prince of europe in quintiles

When the municipal council learned that Huo Teng wanted to increase the tax rate and accepted his order to directly assign bureaucrats, he resisted what was supposed to be everyone's welfare income, and suddenly became Huo Teng's pocket fat.

As an imperial city, the income of this city should have been handed over to the emperor, bishops, various dignitaries and businessmen in proportion, and then a little money and food would be leaked from their hands to raise a very rare citizen class.Naturally, emperors and bishops changed frequently, so the fiscal revenue was mainly in the hands of local dignitaries.

Marquis of Meissen, Duke of Thuringia?

He doesn't study, how can he check accounts.Most of the businessmen who screamed about the loss of income every year and couldn't live on, but the more they shouted, the more prosperous they became.

Huo Teng is not the same.

Gothin is basically a thriving trading town, a key water and land node connecting the Weser River system and the Rhine River system.Where will all the vendors who want to sell blue dyed cloth to Lorraine and France go.Every businessman who passed by had a love-hate relationship with Huo Teng.

Love his enlightened policy, after the businessmen who pass by register their names, they can enjoy a [-]% tax deduction for the second time; hate his pennies and bahts, two teams of tax officials are stuck at the docks and bridges to stare at their businessmen. In addition, dyed blue cloth and undyed plain cloth can be taxed separately, and even indigo plants are not allowed to evade taxes.

Because of this, Bishop Kessleben and the city council were not happy to allow Horten to live in Erfurt for a long time, for fear that his grandson would steal money and steal everyone's meat.But from another point of view, Huo Teng can provide them with the most important business security.

It would be best if Ms. Adelaide was based in Erfurt and Horten only came here and there to collect a protection fee.

After Ms. Adelaide left, Bishop Kesleben thought about it, and still felt that he should discuss it with the members of the parliament and not anger Huo Teng too much.

If it doesn't work, just compromise [-]% or [-]%?Satisfy both Huo Teng and Ms.

So he went out to find the horse that Adelaide had sent him, and he frowned when he saw the animal with ripped fur and dry fur.

"Couldn't it be the bastard born of Huo Teng and Miss Laura?" Kessleben liked to ride a donkey, but he felt that the title of Laura's son was more suitable to subdue those powerful people, so he had to ride this poor horse and turn around. go out.

The more he rode, the more he felt that this horse was unusual.

It really looks like Mihail was born on the day of a centaur, otherwise why would he be so disobedient.

……

On the other side of the partition wall, the Schmidts led the assassins to rummage around, looking for the documents and contracts that these guys controlled the textile workshops, trade guilds, and artisan unions in the city.

Coincidentally, Kessleben issued a summons, calling all these people to the city hall, and everyone discussed a more secure solution.One is to keep Huo Teng from being rough, and the other is to let Adelaide stay.So the invasion plan went well.

After collecting all kinds of main information, the Schmidts browsed through it roughly and carried it all out to hide.Most of these powerful family members who dared to disobey Huo Teng are still in their dreams, and a few have gone to heaven.

Leaving the residence, Essen Schmidt looked at the position of the moon, and whispered: "Is there any return for the people we sent to lure little Eckard to invade the night attack?"

"Report to the boss, look, a tree was indeed burned on the mountain."

Essen nodded, and immediately said: "Then hurry up and go to the designated military camps. Report to the officers there that you are all merchants accompanying the army in Göttingen. I want to sneak attack. There will naturally be a plan for the next thing."

……

Immediately after Huo Teng received the news that the sneak attack was imminent, he immediately kicked Adlaib and said, "Go and arrange the mission. Let the soldiers guard the important indigo dyeing workshop and commercial market, and they must not be damaged. Of course, it is also good to light a few fires to scare the people over there. Remember, you personally lead the spear sergeants, squeeze and force those raiders to move to the city hall, and let little Eckard kill the rebels meeting area, and then you'll know what to do."

He specially dismissed Keshihai, who was upright and sullen, and Natur and Gruna, who had weird thoughts, just for this moment.

"How to do it?" Adlaib obviously hasn't completely jumped out of Huo Teng's jumping thinking.

Ms. Adelaide, who was standing next to her, immediately reprimanded: "Of course I'll go in and leave no one behind."

"Ah no, we still need to keep a few witnesses." Jones raised her mouth.Unexpectedly, this witch is more ruthless than Jones.

When Adlaib went out to assign tasks without thinking, Jones complained to Huo Teng: "Taxes are collected, as for making it so complicated. You issue an order, how dare they..."

"They really dare to resist, hum."

