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At the meeting, Huo Teng patted his chest and promised that he would give the Austers and his wife a good living treatment, and presented a sum of property worth [-] gold as a bribe.

At the same time, Horten and Morris also met the refugees and nobles who fled.After distributing a sum of food, Huo Teng not only arranged for dozens of big families to be the vanguard of the counterattack, but also obtained the fiefdoms of those families that were specifically exterminated.

There are more than Huo Teng guessed. Many weak families have only a few members, and the whole family will be wiped out at the slightest sign of trouble.

Therefore, the fief confirmation certificate issued by Huotengduo can meet the needs of the nobles.

At this time, Huo Teng had sufficient funds and food, so he waved various promises, expressing that he would send Cassel Knights with them to lead the refugees back to counterattack, and wipe out all the beastmen wandering in the fields. die.

After the two comforted each other, Huo Teng showed his trump card.

The giant beast slaughter team with spiked armor specialized in large monsters, and the hunting team specialized in small monsters.

"Look, this is the beastman hunting team I recruited. The spike giants can sweep away the big ones among the beastmen, and the hunters drive the hounds to hunt down those nimble puppies." Huo Teng introduced with enthusiasm, "you even You don’t have to do your own work to clean up the enemies, as long as you spend a small amount of money, they will help you clean up the country, ensuring that no Beastman will be seen.”

Now, the nobles are more enthusiastic.

Not every family has the strength to clean up the countryside, so they are bound to fall behind the mainstream in the general trend of counter-offensive, which will lead to bad luck.

Therefore, the group of people who would rather spend a lot of money to recruit these people to help than give up the family territory immediately responded enthusiastically.

Then, Huo Teng made another judgment: "Everyone listen to me, the next year must be a year of peace. We are all tired, hard, and thin. I can pat my chest and guarantee that this year will be a year of peace. This year there will be no major wars, no other affairs, and I promise that everyone will never be recruited into the battlefield. Everyone can use their best to develop, cultivate, and manage their own industries. My guarantee will not expire, trust me! "

With pressure and persuasion, Huo Teng convinced the knights that this year is suitable for vigorous cultivation and development.

Of course, Huo Teng also properly maintained good diplomacy with the royal court.

Huo Teng, who had no idea about the little queen, heard that the former royal priest Bruno who supported him hurriedly wrote letters and gave them gifts, as if entertaining his own brother and wife.

For the plan in his mind, Huo Teng also specially prepared a special gift for Bruno.

……

It's been a season in a while.

At the turn of spring and summer in 1000 A.D., which should be worth celebrating and is a very important year in the sense of Christianity, the Beastmen disaster, which was rare in ten years, broke out in the spring.A large number of famine incidents occurred, as well as countless bandits, greenskins, and nomads harassing problems, as well as nobles from all over the country robbing each other of food and attacking their neighbors, so that the king noticed that there was no way to eliminate the local banditry. This banditry will overthrow his throne first.

Therefore, King Conrad was forced to reconcile with his father, Otto, Duke of Carinthia, who guarded the southeastern border of the empire.He first removed the status of the current Duke of Franconia, a signboard with little power, and downgraded it to an earl, and then returned the status of the earl of Worms to his father, saying that the place where the family originated would not be forgotten.

This trick worked out well.Famous families from Worms spread all over the country. Conrad joined forces with his father again, not only solved the disaster on the border, but also brought the Salian family closer to these famous families, in exchange for a good reputation.

Moreover, the seat of the Principality of Franconia was vacant, like a bait to attract a pack of wolves, and many nobles were gearing up to show their skills in the upcoming war of beasts and gain a good reputation.

Even if you can't fight against the Holy See of Mainz and the Bishop of Wurzburg, it's good to have the title of duke.It's not shameful to raise the threshold of the house.

Taking this opportunity, Conrad, at the suggestion of Queen Matilda, awarded the titles of Beastman Extermination Officers to the major dukes and regional powerful earls respectively, and subdivided the area to suppress banditry.If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you don’t do well, just find a reason to dismiss you.

The whole of Germany began to enter a war-free time.

Everyone is working hard to eliminate banditry in the territory to avoid serious impact on spring plowing.

During the farming season and banditry season, the nobles tacitly chose to cease fighting.

In April and May, the most coquettish operation came.

Horten Bowenden, the first chosen son to be appointed as the Beastman extermination officer, announced loudly in Göttingen: "I, the Knight of Göttingen, have sent Göttingen, Northheim, Kassel , All the Beastmen in the territory of Eschwege were wiped out! No one was left behind! Wait for His Majesty's special envoy to come to Göttingen for inspection."

The meaning is too obvious, Your Majesty, what about the money you promised?

It's time for a bonus!

If you don't pay any bonuses, I will immediately let these beastmen come back intact.

