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Seeing this little monster with upright legs, Earl Brune suddenly felt that he could do it.

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"Horten! Hero of Göttingen!"

"Horten! Honorable Earl Paladin, Beastman Killer, Greenskin Enemy, Victorious Commander, Father of all of us!"

When Lihausen hugged his mount and wept bitterly, all the people and local nobles stood up and applauded the mighty Horten with warm and sustained applause.

Although Kershel Stein, Earl Brune, and Countess Jimmy have not yet decided the final victory, the people of Göttingen believe that Horten has undoubtedly won the final victory.

This is their home court, and the knights from other places are not good at protesting.

What's more, if you look at Miss Laura's shiny golden hair and her healthy and fat body, you will know after weighing it that your pony can't bear someone's push.

Who can resist a dragon jumping out of the battlefield where there are all rookie players?

Therefore, the three-day knight competition has basically come to an end.

Huo Teng and Laura killed the game ahead of time.

Keshihai Stein, who was originally scheduled to participate in the competition, refused to play. On the surface, he seemed bored, but people familiar with the matter revealed that he was actually afraid of being beaten by Miss Laura.

During the next two days of the competition, apart from Huo Teng and Bren, there was also Countess Jimmy chatting together, making fun of Ke Shihai, who was bored, and Lihausen, who was so poor that he had nothing to worry about. There were basically no major twists and turns.Huo Teng took Laura to play a few more exhibition games, and each time the opponent behaved like a shit, Huo Teng paid a lot of money.

All medical expenses.

"Caron, Adlaib, do you want to try it? I can give you a knight status at a low price." Huo Teng was so bored that he made fun of the people around him.

Neither of them is stupid. Caron shirks that he is a stinky mercenary, and he has to hone his skills just after starting a family;

Then, on the third day, Horten dragged Earl Brun to the river for fishing.

It wasn't until the end of the last few knight competitions that the two came back from the river embarrassingly carrying an empty wooden barrel.Due to the rough technique, both of them broke all their fishing rods, and they didn't pick the right time and place.The best fishing time in summer is obviously in the evening.

Both of them are out of the Air Force by accident.

But at least a lot of friendship has been improved.

Although Huo Teng knew that the purpose of Bren's courtship with himself was to oppose Bernard's continued oppression of the nobles; Huo Teng continued to show kindness to Bren, it was purely disgusting old guy.

But so what, the friendship is from scratch, maybe the relationship between the two will last forever?

When Huo Teng and Brunn returned to the tournament and were about to continue with the established list of awards, a flying horse suddenly galloped from east to west.The decorations hanging on his body are from the church.If nothing else, it was the emissary of Bishop Magde, who was closest to Horten in Weimar.

"Something happened, but we can't mess around." Huo Teng patted Countess Jimmy on the shoulder, then turned his head and said gently to Conosha and Goldis Diu: "Don't move around, everyone should behave better. Be beaming."

The audience and contestants outside were in shock, fearing that it would be another sad news that the emperor died unexpectedly and the country was on the verge of collapse.

Huo Teng took the initiative to stand up and smiled to appease the crowd: "Don't worry, I think there should be good news from the east. But now it's my home field, my competitive tournament, how can you be so easily afraid? I'll announce immediately, three The hundred-gold bonus was given to Lihausen, the black dragon knight. His strength as a half-sea dragon is no longer arguable. Knight victor; one to Dame Jimmy."

The competition adopts a round-robin point system, and naturally there will be a real prize for a questioner who really earns points by fighting hard.

Countess Jimmy, who was gifted with real estate, was so overjoyed that she almost kissed Huo Teng on the cheek.

A fat manor estate that can guarantee the survival of a family.Jimmy Valbert's subordinate family was worried about having nowhere to escape. Now if Bernburg falls, they can just escape to the Earl of Göttingen.

This is the timely assistance.

"Okay, very good, it reflects the love between us." Earl Brunn clapped his hands and cheered.

……

But when Earl Brune learned what was going on in the east, he couldn't hold back.

Eckard I, hang up.

Huo Teng read the news: "Eckard I officially declared his death. But there was a terrible Rashomon dispute in the family. The earl's younger brother announced that the earl's wife, Swanishild, had murdered her husband. The earl's two The other son pointed out that his uncle murdered their father. This is not the most troublesome thing. The Grand Duke of Poland announced that he felt that the Meissen Marquis could not continue in such chaos. He would support the younger brother of Eckard I and settle in Meissen. ..."

