King of German Mercenaries

Because the entire team was riding on horses or carriages, not on foot, and there were enough horses to transfer, the entire team was still moving very fast.

The entire team first passed through Mecklenburg, entered the Electoral State of Brandenburg, and then passed through Pomerania and entered Poland...

The team was under the banner of the Hanseatic Chamber of Commerce, but it was not embarrassed. If you run for the presidency of the Teutonic Knights under the banner, you may be stopped by the Poles. You know, Poland and the Teutonic Knights are mortal enemies. The Teutonic Knights declined precisely because they lost to the Polish-Lithuanian army at the Battle of Tannenberg.

Fortunately, the road in Poland is not long, and the entire team is on horseback. The team quickly passed through the northern coastal areas of Poland, crossed the Vistula River, and entered the territory of the Teutonic Knights.

Everyone rushed to Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad), the capital of the Teutonic Knights, before settling down.

The influence of the Lamarck family is still quite large. No, in Konigsberg, there are about 16 Teutonic knights with voting rights from the Duchy of Clifford and the Country of Mark. Of course, there were others in other parts of the Teutonic Kingdom, usually not in Königsberg.

With the help of these 16 knights, Prince Philip rented two larger houses that were connected together as a temporary residence.

These two houses are owned by big businessmen in the Teutonic Knights. However, those Hanseatic merchants were much more than just real estate. Many merchants, in many cities within the Teutonic Knights, have their own properties. After all, the country of the Teutonic Knights is also the third largest business district of the Hanseatic League. Here, not too many rich Hanseatic merchants. Of course, in the country of the Teutonic Knights, there are Teutonic knights behind the Hanseatic merchants to ensure the interests of these merchants. When these Teutonic knights were in need, businessmen who had a good relationship with them also vacated two large houses next to each other for Prince Philip, who was a candidate for the chief commander, and his men.

After settling in, Marin sent someone out to inquire, and found that Frederick, the youngest son of the Duke of Saxony, had arrived a week ago, and it seemed that the voice was quite loud.

However, Frederick is too young, only 23 years old, which makes many seasoned and prudent knights a little worried. After all, the German nation is also a relatively conservative nation, and does not like to boldly use young people.

However, this time, before the death of the previous leader, no suitable heir had been selected. Therefore, everyone felt a little abrupt and did not know who to choose as the new leader.

A week ago, with the arrival of Prince Frederick of Saxony, things seemed a little clearer. Many people seem to have accepted their fate and plan to leave.

Unexpectedly, now Prince Philip, the younger brother of John II, Duke of Clifford, is also here, giving everyone another choice.

In fact, in terms of background strength, Prince Philip is not as good as Prince Frederick. Because the strength of Saxony is much stronger than that of the Duchy of Clifford and the Country of Mark combined.

However, Prince Philip is older than Prince Frederick, 30 years old. This is the advantage of Prince Philip. Because, in general, a 30-year-old man is definitely much more stable than a 23-year-old young man.

Therefore, although it is not dominant, Prince Philip's disadvantage is not too big. And, elsewhere, it's not without candidates. It's just that the origin is too small, and it is completely incomparable with these two.

But in any case, Prince Philip's origin and background are still worse than Prince Frederick, and even less rich than Prince Frederick. So, we must find a way.

To this end, under the arrangement of Marin, the five chefs he brought, bought a lot of ingredients and spices, and started cooking...

Then, under the arrangement of Marin, Prince Philip began to entertain the official Teutonic knights of the Westphalian and Rhineland families in the city in Konigsberg,

Come to Prince Philip's residence together to eat and drink.

Although the Teutonic Knights of the Westphalian-Rhineland Alliance basically supported Prince Philip. Because there is no better choice. But Marin can't guarantee that there will be a new candidate, also from the Westphalia-Rhineland region. As long as such a person appears, it is easy to share Prince Philip's votes, resulting in a drop in the vote rate.

Therefore, for the Teutonic knights who originally belonged to the Westphalian-Rhineland alliance, Marin first thought of them and entertained them.

In these two mansions, Marin arranged more than a dozen tables inside, and invited more than 100 people from the allies in Königsberg to a banquet.

In order to let these uncles with voting rights eat and drink well, Marin asked the chefs to make the purest braised pork, and put the spices and cane sugar at no cost. As for stewed chicken and roast duck, they are more common dishes. Moreover, Konigsberg is close to the sea, and fresh aquatic products are also easy to buy. A variety of sweet and sour braised seafood is also a must. Also, in order to entertain everyone, Malin bought a cow and killed it, and asked the chefs to make beef with sauce. The pork is also the wild boar used internally, and the small ribs on it are all made into delicious sweet and sour pork ribs...

