King of German Mercenaries

In a blink of an eye, the time has arrived in November 1495. Historically, Hungary and Austria had to fight again. However, because Marin offered 1,000 horses and 3,000 sets of plate armor. In addition, because of Marin's heroic story, Austria's military strength has risen a lot. The previous glorious record of the Empire defeating the French in Italy made the Hungarians dare not fight against Austria. As a result, a conflict that should have occurred disappeared into the invisible. Probably, this is the change brought about by Marin's flapping butterfly wings.

The Austrians, because of insufficient financial resources, were unable to attack Hungary. Although Austria held 2000 French prisoners, worth a lot of ransom. However, the issue of ransom, the emperor is still waiting for the French to negotiate. And King Charles VIII of France, who has just returned to the country, is still in shock. First of all, he had to explain the reason for the failure to the nobles in the country. Otherwise, even the king will not have good fruit to eat. Of course, France is a country with concentrated royal power, and the royal family has a relatively high prestige. If the emperor dared to fight such a big defeat, maybe the electors would want to abolish the emperor and choose another...

When Charles VIII sent someone to Vienna to negotiate a ransom and pay the ransom, it is estimated that it will take several months. Therefore, the emperor currently does not have enough financial resources to support the offensive operations against the Hungarians. As a result, there was a rare calm between Austria and Hungary.

At the Hoffmann Manor in the Bochum area, Marin, the "teenage hero", felt very hard at the moment. He had planned to rush to Texel Island earlier, but was left behind by old Hoffman.

Why did old Hoffman keep him? Take him out to show off...

In order to show off his son, who was made a baron, old Hoffman often feasts with guests recently and invites his old friends to eat and drink. By the way, pull out Marin as a model and show off...

Old Hoffman is a veteran knight in the country of Mark, and the friends he knows are naturally knights. As the saying goes, "Things gather together, people are divided into groups", and the old Hoffman friends are generally knights from nearby knights. Barons and nobles of higher titles are not up to him, nor are commoners. Therefore, those who intersect with the old Hoffman are the knights. Of course, there were also some children of the knight family, the ones without titles, who were friends of Old Hoffman when he was young.

Old Hoffman had a brother named Jules. However, when Jules became an adult, he was kicked out of the house by old Hoffman's father. Later, I heard that Jules went to the Teutonic Knights in Poland and became a Teutonic knight. However, the Teutonic Knights and the Earl of Mark were far apart by thousands of mountains and rivers. Old Hoffman had not heard about his brother for 20 years, and he did not know whether it was life or death.

On Madame Marie's side, her relatives had almost died because of the East Frisian rebellion. Therefore, there are no relatives.

Old Hoffman and his wife, only one cousin of old Hoffman, Knight Renell. So, old Hoffman first invited his cousin Renell, invited him to eat and drink, and showed his baron son by the way...

The Knights of Renell lived in the north of the Earl of Mark, while the old Hoffman was to the south of the Country of Mark (the country of the Ear of Mark had territory south of the Ruhr). In the Middle Ages, transportation was inconvenient, so the cousins ​​did not travel often. Only in the event of marriage, funeral, and marriage, will the other party be invited.

Renelle didn't know yet about Marin being made a baron, when Marin wore a baronial gown made of Huali's silk and a newly designed family crest - a white shield with a square black cross (which was a bit of a Like the coat of arms of the Bishopric of Cologne, but the black cross of the Bishopric of Cologne is elongated, while the black cross of Marin is square, the same shape as the Red Cross of the Red Cross).

Renell didn't know it, thought Marin was playing cosplay, so he made fun of:

"Little Marlin, why are you wearing this costume? Want to be a baron? But you have to be a knight first!" Renell knew that the knighthood of old Hoffman must be inherited by Adler. ,

17-year-old Marin, after turning 18, has to leave home to find opportunities on his own.

"Uncle Renelle, this is my own robe, and it was given by the emperor!" Marin said depressedly. It was obviously his own robe and badge, but he was used by this cousin as a costume for acting...

"Hahaha, little Marin, you sang very well in this play, and I'll reward you with a one-handed sword later." Renell obviously took Marin as a joke.

"Haha, Renelle, don't you know? Our Marin participated in the war in Italy, and even led his troops to defeat the French. So, he was really named a baron by the emperor!" Hoffman laughed happily.

"Cousin, are you here to tease me too? Do you all like acting?"

"Hey, have you seen the camp on the west side of the manor?" Old Hoffman knew that Renell didn't believe it, and decided to show him some "dry goods"...

"What's the matter?" Renel curiously followed old Hoffman to the camp where Malin's 400 men were stationed...

Seeing old Hoffman and Marin approaching, the 400 men who were still resting and eating stood up one after another, raised their right hand, and gave a Roman military salute:

"Hi, Lord Baron!"

Marin also modestly returned a raised hand:

"Take a break, soldiers! Don't worry about us, we're just here to see, you can continue to eat."

"Yes, my lord!" Vice Admiral Schwartz replied immediately.

Although, in private, everyone called Marin the boss, but in front of people, he still had to call him "adult".

Renell looked at the neatly-moved 400 fighters, and his mouth widened in surprise:

"Cousin, are you going to rebel? Gather so many soldiers..."

"Renel, I told you, this is Marin's subordinate. These people are all soldiers who accompany him to the Italian battlefield."

"real?"

"Nonsense, when have I ever lied to someone?" Old Hoffman was a little unhappy.

Knight Renell thought about it, his cousin has always been an old-fashioned person, and he has never lied to anyone...

Then, his tiger body trembled, then trembled, and then trembled...

"Little Malin, you...you...are you really a baron?"

"That's still fake?" Marin said helplessly.

Then, Renell started to surround Marin, looking up and down, left and right... It seemed like he was watching a giant panda, but also like he was looking at a mascot... Those eyes made Marin very uncomfortable...

Old Hoffman, on the other hand, raised his head and hummed proudly...

...

Not only this time, after Renell left, Old Hoffman invited many knights who had made good friends with him. Even some knights who were just nodding acquaintances also invited. The purpose, of course, is to show off...

Then, the tragic Marin had to come out again and again to act as a mascot to watch the group of muscular German knights. What's even more tragic is that sometimes these guys will pinch Marlin with their hands, and feel what it's like to pinch the baron...

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