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Huo Teng was [-]% sure that it was Jeffrey's chivalrous bandits who harassed the eldest princess.

So Huo Teng dragged Jeffrey to his side, sharpened his knife and reprimanded him with displeasure in his eyes: "The eldest princess came to me, complaining that your bandits crossed too far. Now you say, I chopped off your head and sent it to Quaid Limburg, or did you go to Quedlinburg and kneel down in Quedlinburg to apologize?"

"Huh?" Jeffrey was really a disaster, a big scapegoat fell from the sky and his head was covered with bags.He begged for mercy depressedly: "Count, then... who is the eldest princess? I know that there is a wealthy monastery in the east, and there is a widowed woman living in it."

"What nonsense? Let me tell you this. I was sent to a monastery at the age of 10. At that time, the eldest daughter of His Majesty Otto II, Anderhena, was 17 years old. She grew up in the monastery of Göttingen. I am her One of her attendants, she has educated her for eight years. Do you understand?" Huo Tenbi drew out the character horoscope.

Of course, there are many attendants.At that time, most of the children in the monastery worked for the eldest princess, and Huo Teng was just an inconspicuous member.After the eldest princess left, Huo Teng didn't feel sad, it was just an accidental acquaintance.

Frankly speaking, after Otto II was killed by Muslim chiefs in the Sicilian Peninsula and fled back to the country by boat and died of illness, his daughters were in a normal situation.But for Huo Teng, who was only a warrior from the Otto family, that was also the eldest princess who was as noble as an angel.Moreover, there is such a layer of relationship in it.

Today, Huo Teng has developed.

This relationship in the past has become a shackle instead.

She just rode on Huo Teng's head and began to think of herself as Huo Teng's mother.

At this time, Adelaide, who was listening behind the curtain, had a new idea.She suggested: "That's right. Our Bowendeng family is Otto's close servant, a loyal family under the imperial family. We should make amends for the eldest princess generously. Why don't we give up the half of Hartz Mountain to the eldest princess and just claim it?" It’s a thank you for your upbringing.”

I forgot to mention that Huo Teng's own mother died of illness in a plague more than ten years ago.The plague that swept across the north also wiped out many historical celebrities along with it. Just like the nobles who died in the disastrous defeat in the Sicilian Peninsula, it killed many famous families in North and South Germany.

Jones rolled her eyes at her, and said in her heart, "This Connorsa's sister is really a goblin, shameless."You're a bastard Bowenden family, I am. '

Huo Tengchu felt that this idea was like farting, but after careful consideration, it felt very interesting.

If the Eldest Princess thinks she can ignore Huo Teng, call him around like a retainer, and thinks that she has taken good care of Huo Teng in her eight years of life, then Huo Teng might as well take a step back and admit the Eldest Princess openly There is nurturing grace for him (basically none), and he gave up the worthless East Harts Mountains as a gift to her.

Anyway, the eldest princess couldn't manage it, so Huo Teng urged Jeffrey to take care of it?

But in this way, after getting rid of the bandits there, Huo Teng can still use it to gain fame. You see, I always send troops to help the eldest princess clean the courtyard and harvest the heads of the bandits.In this way, although half of the East Harz Mountains was lost in name, it actually diverted the conflict, so that the bandits who frequently caused troubles could not drag Huo Teng down.

You can also use their heads to claim credit and seek fame.

Moreover, the eldest princess admits that she has the right to support me, so am I not the orthodox Otto family?Huo Teng can take this opportunity to raise the profile of Bo Wendeng's family.Even after a few decades, it is possible to write in the books of the monastery that "Bowen Deng's family is a close relative of the Otto royal family, and the world has been favored by the emperor and so on" to forge the claim to the throne.

You can also roast the eldest princess on the fire.If she doesn't accept the gift, that means she has no friendship with Huo Teng.If she accepted the gift, she would have to frequently send Huo Teng over to wipe out the bandits, so she couldn't show the proud and dignified attitude of "I'm your mother".

Good advice.

Just a little poisonous.If the eldest princess sees through and tears off her face to humiliate Huo Teng, then Huo Teng's reputation will plummet.

But Huo Teng believed that the majesty of the eldest princess did not stop there.After all, she is only the daughter of Otto II, and the third is dead. In Otto's entire family, only Bruno's blood relatives are bishops, and they probably have no descendants. It can be said that the Otto family's prestige is still there, but the essence has long been hollowed out. .

Without male nobles who hold power, no matter how big the family is, it is still a vase.

"You're right, it's just a chance to improve your family status. I hope the princess won't blame me for being a snake." Huo Teng praised Adelaide's plan, feeling that this woman's government affairs are really good, You can be a secretary or something.

Just do what you say, and taking advantage of the popularity in the neighborhood, Huo Teng once again took advantage of his strength and sent people out to spread his apology statement to the eldest princess, and said that he would cede half of Mount Harz as self-punishment .

