A few days had passed since Ragnar visited King Horik, and he was currently sitting on the seat of power in York, where a messenger rushed in and handed him an intelligence report.
The report contained the secret correspondence between the Frankish Emperor and the Archbishop of Canterbury, confirming the funding for the Order of the White Cross.
The Emperor was quite bold in his investment in the crusade. He even went so far as to promise the Archbishop a percentage of the future textile revenue from the conquered North, as such this event caused quite a stir in Ragnar's office, as a proclamation by a foreign Emperor claiming ownership of Jernheim assets turned into quite the headache as there were plenty of Frankish knights already massing at the ports of Calais.
