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"How can I go now? Both of them are angry. If you propose to any one, the other will also be angry, right? I'll just sit at home and wait for them to beg me with peace of mind." Amelia calmed down and put The old father-in-law couldn't understand it.

But soon, both Göttingenburg and Göttingen Free City sent people to check on the situation.

When Amelia was talking to Conosha's envoy, she accidentally revealed a secret: "Your Majesty seems to have made a mistake and granted the position of Earl of Göttingen to Horten directly. If you don't hurry If you find a way to reach a marriage with Huo Teng, then the territory may be taken back by His Majesty with excuses."

Turning around, Amelia told Jones again: "Your Majesty wants Huo Teng to marry Conosha. This is an irreversible king's order. You have to make plans early. Take advantage of the time for the baby in your stomach. It is enough for the children to fight for enough interests.”

Aiming at the predicament of both sides, Amelia grasped the crucial point that Connorsa was eager to get married to get her name right, and Jones had to fight for wealth for her children.

Sure enough, the two parties compromised one after another soon after.

Chapter 110 Six Problems With Wife

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The countess, who is fair and beautiful, with big buttocks, has no way to rely on her beauty to control the other party this time.

Who made her competitor this time a best friend?

The countess never thought that her best friend would betray her.

Some people may wonder, isn't this friend's marriage appointed by you, Connorsa?Why do you think Jones is betraying you?

But for Conosha, she never thought that Jones would fall in love with Huo Teng and break with herself because of this.

Ancient things cannot be viewed with modern thinking.

At least in the Middle Ages at this time, love is so rare that it hardly exists in life.The vast majority of marriages are political transactions that are not love, even those loves that are extolled by later generations, such as the "Platonic Love" between Henry II and Gunigond. If you change your mind, it is the Luxembourg family who lacks political support. Was it just a forced marriage of a daughter who wanted to join the church to Henry II, who was also from the church?

Therefore, in Conosha's view, as long as her best friend obeys her arrangement and diverts Huo Teng's attention away, she will have more leisurely time to deal with diplomacy on the one hand, and make peace with her emotionally on the other hand. Politically suppress Huo Teng, so as to realize the favorable posture of being strong before and after marriage.

She arranged for the marriage of Jones and Huo Teng's friends, but there was no suitable person at hand.If there is a married lady, she can also exercise guardianship and let this lady and Huo Teng temporarily unite for a period of time as a comfort to the hero.As for whether her husband agrees or not, that is another political transaction, not a very personal issue.

Do Conosha and Huo Teng have feelings for each other?

Of course there is.Whether it is an adventure rescue under extreme siege, or an unyielding battle in a desperate situation, Conosha is full of gratitude to Huo Teng, and she also has some affection during the long-term contact, and even more so when she has an affair. The stimulus is ambiguous.It can be said that this is a feeling that combines a variety of emotions, gratitude, love, favor, exclusive enjoyment and other emotions.

But if you want to talk about pure love, love that lasts forever, then Conosha really doesn't have it.

I believe that there are not many women in Western Europe in this era.

"Mistress, rumors have already started to go crazy! It is said that our king, His Majesty Conrad, wrongly wrote your name as Horten Bowenden's name when writing the document. They also said..." The maid came in at this moment, carefully reminding Conosha.

Conossa turned back angrily: "What are they still talking about?"

"They all said... this is because Horten Bowenden is the hero who really led Göttingen to independence and greatness, and you are just a woman attached to him, so Horten's reputation spread even wider, so that the king Your Majesty has forgotten that there is still the Countess." The maid lowered her head, hardly daring to look at the countess' angry face.

This time, it immediately made Conosha even more incompetent and furious.

But turning her head, she had to admit that the rumors outside were justified.

In a society where women do not have full rights, there are probably only two ways to become a famous woman.Either go to a monastery, relying on the reputation of being noble, and become a nun for life; or hide behind a man, wait until the man is dead, and become famous as a regent and take power.Many widows and queen mothers have left their reputations by relying on this road.

