Chapter 256: Jointly digging the corner of the church (middle)
A bite of milk tea from Bishop Conrad ’s mouth almost came out:
"Are you crazy? That's 80 knights, not 80 ordinary manor owners! What if they rebel?"
"I would care about the rebellion of 80 knights?" Marin looked disdainful.
Bishop Conrad suddenly remembered the man in front of him, but with 10,000 troops. 80 knights, even if one person brings 5 servants, but 480 people. Then they recruited some serfs, but those serf soldiers did not have any fighting power at all, and in the face of Marin's tens of thousands of professional troops, they could not withstand a single blow. Therefore, Marin completely despised the capital of those knights.
"You just snatched directly? If that were the case, you would be resented by all the knights. In that way, no knights will be willing to go to you in the future."
"Well ... that's a problem. Well, I'm a strong buyer. For 50,000 Ugram land, I gave 500,000 gold coins to buy it. However, I can't pay the bill until the autumn harvest.
Bishop Conrad was speechless. It is now early May, and rye has been planted. One Ugram land is 12 acres of land. If the yield per acre is calculated at 120 pounds, you can also sell 2 gold coins. 12 acres is worth 24 gold coins.
In other words, the rye produced in the arable land of Ugram is worth 24 gold coins just for the autumn harvest rye price. Even if the profit is only half, the other half is the cost, and the profit of a Ugram land rye has 12 gold coins per year. However, Marin actually wanted to forcibly buy land with 10 gold coins per Ugram land, which is no different from forcible grabbing.
Even more shameless, Marin said he would wait for the autumn harvest before paying. But now, the rye in these knights' houses has been planted. After the autumn harvest, the rye will be sold to earn 12 gold per Ugram. It is equivalent to saying that Marin bought these lands without spending a penny, and also earned 2 gold coins per Ugram ...
"You give this kind of money? After the autumn harvest, the output of rye is higher than this money! If so, the 80 knights will lose their land and they will all become wandering knights. Then, in the knighthood, they will spread wildly. Your bad reputation. "
Malin calculated it silently in his own heart, and it really was ... he gave such a small amount of money, and there was not much difference between it and the robbing. For his reputation in the knighthood, Marin decided to compensate again:
"Otherwise, Master Bishop, will you compensate them for some cultivated land in the South Munster area?"
"What? You asked the church to compensate these knights for land? Are you kidding me?"
"Of course, these 80 knights are all church knights. You continue to be in South Münster, don't you need these 80 church knights to continue working for you?"
Bishop Conrad thought about it. If he continues to be in power, he really needs a group of military officers to serve himself. After all, the 5,000 mercenaries were sent away by Marin.
"But 50,000 Ugram land! I use church land to compensate these knights, which will cause strong dissatisfaction of the priests."
"Who made you compensate according to the original land area?"
"what do you mean?"
"Reduce the standard and compensate 200 eugrams of cultivated land per person! You know, the original area of the 80 knights, especially the area of cultivated land, has seriously exceeded the standard. I remember that I was born in the Hoffman Knight Manor, only 100 Ugram ’s arable land. You give them 200 Ugram ’s each, which is good. ”
200 Ugram per person, 80 people only need 16,000 Ugram in total, but it can be considered.
"However, Master Marin, why should I help you this way?"
"Because I continue to let you retain the ruling power of the benefit fields and the South Munster area ..."
Bishop Conrad was immediately choked, and he also knew that Marin was telling the truth. I have kept the profitable fields of seven or eighty thousand gold coins each year and the ruling power of the South Münster area for several years, and paid 36,000 Ugram's church farmland, and indeed did not suffer.
"In fact, if I change to a secular princely state, if I take over the bishopric of Münster, I should take over the 250,000 Ugram's church land." Marin said regretfully.
Bishop Conrad rolled his eyes:
"You also know that this is the land of the church? Who dares to move the land of the church? The king does not dare!"
Marin pouted, and said that the King really dared. After the Protestant Reformation, did Henry VIII confiscate all the property of the Catholic Church in England? For this reason, Henry VIII suddenly sent from a poor ghost king ...
In addition, the reason why the Protestant Reformation won the support of many princes, where are those princes because of faith? It is clear that they have taken a fancy to the huge land and wealth of the Catholic Church. As long as the Protestant religion is converted, the land and property of the Catholic Church can be confiscated happily ...
After all, the Reformation War was a group fight between princes coveting Catholic property and devout Catholic princes. Moreover, even those devout Catholic princes would not bet on all the princely states and Protestant princes for religious reasons. Only those Catholic bishops of the bishopric states are more competitive. Because they want to protect church property. And those secular Catholic princes are actually more waving flags and shouting. Therefore, the Protestant princes can barely win the war.
After all, the secular princes would not work hard, and the military power of the bishopric is limited. Therefore, the Protestant Union could not help it. The reason why Charles V desperately defended the Catholic Church was not his true protection, but wanted to complete the unification of Germany by fighting against Protestantism. As a result, the Catholic princes saw it and released the water directly, and then the Protestant fluke won.
"Charlie V seems to be very good ..." Marin thought suddenly. Marin remembers that during the Protestant War, the Archbishopric of Bremen seemed to be a rare Protestant bishopric. If, at that time, in the name of defending the Catholic Church, could we take the opportunity to swallow the Archbishop of Bremen? In this way, your own territory can basically be connected together ...
When Marin fell into YY, Bishop Conrad said:
"So, Master Marin, that's it? You keep our interests and guarantee the secular rule of the South Münster area while I'm alive ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ And I, try to find a way The 70,000 Ugram ’s arable land in the Münster area got your name ... "
After Marin responded, he thought about it and suddenly said:
"Bishop Conrad, that is to say, so far, we have only obtained 36,000 Ugram land from the church land of 250,000 Ugram?"
"Yeah, how much more do you want? That's the church!"
"36,000 Yugrams are too few, only one-seventh ..."
"Don't be too greedy. If more, I will receive impeachment from the priests." Bishop Conrad said angrily.
"I'm afraid? I have the support of the Pope, and the Archbishop of Cologne is also on my side." Marin didn't care, and pointed out the fact that the Pope supported himself.
"I will help you get more church land, then what can I get?" Bishop Conrad grumbled.
"Hehe ..." Marin smiled and finally prepared to let go of the trick ...
