The Rise of the European Emperor

Maximilian I was not unprepared. For example, in that protest letter, Frederick III said that he was "first attacked by Frundsberg", and he had a different view.

Because, before that, the allied forces of the princes besieged Basel first. And where is Basel City? Previously occupied by the Habsburgs. The allied forces of the princes besieged Basel in order to hunt down Christopher I, Count of Baden.

Therefore, Maximilian I can conclude based on this-it was the coalition forces of the princes who attacked Frundsberg's army first, and then Frundsberg organized a counterattack. Because the defenders of Basel are also under the jurisdiction of Frundsberg.

As long as he firmly insisted that the allied forces of the princes made the first move, then the ambush in Frundsberg would not be "the first to provoke". In this way, Maximilian I can confidently debate with the princes.

However, there is also a problem here-that is, the political affiliation of Basel...

The army of the Habsburg family did occupy Basel a few years ago, but the problem is that in the Imperial Parliament, the princes have been unwilling to clearly recognize the legal rule of the Habsburg family over Switzerland.

So far, in the Imperial Parliament, the princes are only willing to admit that the Eagle Castle in Aargau, the ancestral land of the Habsburg family, belongs to the Habsburg family. As for other places, even outside the territory of Eagle Fort in Aargau (including several surrounding mountains and valleys including Eagle Castle), the princes refused to admit that it was the legal territory of the Habsburg family... As for Eagle Fort, because it is the birthplace of the Habsburg family and the source of the surname, the princes can't deny it, so they recognize it. In other parts of Switzerland, everyone is not happy to admit that it is the territory of the Habsburg family...

Therefore, Frederick III and others can use "Basel is not the legal territory of the Habsburg family" as an excuse to refute the emperor's remarks.

In fact, Frederick III and others did indeed intend to do so. He had already discussed with the princes - he insisted that the Habsburg army in Basel was an invading army, and that he would shelter the princes' enemy, Count Christopher I of Baden... In this way, their siege of Basel was not considered legal. , at least not illegal...

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And just when the Habsburg family and the princes of the anti-Habsburg camp were gearing up for a big fight, the coalition forces of the seven princes in the Beihai Kingdom were also attacking the city and sweeping across the entire North Münster area. ...

The North Munster area covers an area of ​​four to five thousand square kilometers, which is equivalent to a prefecture-level city in China in later generations. The cultivated land under Marin's name alone here is 70,000 Ugrams, which is 840,000 mu of cultivated land, which is divided into thousands of large and small manors. In addition, there are four small towns, Vechta, Cloppenburg, Papenburg and Meppen, and more than 20 small towns...

these towns,

In recent years, because of the high grain yield, they are very rich. Although most of the grain produced was taken away by Marin, the remaining part also made the towns and people in the North Münster area live well. At least, there is never a lack of food and drink here...

During this period of time, the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations have been busy looting these towns in the North Munster area, and the harvest has been huge...

Although Marin had been prepared for a long time, he sent people to transfer most of the property in the North Munster area. However, the property and food left behind still stunned the seven princes...

In this era, the yield of most land in Europe was less than a hundred pounds per mu. Then, excluding serf rations and manor expenses, it would be considered good if the manor owner had a surplus of 50 pounds of rye per mu.

As for the land in Marin's North Munster area, because of the use of relatively complete "three fertilizers" and soil pesticides, the yield per mu has reached more than 500 pounds.

Then, the generous Marin left a "self-retained ration" of 100 pounds per acre to the local manor and town, allowing it to circulate in the manor and nearby towns, while taking away 400 pounds per acre of "profit".

In this way, Marin is equivalent to leaving the entire amount of the previous manor's yield. Therefore, the North Munster area is very rich in grain, and the manors, towns, and granaries are full of grain. This is equivalent to the fact that the yield per mu in the North Munster area is about the same as before, but the manor owner did not take away the income and left it to the local level...

Therefore, when the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations came to grab grain, a lot of grain was piled up in the warehouses in each manor. The bread that the serfs usually ate made the ordinary soldiers of the Allied Forces of the Seven Kingdoms jealous—the serfs ate "Kohler bread" mixed with some grass bran, which was relatively soft...

At the same time, the bread eaten by the soldiers of the Seven Nations Allied Forces was the legendary black baguette... that is, bread mixed with a lot of impurities such as soil, stones, wood chips, and wild vegetables...

This kind of black baguette is very hard and can be used as a brick. The amount of rye flour in it will never exceed half. So, it's cheap and very shelf-stable. The stingy princes of the Seven Kingdoms used it as rations for ordinary soldiers and people.

At mealtimes, the quartermaster gave each soldier a small "brick" black baguette. But don't try to eat it directly, you must boil hot water to soften the black baguette before you can eat it. Otherwise, if you bite the bread directly, your teeth will be broken...

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Therefore, ordinary soldiers of the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations who are used to eating black stick bread (the officers eat higher-end rye bread), after seeing that the serfs in the manor can receive soft "Kohler bread" as food , extremely jealous. Then, the bakeries of various manors (equivalent to collective canteens in later generations of Huaxia, where "Kohler bread" was made intensively and distributed to serfs) were looted by soldiers of the Seven Nations Allied Forces.

The soldiers of the Seven Nations Allied Forces snatched the soft "Kohler bread", and then threw the black stick bread issued by the quartermaster to the serfs who should have eaten the "Kohler bread", and called it "" Equivalent exchange"...

But the serfs want to cry but have no tears—the "Kohler bread" we eat can contain 70% rye flour, okay? Half of your "black stick" is flour, which is not bad...

After switching to the hard "black stick bread", the adults who have suffered so much don't care, but the children in the manor are not happy, and they all cry and refuse to eat this kind of black stick bread as hard as bricks...

Fortunately, it is summer now, and there are many wild vegetables outside. The serfs who had been robbed of food could go out and dig some wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. You know, the soldiers of the Seven Nations Allied Forces not only snatched the "Kohler bread" in stock, but also snatched most of the grain in the warehouse, leaving only a little grain at the bottom of the warehouse.

This is because the seven princes dreamed of taking over these territories in the future, so they didn't want the serfs to starve to death. Otherwise, even if they get the land in the future, no one will help them cultivate the land. Otherwise, this little food will not be left.

Moreover, these days, the soldiers of the Seven Nations Allied Forces spent most of their time transporting food back home. Otherwise, the entire North Munster area would have been wiped out long ago.

In desperation, the serfs in the North Münster area had no choice but to go out to dig wild vegetables and cook porridge with the little grain left behind. Otherwise, this day can't be passed...

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After the looting of the North Munster area, the local people all missed the rule of the Hoffmann family. I didn't think it was so good before, because I got used to it. Now after being robbed of most of the food by the soldiers of the seven princes, they realized that they had lived a heavenly life before...

Then, many people in the North Münster area prayed at home——Great Duke Marin, you'd better come back from overseas alive! May God bless you! Come back quickly and get rid of these villains who stole our rations! Otherwise, everyone can't live on...

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In fact, Marin, who has not yet emerged, also knows what kind of life the people in the North Münster area live. However, he can't show his face yet.

Only after he sold out miserably in the Imperial Parliament and made a bet with the princes of the Seven Kingdoms, can he pretend to "return" and then "fight to the death" with the Allied Forces of the Seven Kingdoms.

Therefore, even if he learned about the tragic situation of the people in the North Munster area through Kohler's spies, he can only do nothing to help...

"Hey, keep going! I will rescue you after the annual regular meeting of the Imperial Council in July is over..." Marin sighed after reading the information.