Huo Teng took Jones's hand: "Think about it, take this city flowing with milk and honey, Günter can eat goat milk raised by the Thuringians every day, and wear good clothes every day." Indigo, we can build a huge stable full of famous Thuringian horses, and you can ride whichever you want, don't you like it?"

In an instant, Jones was no longer entangled, and her waist was not sore or her back hurt.

"I'm going to hack and kill those scumbags who have received thousands of knives."

Chapter 250: The Bait Needs to Be Reused Again

Not to mention that she personally brought the sword into battle, and sharpened the knife to Jones, who was slamming the fat sheep.

When Keshihai, who was patrolling the streets with an army, was stopped by several Göttingen businessmen, his head was covered.

"What? Little Eckard is leading the army to launch a death raid on Erfurt? How do you know? Who are you? Who ordered you?" Keshihai bombarded these businessmen like a cannonball, trying to find The mastermind behind them.

These Göttingen merchants quickly opened their sleeves, revealing the quartermaster badges hanging around their necks, and said: "We are all quartermaster merchants in charge of logistics and supplies. We have a contract. I went to the countryside to buy livestock this evening, but Accident……"

They told the fabricated stories so well that Keshihai was also dizzy.Of course, they were apparently the military quartermasters and merchants in charge of this Eastern Expedition. Huo Teng's army carried supplies for a month, but they had to search and buy supplies along the way to avoid starving to death in a month. Therefore, the appearance of these merchants and activities are very reasonable.

Although everything is a coincidence, it seems that it is not a deliberate plan, but that little Eckard doesn't talk about martial arts?

Ke Shihai verified the identity of the quartermaster, and was entangled for a while.

But soon, the torches lit in the east made him no longer entangled, and he hurriedly said: "Left and right, form a pocket array in two rows, and don't let this enemy flow into the bustling area of ​​Erfurt. I still want to take there of indigo cloth to make new clothes."

Soon after, the troops stationed in various parts of the city were urgently reminded by the quartermasters, and they were lured to the eastern battlefield to participate in the ambush.

Under Huo Teng's design, little Eckard, who didn't know it, was dreaming of turning the tables at night and reversing the ending with hundreds of his die-hard loyalists.At this time, everyone has completely ignored the etiquette between nobles and wars.

Little Eckard led the army across the unguarded small bridge on foot, and noticed the darkness ahead. He heard from the city council that Huo Teng's army had been sent out of the city by him because he was harassing the citizens. It was ridiculous...

Ho!

Suddenly, countless torches lit up around, and rows of soldiers wearing chain mail and sea dragon scale armor stared at this group of refugees more than soldiers with indifferent and nervous eyes.

"Little Eckard, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Julu's younger sister Gruna stood on the second floor, guiding a row of archers: "Shoot!"

She, Natur, called out the name of the heretic angel, and urged the army to come forward and surround her.Ke Shihai also appeared on the other side in a gloomy manner.

At this time, Jeffrey led hundreds of peasants on horseback and archers to outflank them from the rear, surrounded by Keshihai and Natur's subordinates on the left and right sides, so little Eckard could only attack forward, trying to survive.

Soon, according to the established plan, fireworks continued to ignite in the city of Erfurt, and people were assassinated in the corner from time to time.

Little Eckard led the army into the bombed city council, but the councilors here were still discussing how to deal with Huo Teng.

"Damn it..." Bishop Xleben was about to flee on horseback, but the skinny horse presented by Horten suddenly died halfway, causing Bishop Xleben to stick his head upside down in the city hall for some reason. In the garden, his skull was cracked.

Most of the congressmen died of tragic shooting in the care of intentional or unintentional.Due to the flaming bows of the peasant archers, the city hall was burned and damaged a small part.

"Do it, that's all."

Huo Teng personally rode out and rode Miss Laura like a god descending from the earth, sweeping away the last resistance of little Eckard.

The sad little Eckard was pushed to the ground by several peasant archers at the back door of the city hall.

A war is finally over.

There was no suspense at all, Huo Teng just let go of a bridge, let go of a road to bring the enemy in, and then gathered and wiped them out.

There was a lot of fire in the city, and most of the people who were killed were actually fools who were assassinated by assassins sent by Huo Teng.

[The status of Erfurt City is changed from (Prosperity) to (Normal)]

[Negative status: Parliamentary autonomy is cancelled, you will control Erfurt 100%]

[Defeat the enemy and get a reward: Level [-] city blueprint. 】

Very good, all Huo Teng's goals have been achieved.

