Although, I don’t want to fight a third border war just after the second one. otbnkotgt "First of all, we must form another coalition.
With the Hereford family's own strength, it is still too reluctant to fight against a powerful country like the Ottoman Empire."
William thought about all this.
As Chancellor of the Principality of Mystia, and as Chancellor of the Grand Duke of Novgorod.
Most of the time, military and national affairs are decided by him alone.
In most cases, Archduke Otto only serves as a mascot.
But of course.
Now that such a big thing has happened, it would be inappropriate not to call Archduke Otto.
In fact, at this meeting, all the senior officials of the Grand Duchy were present, including Elise.
And as happened in most cases, the person presiding over the meeting was William.
And none of the senior officials in the principality felt there was anything wrong with this.
Everyone was listening to William's words carefully.
"Of course, it is no longer possible to raise a crusade."
William shook his head and said.
"Why?"
Archduke Otto was a little strange: "Last time, didn't we gather so many troops with the Crusaders as the core and name?"
"That's right, father.
But this time the situation is different from before."
William said: "Last time, the Hereford family was not so powerful."
"Now, we don't have that much power."
Hearing what William said, Archduke Otto felt even more confused.
"You misunderstood me, father."
William smiled and explained: "The power I am talking about does not mean the power to defeat the opponent alone, but the power to advance, develop, and occupy the land east of the Vistula River.
In our plan, the Slavi land east of the Vistula River is ours.
We will never allow any uncontrolled country to appear on that land, whether it is the New Knights or the State.
Not even the Crusader Kingdom.”
"But in this situation, after all, we only occupy the land east of the Vistula River in Novgorod."
Archduke Otto hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Maybe we can plot against them later."
"It's very difficult."
William shook his head: "Moreover, the Crusaders have a bad reputation.
No matter what their purpose is, objectively they helped us.
So" "Ah, yes."
Archduke Otto nodded.
Then he stopped talking.
"Furthermore, I don't think the Holy See has enough prestige as the host to lead another Crusade.
Although the Crusaders successfully attacked Novgorod before and earned some face for the Holy See.
But before the Great Border Cross The impact of the army's failure is too great.
It is impossible for the Holy See to do anything in a short time.
Moreover, William smiled: "We have better choices than the Holy See and the Crusaders.
In order to ensure the security of the eastern territories of the empire, to demonstrate his authority as emperor, and to control the divided Kingdom of Wende.
Kalman IV will definitely intervene in this war At that time, we will have a powerful organization that is more centralized and more effective than the Crusaders.
We will have the assistance of 200,000 or even more imperial troops.
In this case, it is absolutely impossible for us. fail The more important point is that His Majesty the Emperor will never seize the land in the large border area.
He has just fought a protracted war just for this.
No matter what, he won't make the same mistake again.
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In this case, there are two best options for him.
The first is to entrust the newly captured territories to new nobles.
The second is to enfeoff these territories to the original nobles in the large border areas.
At this point, the Hereford family can definitely gain an advantage. " "But won't this weaken the independence of the Hereford family?
Even if Kalman IV cannot bring those territories under his direct jurisdiction, he can still canonize some nobles who are close to him."
At this time, as William's The deputy businessman John hesitated for a moment, and then said that he is now a popular man in the Grand Duchy of Novgorod.
He shoulders the two important positions of General Manager of Hereford Consolidated Company and Minister of Finance of the Grand Duchy.
It is even called the principality's money bag by some.
But Trader John knows his stuff.
His actual status is really not that high.
Almost all the administrative power of the Hereford family's territories was in William's hands.
Businessman John can guarantee that William is the most power-loving person he has ever seen.
In many cases, he just did what William told him to do.
He can only make decisions about small, insignificant things.
"Canonizing a noble?"
William chuckled: "What benefits does it bring to him to be a noble?
Or, what factors do you think Kalman IV should consider when allocating territory?"
"This" is a matter of course, and John, a businessman who has only performed in economics and business, can't answer it at all.
