King of Mercenaries Chapter 163

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:24:07 AM

Marin took his men and sneaked horses all the way. In Poland, he also needed an identity. Because he was an ally of the Teutonic Knights, naturally not with Poland.

In fact, the knights in the German region generally do not follow the Polish route to the Teutonic Order. Many people choose to take a boat to the Teutonic Knights. Because the Poles were afraid of the growth of the Knights, and they often stopped or even detained them when they saw the wandering knights who went to run.

However, before Marin was in a hurry to ride the time (riding faster than riding a boat), he hurriedly led the team to hurry. Because of the large number of people, many people still have a single horse and a carriage. Therefore, it is also difficult to find suitable ships for shipment. Unlike those homeless knights who fought in the Knights, there are only one person or a few people. Even with horses and armors, it is better to find ships.

As a last resort, Marin took the team and rushed back from the vicinity of the previous route. In fact, when they were transiting, they were like a gust of wind, and they avoided the main towns. Therefore, the Poles were unable to question and stop them.

On this return trip, Marin also changed a route, which is close to the previous route, but it is another route. This decision saved the entire team. Because the Poles had previously discovered their marching route to the Teutonic Order, they sent people to intercept it.

However, because Marin and his two horses did not carry full body armor, the march was too fast, which caused the Polish to completely overtake.

也 The same is true for this return trip, Marin happened to avoid the Polish interception. When the Poles sent troops to intercept, Marin's team had long gone ...

After entering the territory of Germany, Marin did not go directly to the Principality of Cleveland, but first switched to Luebeck ...

As the capital of the Hanseatic League, Luebeck is naturally prosperous. In fact, the Hanse merchants in Lubeck have always been the hegemons of the Baltic Sea. In the Baltic region, in addition to the Teutonic Knights, they have merchant groups to fight against them. In other regions, such as Poland and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, many rely on merchant ships from Lubeck for salt and other scarce supplies. Even Hanse merchants in the Teutonic Order often rely on Lubeck's merchant ships to help them with their shipments. After all, not every Hansa merchant has the money to buy and operate a sea transport merchant ship.

In Lubeck, there are more than a dozen shipyards alone. Every year, a large number of Kirk sailing boats are launched into the shipping industry. Marin is here to order a sailing boat.

Marlind ordered two Kirk sailing ships at two of Luebeck's strong shipyards. The requirements of these two sailing marlins are more than 200 tons of displacement, which is already relatively large in Kirk.

In fact, Marin also ordered larger sailing vessels, which can also be built by the Lubeck shipyard. However, as a novice in the maritime industry, Marin naturally has to keep a low profile. It would n't be great if the boat was too big and attracted the attention of Lubeck and gave himself a black hand. You know, the total number of Kirk sailing ships in Lubeck is thousands, which is more than Hamburg. If the Luebecks were to anger, maybe dozens of armed merchant ships would be sent to attack ...

Therefore, Marin chose a size that is neither too small nor too noticeable-more than 200 tons, and its loading capacity is not small, but it is not so eye-catching. In addition, in the future, Marin walked the Baltic Sea, flying the flag of Königsberg, and most heroes on the sea will give face. Had Marin's own flag been hoisted and beaten ...

After ordering the boat, Marin led people to continue to the south-southwest and rushed to the Principality of Cliff ...

After arriving in the Principality of Cliff, Marin hurried to see John II, Duke of Rivers. Unexpectedly, Marin found that Emperor Maximilian I was also a guest here ...

It turned out that Maximilian I also passed by here. Maximilian I, the only son of handsome King Philip, independently governed in the Netherlands at an early age. Since Philip was only 14 years old in 1492, he began to manage the Netherlands alone. Since then, Maximilian I, the former regent in the Netherlands, has moved back to Austria due to WYN's recovery.

Since then, this pair of father and son, one has been in WYN or Innsbruck in Austria for a long time, and the other has lived in Ghent, the capital of the Netherlands for many years ...

Ghent is the largest city in the Netherlands and the fourth largest city in the Holy Roman Empire, behind Milan, Prague and Genoa. Moreover, Ghent is located in the most developed Flanders region of the Netherlands, and is also the capital of the Flanders region.

Not only is Philip based here, but the Netherlands Parliament is also based in Ghent ...

刚 Just after the New Year in 1498, Maximilian I missed his son so much that he was going to visit the Netherlands to see his son.

As for Prince Philip, because he was separated from his father since he was a child, he did not attach much to his father. Therefore, it is basically impossible to count on Duke Philip (beautiful man Philip has attacked the Duke of Burgundy) to visit the Emperor Laozi on his own initiative.

