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Because they both waited to see King Conrad.

The more important reason lies within France.

The great Hugh, who founded the Capetian dynasty, died four years ago, and died with him, as well as the master of the County of Blois, which guarded the east side of Paris.

This master left his widow Bertha alone to rule over his rich and vast country.

On one side is Bertha, a widow who is weak and rich, and on the other side is King Robert II, the poor ghost whose power is limited to Paris and Orleans, known as the lord of the Ile-de-France.

Bertha's husband died, and Robert II's first marriage was very unhappy. Since he was full of relatives in Europe, he was forced to marry an Italian woman 22 years older than him as his wife. Afterwards, he divorced four years ago because of infertility.

Such a match made in heaven, a perfect combination, they don't even need to move after getting married, just live in Paris.

The spectators thought so, and of course King Robert and the widow Bertha thought so too.

Although Robert is 27 years old and Bertha is 35 years old, they are just the age for a small horse, a big cart, and a mature woman to have fun, but don't they match well together?

Having said that, in fact, the purest consideration of this combination of young and old is politics.The king needs more territory to demonstrate his power; the widow needs the support of the king to ensure that the power in her hands will not fall into the hands of others.

This marriage is good in every way, the only bad thing is that it looks too good, which has aroused the vigilance of the powerful local powers in France and the church.

The nobles were afraid of the expansion of the king's power, so the church made a careful investigation and found that these two were cousins ​​for three generations!

So just a few days ago, even though the priests all over the country were protesting, even though the pope had issued a warning voice, Robert and Bertha, who had been rumored for several years, finally officially announced that they were about to unite and consummate their marriage, and even Looking for a bishop to officially officiate their wedding next year.

As soon as the news came out, Western Europe was in chaos.

Famous for his piety, Robert, who even revived the Roman tradition of "roasting the Jews", dared to go against the world's unfavorable standards and stood up to the joint opposition of the Pope, the first French archbishop of Reims, and the second archbishop of Sens to announce his marriage .

The pope was furious, and the order to deprive him of his membership was already on the way.

All the nobles in West Frankland were staring at the position under the king's ass.

As a result, the upper and lower Lorraine families could not sit still.

Diodoric of Upper Lorraine, whose mother is Robert's sister, is enough for him to run for the new king; Odo of Lower Lorraine, whose father is Charles Carolingian, himself the last Gallo Lin Quangui, recapturing the country of Carolingian is a conclusion arranged by fate.

As a result, the Lorraine family, who were watching King Robert's buttocks, began their plan to attack King Conrad with the intention of leaving the German system.

They already had a closer relationship with the French nobles. How wonderful is it to take Lorraine back to West Frank and be crowned king?

As a result, the previous battle against King Conrad's inbreeding marriage had just subsided, and the upper and lower Lorraine families suddenly began to criticize King Conrad's illegal election, unreasonable coronation ceremony, and even his own Otto. Bloodline has become a reason to be questioned.

All in all, the Lorraine family wants to change their families!

The Meissen family in the east is about to be invaded by Poland, and the Lorraine family in the west wants to go out independently to compete for the throne of France. King Conrad has only been on the throne for a year or two, and the country is on the road to disintegration. Never look back.

Chapter 230 Three Queen's Tryst

Caron came out of Huo Teng's room with a sad face.

Born as a stinky mercenary, Karon, who had never thought of becoming a fief noble in his life, came to see Huo Teng today because he wanted to rely on his thick skin to beg Huo Teng to give him a surname.It's nothing more than giving a surname. Caron didn't know whether he was drunk or his head was not sober. He actually hoped that Huo Teng would give him a surname with special meaning, such as Huo Tengwaken. This surname means the person who guards Huo Teng.

In the room, Huo Teng felt a little inappropriate for scolding Caron just now.

At this time, the popularity of surnames has reached a stage of gradual acceleration.In the past, a very small number of families had long-term nicknames, official titles, or other titles, which were gradually reserved as surnames. For example, Capet in the Capet family actually means cloak.The cloak at this time means that nobles are eligible to wear it.Even the Capet family fixed Capet as a surname later than at this moment.

Today, it is gradually changing that the old aristocrats still retain a single name without a surname, while the emerging groups have begun to have a mixed state of surnames.

It is rare for this general trend to keep pace with the Roman Empire and the Germanic kingdoms to the west.

"Fawning in the wrong direction is just a mercenary's nature." Lily Guardian, who was listening to the whole process in the side room, came out and teased Huo Teng with a humorous tone: "The scolding is right. A person who seeks fame will cause trouble in the future." Coming will indeed bring you unwarranted disaster."