Naturally, envoys were also sent north to Quedlinburg to apologize.

But he said he was going to apologize, but Huo Teng actually asked the envoy to head east a little after arriving in Quedlinburg, to see Jimmy, the Countess of Bernburg, so as to win over the relationship.Then go north to Magdeburg to investigate the situation, and finally go south to the front line of Merseburg via Bernburg to investigate whether Horten can take advantage there.

……

After a night of shock, there was a large-scale turmoil in Erfurt. Those craftsmen, slaves who lost their masters, and gluttons who competed for their relatives' property taught Huo Teng a lesson.

In order to appease and suppress this group of people, Huo Teng worked on it for more than ten days before he managed to install his own people and controlled the production of indigo-dyed cloth and the general activities of the trade station.

At this time, the archbishop of Magdeburg Targino paid a sudden visit.

Huo Teng didn't know his purpose, but he speculated that it must be related to Bernard.

Archbishop Tagino, who has a wide reputation in the country and has always been one of the best but actually ranked third, came to the door and said: "I have always liked your character, especially when punishing little Eckard's rebellious madness and humiliating his mother this time. I heard that in many places When punishing children who are disrespectful to their mothers, they will learn from you and put them in dog cages."

"Old bishop, you know me. I just acted indecently in a hurry. Don't blame me haha. I don't know why you came to visit this time?" Huo Teng smiled and dismissed the matter.

Old Tajino's complexion suddenly became uneasy.

He said softly: "I think you also know that if you defeat Little Eckard without occupying Merseburg, it is tantamount to giving your father-in-law the task of holding down the Poles and the strategic location. But my old friend asked I said that the army is short of food again..."

what?

Huo Teng didn't expect that the feeling was that the old father-in-law came to beg for food.

Chapter 260 Mom!

Huo Teng was really confused.

There is no shortage of food in his treasury now.This year's autumn harvest in the core areas of Göttingen has increased by [-]% compared to last year, and the increase in non-core areas has increased even more, and some have increased by [-]%.Although the proportion of the improvement is large but the quantity is small because the total number is not large, it is still a huge increase.Coupled with the doubling of the expansion of the country and the increasingly prosperous commerce and trade, Huo Teng received nearly [-] tons of grain this year alone, and nearly a thousand gold in funds, as well as salt from the North Sea, indigo cloth from Thuringia, and Bronzeware and other important materials in life and religion.

This food may still only be sold for more than 3000 gold and silver coins of various colors in Franconia, but if it is brought to the Duchy of Saxony, which has been short of food for a long time, it may be sold for [-] gold.Because that ghostly place, although it is a lowland plain that is rare in Germany, but because of the bitter cold climate and the fierce martial arts, you kill me and I chop you, resulting in not only generally poor food production, but also more wasteland than people.It's not real wasteland, but the Saxons can't reclaim the land with the light plow handed down from ancient times, so they have to leave it barren.

But Huo Teng's improved heavy plow was fine, so Huo Teng was also greedy looking at it.The villages under his control continued to expand to the north, all the way to Gandersheim Abbey. Naturally, the advanced double ox plow was very attractive to the northern countryside.

When Archbishop Tajino saw Huo Teng's gathered face, he understood, and said: "I know you are still worried about the hostile relationship with Duke Bernard. If you want, I can guarantee it, we The grain you need will not only be exchanged for the gold and silver coins produced by the monastery of the diocese of Bremen-Hamburg, but will never appear in the hostility between Saxony and you."

Huo Teng couldn't help supporting Tajino anxiously: "It's really not that I worry about you, it's really that my father-in-law..."

Huo Teng did not lie about this.

Tarquino, of course, was known throughout the country for his character and religious learning, was a good fellow in every way, and knew the art of compromise.But he was the old grandson of Bernard Billon, who had never been right, even if he could tear up a treaty, how could Huo Teng really believe it.

Archbishop Tajino was also stunned by Huo Teng's question.He had nothing to do with Bernard.

"Then for the sake of Goldiu, at least support a little? The defenders of Magdeburg and Merseburg are starting to cry about the lack of food." Tajino also pulled his face and begged Horten: " For the sake of helping you resist the Poles, Lihausen knelt down and begged me when I was leaving, if he couldn't find food, he would kill his sea dragon mount with his own hands."

Good guy, it shouldn't be.

"No, isn't this just the autumn harvest?" Huo Teng was surprised now.

He paced around the room, and even began to suspect suspiciously, whether the Bernard army in the north was preparing to make a century-level detour from the east to the west, from the defense line on the east side, to attack the Gandersheim Abbey five hundred miles away. Border, inserted behind Huo Teng's buttocks.