Before the words were finished, all the nobles in the audience couldn't hold back.

Why is it at this time?

Why let the Grand Duke of Poland get involved?

"We have just settled down, who is willing to meddle in the mess of their Eckard family?" Countess Jimmy's attitude is the unanimous attitude of all nobles.

You solve the mess in your family by yourself, why do you involve the Poles?

Well now, King Conrad has to fight if he doesn't fight, and the group of Horten, Brun, and Jimmy are [-]% going to serve in front of Caesar's tent.

"If I knew it earlier, I would have killed their whole family together."

Huo Teng gritted his teeth angrily.

Chapter 230 Proposing a Marriage

The drastic changes in Germany and East, the local hegemony, the Meissen feudal state, fell into a situation of fragmentation.

The mistress, Swanehildr, is the sister of Bernard, Duke of Saxony. Of course, she has to rely on the princes of Saxony; the two orthodox sons of Eckard I and several sons-in-law are now all eligible to inherit the Meissen domain The position of marquis is only waiting for who can get the king's approval; but there is also Eckard's younger brother Guntherin, who does not know when he won the support of Boleslav, the Grand Duke of Poland and the usurped king, and is preparing to invoke the Polish army. return.

In addition to the main three waves of powerful factions, the Duchy of Thuringia, which their family controlled but could not fully control, and the Slavic tribes on the northern border were all ready to move, looking like they wanted to separate their families together.

"I'll withdraw first! At this critical moment, I must hurry back to Brunswick and stand firm, otherwise the old guy will find an excuse to accuse me of being unworthy and kick me off." Brun said half as an excuse, If you are half panicking, you will be the first to run away.

It is true to be afraid of being punished by superiors with excuses, and it is also true not to want to send troops.

Huo Teng looked at Brun who was running away, and joked to his wife and the visitor from afar, Countess Jimmy: "Some men may not be born suitable for the battlefield."

In any case, Earl Brun's performance has lowered his reputation.Perhaps he was rich, with a great deal of property, and his banners were displayed on estates all over the North.But his wealth didn't match his fame, and now that everything was revealed, he didn't dare to go to the battlefield at all.It is true that many nobles have been weak all their lives, but they shouldn't lose their chains at such a critical moment.

Thinking back to the two or three battles between Huo Teng and Bernard Weng's son-in-law, this master didn't come once, and he ran so fast, it was really embarrassing.

However, the upheaval in the East has also made Countess Jimmy's worries continue to rise. She even carefully hinted at Huo Teng: "How about... I stay and let my people lead the people and evacuate to Mount Harz?"

It seems that after getting to know Dame Jimmy these days, she already trusts Huo Teng so much that she is even willing to give up her family territory and run away.

But this also proves that her family's local ruling power is very weak.

Huo Teng didn't blame her for moving away. Bernburg was originally a colony established by Saxon immigrants, and more than half of the local people were Slavs who secretly believed in paganism. The Valber family had been able to resist for so long.

In the same way, the same is true for the territory of the Meissen family.In big cities such as Merseburg, Naumburg, Meissenia, and Bautzen, there are often Germans in the city, and rural tribes outside the city.

It should be said that although Germany is mountainous and poor, its population has unexpectedly expanded, leading to a continuous population spillover.Exploring the Elbe River region to the east is not only the pressure of the nobles and the common people, but also religious factors, which are compounded by security issues.

This situation will continue to go through the Crusades in the 12th century (Germany’s Eastward Colonial Movement), and it will continue during the Renaissance. Even the leaders of the Kingdom of Poland and the Kingdom of Bohemia in the east like it. Recruit German farmers and technicians to settle in the past, because these unlucky people are really poor and poor, with a positive work attitude, and they have brought down the local Slavs.By the 17th century, the Holy Roman Empire was already in a state of being crushed. At that time, the Poles looked up to Ottoman Turkey and looked down on their former strong neighbors, but they continued to recruit German farmers to work.Even until the end of Tsarist Russia in modern times, there were rumors that after the Russian Tsar exhausted the peasants, he recruited Germanic peasants to settle in the wilderness.It can be seen that the duration and impact of the Germanic eastward movement were long.