"Let's not talk about Caron, after all... Forget it."

Huo Teng had already disbanded Caron's mercenaries, and the heavily armored warriors from the Frankish region became country gentry and landlords in Göttingen, so they no longer had to enter the battlefield.And as their leader, Caron seems to have gradually faded away from everyone, with no outstanding performance.

Compared with Geoffrey, who is honest and honest, has some special talents and a promising future, Cuaron may not have any advantages, but has a lot of disadvantages.

In other words, Caron fell behind in Huo Teng's small team without accident.

Today is not about Caron, but looking for an envoy who is willing to brazenly go to Meissenia.

The old Morris palace minister walked by Huo Teng once, but he was busy and didn't want to continue to lose face, so he declined.Huo Teng searched left and right, so he could only entrust the more famous Keshihai Stein to be the envoy of marriage proposal.

"Well, I'm sure you've heard that I'm considering proposing to Ms. Aoda of the Marquis of Meissen to marry my future eldest son. So I want to entrust you to help me take a trip." Huo Teng rubbed his hands, He showed a kind smile to Keshihai.

But behind the smile, the price is not low.

Proposing for a child who has never been born is unheard of and unseen.Although Ke Shihai's expression remained unchanged, his slightly awkward sitting posture seemed to prove that he still valued his reputation very much.

Ke Shihai lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked Huo Teng: "Your Excellency is doing such an unprecedented thing, surely it is not really for the land of the Meissen family?"

"Of course. There are as many as six heirs of the Meissen family, and there are uncles coveting, why should I get involved?" Huo Teng sat down and tried to play the emotional card: "All I did was to prevent the Austrian Duke of Poland The white-eyed wolf cultivated by King Tuo III has invaded our borders. Hiring Oda is nothing more than an excuse for the Poles to forcibly seize the city of Bautzen and the Lusanian region on the eastern border on the grounds of marriage."

Suddenly, Huo Teng's image became tall and majestic.A hard-working character who would rather bear infamy than work hard for the country comes to life.

By the way, step on Otto III.The young emperor, who had just died two years ago but seemed to have taken away an era, was the last grand idealist who pursued the establishment of a universal empire.He sent out bishops and skilled craftsmen to support the three eastern countries of Poland, Bohemia, and Hungary, and even promised to crown these three countries as kings one after another.

The price was that these three countries expressed their surrender to the emperor.In theory, it is a very good thing. Since then, Germany has three huge eastern barriers.But these three are too big, right?

This led to the death of the emperor, and the new king of Germany had nothing to do with these three families.Raising tigers is a problem.

Even Ke Shihai was refreshed, and his evaluation of Huo Teng went up to a higher level.

Although selfish, but overall can take care of the overall situation.After some intense spiritual conflict, Keshihai finally nodded: "Okay, I can go. But I can't guarantee the completion of the mission. You'd better think clearly, who are we going to stand with in the chaotic situation over there."

"Don't stand, Meissen is too big, and it's not a place I can set foot in. But..." Huo Teng suddenly felt blessed, and turned to his attendant, "Go and call Karon back."

Turning around, Huo Teng smiled at Ke Shihai, who was full of question marks: "Karon is thick-skinned. Why don't you let Karon submit the marriage contract, and he will be scolded. If you come to contact overtly and secretly, it will save you trouble. trouble."

"This... alright." Keshihai wished for nothing, and nodded cautiously.

After being scolded, Caron was dragged back to the study. After learning that his new task was to submit a marriage contract, Caron was very excited.

The baby hasn't been born yet?

That's not a problem. With Earl Horten's fertility, can we still have seven or eight children?

Karon was so arrogant that he didn't even care about the fiefdom he had just established. He hurriedly followed Keshihai, who was quite famous, and prepared to serve as the diplomatic envoy of the Göttingen Territory.

But Huo Teng was thinking, since Caron has a thick skin and is good at making jokes, why not let him be the scolding emissary in the future.

[Main task: I am a barbarian.The Grand Duke of Poland, who has gone from a barbarian to a civilized one, is eyeing the Meissen Territory. How can he keep this chaotic and intertwined land?Requirements: Try to ensure that Meissen is not occupied by the Principality of Poland, or support puppets.Reward: Random master heroes come to Göttingen. 】

Starting off on the spot, Karon, who had nothing to pack, rode a little black horse and looked up at Keshihai enviously: "I really wish I could be like you."

"Let's just assume that you can survive the pain of staying chaste." Ke Shihai didn't think he had anything to envy.

