King of German Mercenaries

In fact, what Marin doesn't know about metallurgy is. Generally, spring steel is added with chromium and nickel components, in fact, to prevent the spring from rusting. Therefore, the performance of the springs made by Marin's craftsmen is average, in fact, because the heat treatment process is not well controlled and needs to be improved.

As an important metal workpiece, the spring cannot be easily rusted. Once rusted, it is easy to deform and break. Therefore, in order to prevent rust, people added chromium and nickel, the main components of stainless steel.

Therefore, the springs used by Marlin require regular replacement and frequent oiling. The spring with chromium-nickel composition is not so troublesome.

Fortunately, Marin has no shortage of whale oil on hand now, and can use it openly. As for others, tallow, suet, and olive oil can also be used as protective oils.

Marin came up with a shock-absorbing carriage, and naturally wanted to show off. Anyway, even if others know the structure, they can't imitate it. Because ordinary iron cannot be used to make springs. Even if it is built, the performance is too far behind.

Now that they have all been sent to his men, Marin also prepared a few vehicles to give to allies who have made good friends. For example, John II, Duke of Clifford, Philip the Teutonic Grand Master, and Maximilian I, Marin's current political backer.

As a result, several shock-absorbing carriages, as well as some sealed and packaged spare springs, were sent to these three places together... In addition, Marin also sent one to his uncle Jules.

In fact, Philip, the head of the Teutonic regiment, was in his early 30s and in his prime. Moreover, as the head of the Teutonic Knights, he usually rides a horse and doesn't need a carriage very often.

However, Maximilian I and John II, Duke of Clifford, were old, and they did not ride very much, and often rode in carriages. It would be better to give them a shock-absorbing carriage.

However, what Marin didn't expect was that this time he kindly sent the carriage, but let him fall into a big pit...

As it happened, Marin sent shock-absorbing carriages to the head of the Teutonic State, his uncle Jules, John II, Duke of Clifford, and Maximilian I, respectively.

Originally, several forces were very grateful to Marin for the gift. But when sending the carriage to Maximilian I, he ran into big trouble...

Of course, Maximilian I was not dissatisfied with the carriage. Instead, the poor Emperor His Majesty is currently being beaten by the Swiss mercenaries, unable to lift his head, and can only hide in the fortress.

Moreover, Maximilian I also heard the news that the French King Louis XII released 5,000 Swiss elite mercenaries to oppose him, and was anxious about it.

Immortal, Marin sent a shock-absorbing carriage at this time, and Maximilian I suddenly remembered—Isn’t Marin a very powerful thug? You have reinforcements, and so do I! Also, how brilliant is Marin's record? 10,000 abused more than 20,000 Saxon troops!

You must know that the combat effectiveness of the Saxon army is also one of the best in the entire German region, not under the Habsburg family army. Of course, not with the Swiss.

But even if the Swiss made a move, they couldn't use 10,000 people to completely wipe out more than 20,000 Saxon troops. At most, they could only defeat and repel...

In fact, it was also because Marin chose the battlefield location. If it weren't for the fact that the pontoon on which the Saxon army crossed the river was destroyed by the warship, the Saxon army would have been able to escape more than half of it.

Thinking of this, His Majesty the Emperor finally got excited. So he asked the knight who came to deliver the carriage to bring a letter back and give it to Marin. This letter is not an order from the emperor, but a request.

Marin is now full-fledged, no longer the little guy he used to be. After defeating the Saxon army, Marin became a monster that no one dared to provoke. Therefore, when the emperor communicated with Marin, he could not be as bossy as before - this is the advantage of holding a heavy army.

When the letter of help from Maximilian I was delivered to Marin, Marin felt that it was not a letter,

But a very hot potato...

He began to regret, regretting why he loved showing off so much. This is good, because of the relationship of sending the carriage, the emperor thought of him and asked him to send troops...

Now Marin is in a dilemma, send troops, surrounded by enemies, easy to take the opportunity to take the old nest; don't send troops, the relationship with the emperor must be broken.

Now, Marin had few allies, and if his relationship with the emperor broke down, he would really have no friends. In the future, if you fight with people, it is easy to be beaten by the group.

You know, although the emperor is useless, he is the emperor after all. With the emperor's halo shrouded in it, if others want to beat Marin in groups, they also want to save the emperor's face. Only someone who is very powerful like the Duke of Saxony, and who makes the emperor owe him too much favor, dares to ignore the emperor's face.

Those ordinary nobles, if they dared to participate in the gang fight against Marin, the emperor gave an edict to give his fief to the nobles of the neighbors, and they would be able to disintegrate their alliance in one fell swoop. Because, in the face of the temptation of territory, some people take risks. Just like the Duke of Saxony, he took the risk for the territory of East Frisian Country.

It's just that the emperor himself is a pure European, not so wretched. If he were the Huaxia Emperor, he would have had a powerful staff advisor, and he would have been able to provoke the major nobles to kill each other.

After all, the emperor's edict, sometimes useless, sometimes very useful. For example, there is a gold mine near the border between country A and country B, which currently belongs to country B, but country A is greedy.

At this time, if there is a conflict between country B and the emperor, the emperor can give country A an edict, clearly giving the gold mine of country B to country A. In this way, with an edict that is beneficial to itself, country A will take the risk and fight fiercely with country B.

Under normal circumstances, country A can ignore the emperor who has no power. However, when the emperor sent an edict that was beneficial to him, country A couldn't help taking it, and followed the instructions of the edict to snatch huge profits. After all, this edict is very beneficial to country A.

The so-called princes are the separatist forces with heavy armies. When they faced the emperor's edict, they generally chose to accept what was good for them and ignored what was bad for them. But as long as it is used well, the contradictions and disputes within the princes, and the powerless emperor, can also allocate the princes to kill each other.

Of course, Marin would not give Maximilian I such a bad idea. Because, he himself is also a great prince now. If the emperor uses such a method to greatly weaken the strength of the various princes and let the Habsburg family unify Germany, he will suffer too.

After all, Marin himself has always been used to being the boss himself and is unwilling to be subservient to others. Thinking of the unified China, those big nobles were raised in the capital like pigs, Malin shuddered in his heart, and felt that it would be better to keep the status quo...

However, the Swiss cannot be allowed to defeat the Emperor. If the emperor loses, the consequences will be serious. Chances are, the Imperial Council will take the opportunity to abolish Maximilian I.

A change of person to be emperor may not be beneficial to Marin. It would be tragic if Marin's opponents were replaced as emperors, and the princes of all Germany were called on to fight them in groups.

Therefore, Marin's decision was to support the emperor to a limited extent. Neither let the emperor fail, nor let the emperor have the ability to completely defeat the Swiss...