There are even surplus drawings of secondary cities.You must know that Göttingen has already met this requirement, but the blueprint has not been found for a long time, so the city has not been upgraded and the city wall has been expanded, making Göttingen still look like a big countryside.

With a cruel smile, Huo Teng smashed little Eckard into the iron cage containing the wild dogs, and reprimanded: "Little bastard, you betrayed your brother, humiliated your mother, did whatever you wanted during your father's funeral, disloyal, filial and disrespectful!" You are a shameless scum of honesty, injustice and injustice. I will not behead you today, because I know that letting you go home will cause you to be greatly humiliated and judged by the justice of the world. If you still have any conscience, Just go to Magdeburg and apologize to your mother."

Little Eckard shed tears of humiliation.

He is the smartest among his brothers and sisters, and the least obedient to worldly constraints.Who knew that the secular binding force would give backlash at this time.

Those who want to play tricks and take shortcuts to pass the test will always be arrested, humiliated and tortured by people like Huo Teng.

The knight of Göttingen looked at the little Eckard who was weeping in the dog cage, and couldn't help laughing. His roaring laughter made all the dogs in the city bark, and surprised countless sleepers in his dreams.

"What kind of bait is this in your plan?" Jones confirmed in a low voice.

"That's right. This guy lost his army and lost his general, and his reputation was also lost in the iron cage. Let him go back, and the effect of restraining him is far greater than the actual effect of beheading him."

Huo Teng said so.

In fact, Huo Teng has more long-term considerations.

Whether to kill little Eckard depends mainly on the situation in Meissenia.As I said before, Meissenia is a composite territory of several counties. Meissen is in the south of the middle, Lusania is in the hands of the old Hellman, and the north of the center is Lusania. It is currently supported by the rebellious uncle and the Poles. Guntherin occupies.To the west were Merseburg, Naumburg, and Zeitz, in the hands of Kleiner Eckard, and to the east was Bautzen, already occupied by the Poles.

With the Poles getting stronger day by day, Horten is going to leave Eckard Jr. as a buffer in order not to confront Poland this year.

He has no strength himself, but as long as he is willing to go to Magdeburg and kneel to his mother, I believe that his mother, Swane Hilde, will ignore the previous suspicion of being kicked out of Merseburg, and beg his brother Bernard to send troops south to control Fort Merse, occupying the traffic arteries, helped Horten avoid the front of the Poles.

Horten wanted to take advantage of the time when the Principality of Saxony and the Principality of Poland were fighting each other to annex Thuringia as soon as possible, so as to avoid being swallowed up by the giant crocodiles around next year due to their lack of strength.

Huo Teng's happiness disappeared a bit as these little Jiujiu, who were not worth planting for outsiders, flashed in his heart.

Although he had won against Bernard in some battlefields, he was still the boss of the Grand Duchy of Saxony.As long as the reason for the confrontation is just and the enemy is threatening enough, I believe that the Principality of Saxony can still piece together a powerful army to face the Poles head-on in Merseburg.

In terms of this hard power, Huo Teng is far inferior.

……

Little Eckard fled in embarrassment, losing his soldiers and generals, and was humiliated repeatedly. He fled back to the city of Merseburg in embarrassment.

Then, the news that he was bumped into a dog cage by Horten and sent back to Merseburg was spread everywhere, his reputation plummeted, and knights and peasants under his command fled away with their families every day.Most of them went to Thuringia to join Horten, and a small part went north to Magdeburg to find the old mistress to intercede and complain.

Horten squatted in Erfurt, while cleaning up the mess of his own killing, while publicly calling on little Eckard to kneel in Magdeburg, begging his mother's forgiveness.

Everyone regarded this as an act of justice, and criticized little Eckard's bad behavior of bullying his mother.

However, only a few wise men pointed out that what Huo Teng did was to curry favor with his father-in-law, Bernard, who had already fought two battles, and to recharge his energy and avoid the sharp edge of the Poles.

Under such public opinion, little Eckard could only choose to go north, and under the escort of Jimmy, the Countess of Bernburg, went to Magdeburg to kneel and confess to his mother.

It is said that he cried very loudly that day. It is not known whether it was because he regretted torturing his mother, or because he was being led by the nose by Huo Teng.

In any case, Rihausen, the sea dragon knight stationed in Magdeburg, was appointed by Bernard as a vanguard, and led the army into Merseburg, stuck in Thuringia, where Horten was, and fought against the main battlefield of Meissen. Asia's traffic arteries.Become a third party that strongly intervenes in this war.

It looks like everything is going according to plan.

Soon, Huo Teng will be able to obtain the blueprint of [Leveling the Mine] after waiting another month to increase the production of gold and brass.

