Wessen Daily News, Wesenberg City, May 8th: His Royal Highness Rudolf Otto, Crown Prince of the Rhine League, signed the Treaty of Wessen with Duke Friedrich von Wessen in Wesenberg on the morning of the 8th. Archduke Dahl of Mainz
Burg von Mainz, Derwig Wittelsbach of Bayernstrasse, Mayor of the Free City of Nuremberg Max Merkel and Archbishop Victor, the plenipotentiary envoy of the Church of Light, witnessed the signing of the "Wesson Treaty"
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The main contents of the Treaty of Wesson are as follows:
1. The Otto family and the Wesson family of the royal family of the Rhine League are from the same family. Duke Friedrich von Wesson recognized and firmly supported the authority of his brother, King Wilhelm Otto, and the Wesson family was loyal to the Otto family.
2. King Wilhelm Otto canonized Friedrich von Wesson as the Duke of Wesson, and the fiefdom was the Wesson Territory, which included the former Wesson Territory, Reese Territory, Eichstadt Territory, Ansbach Territory, and the Philippines.
Altland, Rotherland and the Free City of Nuremberg.
3. The false charges originally imposed on Count St. Henry von Wesson are immediately cancelled. The false accusers, Counts Rees, Eichstadt, Ansbach, Fürth, and Lot, are deprived of all titles. The family
All property was compensated to the Wesson family. Prince Rudolf Otto presided over the consolation ceremony at the Wesson Castle Church.
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Wesson Daily News from Weissenburg Castle on May 8th Duke Friedrich von Wesson held a grand canonization and investiture ceremony in Weissenburg Castle Square at noon on the 8th. During the ceremony, Duke Wesson was canonized for his role in the war.
More than 20 people who performed outstandingly during the period were awarded knighthoods and were awarded medals of meritorious service. A grand military parade was held after the ceremony.
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"Are you unhappy?" Maria asked Frederick curiously.
The direct promotion of Baron Wesson to Duke Wesson was a major event that changed the strategic pattern of the region. Naturally, the Archduke of Mainz wanted to come and see it in person. In addition to his heir and a group of officials, he also brought Maria with him.
Frederick folded the newspaper and placed it on the dining table. He said somewhat helplessly: "It's okay. It's because the reporters and editors of the newspaper didn't do a good enough job."
Many of the reporters in the newspaper were women brought back from Constantbul by Richard Nall. They had a high level of education, and some of them went to work at the Wesson Daily after learning Rhineland.
It's just that these people who have lived in purdah for many years only casually chatted about political topics in the salon. When writing about current affairs news, they did not have enough understanding of the political and ideological nature of news. They did not even mention the funerals of fallen soldiers.
Frederick had no choice but to do this. New things could not reach the level of perfection all at once, so he could only write more commentator articles.
At this time, lunch was served. While eating, he asked Maria: "Where else do you want to go?"
Maria replied: "I'll play with Mingxiao first, and we'll play together after you're done."
Frederick could only nod.
There are many things to be busy with after the war. The first is to conduct in-depth negotiations with Rudolf.
Rudolf knew nothing about political negotiations, so he could only ask Baron Christian, who had come to send a letter of war, to return to Cologne and report to King William. This guy had been in Ansbach during the war and survived in the end.
King William fainted on the spot after learning that the Allied forces had been wiped out and the crown prince was captured. He lay in bed for three days. When he woke up, the left corner of his mouth was a little crooked.
Frederick gave the royal family a semblance of respect in exchange for territory and the property of five other families.
No matter which era, face is secondary, interests are the most important.
The two parties also reached a private agreement. Except for Mrs. Lott and the foolish son of Count Reis, all members of the Allied families were brought back to Cologne by Rudolf, and Frederick allowed them to take away some gold and silver.
In this era, nobles were very particular about keeping a thin line in their conduct so that they could meet each other easily in the future. What he did was also in line with tradition.
Next is the digestion of the territory. This matter involves the reform of Wesson state government agencies. There is currently no detailed charter and a meeting is required to discuss it.
