Chapter 1116 Map of the Nassau-Koblenz-Rheingau Country
"I am willing to sell the entire Lyingau to you. You will be the owner from now on, and there is no need to consider Ludwig's attitude at all." Robert's attitude was very firm.
He indeed seemed to place a piece of fat meat on the table. The question was whether he actually cut it up and ate it. The blue fox and the black fox had to think about it. To be fair, Robert's promise was true.
Very tempting.
"Your family is going to the south of Frank, and you want to borrow our ship, of course there is no problem. It is okay to help you. By the way, we can also go to the south to see the situation, and maybe explore all new business opportunities. You know that we are different from others
The Normans are different. My king Rurik prefers trade, and my brother and I are businessmen." Blue Fox Chariot said one thing after another. He made Robert relax his guard, and also made the Countess
Al prompts deeper thinking.
Putting aside the issue of land sales price for the time being, Countess Alder asked her husband again: "If we have trade relations with each other, will we avoid attacks. I heard that you have made deals with Cologne and Flanders.
You make sure they no longer have to worry about piracy."
"Of course. Smart madam, as you can see, who would be willing to be a pirate as long as they can make steady money through trade?"
"That's good." The countess nodded with a relaxed expression: "In fact, this is how we arrange our future itinerary."
"how?"
"In any case, we will leave next year. After this winter, our family will arrive in Nassau next spring, and we will borrow your boat to leave. After the boat reaches the endless sea, it can just go south along the coastline, and finally we can reach
Tour of my family. Since you want to do business, everything is easy to talk about. You have a strong army, and my father has financial resources but has been facing military threats from the north. We can make an agreement and both of us can benefit."
Countess Al is no ordinary person, she is indeed more calculating than Robert himself.
Blue Fox feels that things have developed to this point and are no longer as simple as just thinking about how much money to collect from Ingau. The countess provides huge possibilities, and the south of the Frankish world is of great significance to today's Rus and almost all Vikings.
It's a blind spot. No! Not so.
"Please wait a moment. Compared with your dictation, if you can describe it in detail on the map, it will be easier for me to understand." Blue Fox said.
"map?"
Al and Robert were a little confused, and as Blue Fox left for the time being, they quickly walked up to the attic house with their beautifully decorated leather bags.
He took out the documents in the bag and spread them out, and then nailed two small thumbtacks into the small holes reserved at the two corners of the drawing. A simple map of Europe was spread out, with a large area and as much content as possible.
Be detailed.
"What is this? A map?" The countess couldn't help but cover her mouth.
"It's a map, our known world." Blue Fox pointed to a point: "Up north, down south, left, west, right, east. This is a treasure drawn by my king himself. The paper carrying the map may also be a magical thing to you, but
The information in it is extremely crucial to my business. This point is Nassau, which is where we are now. Look at this black line again, which is the basic flow direction of the Inn River, and finally we will reach the endless sea."
The blue fox kept gesticulating. He no longer considered Robert's ideas, and was clearly discussing in detail with the smart countess. He thought that if the lady was really smart, she would be able to quickly figure out the logic and understand herself abstractly.
at the location of the map.
Indeed, the Ross Kingdom marked on the map covers a vast area, and the settlements are all spelled out in Latin letters. The more important the city, the larger the letters marked. Countess Al was amazed by this. She was indeed a smart person, and she realized in surprise
to the Norman complex.
The Frankish Kingdom did not have the ability to redraw the map of Europe, but the Roman Empire had already mapped what they considered the known world. The maps drawn on parchment survived the destruction of the empire because they were preserved in large numbers in large churches. The Franks directly inherited the old Rome.
Maps, with the help of maps, Charlemagne was able to conquer the east and west more smoothly, and the military operations further proved the accuracy of these maps.
"Can you understand?" Blue Fox asked the Countess who couldn't take his eyes away.
Al nodded reluctantly: "Maybe... I understand."
"Okay. Maybe you can point out the location of your father's fiefdom on the map. Please come forward and tell me directly."
"I try my best."
El didn't think much about it. She hoped that the family would leave the desperate Laingau as soon as possible and first return to her natal home in Tube. She even completely ignored it, since these Russians regard long-distance voyages as eating.
Something as easy as drinking water can easily complete an expedition, so it is not just as simple as doing business. They are strong warriors, and they can come and go quickly. Once an attack is launched, Tur will not be able to fight against them.
However, Al knew his hometown. In the past years, the Earl of Tours had never been attacked by the Normans. Instead, the Bretons in the north frequently attacked the fief villages.
