Finally, after bargaining from many parties, Diplomat One finally reached an agreement with Robert II. In addition to ceding the above islands and recognizing the sovereignty of the Norman Kingdom over Northumberland and Cumbria, it also had to compensate the Norman Kingdom for another 17,000 gold coins.

Although, in Diplomat No. 1, such an agreement has taken a considerable advantage. But in Egil's view, it seems that it is still a bit - no, not a bit. It is very -

"It's cheaper for them." Egil shook his head, and then said to the surprised diplomat No. 1: "Although the place in Scotland is so barren that it is robbed by our navy before. But no matter what, it is impossible that there is only such a little wealth. You want less."

The diplomat No. 1 dared not agree. He finally said such a number, and looked at the other party and had the desire to hang himself. In the eyes of his boss, is there a lot of feelings?

"Come on, I'll settle the score with you." Egil could naturally see what the diplomat No. 1 was thinking, so he calmly converted Scotland's financial situation with his fingers, and then summarized: "In other words, with the ransoms of the knights and nobles, the other party can take out at least 21,000 gold coins. But now you can look at it separately, the war compensation is only 17,000. The ransom is only 2,500. In this way, the income of 1,500 gold coins is missing inside and outside."

Seeing this, the diplomat No. 1 was convinced and said that he would learn from the Lord and work harder.

However, no matter what, the Scots suffered heavy losses this time. Both economic and manpower were lost. The domestic political situation was chaotic. It seemed that thirty or fifty years would have been slowing down. However, Robert II was not worried. Because the British Isles, except for the Ireland, which did not suffer too much war, the rest of the places were covered in scars. It took a lot of time to recover, at least two generations of efforts. At this time, the average life expectancy of people was very short. So Robert II felt that if there were no accidents, he would not have conflicts with the Norman Kingdom in his lifetime.

That's right, the Norman Kingdom. At this moment, although even Norman Europe was not unified, Egil had already changed the name of his kingdom to the Norman Kingdom very much, that is, he had regarded himself as the king of all Normans. Such behavior would naturally attract the hostility of his neighbors in Norman Europe, Sweden and Denmark. But Egil didn't care. The two countries also experienced a great war. The strength was severely damaged and needed rest and recuperation. Speaking of rest and recuperation, Egil, who had a system cheater, would not be slower than others in any case.

A month later, in February 1001 AD, Egil finally raised enough money and started construction of the road network connecting the five cities of England. At the same time, the statutory law that had been implemented in Norway was also introduced to England. According to the example of Norway, the cities and towns in England replaced the traditional rule of local aristocracy with professional administrative officials. The traditional rights of the English aristocracy were further weakened.

Afterwards, Egil spent a lot of money to renovate the gorgeous palace established in the new center of London. He presided over the ceremony with Peter, the Archbishop of the Kingdom and the Battlefield Order, proclaiming himself as the king of all the Normans in Norway, England, Wales and Ireland, and the North Sea islands. He formally conferred Artoria as his queen.

In the end, Egil's counter-intent caused a strong rebound. On the land of England, a total of eighty-three nobles and large families swore blood and swore before the Holy Elephant of the Lord to form a rebellion coalition. They mobilized all the troops that could be mobilized in their territory. They raised the anti-flag in Manchester, a town in central England, and elected Henry IV, Duke of Lancaster, as the new king of England, and prepared to expel Egil, a foreigner.

In this way, the rebel noble alliance gathered nearly 20,000 rebels and received a large number of small feudal lords' responses. The rebels effortlessly conquered York City, which had only 500 town patrol soldiers, and were very arrogant.

"Really, can't I let my breath a little relieve?" Egil sighed after receiving the news. After the tax on nearly 100,000 gold coins in March was raised, he was still considering what to do. In this way, there was no need to consider this amount of money. Just use military expenditure to expand the military and prepare for war.

"There are 20,000 rebels, right?" Egil asked his spy chief Wuming.

"That's right." Wuming replied.

"Then, we will also use the power of 20,000 troops to show our fairness and justice." Egil ordered.

"Fair and justice, are you related to these two words?" The system elves couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Also, the majority of the opponent's 20,000 troops were temporarily recruited peasant soldiers, and your army - when did you have 20,000 troops? Including dwarf mercenaries, there are only more than 17,000, right?"

"It'll be there soon." Egil replied easily: "I am a powerful king now. How can I do that with such a small number of troops?"

Just as Egil said, when Alfred only owned England, he could mobilize 50,000 troops in full mobilization. Egil's current territory is nearly twice as large as Alfred. Moreover, the territory is scattered, with only 17,000 troops in the east and west. Of course, this is not the reason why the town garrison soldiers are not counted. However, Egil has made a decision. In the future, the task of the town garrison troops is to catch thieves, patrol the towns and take the police salary. It will be fine if it is not included in the regular army calculations.

Therefore, Egil needs more troops. Expanding his main force to 20,000 is just the initial idea. In the next step, Egil will also start to form the Norwegian local garrison army, the British garrison army, and the Normandy garrison army, and exchange them for generals. In the future, you cannot fight alone.
Chapter completed!