"I was born in Moselle, which is the Duchy of Upper Lorraine. When I was young, my father told me that he would go with the nobles of Upper Lorraine to fight against King Lothair III of Carolinga. People thought that the victory was in their hands. Unexpectedly, there was a huge defeat, and countless casualties were lost in the Battle of Verdun. My father unfortunately failed to survive the prison and died; my mother died in pain and grief. My father's brother took me I had to be forced into the church and brought up in a monastery."

One sentence left Caron speechless.

Ke Shihai's life was even more miserable than the earl's.

Keshihai, who was caught up in memories, opened the conversation: "In the monastery, I will always remember the coldness of getting up before dawn every day. This is why I later chose to leave the monastery and go to my father's old friend's house to receive knight training. When I was almost an adult, I encountered My injustice has not diminished, and the people who took my territory are safe and sound, but I have nothing, and I am afraid that even my marriage will be a problem. I had no choice but to choose to remain chaste, and gradually polished my reputation among the fighters of the church."

Shouzhen, you can't get close to women in this life.

Karon admired Keshihai so much that he blurted out compliments like a chain, making this journey quite comfortable.

Caron thought: I am so flattering, this stinky knight commander won't embarrass me, will he?

The stinky knight commander thought in his heart: This kid is quite eloquent, it seems that the earl did not choose the wrong man.

……

But the trouble is far more than the dispute of Meissen.

The next day, Huo Teng suddenly received a request from a secret messenger.

"What! Her Royal Highness has arrived in Eschwege, and you want me to see her?"

Thinking of the cute and scheming Queen Matilda, Huo Teng hastily suppressed the same emotion and warned himself:

"You're not a lolicon!"

Huo Teng is ready to set off immediately, and sneak into the countryside with Queen Lolita, who wouldn't be happy?

Chapter 230 Four Little Queen's Kiss

The small town of Eschwege, located on the southeast side, only needs to go all the way south until the Willa River.

This is a river valley located among the hills. Thanks to the alluvial irrigation of the Willa River, it has been seen in documents more than 200 years ago, and it has long been one of the fertile properties owned by the royal family.

The reason why Eschwege has not been annexed by other earls may be that this unique geographical location is very important.Expeditions of hundreds of miles, going deep into the hills just to control a fertile land by the river, but also to have conflicts with the royal family, presumably even the hard-headed man will have to think twice before acting.

After Huo Teng controlled Eschweger by relying on his unique positional advantage, there is actually no change here.

It was nothing more than that the income that was to be handed over to the royal family was transferred to Huo Teng.In addition, in the past, paying taxes to the royal family had to fight with the royal tax collectors. When a war broke out to collect soldiers and funds, they had to double the money and travel long distances.Pay Huo Teng now, and the saved travel expenses alone are enough for the people here to breathe a sigh of relief.

In most cases, in an area with neither roads nor extreme lack of traffic, the royal family prefers to use it as a material reserve manor to obtain food and people nearby.After all, with the weak control of Caesar's court, they couldn't control it hundreds of kilometers away.

So when Horten arrived, the real mayor of Eschwege Town, a white-haired old man in his 40s who worked as a royal housekeeper, Maeslom, was pacing at the gate of the village.

Maislon, who has no surname, is the hereditary royal housekeeper, and he is already the third generation.

He is not only the steward of the royal family, but also manages the town as the mayor, and also acts as a tax collector to collect enough taxes to repair roads and repair the public house.At the same time, he is the only priest in the town, and people from all over the world come to him for help in marriage, prayer, and illness.Except for the fact that he really doesn't know how to deliver babies, Maislon alone is responsible for all aspects of administration, taxation, religion, medical care, and judges.

He is also the owner of the only mill in the small town. Every day, his family collects a portion of money from those who come to grind flour to fill the family's grain.

It can be said that in Eschwege, Maislon is the sky and the only light.

"I haven't seen you for a few days."

After Huo Teng arrived, he warmly held Maslon's hand and praised him as "old but strong, with aspirations for thousands of miles".

Maisloan repeatedly said 'dare not', he turned his head, sweating profusely, looked at the few people on the street, and said in a low voice: "I have ordered all the townspeople not to go out. There should be no one except you and me today. Others know that Her Royal Highness is visiting."

Huo Teng appreciates it very much, he is very confidential.

"Okay, I'll go right away. Please. There are four rolls of woolen blankets in the carriage I brought. That is an extra gift from me, thank you."

After Huo Teng patted him, he quickly walked towards the local church with his sword in hand.