She saw clearly that the protruding area was where Brittany was located.
The Earl of Tours was a great nobleman in southwestern France. During the unification of the kingdom, the Earl took the Loire Valley as the core of its territory, and the city of Tours was the Earl's royal residence. At the same time, the Earl also held the fiefdom of Alsace and the Pyrenees.
There are some trivial fiefdoms at the foot of the mountain. Tours is a big noble in the south. As the saying goes, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and it also faces some foreign attacks. In the old days when Charlemagne was alive, the county naturally had to be sandwiched between the king's 150,000 standing troops.
The tail makes a man. Now? Forget it.
As the daughter of a noble noble, Al received a noble education, knew some Latin and read some treasured books and documents in the church.
She easily recognized Strasbourg and was very surprised that these place names were drawn by the King of Russia himself. Everything seemed like a miracle. She saw that the city of Rome and Sicily were clearly marked on the map.
This is not the most important thing. The reason why she could easily recognize Brittany was simply because the protrusion was directly labeled "Brittany". Obviously, Rurik, the victor of the war who had never met before, knew about Brittany.
Ni's specific location.
Many Frankish cities have been marked, but of course a large area of the southern region is blank, which proves that the Russians had limited knowledge of the Frankish south.
Now, Robert has been pushed aside, and his wife, Al, is more like a count. She is discussing the map with Blue Fox in person, and their conversation has simply changed to Latin.
Blue Fox listened a lot, he could understand many of the other party's emotions, and he could even think about the Frankish Civil War from the perspective of Count Tour, who had no idea about it at all.
The civil war was a reshuffle of the nobility. This civil war deeply hurt the Count of Tours. Alsace was confiscated by Lothair, and the location of Alsace is very close to the peak area of the recent civil war. And judging from the map
, if the Ross fleet launches a surprise attack on the Rhine River, it can indeed attack Strasbourg or even the Alsace region.
The biggest threat to the Earl of Tours is still the Bretons in the north. The local nobles in Paris, Troyes, Champagne, etc. all turned to King Lothair due to their own problems. So much so that the Earl of Tours can be seen on the map.
The north is full of hostile forces.
Mrs. Elle thinks long-term, because her husband’s family has many branches in the southern world, and the family can still live a life without worries about food and clothing by escaping to the south. But!
After losing their fiefdom and losing their financial resources, even if they have a noble status, they only have one status. Without money and soldiers, a noble has only the value of a mascot. As a husband, he doesn't have many plans for the future. He just has to take it one step at a time.
Madam Al, otherwise, she thought that since this group of Normans named Ross could take the initiative to convert to God, they were really helping King Ludwig in the East fight the war. Ludwig had the ability to hire these ruthless people from the north, what could he do?
No? As for the commission...how much is the entire county of Leingau worth?
Today's conversation with Joseph Blue Fox made her feel comfortable, and the other person was also an earl with a large army. The older Al was afraid of him in terms of status.
Today's matter is a negotiation after all. Lai Yingao's side has never come up with its own conditions because there are too many terms.
Countess Ayre became the absolute think tank, and she was responsible for all the detailed negotiations.
Finally, she felt that the time had come.
The Countess made these conditions:
1. The entire count of Lyingau was sold to the Baron of Nassau.
2. The Baron of Nassau and the Count of Gothenburg in the north sent people to escort the Robert family to Tours.
Third, the Earl of Gothenburg can send troops to the mouth of the Loire River, take out a territory from the Bretons as a control area, and build shops in order to trade with the Earl of Tours. In exchange, the Earl of Tours can act as a middleman and introduce Charles to the West Kingdom.
Wang met and negotiated.
Fourth, arrange for some converted Normans to serve as mercenaries for Robert, with a strength of no less than two hundred.
Rather than considering how much money to spend to buy Ingau, the Blue Fox is most concerned about the terms behind it. The Loire River is over there, and establishing a control zone at the local estuary will greatly expand the horizons of the Russians and add countless possibilities. As for what to do next,
It is not a problem to send troops to serve as mercenaries for the Robert family who have lost their power. The Götalanders in Gothenburg are too poor. If they can make money as mercenaries, they will really be happy. Moreover, who will seize a controlled area in the southern Franks?
It goes without saying that he is a local owner.
Accepting these negotiation conditions means that the Black Fox will legally swallow up the entire Leingau, and the Blue Fox will gain the right to directly contact the Count of Tours and the Western Kingdom.
Of course, the biggest problem here is that Nassau only received Leingau legally. Even if it was only legal and nominal, Ludwig would definitely not approve it.
