King of German Mercenaries

As soon as the spring ploughing ended, the top priority of the whole East Frisian country was Marin's marriage. So, the whole country took action...

In fact, old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary were very dissatisfied with Marin's marriage to Angela, the "daughter of a knight". Because, in their opinion, Marin is now the count of the county, the object of marriage, and the princess of the princes on horseback.

It's just that it's difficult for Marin to marry a princess because it hasn't been universally recognized yet. However, Marin is only 20 years old now, and there is no need to get married so early. Many aristocrats don’t get married until they are around 30 years old. With such conditions, Marin can wait for other countries to gradually recognize him, and then choose a princess from a vassal state to marry.

According to common sense, this idea of ​​the old Hoffmans is very correct. However, Marin knew that the Angela he chose now, although not conspicuous, would be the greatest help to him in the future. Because kings and princes have their own sons, they may not try their best to help their sons-in-law. The future Pope Julius II was different. He has no illegitimate children, only two illegitimate daughters, Angela and Ferris. Moreover, Felice was not very fond of Julius II. But even so, Julius II became Pope, and helped Felice remarry the son of a duke, and helped his son-in-law successfully become a new duke.

Of course, that's because in the original history, the first two daughters of Julius II died, leaving only Ferris as a single seedling. If you don't like it, you have to help. However, Angela told Marin that her father liked her the most and disliked her sister. Because, her sister is not as good-looking, cute and obedient as her.

Although Marin heard Angela talk about family matters before, he didn't pay attention to the specific details. Now that I think about it, Angela's sister is the famous Felice. Julius II liked Angela the most, and he also had no son. Then, when he becomes the Pope, he will naturally spare no effort to help his son-in-law.

Therefore, the benefits of marrying Angela are very great. Moreover, Angela herself is also a well-behaved, beautiful, and lovely little beauty, and Marin will not suffer at all if she is married.

However, because Julius II is still a villain wanted by the Holy See. In order not to provoke the Holy See, Marin did not tell his family Angela's true identity, but insisted on marrying her.

Although the old Hoffmans were not happy, there was nothing they could do. Who said that the son is so much stronger than the old man? At the moment, Marin's control of East Friesland is very complete. All opposition parties were killed. So Marin's words, in East Friesland, are the law. Old Hoffman and Lady Mary were respected only because they were Marin's parents. Therefore, Marin insisted on what he wanted to do, and the couple could not stop it.

Moreover, to tell the truth, Mrs. Mary actually likes Angela very much. What she opposed was only Angela's identity, not Angela.

Therefore, as soon as Malin insisted, the couple had no choice but to agree. Anyway, Angela was born in a knight family, not a commoner, and the marriage with Marin was not an intermarriage between nobles.

Of course, the origin of the knight family, in Europe, is sometimes regarded as a commoner. The marriage of a nobleman and the daughter of a knight is sometimes regarded as a normal marriage, and many people think it is an intermarriage of nobles and concubines.

In order to eliminate this hidden danger, Marin simply awarded the old Nelson Knight the title of "Baron for Life". However, this is a special baron title, because it is not hereditary... The so-called lifetime means a lifetime, there is no second generation...

As for the son of old Nelson, Louis, he will become a hereditary knight in the future, and his descendants can also inherit the title of knight. After all, in Europe, barons are very prized and generally not granted lightly.

This time, Marin made an exception to grant old Nelson the title of "Baron for Life" just to raise Angela's worth.

And the document stipulated that after the death of the old Nelson, his son was demoted to the nobility.

To tell the truth, if old Nelson is really Marin's father-in-law, Louis may not need to be downgraded in the future. However, old Nelson was just a fake father-in-law, not really. If he really gave a hereditary baron, Marin would be a big loss. Therefore, the fake brother-in-law Louis can only be a hereditary knight.

But even so, the Nielsen family made a lot of money. Old Nelson had nothing to do to become a baron. Although Louis was downgraded, he made a lot of money. Because, although the title he inherited is only a knight, it can be hereditary, and its gold content is much higher than that of ordinary knights. Moreover, the knighthood of the generals is earned through hard work. And their family, purely by luck, picked up a family blessing...

