The early morning sunlight shone into the house from the window. Ulf got up from the bed. He clapped his hands and two maids came in to help him put on his clothes. However, he did not walk out of the room immediately, but stood at the window. Looking out from everywhere, this was originally Holland Jarl's bedroom. It is located on the top of the fortress. From here, you can have a bird's eye view of the entire castle.
What hangs on the pointed arrow tower is Ulf's black wolf flag. Different from the Dutch Jarls that accepted feudalization, this flag is just a sheepskin, which looks extremely barbaric and primitive, but in any case, from the castle The flag was flown, officially announcing Ulf's rule to the entire Dutch Lowlands.
"But everyone around them is not convinced!" Ulf frowned. He actually did not plan to occupy Haarlem at the beginning, but he did it anyway due to the impetus of the situation. But they are a group of foreign Northmen. , even though they occupied Haarlem, the county capital, the people around them did not recognize their rights and refused to pay tribute to them.
"Tsk, tsk, do you lack the legal right to rule?" Ulf tapped his fingers lightly on the window sill a few times. Anyone who has played P Club games knows very well that the legal right to rule usually seems to be useless. But it is something that can affect people's hearts.
Ulf slightly let go of his doubts. Although he could not extend his power tentacles around the castle, the gold, silver and supplies left here were enough to make their small adventuring team feel like they had excavated a castle. Like a mountain of gold.
"Has everyone else started eating?" Ulf shook his head, temporarily forgetting the question, and asked the maids.
"Some people are dining, others are not." The maid said fearfully. These Norse people were very rude and cruel. The corpse of the bishop is still hung on the pillars, and the heads of the courtiers who refused to surrender were chopped off. It came down and was stuck on a sharp wooden stake. The originally tidy lord's hall was now in a mess.
Ulf nodded. Neither the people in East Hammar nor the Danes who joined had ever seen such a castle building. Now that they suddenly have an entire castle, it is inevitable that they will have a nouveau riche mentality, not to mention that they feel that anyway This is not your own, and you will waste it if you can. It is completely an aggressor's mentality.
"It can't always be like this." As he left the room and walked towards the Lord's Hall, Ulf squinted his eyes. He knew that the advantage of the Norse was the Viking spirit derived from the wasteland, but this kind of unorganized and unorganized Discipline has to change.
When Ulf came to the hall, he saw a group of Northmen holding bows and arrows, continuing to shoot at the bishop's body, and bursting into laughter. At the dining table, only Ange and Luther were eating silently. What’s on your plate.
"Where are the others?" Ulf sat opposite Ange and Luther and asked them.
"I haven't gotten up yet." Ange said calmly, as if he didn't want to mention Vargas and Sigrid at all, but Ulf learned the truth from Verside.
Vargas and Sigrid seemed to be engaged in a strange competition. They attacked the women in the castle, and they competed with each other to see who could sleep more and sleep better. In private, there were actually soldiers who were beaming with joy. They listened to the progress outside the room door and placed bets on both sides.
"Absurd." Ulf frowned. It was not that he did not understand the loneliness of the soldiers who left their homes and risked their lives to lick blood with their swords, which would inevitably lead to the most primitive desires. However, he did not want the soldiers to relax because of this, so Immediately gave orders to Viside to wake up Vargas and Sigrid.
After giving the instructions, Ulf sat down and enjoyed the food on the plate. The chef in Haarlem Castle was very skilled and the taste was quite good. When he finished eating the food on the plate, Vargas and Sigrid walked over calmly. Vargas looked like he had not woken up, while Sigrid was yawning and disheveled. If it hadn't been for Ulf's order, they would definitely not have gone forward. Come to the lobby.
"Ulf, what happened?" Vargas sat down, played with the food on the plate, and asked Ulf curiously.
"It's morning, it's time to eat. I haven't heard that you have to have breakfast, okay?" Ulf rolled his eyes and said to these two guys who had no self-discipline.
"Is this the case?" Vargas said dejectedly, even holding his waist. Yesterday he fought with five maids. Not to mention that the maids in Haarlem were quite hungry and in good physical condition. Vargas felt a little overwhelmed.
"Who said that?" Sigrid stepped on the edge of the chair, hugged her knees, and asked Ulf with a curious look on her face.
"A great warrior said it." Ulf said seriously.
