105 – Maxburg True Education (9)

When I urged surrender, all the enemy soldiers dropped their agricultural implements such as pitchforks and hoes and crudely made spears and knelt down.

Then our soldiers pulled out ropes and tried to tie them up.

In the case of not obtaining a territory, even the serfs who participated in the war were sold as slaves to raise money for the war…

If I do that, I don’t know if I can earn tens of thousands of gold coins by selling the serfs, but it gets in the way of my goal.

In order to dry Maxburg to death, he needs a lot of bankrupt serfs to protect that will eat away at his economic power.

Besides, if we sell the serfs of the Maxburg family as slaves, someday it will be a good cause to start a war under the justification or to unite the serfs and nobles under the pretext of subjugating Kreuttel, just like Joseon’s invasion of the north.

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Also, the next time we have a war like this, even if we lose in this situation, there is no need to be sold as slaves, so if we plant the idea that going home is beneficial, it will make it easier for soldiers from other countries or territories to surrender.

Therefore, it would be a loss to enslave serfs just to save tens of thousands of gold coins, which are rewards given to soldiers.

“Stop! What’s wrong with those poor people? They’re just poor people who succumbed to the threat that the evil and despicable Maxburg would kill them and their families if they didn’t come out on the battlefield. As a follower of the god Deus, And as a knight who knows honor, I don’t want to inflict severe punishment even on such people.”

When my order was transmitted to the entire army, the soldiers released the serfs with a look of regret.

The serfs were puzzled at first, but then began to weep over the fact that they could return home without being sold into slavery.

“Thank you, thank you, Mr. Count… Now we can finally go home.”

“Even though I can’t go back with the spoils, how can I make a living if I go back now?”

“Thank you for letting me live to see my foxy wife and rabbit-like children…”

said to them

“Now the war is almost over. Our army has won, and His Highness, the Duke of Maxburg, has been defeated. You should tell the news to the chief of the Lothringen garrison and return to your hometown.”

“Thank you thank you!”

Then almost all the soldiers, except for the commanders of the infantry, began to move to Lothringen at once.

So we ordered the soldiers of the defeated unit to go to Lothringen, and they thanked everyone for saving them and went back.

After moving for about an hour or two, and dispersing the defeated serfs, they finally arrived at the headquarters where the Duke of Maxburg was located.

The Duke of Maxburg, whose chin jutted out like a ladle, took off his pure gold-coated armor and greeted me with an effortless stance.

“Congratulations on your victory, Count Ciel von Kreuttel. It seems that God is on your side between me and you.”

In the past, in the days of playing rolls or computer games like that, you would have tempered the opponent who said this, but unfortunately, if you temper here, you will be stuffed all over Europe as a human end, so you can’t do that.

I’m really sorry.

So I bowed about 30 degrees to the Duke of Maxburg, who had a higher rank than me anyway, and said,

“As a knight, I would like to thank Deus for giving me the honor of facing swords with a great knight like His Highness.”

“Okay, did you eat?”

Even in this situation, it looked very pitiful to see him trying to keep all the customs of the battlefield.

However, since I won, I can give you that much leeway.

“Major Frost, borrow a horse tied to the Duke’s headquarters and go to the headquarters of our allies to get some food. Not for the soldiers to eat, but for the Emperor to provide enough food.”

“Yes, I see. How much will it be?”

“The father-in-law also needs to come, so bring 3… no, 4 servings.”

“Yes, sir.”

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Major Frost listened to me and rode off to get food.

And I talked to Maxburg with a smile.

“As far as I know, Your Highness is also quite well versed in the arts. Could you possibly learn about it until the people I invited come?”

At my question, the Duke of Maxburg smiled and explained.

“Okay, listen closely, it’s Alfonso’s painting…”

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After about two hours had passed, the sound of horses’ hooves began to be heard from a distance away from Maxburg’s headquarters.

A moment later, a knight in refined armor dismounted from his horse and bowed to the duke on one knee.

“Your Highness, Duke Maxburg, Your Excellency, Count Kreuttel! Your Highness Sergei Vladimir Vasilyev, the Messenger of the North, will arrive in about 10 minutes.”

“Okay, thanks for letting me know.”

“Okay, then we’ll have to vacate the high table. Bring me another chair.”