Independently maintain a territory and run for king or emperor?

This road has never been traveled by a woman.

Connorsa could imagine that with Huo Teng's strong record, the knights in Göttingen must have been tired of a woman riding on their heads.

They will definitely be aggressive and demand a formal marriage between themselves and Huo Teng.

Because it is the king's decision.

In a patriarchal society, being ruled by women is sad and unworthy.Unless the foundation of this woman's rule comes from a more powerful man, such as the queen mother's regent model.

Even in some male societies in modern times, being a female leader is unacceptable to male subordinates, and being picked up by a female policeman can make a man commit suicide in anger.

Therefore, no matter whether Conoza agrees or not, this time King Conrad's misjudgment has already formed an atmosphere of public opinion in Göttingen that must be Huo Teng.The knights are eager to follow a hero, but not a heroine.

Even if it is fake, they have to make it real.

Connorsa, who is from out of town, must step down.

Huo Teng, a local, must also be in charge.

This is the unanimous decision of more than 100 knight families, and it can be regarded as a democratic tyranny.If hundreds of years later, the rural monks who came out of the village of Huo Teng would not even think about jumping to the top, but not now, now a warrior who slashes people violently can inherit the magical era of the duke family.

"Damn... It seems that I... can only compromise..."

"Come on, help me to ask the priest to write an official letter. It is also the last letter I leave the earl. Child, admit that the child has an independent surname and inheritance rights. If it is a girl, then allow her to inherit all of Jones' wealth and donate to build a monastery for her."

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Free City of Göttingen.

The hostess Jones has also been a little restless recently.

Her background is not too bad, but she is not much higher than Huo Teng. She is just an ordinary noble family. Her father is a viscount who owns many villages, but he has always been very indifferent to his daughter.

After receiving Conosha's order, she also knew exactly what Conosha meant.

Isn't it just paying your body in exchange for the loyalty of the important officials?

Jones knew very well that she obtained the fiefdom of Conosha and owned a huge manor, which was already a very luxurious gift.In order to repay this gift, she had long thought of being asked to marry.

But after marrying Huo Teng, Jones found that she was gradually falling.

Do Jones and Horten have feelings for each other?

Be it.Jones is very envious of Huo Teng's reputation, this local priest can quickly gather a large number of knights and peasants; Jones also likes Huo Teng's character, he is very decisive and bold as the head of the family; at the same time, she also feels that Huo Teng can A person who entrusts his whole life.

But these emotions are mixed together, and none of them can compare to the child in the stomach.

Once the child is born, she must face the possibility that the child will become an illegitimate child in a few years, that is, an illegitimate child.

In fact, among the more famous nobles during this period, except for a very small number of church-trained nobles who strictly abide by the rules of the church, none of those barbaric nobles did not cheat, find lovers, and have no illegitimate children.

However, Jones felt that there was a chance that she could surpass Conosha and complete a formal marriage with Huo Teng.

No matter what happens later, the Free City of Göttingen can always be inherited.

"Mistress, Ms. Amelia has received news that His Majesty the King has ordered Master Huo Teng to marry the Countess of Connorsa. Our plan..." Jones' maid reminded her in a low voice.

"I see...Damn it! It's only a little bit close..."

Jones thumped the table angrily, and could only accept the reality.She can only be with the child and become a part of the lover.

"Go and release the news for me. I am willing to accept the countess as Huo Teng's official wife. But help me tell the countess privately that I will still stay in the court of Göttingen with my children. If she does not accept, then all Take two shots!"

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After Amelia got the news of the two ladies, she couldn't help but secretly delighted.

She finally maintained the stability of Bo Wendeng's house completely, so she hurriedly drove to Huo Teng's residence, but encountered a problem.

How to maintain the stability of Connorsa and Jones?

Huo Teng wants them to live together.

