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30 cavalry is not considered a small scale.This news surprised the representatives who were still on their way home, as well as the king and Bernard, and raised their evaluation points for Huo Teng again.

Men who can organize the township party to fight spontaneously generally have good achievements.

On the way, Huo Teng also checked the other two rewards.

The first one is the messenger group running errands.This is a group of vagrants with gypsy blood. They have no home and are discriminated against everywhere. However, they are familiar with the road conditions and have strong legs and feet. They are more able to endure long-term trekking than ordinary people.Just like the halflings, they just want to find a place to live that doesn't discriminate and doesn't take away their property.

Not to brag, Huo Teng happened to be a master of many lands and few lands.

The second is a technology that is unlocked.

Although it is randomly selected, it is obviously difficult to obtain such good things as plate armor and stamping and forging.

Only standardized knight fiefs were drawn, that is, the system of finely dividing the land properties of a place and accurately distinguishing standard knight fiefs.Needless to say, the benefits of this system are actually the illegal but common behavior of checking out the hidden property and population of subordinate fiefs, and enriching more knight reserves.For example, a knight has a population of 150, and there may be dozens of knights to support a knight, but only 100 people, then cut them apart and get two knights.

A technology like this may have been pointed out centuries ago in Rome, and it has been a policy that has been implemented for a long time.For example, the property liquidation system of peasants and soldiers, when it exceeds a certain range, it will be upgraded to a peasant, soldier and knight, and when it falls below a certain range, it will be kicked out of the team, or replaced by fellow villagers.

But having said that, last year, Huo Teng had used his own means to spend money to clean up the phenomenon of hidden population and real estate in the territory.

Even if the same technology is extracted, if you want to squeeze it again in such a short period of time, it may not easily cause the knights to rebel.Therefore, I can only hide it in the kit for the time being, and talk about it later.

What did Horten bring back to Göttingen at this imperial meeting?

In addition to allowing everyone to admit that he is the Earl of Göttingen, and the marriage and coronation that were forced to be postponed, it is a reputation that is nominally equal to all the fairs of the empire, and there is also a crucial armistice agreement.

Finally no more fighting.

On the commercial road leading to the north, those local snakes should also rest, and dare not blatantly ask for Naka.

On the road to the south, it is common to take the caravans of the Saxons, bringing honey and hides from the north.

Knights everywhere can finally leave the castle with peace of mind, organize an autumn outing and field hunting, and ease the pain of the long war.

The long-closed monastery ushered in new registered monks and students. The people took advantage of the opportunity to collect reed grass and wood to renovate their houses. The halflings were anxious to sell the chickens and sheep they had fed for a long time, and the market in the Free City of Göttingen also open again.Various entertainment activities that the people love to see have returned slightly.

The settlers of Free City decided together to repair the wharf that was destroyed last year and restart the trade route to the Rhine.Greya, the master of trade, measures the lumber of Göttingen and considers building a shipyard.

Archbishop Burgard of Mainz formally appointed Monk Maurice Bishop of Göttingen and resumed work at the monastery.

Except for Conoza, the countess who was secretly angry, and Jones, who was secretly happy and worried, everything was beautiful.

"Göttingen, I'm back!"

Huo Teng let go of the rein and let Kuai Ling run freely.

Although the flames of war in autumn are already foreseeable, we can still enjoy the remaining warmth of summer.

Chapter 130: Holy Fool Huo Teng

For Europe in this era, it seems that every place is burning with hope or despair.

On the west side of Europe, the human kingdom seems to have seen the glimmer of civilization and progress, ushering in the first revival after the collapse of the Roman Empire and the collapse caused by the Muslim invasion; on the southeast side, the remnants of the Roman Empire, those sharp The Roman survivors who speak Greek by ear, led by a great emperor with mixed reputation, walked towards the dawn of the revival of Roman civilization.

In more places, the process of Christian civilization began only after the Christian church had just come into contact with it.Such as Poland, Hungary, Kievan Rus and so on.

For Huo Teng himself, his life has reached the most critical point.

