After listening to Count Antonios's inquiry, the two Duke Henry, who were drinking Earl's milk tea, were stunned, but after looking at each other, they did not answer immediately, as if they were thinking about something.

At this time, Magnus I, Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg, who was sitting in the second seat, suddenly asked another question:

"Ladies and gentlemen, fighting a war is about 'being famous'. We have gathered 40,000 troops this time, and it stands to reason that there is no problem in dealing with the 10,000 people of the Beihai Kingdom. The question is - under what name should we attack the North Sea States? ”

Hearing this, several other princes were stunned for a moment - yes, wars always have to be famous, especially these big nobles, who pay the most attention to this. You can't openly say that Lao Tzu is going to sack Beihai Kingdom, right?

The other princes were a little stunned, but Charles, Earl of Geldon, was full of confidence and seemed to be confident......

Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttle, saw Charlie's face and couldn't help asking:

"What do you think, Count Charlie?"

Charlie took a sip of milk tea unhurriedly, and then said slowly:

"It is definitely not possible to declare war, but if we declare war, we can't find an excuse, after all, Beihai State didn't provoke us. So, I came up with a good idea......"

"What's the solution?" 6 pairs of eyes looked eagerly at the same time at Charles, Earl of Geldon.

"Cut, bunch of rubbish, can't even come up with an idea!" Charlie, the former Duke of Guedes, and now the Earl of Galdon, thought disdainfully.

Of course, on the surface, he didn't dare to say this, but said indifferently:

"In the name of suppressing bandits, we can lead our army into the North Münster region......"

"Bandits?" The six of them spoke in unison, but they were all in questioning tones.

"Yes, bandits!" Earl Charles affirmed.

"No, even if we suppress bandits, how can we suppress them in the territory of Beihai Kingdom? That doesn't make sense......" wondered Otto VIII, Count of Tecklenburg.

Earl Charles rolled his eyes and explained:

"Naturally, we should not go to the territory of other countries to suppress bandits, but what about our own bandits who flow into the territory of other countries? It's okay if we lead the army to chase after us, right? ”

"But you don't need 40,000 troops to suppress bandits, right? Besides, where are the bandits? Simon V, Earl of Lipper, asked.

Earl Charles wants to flip the table - what a bunch of pig teammates......

But he patiently explained:

"There are no bandits, we can 'make' - from now on we have specially selected a group of light cavalry to roam the northern part of Ravensburg and Lipper in the guise of horse bandits......"

"Then, Lord Antonios and Lord Simon, you deliberately openly appealed to several of our countries for help...... So, it's not long before we gather 40,000 troops to come over? We're here to help ...... bandits."

"But you don't need 40,000 troops to suppress bandits......" Simon V said depressedly, this kid is too sincere.

"How many people do you control? We just need to find a reason. If you have an excuse, it doesn't matter if it's reasonable or not! "Count Charles is not angry.

At this time, Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, also nodded:

"Yes, whether it's reasonable or not, we just need a decent excuse. As for whether it is reasonable or not, don't worry. Because, most of the princes of the Imperial Princes' Court did not like Beihai Kingdom, and they wished that Beihai Kingdom was unlucky. If it weren't for Lord Frederick of Saxony leading his troops to Baden, perhaps he would have taken the lead in troublesome the North Sea Kingdom. After all, they had a grudge before. But if Lord Frederick takes the lead, it may not be our business......"

In fact, Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, had a close relationship with Frederick III. Because his wife, Madame Margaret, was the sister of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony. Thus, Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, was the brother-in-law of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony.

If it weren't for this kinship, even if the Seven-Nation Alliance took advantage of the Beihai Kingdom, it might have been liquidated by Frederick III afterwards. After all, the benefits of the North Sea State are also wanted by the Electors of Saxony......

Moreover, from the map, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the closest to the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. Its western border is close to the North Münster region, and to the north, it is close to the provinces of Oldenburg and Bremen.

When it comes to the partition of the North Sea Kingdom, the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the closest to the North Sea State, and it is also the most convenient to annex and divide the land of the North Sea State.

But first of all, what the seven-nation coalition valued most was not the land of the North Sea Kingdom, but the secret of high agricultural production......

As a neighboring country of the Beihai Kingdom, several vassal states have found some anomalies in the Beihai Kingdom to a greater or lesser extent. For example, the North Sea countries have never worried about food. Even the serfs on the manor could eat soft bread (actually mixed with grass bran, but not hard) without unpalatable impurities such as dirt, stones, and sawdust.

This discovery surprised several neighboring vassal states. You must know that these vassal states are not too poor, but the serfs cannot reach such a standard of living.

Generally speaking, serfs could only eat black baguettes mixed with a large amount of dirt, stones, sawdust, wild vegetables and other impurities. Because of the mixture of earth and stones, the black stick is extremely hard and can be used as a brick. In many records of the Middle Ages, there are records of fierce peasant women who stoned or injured thieves with black sticks......

Even, many serfs could not even eat this kind of bad black baguette, so they could only cook porridge with rye grains mixed with wild vegetables. The taste is completely pig food level.

But what did the spies of the vassal states see - the serfs of the North Sea State could not only eat softer bread, but also manage ...... I'm afraid that this kind of life can only be lived by a down-and-out little nobleman......

You know, it's not easy to grind rye into flour. Because, the mill also has to charge money for grinding flour. In this era, most of the mills were in the hands of the lords and were important assets of the nobility. Most people want to use the mill, and the usage fee is very high.

Therefore, in this era, the serfs who can eat black baguettes as hard as bricks are considered to be doing well. The serfs who were doing poorly could not eat food made of flour, so they had to cook rye directly with wild vegetables, and with little salt (salt was too expensive). Rye has a bitter taste, and there is little salt...... What does that taste like......

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Through the life of serfs in the border estates of the Beihai Kingdom, several vassal states came to a conclusion - the Beihai Kingdom did not lack grain, and even had a lot of food......

Then, they each sent spies deep into the North Sea Kingdom to investigate. Although most of those spies were killed and wounded, they didn't get the core secrets. However, the seven princes all determined one thing - the Beihai Kingdom did master a technology for high grain production, the core of which was fertilizer......

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Therefore, the primary purpose of the alliance formed by the seven vassal states this time was to capture a fertilizer processing plant and obtain the secret of fertilizer, that is, the secret of high agricultural yield. With this secret, even if they can't annex too much land in the Beihai Kingdom, they will definitely be able to make a fortune in the future. After all, food is very expensive in Europe......

And the target chosen by the seven princes this time is the North Münster region......

This is because the North Münster region is very close to the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, the Count of Ravensburg and the Plice of Lipper, and not far from the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttle.

As for Saxony-the Duchy of Lauenburg and the Kingdom of Geldenbe, although they are a little far away, these two countries are small countries and have no right to speak, so they naturally listen to the arrangements of the bigwigs......

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After deciding on the plan of "suppressing the bandits and pursuing them into the Beihai Kingdom", the seven princes selected 2,000 light cavalry from their respective armies, disguised themselves as horse bandits, and began to operate in the northern part of the Ravensburg and Lipper Empires, and really sacked some villages and towns to make the performance more realistic. Of course, no one was killed.

Then, the Counts of Ravensburg and Lipber openly appealed to five other countries for help, asking them to send troops to help suppress the bandits...... But in fact, 40,000 troops had already gathered in the territory of the Count of Ravensburg......

Seeing that the time was almost up, the seven vassal states raised their armies and began to hunt down the 2,000 "horse bandits...... After chasing, they chased into the territory of the North Münster province of the North Sea State......