King of German Mercenaries

Half an hour later, the women were tired of fighting, so they let Columbus go...

These women have little strength and limited lethality. Therefore, Columbus did not receive too heavy crushing crit damage. However, these women are good at scratching people. When Columbus got up, his face was scratched and covered in blood. Anyway, he was scratched...

After getting up, Columbus immediately planned to treat the scar on his face. However, he is now penniless, and the purse on his body has been taken away by the soldiers who raided his home.

Fortunately, the clothes on him were still noble silk clothing. Moreover, when the group of kiln sisters beat him just now, they patronized and greeted him without tearing his clothes.

So, Columbus changed the luxurious silk clothes on his body for a gold coin, and quickly went to treat the wound on his face...

However, this year, the level of medical care in Europe is extremely low, far inferior to that of Eastern Chinese medicine. This is mainly because the church is powerful these days, and Europeans are far more superstitious than the East, so naturally they do not pay attention to the development of medicine. Even dissection is considered an act of blasphemy. European medicine really began to take off after the defeat of Catholicism in the religious wars. Because at that time, the authority of the Holy See was swept away, and many people stopped believing in God and began to study science, which helped to promote the development of medicine.

And this year, many people go to see a doctor and go to the half-hearted priest to ask for blessings and holy water. This stalk is no different from the Chinese people who worship the Great Immortal and drink the gray water of the magic rune. Anyway, it's killing yourself.

Therefore, Columbus could only find a crappy Spanish doctor to treat the wound on his face casually. The end result is that the blood on Columbus's face stopped, but the scars remained permanently. To be more specific, it is - Columbus is broken.

To hide the scars on his face, Columbus bought a simple mask to wear. After taking back his wife and two sons, Columbus quietly took out part of his deposit at the branch of Genoa Bank in Cadiz. Then, he purchased a bronze mask and assumed the alias Anthony, with the original name of Anthony in Canada. His wife and children went to Portugal on vacation, hoping that the Portuguese royal family, who attaches great importance to sailing, would support his sailing career.

The reason why Columbus changed his name was not because he was afraid that the Spanish government would be unfavorable to him. The Queen has taken Columbus's home and won't continue to pay attention to him. However, those ** are different. They lost their jobs because Columbus brought back syphilis. Therefore, those who hate Columbus the most are those **. Basically, if they were recognized, they would "scratch once" on Columbus. Moreover, Columbus is no longer a Spanish noble, and without the protection of guards, he dare not confront those ** legions.

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At this point, it was the end of 1496. Just when Columbus had bad luck, Marin was also preparing to go home for the New Year.

The recruitment of the new Spanish phalanx has basically been completed. However, the specific training work, Marin can leave it to Schwartz and Franzberg to deal with. The two are also enthusiastic about training the phalanx. Moreover, before going home, Marin gave each of them a big red envelope of 100 gold coins, which made them very happy.

And Marin himself, with a few Kahn and 20 escorts, landed from Den Helder, one person and two horses, all the way to the Hoffmann Manor in Bochum, so that he could go home for Christmas.

After a long journey, Marin finally made it back to Hoffman Manor on Christmas Eve. Back home, Marin was welcomed by his family and was "besieged" by his younger siblings. Because, Marin's promise to take his younger brother and sister to live in the castle on the island has not been fulfilled.

For this, Marin is also helpless. His aggressive recruitment of Frisian fishermen offended the Frisian Aristocratic Republic and could lead to conflict between the two sides. For the sake of safety, he never picked up his younger siblings to live in the castle on the island. The old Hoffmans and the adult Adler naturally understood, but the younger siblings who were still children couldn't.

Therefore, after Marin returned home, he was strongly "condemned" by his younger brothers and sisters...

In order to appease his younger siblings, Marin resorted to the big trick of "smashing with gold coins", giving two younger brothers and a younger sister 10 gold coins each, which instantly extinguished their anger. You know, it is rare for younger siblings to get a few pfennig pocket money. As soon as Marin shot, he was 10 gold coins, worth 600 pfennig, which instantly shocked the three children. Then, they didn't bother to denounce Marin, and they all went back to steal the gold coins to avoid being confiscated and confiscated by Mrs. Mary.

The family dinner on Christmas Eve was very enjoyable. After the family prayed, they began to enjoy delicious roast goose, roast suckling pig, braised pork (it felt so discordant, basically messed up)... There were also boiled apples, raw vegetables... …and waiting for a delicious meal.

