Maximilian I was not unprepared, for example, in that letter of protest, when Frederick III said that "first attacked by Frenzberg", he had a different view.

Because, before that, the coalition of princes had besieged Basel first. And what is Basel? It was previously occupied by the Habsburgs. The coalition of princes laid siege to Basel in pursuit of Christoph I, Count of Baden.

Therefore, Maximilian I can conclude from this that it was the coalition of princes who attacked Frenzberg's army first, and then Frenzberg organized a counterattack. Because, the defenders of Basel were also under the jurisdiction of Frenzberg.

As long as it is determined that it is the first hand of the princes' coalition forces, then the ambush battle in Frentzberg will not be the "first to provoke". In this way, Maximilian I could argue with the princes with confidence.

However, there is also a problem here – the question of Basel's political affiliation......

It is true that the Habsburg army had occupied Basel a few years earlier, but the problem was that the princes in the Imperial Diet had refused to explicitly recognize the legitimate rule of the Habsburgs over Switzerland.

So far, the princes have only been willing to recognize the Eagle Castle in the Aargau canton, the ancestral home of the Habsburgs, as belonging to the Habsburgs. Elsewhere, even outside the territory of the Eagle Castle in the Aargau canton (the surrounding hills and valleys, including the Eagle Castle), the princes refused to recognize it as the legitimate territory of the Habsburgs...... As for the Eagle Castle, because it was the birthplace of the Habsburg family and the origin of the surname, it was difficult for the princes to deny it, so they recognized it. The rest of Switzerland is not happy to be recognized as Habsburg territory......

Therefore, Frederick III and others could refute the emperor's remarks on the grounds that "Basel was not the legitimate territory of the Habsburgs".

In fact, Frederick III and others did exactly that. He had already agreed with the princes that the Habsburg army in Basel was an invading army, and that he would protect the princes' enemy, Christopher I, Count of Baden...... In this way, their siege of Basel is not legal, at least not illegal......

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And just when the Habsburgs and the princes of the anti-Habsburg camp were gearing up and preparing for a big quarrel, the coalition of the seven princes in the territory of the North Sea Kingdom was also attacking the city and sweeping the entire North Münster region......

The area of North Münster is as high as four to five thousand square kilometers, which is equivalent to a prefecture-level city in later China. The arable land under Marin's name alone is 70,000 eugrams, that is, 840,000 acres of arable land, which is divided into thousands of large and small estates. In addition, there are four small towns of Vochta, Kloppenburg, Papenburg and Mepenburg, as well as more than twenty small towns......

These towns have been very rich in recent years because of their high grain production. Although most of the grain produced was siphoned off by Marin, what was left behind made the towns and people of North Münster rich. At the very least, there's no shortage of food and drink......

During this time, the Seven-Nation Coalition was busy sacking these towns in the North Münster region, and the harvest was huge......

Although Marin had been prepared, he sent people to transfer most of the belongings of North Münster. However, the wealth and food left behind still stunned the seven princes......

At this time, most of Europe's land yielded just over 100 pounds per acre. Then, after removing the serf rations and the expenses of the estate, it was not bad that the owner of the estate had a surplus of 50 pounds of rye per acre.

The land in the North Münster area of Marin has a yield of more than 500 pounds per mu because of the relatively complete use of "three fertilizers" and soil pesticides.

Then, the generous Marin left a hundred pounds per acre of "self-retained rations" for the local estates and towns, allowing them to circulate in the estates and nearby towns, and he himself took away 400 pounds of "profits" per acre.

In this way, Marin is equivalent to leaving the entire yield of the previous estate. Therefore, the grain in North Münster is very abundant, and all the estates, towns, and granaries are full of grain. This is equivalent to the fact that the yield per acre in the North Münster region is about the same as before, but the owner of the estate does not take the profits, and leaves it all to the local area......

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

At the same time, the bread eaten by the soldiers of the Seven Nations Alliance is the legendary black baguette...... That is, bread mixed with a lot of impurities such as dirt, stones, wood chips, and wild vegetables......

This kind of baguette is very hard and can be used as a brick, and the amount of rye flour in it is definitely not more than half. So, it's cheap and shelf-stable. The stingy princes of the Seven Kingdoms used it as rations for ordinary soldiers and the people.

At mealtime, the quartermaster would give each soldier a small "brick" of black baguettes. But don't want to eat it directly, you must first boil hot water and soak the baguette soft before you can eat it. Otherwise, if you bite the bread directly, you will break your teeth......

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Therefore, the ordinary soldiers of the Seven Nations Alliance, who were accustomed to eating black sticks (the officers ate high-end rye bread), were extremely red after seeing that the serfs in the manor could actually receive soft "Kohler bread" as food. Then, the bakeries of the various estates (the equivalent of the collective canteens in later China, which concentrated on making "Kohler bread" and distributing it to serfs) were sacked by the soldiers of the Seven-Nation Alliance.

These soldiers of the Seven-Nation Alliance snatched the fluffy "Kohler bread", and then threw the black baguette issued by the quartermaster to the serfs who were supposed to eat the "Kohler bread" in disgust, and called it "equivalent exchange......

But the serfs want to cry without tears - the "Kohler bread" we eat, can the rye flour content be 7 percent, okay? Half of your "black sticks" are half flour......

After switching to the hard "black baguette", the adults who have suffered it don't matter, but the children in the manor are not happy, and they all cry and refuse to eat this black baguette that is as hard as a brick......

Fortunately, it is summer now, and there are many wild vegetables outside. The serfs who were robbed of their grain could also go out to dig some wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. You must know that those soldiers of the Seven Nation Alliance not only robbed the stock of "Kohler bread", but also robbed most of the grain in the warehouse, leaving only a little grain at the bottom of the warehouse.

This is still because the princes of the Seven Families 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 farm. Otherwise, there will be no food left.

Moreover, these days, the soldiers of the Seven-Nation Alliance spend most of their time transporting food back to China. Otherwise, the entire North Münster region would have been swept away long ago.

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

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After the sacking of the North Münster region, the local population was nostalgic for the rule of the Hoffmanns. I didn't think it was good before, because I got used to it. Now after being robbed of most of the food by the soldiers of these seven princes, they realized that they had lived a heavenly life before......

Then many people of North Münster prayed at home – Great Duke Marin, you had better return alive from overseas! May God bless you! Come back and clean up the scoundrels who stole our rations! Otherwise, everyone won't be able to get by......

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

Only after he had sold miserably in the Imperial Diet and made a gambling contract with the princes of the Seven Kingdoms, could he pretend to "return" and then "fight to the death" with the Seven-Nation Alliance.

So, even if he now learns about the plight of the people of North Münster through Kohler's spies, he can only do nothing......

"Alas, keep going! Wait until the end of the annual meeting of the Imperial Council in July to rescue you......" Marin sighed after reading the information.

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