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Section 124 Active Defense

Of course, the miracle would not happen for no reason. Arod did defeat the invasion of Vikings. This success made the nobles of the Principal of Mason amazed, but then there was a little embarrassment, that was, they were originally here to help Arod defeat the invasion of Vikings, but now the Mecklenburg people have finished the work, so what are they still doing here? Let's just disband and go home.

"Since the Earl of Mecklenburg has driven away the Viking warriors, does that mean we can disband the army?" Duke Eble expressed the thoughts of everyone. After all, every time the vassals assembled an army, it was a loss of their own property for them.

"It's not so. All the noble nobles, let us enter the tower first and discuss this matter while enjoying the banquet." Of course, Aruod would not let this powerful army disappear without any action. He pointed to the gate of the main tower and invited Duke Ebul and other nobles to enter it.

"Dingdong~~~Dingdong~~~." When Duke Eble and the nobles of the Principal of Mason stepped into the main tower, beautiful harp and flute sounds sounded in the tower. The melodious music came from above their heads, causing the nobles of the Principal of Mason to raise their heads involuntarily.

In the corridor on the second floor of the Lord's Hall, a group of music artists sat on a bench overlooking the Lord's Hall. They held their own musical instruments in their hands and played and played the instruments intently. The melodious music surrounded the hall from here. On the first floor, the three long wooden tables in the Lord's Hall were covered with black and blue tablecloths, and various rich foods were placed on them. The wooden table was surrounded by attendants and servants holding wine pots waiting to serve the nobles at any time. The bright flowers were placed in pottery and then placed around the hall. The fragrant fragrance of flowers made people intoxicated, and this wonderful scene seemed to be enjoying delicious food in the courtyard.

"Oh um~~." The nobles exclaimed. Such a luxurious banquet was something they had never experienced in their lifetime, and they exclaimed like a country bumpkin. You should know that the rulers of the entire Mason Principality can almost enjoy the most exquisite things in the Mason Principality, but this carefully planned banquet is indeed like a fairyland.

"Wow, how beautiful, how fragrant~~~." Princess Qiaoxi said with joy. The woman had no resistance to flowers and other things. Seeing the whole hall dressed like a fairyland, she jumped forward happily and smelled the fragrant flowers. She found that these flowers were actually planted directly in earthen pottery jars, which contained fresh and moist soil. Although the nobles would put the pottery on special cabinet shelves to show their wealth, it seemed that Aruod, the act of putting earthen pots in earthen pots and planting flowers, was simply a luxury.

"Plant flowers with clay pots?" Not only Princess Josie, but also other nobles of the Principal of Mason, were stunned. Duke Eble was stunned. This was simply blatant show-off. In fact, they completely misunderstood Arod. These clay pots were made in Mecklenburg's smelting base. Because Arod once watched a historical documentary of the development of pottery in the Celestial Dynasty on TV, I remember some of the methods of making pottery with clay and the wooden pulleys that could be turned into man-made pottery, so Arod wanted to make Mecklenburg's own pottery specialties and sell them to other nobles as a commodity.

Mecklenburg near the coast and rivers can be excavated a large amount of clay. These are the basic conditions for Arod to try to produce Mecklenburg specialties. The smelting kilns and mature craftsmen at the smelting base also provided him with the necessary conditions. Although the design of these pottery was monotonous, it was indeed the first batch of original pottery shapes. Arod presented these Mecklenburg original pottery to the Mason nobles attending the banquet as flower pots, which also had an advertising effect.

"Please give me a seat." Arod welcomed Duke Ebul to his original seat because of Duke Ebul's monarchy. He sat on the left hand of Duke Ebul and Princess Josie sat on the right hand of Duke Ebul. They were like the male and female protagonists in fairy tales, sitting in the main tower of the castle built with stones. Behind the wooden tables on both sides were the nobles of the Principal of Mason.

