"If you are willing to spend more money, I can help you hire some cooks. The food may not be as delicious as the ones in the palace, but it will definitely be better than what you used to eat."
Tang Ping explained to Egbert that in the Tang Dynasty, cooks were also free persons, not slaves.
It is impossible to tie up a few and send them to him, but as long as he is willing to pay a relatively high price, there is no problem in hiring a few cooks to go to Africa to cook for him.
There are always people who are willing to leave their hometown to earn more money.
As for seasonings and the like, when the time comes they will trade ore with Datang and just ask the transport ship to bring some to the cooks each time.
"Okay, then you must help me hire some good ones." Egbert was captured by today's meal of Tang Dynasty delicacies.
Fortunately, Tang Ping had thoughtfully packed a portion for him just now, so at least he would be able to eat it tonight.
But starting from tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat for a long time.
Thinking about what he had eaten in the past, Egbert felt that he had no appetite.
Now everything about Egbert has been settled.
Tang Ping took him back to London.
Looking at the familiar castle, Egbert felt like he was in a dream. Only the food box in his hand reminded him that this was all real.
He no longer had any nostalgia for the throne of Wessex.
He took a piece of parchment and wrote on it.
After writing it, he showed it to Tang Ping: "These lords here should have no objections to who should be the king, as long as their status is not shaken."
"These are the ones who will definitely cause trouble. I can summon them to London if you need them."
Tang Ping didn't know these words at all at this time, but he would just give them to Alaric when the time comes.
After thinking for a while he said: "Okay, let everyone come to London."
Egbert himself will take away a group of die-hard loyalists, then win over those who have no objections, then suppress those who have objections, and finally support a group of nobles who are still loyal to the Sovereign family to fill the gap that Egbert has taken away. of vacancies.
Basically, you can control the entire Wessex.
Egbert personally ordered all the lords to come to London.
When he was at the height of his power in Wessex, he conquered so much territory. These noble lords did not dare to disobey his orders, so they quickly came to London.
"Do you know why the king summoned us today?"
"I don't know, are you planning to continue attacking somewhere?"
"We actually called all the lords here. It seems like things are not that simple."
The lords entered the castle while discussing.
Egbert looked at the messy lords standing below, then thought about the great Chaohui he saw in Chang'an and sighed softly.
It can't be compared, it really can't be compared with anything.
Compared with the Tang Dynasty, he was nothing.
He also made up his mind that after going out this time, he would also imitate Datang.
"Everyone should be wondering why I called everyone here this time, right?"
Egbert didn't waste any time. He directly invited Alaric over and said, "This person may be unfamiliar to you. He is Alaric, the grandson of King Sovlin."
"What? King Sovrin?"
"Wasn't he exiled decades ago?"
"Why did the king call his grandson here today?"
The lords below suddenly heard such news, and they all looked at each other, wondering what Egbert was going to do.
Then Egbert's next words shocked them even more. "I plan to return the throne of Wessex to Alaric, so he will be the King of Wessex from now on."
"Your Majesty the King!" A diehard Egbert stood up and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Egbert.
"I will take you to open up a new world. Are you willing to follow me?"
The few people he selected have all followed him in the wars in the north and south over the years.
As a generational hero here, Egbert's judgment of people is still very accurate.
His die-hard lords didn't even ask him where he was going. When they heard that he was taking them away, they knelt on one knee and expressed their willingness to follow him.
There were also some lords who were loyal to the Sovereign family in the past. Although they later followed Egbert, they had no objection to the Sovereign family continuing to inform Wessex. They also knelt on one knee and expressed their willingness to be loyal to Alaric in the future. .
The lords who had been circled by Egbert and had no objections saw someone swearing allegiance, and Egbert had obviously made up his mind to leave. If they did not leave with him, they would have no choice but to be loyal to Alaric.
After hesitating for a moment, they also swore allegiance, leaving only a few lords with uncertain expressions.
Many of these lords surrendered from several countries that were attacked.
Naturally, there was no bond between them and the Sovlin family, but it was just because Mu Qiang followed Egbert in his heart, hoping to gain greater benefits by following him.
Now Egbert is leaving Wessex.
Ask them to drop everything and leave, but they don't want to.
But they were unwilling to continue to be loyal to Alaric, whose origin was unknown.
Egbert looked at these people and said persuasively: "You may wonder why I chose to give up the throne of king to Alaric, especially when we are about to unify England."
These people all nodded, they really didn't understand.
"Because... Alaric and the others are stronger than me, and they will be better able to lead you to unify England."
He was talking about them here because he didn't think Alaric would be better than him, but he knew that if Datang was behind him, he would definitely be able to do better than himself.
The lords were a little disbelieving after hearing Egbert's words, and one lord directly asked: "So, did His Majesty the King give up the throne because the other party was more powerful?"
Thinking about it now, Egbert taking people away at this time was more like a kind of exile.
They didn't know that Egbert planned to go to southern Africa to create a new empire that would imitate the Tang Dynasty. He also invited chefs from the Tang Dynasty to enjoy spicy food.
Just think he was exiled.
Egbert thought for a while and said with a smile: "It can be said that if you follow Alaric and work hard in the future, you will definitely have a better future!"
In the end, except for two of the lords, they hesitated and swore allegiance to Alaric.
Alaric looked at the two men and said: "You go, I will let you see a better Wessex."
The two of them originally thought that Alaric might take action against them, but they didn't expect that he would let them go like this. However, they were somewhat impressed by Alaric's magnanimity.
After the two men left, Egbert took his people to the side, and he would tell them his future plans.
Alaric also began to explain his reform plan to the lords loyal to him.
That’s right, it’s reform!
He had his own ideal country in mind, and after many discussions with Tang Ping, they formulated a reform plan that took into account the interests of the lord.
These lords had just sworn allegiance at this time, which was actually the time when resistance was least.
And because Egbert took so many people away, their territory and so on were huge resources.
In Tang Ping's words, reform is just an exchange of interests. They can now use the resources that left the lords in exchange for some conditions so that the reform can proceed.
It's just that Alaric needs to talk to these lords himself. This is not only a test for him, but also a good time for him to establish his majesty.
