Although, William still has a lot of things to do. otbnkotgt He also needs to deepen agricultural reform, continue to build that trading town, continue to train his own officers, train more civilian officials and management talents, and form more new armies.
In short, he needs to have more money and more food. , more subordinates and more troops.
He wants more power.
But before that, what he needs most is for the world to recognize the territory he has won.
Recognize the rule of the Hereford family over the five counties northeast of Mazovia.
The size of the Barony of Hereford is large enough to be elevated to an earldom.
As for a newly canonized territory with its own family name as its fief name, the promotion of Baron Hereford to Earl of Hereford can also have an inspiring effect.
In this way, in the next period of time, William, his father, Count Otto, and Chalumi discussed the management of the territory.
In addition to what has been mentioned before, William also hoped to have a fleet of river boats to travel north along the Vistula River to the United Province of Polotsk for trade.
Although he and the merchant John of the Blue Hat Merchant Group , it was quite a pleasure to cooperate.
But balancing requirements, he hopes to communicate with more businessmen.
"Speaking of which, the water flow of the Vistula River is not large, the river is not wide, and the water is not deep.
Inland river ships cannot transport much."
Shalomi couldn't help but frowned after hearing what William said, and then replied .
"But that can't be helped.
The traffic on the road is much worse than the river transport.
And we don't have enough money to open a major road to Polotsk."
William replied.
"It would be great if there was a railway."
Shalumi continued to think wildly.
"We don't even have the financial resources to build an ordinary cinder road, let alone a railroad," William replied.
As I said before, this world has just entered the industrial age, and steam engines, steam trains, and steam ships have begun to take shape.
It's just that there aren't many, it's not efficient, and it's very expensive.
Not to mention borderlands like the Grand Duchy of Mazovia, even the prosperous interior of the empire, or the Kingdom of Britons, which dominates world trade, do not have many serious railways.
As a result, the two people stopped talking and continued to think sadly.
Count Otto, who was sitting at the top, smiled and watched his son talking to his niece.
He did not participate in ordinary things.
In fact, Count Otto is very self-aware.
Know that you are not the material to govern the territory.
But the military side of things was different, because that was what he was really good at.
After a while, Shalumi spoke again: "But even inland river ships are very expensive.
We inquired before.
The price of an inland river cargo ship is two hundred Wende gold coins.
If you want to build a similar inland river fleet, you will need more than a dozen ships.
Ships, plus sailors, and other ancillary facilities, and are we really going to form a fleet, William?"
Hearing what Shalumi said, William couldn't help but frown.
It is not only the river fleet that requires money, but other places that do not need money.
To reform agriculture, money is needed; to build commercial towns, money is needed; to expand the new army, money is needed; to cultivate talents, money is needed.
William wanted to do more than that.
He wanted to clean up towns, build roads, establish new public institutions, invest in natural sciences, build steam factories, get more new weapons, smelt iron, and spin textiles.
Everything requires money.
At present, William has no money, although he has just looted the territories of two earls, auctioned off the luxury goods accumulated by the two families in the past century, and made a huge fortune.
But considering the small amount of money he had and what he wanted to do, it was really not enough.
It was a drop in the bucket and of no avail.
Seeing William frowning and not speaking, Charumi then sighed and said, "I gave so many things to those priests before, but it was unnecessary.
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Generally speaking, if you want the title of Duke, you only need to pay half of the price."
"That's under normal circumstances."
William said unhappily: "Our duke is not inherited, but newly added.
If you want such a duke, you will naturally have to spend more money."
Hearing what William said, Charlotte pursed her lips and stopped talking.
She also knew that the position of the duke in her family was not right.
If the money was not spent properly, it would probably not be approved.
But William knew that there was something that Shalomi didn't know.
That is, even if the money is spent, it is very likely that the dukedom will not be approved.
Because the Archbishop of Krakow lives in Krakow.
The city of Krakow was the territory of the Archduke Leszek von Trieste of Mazovia.
The Archbishop of Krakow was also nominally the Chancellor of Archduke Leszek.
Although there are rumors that the relationship between the Archbishop and His Excellency the Archduke is not very good.
But who knows what the rumors are, whether they are true or false.
Anyway, William felt that he couldn’t believe all the rumors.
