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Goldistein, who was sitting on the other side of Huo Teng, carefully picked up the letter thrown away by Huo Teng. She persuaded in a soft voice: "My husband, it is your duty to protect the place. You have to remember Stay, our territory is given by the state, once the governance is not good, the king even has an excuse to take it back."

Speaking of this, Huo Teng was actually in a daze.

Only then did he realize that Göttingen was not actually his territory.Under the witness of God, it was an area that the country entrusted to him as an official to manage.

It's just that in the process of large-scale hereditary feudalization, this management has lost its flavor.

directly into ownership.

It even changed from owning to if there is a son, it is likely to be passed on to the son.

This process is quite simple, just as people generally agree that father dies and sons succeed.The son of a blacksmith is a blacksmith, the son of a tailor is a tailor, and the son of an earl is an earl.

That is to say, the Christian doctrine that polygamy is strictly prohibited, and the spiritual indoctrination of many nobles, making them swear to be virgins, will cause many noble families to cut off their children and grandchildren.

"Don't talk about that, I don't have the energy to take care of them."

Huo Teng was actually a little guilty.

In the County of Kassel, it involved the ex-bishop Matt's cheating and cuckolding. Huo Teng even beat up the Kassel family on the southwest border; Millhouse Country.Both of these two families were seriously injured because of Huo Teng, no wonder they couldn't hold on in winter.

"But, didn't you send troops to clean up the Earl of Northheim? The beastmen in the territory were also hunted down and killed by your sheriffs and rangers. The surroundings are already quiet. Expansion, how to win the support of those two counties and resolve the hatred in the past?"

Regardless of his young age, Gotisdiu has surprisingly good strategic vision.

Connorsa would definitely not do such a stupid thing to patronize neighbors, but Goldi Sidiou believed that Huo Teng had to do it.

Because in the Middle Ages, guardianship was power.

Guardianship of the territory, guardianship of family members, guardianship of land property, etc.

If you want to enjoy guardianship, you must first act accordingly.It is also extremely important for Huo Teng to resolve past hatred and help his neighbors when they are hungry and cold, which means that he has a certain degree of guardianship over his neighbors.

He can protect the two counties.

Therefore, Goldis Dieu urged Huo Teng to step up and take this opportunity to win the allegiance of Kassel and Weimar.

In this way, Huo Teng's territory not only doubled, but also had the support of the two earls.

After simple thinking, Huo Teng found that he still had a small structure.

Taking advantage of this winter, to control the life and death of two neighbors in the name of aid, and then use both soft and hard methods to make them loyal, this idea goes beyond simple fighting and killing.

As the saying goes, a soldier who surrenders without fighting is a good man.

Huo Teng hugged Goldiu with excitement, which made the 15-year-old girl's cheeks flush, thinking that she would soon be like Conosha, leaning on the bed and having sex with Huo Teng naked.

But soon, Huo Teng became honest.

This girl is only 15 years old, which is the age of her sophomore year in high school.

Even in the Middle Ages, the legal age of majority was not yet reached.

Huo Teng didn't want to let go, so he could only kiss her gently on the cheek to show his affection.

In this way, in January of 1000 A.D., Horten officially announced that he would send troops to Kassel in the southwest and Weimar in the southeast to wipe out the Beastman army and save the neighbors from fire and water.

Chapter 190 Four bad things, the next door collapsed

The reason why Göttingen didn't cause many wild animal disasters was probably because Huo Teng was too cruel to his brothers.

His name comes from the forest, but he is the same brother as the Black Forest.

But Huo Teng didn't hesitate at all when he chopped down the tree.He specially organized semi-professional loggers to delineate an area to build new villages and farmland, and immediately sent people with iron axes and saws to cut off the trees there by the roots.Those excellent timbers can not only build houses, but can even be transported to places where timber is scarce and sold at a good price.

It took just over a year for Huo Teng to increase the population of Göttingen by relying on such crazy destruction of the environment.

In modern times, people like Huo Teng would have to be hung on the pillar of shame for destroying the environment, but in the Middle Ages when there were more trees than people, Huo Teng was an excellent political officer.

The next day, when Huo Teng announced his decision to help his neighbors, it was Conosha who was in charge of assisting Huo Teng today.

The flamboyant countess sat across from her, seeming to be seductive, and seemed to be reading seriously: "The latest data shows that we opened 26 villages a year and attracted at least 5000 people. Considering that there are still many people who are I guess there are at least 8000 to [-] people who open up wasteland without permission and then apply for self-cultivation farmers?"

Huo Teng is very optimistic: "It's definitely tens of thousands. Think about it, when we came back to call the border knights and landowners from all over the country to meet, were there some unfamiliar faces, and the reported locations were all close to Göttingen? I It is suspected that these grandchildren are those villages who are hiding and do not want to pay taxes or serve in the army.”

Medieval tricksters, best at fighting with the knight master.Although the knight lord asks for a lot of taxes, the way for the unscrupulous people to avoid taxes is also cunning.