One step forward, he is quite famous and prestigious among the little princes of the empire, and one step back, he is actually just one of the dozens of little counts in the empire, with average strength.

And, even though Huo Teng has improved a lot, what about after that?

To expand his territory, he needs to annex Kassel and Weimar, but compared to the strength of the Principality of Saxony, it is still weak.In fact, the best way is to get rid of Göttingen, which is backward and has a small population, and turn around to the Principality of Franconia to seek refuge with Archbishop Burgard, to help him and prepare to inherit the power of the local church; the second best choice is to To serve at the court of King Conrad.

As long as he goes, at least it will be the Principality of Swabia, which is the palace of Alemanni.Even according to the traditional rules, it is not impossible to replace the Hermann family as the duke.

But people, it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

After Huo Teng came back, he didn't go anywhere the first time.

According to the inside information, that is, Huo Teng's old subordinates and new subordinates, Grayb and Caron's reports respectively, Countess Connorsa and ex-wife Jones were overly angry when they heard the news, and they were going to report to Huo Teng after Huo Teng returned. Give him some color to see.

Huo Teng knew that the so-called show some color, at most it was just to make a face, but it was not of much use.

During the Middle Ages, women were still subordinate to male-dominated families.Men are not independent naturally, they are part of the family.It's just that men are bigger than women in the family, and they dominate everything women have.In the past, Connorsa was able to act independently, relying firstly on the family's reputation and orthodoxy, and secondly on her elder brother, Count Metz, Adler who was also in power in Upper Lorraine.

Now that Huo Teng has risen, the people of Göttingen will also turn to Huo Teng, who was born and raised locally.

The change of titles caused by this subtle change in mentality is almost unheard of in the game. After all, games with strict rules and regulations are far from the magic that comes from reality.

Having just experienced the bloodless war at the Imperial Conference, Huo Teng has made considerable progress in his heart.

He ran to Morris, who had just become bishop.

After succeeding Morris, he chose to move out of Göttingenburg. In the middle of the free city of Göttingen, he chose a relatively affluent village and town as the residence of his church. According to tradition, there is no part of the knights in this vicinity, but it will be given to the churches, forming a fiefdom ruled by a bishop.

Travelers who can only follow the scriptures will probably make a speech, criticize Bishop Morris, and then refuse to hand over the people and land property in their hands.

But the result of doing so is just to allow violent nobles to occupy, or village and town tyrants to actually control it. On the contrary, it is better for a more advanced and educated bishop to govern this land.

It must be admitted that even the churches that are backward and dross belong to a relatively advanced class at this time and can lead the society to peace, stability and development.

So Huo Teng very generously handed over the out-of-control territory and people here to Morris to take care of.

The tax paid by the diocese is also relatively high, which is more reasonable than that of knight fiefs that only provide war manpower.

At this time, Morris was dealing with the only remaining property of the Göttingen Church in the newly renovated church.

The most important thing is the crucifix hanging above the altar and two silver candle holders.There are no relics of saints in the church of Göttingen, so the box in the center of the altar, where the Bible is pressed, has always been empty.According to tradition, there will be at least the remains of famous local monks in it as spiritual wealth to pass on.

"I don't know if my bones will be placed in this box after I die." Although he didn't turn around, the former hermit had already detected who was coming from the familiarity of the footsteps.

Huo Teng has always been a little insensitive to the posthumous concept of people in this era.

It seems that because death is so easy, people not only fear death, but also worship all kinds of things that symbolize death.The skulls of the dead are piled up as tunnels, and death is sculpted wherever it can be seen, presenting a strange coexistence with death.

This kind of thing is similar to the cult worship that was derived later. Every time Huo Teng sees it, he feels that the joys and sorrows of human beings are really different.

"I hope people can live happily and die safely." Huo Teng expressed his disagreement cryptically.

Brother Morris was greatly moved: "You are indeed a different person. In fact, I hope that it is you who can be contained in the box. You are a talented person. If you can keep your heart and promote our God And struggle, this life is not in vain, you will definitely be canonized after death."

According to the values ​​of the church, sacrificing oneself to promote Jesus Christ is noble and worthy of worship.