"You, I suggest you think about it carefully. If you want to forcefully live with the two ladies, you will be criticized by the church." Amelia reminded silently.

"I know. But I can't allow my child and his mother to marry someone else." Huo Teng said very confidently.

Amelia could understand Huo Teng's heart, and praised him as a responsible man.Much better than most of the male nobles who just hang up and run away.

"Then how do you deal with the pressure from the church? Especially Monk Maurice, he is almost the palace minister and bishop of Göttingen now, and our nobles like to find him to solve their troubles." Amelia Say.

Huo Teng could only bite the bullet and explain: "There is always a way. Think about it, even Charlemagne's sloppy behavior can be appreciated by the church, which shows that the church is completely bullying. We must learn to be strong, even if it is only temporarily Domineering...or, collude with the noble priests in the church."

Charlemagne is Charlemagne.

Needless to say, this guy is the founder of the Carolingian Dynasty, the great man who unified Western Europe and established the Frankish Empire. Anyone who has a little understanding of history will know his achievements.

But most people certainly don't know about Charlemagne's personal feelings.

As the guardian of the Christian church that strongly demanded monogamy, the emperor of the empire, Charlemagne had nine wives, or nine public concubines, and even more underground lovers.This is a part that the church cannot control and has no face to demand, so most records do not mention the nine wives and lovers who do not conform to the spirit of Christ.

However, what more people don't know is that the daughters of Emperor Charlemagne.

At that time, many people recorded that Charlemagne shut all her beautiful, young and beautiful daughters in her own court, and never allowed them to marry, even until she was old.

So what do daughters do at court?

Certainly not memorizing the Bible.

At that time, there was a large amount of almost conclusive evidence proving that Charlemagne and his daughters got together and achieved the achievements of father-daughter incest and tyranny.

In fact, there is a high probability that this incident is due to the tribal inheritance law left by the Germanic tradition.If the daughters also want to marry, Charlemagne will have to pay more dowry and split more land.

In addition, there is no lack of Charlemagne's lust beyond ethics, and his uncontrollable desire for his daughter's charm.

Christianity began to develop from slaves, but Christianity only verbally resisted slaves, and there were few actual actions.They could neither prevent Charlemagne from having many wives and daughters, nor could they prevent Charlemagne from using slaves.

Huo Teng himself was beating a drum in his heart, he knew that today is different from the past.

The power of the church is much stronger than before, and it is no longer a force that can be bullied (although it can still be bullied).

Huo Teng wanted to keep Jones and the child no matter what. The only way was to collude with those corrupt elements in the church, such as Magde, Bishop of Weimar County next door, to realize the reverse entry of nobles to the church.

But in this way, the series of titles hanging over Huo Teng's head will be overshadowed.

Those reformers would also stay away from him, including Morris the Monk.

And with those corrupt elements, how can it be possible to do a good job in politics?It must be the next version of Chang Kaishen.

How to choose?

……

Huo Teng can finally start governing.

The first thing is to take stock of the spring plowing that has just ended.

Heavy pears and cattle plowing.

This technology, one of the basic agricultural technologies in Huo Teng's technology tree, has also been specially used in the second half of this year's spring plowing.And its biggest application is to reclaim new land.

In the past, the Germans used light plows introduced by the Romans. Of course, that kind of plow is easy to cultivate soft land in the subtropical Mediterranean, but for Northwest Europe, which is close to high latitudes and the land freezes every year, It's just too bad to use.That's why there are so many forests in Germany, because the locals have brought down the trees and don't have the ability to reclaim the land.The same reason why France looks like a borderland plain, but its national strength has lagged behind Germany for a long time.He had nothing but the Great Plains, but lacked the corresponding reclamation and farming technology, and it was not until the new technology advanced that he caught up.

But now it's different.

Huo Teng's new technology, together with the original plow wall, has greatly expanded the range that farmers can cultivate, from those easy-to-cultivate areas to all the places where heavy pear and ox farming can be opened.The expanded area is more than several times.

