Egil took the defensive stance. Instead of taking the initiative, he stationed in the Ile-de-France area, continuing to calm the people's hearts while waiting for the army led by Joan of Arc to come.

The longer I stayed in France, the more I felt that his wife lost, she was not wronged. Or she was roughly equal in command and combat, and even Artoria was a little stronger (Altolia: she was just a little careless, she was definitely not something she couldn't beat!); and in terms of personal force, Artoria may also have the advantage (Altolia: she had been chopping for so long before fighting with her. So she was at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength. But even that was the case, she didn't take much advantage).

However, in terms of winning people's hearts and being respected, Artoria was far behind by Joan of Arc. The political idiot (Egil) had no other choice than blindly high-pressure rule. He also arbitrarily cut off many noble families on the Ile-de-France, forcing Egil to cut them all directly to eliminate future troubles...

I don’t understand the most basic kindness and power.

Well, Egil admitted that in fact, what he did was not very good, or it was not that he did not do well enough. But the other party, Joan of Arc did it so well. Although Egil had already felt that his methods of coaxing the public were superb enough, now it seems that he still needs to study hard and improve every day.

It is a scam to say that Egil is not at all attracted to the wealthy French region. The key is how to digest and absorb this area and gain benefits. If you have to maintain high military expenses every year, the riots of all sizes make you anxious and you can't collect taxes at all. In this damn situation, the more territory you occupy, the greater the loss.

So, the key is the people's support. Although Egil has never regarded NPC as a human being, he cut off a commander of a legion on false charges two days ago. But what about this? If there is no interest, who will stand up for him? It is true that although the commanders of each garrison army have the title of earl, there are no private soldiers under his command. All the troops are all from Egil. If Egil's order was not available, their troops would not even be able to leave the garrison.

The fief of Anderson, the commander of the Scandinavian garrison, was in England, the fief of John, the commander of the English garrison, was in Livan, the fief of Alvin, the commander of the Livanian, was in Normandy, the former garrison general, and the current garrison general James, was in Prussia, and the fief of the Prussian garrison Hans was in England. The fief of the Admiral Carter was in Denmark.

Well, basically that's it, none of these are the key points. The loyalty of the five new generals collectively declined a little bit. Even the newly recruited Legion Commander James has a ill-gotten attribute. He always keeps his eyebrows and looks disgusting as if he is looking for a fight.

As long as Egil still has seventeen points of brutality (unjustly killing subordinates + 1 brutality - 1 morale - all generals 1 point of loyalty). Fourteen points of prestige (Norman King attribute upgrade: the king of the continental power + 5 prestige + 5 people's safety). Then no one dares to rebel - at least not betrayal without complete preparation.

In addition, Egil also felt that it seemed a little unsafe to hand over the entire navy to Carter alone. At the same time, the sea boundary under his command had also expanded a lot. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea are both within their own sphere of influence. Norman merchants also poured into the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and even the Caspian Sea. This has further increased the mission of the Norman Navy. Egil has already planned to decentralize power - I mean to clarify the scope of responsibility. The preliminary plan is to divide the navy into three parts. Although General Carter also serves as the deputy commander-in-chief of the navy (the commander-in-chief is Egil himself), in fact, only one third of the so-called Baltic Navy can be commanded. Two new positions are one-third of the so-called Baltic Navy. One is the General of the North Sea and the other is the General of the Outer Sea (except the Baltic Sea).

Of course, all this is just some small plan of Egil himself. It is like standing up for his wife. In fact, if you don’t find someone to take the blame, Artoria’s situation will become very bad. When Egil was just the king of Norway, his subordinate Vikings would think that he was a match with Artoria. Now, after Egil became King Norman, his subordinate Vikings looked down on Artoria a little.

Especially not having children.