"Autumn is here, but there is no harvest. Look over there, Merseburg has been fighting for half a year and there is no harvest. The food in Bernburg behind is enough to make ends meet. Countess Jimmy will soon have to ask you for food Even in Magdeburg, this year's grain is... but it can't be shipped." Archbishop Tajino hurriedly gave the knowledge to Hottenkop.

It's not that Saxony is out of food, it's just that it can't be transported to the front line.One is that the road traffic conditions are extremely poor, not as good as that of Göttingen; the other is that bandits, green skins and all kinds of ghosts and monsters are rampant on the road, and most of them are transported out to feed dogs.

After learning this, Huo Teng's heart suddenly became active.

The scope of activities of the Göttingen army is limited to the central city of Erfurt, and he can't get involved in the surrounding wealthy cities. Not to mention Erfurt itself, Horten is not justifiable, he can only say that he relies on some subordinates and bribes To manipulate the municipal council, he cannot even interfere in the selection of the next bishop.

Huo Teng's lofty goal is to control the five big cities around Erfurt, including Weimar, but now it is difficult to take a step.

Therefore, seeking a formal title from Bernard would also facilitate Huo Teng's formal in-depth control of the Duchy of Thuringia.

Huo Teng said: "So you want me to go from Göttingen to Thuringia to transport food to the front line? I am lucky, but the name is not right, and it is not good for me to run rampant in Thuringia. Unless the old father-in-law helps help."

Tajino frowned, he could only get up to say goodbye, and went back to discuss with Bernard.

The official title of Thuringia belongs to Eckard. Eckard is dead, and the position of Duke of Thuringia, which is not officially recognized, is still vacant.So in theory, the Thuringian nobles can elect another duke on their own, or they can find Eckard's wife Swanishilde and ask her to nominate or adopt the title to Horten.

But Huo Teng is not very popular in Thuringia, and he is looked down upon everywhere. It is best to find Bernard and beg his sister to give up the title of Duke of Thuringia. root nobility.He doesn't care whether the latter likes it or not, the soldiers will be arrested and taken to prison to clean up.

This is a deal that benefits both sides, but because of this, Tajino has no right to agree.

Bernard would not sit back and watch Huo Teng continue to grow, and it was impossible for Huo Teng to actually deliver food to the enemy who had just fought twice.

So Tajino could only bring a batch of emergency aid food, first to pad the belly of Riehausen who was squatting in Merseburg, so that he didn't have to rush to kill the hanged mount.

Back in Magdeburg, Tajino got the reply that it was absolutely impossible.

The old man Bernard was very angry about this: "Absolutely not! That little bastard is only 20 years old this year, and I am already 50. I don't know when he kicked his legs and died suddenly. My heir is only the mediocre Dietmar, Those idiots on the domestic border, like Val, Jimmy, and Brun, are all like rebels, how can I hand Thuringia over to him? I wish I could take the army and destroy him now."

In this regard, Tajino also helpless.

With the great success of Huo Teng's eastward march to Thuringia, the possibility of him inheriting the Principality of Saxony is also increasing. A large group of people in Saxony are booing, thinking that it should be passed on to his son-in-law.

So, Duke Bernard had to pack a batch of grain in Magdeburg and head south.

As a result, as soon as the food arrived at Fort Bern, the local Countess Jimmy secretly sent someone to snatch more than half of it, and took it back to feed her people.

Only a fraction made it to their destination, making an already dangerous situation even more painful.It was as if the intercourse was halfway through, and when it was about to go, and it was about to be finished, it was suddenly interrupted, as if the false fire was strong, but the real fire did not arrive.

The worst one was Lihausen, who hugged the neck of the half-sea dragon every day, thinking about whether to kill it or kill it.

……

Aside from the danger on the Saxony side, Viscount Geoffrey, who was whipped by Huo Teng, took a large number of precious gifts, and drove through the Harz Mountains skillfully, and walked dozens of miles to Quedlinburg.

According to the instructions of the locals, Geoffrey came to the gate of the monastery.

Quedlinburg Abbey, like Gandersheim Abbey, is a wealthy and advanced demonstration area supported by Emperor Otto.It was first established in 936 as a place dedicated to the mother of Otto the Great.Not only that, when Otto the Great's father, King Henry the Fowler, and his mother both died, they were buried here.It can also be said that Princess Anderhina is keeping a vigil for her great-grandfather and great-grandmother.

But not only that, the Quedlinburg Abbey is a well-known academic center in Western Europe, and a large number of academic priests registered and studied here.

She is also a place where the daughters of aristocratic and famous families gather. Unmarried, widowed, and those who have sworn to be chastity all live here and obey the leadership of the abbot.

When Jeffrey saw Quedlinburg's tall courtyard walls and rich people, he even felt that Göttingenburg and Erfurt were not big cities anymore.

The full name of the monastery is hung on the gate.

