King of German Mercenaries

It was also a coincidence that the speedboat that Baron Sandro sent to the mainland to verify, met the Spanish fleet that came to patrol the Canary Islands on the way. Coincidentally, the person in charge of the inspection is Prince John, Crown Prince of Spain.

The Spanish flags were hung on both sides, so naturally they had to greet each other. Therefore, Sandro's messenger simply asked His Royal Highness the prince himself for confirmation.

As a witness who was present at the time, Prince John naturally knew the truth of the matter. So, Prince John nodded directly and admitted the truth of the matter. In this way, the courier did not have to return to the port of Cadiz, but turned around and went to Las Palmas with the prince's fleet.

His Royal Highness, the same age as Marin, is now 21 years old. The two kings of Spain naturally wanted to exercise their son, so they sent Prince John to patrol the navy and lead the fleet to visit the Canary Islands.

This job is not dangerous. Because, in the Atlantic, Spain has no enemies. Portugal, although powerful, would not attack the Spanish ships at will. Because the two sides have long signed a peace treaty to "divide" the world. Also, Spain is not easy to mess with.

Just talking about the fleet led by Prince John is not easy to mess with. 6 battleships full of soldiers and artillery. Moreover, their displacement, the smallest is about 180 tons.

Prince John is still very grateful to Marlin for saving his life. Moreover, he was actually unhappy that Marin only asked for a few points of colonial rights in the "Wild Continent". After all, the wild continent is not India, it seems that there is no oil and water at all, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to explore the route. Also, sailing is dangerous. In the event of a shipwreck, even if you are unlucky.

A few days ago, the latest news came from Germany. Marin, who had rescued him at the beginning, actually relied on a baronial with only a few small islands to send troops to capture an Counties, and the progress was rapid, sweeping the entire Counties within half a month. To his surprise, Prince John, Marin is still a descendant of the former earl whose country was overthrown, and has the legal right of inheritance. For this, his father-in-law, Maximilian I, also acknowledged it and sent a message to his daughter, Margaret of Austria, the wife of Prince John. So Prince John heard about it from his wife.

Margaret of Austria is now five months pregnant and is raising a baby in the Castilian capital of Toledo. Thinking of this, Prince John was somewhat grateful to Marlin. Because, if Marin hadn't saved him, he would have died. His wife, Princess Margaret, will also be a widow, and will leave no children. Regardless of whether Margaret was carrying a boy or a girl, as long as she survived, she would become the next heir to Prince John in the kingdom of Aragon and Castile, and would not discount his sisters.

Prince John does not want to let the descendants of the Portuguese king become the heir to the Spanish throne after his death, even if it is the son of his eldest sister...

Because, when Marin rescued the prince last time, he provocatively said that the prince's illness may be the murder of the Portuguese. After all, the prince fell ill, but after attending the wedding of the eldest sister and Manuel I, it is very likely that the Portuguese will murder. After all, as long as the prince dies, the first-in-line heir is his eldest sister, Princess Isabella. It seems likely that Manuel I murdered the prince.

Moreover, it seems that because the appearance of Marin interfered with history, Princess Isabella, who was supposed to die in childbirth in 1498, did not die in childbirth and gave birth to a healthy Prince Miguel. Of course, it's useless to survive, because Prince John didn't die and got his wife Margaret pregnant. As long as the child survived, the other princesses of Spain would have to stand aside.

Because of his wife's pregnancy, Prince John's whole person is in joy. For Marin's gratitude, of course, is also very sincere.

When I heard that Marin was staying in Las Palmas, the prince who happened to be visiting the Canary Islands wanted to talk to Marin. As a young man with ideals, Prince John is also very interested in Marin's experience of laying down a country by relying on a few barons of small broken islands. His age is the age to worship heroes. Thinking that Marin was the same age as him, to have such outstanding military exploits, Prince John was also very envious. At the same age, he had just been sent out by his parents to exercise, and Marin had already built a country on his own and became an existence that dominates a country.

Of course, if Marin knew what Prince John was thinking, he would definitely give him a slap in the face - Nimad, Lao Tzu worked so hard to conquer a small country of more than 3,000 square kilometers, and he still had to face the pressure of the Saxons. Your special cat is destined to inherit the huge Spain, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and a large country with a population of more than 8 million, so you envy me so much? I'm so envious of you, so envious that I'm so jealous...

