King of German Mercenaries

After the country of East Friesland was basically stabilized, Marin began to hold the enthronement ceremony and reward the meritorious soldiers. It's just that these days, the officers and men, including the old Hoffmans and the Adlers, have responded to a situation, that is, the citizens of Emden don't look at them very friendly.

Speaking of which, this is all the fault of Assistant Bishop Taylor. Taylor bewitched these citizens to worship and admire Edsard I. Marin killed Edsard I. Naturally, the local citizens would not give Marin and his subordinates good looks. This is not bad. In the previous siege battle, half of the families even participated in the confrontation with the Marin army.

Although, Bishop Taylor also began to help Marin fool the people according to Marin's wishes. However, he helped Edsard I fool for many years, and the views of many citizens have been deeply ingrained, and it is difficult to reverse it for a while.

Moreover, the previous fall of Emden also shows that although the port of Emden by the sea is suitable for developing trade and economy, it is really insufficient in terms of security.

With the stability of Aurich city, local noble representatives and the distressed noble families who followed the Brock family also petitioned, asking Marin to reset the capital to Aurich, and to ensure that the entire Aurich city, They are all in line with Marin, the legitimate heir of the Bullock family, and are willing to join the people of the city to swear allegiance to Marin in the name of God.

Two large cities in East Frisian counties, one city's residents are hostile to him, the other city is eager for him to pass, and Marin's heart naturally tilts towards Aurich.

Moreover, after discussion, the officers agreed that it was too unsafe to set the capital at a port by the river, and it was easy to face the enemy's front.

In the end, Marin decided to move the capital to Aurich. Then, reinforce the city wall of Aurich, and set up a number of bunkers and beacon towers around Aurich. In this way, even if there is an enemy attack in the future, you can respond quickly, instead of being inexplicably broken like the hapless Edshard I.

In order to prevent the enemy from using tunnel warfare to deal with the city of Aurich, Marin planned to dig a deep moat around Aurich. If the enemy wants to dig a tunnel, first ask the moat if he agrees or not...

However, although the capital is moved to Aurich, Emden is a good port with a very good location after all, and it cannot be abandoned. In Marin's eyes, Aurich is equivalent to the Beijing North of China in later generations, while Emden should have the same status as Shang Hai and belong to the economic center.

However, the area of ​​East Frisian is small, and from Aurich to Emden, it is actually more than 20 kilometers away. Therefore, the geographical location of Aurich is not remote at all, and it is still a coastal area. However, because it is far away from the sea, there is also a buffer zone.

Moreover, Aurich's geographical location is in the most central area of ​​East Friesland. From the perspective of national defense and security, no matter which border area is invaded, if the bunkers and beacon towers are set up in advance, there will always be a chance to issue an early warning.

Considering the large number of princes in the German region, God knows when the war will suddenly break out. Therefore, it is absolutely not wrong to move the capital from Emden in the border region to Aurich in the heartland.

When Marin announced his decision, there was basically no objection and it passed smoothly. Even Madame Marie was excited to talk about Aurich's palace.

In fact, Madame Marie had never been to Aurich, but since childhood, his father, who was lucky enough to escape from the rebellion, always loved to tell Madame Marie about his life in the Aurich Palace when he was a child. And this is more than ten years, until Mrs. Mary's father was killed by the assassin.

However, after more than ten years of beautiful descriptions, Mrs. Mary yearned for the Royal Palace of Aurich, and she always felt that it was the most beautiful place in the world...

However, when Lady Marie came to Aurich with Marin's huge migratory procession, she was full of disappointment. Because, the palace of Aurich is not very beautiful.

It's more like a castle than a palace like the Serksner's palace in Emden. Because, one of the important uses of this palace construction is to ensure security - who called the endless wars in the Middle Ages?

However, Marin was not disappointed. Because, he decided to expand the palace in the future. Around the castle, I bought the land of the residents and expanded the palace three or four times its size, not to mention that it is not compared with the palaces in the east, which often cover tens or even hundreds of hectares, or the Buckingham Palace with a face value of 180,000 square meters, but at least, It is comparable to the other courtyard of the British royal family - Windsor Castle. You know, Windsor Castle, but there are 45,000 square meters. However, Aurich's palace, including the courtyard, does not exceed 5,000 square meters. So, Marin decided to expand the castle by 9 times to be as big as Windsor Castle...

Of course, this matter is not urgent. The most urgent thing now is the enthronement ceremony and the reward to the hero...

On November 18, 1498, Marin, a day that looked auspicious in Marin, held a grand coronation ceremony in the square in front of the Aurich Palace. The 70-year-old bishop Richie, tremblingly under everyone's attention, put the earl's crown on Marin's head...

In fact, Marin was eager to learn from Napoleon, to take the crown from old Richie and put it on himself. However, considering that Napoleon's family could hang the whole of Europe, Marin could only be hanged and beaten. So, Marlin is still waiting honestly for Old Man Ritchie to put the crown on his head...

After the old Richie brought the crown to Marin, he blessed Marin and declared that Marin was the only legitimate earl of East Friesland, and he was helped down. Because the old Richie is not in good health, it is very good to be able to persist for so long.

Wearing a crown on his head and holding a golden scepter of real local tyrant gold, Marin felt that he was put on a Niubi halo, and immediately shook...

He stood up in high spirits, waved the heavy pure gold scepter in his hand, and began to address everyone present:

"It's God's will!" Marin said loudly.

