248 – The Road to the Emperor (4)
A peace treaty with extremely unfavorable conditions for the Duke of Lasagna, the commander who led 60,000 soldiers of the United Kingdom of Brittany like Decalcomani and the aid of the Hungarian Kingdom The next day I had them sign it.
In normal cases, it is customary to stay in Lens for a week or so, receive some hospitality, and drink wine among nobles to build friendships…
With an earnest desire to meet my family who will be in Elysium as soon as possible, and with a desperate thought that I did not want to eat that terrible dish of the United Kingdom again, I immediately got on the carriage back to Elysium.
Also, since there was no longer a need to gather more than 200,000 soldiers near Elysium, I ordered all but myself and the minimum number of soldiers to protect the territory to return to their own areas.
After 15 days, I finally arrived at the imperial palace and was able to meet Irina and Ella.
“Master, no, Your Majesty, I am very happy to see you in good health again.”
“I’m glad His Majesty is safe. Aren’t you going to war for a while?”
“The Eline Empire has collapsed, and Franchi must be busy stabilizing the three territories he just absorbed. Romania is now victorious against the army led by Emperor Hoelzollern, my father-in-law, so there is no fear of an attack on our side.”
The victory of the Northern Alliance can often be said to have been won by replacing abundant supplies and supplies thanks to selling food and war materials at a low price, which is not much different from free support in the middle, under the guise of trade in Blue Fort.
In the national level giant war, at least one county is lost for every defeat, so wouldn’t your father-in-law have taken over the duchy of Maxburg by now?
When Irina heard that, she lightly kissed me on the cheek and smiled.
“Thank you. Thanks to that, before my father passed away, he was called an emperor just like you. Before being your wife, I wanted to express my gratitude as the royal family of the Northern Alliance.”
She replied with a smirk.
“My father-in-law helped me a lot, but I have to give him this much. Well, by the way, are the children already sleeping? It’s still daytime, so I thought you’d come to see me…”
Irina averted her eyes at her words, and Ella answered for her.
“William is learning about the history of the Kreutel Empire from Professor Sheffield, who is now retired from the academy, and Victoria is learning her simple court etiquette from her lady-in-waiting.”
Victoria understands that she is of the age of entering kindergarten, but now she is only 5 years old, William is about to learn the history of the empire.
When I lived in Korea, all the children except those in areas where early education was hot were playing.
So it feels a bit pitiful, but since those children were born into the royal family, there’s nothing they can do about it.
However, instead of having them study all day like the crown prince of the Joseon Dynasty, they should be given the right amount of time to study and let them play at other times…
No, wait a minute… It’s been a while since I met you, so can’t you play with me for a bit without class for today? Isn’t this too much? I mean, I want to see it too.
When such doubts and complaints crossed her head, Irina looked at me and said in a slightly anxious voice.
“I heard that during this war, when Your Majesty destroyed the Falcon Fort in Count Perius, you worked with the soldiers on a shovel, didn’t you? Also, during the Battle of Brightenfield, I heard that you continued to command from the front where bullets poured in. Of course I don’t mean to blame that, but didn’t he promise last time? I won’t go to the battlefield and think of the children, but I won’t do anything that puts His Majesty’s life at risk.”
When I heard that, why did my ears keep smiling when I saw it before reincarnating…
[The sound of my wife taking a shower is so scary. Damn, I died today.]
Do you remember this article?
“Your Majesty is already 30 years old, but her concubine, concubine, or even her maidservant did not lay a hand on her, so her mother heard about it and was very worried about her. ‘What should I do if the price of the empire ends at this rate? He doesn’t pay attention to other girls, so there won’t be any succession issues… But I’m worried sometimes.’ He gave me dried oysters, cinnamon, and ginger.”
After saying that, Irina pointed to her table.
On the table were plates full of oysters, stir-fried oysters and ginger, grilled eel, and garlic-ginger baguettes sprinkled with cinnamon.
At that moment, I felt the fear felt by many married men in Korea.
“Again, William just told me that he wants a little brother too.”
So I rolled my brain in a flash and found an excuse to run away.
