In this way, in 1743, the situation in the human world became more and more confusing, and people became more and more incomprehensible. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Despite the heavy losses, the Imperial Army was still strong. After the Herefords returned all their captured troops without making any demands, the strength of the Imperial Army soon reached 50,000. At the same time, Emperor Kalman IV issued two orders as quickly as possible - that is, to order the troops garrisoned by the Duchy of Jutland and to withdraw all the troops stationed in the border area of Frysia.

As long as these two armies are brought together, the number of Swabian armies can be increased again, reaching a size of nearly 100,000 men. Although morale, armament and the quality of the army will somewhat decrease. But it is still possible to pull out an army of 100,000. With the very scary name of 100,000 troops, he can still make a difference.

Despite his previous defeat to the Herefords, the Emperor, Kalman IV of the Swabian family, did not collapse. The old emperor, who was over sixty years old, was still full of fighting spirit, and even because of the defeat, he became more combative.

The Hereford family, yes, the Hereford family, which has become so strong, is by no means an opponent. But could anyone but the Hereford family defeat him? and after William "kindly" returned all the guns he had captured, the emperor became even more combative.

If you can't defeat the Herefords, then defeat the Britons. As long as the Britons can be defeated, the situation is still promising. He can still control large swaths of the territory of the current empire, and claim hegemony.

In this way, after the frustration of his attempt to unify the entire empire and achieve the great cause that successive emperors had not accomplished, Kalman IV immediately found a new purpose in life, which was to protect.

He wants to protect the vested interests that the Swabian family already has, and he will never allow another failure, and he will never allow the Swabian family to fall into his hands and become an insignificant small family. He would not allow an inch of land to be lost from his hands - even though in reality the emissary from Vienna was already talking to the Hereford family about the "dowry".

That is to say, Kalman IV brought up the matter again, and once again mentioned to William the matter of marrying the Hereford family.

If he could, he would be able to marry his daughter, the Duchess of Tyrol, now. Of course, if William felt that this was not the right thing, then he could change it - not to marry the Duchess of Tyrol to William's father, King Otto, but directly to William. There is no need to give up the position of the wife, you just need to use the treatment of an ordinary concubine.

When the envoy from Vienna, smiling, and in an ambiguous, mysterious tone, said such things to William, even William was shocked.

Then, he righteously rejected Kalman IV's "good intentions". Whether Kalman IV really wanted to marry William, or the emperor had ill intentions and wanted to continue to destroy the relationship between William and his father, Duke Otto, to create an otherworldly version of the Fengyi Pavilion incident. William would never agree.

What are you kidding, William is not a madman, and at the same time he is not a lover of abnormal fetishes, he can't do such a thing that loses discipline and loses honor.

In this way, William righteously refused the envoy, and even became angry because of it. He claimed that it was an insult to him, to his father, Duke Otto, and to the entire Hereford family. It was because of this that he needed to reconsider his relationship with the Swabian family. It is also necessary to reconsider whether to continue the marriage with the Swabian family.

The messenger of the Swabian family was very surprised and very frightened. As the person who can now go to the Hereford family, he is naturally the most trusted and core vested interest of the Swabian family. Naturally, they know the current situation.

Without the support of the Herefords, the Swabians would not be a match for the Britons. And if it really angers the Hereford family and wants the Hereford family to join forces with the Briton Kingdom, then the Swabian family will definitely fail, and even have the danger of destroying the country and the clan. So he immediately assured William that nothing like this would happen. Hopefully, William will think it through.

But William didn't give him a chance to continue, and ordered the guards to drive him away.

In this way, William maintained a close relationship with the Swabian family - although William expected the Swabian family to continue to exist, to continue to assume the duties of the emperor, to be on the front line against the Britons, and to act as a shield to attract hatred. But he would never expect to get too close to the Swabian family.

This is how he "beats" Kalman IV. warned him not to have any thoughts that he shouldn't have, and also told him not to think that William was weak and deceitful, and not to think that he was still of any use, so he could play tricks in front of William. I want to tell Kalman IV about it. If he doesn't want to, then the previous marriage contract can be counted at any time - as it is now.

