The Rise of the European Emperor

In the Bishopric of Münster, the plan for dividing the north and the south was officially finalized. However, for the sake of local stability, Marin's army did not withdraw, but continued to stay there to deter all parties and avoid chaos.

Plus, it's time for Bishop Conrad to recruit his own army. After obtaining the right to use the 80,000 Ugram arable land, Bishop Conrad knew that his good day had come. Therefore, he will not be stingy with money, but intends to recruit two thousand reliable German mercenaries to protect his own safety.

As for Marin's army? Bishop Conrad is not stupid. If he lives another year, Marin will lose another year of the harvest of 80,000 Ugram lands. Therefore, after the initial chaotic period, if the Bishopric of Münster still relies on Marin's army, Marin may despise himself for getting in the way and find a way to let him die in advance...

Therefore, Bishop Conrad believes that he must have his own army to protect his own safety and prevent his life and death from being in the hands of others. Therefore, after forcibly passing the land transfer bill, Bishop Conrad immediately entrusted his brother John to help him find a German mercenary force of 2,000 people to protect his own safety.

When the situation stabilizes, Bishop Conrad will definitely not be happy that Marin's army is still in the South Munster area, otherwise, he will not feel at ease.

Of course, his own army of 2,000 is only enough to protect himself, and even adding the 80 church knights is not enough to protect the safety of the South Munster area. Therefore, Bishop Conrad and Marin have long agreed that Marin left 2000 troops stationed in the South Munster area, but stationed outside the city of Munster. If there is an invasion of foreign enemies, the 2,000 troops can temporarily hide in the city and participate in the defense together. But in peacetime, these 2,000 troops can only be stationed outside the city to play a deterrent role.

In the North Münster area, Bishop Conrad fully authorized the new consul appointed by Marin, the old Kusen. In order to save Marin's face, Bishop Conrad upgraded the church rank of Old Cusen to assistant bishop. Old Cousin's deputy, Reverend Arnold, who had held the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer, was also promoted to auxiliary bishop.

Then, old Kusen and Arnold, with 180 priests and 2,000 soldiers and horses provided by Marin, went to Cloppenburg, the capital of the North Münster region, and began to take over local government affairs. As for military affairs, it has nothing to do with them. After all, the North Münster area is on the edge of the East Frisian country, and Marin can just divide his troops and solve it.

As for the Bishopric of Osnabruck, Marin recruited several civil servants from the country, and from within the Bishopric of Osnabruck, he promoted a group of priests who had previously failed to manage them together.

However, taking into account the topographical features of the Bishopric of Osnabruck, Marin decided to compress the religious forces of the Bishopric of Osnabruck to the southern city of Osnabruck and its surrounding areas. Most of the northern area is placed under the jurisdiction of the North Münster area for reclamation of wasteland.

The city of Osnabrück is a small bishopric, and the church in the country is not strong, so naturally it does not have the courage to confront Marin. Under the leadership of Bishop Conrad, the former boss, Marin happily divided most of the land of the Bishopric of Osnabrück, leaving only the southern third for the church to continue to toss. Likewise, Marin divided the Bishopric of Osnabrück. However, the southern one-third of the Bishopric of Osnabrück was not handed over to Bishop Conrad to manage, but to some of his own and the local church. The northern two-thirds of the area was placed under the management of two old priests, Cousin and Arnold.

However, Couson and Arnold are also very clear that they are only Marin's last resort in the case of a serious shortage of people. Therefore, they did not have the idea of ​​​​making a big fight, but asked Marin for advice everywhere, and did not dare to make an assertion.

For the cooperation of the two, Marin will naturally not be stingy. Therefore, Marin directly allocated two manors to them as a source of their interests.

These two estates, each with 500 Ugram cornfields. At the beginning, the two were still a little lost, too little. After all, according to the usual situation, the annual profit brought to them by the 500 Ugram rye field is like 50 pounds of rye per mu. With 500 Ugram, it is only 6,000 mu, and the income is only 300,000 pounds. Rye, the market value is based on the batch price of 0.8 pfennig per pound, and the total value is only 4,000 gold coins, which does not match their palace-level status.

However, when Marin summoned them to spies, the two were taken aback. Because, Marin told them, in East Friesland, the yield per acre is about 400 pounds (net of cost) of rye, which is 8 times that of an ordinary acre. That is to say, a manor of 500 Ugram can bring in a profit of 32,000 gold coins. Such a large profit can buy a large piece of territory, and it is still a year's income.

However, Marin also asked them to swear that not even the family would reveal the secret. Otherwise, the end result is that the whole family is hunted down. Both of them signed the oath, and they both understood that Marin was not a good person, and he absolutely did what he said and did. However, as long as they don't say anything, they can make a fortune in silence. Although the profit field is only 500 Eugrams, the income is worth 4000 Eugrams of others. If you say it, no one will believe it. You know, even Bishop Conrad, his interest field is only 10,000 Eugrams. However, the real income is only equivalent to 1250 Eugram in East Frisian.

Speaking of which, Marin now has absolute control over about 70,000 Eugrams of land in the North Münster region and 30,000 Eugrams of arable land in the northern two-thirds of the Bishopric of Osnabrück. However, for the North Münster and North Osnabrück regions, which cover an area of ​​around 6,000 square kilometers, this is only 7.4% of the total area. In other words, most of the land has not been developed yet.

Moreover, most of the North Münster region and the northern part of the Bishopric of Osnabrück are mostly plains, with sufficient water resources, which are very suitable for reclamation.

The only constraint is the lack of local labor...

After all, before the age of mechanization, people cultivated the land by hand. Without labor, enough land cannot be cultivated. Therefore, the feudal dynasties of all dynasties regarded population as an important indicator of whether a country was prosperous and strong. Without a population, no amount of land is useless.

Therefore, even if he has obtained so much land, Marin needs to send people to the southern region to continue recruiting the surplus labor from those manors and make them his own serfs.

Of course, recruiting the surplus population of these estates is not difficult. As long as the phrase "bread is enough", countless idle serfs will swarm. If you add the phrase "to marry Mao Mei", it is estimated that these people will go crazy...

In this way, Kohler's men, with their mission again, went to the impoverished areas in the south, recruited the surplus labor from those manors, and immigrated to the North Munster area. The advertising slogan to attract these people is "enough bread, three meals a day"...