If Marin was given another choice to transmigrate, in this era of Western Europe, Marin would resolutely choose to transcend to become Louis XII or Henry VIII, all of which would be a chance to take over a powerful country stably. For example, if Marin transmigrated into Louis XII, as long as he was given ten years, he would promise to build the already tyrannical France into a cosmic country, and then wield a big stick and crush the whole of Europe... Unfortunately, he is not , he just transmigrated into a wandering knight. Therefore, everything he has depends on himself to obtain little by little, and he has to face various challenges and blows on the road to success...

Marin was also taken aback when he first saw Prince John. In particular, Prince John brought a fleet here...

Marin was worried to death. He was afraid that when the prince saw Columbus' spice fleet, his eyes were red, he was malicious, and he came to eat black or something...

However, after contacting the prince for a few days, Marin discovered that although Prince John was the son of the wily Spanish kings, he probably had never been exposed to dark things since he was a child. Prince John was 21 years old, and he was still very naive. very kind……

It's no wonder that Prince John, as the only son of the two kings of Spain, has been the first treasure in Spain since he was a child.

And Prince John's parents, who grew up in crisis since childhood, have a strong sense of crisis and are naturally more urbane. Although Isabella I was noble since she was a child, her brother Enrique IV treated her badly. Because they are half-siblings. Enrique IV also changed in the marriage of Isabella I, and randomly designated Isabella I a marriage partner. In the end, Isabella I had to fight by escaping marriage, fled to Aragon, and married Ferdinand II.

It is precisely because of various bad experiences in childhood that Isabella I was trained to have a scheming since she was a child, otherwise she would not have escaped marriage successfully.

And Ferdinand II was not the heir to the throne since he was a child. In front of him, there is an eldest brother Charlie and sister Blanca. Ferdinand II's mother, Juana, was also the second wife of King Juan II of Aragon, but Juana was more scheming and good at "palace fighting". Under her bewitchment, Juan II was cruel. He killed a son and a daughter born to him and his ex-wife, respectively, clearing the way for Ferdinand II to inherit the throne. Growing up in such a palace fighting environment, Ferdinand II is naturally very scheming...

However, Prince John, the son of the two kings, never fought with him since he was a child. Several sisters have also arranged to get married, so they will not fight with him. Therefore, without a sense of crisis, Prince John naturally did not exercise any ruthless scheming. Even, in the chat, the outspoken Prince John was trapped by Marin to keep a lot of Spanish secrets...

Of course, Marin will not underestimate Prince John because of this. Because, Prince John's wife, Margaret of Austria, is a strong woman.

You know, in the original history, after the death of the prince, Margaret returned to the Netherlands where she grew up as a widow. Later, after the death of the handsome king Philip, he was also entrusted by his father Maximilian I, regent of the Netherlands, to teach his young nephew Charles V. During the regency of the Netherlands, the Netherlands flourished, Antwerp became a famous trade center in Europe, and the Netherlands became the most important money bag of the Habsburg family. Charles V was even brought up by his aunt, Margaret, and taught by her. The reputation of Charles V is known to anyone who has read European history. Therefore, no matter how simple Prince John is, with such a scheming wife behind his back, there will be no major troubles in the future.

Fortunately, Princess Margaret was raising her baby in Toledo and didn't come with Prince John. Otherwise, with Margaret's scheming growing up in the complicated Dutch court since she was a child, after seeing so much spice from the Columbus fleet, she might instigate the prince to kill and sell goods...

After feeling relieved, Marin began to call Prince John brothers, and he also boasted with the prince every day that he had ambushed the French King Charles VIII, defeated the Frisian aristocratic republic stronger than himself, and quickly captured the East Frisian country. The experience of the novel, everyone exaggerated, boasted that he was a great military commander, and fooled the simple Prince John into a daze. Prince John has had a tendency to become a Marin fan after a while...

This can't blame Prince John for being stupid. In fact, the three battles in which Marin became famous are indeed legendary. Each battle was won by the weak and the strong. In the face of iron-clad facts, coupled with the bragging of Marin YY's novels, it is not surprising that the young and inexperienced Prince John is convinced...