Bernburg still couldn't give up easily.It was bordered by Magdeburg to the north and Merseburg to the south, both vital metropolises and great castles requiring flank protection.It can be said that the family of Countess Jimmy should seek a large sum of money from these two places.

"Hold on, or the king will notice us soon. I will send Viscount Jeffrey and his mountain militia to join the resistance. If anyone is willing to settle, let them settle around Fort Bern to protect you." Huo Teng raised the security guarantee again to Countess Jimmy, and the latter left Göttingen with the army donated by Huo Teng suspiciously.

After Jimmy left, Riehausen came to visit with embarrassment.

"Thank you for your generosity. It's really unforgettable. I swear to you that the next time the Saxon army confronts the Göttingen army, I will keep my oath and not enter the battlefield." Riehausen said to Horten very justly. Bow down and thank you.

This large bounty was entirely given by Huo Teng because of his pity.

For Riehausen, who is so poor that he eats grass, it is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow.

"No, no, I just think you have one of the best strengths. Work hard when you go back, and tell my father-in-law that we should make peace." Huo Teng patted his shoulder, comforting the unlucky man who was used to hard times.

Lihausen paid another visit to the little princess Gottisdiu and chatted eagerly for a while before leaving.

Huo Teng didn't have much grudges against Lihausen's enthusiasm.Speaking of grudges, shouldn't the 15-year-old princess be more angry when Huo Teng is about to win a big victory?But thinking about it now, if Huo Teng captures Bernard alive, the matter will become difficult to maneuver, and it is better to leave it to the Saxons to fight among themselves.Val of Paderborn has been in the limelight this year, and it seems that he has disobeyed orders and has become independent from Saxony.

This is the future.

……

After all, after the knight tournament, the Huo Teng family was still in dire straits.

The main reason was the turmoil in the Meissen family.

Kang Nuosha put on a new dress affectionately, and dangled beside Huo Teng: "Our Bowendeng family can be regarded as a powerful in the central region, why don't we get involved? There are so many sons and son-in-laws in Eckard, whoever supports one of them in Thuringia , can't we control the East..."

Although the Duchy of Thuringia is only as large as the current Göttingen, as a traditional old tribal area in Germany, the population here is already several times that of Göttingen, and there are a bunch of old nobles scattered all over the place. Several cities have abundant water systems and developed agriculture.

Huo Teng spread his hands together: "Sorry, the army has disbanded."

Only Goldiu saw through Huo Teng's thoughts, and she carefully reminded Conosha: "Sister, Thuringia is too complicated, if we step in rashly, we may cause collective resistance. I think that's what my dear means." .”

"Correct."

Horten stretched out the map and hung it on the wall, pointing at the many cities and castles in the map, Erfurt, Millhaus, Jena, Weimar, Arnstadt, Rudolstadt... A place represents a bunch of old nobles.These guys are dead but not stiff. When they gather together, even the king has a headache.

It's easy to get in, and it's a clean mess when all these old things are smashed out.

But at that time, the whole country will unite to make Huo Teng chug.

"Having said that..." Connorsa turned her toes slowly and muttered in a low voice, "Then how will the children be divided?"

These words made the poor and lovely Gotisdiu's face turn red, she still didn't go to bed, and Huo Teng, who was 15 years old, couldn't make a move, and couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

But every time at midnight, when Huo Teng and Conosha's room kept making ambiguous sounds, it still made the little girl's thumping lust wet.

"Having a baby or something... Not yet..." She was talking nonsense.

For Conosha, the only consolation is that Huo Teng can only attack her alone for the time being, and use this time to continue to intensify his efforts to have children, to see if he can kill someone.

Huo Teng suddenly felt something.

Since Otto II died unexpectedly in Sicily 16 years ago, the situation in this country is like the mess he left behind.

The big one squeezed hard, not being a human being, but the little one hasn't grown up yet.

"You said, the Grand Duke of Poland will definitely marry the daughter of Eckard I. But he only has one young daughter left." Huo Teng's eyes flashed with wisdom, "We might as well propose , let's get married?"

Chapter 230 Two We Want to Divorce

"Hoten Bowenden is a little wolf!"

With the rise of Horten in central Germany, I don't know when people gradually recognized Horten's new nickname.

A wild wolf eats anything and doesn't spit it out.

Fighting against Saxony, he ate Nottheim stealthily; sweeping up the Beastmen, he ate the Earl of Kassel and the royal estate Eschweig one after another, looking like a glutton.

