A fairly luxurious banquet is underway in the governing residence of the city of Opodka in the southern border of the Holy Kuyavian Empire.

In the not-so-wide hall, tall men dressed in the uniforms of generals of the Holy Roman Empire, carrying wine glasses filled with clear wine, chatted with the nobles in Kuyavian style costumes, and surrounded the tall and handsome officers. With several elegant female nobles, they are like flies smelling food, entangled with each other not to leave.

Richard watched all this with a faint smile on his lips. Just now, a few aristocratic girls who thought they were young and beautiful, twisted and approached him, but were stopped by his guards and had to retreat reluctantly. Down. He put the wine glass to his mouth and took a sip, feeling the coolness of the wine in his mouth. Before swallowing it, a person walked through the guards and walked in front of him.

"Your Majesty Caesar, the guys of the Second Army have done a great job, how do you reward them?"

Listening to this familiar voice, Richard swallowed the drink in his mouth and said, "My dear Charles, it was the boy Horn who asked you to remind me?"

"No, no, how could Horn move me." Charles waved his hand and denied.

"Haha." Richard smiled, without further digging into it. He raised his glass and touched the glass in Charles's hand lightly, then drank all the wine in the glass. After swallowing it, he said again: "I'm going to Give Bono and Pulis each an eagle medal in recognition of their achievements."

"However, if the Eagle Medal is awarded too much, it will lose its original value, so I am still hesitating."

Hearing this, Charles nodded and agreed: "The eagle medal has a unique meaning. If there are more, it will be just a piece of ordinary gold."

"That's what I think." Richard handed the wine glass in his hand to the waiter, motioning for him to fill it up, and said: "So I'm thinking, I should give them a fief."

"This is your freedom, Your Majesty Caesar." Charles said respectfully. "However, for the sake of your rule, it is not a good thing for the Duke to be too powerful, so please consider it more."

Charles’ reminder is not unreasonable. Richard knows very well that the Duke’s power is too strong. Although there will be no threat due to system restrictions during his reign, his son will be able to control it after his death. It's really a problem to survive those powerful dukes.

Richard couldn't help but think of the "King of Crusades 2" he played in his previous life. Several files were opened after the death of the old king. The new king couldn't restrain the powerful dukes. It didn't take long for another group to come, and in the end they could only agree to the terms of the rebels and give way to others who had the right to claim.

The most profound thing in his memory is an Irish stall that he opened. In that stall, he used a generation of various methods to unify the island of Ireland and become the King of Ireland (I don’t know if it’s a religious issue, but the kingdom after the king Not Ireland, but Ayr), and swept eastward and annexed Wales. A few years later, the first generation died and the second generation succeeded to the throne. Before long, several powerful dukes launched wars in the name of the relatives of the new king. They were aggressive and in order to preserve their strength, Richard could only agree to their terms. , And then changed from the aloof King Air to a duke with an entire duchy fiefdom.

Since then, Richard has resorted to various methods and failed to return to the position of King Ayre. He also watched the kingdom be corrupted by his relatives and failed in the foreign war. Even Wales was forced to abandon it. Then Richard deleted the file and stopped playing.

Looking back now, Richard has a toothache. When he thinks of the empire he has fought so hard, it is very likely that such a thing will happen (in fact, this kind of thing is impossible, because several legions of the kingdom are Loyal to the emperor himself, even if the commander declares a rebellion, they cannot participate. Besides the army, the Teutonic Knights will always be a loyal supporter of the emperor), it is just a scalp numb, and he sips quickly. After the cool drunk, Richard realized that all the dukes he canonized had only one fief in the old country, and it was impossible for the earl underneath to obey the words of the duke 100%, plus the army he left behind. So strong, he doesn't need to worry about it.

What's more... Richard touched the cold glass body of the wine glass with his finger, suddenly spoke, and asked Charles, "I remember there are still many unsealed plots on the Osa Peninsula."

"Yes, Your Majesty Caesar." Charles replied, he was a little puzzled by Richard's sudden inquiry, but then he suddenly thought of something, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"Then treat those plots without lords as rewards and canonization to our heroes." Richard's next words were just as Charles thought. After listening to them, he quickly nodded his promise and agreed.

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The cocktail party lasted until late at night. The officers and nobles who were so drunk were carried to the empty rooms in the governing mansion to rest. Some people who were not drunk also took the hands of the local female nobles and walked there. In-depth communication in no one’s room~lightnovelpub.net~ drank a lot of alcohol. Although Richard, who was a bit above, wanted to emulate them, he thought of Stephanie who was still in Vienna, and this idea was immediately dismissed. , One-night stand or something is very cool, but if a shot hits the heart and another **** comes, he will be miserable.

The next day, the legion stationed outside the city of Opodka was ready to go, and continued to march north under the leadership of Richard. When the legion left, a large number of female nobles gathered outside the city to see off the legion. It seemed that the corners of Richard's mouth twitched fiercely. Needless to say, these people must be the female aristocrats who stayed at the governing residence yesterday.

Opodka is a relatively prosperous city in the southern border of the Holy Kuyavian Empire. The fact that Richard's army can come here also proves the bankruptcy of the Kuyavian army's border defense line. The fact is indeed the case. Under the strong attack of the Holy Roman Emperor’s army, the Kuyavian army only resisted at the border for four days before being forced to retreat. Richard’s army was chased and beaten all the way, and several of them were lost. The town finally got rid of the pursuit.

The terrible defeat on the border also allowed Queen Kuyawi to see the combat effectiveness of the Holy Roman Emperor’s army thoroughly. While sending envoys to order the Northern Army to speed up the southward pace, she gathered more troops to reinforce the front line. This is also the case. Then, she finally understood why Richard was able to go from a down-and-out prince in exile to the emperor who now controls the entire Valdasia Peninsula in just a dozen years.