Chapter 3 Riot
Egil was thinking very well. After having a large number of drugs that could cure the Black Death, the emperor was also optimistic about the future of his empire. While confirming that some areas were safe, the military camps that had been postponed for a period of time could also be implemented. The Norman Empire's six or seven hundred thousand militia recruited militias, and under the dispatch of Egil, half of them were assigned to the predetermined farming site and began to farm.
Although the time is a little late, coupled with the Eastern European dimension, it seems too late to grow wheat. However, you can still look forward to things like corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. The military camps can also alleviate the food crisis caused by wars, plagues and refugee problems in the past two years.
Egil thought it was pretty good, but things were not as perfect as he thought.
The knights and baggage team of the Norman Empire transported the medicinal materials all the way to Krakow. Then he cured all the plagues around Krakow. At this stage, things were no different from what Egir imagined. The empire even began to show signs of recovery because of this dose of heart-boosting agent.
However, things were a little difficult next - when distributing these medicinal materials, the Advisory House quarreled. Some royal counselors, as well as some officials and nobles who received the news, were not satisfied with the emperor's different treatment methods. England, Scandinavia and Ross. The officials and nobles from these areas agreed that the emperor preferred the distribution method of these areas. Other areas, especially Flanders and North Saxony, were strongly opposed to this distribution method.
After all, these medicinal materials can be used to save lives. At this time of horror, having such medicinal materials is much more useful than aristocratic titles, land and gold.
In the end, after a fierce quarrel and the connection between Egil and Aurora, Egil had to make a little concession and promised to add a certain amount of drug ration to Flanders, North Saxony, and southern Eastern Europe. This was the end.
Egil was very angry about this matter. After all, at the beginning of this matter, only the Imperial Central Government and the Royal Advisory Council knew about it. And such a major matter naturally had corresponding confidentiality regulations. However, the news was finally leaked.
That's right, say...
"Someone has betrayed me." Egil quickly made such a judgment and gritted his teeth in anger.
Although it was indeed a bit inappropriate for this matter. However, the emperor used the word "betrayal" a little too much. Most of the time, the royal counselors were still very honest. This incident was not considered to be bribed or for self-interest. It was mostly because of political and even moral concepts. Therefore, this was a bad decision. It was not to oppose Egil's rule. They would even think that they did this for the benefit of the empire.
But these things are not important to Egil. As long as Egil knows one thing, those people did not do according to their will and privately incite people to oppose their own policies. In this way, Egil is already a betrayal.
Those who betray the emperor should die - originally, Egil thought so. Before he asked the soldiers of the Imperial Guard to call Nemulis over and prepare to issue two orders to investigate the matter with him and Sonia. He was still thinking about killing the bastard. Even when he was assigning the mission, he thought so in the first half of the time.
——But when the emperor said halfway, he changed his mind:
"Check it out quickly. Find it out for me. Then chop that bastard on me - no, no, don't take any action for the time being. In short, find out first before talking about it."
Yes, although the emperor insisted that he was betrayed, others probably wouldn't think so. In the conversation, Egil could hear that: although the empire princess comforted Egil, Egil could vaguely feel that she was inclined to those civil servants, or a certain royal counselor.
In addition, although each of these royal counselors was only in the name of "policy", there were still many people who regarded them as the prime ministers of the empire... Well, in a sense, these guys were indeed fulfilling the corresponding rights and obligations of a slaughter. This forced Egil to be a little more afraid.
Although the emperor can imprison or even kill a counselor without any obstacles, the political turmoil and chaos caused by this cannot be easily eliminated. In other words, the emperor can kill him, but there is no reason to kill him.
This is the legendary politics, and the biggest difference between war. The emperor can kill whoever he wants on the battlefield. It is normal to kill enemies, and it is normal to kill his own people most of the time. But this is not the case in political struggle... This new situation of struggle has made the emperor who has always said that no one dared to talk back a little uncomfortable. However, the emperor is an emperor after all, and playing with power tricks, which can be said to be the racial talent that every emperor has. Egil is no exception.
