Now not only the old baron, but also Kunsang and Nanding who were beside Olan didn't understand that they had mobilized their troops and mobilized their troops. Although their own battle losses were not heavy, there were still thirty or forty people injured and disabled. How could they just spit out the fat they got?
But outsiders were still present, and the two of them abided by their duties without saying a word. They just held each other's hands on the old baron harder, making the old baron's face ache.
"Avalon is very good. He was brave and good at fighting yesterday. I also saw the scars on his body. He was injured by the Viking thief 'Ivar the Boneless'. If the sword is any closer to his pants, the heir will be exterminated." .
After talking all night long, he told me that he was willing to bury the hatchet. As long as I asked his old father to abdicate, the Vijay family would no longer need to send troops to attack villages, valleys, and manors that had not yet surrendered.
He will give me the territory inventory information, pay me the protection tax on time, and sign a covenant with me under the witness of the church statue, and I will never break it in this life. This condition is very tempting, right? "
"Impossible, Avalon can't do such a thing! He was raised by me and is my son."
"Before you took away your son's lover, he was still as close as father and son."
Kunsang made up for it!
Last night, the injured Avalon and his men were also "entertained" by torture enthusiast Kunsang.
Being asked all kinds of secrets.
Avalon's men couldn't help but tell this in pain. After hearing this, Oran had an idea in his mind, and he wanted to divide the father and son.
According to the current situation, even if Baron West's main city territory is taken away by him, Oran does not have so many manpower to manage it.
These soldiers and subordinates who originally belonged to West were not trustworthy.
In the central and northern England region, excluding the Scots in the north, the Vikings in the east were elusive. Small groups often came directly across the ocean, ranging from dozens to hundreds.
After they set foot on a foreign land, they were like animals in heat, wanting everything and grabbing everyone they saw.
If you divide your troops into newly occupied areas, it will be very troublesome when the Vikings come. Once you cannot protect your people, it will also cause anger and reduce your prestige.
Also, in the current Seven Kingdoms region, the aristocratic system is far less regular and orderly than in the southern land.
There are a lot of thieves in England now, and there are even several groups in the Oran Territory. Their origins are complicated, and they occupy some forests and important roads. Once they cannot defeat the lord, the entire force will move away.
The "Hunting Dog" who was defeated by Kun Sang last time also belongs to this kind of force.
Not to mention the English lords, they were the Franks. Once they conquered their enemies, they would consider again and again if the cost of governance was too high, and they would entrust the original forces to manage it on their behalf, as long as the conquerors met two things.
One is to pay protection tax, and the other is to send troops or labor to support the conquerors.
The Northumbria region is very large. Even if it is divided into eight counties, if divided equally, it will be larger than other counties in England.
There are three mountain ranges in the West Territory, eight forests and quarries, and six scattered villages with a population of more than a hundred people.
Second to the main city, it is smaller in scale and has three fortresses made of wood or half wood and half stone.
How many people are needed to manage this?
Therefore, even the native West family has always adopted feudal management.
It is currently impossible to achieve full direct jurisdiction.
If you don’t reward the land, no one will work for you.
Businessmen love money, priests value faith, and nobles love women, but land satisfies all of the above.
Since father and son had a feud, Oran deliberately moved him out to see the old baron's reaction even though he had not discussed the matter with Avalon.
"I want to see Avalon, I want to ask him personally!"
The old baron went from excitement to calmness, feeling that what Olan said was a trick. He made a request that as long as he was allowed to meet his son, he could properly consider Olan's proposal.
"Very good, I like the best people to work with. I'm waiting for your good news."
Oran waved his hand and asked someone to take the old baron away and return to his lord's study.
Then Olan asked Nanding to come closer and bring over the second son of the old baron. This man wore a cloth cover and entered through the small door.
Since the church had been emptied, no one except Olan, Kunsang, Nanding and a few soldiers saw the apprentice knight who was just in his early twenties being brought there.
The hood was taken off, and "Gazi Moore" was a little uncomfortable with the sudden light. He waited for a few seconds before fully opening his eyes.
"Do you want to become a lord?" Oran was very direct.
Ghazi Moore tried to break free from the rope, but Kunsang raised his scabbard and slapped him hard, forcing him to kneel in front of Oran.
"Gazi Moore!"
"Lord Oran?"
"Your father and brother betrayed their trust and wrote letters to seek rebellion among my men. They attacked my towers and fortresses in the middle of the night, causing heavy casualties to my subjects. Now I am here to seek justice."
"That's not the case at all!"
Ghazi Moore still wanted to speak, but after Kunsang made the gesture of drawing his sword, he finally calmed down and even the anger in his eyes subsided.
He's a coward, but that's just fine.
Oran combined the information in his mind and continued to persuade, "I sent someone here to invite your father just now. After a short talk, his intention was very clear. He wanted to cease the war. I thought so too.
After all, the vicious Viking dogs will come at any time, and our Majesty Ella, if she smells the smell of war somewhere, wants to come and take advantage.
However, an armistice requires both parties to be satisfied with their respective conditions. Your father will send you to a church in my territory to practice penance, so that you can pray for the people who were killed and injured forever and wash away your sins.
He also compensated me with a forest farm and stone quarry, and gave me half a year’s tax income, so I brought you here to let you know. "
When the heirs of nobles become monks or ascetics, they have to give up all worldly rights. They must not take wives, be greedy for wine, and must not be competitive.
Although the clergy in various places did not comply with the ban to a high degree, what Oran said was that sending Ghazi Moore to his territory to practice hard training was actually a way for the nobles to surrender after the battle.
Ghazi Moore will be imprisoned as a hostage. In a small room that can only be turned over once or twice, he will pray day and night until he dies. This is not a theological practice, but a punishment - the belief in the light of the cross is prevalent in the north. Faith in the British Isles.
Ghazi Moore was trembling all over. When he was ten years old, he went to the homes of southern nobles to learn knightly etiquette. At that time, he had seen this kind of monks several times. People who had been imprisoned for a long time had slowly lost their spirits and kept repeating theological scriptures. …
"I don't want it! I didn't make a mistake, I didn't even go on an expedition, I stayed in the castle with my father, sir!"
"You still have a wife. Since you have to do hard work, there is no need to come here. Your father said that he and your brother Avalon will take good care of your wife."
Oran's lie struck a chord in Ghazi's heart.
The eighteen-year-old wife I just married is already pregnant.
He hasn't tasted enough of the beauty of this world.
The words "take good care of him" made Ghazi even more convinced that his father, who had countless lovers, would take good care of him!
It feels so good to play with other people.
Through the asymmetry of information, Oran sows the seeds of suspicion.
Oran continued to exert mental pressure on Ghazi Moore, and only sent someone to take him down when he could no longer hold on.
