People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Inside the bedroom.

Lothar sat down aside and poured himself a cup of tea naturally.

Baldwin IV, who was approving the document, dripped wax on the envelope, took off his ring, and stamped it hard.

He kept moving his hands, and said casually: "Since I have got my wish, why do you still look worried?"

Lothar smiled wryly: "If we change places, I'm afraid I also hope that this restless Earl of Transjordan can be more honest."

"But you are Lothar, not Raymond. Someone must represent the radicals in the kingdom. Your expansion will not benefit him, and if war breaks out, it will be harmful to him."

The noble party, the queen mother's party, and the royal party are all products of interests in the final analysis.

The landless nobles are ambitious, while the established nobles want to maintain the status quo.

"You're right."

Changing places is a good habit.

But it's not necessary.

Because people have to speak for their ass.

"I'm just a little bit emotional. The boy who slayed the dragon has finally become a dragon."

Thinking back to the beginning, he also felt that Leonard, who put the weak Kingdom of Jerusalem in the flames of war, was a complete treacherous minister and an idiot.

"That's politics."

Baldwin IV asked: "Tell me, when do you plan to leave Jerusalem this time?"

"If everything goes well, I will return to Hebron after accepting your canonization tomorrow. The territory is full of waste and there are many things to deal with."

"Oh, Lord Lothar, if you don't need it, it seems that you really don't want to stay in Jerusalem. In my opinion, the position of the Royal Knights might as well be officially handed over to Hans."

Lothar smiled wryly: "You know my philosophy. Rather than crowding into a trough for food like livestock, it's better to go outside to compete with wild animals for food, which can also exercise your body and weaken the enemy.

Otherwise, when the beasts come, no matter how much they eat now, it will be the fat in their mouths. "

"It's a very profound insight, but unfortunately, many people can't understand it and can't do it."

Many powerful border princes are also facing powerful opponents, and it is extremely difficult to expand, that is, on Lothar's side, there are still some bad lands to take.

Baldwin IV sighed lightly: "Reynard's precedent, you have to keep it in mind, even if you march to North Sinai and fight Egypt under Adil's rule, you must not invade the territory of the Holy Family."

"I will."

Lothar nodded solemnly.

Although he felt that it was very unlikely that Saladin could summon a large army under the pretext that the Holy Land was under threat again.

Because of Jihad's name, it works for the first time, but if you shout a lot, and there are precedents of failure, the gold content will be greatly reduced.

Just like those crusader princes in Europe who clamored to participate in jihad all day long, and even collected the "Saladin tax" for several years.

Before Lothar set off, it was rumored in the Gaul region that thousands of knights and several witch advisors would be sent to form a crusade, and they set off.

But now, where is the Crusaders?
There is no benefit, relying on faith alone, it is difficult for many Saracen forces to abandon their previous suspicions and join hands to launch a new round of jihad.

But the risks do exist.

Saladin's political skills are still very strong, otherwise, he would not be able to integrate the scattered Saracen world under the eyes of Sasan Persia.

If it is not necessary, after Lothar takes the Hejaz area, he should consider going north to Sinai, risking a war with Adil, and taking the entire Sinai Peninsula.

"If you go to war with Adil, how sure are you that you can support his attack with your own strength?"

Lothar said frankly: "If it is now, with the desert and the Red Sea as the screen, I am [-]% sure."

Baldwin IV said with great interest: "What if, after a year, you take down the entire Hanjaz region, secure your position as feudal vassal in southern Xinjiang, and double your strength?"

Lothar thought about it: "I'm afraid I can only increase my confidence by [-]%."

Baldwin IV wondered: "Only [-]% increase in a year? You came to the Holy Land, a total of half a year."

Lothar shrugged and spread his hands: "Because at that time, I'm afraid I've already defeated Freimai and confronted Adil head-on in Egypt."

Baldwin IV couldn't help laughing: "Ambition is not small."

In terms of population, Hijaz, Sinai, and Transjordan combined are a fraction of Egypt.

But in this era, national strength is not measured by population.

If this is the case, there are only [-] households of Tatars in the unified grassland, and they will definitely not be the opponents of Sasanian Persia with a population of nearly [-] million.

"What happened to Sir Godfrey's hidden illness?"

"Ulding has already seen it. Although it is an old injury, the problem is not serious. Today in the hall, Baron Godfrey is fighting with all the officials, and he is very heroic."

Baldwin IV smiled and said: "Godfrey hid it deep enough. Before that, he never told me that he had such an old disease."

Lothar couldn't help laughing and said, "It's normal to not want to say this kind of unspeakable secret."

...

Leaving Baldwin IV's bedroom.

I saw Nishaya wearing a hooded black robe, waiting by the side like a ghost.

"Good afternoon, Miss Nishaya, why are you dressed like this today?"

Nishaya whispered: "The teacher blamed me for causing trouble and asked me to show up less in public."

Lothar was slightly taken aback.