Maybe this is just a little joke played by two big shots on the whole world.
Who knows so clearly whether it's true or false?
"If His Excellency the Grand Duke really has enough influence on Archbishop Svante, then things will become even more difficult to handle.
Although the Grand Duke is lacking in ability, his basic judgment ability is still there.
If my father still carries the title of earl, then he is just his vassal anyway.
But if his father had the title of duke, then the difference in title between him and his would be only half a rank.
The northeastern region of Mazovia was divided.
He could watch helplessly as one of his powerful vassals flew away with a quarter of his territory."
Thinking of this, William was very not optimistic about the future of the title of Duke.
Thinking about what Shalumi said just now, when he was most short of money, such a large sum of money might have been wasted, and William's mood became very bad.
Of course, at this time, it was not just William who was in a bad mood.
There are many people in the Grand Duchy of Mazovia who are in a bad mood.
Those were the nobles who heard about William's deeds.
They were very jealous of the fact that the Hereford family swallowed up three earls in one go and more than doubled their size in an instant.
There was also someone who was in an even worse mood, namely His Excellency Grand Duke Leszek.
No matter which monarch is in power, he will not feel happy when he hears that he has such powerful princes under his command.
It's like Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the early Han Dynasty, felt towards the King of Chu, Han Xin.
At that time, he had a secret conversation with Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang asked him if he could compare with Han Xin, but Liu Bang said no.
Zhang Liang asked again if the Han soldiers were better than the Chu soldiers, Liu Bang said he couldn't.
So Zhang Liang said that soldiers are not as good as people, and generals are not as good as people.
Should you go and fight Han Xin, or should you wait for Han Xin to fight you?
So later on, there was the classic allusion of the great ancestor Yu Yunmeng.
Now, the situation faced by Grand Duke Leszek was similar to that of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty.
Compared to individuals, a hundred of them tied together are not as powerful as one Otto.
Leszek himself was just a knight, and Count Otto had been a famous master in various countries more than ten years ago.
As for the army, Grand Duke Leszek currently only has a standing guard force of 500 people, a mixture of infantry and cavalry.
If there was a real fight, they would still have to spend money to temporarily hire mercenaries like ordinary nobles, and then launch a levy.
William already has a well-equipped new army of 2,000 people under his command.
The situation is similar, but the problem is that Grand Duke Leszek can't do what Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty did.
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The emperor of the Central Plains is completely different from the aristocratic king of the human world.
Under the feudal system, if Grand Duke Leszek really dared to do this, the other nobles who got the news would all revolt in minutes and kill this unjust king.
In addition, Count Otto himself is also extremely powerful.
Thinking of throwing a cup as a signal and ambushing five hundred swordsmen and axes is simply wishful thinking.
"Then what if we send an assassin?"
In the official residence of the prince of Krakow, the current patriarch of the Trieste family and the nominal first person and monarch of the Grand Duchy of Mazovia, Grand Duke Leszek von Trieste, frowned.
Talk to yourself.
In front of him was a table with messy cups and plates.
On both sides of the dining table, the male and female servants were all bending over in fear, lowering their heads and saying nothing.
Just now, this respected Grand Duke lost his temper.
A maid who was nearby was slapped by him for no reason.
Not only was she knocked to the ground, but she was also pulled down and whipped more than ten times, and she died with half her life.
So no one dared to say anything at this moment.
"I'm afraid that won't work either."
His Excellency the Grand Duke thought for a while and then gave up on this "beautiful" idea, including five hundred swordsmen and assassins.
It almost feels like the same meaning.
Thinking of this, His Excellency the Grand Duke's few brain cells were almost completely consumed.
For a moment, he couldn't think of any better way to do it.
This made him feel depressed.
So he lowered his head, and then he saw his big belly and bloated figure, which even the loose royal robe could not cover.
"Once upon a time, I was also a skilled knight."
His Excellency the Grand Duke said to himself, becoming even more frustrated.
He suddenly forced himself to stand up and went to look at his arsenal.
He wanted to draw his sword, ride a horse and cultivate his fighting spirit like he did when he was young more than ten years ago.
But then, his tone passed.
Then he sat back on his throne dejectedly.
He has been depressed for such a long time, and he cannot cheer up easily and casually. 160420oshow7: