The signing of the Treaty of Melson marked the official end of the Kingdom of Lotharingia, and also marked the end of the division of the cake between the two kingdoms of East and West Francia.

As the thing that nobles usually like and want to see the most, it may be war, without war, they have no way to get rich, no way to expand their territory, no way to gain enough family prestige, so war is the only secret for nobles to make a fortune.

There's nothing better than winning a war and dividing up the spoils, knowing that this time the Eastern Ranks Kingdom won most of the territory of the Kingdom of Lotharingia.

Although most of the nobles of the original Lotharingian Kingdom are still alive, after all, they lost the war, and it is normal for them to lose territory and interests.

The nobles of the East Frankish kingdom, especially those who had won the war in this war. They couldn't wait to start their activities, because they also knew very well that sometimes, the distribution of spoils of war was not simply determined based on military merits, and sometimes different distribution results were obtained according to the relationship with the lord.

So at this time, they must not only have a good relationship with the lord, but also with their own colleagues in the lockdown, so that they will have someone to help say good things when distributing the loot.

Otto wasn't worried.

As early as when the Duke of Swabia had not yet begun to grab the spoils of war, Otto had reminded the other party to fight for territory, which could give the Duke of Swabia a preemption, and in this regard, the Duke of Swabia was unlikely to treat Otto badly.

Secondly, Otto's exploits in this war have reached the limit of what a baron can achieve, and it is not much inferior to many great nobles.

He fought from the central part of the kingdom of Lotharingia to the south in one go, and although his record was very large, who would dare to deny this feat.

There are only a few dukes and commanders who can make more achievements than Otto in this war, and there will be no more than ten.

Even the Duke of Swabia, in the strict sense of the word, was far inferior to Otto.

After all, Otto was victorious, and the Duke of Swabia suffered the biggest defeat since the beginning of the war of the East Frankish kingdom.

It was precisely for this reason that when King Louis and his sons were discussing the distribution of benefits, the Duke of Swabia was at a disadvantage.

"My dear brother, you didn't fight this battle well, but the speed of grabbing land is quite fast, if you put this mind of competing for interests into fighting, I'm afraid there will be no defeat this time." The Duke of Franconia, the second son of King Louis, glanced at the Duke of Swabia and said with some sarcasm.

When the war was still going on, the three brothers could still unite for the sake of the overall situation, but now that the war is over, when it is time to divide the interests, the scene of brothers, friends and brothers will not come back.

"Can you blame me for that? Originally, I was going to win, but the Duke of Holland arrived in time with reinforcements, which led to my defeat, and the Duchy's army suffered a lot of losses.

This point is completely because the two brothers didn't put pressure on each other on the battlefield, didn't drag the other party's main force, I didn't ask the two brothers to compensate for my losses, just take some land to make up for the losses, is it possible that the brothers have opinions? ”

"I can't say that, but I did my best." The Duke of Bavaria, who had been out of the way, frowned and began to explain when he heard his inexplicable lying gun.

"The pressure from Aachen is too great, and there is even an earl under my command who died because he led a siege of the city with soldiers, so don't wronged me, third brother.

Besides, after hearing that you were defeated, I was the first to support you, and I was afraid that something would happen to you. ”

"That's it!" King Louis, who had closed his eyes and recuperated, opened his eyes, and his sharp gaze swept over his three sons.

"In this war, the Swabian and Franconian armies were the main forces, and they suffered the most serious damage, and they deserved to be replenished with strength.

In this way, if Franconia is also the leader of Saxony and Swabia, it will be enough to rebuild the Duchy of Alemania and annex it to Swabia. ”

After King Louis's words were finished, the three of them reacted differently, the Duke of Bavaria, as the eldest son heir, naturally could not grab land with his younger brothers at this time, after all, the land left in the hands of King Louis would be his sooner or later.

It's just that this Duchy of Saxony has always been in the hands of King Louis, and now it is hard to say whether Saxony is being exchanged for Franconia without touching the lowlands.

The Duke of Franconia looked ecstatic, this sudden benefit was even more excessive than pie from heaven.

You must know that the four most powerful principalities of the East Frankish Kingdom are Bavaria, Swabia, Saxony and Franconia. As for the other principalities, their strength is very limited.

In other words, it was on the basis of these four principalities that the Kingdom of East Francia was born.

Now that he has won half of the four principalities, how can the Duke of Franconia not be happy.

As for the lowlands that were originally planned to be contested, although they were richer, they were far from the political significance of the Duchy of Saxony.

As for the Duke of Swabia, it was surprisingly angry.

The Duchy of Alemania, what is that, that is the region of the northern Alps, that is, most of Switzerland.

The land resources here are very poor, and the population is small, what he wants is the Duchy of Burgundy.

"Father!" Immediately, the Duke of Swabia objected. "Alemania, it's not enough to make up for my losses in this war, but I have lost nearly 20,000 elites."

The words of the Duke of Swabia are exaggerated, mainly because of the elite degree of the soldiers, who actually belonged to the elite soldiers of the Duke of Swabia and were less than 10,000 in number, but the overall casualties of 20,000 were still there.

The three people present knew very well that it was impossible to gather 20,000 elite soldiers in the current Alemania region.

However, sometimes the distribution of benefits is not determined by personal losses. Just like at this moment, the Duke of Swabia suffered the most damage in strength, and he contributed a lot, and he should be compensated the most.

But alas, when everyone else is satisfied, his opinion doesn't matter.

"Then I will give you the entire land of the Kingdom of Lotharingia." King Louis snorted and stared at his youngest son.

"It's the same war, why don't your two brothers have nothing to lose, but you have lost so much.

Do you only have land and wealth in your eyes? You lost the war, I didn't punish you well, for the sake of your hard work, I gave you a new fief, look at your eldest brother, and you haven't caught anything.

If that's not satisfying, I'll give you Bal. ”

Baar, the capital of the current East Francian Kingdom, is basically equivalent to saying, or I will give you the position of king.

Even if the Duke of Swabia was indignant in his heart, he didn't dare to agree, so he could only end up sullen.

And Otto, after hearing the situation of several people discussing, after going through it in his mind, said quickly.

"Lord Duke, Your Majesty the King is going to change the heir, let's prepare early."