Therefore, those who preach and educate the people in an almost foolish way, almost self-harming, are worthy of praise.Such people are often dressed in rags and talk nonsense, but behave noblely, run for the people, and convey the gospel of God to people.

This value, called the Worship of the Holy Fool, comes from the Bible, but it flourished in Rome in this century, that is, the Byzantine Empire.In Constantinople there was a holy fool named St. Andrew, who was the first to be traced.Later, with the demise of Byzantium, it was introduced to Russia and became the general value orientation of Russians.The protagonist of How Steel Was Tempered, Paul Korchagin, is a character similar to the Holy Fool, with constant failures and injuries, constant pain and firm belief, which fits the image of the Holy Fool very well.

And from this book, we can probably understand the propaganda of the early Communist Party, which used a lot of religious terms and religious values ​​as auxiliary history.It can also be seen that the Tsarist Russian Empire did not die suddenly, but was widely integrated into the Soviet Union.

The worship of the Holy Fool originated in the heartland of Christianity, and naturally it exists widely in Europe, and even flourishes in Western Europe.It's just that this orientation was almost wiped out with the Protestant movement, the continuous outbreak of tragic wars, and the rise of the bourgeoisie.

Morris, I hope Huo Teng can move in this direction.

Huo Teng was shocked, but he didn't want his head to be put in that small box after death.

"Although I don't know where I should go now, if I can store the bones in a separate hall of a sacred place like the Holy Cathedral or the Cathedral of Shengzhi, I will die without regret." Huo Teng's choice of words is very clever.

Although he pointed out that it was his ambition to be buried in the temples in Rome and Constantinople after his death, he did not specify which emperor the specific idol was.

Because if you look closely, you will find that all these guys' behaviors are very unChristian.Charlemagne the Great married a lot of wives, Emperor Justinian also had fierce conflicts with the church and so on.

"Well, although I haven't reached the pinnacle of ideals, making a difference in reality is considered a secondary goal in life." Brother Morris slightly approved.

For a devout monk like Morris, becoming the emperor of Europe, that is, God's apostle on earth is not the ultimate goal in life. Only reaching the peak of missionary work is the real spiritual pursuit.

"Life is the future, and the most important thing to consider now is the present moment."

Huo Teng hoped that Morris would stop talking about ideals.

Morris put down the sackcloth and waited for Huo Teng to speak further.

Huo Teng finally let out his heart: "I hope... please go to the Duchy of Thuringia on the east side and try to persuade the sons of Eckard I to represent Eckard and us, as well as those in the south of Thuringia. Henry of Nordgau, forming the Central Triangle."

Morris thought for a while and said, "We are not qualified yet."

Huo Teng also knew that his strength was not enough to match those two places.

But Huo Teng said: "I know it all, but in the autumn, after I defeat the army led by Bernard Biron himself, I will be worthy."

"Are you crazy?" Morris couldn't understand.

The young man on the opposite side smiled proudly: "Try to know if it works."

Chapter 130 Nine Technology Development

Eckard I is still seriously injured in bed.

Huo Teng's accidental injury in order to protect himself caused the Marquis of Meissen, who was supposed to be attacked and killed by Saxon assassins at the Imperial Conference two years later, to turn his fate to another unknown turning point.If he can avoid the Saxon assassin after being seriously injured, he can still live for a while.

If he didn't survive this assassination... then Huo Teng could only silently apologize.He also didn't expect that the function of compost blasting would be so peculiar.

People in the future may not have imagined that the reappearance and revival of composting technology in the Middle Ages actually started from the assassination and political harassment.I am afraid that the contemporaries, unless the Schmidts deliberately leak it, will not know that there is such a strange assassination method in the world in the future.

"Specially arrange a mansion for the Schmidts, and reward them for their outstanding performance in this assassination. In addition, an additional 50 New Denier silver coins forged by the Mainz Abbey were awarded as a special contribution by the Schmidts award."

In the early morning, Huo Teng sat at the desk, skillfully writing the rewards for this trip on the wooden board.He picked out the more critical parts of it and read them specially to Connorsa who was leaning on the head of the bed, her delicate body stretched across her body, and she was having a good time.