"God does not allow rebellion to murder the master, but he can go unpunished. Therefore, God let my grandfather escape at the most dangerous moment of the Bullock family, and with the blessing of God, gave birth to an heir like my mother!"

"Although my mother is not a male heir, his son is the legal male heir of East Friesland!"

"Here, I would like to thank my eldest brother Adler, who gave me the throne very gentlemanly. At the same time, I also thank my 6,000 soldiers. God bless them and brought them to my side! Also God Bless, they fought bloody battles for me, defeated the descendants of the rebels, and took back the crown that the Brock family blood should have!"

"Sovereign power is granted by heaven, God is omnipotent!" Marin raised his golden scepter and raised his arms and shouted...

All the people present were Catholics, so naturally they shouted:

"The power of the monarch is bestowed by God, and God is omnipotent!"

"The power of the monarch is bestowed by God, and God is omnipotent!"

"The power of the monarch is bestowed by God, and God is omnipotent!"

"The power of the monarch is bestowed by God, and God is omnipotent!"

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"God used my hand to execute the descendants of those rebels who were bewitched by demons. They died not wrongly. Because they sold their souls to demons and broke the legal order set by God!"

"Then, the demons will be defeated by the angels. And those rebels who sold their souls to the demons, and their descendants, will eventually be sent to hell!"

"I, Marin von Hoffmann! Before I was 16 years old, I was a confused and ignorant teenager. At first, my father kicked me out of the house according to the rules of the German region, and only gave me half a set Plate armor, a lance, and a travel fee of 10 gp..."

"However, I was useless back then. In terms of martial arts, I couldn't beat my elder brother at all. In terms of wisdom, I was also very average. Because of my credulity, I was defrauded of 10 gold coins, and I couldn't afford to live in a hotel, so I could only sleep in In the haystacks in the wilderness, I was shivering in the cold night, and I almost died of hunger. In the end, I managed to save my life by grabbing a few pieces of grass to eat under the mouth of my war horse... …”

"But even under such miserable circumstances, I never thought, like those fallen wandering knights, to rob and kill. Because, as a knight, I should not do anything to innocent people! I lay in the mess In the unbearable haystack, shivering, with the last trace of consciousness in my dying body, I sincerely prayed to God, asking God to save me, this lost child..."

The people around were shocked. They really did not expect that Malin, who is so high-spirited now, would have such a tragic past. Of course, most of this is also true. It's just that Marin didn't say the most important identity of the transmigrator, and he was also slightly fictional. As for Mrs. Mary, who had never heard Marin speak about this tragedy before, she was so distressed that she could only cry. Even a man like old Hoffman heard his eyes turn red.

"I am dying, but God have mercy on me, a blood heir to the Bullock family, should not starve to death so tragically..."

"So, God sent an ascetic and great sage named 'Einstein' to come to me when I was about to starve to death..."

"When Daxian saw me, he was taken aback. He told me that I was a person with noble blood flowing in my body, and I shouldn't have died in such a useless manner. So he saved me and gave me a life-saving black Bread. Then, he accepted me as a disciple and taught me knowledge for a month..."

"At the time, I was very strange. In the past, I was not very smart and my learning ability was very slow. However, Daxian only taught me for a month, but I felt like I had studied for ten years. Many things were learned in one go. Remember, this is not at all like my previous situation. I used to learn things very slowly... For this, my family can swear in the name of God that what I say is true..."

At this time, the old Hoffmans and Adler on the viewing platform nodded desperately. Because, what Marin said was true. Moreover, they dared to swear to the "Bible" that they did not lie.

"Just like that, after a month of study, I suddenly became smarter, as if I was enveloped by the light of wisdom..."

"In my opinion, there is only one possibility for such a miracle - that is, the gift of God! Otherwise, there is no other explanation more reasonable than this one..."

"Because I became smart, or I was blessed by God. Therefore, after I ran to Vienna, I easily won the appreciation of His Majesty the Emperor. From a mere wandering knight, I was suddenly appointed as the acting phalanx commander... "

"The next story, probably many people have heard. I took my troops and participated in the Italian war. That day, it seemed that God's guidance, I was ordered to take my troops to support the Italians."

"But, in the dimness, I seemed to be guided by God, and it seemed to me that someone told me that on the night of July 6, 1494, the French would retreat on a certain road. So, according to God's direction, I set up an ambush there. , severely damaged the French army, and almost captured the French king..."

"However, maybe God thought that I should not have such good luck to catch the French king. So, the French king finally ran away. However, many French knights fell into my hands. So, I became baron……"

Marin said a lot of "bara bala bala", and it was long-winded. However, in this era, Marin's experience is very legendary, and it is countless times more exciting than the novel. Therefore, everyone in the room silently listened to Marin's bragging, and everyone was in high spirits. Even the old subordinate who participated in the famous ambush with Marin at the beginning heard it with great interest...

Of course, 80 percent of what Marin said was true, and only 2 percent was adulterated. So, no one present could hear any problem.

But Marin's experience is too magical and incredible. Therefore, the people present also agreed that this is indeed the blessing of God. Otherwise, it is impossible for so many miracles to appear in the same person.

Everyone in the room took notes of the "story" that Marin told and spread it out in the future. Such a bizarre experience is like the blessing of the gods, no matter who it is, it is difficult to understand. In the end, they can only come down to God's favor...

Through this big trick, everyone present began to be convinced that Marin is the count of East Frisland chosen by God...