The Rise of the European Emperor

After thinking about everything, that night, Bishop Conrad put on an ordinary black monk's robe and buttoned the hair on his head so that he could not see himself. Go to the back door of Sturt Cathedral and go to Marin's residence to conduct a negotiation.

After arriving at the temporary governor's palace where Marin was located, Bishop Conrad was quickly invited in and entered a secret room with Marin.

"Don't let anyone approach!" Before entering the secret room, Marin instructed Sauer.

"Yes!"

The people nearby were quickly emptied, and of course, the outer security was tighter. Marin didn't want to make the mistake of Wu Sangui emptied the backyard in Star Lord's version of "Lu Ding Ji 2", and as a result, Duo Long came in. Fortunately, Duolong is a funny person. If he is a killer, it will be a lot of fun.

"Welcome, Bishop Conrad, how are you, have you thought about it?" Marin raised the teapot that had just been fired on the side, poured a cup of "Earl Grey Milk Tea" for Bishop Conrad himself, and then poured it for himself a cup.

Bishop Conrad did not rush to answer Marin's question. Things have come to this point, but there is no need to rush. Moreover, at the negotiating table, whoever is anxious is at a disadvantage.

I saw him pick up the cup and take a sip of "Earl Grey Milk Tea", then his eyes brightened:

"It's a very delicious drink, Lord Count, what kind of drink is this?"

Seeing that Bishop Conrad wasn't getting to the point, Marin wasn't in a hurry. In two lifetimes, he is no longer a frizzy boy. So he patiently explained:

"It's called milk tea, and it's made from tea leaves from the East, mixed with milk and cane sugar. The tea leaves alone have a bitter taste, which is not in line with the European diet. However, with milk and cane sugar, it will be suitable for Europeans, even The best drink for people all over the world.”

"Oh, I heard that a drink called 'Earl Grey Milk Tea' is being popular in the courts of Poland, Lithuania and Bohemia recently. Is that what it is?"

"Yes, strictly speaking, this milk tea was invented by me. Back then, when I visited Lithuania, the Grand Duke Alexander took out tea to entertain me, and I invented this drinking method on the spot. Because I am an earl, it is called '' Earl Grey milk tea." Marin shamelessly took the invention of this British milk tea for himself. Of course, because the time was advanced by more than two hundred years, no one would hold him accountable for piracy.

"What a genius you are!" Bishop Conrad praised.

"It's just a new diet formula, it's just a trail." Marin pretended to be indifferent.

...

The two sides chatted for a long time,

Just off topic. Marin is not in a hurry at all, because now he is the one who takes the initiative. Bishop Conrad must bow to himself if he wants to keep the 10,000 Eugram's interest fields, and even wants to continue to manage the South Munster area. Otherwise, he can only be the bishop of a powerless secular vassal state. Moreover, the benefits of the 10,000 Eugram's Benefit Field will be lost.

Seeing that it was getting late at night, Bishop Conrad finally couldn't sit still. After all, he was here to negotiate with Marin, not for nonsense. So, he finally got to the point:

"Lord Marin, you sent me a letter during the day, saying that you would like to cooperate with me?"

"Yes, I want to cooperate with you. Also, we should cooperate, shouldn't we?" Marin accompanied Bishop Conrad to talk nonsense for an hour or two, and he became impatient and spoke more directly.

"Hehe, Mr. Marin, although you have become the secular lord of the Bishopric of Munster. However, you have not been able to own the property of Eugram, the Bishopric of Munster. So, you need my help, right? "

Although he was in a hurry, the cunning Bishop Conrad still spoke the opposite, saying that he wanted Marin, and that Marin asked himself. This is also conducive to bargaining. After all, asking and being asked are very different positions in negotiation.

"Really? I remember that, as the lord, I have the right to forcibly buy the 50,000 Eugram non-church, non-noble fief land in the south of Munster City at a low price, right?"

Marin didn't get used to him, and directly pointed out the 50,000 Eugram's benefit field. If he really bought the 50,000 Eugram's interest field, Bishop Conrad's loss would be huge. After all, that was a huge annual gain of seventy to eighty thousand gold coins.

Bishop Conrad was suddenly choked, and his momentum suddenly weakened. However, he still refused to admit defeat:

"Then, although you have taken over the Bishopric of Munster, you can only get the 50,000 Eugram's arable land!"