When the news reached the shores of the lake in Swabia, the king's nose was almost crooked.

"This Horten Bowenden is really bold. I asked him to exterminate the Beastmen, but he wanted to make up an excuse to fool me and my treasury. It's unreasonable, how..." King Conrad was angry It's too bad.

He has seen a lot of beastman disasters, how can it be calmed down in a few months?When was it not from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and then found that they had given birth to a large litter, and it took two or three years to achieve results?In Erfurt, with the help of Horten, Konrad successfully competed against the northern giant bear Bernard, not to mention subduing, but also fighting against each other. However, Horten's little tail cocked up at this time.

It’s okay to fake it, and it’s okay to beg for mercy if you don’t have money, but it’s really not okay to fake it and try to cheat money.

But at this time, Queen Matilda wanted to explain that she had a letter of thanks from Huo Teng and an explanation of the status quo of the territory. From Matilda's understanding of Huo Teng, he was not an egomaniac talking empty talk. .

If you dare to claim this, you must be prepared.

In the afternoon, Priest Bruno, who was informed of the news, came to explain to Huo Teng.

"Bishop, don't say any more. Huo Teng's behavior really chills me. I..." King Conrad got stuck at this point.

What can he do to Huo Teng?

The grandson embezzled the royal property without any hesitation.Huo Teng is really in a hurry, this guy will 100% defect to the hostile camp.

He may not be very strong, but it is located at the intersection of the Rhine River Valley and the Weser River Valley, and it is also the main road of communication between the east, west, north and south of Germany.

This is really difficult.

Bruno is a resolute and upright person. He talked about the facts: "Regarding this matter, I have been following Huo Teng's actions for the past few months. He first re-divided the county of Kassel, which was the hardest hit, and let the knights spontaneously To suppress the bandits, and then hired a group of special teams to eliminate the Beastmen, the effect is remarkable. I sent three priests to wander around his territory, and found that the bandits have rarely appeared. And he also sent a hunting team picture book."

As he spoke, his servant took out a woodblock print.

In the woodblock prints, there are a group of extremely strangely dressed people, with iron plates on their bodies, numerous nails on the plates, and several large beastman heads in their hands.

Facts speak louder than words. When the extremely intuitive drawing board appears in front of you, it is far more expressive than the Latin-speakable classical text.

After admiring it for a while, Konrad slammed his mouth and said with some displeasure: "Okay. Give him a reward. Then... let him transfer the real estate in Eschwege Town. No, this It is not a transfer, but a gift of Eschwege to the queen as the fief of Tangmu, which will be managed by Huo Teng."

In other words, Conrad handed over the royal estate seized by Horten to Horten as the fief of Queen Matilda the Little.

Rounding off is to admit that Huo Teng occupied Eschwege, but refused to give Huo Teng a title, and wanted to prostitute Huo Teng's achievements in destroying the Beastmen.

"In this way, doesn't Huo Tengqing become my first retainer?" The cute and intelligent little Matilda covered her mouth in surprise, as if she couldn't help being overjoyed.

"Indeed. Although Huo Teng Bowenden is very talented, he may come from a low family background, and he is a little eager for quick success in morals. The queen also asks you to discipline me a lot." Bruno talked about facts and people, and he also felt that some of Huo Teng's behaviors were too disgraceful .

In this way, King Conrad returned Huo Teng's behavior of begging for rewards to soft nails.

On that side, Horten had long been prepared to occupy Kassel and Eschwege consecutively, which seemed quite aggressive in the empire's system, but it was inconvenient to pursue it at special times.

Here, King Conrad sees the tricks, show me the results with the drawing board, and I will transfer the fiefs you occupy to you, and you are empty-to-air with each other.

The two are crouching dragon and phoenix chick, stingy to the extreme.

No one loses to anyone.

It's just that the king didn't expect that turning Huo Teng into the queen's retainer would cause great disasters in the future.Let his hat suddenly flash a burst of green light.

Chapter 210 The Great Harvest, Iron Smelting and Astringency

In May, as the Beastmen disaster finally came to an end, Huo Teng received the blueprint of the monastery that he had been thinking about.

[The main task is completed, and the Duke of Wei moved to Cao Cao.Obtain reward: Level [-] monastery blueprint. 】

A second-level monastery is essentially different from a first-level small ruined temple.It will officially expand a series of differentiated areas such as monks' living quarters, flower nurseries, archives, and cemeteries, which will be used for medical and theological research, cultural education, and archive storage. Of course, it also includes foreign monks, training monks, and responsible for Social burial and other services.

In addition, the monastery also owns a part of the real estate, which forms the villages and towns and handicraft gathering places attached to the monastery.