The Duke of Maxburg tried to pretend to be calm, but his eyes began to tremble as if he couldn’t hide his embarrassment.

It seems that you now realize that the situation is much more serious than you thought, but, Your Highness, the die has already been cast.

Now, His Highness, the Duke, is saying that you have to give us everything we ask for.

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Just in time, the soldiers brought food in a small cart I made.

“Your Highness the Duke, Your Excellency the Earl. I’ve brought you something to eat. A beef steak from a freshly slaughtered cow, a baguette, butter and the finest wine from Brogonia, marshmallows, and snacks.”

“It’s been a lot of hard work. His Majesty the King of the Northern Alliance is coming soon, so he must have made it without inferiority even if he ate it?”

“Is it possible?”

After a while, Baron Vladimir came into the barracks and knelt down.

“His Highness Sergei Vladimir Vasilyev has arrived!”

“Thank you.”

After about 5 minutes, the trumpets and drums of the military band dressed in colorful costumes were heard, and the proclamation officer’s cries began to be heard.

“His Majesty Sergei Vladimir Vasilyev, the great Golden Lion of the North, who is fair, just, and knows honor, has arrived. Everyone, please greet me with respect!!”

At those words, the Duke of Maxburg and I got up from our seats, got down on one knee, and bowed.

After a while, the Emperor of the North tapped me on the shoulder and said in a voice filled with joy.

“Oh, my son-in-law! How are you? It’s been almost a year!”

I glanced in the direction of the Duke of Maxburg and replied politely.

“With the grace of God Deus, I was able to protect myself in this war and achieve a victory, albeit a small one.”

“I see, I heard that you were suffering because of the Duke of Maxburg.”

“Deus prepared everything. And right now, we were about to negotiate an end to the war, but since His Majesty came, it seems that we have obtained a large army of 100,000.”

“Heh heh, a huge army of 100,000! I only brought 10,000 at most!!”

“Since His Majesty is here, even the soldiers will exert ten times their strength, so it is the same as an army of 100,000.”

It’s a flattering word, but the value of the Emperor of the North, who became my father-in-law in a situation where Maxburg was under pressure, is comparable to a hundred thousand troops.

Because, if this negotiation is completed well and the Northern Alliance provides a bridgehead to Romania, all the eyes of Romania’s numerous lords and soldiers will be focused on the emperor.

In addition, sharing with the emperor rather than eating alone strengthens the justification for making proposals that can be exploited without mercy.

Then the emperor put his hand on the shoulder of the Duke of Maxburg and said:

“Since Deus made my son-in-law win, I will no longer hold a personal grudge against you. However, the settlement between us has not yet been settled?

Let’s talk.”

Upon hearing this, the Duke of Maxburg replied in a stunned voice.

“I wonder if there is. Your Majesty the King…”

And I opened my mouth to exercise my legitimate rights as the first-class contributor and monarch who ended this war.

“First of all, His Majesty the King and I had a marriage alliance before this war. However, due to circumstances in the north, it was a bit unreasonable to send Her Highness the Princess to me… so the announcement of the marriage was delayed. However, the alliance

It is an undeniable fact. Therefore, we inform you that His Majesty’s intervention to help your son-in-law is not a problem at all.”

At that, the duke answered with a quick gnashing of teeth.

“Okay.”

“And in this war, I won the trial that I and His Highness the Duke had in front of Deus, and I am sorry for the kidnapping of the nobles of Blueport at the instigation of the Maxburg family.

presented evidence. There was also the seal of His Highness the Duke. Do you agree to this?”

“It is true that I was defeated in this war, but as the elector of Holy Romania, I did not do such a dishonorable thing! And is it not very common for criminal heinous men to forge the coat of arms of a nobleman and call himself his vassal? ?”

It’s like the guy sitting on the poop is sticking out his flippers because I didn’t poop, but what the Duke of Maxburg is saying isn’t wrong at all.

Because it’s really common for swollen guys to forge the coat of arms of a noble family in order to rally their men.

And even among the nobles, there are one or two scribes who pretend not to know each other or not, but just in case, can elaborately forge a sentence in order to divide the other party.

In our family, this role is played by Inspector Wells.

The bottom line is, therefore, that the Duke of Maxburg cannot be held responsible for the crime at this level.

