After that, they exchanged a large amount of gold and even silver for these commodities. And these Aztecs seemed to only regard gold as a kind of ordinary ornament, rather than as a general equivalent of currency. In the Aztec society, the more rare and precious obsidian functioned. This kind of hard and brittle crystal was used as a work of art for making weapons, sacrifices and carvings, and even some living vessels (very expensive).

Therefore, the Aztecs handed over a lot of gold and obtained something that could be bought in the old world only a few thousand Norman gold. The Norman Expedition made a lot of money.

According to the prior agreement, the entire expedition was fully invested by the royal government, Egil. Egil also accounted for 80% of the proceeds. The remaining 25% belonged to the fleet commander Eric and half of the infantry captain John Smith. The remaining 15% belonged to the crew, sailors and soldiers. Egil was therefore divided into 3.2 million Florin gold coins. The money for reform was settled. If the trade routes continued, there would be no wealth...

After that, the crew members who were on the voyage were treated like heroes. Countless women came to offer incense and kisses, and countless petals fell from their heads. Even Egil, the supreme emperor of Norman, was condescending to the nobles, personally received them, and enthroned them as the honorary knights of Norman. This was even happier than rewarding them with ten thousand Normankins! You know, the emperor's nobles were not so easy to be. Egil ascended the throne for six years, and there were very few nobles. This was the first time that the emperor was intrigued and enthroned hundreds of nobles at once (unfortunately I still love you the latest chapter!

Although it is only the lowest level of honor knight... or a little stricter, even the nobles are not considered...

As for the two commanders who led this expedition, John the infantry captain, and Eric the fleet commander of the Atlantic Fleet, they naturally received a better title. Eric, who was originally a viscount, was promoted to an earl this time, and his military rank was also promoted from general to general. John, who was originally a commander and a lord, received the title of a hereditary baron, and the guy who was happy almost fainted.

They did not value the humble annuity after becoming a noble, or the palm-sized land they distributed, and they could not control the land. All the land was under the control of the royal government, and they could only receive the harvest quarterly.

However, this does not mean that the Norman Empire's nobles are very cheap. Just the contrary. The royal nobles have a very high status. Note that what we are talking about here is the "royal family" that is, the nobles in the royal government system, which are formally enthroned by Egil.

Those nobles who have their own territory and certain magnitude, traditional concepts are called vassal nobles. They are usually the objects of engraving, exploiting and disposal of the emperor. In this era when the imperial power of the Norman Empire was strong, these nobles all clamped their tails to be human. Those dukes in Eastern Europe, who had reliable family trees and real names, even nodded and bowed when they saw a royal knight in the imperial team...

Those who can become royal nobles are usually Norman warriors who follow Egil to fight south or north, or officials within the Norman bureaucracy.

Infantry, archer, Ranger, Norman Knights have the title of knight, Centurion, Norman Royal Knight has the title of Royal Knight, Thousand Husband, Imperial Guard Knight, and Lord.

The generals of the various garrison legions, the generals of the Baccarat legions, the commanders of each fleet, and several captains under Egil, Alpha, Robin Hood and Bamami are all viscounts.

The only difference is the commander of the outer sea fleet. The oldest marshal Carter Yi, he is the only royal noble with the title of Earl. Now this Count is commanding the most powerful main fleet of the Norman Empire, traversing the entire Mediterranean (the little fox meets the big wolf). He even made a bold statement after getting drunk: With his ability, he can definitely conquer the city of Rome before the Roman Catholic Church can react. Of course, he will never admit that he said such words after he woke up.

But that is already a thing of the past. Now the Norman Empire is not considered the emperor, queen, and princess. These three royal members. The highest title is the Grand Duke of Syria Joan of Arc.

After commending these explorers, Egil called John and Eric to the office alone and asked them about their impression of the legendary Aztec.

"Well... they were very backward and very primitive. Although they had simple metal smelting capabilities, they could not make steel weapons, and they didn't even have bronze weapons. Their soldiers wore solid clothes made of cotton to serve as armor and held sticks inlaid with obsidian fragments as weapons." The first person to speak was John. The commander of the infantry, the commander of the thousand-man, told all the information about the army of the Aztec Empire that he knew."

"They don't have cavalry, to be precise, they don't even have war horses. There is nothing that can replace war horses. However, their number of soldiers is very large. Their knights are also very active in training. I have seen their army and number of similar numbers as our 1,000 team. All the staff are equipped with the best equipment. I mean, at their level. At the same time, they are covered with the fur of a big cat. They seem to be tigers, or leopards. Their training is very good and they cooperate well. But their equipment is too poor. I estimate that a Norman 1,000 team can defeat at least five thousand of them.

"It's just a pity. I don't want to transport a team of thousands." Egil shook his head like this and turned around and looked at Eric. So the fleet commander said:

"Please don't think that their equipment is poor, their combat effectiveness is low. My Majesty."

"Tell me carefully." Egil nodded, and then said...

"They are indeed very poor in some aspects. Their army is extremely poor, and there are no cavalry. However, I think these can be compensated by quantity and organization..." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!