"Who?" Ange raised his head curiously and asked.
"It's me in front of you." Ulf sat upright and said to everyone.
"Pfft~~." Sigrid was amused, while Ange and Vargas looked disdainful and suddenly became interested in the food in front of them. Only the Berserker Luther ate the food on the table like a storm. thing.
"Okay, the joking is over. I came to see you because I have something to say." Ulf coughed softly and then said to everyone. Seeing his serious expression, the few of them looked at each other, a little confused. He looked at Ulf again.
"I have decided to use Haarlem as our base, and we will establish our right to rule here." Ulf glanced at the crowd and said to them.
"What, here?" Vargas asked in surprise. He thought that this lowland was full of swamps and tidal flats, and it was an area that was completely difficult to cultivate, not to mention that the sea water on both sides often eroded the land.
"I know that the environment here is not suitable for reclamation, but if you think about it carefully, isn't this a natural harbor?" Ulf smiled. If they knew that after entering the Age of Discovery, the Dutch relied on their superior geography to If you become a sea coach driver, you may be shocked by the environment.
"Indeed, if this place is built into a dock port, it would be very suitable as a turnover station." Ange was thoughtful, and her female intuition felt that it was a foothold between Scandinavia and Britain.
"So I want you to start restraining the warriors and stop massacring people here. We want to become rulers instead of mere plunderers." Ulf nodded slightly. The smart Ange was always the first to understand his own thoughts.
"What, just killing a few people." Sigrid was a little dissatisfied. She hadn't killed enough yet.
"Ping~~." Ulf slapped the wooden table hard. He stood up and stared at the girl who liked to get into trouble. His eyes were full of warnings to her, "I don't want to do it again. Repeat your orders, and if anyone disobeys me, I will expel him immediately."
Seeing Ulf angry at one of her own for the first time, Sigrid snorted coldly, like a rebellious girl who rebelled against her father.
"Britain." Luther, who had been burying his head in eating, suddenly raised his head and said only one word, which was his resentment for Britain.
"I know that we will definitely go to Britain. It is not far from Britain." Ulf nodded and explained to Luther.
After hearing that Ulf said that he would definitely go to Britain, the girl Sigrid suddenly became interested in Luther and asked him why he must go to Britain. What is there that attracts him? Is it a treasure or a woman? Faced with the entanglement of the girl Sigrid, Luther maintained his usual silence.
Ulf reached an agreement with his companions and had an idea in his mind. Since he had no legal rights, he could not rule this lowland area at all, but his mind could be loaded with thousands of years of political wisdom. A simple "blackmail" The emperor's order to the princes "was enough to solve his dilemma.
"Duchess, I ask you to immediately ask squires, mayors and barons from all over the Netherlands to come to Haarlem and swear allegiance to your daughter." Ulf came to the Duchess's room and faced the miserable couple. mother and daughter said.
"What, why should I do this?" The duchess was very surprised and said while hugging her daughter. She was smart and immediately understood that Ulf wanted to use his authority to gather the rulers scattered throughout the lowlands. , trying to catch them all in one fell swoop.
"Just follow my orders." Ulf said to the duchess without giving her any choice.
"Ahem, please, I'm willing to give you more money, as long as you are willing to leave here." After the duchess coughed a few times, she begged Ulf.
"Do as I say, or else." Ulf set his sights on the duchess's daughter. He stretched out his hand to pull the duchess's daughter away. The duchess suddenly lost her daughter and wanted to rush over anxiously. But the continuous coughing made her fall to her knees.
"I will take care of your daughter, and she cannot continue to be with you, otherwise she will be infected with the same disease as you." Ulf frowned and picked up the little girl who was trying to break free. And what he said was not wrong at all. If he guessed correctly, the Duchess was suffering from a disease similar to tuberculosis, and this tuberculosis was very likely to be transmitted to children.
"No, give me my child back." The Duchess was in great pain, and when Ulf left her room, he ordered the windows to be opened immediately for ventilation, and a few more soldiers were sent to guard the Duchess.
"I'll take you to play! Ouch!" Ulf hugged the little girl and smiled at her. However, the little girl grabbed Ulf's blond hair with an innocent and curious expression and pulled hard. , Ulf cried out in pain.
"Giggle~~." But the little girl was overjoyed, clapped her little hands and laughed.
