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Part Four Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 43 Universal Celebration

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    Although Egil only gave less than a day to prepare.  But Krakow deserves to be the capital of the Norman Empire.  All the officials were so busy that even the mayor of Krakow personally went to work, like coolies, busy with large and small packages.  Egil also sent out his 100,000 troops to deploy and deploy.  So, when people woke up the next day, they found that Krakow was completely different.  When Egil was happy, he ordered the mayor of Krakow to wrap the trees with high-quality cloth, sprinkle the streets with fine wine, and pave the roads with flowers.  The whole Krakow is decorated with red and colorful decorations!

    The most surprised ones may be the big businessmen from the East.  Especially those Far Eastern Chinese who consider themselves to be a heavenly country.  Originally, they thought that it would only be possible for the Eastern Emperor¡ªand the orthodox emperor at that¡ªto experience a scene where the luxury was so terrifying that it made people feel dizzy.  Just like this, he appeared in the bumpkin emperor of the Western Empire, whom they looked down upon.  This makes them a little bit unacceptable

    "His Majesty Emperor Egil Skadra Grimsson is getting married today. All the people in the city, regardless of gender, old or young, will be given a pot of wine, a pound of meat, a pound of white bread, a pound of salt, and a spoonful of honey.  !¡±

    The household registration system was promulgated in recent years along with the serf emancipation decree.  The emperor conducted specific censuses within his own country.  Issuance of wooden household registration cards.  Record the name, gender, marriage, and work status of family members on it.  The inhabitants of the empire had weddings and funerals, and filed lawsuits and complaints.  Buy and sell real estate or make a credit guarantee, open a shop and do business, or work as an apprentice.  Day laborers, tenant farmersall need this thing as a voucher.

    Because of this strategy, the empire obtained first-hand information.  Accounting for household registration helped the empire control its residents.  and the collection of taxes and administration.  Such an advanced system is also one of the guarantees for the development of the empire.

    However, the implementation of this policy requires a huge amount of manpower and material resources.  At the same time, it encountered opposition from many landlords and nobles who concealed their household registration.  And because of the previous Black Death, there were countless casualties.  Therefore, household registration management became full of loopholes. After the Black Death, the empire gradually recovered its strength, and the household registration policy began to gradually recover.  But until now, only the early territories of the empire¡ªplaces like Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and Britain¡ªhad to be towns.  It was barely processed.

    And ordinary small villages and towns and even some remote areas.  People don't even know about this policy.  As for the newly acquired territories of France, Germany and Italy, this policy has just begun to be implemented.  It¡¯s unclear how long it will take to succeed.

    Such a sound was shouted by the loud voice of the Guards.  The citizens of Krakow who were still immersed in this world of wealth and wealth were awakened.  After all, the city's many fantastic conveniences will not affect their jobs.  But that voice before may be a luxury that I will never have in my life.

    "what happened?!"

    When it comes to your own interests.  People always move very quickly.  At that time, in the streets and alleys, in various residential areas.  After hearing such a sound, people took action and found out about the matter as quickly as possible.

    "The emperor's wedding. Everyone celebrates it! All men, women, and children in Krakow can receive these supplies at the street management office with their household registration certificates. One pot of wine, one pound of meat. One pound of white bread, one tael of salt. Honey.  A spoonful!" The Imperial Guard soldier saw the dark crowd looking at him eagerly, but he showed no signs of stage fright.  I said it again.  The loud voice allowed everyone around him to hear clearly.

    I heard that there is such a thing as pie in the sky.  Those wealthy businessmen and gentry.  The noble lords and whatnot were unmoved.  But the common people were very happy.  He quickly went back home.  I took the wooden sign that issued the household registration certificate issued by the royal government.  I went to the street management office in the center of the residential area to collect supplies.  And the officials who handled this matter were also unambiguous.  After looking at the wooden plate on the household registration certificate, I stamped it.  Then supplies were given according to the number of people above.

    The bread and meat were all tied up with fine linen ropes, the wine was in earthen jars, and the salt was in cloth bags.  Only honey is a little more troublesome. One spoonful of honey per person is not easy to get.  The official who was handling the matter didn't care, so he took a spoonful of it, then asked the person who came to receive the things to stretch out his hand and sprinkle honey on his hand

    Some people are hesitant or a little slow to respond.  He didn't take action immediately.  As a result, someone came back happily carrying bread, wine and meat.  Only then did I know this was true.  He also hurriedly ran towards the street management office.