"Oh, Bishop Conrad, do you mean that if I cooperate with you, I can get more fields than 50,000 Eugrams?"

"Hmph, why do you ask? When I die, the land of 50,000 Eugram will still fall into your hands. Now, you can get as much land as I transfer from the church to you."

"So, how much more land can you give me?" Marin asked directly.

"The church property of 20,000 Eugram in the North Munster area will be given to you, including the control of the church in the North Munster area."

"Too little, only 20,000 Eugram's land..." Marin was very dissatisfied.

"Then how much do you want? How good is the church's land?" Conrad rolled his eyes and asked.

"Bishop Conrad, do you know? In fact, the Archbishop of Cologne already knows about your 10,000 Eugram profit. If I hadn't taken over the Bishopric of Münster, he would have been planning to pay 70,000 to 80,000 gold coins per year from you. More than half of the profits from the company will be shared." Marin did not take the other party's words, but talked about another matter.

"Is there such a thing?" Bishop Conrad was taken aback. He has been so overwhelmed by the loss of the secular dominion of the Bishopric of Munster recently that he has no time to focus on anything else.

"Of course, everyone will be jealous of the huge profits of seven or eight thousand gold coins every year! So much money can buy a fief the size of the country of Rietberg!"

Bishop Conrad was silent, and he also knew very well that so much money would indeed make people jealous. Before, the annual tithe of the Bishopric of Münster was 800,000 gold coins per year. However, most of them have to be handed in. He needs to hand over the 600,000 gold coins to the Archbishop of Cologne. Then, the Archbishop of Cologne retained another 200,000 for the Archbishop of Cologne and several senior bishops to divide. Finally, the remaining 400,000 were handed over to Rome for the pope and cardinals to divide. In the end, there is only a small amount left for teaching affairs...

Although the tithe withholding of 200,000 gold coins per year seems a lot, but the Bishopric of Munster is so big, there are many places to spend money. Just raising the 5,000 standing army would cost 100,000 gold coins every year. The remaining 100,000 gold coins will also support several hundred priest officials and a large number of priests in the Bishopric of Munster. In the end, if you can be greedy for ink, it would be good to have 10,000 or 20,000 gold coins.

Therefore, for Bishop Conrad, the interests of the 10,000 Eugram's field are still the greatest.

"Then, Mr. Marin, how much do you want? However, you know that the church's land can't be taken out casually. It's good to take out a small amount of land. Don't expect too much." Kang Bishop Ladd asked curiously. At the same time, Marin was also vaccinated to prevent Marlin from opening his mouth.

"I heard that in addition to the church property of 20,000 Eugrams, there are 50,000 Eugrams of knight territory in the North Munster area?"

"Yes, the fiefs of the 80 church knights in the Bishopric of Munster are all in the North Munster area. At the beginning, the North Munster area had not yet been developed, and the former Munster Bishop simply sent all the loyal knights to the north. The Münster area has gone to build a manor."

"However, the manor of these church knights is also too big? 80 people have 50,000 Eugram fields, and each knight can have 625 Eugrams on average. Such a luxury standard, I am afraid that only French knights can have it. ?"

Generally speaking, the standard fief of a knight is one thousand acres, which is like 500 Ugrams. However, these 500 Eugram fiefs are not all cultivated land. Like the Hoffman Manor from Marin, the fief of 500 Ugrams, only 100 Ugrams are cultivated land.

Even the French Knights, a fief of 1,500 acres, is equivalent to 750 Ugrams, but the area of ​​arable land rarely exceeds 500 Ugrams.

However, the 80 church knights in the Bishopric of Munster have an average of 625 Ugrams of arable land, equivalent to 7,500 acres of arable land, which is too exaggerated.

"It's normal, you know, hundreds of years ago, the North Munster area was completely deserted. In order to win over those knights, the Bishop of Munster at that time went to the North Munster area to open up wasteland. In fact, No one expected that the North Münster area would have so much good land that these church knights would get so much arable land."

Marin thought about it, really, it used to be wasteland, who would have thought that these knights could cultivate so much arable land...

"I want the 50,000 Ugram arable land so that I can take the entire North Münster area in my own hands!" Marin said to Bishop Conrad seriously...