In just a few years, Huo Teng's life has become a legend, from an underappreciated and incomprehensible monk to the current earl of the court. The hungry wolf devoured himself.

Logically, Huo Teng is not qualified to propose marriage to the Meissen family.

But Huo Teng still has a treasure in his hand, that is the [Diplomatic Resolution] that was used once.

With the help of this treasure that enhanced his diplomatic ability, Huo Teng really had the cheek to send a letter to the Meissen family in the east.

"Your family's youngest daughter Aoda is 5 years old this year. My family has no heirs yet, but I am happy to hear that Aoda is smart and beautiful. I would like to use my eldest son to be engaged to the daughter of Meissen. How about it?"

You don't have a son, and you still covet someone else's daughter, is there such a cheeky bastard?

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In 1000 AD, the entire continent of Europe was in shock.

The quarrels and chaos in the eastern part of the Meissen empire echoed across the country unsurprisingly, and produced a series of shocks in the west.

The turmoil in the Marquis of Meissen is not so important compared to other places.

The source of the shock, or the bomb before the shock, had already been hidden between the duchies of Upper and Lower Lorraine.

Lorraine, the full name of the Kingdom of Losaringia.Since Charlemagne divided his three sons into Germany, France, and the central territory inherited by his elder brother Lothair, the Duchy of Lorraine confirmed in the name of Lothair has become a historical region.

After the separation of the Kingdom of Italy and the independence of Burgundy, the Principality of Lorraine today mainly refers to the north to the coast of the Netherlands, passing through Belgium and Luxembourg all the way to the south, including the Ruhr area of ​​Germany, Alsace-Lorraine of France, Fran A long strip in the Shkonté region.

As a country sandwiched between Germany and France, it naturally changed owners several times, sometimes following the Kaiser and sometimes following the King of France.However, after the rise of the Saxon dynasty in Germany, the idea that Lorraine belonged to Germany (Romania) was gradually confirmed from the bird catcher Henry to the three emperors of Otto.

Today's Upper Lorraine and Lower Lorraine began in the period of Otto the Great.At that time, the country was governed by the emperor's cronies, and Otto sent his cousin Billund to manage the Principality of Saxony, forming the Billund family today.

He also sent his younger brother, Bishop Bruno, to manage the huge Lorraine, but Bruno did not have such strong ability and time, so he divided the Principality of Lorraine into two parts, Upper Lorraine and Lower Lorraine.Upper Lorraine set up a vice-duke, who was concurrently held by the Earl of Bar, and managed the eastern border area of ​​today's France; the vice-duke of Lower Lorraine was concurrently held by the Count of Hainault, and was mainly responsible for today's large area of ​​Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Ruhr area of ​​Germany.

With the death of the brothers Otto the Great and Bishop Bruno, Frederick, Count of Bar of Upper Lorraine, and Godfrey, Count of Hainault of Lower Lorraine, assumed the title of Duke one after another and obtained acquiescence.After all, the father dies and the son succeeds, the deputy becomes the full-time job, and the precedent that the temporary worker ends up with the long-term job has long been confirmed.

But Earl Heinault was very loyal, and after accompanying Otto the Great to Italy, he died unexpectedly in the Italian epidemic.It can be seen that there were indeed many plagues in Italy at that time, and the death of Otto III was not uncommon.

Subsequently, Upper Lorraine was ruled by Frederick, and Lower Lorraine was under the direct control of the emperor. Until the civil strife in France, Charles, the last son of the Carolingian family, came to seek refuge and was placed in Lower Lorraine.formed today's pattern.

In hindsight, the decision was hilarious.

Frederick of Upper Lorraine is the son-in-law of Hugh the Great, the ancestor of the Capet family who replaced the Carolingian family; Charles of Lower Lorraine is the Carolingian family that was driven away.

It can be seen that the Otto dynasty's decentralization checks and balances strategy.

Although this pair of living treasures both loyally supported the Otto dynasty, they didn't like each other very much. Although they didn't look at each other like enemies, they should still have nothing to do with each other.Not only because of the contradiction of usurping power and seizing the country, but also the new enemy of Charles running for the king of France, but being stabbed in the back by Hugh when he was imprisoned, which led to the change of the crown.

Up to now, these two families, which should have great conflicts, are unexpectedly getting closer to each other.