To tell the truth, these dishes are basically big dishes without any vegetables. But in this era, the aristocrats are fashionable to eat these meat dishes and large dishes. If you want to serve vegetables, maybe people are not happy and think you despise him.

There is no pepper on the plate for everyone to dip, but when cooking, pepper, cloves, cinnamon and other spices are also added. Especially the main dish, braised pork, it is full.

Europeans seem to have a preference for sweets, which happens to be the same for Marin. Therefore, when cooking, in addition to the fashionable spices such as pepper, cloves, and cinnamon, Marin directed the chefs to add a lot of sugar when cooking. At the same time, ginger, garlic, and onion are also essential.

One ingredient can be used in many ways. For example, wild boar includes braised pork, fried shredded pork, and sweet and sour pork ribs. Considering that Europeans are not used to eating internal organs, Marin did not serve Chinese classic dishes such as fried large intestine.

Beef, there are also sauce beef, pepper fried steak and other practices. As for the mutton, Marin put it directly on the skewers, sprinkled some cumin, salt, etc., and grilled it with charcoal...

As for the stewed old hen, roast goose and roast duck, it is also a must-have dish. However, in these foods, Marin put a lot of seasonings, spice cane sugar, etc., not less, but not as messy as the Europeans, just put the spices hard and mess up the taste. It is only after the affirmation of Marin, the "gourmet", that the specific formula can be selected...

In addition, Marin also sent people to buy a lot of good wine locally to please these men. As a cool German knight, how can there be no wine to add to the fun?

Many German knights prefer German stout. To this end, Marin purchased a large amount of dark beer, as well as ale with a higher degree of concentration, to deal with the "kegs" of these alcohol tests...

After the banquet started, these knights were really satisfied...

Originally, I was still unhappy that Prince Philip didn't bring a pot of pepper. When the first main dish of braised pork was served, it immediately conquered the gang of knights...

To Marin's surprise, these gang of knight masters like braised pork, and they also like the fat in braised pork...

It seems that people of this era like to cook or bake because of the simplicity of cooking. Therefore, it is necessary to do some oil and water. Therefore, for the fatty and heavy braised pork, these heavy-mouthed German men like it very much. Because braised pork is half fat and half lean, so the oil and water in it is called a foot, so it is very popular with knights. Even, many people are very partial to the fat that is not greasy at all. Moreover, these knights are all big stomach kings...

At the beginning, each table was served with a pot of braised pork, all of which were small pots according to the standard of army food. However, I didn't expect that a whole pot of braised pork would not be enough for those knights.

Although these guys don't use chopsticks, Marin has prepared big spoons for them. Then, the men who fell in love with the taste of braised pork began to use a large spoon to pull the braised pork onto their plates with great force...

Looking at it, before the second dish came, a dozen pots filled with braised pork were empty, leaving only a group of men who had not had enough of it...

Is it okay for Marin to see this situation? So he waved his hand and let the following speed up the speed of serving. So, pots of roast chicken, roast duck, roast goose, and other big dishes such as stewed chicken soup were brought up.

Nima's, this group of beasts, and they wiped out most of them by three and five, and Malin's forehead was sweating...

It is hard to imagine that this is a group of formal Teutonic knights with noble status. If it wasn't for knowing the identities of these people in advance, Marin would have thought they were refugees who had been starving for days...

I can't blame these people. In modern times, the Germans have their own food system. Although they can't keep up with China's, they also have a lot of taste. Moreover, Europe in later generations has also absorbed various practices of Chinese cuisine to a large extent, and has its own cuisine. After all, at that time, the East and the West had communicated for hundreds of years, and it was impossible for their cooks to learn a few skills. Therefore, the Germans of later generations, although they also think that Chinese food is delicious, will not be so fanatical. After all, people in their own country also have delicious food.

But in the dark age of the Middle Ages, Europeans ate very dark dishes, or they simply took bread and roasted meat and dipped them in pepper.

Therefore, Marin launched a Chinese dish with a little heavy mouth, which is really suitable for the tastes of Europeans in this era... Spice, cane sugar, and very suitable for the taste buds of Europeans in this era. Therefore, the knights present were all overwhelmed...

Even those dark beer and ale, everyone has no time to drink, patronizing and grabbing food to eat...

Prince Philip, as the host, also came to each table with a kind face, had a cup of stout with the knights, and said to everyone with a smile on his face:

"Haha, everyone eat well and drink well..."

But in fact, after the knights here collectively had a cup of dark beer with Prince Philip, they continued to bury their heads in dealing with those delicacies they had never seen before. As for Prince Philip's polite words, he just made a "hum" sound in his mouth, and then continued to deal with the food in his mouth and on the table...

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