Although Egil said it was indifferent. But in fact, in this era, no matter which region of the earth, he was very obsessed with the issue of offspring. No matter what kind of woman he was, she was as beautiful as a fairy or as beautiful as a genius. If the king still spoiled her as usual, he would be a fool like Jie and Zhou. And Egil and Artoria have been married for more than a year. Artoria's belly has not changed as usual. Naturally, it is very criticized. Even if he reports a letter to the Pope, he will ask for a divorce later.

So, before Artoria changed Egil's order without authorization and wanted to defeat France, but there was such a reason in it. She wanted to use her actual merits to block those rumors and rumors. However, she did not expect that in the end, this result would be... If Egil had not cut off his head and expressed his attitude, proving that he was still a fool like Jie and Zhou, and would have liked Altoia's small breasts. Then at this moment, his subordinates wrote to the Pope privately, asking for a separation and could have piled up as high as the Alps.

That's it.

Let’s talk about Joan of Arc here - of course, I will talk about Artoria before this. If Artoria had half of Jean of Arc, then Egil would not have to worry about it. To be honest, Lufos had no credit, and at least he worked hard. It would be a pity to cut it like this.

It is said that Joan of Arc will win people's hearts. Although Egil has not met Joan of Arc yet, it can be seen from one side.

Egil gave the serfs land - it was land!!!! It was the most important means of production in the Middle Ages that could grow food ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!

——However, the serfs still did not give Egil face. At most, they just did not resist publicly. They secretly informed the French rebels. Just like the common people in the occupied areas during World War II. God knows where the high enlightenment came from, and he even wanted his life.

Well, the specific situation is as follows: After Egil thoroughly investigated the situation on the Ile de France, he knew that if he didn't pay a lot of money, he would not be able to appease these French people - the nobles had been cut off by him. The middle class was basically not the main force for causing trouble. Then what was left was the serfs with a large number and deep hatred.

This also involves Egil's strategy for his empire after his empire. It is also of experimental significance to implement this in Ile-de-France.

Egil allowed the serfs and free people to be given to the killed nobles, and asked them to pay for a land of no more than ten acres, cultivate for twenty years, and pay agricultural taxes on time (this is the focus) and poll taxes (this is also the focus), so that this land would become his property (this is the focus) and no one else would blame him if he was later annexed).

Of course, serfs generally have no belongings. They definitely can't buy land at a price of ten times the market price. But this doesn't matter. They don't have one. Egil has. Egil lent them on behalf of the Norman Kingdom. Of course, it cannot be borrowed for nothing. If there is a mortgage, what is the mortgage? The land that the serf just bought on credit is not high, and the profit is two cents. For example, the usury of today's black-hearted Jewish merchants is much lower.

If the serfs cannot pay interest due to natural disasters or man-made disasters when they expire, they will not be able to pay interest due to natural disasters or their own laziness, then I'm sorry, the territory as collateral will have to be confiscated.

Of course, in this way, the serfs did not gain nothing. At least they had obtained the status of a free citizen and could find a job freely. But in this era when there was no industrial revolution and the artisanal industry in cities was not developed, how could they find a job? How could they support their families? They were no longer serfs, so they could not farm anymore. Do they still have to sell themselves as slaves again?

Who said that if you are not a serf or a self-cultivated farmer, you can't farm? Egil invented a very nice word for this: agricultural workers. In the words of the Celestial Empire, it is the kind of long-term work, do farm work, and get a salary afterward. Of course, the salary is not much, and it is barely able to support the family.

It's amazing, this is already a capitalist society - the social form has improved so much at once. It's really amazing.

Of course, if you pay a tax to the state, then pay an interest to the state, and finally pay a loan to the state - under such exploitation, the serfs can still hold on for twenty years (no repayment of the loan in advance), then Egil has nothing to say. Anyway, he has been taking the interest for so many years and finally got a large loan. He has made a profit.

In this way, an extremely fair and win-win liberation of serfs (trial version) began to be implemented on the land of Ile-department. The serfs who obtained the land were filled with tears and their favorability for the Norman Kingdom rose sharply. They had no idea that this was just the beginning of a new round of exploitation...
Chapter completed!