Even if it was to prepare a spacious, bright, generous and high-grade residence for Gaudius, Huo Teng ordered immediately, took out 500 gold, and built it according to the highest specifications between Fort Göttingen and the Free City of Göttingen. The Neues Abbey in Göttingen.

The old monastery of the Bishop of Skok, together with the nearby old estate, had been bought by Hortena to Ms. Marianne, and the rich lady was in charge.It can also be regarded as compensation for her providing Horten with Skok's treasure storage place and the kindness of nurturing him as a child.

After hearing the news, Goldistein hurriedly found Friar Morris.

The poor girl who looked like a deer grabbed Morris's sleeve and said, "Master, please persuade Huo Teng to give up this terrible idea. The country has just accumulated a lot of wealth, and it should be hidden for emergencies." How can you do a lot of civil engineering for me when I need it?"

"Ahem, countess, please call me the palace minister." Morris, at this moment, has also undergone a major change of mood from the previous hermit style.While emphasizing his own identity, he told Gaudistius persuadingly: "Young child, you don't know how much the Earl expects from the monastery. It is not just a monastery, but also the future hospital of the territory." , schools and cemeteries, not just for you."

"This... so." Xiao Huangqi turned her hands away shyly, her pretty face was blushing.

Speaking of this, now that we have chatted, the Prime Minister Morris, who was already a little unhappy with Conosha, suddenly asked: "Although this matter may seem like I am very talkative, but Ms. Goldis Diou, you are now a young man. You should take advantage of this opportunity to show your charm and make His Royal Highness Huo Teng obsessed with you. Once you reach the age of Conosha, your advantages will weaken and your disadvantages will increase. How can you compete in Göttingen? Uncle’s right to speak?”

In this free and unrestrained era, it is not difficult to open your mouth and speak yellow accents. Those who are as elegant as Morris said are very few.

The little oriole, Goldis Diu, had a hard time realizing it. It turned out that Morris persuaded her to take advantage of this special youthful age to quickly put Huo Teng under her skirt and give full play to her strengths, which made Huo Teng fall in love with her. stop.

This is how women compete for favor.

"How can you say that Huo Teng and I will always get married, even if he wants to inherit the Billund family's estate?" Goldis Diu still couldn't accept it.It's not that they don't accept co-husbands, like her father and her grandfather's generation, in addition to Christianity and choosing to swear chastity, there are many people who have extramarital affairs, keep mistresses, and even marry multiple noble women at home.According to records, Bernard had a mistress and an illegitimate child, and even married the illegitimate daughter to the Earl of Friesland next door.

The main reason is that she can't accept living in the same room with a noble lady like Conosha, as if there is no room for two tigresses in one mountain.

Therefore, Conosha can be a mistress, but she cannot compete with her for a wife.

Brother Morris has lived in the country for a long time and has seen too many absurd and reasonable things. He said bluntly: "I'm sure this dispute will last for a long time, and it will even drag on until the hegemony changes hands. So these years, have you You have to wait in the monastery until you become an old girl? That's too bleak. Let's do it as soon as possible. In fact, what you don't know is that the Countess of Connorsa would sneak out in the middle of the night at the stable next to the monastery Come out and lure Huo Teng to meet here."

Jones was the first to know the story about Huo Teng and Conosha having an affair in the stable in the middle of the night.

Jones secretly complains to Amelia, so the little widow inadvertently reveals the matter to her father, old Maddy.Old Madi talked a lot when he was drinking with his old friends, and let the story go, so everyone in Göttingen knew that Huo Teng and Conosha were in the same bed when he was still in his fortune.

In order to consolidate her position, instead of covering it up, Conosha took the initiative to mention it many times during the ladies' gatherings, showing off Huo Teng's sexual function.

"Okay... okay. As soon as I can..."

Little Oriole couldn't stand such an obscene topic, so she hurriedly picked up her skirt and ran back to the courtyard gracefully.

Brother Morris stroked his beard and left with some regret.

With the change of identity and status, he gradually couldn't just consider for the Holy See.What's more, with the vacancy of the throne, the domestic churches are falling apart, and how to pursue their own future is also unknown.

Maybe he will be the Chancellor of Germany by then?

……

On the other side, Huo Teng got a better news.

The couple of legendary assassins I recruited, who are blacksmiths, actually got a new technology for Huo Teng.

"This is a blacksmith who spent a lot of money to recruit and has worked in Italy for several years. He mentioned that if you fan the iron vigorously, the temperature of the iron smelting furnace can be raised and better iron can be produced." The Schmidts pulled Introducing the blacksmith.

Huo Teng suddenly had tears in his eyes.

Isn't this the most basic blower in iron smelting technology?

You haven't even learned this about feelings?No wonder iron smelting technology has not made much progress for thousands of years, and it has been in a weak state for a long time.