With a lot of power in his hands, Maisloan's career as mayor can be said to be successful as long as he doesn't screw up.And he did manage the town well.This is very rare, although it is a hereditary butler status, but it is indeed very capable of stewarding a family.Perhaps this is also the paradox at this time. The father dies and the son succeeds, it seems that the class is so solidified, but you cut them all, but there is not even a person who can do things.

After the reconstruction of the small town of Eschwege, there are fences and walls, a town hall, a trading market and a bell tower church for telling the time. The people's life is relatively rich, at least it can be seen that they eat meat.

Apart from the fact that his mediocre son married the merchant's daughter, there were few luxuries in Maesloan's family life.His wife is still weaving every day at the door of the house, and is self-sufficient in making clothes for the whole family.

Huo Teng specially sent someone over to find out that the three generations of the Maisloan family are very popular in the local area. Everyone recognizes that he is a loyal and reliable man who does not commit corruption, does not steal, and does not kick widows at night.In this regard, while Huo Teng acknowledged the identity of Maislon's housekeeper, he couldn't help feeling that everyone was really poor.

Apart from the fact that they are so poor, that they can't make any money, and that their productivity is so low that they have to stick together to continue living, there is no reason for Maislon to keep his integrity.

This is still the case in Xanadu, no wonder Earl Brunn told Horten that at least tens of thousands of refugees have fled from Saxony to Göttingen.

When he walked to the church, Huo Teng was slightly shocked.

Maesloan did not save much money, but built a church of considerable size, two stories high, with a small bell tower, prayer pews and shrines, crucifixes, enough money for him to build his own in the country. manor.

"As expected of a pious priest."

Huo Teng praised again, and stepped into the closed main hall of the church.

In front of the simple and simple shrine, there is a pious young girl kneeling.She was small, wearing a well-tailored Roman-style purple luxurious lolo robe, with a string of gemstones inlaid in the center of the robe, from the neck to the heel.The Roman-style characteristic cloak is also densely covered with gemstone trimming.Wearing a small Roman-style crown on her head, the little queen is holding a necklace and praying devoutly.

When she heard footsteps behind her, Queen Matilda stood up cautiously, and only after seeing Huo Teng did she pat her chest and show a comfortable smile.

She is only 13 years old this year, and she still has a cute and innocent smile on her immature face.

But it was not the first time Huo Teng knew her. At the second glance, he felt like a little tiger, cute and charming, but not afraid.Under her smooth small forehead, there are two black pearl eyes shining like stars, her small onion nose is upright and cute, dotted on her snow-white and slightly pink face, after seeing Huo Teng's thin lips, it seems like He was about to smile, revealing two small canine teeth.

"Why did you come to Eschwege in such a hurry? Could it be that... His Majesty the King died of serious injuries after being assassinated?"

For a moment, Huo Teng clenched his sword tightly.

If King Conrad is really dead, I'm afraid there will be another terrible bloodbath.Horten can only hide Queen Matilda in the Göttingen Abbey at most, and then reconvene an imperial conference with the nobles of the whole country.He really doesn't have the ability to help the emperor's house now, and to hold the emperor to order the princes.

"No, it's not which one. Conrad really couldn't do anything about you, so he made a plan to stab himself, so that the dignitaries all over the country didn't dare to speak up, and they were suspicious of each other." The little queen sighed like a big girl, stretching out her white lips. Grabbing Huo Teng's clothes with both hands, he said, "Do you think he did the right thing?"

This……

Huo Teng never thought that one day the king would kill himself in order to suppress the nobles.

"He's pretty bold." Huo Teng didn't know how to comment on Conrad's self-sabotage, but he could only show that you are really a man.

Matilda sighed: "I really don't understand you guys. Conrad is like a lunatic, and the King of West Franks next to him is similar. Robert officially announced that he will marry his cousin, Ms. Bertha, who is 8 years older than him. Now the church over there and the Pope in Rome are all madly reprimanding Robert. Not only the nobles of West Franken, but also the two families of Lorraine have the intention to compete for the throne. Because of this, they have been rebellious recently, quite It means breaking with Caesar's court."

"But the situation on Maison's side is also chaotic."

Huo Teng sighed with emotion, a feeling of not waiting for me spontaneously arose.

King Robert of France was only 27, King Conrad was 28, and although the Dukes of Upper Lorraine and Lower Lorraine were older, they were not over 40 years old.Huo Teng is 20 years old this year. I wonder if he can stand shoulder to shoulder with these kings and dukes when he is 28 years old?