As it is now, if Kalman IV still wants to maintain his marriage contract with the Hereford family, and wants to rely on this layer of kinship in exchange for the continued existence of the entire Swabian family, then first, first, he needs to show his worth - that is, to defeat the Bretons in the next war. At the very least, he must show strength comparable to that of the Bretons - take a step back, and at least he will be able to resist the attacks of the Bretons in defensive combat. If he could not do even the most basic of this, then Wilhelm felt that Kalman IV could think about the future of the Swabian family - he would never fund a scum who could not hold up the wall.

William's subtext, the old emperor can naturally understand. And when the messenger returned in a hurry, and with trepidation he reported to the old emperor about the treatment he had received in Magdeburg, or rather an insult, the old emperor did not get angry, did not get angry, but smiled pleasantly, "so it was." This bewildered the messenger - but of course, the old emperor had to explain something to the messenger, waved him away, and then there was no more.

"Sure enough...... It's not that easy to deal with. The old emperor muttered to himself. At the same time, he began to think seriously about whether he should really give that "dowry" to William -- his dowry was the entire kingdom of Lotternia! If William promised, then he could canonize William as King of Lotteria in the name of the Emperor! Give this kingdom, which had been vacant for several years, to the Hereford family as a fief.

Think of the millions of people, the fertile developed land, the important geographical location, and the location of an elector. All this is what any imperial nobleman dreams of. It can be said that as long as William nods and is completely allied with the Swabians, then all this will be-

"None of this is mine. ”

Meanwhile, at the town hall office in Magdeburg, temporarily converted into Wilhelm's residence, Wilhelm smiles at his aunt Freya and explains to her why he refuses:

"It's actually very simple. William said calmly, "In short, I don't want to be fooled - it's just a picture of a pie that looks good, but in fact it can't be eaten." ”

"Why do you say that? Freya still didn't understand. In her opinion, William's refusal was simply stupid. That's a country, it's a country! If you swallow this country in your stomach, then the Hereford family can occupy the electoral seats in the three empires. When the time comes, the position of the emperor will naturally be captured, and then the historical mission of unifying the entire Ostrogothic Empire will naturally come. The Hereford family will become the most powerful, greatest, and most powerful family in the world.

"It's just a flash in the pan. William continued to shake his head: "Look, the Bretons have sharpened their knives and want to attack the Swabians." General John Churchill and his 140,000-strong army were able to wipe out 20,000 of Franconia's divisions in just one day. They are determined to win Lotternia. They have made it meat on their own plates. If we stupidly agree to the emperor's request, then the emperor will be happy.

This is tantamount to a complete break with the Britons, and it is tantamount to robbing the meat from the mouths of the Britons. Although it's a pity...... But unfortunately. We don't yet have the strength to wage a full-scale war with the Britons. In this context, we must continue to maintain our alliance with the Britons. ”

"In other words, the Emperor of the Empire canonized Loteraia to us, is it uneasy and kind?" At this moment, Freya had already understood the taste, and she asked with some indignation. Although it is a question sentence, looking at her appearance, she should already know the answer by herself.

"Yes, that's it. William nodded: "It's just uneasy and kind." Otherwise, why didn't he canonize me the nearest northern part of Moravia, or did he simply bring the kingdom of Bolotsk, which I already had, into the territory of the empire, and then give me a share of the elector on the basis of this kingdom?

If he really did this, he could say that there were two or three points of sincerity. And he threw out Loterania, which I think is a trap and a bait, and there is no other higher possibility. ”

"Damn it...... We have taught him a good lesson, but we still can't learn it - otherwise, we will destroy the Swabians and annex Moravia ourselves. Speaking of this, she was quite eager to try, and seemed to be a little embarrassed by such a "great achievement".

Of course, she just said it casually, William hehe, just listen to it casually. Seeing that the Swabian family is gathering strength and preparing for another decisive battle with the Bretons, now they are not watching a good show but want to intervene in it, even a fool will say that William is a fool.