"Then what about the tall smelting furnace from the Eastern world that I described to you?" Huo Teng hurriedly asked, further explaining to the blacksmiths the birthplace of advanced iron smelting technology, and the unique iron making method of the Celesians.

Blast furnace iron smelting.

Now, the blacksmith couple couldn't help it. The husband touched the back of his head shyly: "I'm sorry... After we increased the height of the smelting furnace, the furnace collapsed... We are still trying to find a way to find more refractory materials to make the blast furnace."

As far as iron smelting technology is concerned, block iron smelting iron smelting technology is the most common in the world.That is to say, the furnace is filled with charcoal, and then the crushed iron stones are thrown into it for heating, and the furnace is smelted at a furnace temperature of about 1 degrees.Since [-] baidu is the critical point at which iron can turn into a liquid state, the block ironmaking technology is like opening a blind box. After opening the furnace, a small amount of wrought iron can be obtained, and a large amount of wrought iron that cannot be reused and cannot be smelted again Sponge scrap.

This small amount of wrought iron requires experienced blacksmiths to continuously forge on the stove until it becomes the desired state.Many wrought irons were being forged, and were accidentally scrapped due to unstable deformation and temperature.

Unrecyclable waste sponge iron was left in large quantities in many smelting plants in Europe during the Roman Empire.According to records, even [-]% to [-]% of a furnace of iron may be wasted by turning into sponge scrap iron.

The backward technology of block iron smelting was replaced by cast iron technology of blast furnace iron smelting in the Han Dynasty of China.

Cast iron, that is, the liquid cast iron is smelted with a furnace temperature of more than 1 degrees. After cooling, it has the characteristics of strong plasticity, firmness but not enough flexibility. It can be used to manufacture various tools necessary for life, and can also be smelted into steel. into a weapon.

In Western Europe, although the oriental blast furnace technology was introduced to Europe with the activities of nomads in the 12th century, it still took Europeans three to four hundred years until the Renaissance to figure out what cast iron was all about.Until the 400th century, Europeans recruited Chinese in Xiamen and the Philippines to make iron, and resold cast iron products as high-end commodities.

It is outrageous for a farming nation to need more technology brought by nomads.And this blast furnace technology is still along the Volga River, the Great Plains of Eastern Europe to Western Europe.

People from the New World in the United States even went to China to introduce iron-smelting technology in the 19th century.

Although this hip iron smelting technology does not prevent Europeans from colonizing and developing everywhere, it has allowed Huo Teng, who is under greater financial pressure, to greatly improve handicrafts and agricultural production, and let arable land buy as much as possible to reach a small peak of [-] catties per mu.

"Okay, the blower fan is also a good initiative. You recruit more apprentices, research better blower fans as soon as possible, and increase the temperature of the furnace." Huo Teng had no choice but to encourage.

There are also many material rewards. Huo Teng gave them houses and lands, encouraging them to continue researching better production technologies.

[Unlock technology: blower fan. 】

[Daily task: complete without a weapon, get a random blueprint]

[Congratulations on obtaining: the second-level blueprint of the Garrison Barracks. 】

Chapter 210 Five: The Army Must Be Patience

[Garrison Barracks (Level 2): ​​You can finally realize that those soldiers made of mud legs will always short-circuit at the most critical moment, let's have some regular skilled soldiers.Construction time: one month.Can be recruited: Sergeant with Heavy Sword and Shield, Sergeant with Heavy Spear, Recruit Archers. 】

Excellent Arms: Heavy Spear Sergeant (Basic number: 40 people. The recruitment fee is 24 gold, and the monthly salary is 10 gold. Never forget that the cornerstone of cold weapon warfare is people, and it is countless veterans who are skilled in training and fighting on the battlefield. From this perspective You can always trust them. Traits: Formed against charges, high morale, heavy armor.) 1

The attributes of the heavy sword and shield sergeant and the spear sergeant are almost the same, the difference is that they form an formation to resist the charge and are replaced by a counter-step, that is, to increase the efficiency of killing infantry.

Ordinary arms: recruit archers (basic number: 40 people. The recruitment fee is 5 gold, and the monthly salary is 3 gold. Hunters from the countryside and training farmers will provide you with archers with superb archery skills, but don't expect them to be able to decide the battle situation You can turn things around on the battlefield. Trait: Excellent range.)

The guard barracks are mainly built in the castle.Compared with the most basic level, the responsibilities of the second-level buildings have made more important progress.From the rich owner farmers and small landowners, heavily armored warriors who brought their own chain mail at the beginning have appeared on the stage one after another.Huo Teng could finally stop torturing the peasants and have some real fights.

Like the peasant barracks obtained before, the kind of place that can only produce a team composed of pure chickens with no war experience can already be considered for dismantling.Only peasants riding archers are worth using.