When the Duke of Ebul and the nobles sat firmly, the servants and servants immediately filled their glasses and presented food for them. After the Duke of Ebul raised the glasses and gave them a simple blessing, the prayers began to have a happy meal in the Mecklenburg Castle in the melody of the chanting of the Bible by the monks of the Monks of St. Jomie. These delicious foods made the nobles very satisfied. When each noble ate the food in his plate, the servants immediately filled it again, and they were like gluttons that never knew satisfaction.

"Mr. Arod, haven't you told us what to do next?" Earl Pron picked up the wine glass and chewed the bacon in big mouthfuls. Before he could wipe his greasy hands, he said to Arod that in the war with the Bohemians, the young earl was rescued by Julian, who was sent by Arod, who was invaded into the enemy, so he had a friendship that was closer to Arod than other nobles.

"Yes, Arud, was this luxurious and sumptuous banquet prepared to dismiss the noble army of the Principal of Mason?" Duke Eble also asked. In the Duke Eble's opinion, such a sumptuous and sumptuous banquet would definitely cost a lot of money. It would be reasonable to apologize to the nobles who came to rescue.

"Luxury?" Aruod was a little confused. In his opinion, this was just a very ordinary banquet. He swallowed a sip of ham and took a sip of honey wine, and then replied to Duke Eble, "Dignity Duke, we have no need to disband the army at all."

"Oh? But you have already defended against the Viking warriors. With so many troops here, can you bear so much military supplies?" Duke Eble said, holding his chin. Although these soldiers summoned by his feudal lords have prepared dry food, the dry food they have prepared is carried by themselves, and the amount is limited. They are almost eaten up on the march. Therefore, if they are stationed outside the Mecklenburg Castle, in order to avoid these soldiers doing extraordinary things in hunger, Arod must bear most of the food. Of course, if the Viking warriors invade the territory, the general lord's approach is to urge these soldiers to fight to reduce the pressure on their food supply. But now there is no opponent, and the opponent has been driven away by the Mecklenburg people.

"No, the Vikings were not completely defeated. I have received information from the captured Vikings, who are led by Danish King Banuk," Aroud said to Duke Eble.

"Banuk, the King of Denmark, is just a pagan king." Duke Eble nodded and said casually. For Christians, there are barbaric places outside the Christian world.

"That's right, but it's very dangerous. His plan is not just Mecklenburg County, but an attempt to occupy a piece of territory in the Christian world. This is his ambition. Therefore, I dare to think that the best defense is attack. We will attack the territory of the King of Denmark and turn the territory of the Danes into the land of the Principal of Mason." Arod looked at Duke Eble's eyes and said with a strong voice. At this time, all the music stopped, and the noise between the nobles' bells and the noise was quiet. Only Arod's majestic voice was heard echoing in the hall of the lord.

"Attack the territory of the northerners, hiss~~." Duke Eble frowned. This plan was too bold. They had no experience in these wild places and did not even know the geographical location. So he expressed his doubts about Arod.

"Don't worry, my Lord Duke, I'm ready, come here." If Duke Eble and the nobles of the Principal of Mason did not understand the terrain of Denmark at all, Arud knew it well. He didn't need to send explorers or spies at all. He waved his hand and brought out a roll of parchment. When the parchment was displayed in front of the nobles of Mason, it was a topographic map, a Denmark's topographic map.

"How could you have this thing?" Duke Eble looked at the map and couldn't believe it. This was really a map of Denmark. He couldn't help but feel fear of Arud's profoundness and unconsciously how Arud got it.

"Oh, I gradually pieced together the oral narratives of Viking prisoners." Arod gave a more reasonable explanation, and then pointed to the narrow county of Schleswig in the map. There were three islands next to Schleswig, two of which were the Zeland islands. "As long as we attack Schleswig, we will inevitably force the King of Denmark to fight with us from his nest in Schleswig, and turn passive defense into active offense."

"What if the King of Denmark ignores our attack?" Duke Eble thought for a while and asked. At this time, the other nobles also stopped eating and gathered together to look down at this simple but important map.

"Then we will take the opportunity to capture Schleswig County, build a castle there, and look across the sea from the islands of Zeland." Arod said with a smile.
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