To hell with that defeated guy! Lyingau must be taken by his brother.
Now, comes the most critical question - how much is Lyingau worth?
"All conditions are acceptable to us. So what's your quotation?" Lan Hu finally asked seriously.
"One thousand pounds of silver."
"Too much. Too much." Blue Fox said this without any surprise on his face.
"That's a huge piece of land. Isn't it worth a thousand pounds? We even thought..."
"However, most of Leingau is still controlled by Ludwig. You keep selling it to us, but in the end we have to ask for it ourselves. One thousand pounds of silver coins is too expensive."
Indeed, Al hopes to ask for more money to help her husband quickly make a comeback in the south. One thousand pounds of silver coins is a huge sum of money. She estimates that the Russians who have made a lot of money through robbery can get it, and the range of Lai Yingao is real.
big.
How big is Leingau? It reaches the town of Linden in the north and Wiesbaden in the south, with a depth of 70 kilometers from north to south. Moreover, Linden is a town on the banks of the Lanhe River, and most of the settlements on the banks of the Lanhe River are not included.
Baron Sao, now these towns will be legally sold to Nassau. North of Linden is the territory of Thuringia, so the new Nassau can directly border it.
In the same way, Nassau merged with the entire Leingau and occupied Koblenz, which meant that the new Nassau was in the west with the Diocese of Cologne, in the north with the Kingdom of Thuringia, and in the east with the Diocese of Worms (Frankfurt)
, bordering the Diocese of Trier to the south.
New Nassau will be directly upgraded to a county, but it is essentially a Norman force. The army is almost all serious blond Nordic people, and it is economically integrated with the Kingdom of Rus.
Once this new Nassau is pieced together, it means that Rurik's strategic layout has achieved an epic victory and has taken root in the heart of the Franks. All this is based on the internal emptiness during the Frankish Civil War. As long as their civil war
As the scale continues to expand, the Russians will have more opportunities.
But it is still a pipe dream for New Nassau to really effectively control the entire Raiingau. In the end, it will have to negotiate with Ludwig to force the other party to admit that Nassau is indeed merged with Raiingau. If necessary, I am afraid that
More troops had to be sent to Nassau to use military deterrence to force Ludwig to agree.
In this way, it is really unreasonable to implement the plane according to Countess Al's plan to buy land for one thousand pounds of silver coins.
Blue Fox didn't want to say anything: "There's no need to give you money. At worst, we can just grab the whole Lai Yingao." Things couldn't be so barbaric. He had to think long-term.
Blue Fox took a step back: "Five hundred pounds of silver coins! First, I will give you two hundred pounds of silver coins for emergency living, and then I will give you and your attendants two thousand pounds of wheat for the winter. Next year, I will deliver you another three hundred pounds of silver coins and escort you with a fleet.
How about going to the south as a family?"
Al and Robert really don't have much bargaining chips, and Al wants to use the relationship between his mother's family and the diplomatic conditions to introduce the Russian people to meet with Charlie of the Western Kingdom as bargaining chips. However, none of these bargaining chips are real things. Most of them are real.
They are all empty promises.
The blue fox and the black fox also knew that they were taking a very risky adventure, and the benefits were so huge that they were worth a try.
Lai Yingao was sold in this way, and both parties established a written agreement for this purpose.
The document on rough paper was made in duplicate, signed by Blue Fox and Black Fox respectively for Nassau and Gothenburg, and by Al and Robert for Tours and Leiingau respectively.
The negotiations needed to establish clear documents, and the two documents finally received an additional signature from Father Conrad of Nassau Monastery. Legally speaking, both parties are Catholic believers, and the background of the four people is not small. The signature of the priest means that the clergy have become such
Being a witness to a transaction means that the transaction is approved by God.
All of this was naturally hidden from King Ludwig, but how much influence could Ludwig really have?
Ludwig was never a centralized monarch, but was just the leader of the princes in the eastern part of the kingdom. He could only firmly control Bavaria and Austria. As for dominating other nobles, he could only negotiate. Now in fact, occupying the Earl of Leiingau fiefdom is purely
The civil war was a red-eye act. Robert was so angry and felt that he had no capital to fight that he simply abandoned his job and ran away. Selling land to the Russians was just laying landmines in revenge.
Now, Robert's family begged for a large amount of food and money, and the carriage he brought was fully loaded, and he happily returned to his temporary residence at the foot of Taunus Mountain. This amount of money and food was enough for him to survive the winter, and