'The Free Secular Quedlinburg Imperial Monastery'.Here is a completely autonomous secular monastery exclusive to the royal family.This is true of all monasteries donated by nobles and living with noble women.For example, the Gandersheim Abbey, where the second princess lives not far away, is the same.

These monasteries are not under the leadership of the secular church, and are directly under the Pope and the emperor, so the guards did not respond when they saw Jeffrey.

"You are troubled, we are from the county of Göttingen to meet the eldest princess."

Jeffrey asked for an interview, but the guards didn't take it at all.

"Hey, don't be shameless. The one who lives here is the mother of our Earl Hutton!" Jeffrey was furious at that time, and he grabbed the guard and yelled at him sternly.

Not to mention, the guard was really bluffed.

They let go of the gate and passed the news to the eldest princess.

Anderhina was furious when she heard the news, so she rushed to the reception room with the nuns to clarify the facts.

When the eldest princess appeared on the stage, Jeffrey was shocked.

As the daughter of the queen married by the Roman royal family, Anderhina is half of the elf royal blood, so not only is she slender and slender, her body proportions are almost perfect, she is also qualified to wear the purple silk that the Roman royal family only wears .The expensive and elegant royal long dress set off the princess, who was floating in the dust, and her face was like white jade, almost highlighting the nobility of the royal family to the fullest.

Seeing the dignified, chaste and majestic eldest princess and the group of noble girls, Jeffrey knelt down on the spot.

"mom!"

This unreasonable sentence scared Anderhina and the noble ladies so surprised that they couldn't speak.Even the Gottingen knights beside Jeffrey were dumbfounded.

This is your mother?

Jeffrey hurriedly raised his head, he thought about it, and then hurriedly shouted: "I shouted wrongly, that is the earl's mother, everyone knelt down."

A group of Göttingen knights knelt down to Anderhina, shouting 'meet the count's mother', making Anderhina's hair go numb.

The noble ladies around the princess looked at her in surprise, and the princess, who maintained her chastity, was of course not willing to have her reputation tarnished: "What are you talking about? I only raised Huo Teng for eight years, and I didn't give birth to him."

"Our Earl lost his mother when he was young, so of course you are his mother!"

Jeffrey miraculously caught Huo Teng's rhythm again, hit the snake with the stick, and insisted on giving Anderhina the identity of Huo Teng's mother.

He remembered that Huo Teng had told him that he must put a high hat on the eldest princess and give her the land. We must earn our fame back and give the Bowendeng family a good face.

A group of knights kneeling on the ground also shouted, stunned the eldest princess.

Anderhina secretly had a headache in worry: "How can I write a letter and get back a son?"

In fact, she reprimanded Huo Teng condescendingly at the beginning, mainly because she hoped that he would work hard to wipe out the bandits there after conquering the Harz Mountains, so she gave herself a title.Of course she knew Huo Teng, and she was very impressed. He was an unlucky child who lost his mother when he was young and was abandoned by his family.But other than that, she really didn't want to be a mother.

But the noble ladies around her couldn't figure it out, and even praised: "As expected of the eldest princess, the child she raised turned out to be a powerful empire. If it had been two years earlier, the imperial meeting would have simply proposed that Huo Teng inherit the empire."

Anderhina became even more anxious.

She is a chaste lady, she must not be tarnished by Huo Teng.

Just as Princess Anderhina was feeling helpless for Huo Teng's gift, a few male priests sneaked in from the other side and blatantly acted wildly in this place full of female nobles: "Women are born to obey men! Look at you, How dare you break away from the man's leadership, and even let the man kneel down. You are really sinners who violate the Bible..."

Those words made Viscount Bernard feel outrageous.

It is true that women obey men, but this is the eldest princess. According to Huo Teng and Anderhina, that is also Huo Teng's half mother.

Could that be a woman?

That's not ordinary people at all.

So Jeffrey got up on the spot, took out his sword and went up, shouting and cursing: "Bastard, don't you look at who this is? This is the princess of Romania, how dare you act wild?"

The priests are all civilized people, and they scolded women vigorously, but when they saw unreasonable warriors, they had no choice but to run away by pushing each other.

This annoyed the eldest princess even more. She sat down and stretched out her fingers to rub the willow eyebrows on her forehead: "It's really shameless, these bastards who presumptuously refer to the Bible, actually... want to lead me..."

The noble ladies were even more unconvinced, and some people who were so angry pulled Jeffrey's ear and told:

"Go and call Horten over here, and arrest all the bastard priests in the parish of Halberstadt!"

Amidst the chatter of the ladies, Jeffrey finally found out what was going on.

Nunneries like the Quedlinburg Abbey, places where noble ladies gather, are mainly led by female nobles as deans.But it was okay when the emperor was there, but when the emperor left, the local diocese was not happy.