Now the entire Weisen state government is as busy as fighting a war from top to bottom. From the tax department to the fire brigade, they all go to the new territory to investigate according to the master's request, and then hold small meetings to collect statistics and hold mid-level meetings to analyze the data in preparation for the general meeting.
Make preparations.
In the end, the most troublesome thing for Frederick was his relationship with his two neighbors.
In the past, he was just a baron, so he could naturally hold his own, but now he has become a duke. Compared with the two grand dukes, administratively, he is only one short of setting up his own court. Everyone is already talking to each other on an equal footing.
A count has a count's rules of survival, and a duke has a duke's rules of survival.
For counts and barons, the main goal is the continuation of their families.
When you reach the level of a duke, in addition to your own family, you must consider the issues of your vassal families internally and make them feel that they have hope for the future; externally, you must carry out foreign affairs activities and exert influence on the surrounding areas.
On the chessboard of intrigue, the Duke is already qualified to be the chess player, and the rules of survival are naturally different from those of the chess pieces.
The problem now is that a ten-year-old kid is sitting next to the chessboard. I am afraid that only the God of Light can know what he will do. So both the Grand Duke of Mainz and the Grand Duke of Byrne feel that they need to put many things together.
Duke Wesson made it clear to prevent the situation from developing in an unforeseen direction.
Especially Archduke Byrne, who secretly supported the Allied forces with a batch of poison gas bombs during the Six-Day War. Now that Wesson's army is at its peak, we are a little afraid that they will come over.
Frederick has no public plans to settle accounts with Archduke Byrne now. Anyway, even if he does, he will at most introduce a scapegoat, just like King William did, placing all the blame on the dead man.
What I have to do now is to digest the territory, and focus on easing relations with the outside world.
So, now the three of them drink tea together every afternoon at the manor where Frederick cultivated seeds, or walk and chat by the fields.
Diplomatic matters were quickly settled by the three parties. The two archdukes taught Duke Wesson for several days the principles of maintaining peace and uniting and helping the south. Finally, they did so only after Frederick promised that he would not use force against their territories.
Breathed a sigh of relief.
That afternoon, the three of them walked to the vegetable greenhouse, where farmers were putting away the greenhouse film.
It can be seen that the princes are very interested in Wesson's new crops and vegetable greenhouses.
Especially Archduke Byrne, who pretended that nothing had happened before, spent all his time asking Frederick questions, and even coaxed the children from time to time. He really regarded himself as a grandfather.
Grand Duke Byrne is over 70 years old this year. It can be seen that he was handsome and artistic when he was young. He has sponsored many artists all year round.
Compared to old soldiers like the Archduke of Mainz, Frederick paid special attention to those who studied art because you didn't know where their upper limit was.
Archduke Byrne pointed to the rolled-up greenhouse film and said: "Wesson, how about selling me these old transparent cloths?"
Frederick said nonchalantly: "If you want to sell, sell new ones. There is no reason to sell old ones."
"If you are willing, I can also send people to teach you how to build a greenhouse and how to grow vegetables in winter. Of course, you can't afford to lose their wages."
For him, he has no way to send vegetables to the Principality of Byrne for sale in winter, so he sells slime films. The more greenhouses are built there, the more films he can sell here.
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"Really?" Archduke Byrne was a little happy, "Don't worry, I won't lose you the price."
The corner of Frederick's mouth curled up slightly and he said seriously: "Two Grand Dukes, there are some things that we have not said clearly. I am young, so let me tell you. If I say something wrong, I will treat it as a child's talk."
The Grand Duke of Mainz smiled and said: "Then you say it, we won't spank you if you are wrong."
Frederick curled his lips, and he could see that he was unhappy at being treated like a child.
But there is also an advantage to this. As long as you don't make excessive demands, the other party won't be angry even if they disagree. It will be treated as ignorance rather than any conspiracy.
So Frederick and the two archdukes sat down at the table and chairs next to the greenhouse where the farmers were resting, and told them their thoughts. From then on, the geopolitical pattern for many years was determined.