The Rise of the European Emperor

After two days of repairs in Oldenburg, Marin returned directly to Aurich with Adler. The elder sister-in-law Liv, because she was pregnant, did not follow the main force, but waited for the spring carriage to be ready, took the shock-absorbing spring carriage, and slowly rushed back to Aurich, in order to find Mo Zhigen and Bartle. After a medical diagnosis, he will be raising a baby in Aurich in the future.

Along the way, Marin and Adler were talking and laughing, like a brother and a brother... Abu... a brother and a brother. After all, now that Marin is the king and Adler is the minister, Adler is naturally respectful to Marin.

Adler is almost 30 years old and more sensible than before. He understood that his brother, from the moment he became Baron Texel, had left him far away. Moreover, everything he has now is given by his younger brother. Otherwise, with his ability, he could at most become a formal knight in the country of Mark and serve the Earl of Mark. However, John the Earl of Mark, who is also the Duke of Clifford, usually lives in the Principality of Clifford, and hardly ever comes to the Counties of Mark. Adler just wanted to be appreciated, but he didn't necessarily see the monarch himself.

The older he gets, the more Adler knows that his younger brother Marin is much stronger than him... This strength refers to the mind, not the body and martial arts. In terms of martial arts, Adler can completely abuse Marin. But in terms of brains, ten Adlers can't keep up with Marin...

Adler also complained before, saying why he did not inherit the wisdom of his mother, Mrs. Mary, like Marin, and only inherited his father's body. beaten up...

Of course, Adler wasn't smart, but he wasn't a fool either. Although his wife Liv is also careless and has no scheming, her husband, the Knight of Hamler, is not stupid.

As an old knight who has lived for decades, every time the Hamler knight visits his daughter, he will warn Adler to show respect to his younger brother Marin in the future. After all, Marin is the king and Adler is the minister. Over the years, Adler has remembered this.

So, along the way, although the brothers rode side by side, talking and laughing, Adler became a lot more respectful. Even on horseback, he was slightly behind Marin.

Marin was also keenly aware of this, but didn't say anything. This kind of thing, he is not easy to talk about, it is best to let it go. Now, the eldest brother realizes it himself, and he is happy to see it happen. In the future, there will always be differences between rulers and ministers. The boss can realize it early and save him hints and reminders.

The distance between Oldenburg and Aurich was not far, and the next day, the army arrived at the east gate of Aurich.

Here, Angela, the hostess, took the lead personally, opening the city gates to welcome Marin's triumph. Standing beside Angela were the old Hoffman couple and East Frisian Prime Minister Geoffrey.

Everyone's face was full of joy,

As Marin's family and subordinates, if Marin is good, they will naturally follow. If Marlin was defeated, maybe they would be unlucky as well. Therefore, the happiness and laughter on their faces are real and natural.

In addition, the people who came to greet Marin and the soldiers were naturally the families of those officers. When a husband or son is out on an expedition, it is their relatives who are most worried. They crowded at the city gate, craned their necks, hoping to see their husbands or sons jumping around. And what they fear most is the bad news of the death of their husband or son.

Fortunately, Marin's expedition ended in a complete victory. Although there were several thousand casualties, most of them survived with advanced medical methods. In the end, less than a thousand people unfortunately died. Of course, most of the casualties were ordinary soldiers. The officers basically survived. Only one company captain lost his left arm and had to retire in the future. And the family members who are qualified to stand at the gate of the city today are naturally the family members of the officers. Except for the family leader of the company captain whose left arm was crippled, everyone else was full of laughter.

You know, in this era of war and chaos, it is really not easy to be able to fight many battles and survive. Therefore, mercenaries also like to follow the victorious generals and like to win battles. Because, winning a battle means having a greater chance of surviving. And the last thing the mercenaries want to fight is the most severe urban offensive and defensive battle. That kind of battle is basically taking your life to fill...

Of course, the soldiers under Marin's men served under Marin's men in the name of mercenaries in the early days. However, it is clear that Marin trained them as regulars and raised them as regulars. Moreover, many families have been brought to East Frisian. So, they were all mercenaries at first, but now they're all regulars under Marin's command.

As Marin's soldiers, their families lived well under Marin's rule. Not to mention the officers, in addition to salaries, there are also some farm assignments. With Marin's fertilizer supply, the Grange's fields, although not many, were plentiful, allowing the officers' families to live a well-off life at the level of this era.

As for ordinary soldiers, if they brought their family members to East Frisland, Marin would also arrange the family members of those soldiers to go to the manor under his name. Although the identity is still a serf, but with the identity of a military family, the status is very different from that of an ordinary serf.

Where is the difference? The treatment given by ordinary serf manor is to eat enough, and then distribute a small amount of clothing, that is, enough to eat and wear. Of course, in the eyes of serfs in other countries, this kind of treatment was considered very good. Many serfs in the German region generally can only eat half full. Being able to eat is definitely a blessing. As for the clothes, the serfs must be in tatters.

But in East Friesland, Marin is more like a laborer's farm. Those serfs, as long as they work hard, will definitely be able to feed their families. Also, they eat black bread. Although Kohler bread is mixed with a small amount of grass bran, the taste is not too affected. Much better than the toothy black baguette with dirt and pebbles, at least.

The treatment of ordinary serfs looks good. The family members of active duty soldiers are treated better - as military family members, the family members of the soldiers are eligible to receive a certain amount of salted fish for free from the manor steward on festivals. At the same time, every season, the whole family can receive a set of clothes. Although simple, it also envied ordinary serfs. Because, ordinary serfs only issued two or three sets of clothes every year. As for the children's clothes, ordinary serf families basically used the clothes worn by adults and changed them to small ones, with many patches.

In military families, not only adults often have new clothes, but also children. Therefore, in the ordinary manor, apart from the children in charge, the children of the military family are the widest - they have new clothes to wear...

In addition, Marin is also vigorously developing the cattle industry and intends to engage in dairy cattle breeding. If it reaches a certain scale, all the children of the military will have a supply of milk. Of course, because the number of white cows is still small, they can only be supplied to the children of nobles. But with the development of the dairy farming industry, sooner or later, it will be able to supply the children of the military.

Also, in civil disputes within the estate. Those in charge will also obviously protect the military. Unless, the military is doing too much. Generally, in those civil disputes, both parties are at fault. In such a situation, the steward would directly stand on the side of the military and make ordinary serfs jealous...

Of course, as a price, those soldiers had to sacrifice their lives for Marin. This time, there will be thousands of military family members who have lost their loved ones.

However, the military preferential treatment system established by Marin is very perfect. Those military relatives whose husbands or sons were killed in battle still enjoy military family treatment. Even better than ordinary military. The deceased, like Huaxia in later generations, are judged as martyrs, and their families will be given preferential treatment. Children are also raised on the estate, and priority educational opportunities are provided...

Therefore, in East Frisland (oh no, it should be called the Grand Duchy of the North Sea now), being a soldier is definitely a profession that ordinary serfs envy.

It's a pity that Marin has requirements for his soldiers - those who are not brave don't... So, most people can only envy...

But in fact, they are also the envy of serfs in other countries - it is absolutely heavenly days to be able to eat and wear warmly...