Just when the Seven-Nation Coalition was ravaging the North Münster region, Konrad, the Bishop of Münster, who controlled the South Münster region, was also a little unable to sit still. Because, he also wants to get a piece of the "feast" of carving up the North Sea Kingdom.

However, because of his limited strength, it was impossible for Bishop Conrad to participate in the division of the fruits of North Münster, and the seven princes would not be willing to share his share. Therefore, he chose to dig his own wall very "pragmatically......

Of course, it can't be regarded as digging into one's own wall. Because he is only the ruler of the South Münster region, but not the owner. Therefore, he intends to collude with the forces of the Seven Powers to plague the South Münster region together, and then share the benefits himself.

How to harm the South Münster region? Bishop Conrad had already thought about it—to divest most of the assets of the South Münster region from the church first......

Why take assets out of the church? Quite simply, no prince in Europe today dares to openly rob the property of the Church!

Ever since Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV nearly lost his throne because he was excommunicated by the Pope, the Holy See has gained momentum. An emperor is forced to kneel and repent by the Holy See, let alone ordinary princes? Before the outbreak of the Protestant Wars, hardly any prince or even king dared to break with the Holy See. After all, the remnants of Henry IV's kneeling and repentance are still there.

Therefore, as long as it is property belonging to the church, not to mention those princes who have an average relationship with the church, even Marin, the son-in-law of the pope, does not dare to openly rob it. At most, colluding with church insiders to poach some.

In the same way, Bishop Conrad hit the idea......

His method was very simple—in the name of "transferring the sovereignty and wealth of the South Münster region to Marin", a large amount of property and land that originally belonged to the church were stripped from the church and made to be packaged and sent to the North Sea Kingdom.

After all, the Holy See had also intended to do so at the beginning – to transfer the sovereignty of the Episcopal State of Münster and most of the landed property to Marin. However, in order to maintain stability, Marin first allowed Bishop Conrad to remain in control of the South Münster region. It was also agreed that, after the death of Bishop Conrad, the sovereignty of the South Münster region and most of the land and property would be transferred. Therefore, it is only reasonable for Bishop Conrad to divest most of the land and property of the Church in South Münster for transfer to the North Sea State, and will not be blamed within the Church. This time, however, Conrad had stripped a little more of his fortune from the church in South Münster—three-quarters of the church's total, more than Marin had originally expected to do. Of course, at this time, Bishop Conrad wanted to fill his own pockets, so he got so much out of the church......

Then, informing the Seven-Nation Alliance, which had received "inside information", led its army south into the area of South Münster, and attacked the property that had been stripped from the church......

Because it has been demarcated as the nature of "returning the Beihai Kingdom", even if the Seven-Nation Alliance robbed these property, it could only be regarded as robbing the Beihai Kingdom, not the church. In this way, the Seven-Nation Alliance will not have to offend the Church, and will also receive a great deal of benefits.

After all, the South Münster region is also relatively wealthy, with 5,900 square kilometers, which is larger than the average principality. And the church has always been greedy, and has the right to "tithe". Therefore, the teaching property in the South Münster area is still quite rich, and the oil and water are very abundant.

In order to cooperate with this plan to "dig up his own walls", Bishop Conrad, who had already realized that his time was short, frantically separated more than 1.5 million gold coins from the church in South Münster, and classified them and placed them "waiting for the North Sea Kingdom to receive them...... Of course, this is a disguise, and the truth is to wait for the Seven-Nation Alliance to "rob" ......

Then, according to the private agreement between the two parties, Bishop Conrad will receive 400,000 gold coins...... In fact, Bishop Conrad did not believe in the character of the seven princes, and had already arranged for his subordinates to hide the property worth 400,000 gold coins elsewhere. But as long as the Seven-Nation Alliance came to ransack, he would dump the pot directly at the Seven-Nation Alliance. Then, he safely annexed his own part. In this way, everyone takes what he needs, and everyone has meat to eat. And if you let the Seven Nation Coalition take away the property first, and then wait for them to divide it among themselves...... It's hard to say how much you can get, and it is even possible to be repaid......

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After a private agreement between the two sides, the Seven-Power Coalition ended its looting in the North Münster region, and the large army moved south, into the South Münster region......