As soon as she heard that the ordinary blacksmith couple had received another generous gift, Conorsha, who was still angry, even lifted the quilt and jumped out of the bed naked, not caring about the white jade exposed in the morning light. In the middle, she was furious and suppressed her anger, as if she was dissatisfied with Huo Teng's increasingly arbitrary and arbitrary, and she seemed to be reprimanding Huo Teng for not completing the wedding as agreed.

Huo Teng did not turn his head.

Although wood is not worth much, a cut board specially used as paper and a board for conveying orders is also valuable.After you finish writing, you have to engrave the handwriting.

"They are the killers I hired with a lot of money." Huo Teng said lightly.

It was as if a basin of cold water had been poured on Kang Nuosha, and her anger rushed to the top of her head. She walked quickly to Huo Teng's side. In addition to the continuous shaking of the papaya on her chest and her hips, her liver was also shaking.

boom!

Conosha reprimanded Huo Teng: "Are... are you crazy? You give these lowly assassins courtesy? Okay, I see. Are you going to assassinate me while I'm sleeping? A woman getting married? Isn't she!"

It's not that Conossa is too stupid.

It is really the gap in the changes this time, which is really too big for Conosha.Before Huo Teng left, she was still the Countess of Göttingen. After Huo Teng came back, not only had she become a de facto abdicated Countess, but she was not even qualified to marry Huo Teng. After all, in order to achieve peace, Huo Teng had already Forced to arrange a marriage by the duke of Saxony in the north, to marry his daughter Godius Dieu.

In other words, in fact, Huo Teng's behavior was a shameless and shameless deprivation of Conosha's original legal rights.

Women are generally emotional and unreasonable when they are angry.

Huo Teng is very clear.

Just rubbing his forehead, Huo Teng didn't have many suitable explanations for a while, he could only say directly: "Eckard I was assassinated by them, and I didn't expect it to be successful."

"Eckard... Eckard!"

This time, it was Kang Nuosha who was scared by Huo Teng and retreated into the bed.

"you you you you you……"

The countess was a little angry, but at the same time she seemed rather terrified.She felt that the foundation of her relationship with Huo Teng was good, but also felt that what would happen if Huo Teng planned to use an assassin.

Huo Teng turned around and asked Conosha with a curious question: "You, do you really think I will kill you? Have you lost all your political skills during the time you lived with me?"

"Of course I didn't!"

Connorsa was instantly enraged, tossing and turning on the bed like a pussy cat.

When she repeatedly turned the bed into a mess, she reluctantly apologized to Huo Teng: "I apologize to you, I didn't expect you to think of so many ways for Göttingen."

The facts are obvious.In order to prevent Bernard Billon from manipulating the king and the imperial council, Huo Teng planned the failed assassination plan of Eckard in advance, so as to cause public opinion to be biased towards his own side, so that Bernard put away his dark methods.

Without this, Horten would have died on the road to Erfurt.

Later, Bernard still relied on old and cunning methods, and almost played King Conrad in the palm of his hand at the Imperial Conference.The political struggle involved cannot be understood without first-hand experience.

"In order to ensure the peace of Göttingen, I was forced to agree to marry Gaudius for peace. But I know that Bernard is an old bastard, and he will not let us go. In autumn, it will be even more dangerous. Break through the barrier." Huo Teng gently stroked Connorsa's forehead: "We still have to work together and stand together for Göttingen."

Conuosha was quite moved, and couldn't help but feel ashamed of her scheming.

In fact, she was going to pretend to be angry, to make Huo Teng love her more, and to give back more power.

……

In any case, Conoza's troubles are resolved.

In the afternoon, Horten did not go directly to Jones, but ran to the Göttingen Abbey.

As we all know, the Dean Andreas here ran back to Upper Lorraine with academicians, property and various precious possessions when the war started.

After the imperial meeting, Huo Teng's reputation increased greatly. This old guy is still a person. He returned some holy relics and other items, and let those monks who ran away come back to continue their registration and practice.

And the reason why Huo Teng came here is technology.