Soon after, the war on the British Isles ended.
Before Bjorn led his troops back to Scotland, Scotland had been completely pacified by Alfred's army. And for some unknown reason, Ireland, which once belonged to Ivar, never responded to Bjorn's call.
After receiving this news, Bjorn's army was demoralized and there were many deserters, including many lords. Out of ammunition and exhausted, they fought an unsuspicious decisive battle at the border with the English army waiting for work. Bjorn's army was completely disintegrated. The Scottish lords were either killed in battle or captured, and Bjorn himself, with a cavalry of less than a hundred men, was missing.
With the care of Paracelsus and the powerful life force from the Dragon Pact, Alfred recovered. He took Paracelsus to see Mellie sleeping, but unfortunately Paracelsus knew nothing about the dragon's body and could not wake her up.
In view of the spread of the Black Death in Scotland, Paracelsus was temporarily left in England by Ira to assist Alfred in dealing with the Black Death epidemic on the British island.
Then came the reluctant parting moment——
"That's not right! This little thing is totally not enough!"
Ella's face turned red with anger and she shouted at Alfred:
"Although you did say that you would only support 'a little' food and grass, and 'not' a lot. But, it can't be so little, right?"
Ella was referring to what was on the table—three plates, each with a pie on it. Three in total, one not too much and one not too little.
"And can this really be called 'food and grass'? Ah? No matter how you think about it, this is only enough for me to eat for one day?"
"You are wrong, it is only enough for one meal." Alfred corrected, "I cooked these myself this morning, one for you, one for your maid, and one for the master you recognize. , don’t even think about eating it all by yourself.”
"Is the problem here? Huh? Your army went to happily attack the unsuspecting Scotland, leaving my army here to fight a tough battle. Is this what you mean? Huh???"
"So I said, my reward is mainly to provide you with horses and help you train cavalry..."
"Then there must be no shortage of food and grass!" Ella stamped her feet on the ground, "Alfred! I have always thought you are a good person, how come you are stingier than the businessmen of the Island Republic? Huh?"
"But I really can't give you much food and grass. If I give it to you anymore, we will starve ourselves. You can't ignore the life and death of your allies, can you?"
"That's not what you said at the time! Where is the food and grass you have stored up?"
"You gave them all to Bjorn." Alfred shrugged helplessly, "As for Bjorn's food and grass, you burned them..."
"Those grains and grasses are for your knights!" Ella slammed her hand on the table angrily, "If you don't want to give me grains and grasses, then just give me your dozen or so knights! You can use grains and grasses in the future. Redeem it slowly!"
"King of Sweden, you are... too pushy."
Seeing that Ella was about to rush forward and fight with Alfred, Amy on the side hurriedly pulled her down, inserted herself between the two of them and said, "Alfred, since the food on your side has also encountered Difficulty, how about changing things and handing over all the three hundred captives of Aztlan, including their leader Tesosomoc, to us?"
"Amy, what are you talking about? What do I want from those prisoners..."
"Your Majesty, leave the price negotiation to me!"
Before Ella could say anything, Amy covered her mouth.
All this was seen by Alfred. However, he still followed Amy's words and said: "You want prisoners? There is no problem with that. But what do you want these prisoners for? Although I know that your pirate kingdom has the custom of collecting ransoms, these foreigners definitely cannot be exchanged. Come for ransom..."
"That's it! Amy, you...um! Uh-huh!! Uh-huh!!!"
Ella struggled hard to speak until Amy glared at her: "Your Majesty, leave the price negotiation to me."
"Uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh..."
Ella finally fell silent.
"The King of Sweden has a big project in Sweden that needs manpower. These three hundred magic people would be great as free labor." Amy said, "There's just one thing, we need all the Aztlan people. Take everything back, leave no one behind!"
Alfred nodded: "Okay, anyway, if I keep them, they will only be executed on the street, and they are of little use. If you want, just take them away. But that Tesosomok's hands and feet are injured, so he can't follow you." If we leave, we won’t be able to do any hard work, so what do you want?”
"Yes," Amy said, "With him here, it will be easier to manage other Aztlan people."
"I think it's a risk to take him away." Alfred murmured, and then nodded again, "Okay, Tesosomok will be given to you too. He can't walk. I'll give you another stretcher. This Is the head office ready?"
The matter is settled like this. But as soon as she went out, Ella shouted at Amy: "Amy! What are you thinking about? I don't have any big projects that need manpower? We can still eat three hundred pigs! Three hundred people, then Isn’t it a waste of my bread?”
"Your Majesty, listen to me." Amy said mysteriously in Ella's ear, "Bjorn said that Aztlan is full of gold. Your Majesty, don't you want to go?"
"Hmm... I think so, but Hestein didn't summon me..."
"They have not been summoned, which means that His Majesty can move freely now. Of course, he can also go directly to Aztlan!" Amy said, "Keep these people, they can guide the route at sea, and they can also go to Aztlan." Be our guide. Especially Tesozomoc, the lord of a city-state, actually regards His Majesty as the messenger of God. After we go to Aztlan, we may be able to cheat and drink!"
"Oh oh oh oh! This way we can stop them from eating our bread!"
"And there's gold!"
"That's right! Trade and exchange feathers for gold! Amy, you are so smart...wait a minute." Ella, who was about to praise Amy, suddenly realized something, "If you need a guide or something, only one or two people will be left." That’s fine, what do I need three hundred people for? They’re still eating my bread in vain!”
"Such a good trade opportunity, of course, cannot be disclosed to others! If the King of Knights also sails to Aztlan, our profits will be less!"
Amy's eyes sparkled.
"This is what businessmen call a monopoly, a monopoly! Your Majesty, we are going to Aztlan immediately to monopolize this trade channel!"
(End of chapter)