For example, these hidden villages may be tens of miles away from Göttingenburg, and [-]% of them come to the assembly, but they hide in the forest, half farmers and half bandits. No effort to find it.But when Huo Teng defeated Bernard, they moved closer to find a sense of security.

In a place like Germany, the roads are narrow and forested, and there are many similar villages, and there are often many legends about dreaming of peach blossoms.

And if you go to Kievan Rus, it will be even more difficult to catch the village.So there is a system called Xunsuo Paying Tribute for the princes and princes over there.Every autumn and winter, those villagers could not leave the village, and when the hedgehogs gathered together to keep warm, these princes and ministers had enough to eat and drink, and led their soldiers and horses to search everywhere.Every time a village is caught, a sum of taxes is extorted.

These people don't even know the location of their own villages. They collect taxes every year depending on whether they are diligent or not.It also has a very nomadic temperament.

Only the small island of England is really not that big.At this time, it was also regarded as a barbaric and barren land by mainlanders. After William the Conqueror landed in England, he relied on mass killings and ruthless sweeps to find out how many counties and towns there were in England, and knew that England had a population of 150 million. , more than [-]% are farmers.The original name of this book is the Land Tax Survey Book, but because the investigation is so ruthless and ruthless, the peasants regard it as the messenger of doom sent by God, and this book is also nicknamed the Doomsday Judgment Book.

The historical significance of this book is epoch-making.

In both Germany and France, the land tax survey could not be completely completed, so it could only pass the time. England took the lead in completing the implementation of central power.This is why England can always fight against France with a population of less than one-fifth of France.

Huo Teng also wanted to create his own tax book, and thoroughly examine how many villages and knights there are in Göttingen, but the result is obvious, daring to do so now is a dead end.

"But... the question is, will you still be named a fief knight?" Connorsa seemed a little insincere.

In fact, after Huo Teng's management, the whole family has now noticed that conferring fief knights is a loss-making business. It is better to manage it by yourself and hire more fighters with money.

"It's not necessary. The knights should be good and not too many, as long as they can fight a decisive battle." Of course Huo Teng was not happy.

Those villages were cultivated with Huo Teng's money, and they have just hatched, and the cost has not been recovered, so how could they be sealed off.

But there are trade-offs in everything.

What the knights pursued was a hereditary fief, where the father died and the son succeeded.

You blocked the ascending channel, will people still fight for you?

"But we still need to improve the treatment of those knights who are not fiefs under our command. I think, how about building a more prosperous town around Göttingenburg for these knights?" Conosha thought of a compromise ideas in .

Since the fief cannot be given, let them not continue to squeeze in the knight dormitory, at least have their own separate residence.Whether it's a villa or a compound, if the living conditions increase, the pursuit of fiefdom will also weaken a bit.

"it is good!"

Huo Teng did not expect that it was Connorsa who understood the psychology of the traditional lower class nobles.

After all, there are only a very small number of people who can get fiefs.It's good that most knights can make a living.If you can live in a big villa, have a wife at home, a stable for animals outside the door, and two children at home, that would be even better.

Therefore, it is also a good choice to settle for the next best thing and stabilize your basic market.

It can be seen from this that Conoza is different from Goldistein.

Connorsa was really fought among the nobles by means of power and tactics. Her overall view may not be good, but she has a lot of experience in the details; Goldis Diu has received a good religious education, and she has a good understanding of the overall political situation. There is a natural grace and magnanimity in appearance, but for such a little girl, it is okay to come up with ideas, but it is still a bit poor in practice.

These two wives, one tall and one young, one tall and one short, one plump and the other slender, it would be a great fortune for ordinary people to marry one, but Huo Teng got married to both of them at once.

I have a headache.

But soon, there will be more headaches.

The Counties of Weimar are okay, they are members of the Principality of Thuringia, and they can support each other in the small plain, but the Counties of Kassel are different. Like Göttingen, they are all hills near the plains , Forest Chido.

In winter, the number of beastmen rushing out is almost tens of thousands.

Under such an offensive, the Earl of Cassel didn't even defend his own castle, and it was demolished into ruins.He could only bring his relatives, children and subordinates to join his former enemies.

"Tens of thousands? My god, this..."

Huo Teng was shocked when he heard this number.

Is this a weight I can handle?

"I can't support the Cassel family..."

When Huo Teng didn't even want to pick up this mess, what should have appeared still appeared.

[Main quest trigger: Duke Wei moves to Cao Cao.Your neighborhood has been invaded by a wave of Beastmen once in ten years, the main city has been destroyed, and your family has been displaced.What should you do as a neighbor?Mission objective: Rescue the County of Kassel, or accept the Kassel family, choose one of the two.Reward for rebuilding the Earl Kingdom: blueprint of the second-level monastery; Reward for accepting the family: a team of retinue knights. 】

Chapter 190

Monasteries are important, very important.