But something unexpected happened, Huo Teng was speechless immediately.

A pair of sisters, to be precise, two ladies wrote to Huo Teng separately, asking Huo Teng to explain the border issue.When the two ladies were counting the real estate of their monastery, they accidentally discovered that many villages belonging to them had gone to Huo Teng's side!There was a huge loss of property.

The former is the Abbot of the Quedlinburg Abbey, Sister Anderhena.The latter, Sister Sophia, Abbot of Gandersheim Abbey.

The issue they were arguing about was that Huo Teng's continuous northward border encroached on the monastery's village.

The two women themselves were certainly not difficult to deal with.

What is difficult is that they are the eldest daughter and second daughter of Emperor Otto II, two royal chaste nuns who grew up in a monastery.

If it was just the women of the previous royal family, bullying would be bullying.The status of women only depends on the strength of the men in the family, and has nothing to do with themselves.

But the terrible thing is that these two were the titular hostesses of the monastery when Huo Teng was growing up in the monastery, and they are also existences that no one is easy to mess with in the Kingdom of Germany.If you use an exaggerated term, Huo Teng was raised by the two of them.Although Huo Teng was only in the monastery, he was sent to do chores for the two princesses.Such as cleaning the yard, repairing tables and stools, etc.

The chaste and prudent eldest daughter Anderhina stated in the letter: "I was present when you were born and baptized. When you entered the monastery, I was still presiding over the affairs of the monastery in Göttingen. I raised you for eight years. Now you actually invade my country?"

The proud and self-confessed second princess Sophia was more direct, and scolded Huo Teng in the letter: "If you go back to your childhood, you will be nothing more than a servant next to this princess, a guard of the Otto family."

Chapter 260 Don't Be Angry, Great Princess

Huo Teng is 20 years old this year, the first princess Anderhina is 27 years old, and the second princess Sophia is 25 years old.

In 997, the year before Horten's fortune, the eldest daughter Anderhina received the rich and peaceful Quedlinburg Abbey; the second princess received the Gandersheim Abbey in 999 .

Both monasteries were high-quality real estate built by the Otto family during the Otto dynasty.Both have rich and flat riverside plains, and various advanced production buildings in the monastery, such as windmills, etc., and the monastery has a complete range of craftsmen, and even has the ability to mint currency.So these two monasteries, which are among the best in the country at this time, fell into their hands. Fortunately, one thing was the emperor's election after the sudden death of Otto III.

Since the two imperial daughters are the older orthodox bloodlines of the Otto family, they are the eldest princess and the second eldest princess. Therefore, in 998, when the emperor was elected two years ago, the princes from all over the country tried their best to please them. They can nominate themselves as candidates for the king.Conrad was one of them. According to the blood relationship, he had to call the two cousins.In return, the fertile monastery estate was presented to the eldest princess and the second eldest princess by the king and duke.

Göttingen was once the capital of the royal family for a long time.Otto II is here permanently, so the first princess and the second princess spend most of their time here.It wasn't until 997 when the eldest princess moved to Quedlinburg that there was the rampant corruption of the local bishop Matt and Dean Skok, the oppression of the countess Conosha, and the prosperity of Huo Teng.

In other words, if Huo Teng dared to be disrespectful to the eldest princess who really watched him grow up, he would not only commit a mistake that should not be made as a subject of Emperor Otto, but would also arouse public anger.The eldest princess has always been highly respected, and is known as a chaste saint.Who dares to stroke her beard?

Huo Teng slapped his head, and wanted to chop off Jeffrey, make his head into a snack and send it to Quedlinburg.

Quedlinburg, where is Gandersheim?

Göttingen has been the capital of the kingdom, can these two places still be far away?

Going north from Göttingen, to the border of Nottheim, crossing the river and turning west a little bit is the property of Gandersheim Abbey!Huo Teng is only twenty or thirty miles away from the residence of the second princess.When he and his father-in-law Bernard were beaten to death, they didn't dare to disturb the residence of the second princess.

If Dean Sophia wanted to reprimand Horten, she could have crossed the river by car in the morning, stopped in Göttingen at noon to reprimand Horten, and could go back to the monastery to rest at night.

Huo Teng still had to lick his face to welcome and send him off.

Going northeast from Göttingen is the Harz Mountains.Geoffrey reigned supreme there, producing brass and gold.The eldest princess's residence, Quedlinburg, is just on the plain below the mountain to the northeast of the Harz Mountains, and it belongs to the fat sheep that bandits often visit.Göttingenburg is only a hundred miles away.