Egil nodded: "Emister, you are very good. Lian does not mean your eloquence or wisdom. What I mean is your courage. What kind of position do you hold in Bavaria? What is your title? If you are willing to serve in the Norman Empire, Lian will give you three times the treatment. How about it?"

The baron becomes an earl, and the territory and land are increased three times in an instant. And the other party is the Norman Emperor, so there is almost no possibility of deceiving oneself... This is simply.

For a moment, Wallenstein almost agreed. However, in the end, after pausing for a few seconds, the Bavarian envoy, whose right hand was shrouded in his sleeve, pinched his sharp nails tightly on the flesh in his palm. After a severe pain, he completely woke up and moved in.

"Your Majesty is kind.

It’s a pity that the foreign ministers have no blessing to accept it.” Then, Wallenstein’s head lowered, and he said in a low voice at the same time, thinking in his heart: “This is like an emperor. But just a few words shaken… In comparison, that Albert is simply…” Wallenstein forced himself to stop thinking: quietly waiting for Egil’s next response.

"Oh, that's a pity." But unexpectedly, Egil just smiled jokingly and never got stuck with this issue anymore. Wallenstein raised his head and looked at Emperor Norman with a mocking expression. He knew that he was probably being fooled. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. He took a step back and stopped forcing himself to step forward.

"Anyway, the position of the Duke of Baderia is probably not moving anymore. Leave other things to others."

So, in the end, after an unequal negotiation, the two sides did not reach any agreement. During this period, the envoys from the Pope still wanted to use the breaking of the country to threaten Egil. As a result, Egil said lightly: "The empire's offshore naval fleet has probably been deployed on the island of Malta, right?" and then returned. Indeed, according to Marshal Carter's flying pigeon message a month ago, the offshore fleet had logged into the island of Malta and established a temporary and simple base on the central island.

At the same time, Marshal Carter also reported that there are many natural ports on the island of Malta, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you increase your investment, you can design and build it into a solid port. Fortress, defended by the army and navy, and become wedges and bases for the empire to plant on the Mediterranean. It lays the foundation for the empire to control the Mediterranean next.

In fact, Egil thought the same way. If the trade share of the Baltic Circle was a Florida gold coin, then the trade share of the Mediterranean was a whole piece of gold. Egil often fantasized about it. If he could monopolize the trade of the entire Mediterranean like he monopolizes the trade of the Baltic Sea, then what a grand occasion it would be. At that time, it would be 20 million, even 200 million, he could take it out...

But unfortunately, the Norman Empire dominated the north. The Mediterranean was in the south and was too far away. Although you could enter the Mediterranean by walking the waterways of Eastern Europe or bypassing the Strait of Gibraltar, you still seemed too far away. The merchants and merchant fleets of the Norman Empire often suffered losses in such trade and did not make much profit.

It seems like the emperor who is crazy about money like Egil, who can't get so much real money in the Mediterranean, is like an opium ghost watching others swallowing mist, but he can only beat the wall on one side. This is almost causing His Majesty to be crazy. This is also the reason why Egil gave an extremely harsh order: to let the entire outer sea fleet circle most of Europe and then occupy the island of Malta.

Of course, it is not enough to have a base with a very good geographical location. If Egil wants to gain an advantage in the Mediterranean trade, he must have a base closer to the Mediterranean. For example, the Crimean Peninsula.

Egil's next goal is to integrate the power of the entire Eastern Europe and take over the Crimean Peninsula. Even if the war with Eastern Rome broke out again, it would be better to fight to the death. If you win them, you will directly gain the privilege of entering and leaving the Dardanelles. Otherwise, it would not be worth the effort of the country to examine the country.

So, after the first day of reception, Egil pushed these troubled guests to the Royal Advisory House and dealt with Talleyran, who was temporarily the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Egil asked the poor official to "knock out at least 500,000 gold coins for me", and then he got into the finance department and went to deal with the abacus beads.

In the end, Egil made a decision to increase taxes: Öle waterway toll tax, commercial tax, toll tax, circulation tax, and seigniorage tax.

That's right, the most terrifying, inhuman, and the most troublesome thing in the legend is that it is the most terrifying, and it is absolutely impossible to have any tax evasion: seigniorage.