In July, the emperor, and a large number of 150,000 Central Army, began to return to the imperial capital Krakow. The larger number of recruiting troops were ordered by the emperor to become military farms, stayed in Eastern Europe to operate collective farms and conduct military training.
Several local garrison troops were left in the Moscow absolute defense circle by Egir. One was to suppress the opposition of the Moscow people, and the other reason was that the emperor was preparing to unify these troops into a border guard to resist the Mongols or other nomadic peoples who might make a comeback at any time.
And on the way back to Krakow, the emperor had already figured out how to deal with these situations. This made His Majesty feel very relaxed.
However, soon, His Majesty the Emperor could not feel relieved again. On the way to the capital Krakow, another major event happened to the empire - refugees from other countries who stayed in the border areas of the empire, finally broke out after hearing that the Norman Empire had drugs that could cure the Black Death and used it to cure many people's diseases.
They resented the good environment of the Norman Empire. They were angry that the residents of the Norman Empire were not displaced and suffering from illness like them. They also complained that the Normans were unwilling to take out the medicine and give it to them in vain.
Such selfish, greedy and ugly psychology rose to a considerable scale in a very short period of time. The specific manifestation was that thousands of mobs began to violently attack the Norman Empire.
At the beginning, these unorganized and extremely poorly equipped mobs were basically all those who were tortured by the Norman garrison troops. Although the Norman troops guarding the border of the Empire were only ordinary-level recruiting militias, it was still very relaxed and pleasant to deal with these mobs.
But soon, these mobs changed their combat methods. Some people who were not afraid of death found the bodies of dead people who suffered from the Black Death, or simply carried the undead patients and charged at the Norman levels. They hoped to use the Black Death to deter Norman soldiers and thus defeat the Norman border defense.
It has to be said that this is a very creative and highly feasible operation. At the beginning, the Norman militia were also shocked after seeing the opponent's attack. The tangible enemies, especially these yellow-faced, thin-skinned and malnourished fish, would not be afraid. Compared with this, the invisible disease was much more terrible. The Norman recruited militia were stunned for a moment. Some people looked at the disgusting corpse with black bodies and wanted to escape.
Of course, before they escaped, the Norman militia officers, most of whom studied at Norman's Military Academy, and then returned home to the nobles, enforced military laws, and cut off a few heads, and quickly stabilized the military's mood.
"Think about it carefully! What would it be if you don't block them here?! These scums cross the border, then the entire empire - you and your family - will be all over! Repel them! For God's sake, repel them!!! I will ask my superiors, the Advisory House, and even the Emperor! I promise that whoever you have suffered from the Black Death after this battle - no matter who is, will have enough medication for treatment!!"
After such soft and hard words, the Norman militia finally stabilized. They fired the crossbows and javelins together. Then they lined up with shield spears to easily defeat the mob that dared to rush over.
This is what happened in Eastern Europe. This is the most important and most populous place in the Norman Empire. There are fewer mobs in the border areas. Egil also attaches more importance to this place, so he sent more powerful troops to defend it. In other areas, in North Saxony and Flanders, the situation irresistible.
The mobs broke through the borders of the Norman Empire, smashed the small towns without preparation, and then burned and killed and looted like ordinary robbers. However, because in this time, the Norman Empire had not transported the medicinal materials to those two areas. Even if it was transported, it would not be sent to the smaller towns immediately. So the mobs did not get what they wanted.
Some people also want to attack large cities, but it seems like large cities such as Paris, or Hamburg, and fortresses. It is not something a group of mobs can rush - even if the garrison troops of these cities have been mobilized to Moscow...
The mobs who did not achieve their goal became even more crazy and carried out crazy sabotage activities within the territory of the Norman Empire... (..)
Chapter completed!