“You can make your younger sister later, but since I am in a hurry, I have to prepare it today and discuss it with my servants tomorrow.”
“What could be more important than increasing the number of direct and collateral members of the imperial family? Ella, lock the door.”
Ella signaled her maids to lock her door, then she hugged me from behind and said,
“It’s your fault that Your Majesty kept us too far away because of busy work. So, today…”
“Your Majesty, it’s okay. I entrusted everything to my father in preparation for something like this. He asked me not to worry, because maybe even if I leave for a week, my father will take care of everything.”
I’ve never done it with 3 people before, but isn’t it like this?
Damn it, I don’t want to go down in history just because I died as a fortune teller before I ascended the throne…
I’m only 30 now, so strictly speaking, I won’t be able to die from an accidental death.
I changed my mind and gladly accepted my fate, and for now, I enjoyed the dinner that was set in front of me.
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It wasn’t until the evening of the next day that I was able to spend a pleasant time with William and Victoria.
As soon as he saw me, William looked at me to see if he was very impressed with what I had learned in history class.
‘When I grow up, I want to become a great and wonderful person like my father, His Majesty the Emperor!’
After saying this, I stroked his hair and said, ‘Of course, William will be able to become a greater emperor than I am’…
Everyone in my family, including my father and mother, Ella and Irina, didn’t say it, but…
From the look on his face, he made an expression that it would be impossible even if this child died and came back to life.
However, William is smarter than I was when I was younger when I was Kim Do-yoon, and he will inherit a stable foundation, so it’s not that impossible.
I wonder if I’m overestimating myself a bit.
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While I was taking a break for several days and doing some work, the courtier of Lauren, who was in charge of administration, hurriedly approached me and handed me a document.
In the document, [Operation Creutel Empire assimilation] Was written, and there were many complicated words in various ways.
Summarizing, it is a report that reads, “Your Majesty will issue an imperial decree to settle a large number of unmarried discharged soldiers in the newly acquired territories, including the direct control of Elaine.”
When Lauren checked that I had finished reading the report and put it down on the desk, she looked at me and said in a sonorous voice.
“As your Majesty knows, the other territories we have conquered have not suffered much loss of young men because the war ended relatively quickly. So, by simply settling a small number of those wishing to be discharged as local serfs among young soldiers, we were able to somehow solve the labor force needed in the new territory.”
However, the number of victims in this war was not small, and the ruined Emperor of the Elaine Empire passed away, leaving all the territory devastated.
To the extent that if I cut off food aid right now, 3-4% of the people living here will die of starvation.
“That’s why we are providing food support, but that won’t solve the problem. I knew from the start anyway that it was like peeing on my frozen feet. I never thought you would propose a policy like this.”
“Isn’t this a necessary policy anyway? Even if the entire newly acquired territory is in ruins now, after a few years of hard work, the soldiers will have their own influence and live well in their own neighborhoods.”
… However, the problem is that when a single soldier volunteers for a campaign, in return, he gets married to a completely random woman he has never seen before.
Anyway, dating and marriage in this era is rare even among serfs…
There won’t be any big problems.
Of course, when unmarried soldiers-turned-citizens who become the labor force settle down as serfs, they prefer virgins to widows.
On the other hand, obscurely wealthy old serfs or citizens who were greedy for women made trouble by taking a young rural woman who had become a widow during the war as their concubine.
The guy who gets caught abusing puts my name on it, and thanks to his relatives, this wasn’t a very serious problem.
“Okay, instead, a month before announcing this policy, an order was issued to the territory that was the land of the former Elean Empire, ‘If any of the virgin bachelors in the countryside are engaged or married, report it promptly’. Let’s proceed after that. Also, if we hear that a man is abusing a woman, we will investigate it severely and, if necessary, punish it with execution.”
A long time ago, in the days of Baron Creutel, when he said something like this.
Hearing the story of an abused concubine, he remembered Ella, and she personally beat the guild master.
Not necessarily this time.
To put it bluntly, ‘if a foreign serf discharged from Kreutel County, who has just entered the village, takes a village girl as his wife and abuses it, in the worst case, it could lead to a rejection of the new emperor and cause a civil rebellion.’ .
Really… People change easily.