Moreover, Philip was newly married to Yan, and at this time he was still obsessed with his wife-the "mad girl Juana" who had not gone crazy. The young couple, me and my, who remembers the obscure old man of Maximilian I (even though Maximilian I was only 39 years old)?

So, helplessly, Maximilian I, who missed his son, had to condescend to visit his son ...

If it was in Huaxia, his son was so filial, that Wan Fu had already pointed him out. But in the West, this is not the case. Don't look at Philip, he is about the same age as Marin. However, he is the legal heir of the Principality of Burgundy, and has been regarded as a powerful prince. Therefore, he is not even less energetic than Maximilian I ...

Maximilian I went all the way, and when he passed by Cliff, the capital of the Principality of Cliff, the emperor stopped whim and visited John II ...

Puppet emperor generals, as courtiers, although they do not belong to the emperor's group, but on the surface they have to be warmly entertained. So John II warmly entertained Maximilian I. Maximilian I also stayed in Cliff for two days. Before the emperor left, it happened that Marin also arrived in Cliff and brought to John II the news that Prince Philip had been successfully elected chief of the Teutonic Knights.

John II overjoyed, and accidentally revealed to the emperor that Marin helped Prince Philip run for the Grand Commander ...

John II also confessed to failing to speak, but the news has been revealed to the emperor who is visiting here, and it is impossible to recover. Fortunately, the emperor did not know that Marin had brought 100,000 gold coins to help Prince Philip; otherwise, the emperor had to be so angry that he must kill Marin.

You know, the Duke of Saxony is the cousin and ally of the emperor, and Marin is the emperor's man. Marin's help to Prince Cliff's brother, Prince Philip, was a bit of a "eat-and-eat".

But this is the end, and the emperor cannot change the result. In order not to annoy the Duke of Saxony, the emperor even had to help Marin cover up.

However, in order to vent his anger, the emperor decided to call Marin to his residence to have a good meal ...

However, Marin was very clever. Where did the Emperor give him a chance?

When the emperor opened his mouth to spray Marin, Marin quickly defended:

"Your Majesty, for your good ..."

The emperor froze, but then became more angry-dare to quibble?

"You talk about it. How did you help Prince Philip become the head of the team?"

"Your Majesty, in the army, what army is your number one confidant?"

"Of course the French army!" Maximilian I said without hesitation.

"What's more specific?"

"A Swiss mercenary in the French army ..." Maximilian I thought for a moment.

"Yeah, this time, it was a help to your Majesty ..."

"How do you help me?"

"I think His new High Commander Philip suggested that the Teutonic Order could employ a large number of Swiss mercenaries against Poland and Lithuania ..."

"What does this have to do with me?" The emperor was puzzled.

Marin said mysteriously:

"Your Majesty, do you think, Switzerland is so small in population, is there always a limited force?"

"Well, that's right."

"Is the Minister suggesting that the Teutonic Knights State employ a large number of Swiss mercenaries, did they deploy a large number of Swiss mercenaries to leave?"

"What do you mean?" Maximilian I seemed to think of something.

"Chin means that the Teutonic state has hired a large number of Swiss mercenaries, then the French will fight against you, and then there will not be enough Swiss mercenaries ..."

"Um ... this ... it's really like this ..."

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"It really makes sense, hey ..."

In fact, there are many Swiss mercenaries, and the French can't afford to hire them. Because the salaries of Swiss mercenaries are double that of ordinary mercenaries, not many countries can afford them.

Marin just used the simple method of stealing the concept to make the emperor think that he really weakened the French army ...

In addition, Marin also told the emperor:

"His Majesty, he knows that you and the Duke of Saxony are allies. But, in the final analysis, the Duke of Saxony is also a powerful, independent prince against the central government. He is no different from other duchyes because the current duke and you are cousins. To be close to you. If you have passed generations, you may not be able to say that the Duke of Saxony and your descendants are still a group ... "

所以 "So, the Principality of Saxony is strong, and it may not be a good thing for your Majesty. Moreover, the Principality of Saxony is already strong enough to make it stronger. Is it necessary to have a competitor in the throne?"

Marin's last words deeply touched the emperor. You know, so far, the Shen Luo throne election is still the system of the seven major elections. Originally, Charles V, the grandson of Maximilian I, spent 850,000 Gulden gold coins before buying the throne. Moreover, the money was borrowed from the Fugel family ...

So, the throne of the Habsburg family is actually not very stable ...

After thinking about it, the emperor still felt that Marin was right, so he no longer blame Marin, and also offered to help Marin cover up the matter ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Welcome the book readers to visit, the latest, fastest, The hottest serial works are at ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Please read for mobile users.

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