In the cathedral of the Münster Abbey.

"I'm here to correct my name, not to discuss religious philosophy with you, please give me some advice!" Han Xing said coldly. In my heart, I have already scolded and blossomed:

"Just kidding, it's you, the old melon skin, who inexplicably declared me a heretic, causing me to be beaten up, if it weren't for the real skills under your hands, I would have died I don't know how many times! You still want to fool me with a few words (pì)? 白 (rì) dream! ”

"My lord, my lord is watching over you, my Father in heaven will hear your prayers and guide you, and I am only his humble servant and conveyor!" The Archbishop of Münster tried to suppress Han Xing by exaggerating the mysterious atmosphere and moving out of God's old man's house.

"Lord Earl? That's not what your Inquisitors called me before, they called me a heretic! I can't afford to be your 'Lord Count'!" Han Xing smiled slightly, seemingly obedient and humble, but there was something in his words, and he went straight to the point.

"Those people are just clowns who jump off the beam, and they are open-mouthed, and they have offended the earl, and I have already had them tied up, and they will be handed over to you when you come." The Archbishop of Münster smiled mysteriously.

"Hehe, old boy, it's so clean, the trick of abandoning the car to protect the handsome, do you think I, a person from the Celestial Empire, will not understand?" Han Xing slandered the brazenness of the Archbishop of Münster, and said unhappily in his heart.

"But Lord Bishop, you have declared me a heretic, but it is a well-known fact!" Han Xing said "reminded" the Archbishop of Münster.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I was deceived by the villain and made a wrong judgment, please be considerate of Count Segaard!" When the Bishop of Münster heard Han Xing's words, his whole person (ròu) froze for a long time before he continued.

"I see, is it a misunderstanding? So I guess you wouldn't mind publicly justifying my name and dismissing the heretical accusations against me, would you? Han Xing immediately climbed down the pole (bī) and asked.

"And rightfully so!" The Archbishop of Münster hurriedly responded (yǔn) and said.

"Your Excellency the Archbishop must have another meaning when he is so quick to speak? Don't you have a request for it? Han Xing was stunned by the speed and attitude of Bishop Münster's confession, so he opened his mouth tentatively.

"Don't dare, there are indeed two or three little things that you need to help with!" The Archbishop of Münster said this nicely, but Han Xing knew as soon as he heard it:

"Sure enough, there is no such thing as a free lunch! Two or three little things? Can that be a trifle? One or two, it's strange if I don't bleed! ”

Although there was a burst of disdain in his heart, to put it bluntly, this conversation between Han Xing and the Archbishop of Münster was just a high-level negotiation, to put it simply, it was no different from bargaining in the vegetable market, it was nothing more than a high-end one, so Han Xing asked:

"I wonder what your dignified Archbishop of Münster will do that will require the help of me, a little earl? If there is anything beyond the scope of the lower strength, I am afraid that the lower strength will not be able to catch it! ”

This is naturally an off-string sound, and to put it in a cheesy way, it is probably equivalent to: you make a price! But I warn you beforehand, don't open your mouth! If the price is too high, I won't buy it!

"Why should the Earl be too modest? For the Earl, these are just small things! Congratulations on defeating the Duchy of Saxony, taking Braunschweig and Feldenburg and the Free City of Bremen into your sphere of influence. All it takes is the approval of His Majesty the Emperor to become the Duke of Braunschweig! Bishop Münster squinted his eyes and smiled like an old fox.

This is not only praising Han Xing, but also the Archbishop of Münster showing off his (qíng) newspaper collection ability, and moreover, he is putting a high hat on Han Xing. It's like buying something, once the store comes to say, "Oh, a big boss like you, what else can you afford to buy and can't afford?" Fixed price..."

Regardless of whether the parties are really big bosses or not, many times, some people will choose to eat this price for the sake of face, which is really "dumb people eat Coptis chinensis - there is bitterness and can't be said", "Break your teeth and swallow it in your stomach - get face, lose your heart"!

"His Majesty the Emperor can respond (yǔn) or two words! What's more, the Duke of Saxony may not be convinced, and it is still unknown whether I, the Duke of Braunschweig's chair, can sit (rè)! It's hard for me, the local nobles of Braunschweig have their hearts set on Saxony, and this Duke of Braunschweig of Rausch is just a fictitious title! Han Xing laughed at himself.

In fact, the Duchy of Saxony has permanently given up its claim to Braunschweig, and the local nobles bowed down to Han Xing after that night banquet and worshiped him like a god.

In fact, it's like the way most people deal with wearing a top hat - crying poor, "Where am I the big boss?" I'm also poor, and these clothes are all borrowed from (shēn), just to prop up a façade! If I had the money, would I still have to go out and buy clothes on my own? ”

"Count Segade, you don't have to be too humble, you are a dignified realm lord, a dragon and a phoenix among people, and there are only a few dozen realm lords that can be found in the entire Shinra, this little favor is just a gesture for you!" When Han Xing heard this, he also knew that he was out of options, so he had to spread his hands and said, "Then I'll listen to it!" ”

"First of all, there is the question of the belonging of Paderborn, which, as you know, has always been an inherent territory of the Bishopric of Münster········"

"Bastard, I knew you weren't so kind! How can you be so greedy and want the whole of Paderborn, how can you make me, the Earl of Paderborn, embarrassed? Without Paderborn, what kind of Earl of Paderborn am I Rausch? Before the old fox of Archbishop Münster finished speaking, Han Xing had already scolded in his heart.