What your teacher said makes sense.

He skipped this topic, and coughed lightly: "Miss Nishaya, did you bring the illustrated book?"

"of course."

As she spoke, she handed over a piece of old yellowed parchment, on which was depicted a giant beast that looked like a tyrannosaurus rex with a dark red body.

There are some petty words next to it, which Lothar can't understand at all.

Nishaya warned very seriously: "Although the tyrannical dragon has no ability to fly, it has rough skin and thick flesh, which has quite powerful magic resistance. It also has extremely terrifying dragon flames. You must deal with it carefully."

Lothar pointed to the small print on the parchment and asked, "What is written on it? Is it the weakness of the tyrannical dragon?"

Nishaya was obviously stunned for a moment, and said softly: "I wrote the Greek text, which recorded the location of the tyrannical dragon - this monster has no obvious weaknesses except for its slow movement."

Lothar was a little embarrassed, but he didn't show anything on his face: "The materials on it are what you need? After all, the corpse of a giant dragon is so heavy, we can't bring it all back."

"You don't have to worry about this. As a fire dragon species, the tyrannical dragon has hot lava-like dragon blood flowing in its body. Once it dies, all the essence will condense in its own heart, and the whole body will turn into a solid but useless rock. .”

Nishaya paused, and then said: "It is said that at this time, take out the heart of the tyrannical dragon and put it into the crater, and a new tyrannical dragon will be bred in 100 years."

"Sounds like Phoenix."

"It's very similar, maybe Phoenix is ​​also a strange kind of dragon, maybe."

Nishaya smiled and said: "Extraordinary biology is a very profound knowledge among wizards, whether it is collecting magic materials or mixing potions."

A hint of longing flashed in Lothar's expression: "That must be a wonderful world."

Nishaya covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "It may not be exciting, but it must be boring."

Lothar recalled books in various unknown languages, or in Latin, but with illegible handwriting.

It is not easy to be patient and read on.

"Then we'll see you tomorrow."

Nishaya nodded respectfully: "See you tomorrow."

"Oh, by the way, if you contact through the coat of arms, you can only pass through my teacher and then transfer to me."

Anna is the main station?

Lothar put the sun hat on top of his head, nodded slightly: "I understand."

...

Early the next morning.

Lothar came to the palace. Today is not the day when the court meeting is held normally, but to officially confer Lothar as the frontier earl and give him legal support.

At the same time, there must be the patriarch of Jerusalem on the register, demonstrating the kingship and theocracy, and the double recognition of Lothar's newly acquired power.

Lothar exchanged glances with Earl Raymond, who was witnessing at the side, and saw that his expression was indifferent, so he didn't bother to maintain a superficial friendship with him, and concentrated on walking the process.

The process is cumbersome and solemn.

It won't be such a hassle until the church declines.

Napoleon could even snatch the crown from the Pope and personally crown himself the emperor of the French.

With Archbishop William, who replaced the patriarch in exercising theocracy, the final process was completed.

In Lothar's ears, the system's continuous beeps began to sound.

Your primary title "Count of Transjordan" has been changed to "Count of Transjordan Frontier".

Your title has been promoted to Marquis rank.

Your recruitment limit for all special units has been increased to 125 (Duke 150).

When your title is promoted, you will get a special epic item according to your current needs.

After extraction, the prop is: the growth potion of the ancient tree of life.

If this potion is poured on the rhizome of the ancient tree of life, it will enter the maturity stage ahead of time, and acquire the special ability of the mother tree—split daughters.

The mature mother tree of life can give birth to a daughter every year, and it is cultivated within a hundred miles away from itself.

Remarks: The ancient tree of life at the mature stage can train the special unit woodland elf archer. If the job changer is not of elven blood, he will only be transferred to woodland archer.

You've completed a new milestone: Spear of God.

[Your main title has been raised to Marquis level or above, and you have the authority to launch holy wars against the surrounding pagan enemies at any time. 】

Reward: [Byzantine Heavy Armored Cavalry Training Camp]

You can choose any location to build a training camp that can be used to recruit heavy cavalry archers.

You've activated a brand new milestone in the epic tier: Crusader Kings. (undone)
[As a famous crusader duke, you successfully led a crusader, opened up your own kingdom in a land occupied by pagans, and history will remember your great achievements. 】

Lothar raised his head and glanced at Baldwin IV.

The young king's eyes were gentle, full of expectations.

Lothar turned around, his eyes swept across the audience, Baron Argonne and other nobles bowed their heads humbly at the right time.

Even some aristocrats of the Jue Party, seeing Lothar's view, averted their eyes a little bit without daring to look directly.

Today, he is the most prominent nobleman in the Holy Land, a big man who can compete with Raymond of Tripoli.

Standing in the crowd, Godfrey looked at the second son of his former best friend, not only felt a little sour in his heart.

Werner, I still don't agree that you are better than me, but in terms of the ability to give birth to sons, you are still better.