In the middle ages, this is a collection of scientific research units such as academies, pharmacies, and Sinong Temple.What's even more commendable is that the managers of the monastery are a group of ascetic monks with religious beliefs. Huo Teng doesn't need to invest too much in this place. Once the house is built, monks will naturally come to the door.Many learned monks have no power in the church and no noble support, so they can only be displaced outside.This is like catching birds with a birdcage, ambush the trap, and the prey will naturally fall into the bag.

Therefore, no matter what, Huo Teng had to get this important drawing of the monastery.

He needs to break through more technologies as soon as possible.

He wants too much.

The three-plot system in agriculture, composting and retting, planters, irrigation canals... textiles, leather, copper and iron smelting in handicraft technology... Finally, there are new medical theories, new management methods in sociology, and even the promotion of churches. The reform, to solve the problems of widespread corruption in the church and nobles robbing church property, was also reformed from the monastery.

For the backward Middle Ages, these dotted monasteries are really the torches of civilization in the dark. Although there are many monasteries that open themselves as brothels, they do not hinder the real burning fire of civilization, breaking through the filth and radiating bits and pieces of light.

But then again, how big a bowl is and how much rice is eaten.

If I really want to pick up a bunch of mess in Kassel County, I have to weigh my own abilities.

Tens of thousands of wild beastmen galloped past in the south, and they were the killers.

There is actually no good way to deal with these beastmen.It's like the Hungarian nomadic cavalry invaded, burned from Bavaria to the Netherlands, and crossed Germany more than once, and everyone can only hold back.

Whoever is targeted, burned, and his whole family is killed will be unlucky.

Without a powerful person to stand up and take the lead in organizing resistance, the German nobles can only muddle along loosely.

Decades ago, it was Otto the Great who stepped forward resolutely, swept away the nomadic remnants of Germany, and beat the Hungarian cavalry to the ground.

But now, who will step forward to wipe out these monsters in the forest?

Huo Teng still has doubts and has not been able to make a decision for a long time.

Unprecedented, the graceful Conosha and the green cardamom Godisdiu bumped into each other, discussing whether to support the Cassel County.

"Support, of course we need support. If we have Kasselburg and step on the tributary of the Weser River, we can go straight from Kassel to Minden and Bremen in Saxony." Gotisdiou suggested Dao: "Not only to promote trade, but also to obtain...the contact with the nobles in Saxony."

For Conosha, the Countess’s opinion was: “I don’t know that much. But Fulda is to the south of Kassel, and the Earl of Fulda is already the northern gate of Franconia. In the past, it could go directly to Frankfurt. .We should consider uniting with Franconia. If we can run for the Duke and take control of this rich land in one fell swoop, we..."

The two women's thinking is very open, and it has directly spread from the life and death of Kassel County to how to develop in the future.The confrontation between the two women seems to be far from the real thing, more like the two are angry.

But Huo Teng, who was really in charge of this matter, carefully squatted beside the stables, observing the horses' reactions in winter, to see if these precious animals could be dispatched in the cold weather.

"Count, this horse can't move. Look fat and thin, if you run too much, you will die."

Next to him, Jeffrey, who had just returned from the Harz Mountains, had a flattering look on his face.

He had just been granted the title of Viscount of Mount Harts, and controlled several villages that could produce copper and iron ore. Jeffrey became the leading figure in the territory.

"Then tell me, should I accept the request letter from the Cassel family?" Huo Teng asked the former chivalrous knight.

Said to be a knight, in fact, there is not much difference between them and a robber.Huo Teng didn't think much about Jeffrey at first, but Jeffrey suddenly had a good idea. He raised his finger without pretending to be mysterious: "Boss, you may not know. When we were hanging out in the mountains and forests before , Seeing the Beastmen gather together to the end, it was also a headache. But later, they told me that there was a special way to lure the Beastmen away."

"What?"

Huo Teng suddenly raised his head and stared at Jeffrey: "You tell me the method, and I will give you ten more cows this year."

So, Jeffrey didn't dare to neglect, and quietly confessed: "Use deer bones to make soup, and put it in a secluded place in the forest. Those guys have very good noses. Just a pot of deer soup can attract monsters for several miles. You Throw in a few more pots of deer soup and these guys will go where you want them to go."

"And what if they come back?"

"Hey, these beast guys have very poor IQs. They can't find where their homes are when they walk dozens of miles away. They will disperse by themselves and go to other places." Jeffrey said all the secrets of when he was a robber when he was poor and down. Say it again.

Huo Teng did not expect that it was the working people who were wise.

But where to send the Beastmen?

To the north of Göttingen is Paderborn, which is an important ally of his family. In the future, his own territory, east and south, are all allies who need help.

The only direction that can be driven is the west, driving the Beastmen to the future Ruhr area, which is the junction of the Duchy of Lower Lorraine and the Duchy of Saxony.

But Huo Teng couldn't bear it.

How to solve the Beastman crisis?

……

The beginning of 1000 AD did not seem so good.

In the city of Rome, the Frenchman Sylvester II, who was appointed Pope by relying on the power of the Germans, received a report from Germany.

About the marriage of a nobleman named Horten.