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Maybe that’s why the Duke of Maxburg’s face brightened a little at the thought of minimizing the damage by taking the most advantageous position in the post-war negotiations under the pretext of trying to accuse him of this.

“I speak as Count Kreuttel, as lord and elector of the Duchy of Maxburg, and as someone who has outlived you.

However, I have already predicted this situation and have come up with a solution.

After a while, the barracks door opened and a richly dressed nobleman entered and greeted us.

“Hello, His Majesty the King of the Northern Alliance, His Highness the Great Chief and Count Kreuttel. I am Count Peter von Southburg, Minister of Heraldry to His Majesty the Emperor of Romania.”

At last, the one who is to come has arrived, the mighty one who will break Maxburg’s brute logic.

“Your Excellency Southburg, please take a seat here. Thank you for coming.”

“No, count. Even though we are nobles from other countries, if a crime involving the coat of arms of the great chieftain representing Romania has occurred, we must come and judge. So, where are the documents?”

The Duke, who saw that, rubbed his eyes violently as if he couldn’t believe his eyes.

Then he got up and pointed his finger at the minister of sentences and said:

“How dare you, as the honorable minister of sentences, be swayed by the Count of Elaine!

“Please refrain from speaking, Your Highness the Great Chief. Not the coat of arms of any other noble, but the coat of arms of His Excellency Maxburg, the Elector Count, is a forgery, and it is a matter of His Majesty’s prestige.”

“but…”

“Or, as Count Creutel said, could it be that the Elector Count of the Empire unleashes a bunch of rats to kidnap and sell noble ladies? Izzy will not be Your Highness.”

The minister of sentences was saying things that seemed to be on the side of the duke, but his face was full of smiles with the intention of stripping anyone off.

Seeing that the testimony I sent and all the circumstantial evidence matched, he must be thinking of this as an opportunity to unleash the power of the emperor’s political opponents.

What a beautiful situation this is because the interests of the Minister and I coincide.

Next, I presented the Minister with documents inciting a crime bearing the Duke’s coat of arms.

The minister put the monocles on his eyes, reviewed the sentence for about an hour, and spoke to the duke blushing.

“Your Highness, Grand Chamberlain! How can you throw away the honor of a nobleman and the honor of an electorate!”

“No, Minister. What are you talking about? I can’t believe that an electorate forged a sentence to slander my son-in-law, who has barely earned the title of count… I just can’t believe it.”

“Your Majesty, I don’t want to believe it either. However, as Minister of Heraldry, I swear on the honor and name of His Majesty the Emperor that I swear to you. It is the real Duke’s seal.”

At that, the duke cleared his throat as if he was dumbfounded.

“What are you talking about, Count! You insult my honor, challenge you to a duel…”

The Minister interrupted the Duke and said.

“I am the minister of sentences inspecting the coat of arms on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, any remarks that doubt me will be regarded as treason against the emperor.”

“Okay…”

Then, the minister took out a seal made of pure gold from his bosom and showed the bottom of it.

“All of the signet rings or seals of His Majesty the Elector of Romania were bestowed by His Majesty the Emperor, and we have made a black seal and a seal just in case. The new dojo is a black dojo that can completely cover the crest and nullify its effect.”

Then, the minister smeared the ink he brought with him on the seal and stamped it where the duke’s seal had been.

Then, the eagle that bites the prey symbolizing the peacock disappears from the place where the seal was placed, leaving only a red square with no gaps left.

“And if a square with no empty spaces comes out when the seal is stamped like this, it proves that the sentence stamped there was the stamp of His Highness the Great Chieftain.”

“Then, what if His Highness the Duke pretends that this is a fake? Your Excellency.”

At that, the minister laughed.

“I don’t think that will ever happen, but if that happens… either you will be deprived of the title of Elector Count for the crime of losing the seal, the symbol of authority bestowed by His Majesty, or you will be charged with treason for showing disloyalty to His Majesty.”

Wow, now that this has happened, His Highness has only one choice.

Acknowledge your guilt and accept the price for your sins, otherwise, in the worst case, you will be subjugated by the Romanian emperor.

I bowed my head to thank the minister and said,

“Thank you, Your Excellency Minister. Then, Your Highness, how do you intend to repay the crime of releasing criminals on our territory and then kidnapping and selling beautiful young girls as sex slaves… And what will be the price of defeat in this war? Do you think so?”