"Strength, loyalty, favor, and whether it can be put to use."
Of course, William didn't want Businessman John to answer, so he told all these elements on his own: "And these things, our Hereford family There happens to be no shortage of them.”
"Well, then send an envoy to His Majesty Kalman IV immediately and request reinforcements from the Emperor," Archduke Otto said happily.
"No, you can't do this."
William shook his head: "At least we can't do this at the moment.
If the emperor misunderstands that we are asking for reinforcements, so we wrote a letter of allegiance to him before, it will greatly damage our relationship with the emperor. image in front of you.”
"Then, we" "In a short period of time, we can wait and see what happens."
William said: "At least before Salida Khan fails, we have to wait and see what happens.
We want to give the emperor an impression that all of this is a coincidence.
We did not expect all of this.
That way the emperor will be less suspicious of us."
"So, what should we do now?
Is it enough to just concentrate our troops?"
Archduke Otto then asked.
"Yes, for the time being, just concentrating our forces will be enough."
William nodded: "There really isn't much that should be done.
Now, it is not us who determine the situation in the large border area."
"But is this really too late?"
On the other side, Little John, who had already achieved the rank of colonel, hesitated: "If we ask for help from the empire after we fight the dark elves, then even if the emperor is willing to send reinforcements Come here.
The army is organized, and the march will probably not be short."
"Not short."
William nodded: "Yes, during this period of time, we are very likely to have to face the army of dark elves alone.
But this is not too difficult.
No matter how weak Salida Khan's army is, there are only one hundred thousand No matter what, Ruthenia is still in a state of desolation.
After defeating Salida Khan's army and marching to Ruthenia, how could the Hereford family still have any strength left?
Such an army cannot defend itself."
"You mean, we can defeat them."
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William's words gave Little John such an illusion.
He began to feel happy.
"No, just defense."
William replied.
His words made everyone present feel unwilling.
Only at this time did they realize that although the Hereford family was already strong, it was still not strong enough.
It is still not powerful enough to decide everything, at least to the extent of deciding matters related to its own interests.
But at the same time, everyone also believes that under William's leadership, they will grow to that level as quickly as possible.
They have confidence in William.
After all, William has led them to accomplish many things that seemed incredible and incomprehensible.
Some of them can even be called "miracles."
"Then that's it, everyone."
William finally said: "Go back to work.
I need you to be in the best condition to meet any upcoming challenges."
After that, all the dignitaries of the Grand Duchy saluted Archduke Otto and William, and then filed out.
There were only three people left in the room, William, Chalumi and Elise.
"William."
After seeing that only his family was left, Archduke Otto could no longer hide the worry on his face: "We can really do it."
After saying this, Archduke Otto stopped, as if he didn't know what to do.
How to say it.
However, William still understood what he meant, and then comforted him in a deep voice: "Of course, father."
William said: "Whether it is to win over the Tartariya Khanate, or to defeat the Ottoman Dark Elves.
Whether it is to make profits between the imperial emperor, the Roman Pope, the alchemists and the Britons, or to work for us in the large border areas.
We can do it all to get the most benefits from our family The Hereford family can eventually develop into a first-class power that no one can underestimate.
Our name will be recorded in history books forever, so please rest assured.
I still need your strength.”
"I understand."
After hearing what William said, Archduke Otto showed a relieved expression.
Then he continued to hold William's hand, looked at him a little uncontrollably, and asked nervously: "You will do all this. , right, William, you can do it, tell me you can” "Of course, Father.
I will do that."
William replied, resisting the pain in his hand that was grasped by Archduke Otto.
After hearing the affirmative answer, Archduke Otto finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Only then did he feel that his actions were inappropriate, and he retracted his hand in a hesitant manner.
Some don't know what to say.
"Go and rest, father."
So William said: "Perhaps we will face the most terrifying enemy in the world next.
So, take a good rest while we still have time to rest." 160420oshow7: