"For the glory of Normandy!"

"For His Majesty Adelaide!"

"Praise the Moon God!"

Normandy was holding a victory dinner. After the Kingdom of Almoravid was destroyed, Normandy advanced inward from the Strait of Gibraltar and easily captured many port cities with strong ships, cannons, muskets and thunder.

Now the scale of Normandy has long exceeded the limit of the kingdom, so under the auspices of Li Jinli, the Western Pope of the Moon God Cult, Adelaide has been crowned here and become the empress of the Normandy Empire.

Originally, Zhang Wei wanted to reorganize in Normandy, cancel his fiefdom and turn his title into honor, but under Adelaide's persuasion, he did not do so in the end, so as not to shake the foundation of Normandy after Zhang Wei left.

In the end, Zhang was not named Prince and became Adelaide's legal husband, Li Jinli officially became the pope of the Western Partition of the Moon God Cult. The former confidants of William such as Ode and Mortan were named Dukes, and other Normandy nobles were also promoted to the titles in turn.

The power of many nobles expanded again. The dukes managed the territory of kingdoms, while the earls managed the territory of several principalities. Even the baron with the lowest title was at least at the level of a city lord.

Although the promotion was still carried out, according to Zhang Wei's suggestion, many noble titles were deprived of other than Normandy, making the title of Normandy even more worthy of its reputation.

This also made the Normandy nobles even more devoted to Adelaide, converted to the Moon God religion, and expelled the Orthodox Church on their own chassis.

"Dear, this is all your credit!" Adelaide looked at the lively atmosphere at the banquet, and looked at Zhang Wei with smoke.

"Dear Her Majesty, this is my honor, isn't it?" Zhang Wei smiled with a smile on his lips, "So how are you going to reward me?"

Adelaide gave him a blank look, then gently pressed his chin against his shoulder, and whispered softly in his ear: "Then I reward you and give you another baby, how about it?"

After saying that, Adelaide sat upright and showed the queen's dignity, as if she had said nothing just now. Zhang Wei said to himself: "This is a good idea!"

"Prince of the Moon God, although I believe that we will definitely win the jihad initiated by Byzantium, do we really need to make some preparations?" Although Erd witnessed the strength of Zhang Wei's subordinates with his own eyes, he still had to worry about the Byzantine Pope who had hundreds of thousands of troops.

Prince Moon God is naturally Zhang Wei’s title, but this prince actually means a son-in-law. He only has a title but no back-end, and his identity is not obtained by crowning, but is promoted after Adelaide became the empress, which is similar to the title of the queen.

"Don't worry, Ode has already been prepared. If they don't come again, we will also find trouble for them after occupying the entire Mediterranean!"

Zhang Wei doesn't care about this title, and this is not the first time he has said such words. Adelaide and Mortan have asked similar questions. As Westerners, it is normal for him to be a little worried about the Pope's orders.

"Dear, do you want to destroy our biggest opponent and leave afterward?" Adelaide's most concerned about was not the holy war, but Zhang Wei's stay or stay.

"It may be left for a while, but it won't be too long. After the canal is dug, I will leave." Zhang Wei nodded and comforted again: "But after the canal is dug, the journey to Dayan here will be reduced by half. I will come again in the future. You can also bring the envoys there."

"Yeah!" Adelaide could only comfort himself like this, and said, "Actually, if you stay, I can be your queen."

"Dear, you know, the people I brought are all from the East, and I have family there, so I can't treat them like this." Zhang Wei was a little helpless. This was not the first time Adelaide proposed it.

Before Adelaide was crowned as the queen, she said that she could give way to him and she could take care of her children at home. One was to want to stay with Zhang Wei forever, and the other was that she understood that only Zhang Wei could lead Normandy to a higher glory.

Adelaide stopped talking, but the grievance in his eyes could not be hidden, but she also knew that what Zhang Wei was telling the truth, just like she and Sidong were there, so he would come again sooner or later, and Dongfang's family would not give up.

Byzantium, far away on the western coast of the Mediterranean, had already gathered troops and prepared to attack Normandy. The entire Rome was in a state of preparation for war, and other surrounding kingdoms were also preparing to support.

Pope Diopherato Tuscurani is the son of Count Alberick, the Roman noble family of Tuscurani. He is only in his thirties this year, but he has managed many papal disputes.

With the bribery of his father and the support of the Tuscurani family, he was successfully praised as the Pope at the age of twelve and became a Pope. However, because he was born in a wealthy family and was spoiled, he later held great power and killed life and death, which led to his cruel nature. After becoming an adult, he was also extremely debauchery and did nothing.

He often punished and rejected dissidents with torture and made enemies from all sides. He was once driven off the throne of the pope by the Romans and temporarily left Rome. Later, with the help of Roman Emperor Conrad II, he returned to Byzantium.

After he ascended the throne here, he did not restrain himself at all, aroused many uprisings by the Romans, and was finally driven out of Rome for more than a year and elected a new pope.

But Diopherato was dissatisfied and gathered a group of hooligans and desperadoes to commit crimes in the suburbs of Rome and attacked the church in the city, which made the heavens angry and resentful. The elected Pope Sylvester was unable to deal with it and was unable to deal with it. He only reigned for twenty days after his reign.

Diopherato knew very well that the Romans were angry with him and was also very unsafe on the Pope's throne, and was about to sell the Pope's throne to his uncle, the priest general of the Holy See, Graziano.

When the two sides were about to settle the negotiations, they received news that Normandy had established another religion, which made Diopherato feel that it was a profitable opportunity, and launching a jihad can also justify himself.

His proposal was supported by the Roman emperor and many kingdoms who believed in orthodox catholicism. This was the first time he felt recognized, but he felt a little different for a moment.

The support of the Roman emperors and many kingdoms was because the expansion of Normandy touched their interests, especially their conversion to Protestantism, which challenged the orthodox position of the Roman emperor.

The other supported kingdoms are kingdoms bordering the Mediterranean. They felt the malice from Normandy, and their own beliefs, and naturally became natural ally of Rome.

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He was awarded the title of Normandy,

The upstart is loyal to the fiefdom,

The Pope was going to sell it,

Start the jihad and want to make a profit.
Chapter completed!