After everyone knew about Marin's promotion of old Nelson's title, there was nothing to say. After all, Marin is now an earl, and marrying a knight's daughter is indeed outrageous. And marrying a baron's daughter is much better. Moreover, old Nelson's baron cannot be hereditary, but it is very recognized by everyone, and he thinks that Marin is very particular about his work. As for the hereditary knight of Louis, there is nothing to say, who let the family have a beautiful "sister" and fascinated the count...

I heard that Marin set the wedding date on April 18 (Khan, Marin is a digital controller, I like the number 18 very much...), and the vassals began to prepare gifts. Wanting to be a servant like Schwartz, he also took the initiative to send his family into the palace to help. He is now a baron, and the whole family is living in his baron's mansion in Aurich, and the whole family is proud. But for the protagonist Marin, not only Schwartz, but also his family are very grateful. So, for Marin's wedding, Schwartz simply asked his family to help.

The five major servants of Marin at the time—Schwartz, Kahn, Sauer, Garland, and Tara, as well as Kohler, who was in charge of the accounts, are now all rich. Schwartz and Kahn, one because of their ability and culture, and the other because of their bravery and great military exploits, were both made barons. Kohler also became a court baron because he was a quartermaster. Of the other three, Sauer became a hereditary knight, only one step away from being a baron. Next time as long as there is credit, a baron is stable.

As for Garland and Tara, because of their limited abilities, they are currently only three generations of knights. This is also something that can't be helped. In the previous siege battle, the two guarded Marin's side and did not have the opportunity to perform. Although they are all their own, Marin is also very trusting. However, Marin needs to be fair. Therefore, only the knights of their three generations were canonized. Only after waiting for the opportunity to canonize them as hereditary knights. But in terms of the ability of the two, a hereditary knight is also considered to be the top. If you want to become a baron, you have to have great military exploits in exchange for it. But these two people are good at being bodyguards and commanding the army, not at all.

Just as the country of East Friesland was lit up and ready to usher in Marin's wedding, a group of people came from the land road to the southwest...

The team came from Paris, France, led by the legendary Archbishop of Rovere, the future Pope Julius II. The group of people who followed him were mainly members of Archbishop Rovere’s clansmen and cronies who used to be in the Holy See…

Since the last time he wrote back to his daughter Angela, Archbishop Rovere has been waiting for another letter from his daughter. As long as his daughter responded, he planned to take her to Paris and arrange for her to marry the son of the count he favored.

However, for more than two consecutive months, he did not receive a letter from his daughter. So he decided not to wait any longer, and planned to bring someone to East Frisland himself to ask for his daughter. Anyway, even if my daughter replies and agrees, she will pick it up.

However, in order to force Marin to bow his head, Archbishop Rovere specifically found the earl and obtained the official French diplomatic documents, intending to use the French name to press Marin and force him to hand over him.

At the beginning, the Archbishop of Rovere led the people towards Emden. Unfortunately, Marin moved the capital early. So, Archbishop Rovere hurried to Aurich. On the way, he heard that Marin was going to marry a girl named Hannah on April 18. Archbishop Rovere concluded that this Hannah might be his daughter. In order to regain his daughter, Archbishop Rovere and his party rushed on the road without stopping. They arrived at Aurich on the afternoon of the 17th, took out the French diplomatic documents, and broke into the palace of Marin arrogantly. …

Fortunately, Angela was not suitable to live in the palace because she was going to get married, so she temporarily moved to a small castle outside the city to wait for Marin to welcome her. Otherwise, you might be met by Archbishop Rovere.

Marin learned that Archbishop Rovere personally came to the door, and his attitude was bad, and his face changed. Although Archbishop Rovere did not reveal his identity, Marin learned that this person was called Giuliano, and he came from Paris. With the French diplomatic documents, he guessed that this was the future father-in-law.

But what makes Marin depressed is that the future father-in-law is not good, as if he is going to prevent him from marrying Angela...

"It's really unfortunate... It's about to get married, but the future father-in-law came to the door..."

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