King of German Mercenaries

From the Friesland incident, Marin saw the figure of the French. He could conclude that the French wanted to get rid of themselves by borrowing someone else's hand. Therefore, when rushing on the road, Marin was a lot more careful.

Just to go home, he brought 100 cavalry escorts. And, non-stop along the way. Even if they stay, they choose a safe place to get on the horse and run away.

After all, Marin could not guarantee whether the nobles along the way would be bought by the French King. If any aristocrat becomes hot-headed and brings thousands of soldiers and horses to surround him, he will be unable to fly.

Fortunately, Marin's team is a one-man and two-horse configuration, which can be relatively non-stop. Generally, even if his whereabouts are discovered, it is too late for the other party to gather troops to intercept him.

Moreover, Marin also brought Sauer equipped with a telescope. When encountering complex terrain, as long as Sauer climbs to a high place and uses the lower telescope, you can see if there is an ambush.

In fact, Marin was too careful. In fact, Charles VIII had no intention of finding fault with Marin at this time. For, Francis, his sixth child with Anne of Brittany, was born a few days ago (July 1497), but died a few hours later.

In fact, Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany had 5 children before, but they all died. The one who lived the longest was only 3 years old.

Charles VIII was hit hard, and even temporarily lost interest in expanding into Italy, and in revenge on Marin.

Because, in the French Valois Dynasty, there is only a male direct descendant of Charles VIII left. If Charles VIII had no heir, then the throne would have to be passed on to the collateral line of the Valois dynasty.

Therefore, at present, Charles VIII has put all his energy into making offspring. Not long after Queen Anne gave birth, Charles VIII savagely demanded that people continue to be created, completely ignoring that Queen Anne's body had not recovered...

In fact, Charles VIII did not understand medicine. Queen Anne has given birth many times and has not been well cultivated, and her body is already very weak. Therefore, several children after the eldest son are born very weak and difficult to survive.

If Charles VIII knew a little bit of traditional Chinese medicine, he would stop having sex with Anne, and take care of Queen Anne's body first, and then try to create offspring.

But Charles VIII was in a hurry at this time. Shortly after Queen Anne gave birth, the wound below was not completely healed, so he had the same room with Queen Anne again. It seems that as long as the number of times is large, it will be able to give birth to offspring, completely disregarding Queen Anne's body.

In fact, this time Queen Anne did get pregnant again, but she was born dead...

When his subordinates told Charles VIII that the Duke of Saxony had occupied Friesland, Charles VIII was angry for a while. But then he temporarily forgot about Friesland and even Marin. Because, in his opinion, giving birth to a surviving heir is the most important thing at the moment.

But Marin didn't know that, like a bird frightened, every night when he went to bed, he arranged for more than a dozen dark sentries to take turns on duty at night to prevent being surrounded by people at night.

In this way, two days later, Marin took the team back to the Hoffmann Manor on the Ruhr River and met his family...

"Ha, Marin is back!" Adler, who had just finished his swordsmanship training, was about to hug Marin despite his sweaty body. Marin immediately dodged, and let Kahn go up, wild bear to wild bear, and let the two big wild bears hug each other.

The two muscular men hugged each other with disgust, and then parted immediately...

Then, old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary, who pretended to be reserved, came out...

Old Hoffman, with his hands behind his back, said to Marin with the air of "pointing the country":

"Well, boy, you did a good job. Being able to defeat a vassal state with a baroniality is quite the style of Lao Tzu when he was young..."

"Pfft—" Adler couldn't help laughing.

Marin also held back.

Then, Adler got a kick in the ass...

In fact, the whole family admired Marin's original decision. Because at that time, Texel Island, which had only a thousand recruits, was unlikely to win the Frisian Aristocratic Republic. The best result is to surrender and make a sum, and then lose a sum of money.

But Marin was very decisive. In a short period of time, he thought of a way to hire Swiss mercenaries, and with a group of Swiss mercenaries, he quickly returned to help and defeated the main force of the Frisian noble republic in the first battle. Then, it forced the Friesian Aristocratic Republic to cede several islands, which more than doubled the territory of Marin.

But what puzzled the outside world was that the Swiss mercenaries, who had always had good credit, suddenly withdrew their troops and stopped helping Marin to fight. Otherwise, Marin could even wipe out the small country of Friesland.

"Hey, it's a pity, if those swiss guys didn't break the contract, maybe I'd have taken over the whole of Friesland by now. You know, it's a no-man's land. If it's taken over there, maybe I can still be a Earl..." Marin was also a little emotional.

As everyone knows, his emotion, in the eyes of others, is extremely pretentious. Although, the actual situation is the same as what Marin said, but in the eyes of others, Marin can defeat Friesland and get a few islands, which is already a blessing from God. Even the members of the Hoffmann family did not dare to imagine that Marin could acquire the whole of Friesland. In their view, if Marin could win, it was already a manifestation of God.

Hearing that Marin was back, two leather monkeys, Simon and Albert, jumped over immediately. Then, Annie also came to join in the fun...

"Brother Malin is back? Where's the gift?" The three little ghosts stretched out their hands together...

Malin's head was full of black lines, and he was depressed. Feelings, these three little devils are not welcoming him home at all, but welcome gifts...

But Marin didn't think of preparing a gift. In desperation, Ma Tuhao had to take out a handful of gold coins and stuffed it with his younger brother and sister...

Then, Marin solemnly invited the whole family to go on vacation to Denburg Castle on the island of Texel...

In the middle of summer, the German interior is still a little hot. Although it is not like Huaxia, the high temperature in midsummer is 30 degrees, but the highest temperature is also 30 degrees.

And Texel Island in Marin, because it is an island, the highest temperature is only 267 degrees, and the sea breeze is blowing, which is very comfortable and an ideal place to spend summer.

Marin described the pleasant climate on Texel Island in summer to his family in detail, and then recommended a variety of fresh seafood to his younger siblings...

The three little guys drooled uncontrollably under Marin's description. Usually, they have also eaten seafood, but they are basically sea salted fish with a little smell. Fresh seafood is impossible for family members to taste.

Therefore, for Marin's description, not to mention the three little guys, even adults are more yearning for it. Think about the hot summer days, on the beach of Texel Island, holding up umbrellas, blowing the sea breeze, and eating fresh seafood...

Well, the three little guys started dancing and clamoring to spend the summer at Marin's castle. Adler and his new wife Liv also nodded in agreement. Mrs. Mary also wanted to see where her second son lived, and nodded in agreement. Only old Hoffman, out of face, pretended to think about it for a while, and then "reluctantly" nodded and agreed, as if he agreed to give Malin a big face...

Then, the whole family started packing up and getting ready to go to Texel Island.

However, Marin considered that among the family, Marin, the Adlers, and the old Hoffman would have no problem riding the road, but Mrs. Mary and the three little guys were not suitable for riding. If you choose a carriage, the road of this era will kill you. It was no fun for Mrs. Mary and the three little ones.

After thinking about it again and again, Marin decided to send someone to the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to hire a boat to take his family to Texel Island. On the other hand, he and his subordinates rode back the same way. In addition, Marin will also leave 30 escorts on the boat to protect the safety of his family.

On the third morning, when the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce ships arrived at the Hoffman family coal terminal, the family began boarding. And Marin, taking advantage of the whole family on the boat, secretly returned to the manor, entered the bedroom of the old Hoffman and his wife, opened the hidden compartment behind the fireplace, took out Mrs. Mary's treasure chest, and opened it with the key she had prepared. , took out the ancient parchment documents and put them in the animal skin bag...

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