"The title of Count of Paderborn was bestowed upon me by the Duke of Hesse, and it is my main title to date. Han Xing arched his hand and planned to turn (shēn) away.

Now the Archbishop of Münster is in a hurry, and there is a reason why he has changed so much before and after:

At first, Count Na (sāo) sent Baron Albrecht to persuade him to take the opportunity to recover the county of Paderborn. But he was holding back the bad and concealing Han Xing's share of the lord of the realm, and the Archbishop of Münster only thought that the Duke of Hesse was dead and Han Xing had no backer, so he joined this (yīn) scheme.

Of course, the main part is that Han Xing was surrounded in Ganquan Village at that time, and the Count (sāo) packed a ticket with him and said that Han Xing would never return to Paderborn alive.

He didn't want to subdue Paderborn by force, on the contrary, he wanted to take advantage of the weakness and take it in one fell swoop while Paderborn was leaderless. Later, when he heard that Han Xing had escaped, he had another plan:

let the Inquisitor arrest Han Xing, beat and torture him, and tortured him to death; In the end, he appeared again as the savior (shēn), which moved Han Xing to tears, bowed his head, and then he was magnanimous (yǔn) Xu Han Xing continued to rule Paderborn with the (shēn) part of his vassal. This will not only add one more officer, but also recover Paderborn's territory.

But the plan could not catch up with the changes, and he did not think that Saxony would come to intervene, which made him anxious, and if this was a cheap Saxony, wouldn't he steal chickens and rice? Just when he was in a hurry, he found that Han Xing actually fought a beautiful counterattack, not only defeating the Saxon army, but also gnawing a large piece (ròu) from Saxony (shēn).

At this time, Han Xing's share of the realm lord (shēn) finally surfaced, and now the bishop of Münster panicked, the realm lord-level figure was not something he could accept, even if he ate it, he would inevitably vomit it out!

What's more, Han Xing successfully won the territory the size of the principality, and he was about to become a duke. He even heard that Han Xing was still a rare technology-based realm master with muskets and cannons, so he was scared and pondered how to reconcile with Han Xing, and there was a scene in front of him.

As for the Inquisition, it was a clever misunderstanding caused by time difference and information asymmetry, and the Bishop of Münster had already sent the Inquisitor to capture Han Xing, but he discovered the Saxon invasion, so he hurriedly ordered them to stop. waited until Han Xing came back to instigate them to do it. At that time, the news about the Battle of Saxony (qíng) had not yet spread, and by the time the truth was revealed, these bastards had already offended Han Xing!

"Count Segaard, stay!" The Archbishop of Münster hurriedly called out to Han Xingdao after (shēn).

"Of course you are the Count of Paderborn, you are, you will be, and you will be! When I say Paderborn, I mean Paderborn Abbey! Bishop Münster guessed that Han Xing had misunderstood, and hurriedly excused himself.

"Abbey? That's fine! Hearing this, Han Xing looked back, Paderborn Monastery, as one of the three baronies of the Earldom of Paderborn, had never been in Han Xing's hands, and with the further expansion of the territory, Han Xing already had a new territorial development plan, if it was only a third of the monastery, it would be fine.

Nor did he intend to offend the Archbishop of Münster for the sake of a monastery. Most of the people who sang against the church in those years ended up being burned to ashes! If he alarmed the Pope and sent some realm master-level master to hunt him down, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?

Han Xing pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Your Excellency, your request is not excessive, I agreed!" ”

"That's very good, this seat still has a no (qíng) invitation, I wonder if you can be accommodating, Lord Earl?" The Bishop of Münster was overjoyed that by now, the hardest part had passed.

"Let the Archbishop make it clear!" Han Xing bowed slightly.

"The young monk who brought you in before, he is my son, his name is Marvin! If you can, I hope you can let him join your court as a court priest! The old Bishop of Münster blushed and whispered.

"Your son? Marvin? Han Xing smiled dumbly and said, "Sense" is not the only one who likes to engage in relationships, go through the back door!

"Alas~ I knew I couldn't hide it from you! That's right, Marven is my illegitimate son! His mother was a shepherdess, and it was a summer afternoon when a storm broke out, and the girl came to the monastery to escape the rain. At that time, I was not an archbishop, but a young friar, and I was sent by the archbishop to settle the shepherdess··········· Archbishop Münster sighed.

"Stop, stop! I see, you don't have to describe the details to me! Han Xing didn't feel anything wrong, after all, after the Protestant reform, priests could get married and have children. At this time, I woke up like a dream and realized that the Catholic priests in the Middle Ages could not get married, no wonder they were called "foreign monks"!

"I think there's no problem, I can let Marven serve as my court priest!" Han Xing chose to nod, anyway, he didn't lack that bit of food, besides, he really needed a qualified court sacrifice to ease his relationship with the monks for him, at least pretending to be it?

In fact, judging from the appearance of the Archbishop of Münster, it is likely that he deliberately leaked this handle to Han Xing, which is also a way to build trust, which is equivalent to giving his son to Han Xing as a hostage. The most subtle thing is that even if such a thing as an illegitimate child (qíng) is poked out, it will be discredited at most, not to mention how can he deny it? Han Xing can't come up with evidence, right??

This can be regarded as a kind of show of favor to Han Xing, and it is also an investment, laying the foundation for the cooperation between the two sides!

A few days later, the Archbishop of Münster convened a meeting to formally dismiss the accusations of heresy against Han Xing, and after a series of exchange of interests, Han Xing obtained a stable large rear. And now, his eyes will turn to the territory of the Duchy of Hesse!