The Rise of the European Emperor

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After hearing Earl Antonios' inquiry, the two Duke Henrys who were drinking Earl Milk Tea were stunned for a moment, but after glancing at each other, they didn't answer immediately, as if they were thinking about something.

At this time, Duke Magnus I of Saxony-Lauenburg, who was sitting in the second seat, suddenly asked another question:

"Guys, war is about being famous. We have assembled an army of 40,000 this time, and it stands to reason that we should have no problem dealing with the 10,000 people in the Beihai Kingdom. The question is—what name should we use to attack the Beihai Kingdom? "

Hearing this, the other princes were stunned for a moment—yes, one must always be famous in war, especially the big nobles like them, who are most particular about this. You can't say publicly that I just want to rob Beihai, right?

The other princes were all in a daze, but Charlie, Earl of Geldon, was full of confidence, as if he had a plan in mind...

Seeing Charlie's expression, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel couldn't help asking:

"Earl Charlie, what do you think?"

Charlie took a sip of milk tea unhurriedly, then said slowly:

"It's definitely not possible to declare war without declaring war, but we can't find an excuse to declare war. After all, Beihai has not messed with us. So, I thought of a good way..."

"What way?" Six pairs of eyes eagerly looked at Charlie, Earl of Geldon at the same time.

"Tch, a bunch of trash, who can't even come up with an idea!" Charlie, the former Duke of Geddes and now the Earl of Geldon, thought disdainfully.

Of course, on the surface, he didn't dare to say that, but said indifferently:

"We can use the name of suppressing bandits to lead our troops into the North Münster area..."

"Suppression of bandits?" The six people said in unison, but they were all questioning.

"Yes, suppress the bandits!" Earl Charlie said affirmatively.

"No, even if we suppressed the bandits, how could we go to the territory of Beihai? It doesn't make sense..." Otto VIII, Earl of Tecklenburg, wondered.

Earl Charlie rolled his eyes and explained:

"Of course we shouldn't go to other countries to suppress bandits, but what about the bandits from our own country fleeing to other countries? It's okay for us to lead the army to chase after them?"

"But you don't need 40,000 troops to suppress the bandits? Besides,

Where are the bandits? asked Simon V, Earl of Lippe.

Earl Charlie wants to flip the table—what a group of pig teammates...

But he still patiently explained:

"There are no bandits, we can 'create' - from now on, we specially select a group of light cavalry, let them pretend to be horse bandits, and roam around the northern part of the Earl of Ravensburg and the Earl of Lipper..."

"Then, Mr. Antonios and Mr. Simon, you deliberately asked several of our countries for help... In this way, it is reasonable for us to gather 40,000 troops and come here soon? We are here to help suppress the bandits..."

"But you don't need 40,000 troops to suppress the bandits..." Simon V said depressedly, this kid is too sincere.

"How many people do you care about? We just need to find an excuse. It's fine if you have an excuse, whether it's reasonable or not!" Earl Charlie said angrily.

At this time, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg also nodded and said:

"Yes, it doesn't matter whether it is reasonable or not, we just need a decent excuse. As for whether it is reasonable or not, don't worry about it. Because most of the princes of the Imperial House of Lords don't like Beihai State, and they wish Beihai State would be unlucky. If Lord Frederick of Saxony hadn't led his troops to Baden, maybe he would have taken the lead in finding trouble with the North Sea State. After all, they had a grudge before. But if Lord Frederick took the lead in sending troops, there might be nothing wrong with us. It's..."

In fact, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, had a very close relationship with Frederick III. Because, his wife, Mrs. Margaret, is the sister of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony. Therefore, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, is the brother-in-law of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony.

If it weren't for this kind of kinship, even if the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations took advantage of the Beihai Kingdom, they might have been liquidated by Frederick III afterwards. After all, the Elector of Saxony also wants to take advantage of the benefits of the North Sea...

Moreover, from the map, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg is closest to the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. Its western border is close to the North Münster region, and its northern border is close to the provinces of Oldenburg and Bremen.

When it comes to carve up the North Sea State, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the closest to the North Sea State, and it is also the most convenient to annex and carve up the land of the North Sea State.

But first of all, what the seven-nation coalition forces value most is not the land of Beihai, but the secret of high agricultural production...

As a neighboring country of the North Sea State, several vassal states have more or less discovered some abnormalities in the North Sea State. For example, the North Sea State has never worried about food issues. Even the serfs in the manor can eat soft bread that does not contain unpalatable impurities such as soil, stones, and sawdust (it is actually mixed with chaff, but it is not hard).

This discovery surprised several neighboring vassal states. You know, these vassal states are not too poor, but the serfs can't reach such a standard of living.

Generally speaking, serfs can only eat black stick bread mixed with a lot of impurities such as soil, stones, wood chips, and wild vegetables. Because it is mixed with more soil and stones, the black baguette is so hard that it can be used as a brick. In many records of the Middle Ages, there are records of savage peasant women who killed or wounded thieves with black baguettes...

In fact, many serfs couldn't even eat this kind of bad black baguette, so they could only cook porridge with rye grains and wild vegetables. The taste is completely at the level of pig food.

But what did the spies of the vassal states see? Not only can the serfs of the Beihai Kingdom eat soft bread, but they can also manage enough... This kind of life, I am afraid that only the down-and-out nobles can live it...

You know, it is not easy to grind rye into flour. Because the mill also charges money for grinding flour. In this era, most of the mills were in the hands of the lords, and they were an important property of the nobles. Most people want to use the mill, and the usage fee is very high.

Therefore, in this era, serfs who could eat black baguettes as hard as bricks were considered to be living well. The poor serfs couldn't eat food made of flour. They could only cook rye directly with wild vegetables, and less salt (salt was too expensive). The rye has a bitter taste, no matter how little salt it is...that taste...

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Through the life of the serfs in the border manors of the Beihai Kingdom, several vassal states came to a conclusion—the Beihai Kingdom is not short of food, and even has a lot of food...

Then, they each sent spies to investigate deep into the North Sea State. Although most of the spies were killed or injured, they didn't get the core secrets. However, the seven princes all confirmed one thing - Beihai has indeed mastered a high-yielding technology, the core of which is fertilizer...

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Therefore, the primary purpose of the coalition forces formed by the seven vassal states this time is to capture a fertilizer processing plant and obtain the secrets of fertilizers, that is, the secrets of high agricultural yields. With this secret, even if they can't annex too much land in Beihai, they will definitely be able to make a fortune in the future. After all, food is very expensive in Europe...

And the target chosen by the seven princes this time is the North Münster area...

Because the North Münster area is very close to the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the County of Ravensburg and the County of Lippe, and it is not far from the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

As for Saxony—Although the Principality of Lauenburg and the Earl of Gelden are a little far away, these two countries are small countries and have no right to speak. Naturally, they follow the arrangements of the bosses...

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After the plan of "suppressing the bandits and chasing them into the Beihai Kingdom" was made, the seven princes selected 2,000 light cavalry from each army, pretending to be horse bandits, and began to attack the Ravensburg and Lippe counties. Up north, and really ransacked some villages and towns to make it more realistic. Of course, no killing was done.

Then, the Earl of Ravensburg and the Earl of Lipper openly asked the other five countries for help, asking them to send troops to help suppress the bandits... But in fact, 40,000 troops had already gathered in the territory of the Earl of Ravensburg...

Seeing that the time was almost up, the seven vassal states raised their armies and started chasing and killing the 2,000 "horse bandits"... After chasing and chasing, they chased into the territory of North Münster Province of Beihai State...

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