Göttingen has a well-developed water system, which flows to the Rhine River and the Weser River, the two major German navigation arteries, so there is no shortage of water.As long as all the forests that occupy a large area of ​​Göttingen County are cut down, the population and food production here will not only double.

How to get new population?How to cut down the forest in a short time?

Find refugees!

In the Middle Ages, heavy feudal oppression and the pressure of population proliferation (after the upper limit of technology and agriculture were locked, the endless cycle of population), farmers were often displaced.Most of the nobles on the frontier will start the decree to recruit refugees at the right time, allowing the refugees to be exempted from taxes for several years, and may even lend money to farmers to cut trees and build houses, so as to increase the population in the territory.The same goes for dioceses, for example, to those churches that occupied territories in Slavic lands.

In other words, the Middle Ages were not particularly closed.

At least there are hungry refugees everywhere, aren't they?The attitude of the church and nobles to this is to recruit when needed, to let go when it is useless, and to squeeze when it is necessary, even if it is marriage, grinding or even traveling, they must pay taxes to the lord who exercises guardianship.The word "governance" can only be treated without treatment.It's like letting the new crown spread freely without the ability to treat the new crown. These are all soul memories from the ancestors' time.

It is self-evident who is the prosperous age of hunger.

Huo Teng had already made similar preparations.

But Göttingen's foundation is still too weak.Last year, the war was fought for almost half a year, and half of the food had to be bought from outside at a high price. This kind of tragic situation of fighting until the ammunition and food were exhausted was not suitable for immediately recruiting refugees.

Chapter 110 VII Practice Shuttle Run

Intensive farming is not suitable for Western Europe.

Considering the current population density of Western Europe, as long as a large area of ​​large forests can be cut down, he can eat a few hundred acres of wheat for a year.When the upper limit of stock is far from touching the ceiling, it is nothing to toss yourself to start intensive cultivation.

Moreover, Huo Teng's expectation for the territory is not just farming, but a mixture of livestock and planting, maintaining a large area of ​​pasture to maintain the number of horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock.Further improvement is to maintain the number of knights and provide a large amount of meat to ensure nutrition.Even if possible, Huo Teng very much hopes to abolish all fasting days, large and small, throughout the year, and eat and drink.

In the current situation, if you raise horses but don’t grow grain, I’ll go to the next door to rob; if you grow grain but don’t raise horses, your family will suffer.

After confirming the established policy, Huo Teng slowly returned to Göttingenburg at the beginning of May.

It must be mentioned that Huo Teng had to prepare to move from Liberty City to the fortress and live with Conosha under the circumstances that most of the nobles were counting on Huo Teng to take over as Earl of Göttingen.Let me say another word of sorrow, considering the current war situation, it is safe to hide in the fortress.A more suitable state is to form a double-fort system between Fort Göttingen and Free City, which are three or four miles apart.

Huo Teng's subordinates gathered together to welcome Huo Teng's return on the outskirts of Göttingen, beside the stable where Huo Teng and Conosha once had an affair.

The leader of the chivalrous concealer, Jeffrey the garrison officer of Fort Millhouse, took the initiative to lead the horse for Huo Teng: "Master, Fort Millhouse has recently received hints from many knights in Weimar County, and I hope to get in touch with you ,what do you think?"

Huo Teng nodded slightly to this subordinate, Jeffrey is doing well in Millhouseburg.At the very least, he adhered to his original intentions when he was a chivalrous man, and he did not excessively oppress the people, and he usually set up courts in accordance with customary laws, and the sentences were fair, which won the support of many people.

As I said before, the so-called duke and earl are essentially a privatized and hereditary official position.If Jeffrey continues to insist, then after Horten becomes Earl of Göttingen, Viscount Millhouse can also be handed over to Jeffrey.As for the Henrik knight beside him who surrendered and sold his family heirloom, his quality was mediocre.