    Although the empire is rich.  But for ordinary people, this level of wealth is just enough to have enough food and clothing.  It seems that white bread is a luxury product that is only eaten once during the holidays.  Salt and other items are also in short supply.  As for honey, sugar and the like are sweet.?Things.  Many people may have never tasted it once in their lives.  At that time, many Krakow citizens who received the spoonful of honey in their palms couldn't help smelling the fragrance.  One bite makes me want to eat half of my own palm.

    After that, the sweetness of the honey stimulated his taste buds.  An unprecedented feeling spread from the tip of my tongue to all over my body.  His whole body was immersed in a strange feeling of happiness.  Some people want to swallow their tongues.  Some cried, laughed, and danced as if they were crazy.  Some people were simply dumbfounded and stayed where they were.  The Norman spies hiding in the crowd saw this opportunity and quickly shouted: "Long live His Majesty Emperor Egil!"

    For a time, the sound of "Long Live" like a roaring mountain and a tsunami could be heard.  Egil's approval rating suddenly increased by more than 20 percentage points.

    At the same time, in the Grand Palace in Krakow, Egil, wearing a black wedding dress, was making final preparations.  Then the door was heard to open with a bang.  Aurora, who ran in wearing a white wedding dress, hurriedly arrived in front of Egil, opened her mouth and asked: "Are you going to distribute supplies to the citizens of the city?!"

    "Yes. Wine, meat, bread, salt and honey. A lot of them." Egil turned around and looked at Aurora with a smile and admitted frankly.

    "Do you know how much this will cost? The total residents of Krakow are nearly 300,000!" Hearing Egil admit it frankly, Aurora looked like she was going crazy: "I'm afraid it will cost several  A million Norman gold!¡±

    "Wrong!" Egil quickly corrected Aurora: "It's tens of millions - I have already issued an order to distribute supplies to other provincial capitals and major cities!"

    "Are you crazy?!" Aurora almost fainted after hearing what Egil said: "I just sacked Constantinople and you don't know how to spend the money you made?! There are so many serious things in the empire that are not done.  , do you have time to throw money into the ditch for fun?!"

    "Wrong, wrong, wrong" Egil shook his right index finger, walked to Aurora, and held her shoulders: "I am not spending money randomly - look, with these tens of millions  , to buy the blessings of the people of the empire for our marriage. What¡¯s wrong? It¡¯s a good deal¡ªa very good deal.¡±

    Hearing what Egil said, Aurora lost her temper.  He rolled his eyes and pushed Egil away, snorting softly: "If this is really a wedding for both of us, then I will recognize it." Egil heard it.  She emphasized the word "the two of us."  It seemed that she was quite dissatisfied with the fact that Egil had other girls alongside her and held the wedding together.

    "Well. It is true that seven girls including Joan of Arc, Maria, Sonia, Nightingale, Tomoe Mami, Princia and Ion participated in the wedding. But is there a problem with this? There is no problem at all. Because I care about you  My love is unique. As long as there is love in this world, it will be fine. Even if it is my sister, as long as there is love, there will be no problem. God will definitely forgive me and bless me."

    As Egil said this, he took a step forward and hugged Aurora again.  But this time Aurora did not resist, but leaned against Egil and hugged him with her backhand.  And murmured in a low voice: "It would be great if this was really the case"

    In this way, the two parties hugged for a short while, and Egil let go of Aurora: "Let's make the final preparations. The wedding starts at twelve o'clock noon, and there is not much time left."

    "Yeah." Hearing what Egil said, Aurora also let go of her hand, then stood on tiptoes and kissed the side of Egil's face gently, then turned and left.

    After Aurora left, Egil turned around and asked Sonia, who had not said a word from just now to now, was also wearing a wedding dress, but had an unusually thin sense of presence, and asked: "How is the situation?  "

    "Not very good." Sonia shook her head.  Even though she was wearing the same wedding dress as Aurora.  But how can I put it a complete mismatch, wearing a dragon robe does not look like a prince's level of mismatch.  With that paralyzed facial expression, it would be better to wear short clothes suitable for combat, or simply wear men's clothes.  But at this moment, Egil didn't bother to tease her or strip her naked and put her into other clothes to take advantage.

    "Tsk, is Joan of Arc still unwilling?" Egil then asked.

    "Yes Master."

    "From now on, don't call me master. Call me husband."

    "Yes Master."

    "I didn't meanforget it." Egil quickly gave up his plan to ask Sonia to change her story.  I thought to myself: "Just think of it as a master-servant play." Because there are more important things to deal with now

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