However, unlike in North Münster, the Seven-Nation Coalition was very restrained in South Münster. After all, the South Münster region is now the domain of the Church. If you are too arrogant here, it is easy to offend the Holy See.

Thus, a strange phenomenon arose - a group of robbers, courteously robbed in the South Münster region......

Before each robbery, the officers of the Seven Nation Coalition would ask someone:

"Is this the property of the Church?"

If so, the soldiers of the Seven-Nation Alliance would have politely withdrawn. If not...... If you don't say it, grab it......

In addition to the Church's land and possessions, those who were to be handed over to the North Sea State, as well as other civilians and merchants who did not belong to the Church, were mercilessly looted......

Even the new estate, where 80 ecclesiastical knights originally belonged to the Bishopric of Münster, was sacked by the coalition forces......

These 80 ecclesiastical knights were originally the most important armed vassals of the Münster Episcopal State and were officers of the hereditary Münster Patriarchate. But after the Episcopal State of Münster was assigned to Marin, the Episcopal State of Münster ceased to exist. Therefore, at present, they can only be regarded as the Bishop of Conrad, who temporarily takes refuge in the South Münster region, and can no longer be regarded as knights of the Church. After all, the Bishopric of Münster no longer exists, and Bishop Conrad is only temporarily in charge of the South Münster region.

Therefore, the 80 original church knights who have newly established knighthoods in South Münster (their original knighthoods were all in North Münster, but were taken away by Marin, and then Bishop Conrad divided some wasteland in South Münster for them to reclaim and rebuild knighthoods) are now actually not formally established and can only be regarded as "temporary workers......

Therefore, in this ransack, the Seven Nation Alliance forces ransacked their manor without any scruples......

It's no wonder that their original master, Bishop Conrad, sold them......

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In order to get a piece of the turmoil this time, Bishop Conrad is even ready to "retire". You know, in this era, very few archbishops seek to retire on their own initiative, and generally do so until death, or expulsion or expulsion......

The reason why Bishop Conrad chose to retire voluntarily was because he dug the corners of the church too hard this time, and it is estimated that the clergy of the church in the South Münster area will no longer support him, and he will not be able to manage it if he stays.

Second, it is because he intends to let his Rietberg family also join in this "feast" to carve up the North Sea Kingdom.

For example, he took the initiative to privately find the two Dukes of Henry of the Welf family, and proposed that the Richberg Kingdom also join the Seven Nations Alliance and participate in the partition of the North Sea Kingdom.

Of course, the weak state of Rietbergberg did not intend to covet interests outside the South Münster region. The Rietberg family's request was to join the Seven-Nation Alliance, and after the war, to carve up a territory of about 500 square kilometers from South Münster in the name of the victorious power...... For the rest, they don't want anything......

In exchange, the Rietberg family could give the 400,000 gold coins that Bishop Conrad had in his possession to the seven princes to divide up. Not only that, Bishop Conrad has planted the 10,000 eugram fields in recent years, and tens of thousands of gold coins have been credited to his account every year. Therefore, Bishop Conrad intended to scrape together 500,000 gold coins to the other seven princes, so that they could support the division of at least 500 square kilometers of territory from South Münster. This price code can be said to be definitely not low, and it can even be said to be very high. The Duchy of Saxony bought sovereignty over West Friesland, but it cost only 300,000 gold coins.

But here's the problem – Ritberg is a small and weak country with an area of just over 200 square kilometres. Even if you buy land, you won't be able to keep it if it's not recognized.

Therefore, they could only use the method of paying a high price in exchange for the recognition and even protection of the neighboring seven princes. In this way, the weak and small country of Ritbergberg can safely eat the land of at least 500 square kilometers and more than triple its own territory...... With an area of seven or eight hundred square kilometers, the Rietberg country can barely be regarded as an inflow country. After all, such a large territory is almost close to a county......

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In the face of such an inflated price offered by Bishop Conrad, the seven princes were moved. Then, Bishop Conrad took his brother, John I, Earl of Rietberg, and the seven princes signed an alliance treaty on the spot, and sent 1,000 troops, together with the original seven-nation alliance, to form the "eight-nation alliance" and continue to encroach on the North Sea State......

"What? Eight-Nation Alliance? What about teasing me? Treat Beihai as a Qing Dynasty? After hearing this information, Marin suddenly turned his whole body into Sparta......