To put it bluntly, other metals are mixed into the issued gold coins, silver coins and even copper plates. Originally, the gold coins issued during the Norman Kingdom period were 90% gold, while the silver coins were 80% gold. The copper plate was steel plate. It was minted by the Royal Mint of Noyan, and it was popular in the European countries. When the Norman Empire was established, the imperial gold coins were re-cast, with the front of the empire avatar, and the back was a four-winged three-clawed phoenix pattern. The front of the silver coins was Artoria portrait, and the north was a British Red Dragon. The copper plate was still a copper plate.

However, the pattern looks better, and the embossing machine and other things are becoming more and more advanced. However, the gold content of gold coins has dropped by 10%, and the silver coins are mostly mixed with half a piece of copper. This time the copper plate is not copper plate, but 20% of lead or iron is mixed with. And although it does not look obvious, these coins are actually a small circle smaller than the previous one. However, because the edges of the new coins are gear-shaped, it is really impossible to see if you don’t pay attention to it... Even if it wasn’t for Aurora’s strong opposition, Egil would still want to launch iron coins and use them mixed with copper coins.

"If you do this, your prestige will basically be exhausted. Moreover, the people's hearts and other things will also decline, and it will also cause vicious events such as inflation. Are you sure you really want to do this?" After Egil wrote the resolution "collecting seigniorage tax", Aurora asked him again.

"What kind of society do you think I come from? It was an outrageous era of seigniorage! The group of prisoners immigrants in North America tried their best to print waste paper, and relied on their status as world currency to collect a whole pound. The seigniorage of the world is tooth! What is the world overlord? This is the world overlord!!!"

So in the end, Egil's tax revenue rose a lot. His monthly income rose from 500,000 to nearly 700,000. Of course, as a punishment, the prices of each and the buildings also increased a little. However, all this was within an acceptable range. Although a few people with keen senses noticed the changes in the Norman currency. But the fact is that the embossing machine used for coin minting is now only one of the other. The Norman currency has depreciated slightly because of its exquisite printing and uniform weight characteristics. However, the circulation situation is still good.

The negotiations between the Norman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire finally came to an end. After Talleyran's argument, the Holy Roman Empire finally lowered its head and expressed its willingness to pay 500,000 gold coins in war reparations, and recognized the Norman Empire's dominance over North Saxony. After Egil's approval, Talleyran also proposed a concession for Norman's trial of the country, that is, to give up Swabian occupied in the previous wars and the territory of North Germany. And to give up on continuing revenge against the Hohenstaufen family.

The prince of the Hohenstaufen family, Henry, the son of Frederick, was allowed to inherit the Duke of Swabian territory.

Of course, the Holy Roman Empire was not a wealthy country. Five hundred thousand gold coins were required to be collected together to make up for the work. During this peace talks, the Pope Kingdom served as the guarantor and witness. The annoying bishop did not forget to disgust Egil before leaving. He announced in public that the result of this peace talks was because of the Norman Emperor's awe of the Roman Catholic Empire. In the Catholic world, the Roman Catholic Church was the final emperor. Egil, who spoke to the referee and ruler, almost tore the peace talks and threw him in his face.

But in the end Egil endured it.

"In the future, when the special code is going to be alive, I will take care of you." Egil secretly swore in his heart, and decided to leave the continental political circle for a period of time and concentrate on managing one-acre and three-point land in Eastern Europe. When his strength is enough, he will establish a new Holy See, send the navy to land in the Apennines, and destroy Yating.

In May 1004, the war between the Norman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire finally ended: the two sides concluded a truce peace agreement and announced that no form of hostility was taken against the other party within five years. At the same time, as a supplementary treaty, the commercial treaty between the Norman and the Holy Roman Empire was changed again. The treaty stipulated that Norman merchants enjoy preferential conditions for exemption from toll taxes, low tariffs, low commercial taxes, etc. in North Germany.

At the same time, the Norman Empire also opened its own market to the Holy Roman country and gave preferential tax treatment to the Holy Infant Horse Empire. But in fact, the various ordinary commodities of the Norman Empire were enough to be self-sufficient and were cheaper than those of the Holy Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire did not have any decent specialties, so the trade between the two sides has always been the Norman Empire and was in a surplus position.
Chapter completed!