Because Marin ordered a large number of coal from the estate, the economic situation of the Hoffman estate was very good. After having money, the old Hoffman spent money to repair the house, so that the original two country villas became four villas plus a tall fence. This layout is somewhat similar to a castle, but the number of rooms is much less than that of a castle. Therefore, this layout is more like an oriental mansion. The wall is high and wide, and can stand and patrol on the top of the wall, which has military functions. In order to protect the interests of the manor and the coal mine, Hoffman Manor established a 20-person escort team, including five attendants from Hoffman and Adler.

"Marin, how's the construction of your Texel Island?" After dinner, Old Hoffman asked leisurely while picking his teeth.

"It's okay, I plan to invest a lot of money next year to build Den Burg into a real military fortress to guard against coveted by others."

"Military fortress? That's not cheap. If you say it, you can't do it without tens of thousands of gold coins!" Old Hoffman said in surprise. For Marin's financial situation, the old Hoffmans are obviously not very clear.

"It's nothing, Dad, I use the coal from our manor to cook salt on the island, and the profit is very high. After a year, I can earn about 100,000 gold coins." In fact, Marin's annual profit from cooking salt is 21 million gold coins. Even Marin intends to expand the scale of cooking salt to gain more profits.

However, he was worried that after the family learned the news, they would open their mouths and reveal their secrets. Therefore, he said less, to avoid others from knowing the secret. You know, red eye disease is not only found in Chinese people, but also in Europeans. After the rise of the Spanish colonial empire, the British, because of their jealousy, started pirates and robbed Spanish gold ships.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Marin tried to keep as little as possible about specific profits. But even so, the family was still shocked...

"More than 100,000 gold coins? A year?" Both Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary were extremely shocked. In a blink of an eye, the pride that the old Hoffmans were proud of because the annual profit of the manor's coal mine reached tens of thousands of gold coins was immediately hit...

Relying on the large orders from the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce and Texel Island, the annual income of Hoffman Manor relies on coal mines, but it is only more than 10,000 gold coins. This income, compared with those pure-bred knight lords, is quite awesome. But compared to Marlin, it's really nothing...

"Father, mother, Marin is a baron, and our family is a knighthood. Can it be compared with a barony? A baron can be divided into more than a dozen knighthoods!" Adler's heart is wide and fat. For Marin's annual income of more than 100,000 yuan, he felt it was normal. After all, Marin is a baron, and there are usually a dozen or so knights in a baron.

However, he obviously didn't take into account that an ordinary knight collar could earn two or three thousand gold coins a year. The annual income of Hoffman Manor is tens of thousands of gold coins, and it is definitely in the leading position among the knights.

"Wow, brother is so rich! Brother Marin, we want a lot of good things, can you buy them for us?" Hearing that Marin was so rich, Simon, Albert and Annie were all entangled in them. Marin, start to act like a spoiled child.

"No problem, no problem, you three little guys, Simon and Albert's horses and armors, I have packed. Anne's dowry, I will also give a lot..."

When I heard about the dowry, the little girl Annie couldn't take it anymore. The shy Annie covered her face, said "Brother is bad", and ran away blushing.

On the other hand, Simon and Albert strongly demanded that Marin cash the horse and armor in advance...

"Give it to you now? No. The warhorse is okay, but the armor will not work. Your height has not yet been finalized, you are still growing, and the armor is customized according to your height. You will not be able to customize the plate armor until your height no longer grows. ."

"But, Brother Malin, didn't you start wearing armor to the battlefield because you didn't have a certain height?" Simon retorted.

Indeed, Marin went into battle at the age of 16, wearing half a set of worn-out plate armor. And Marin's height is still growing. However, when he actually went to the battlefield, Marin did not wear knight plate armor, but two-thirds chest plate armor and a steel helmet.

"My brother is not wearing knight armor, it is a simple armor, the kind that Kahn wears."

"That kind of simple armor that doesn't cover half of your body? You wear that when you go to battle?" Old Hoffman was dissatisfied. As a veteran knight, he believes that the simple plate armor of Marin is for ordinary soldiers. Unexpectedly, Marin also wears that kind of low-level armor in his own battles, isn't he joking with his life...

"Father, I'm a commander, not a knight on the charge. What I'm guarding against is just the enemy's arrows. So, that kind of armor is enough. You know, there are thousands of subordinates in front of me blocking it..."

"It's still safe to wear a full set of plate armor..." Old Hoffman insisted on this profession.

"But the full plate armor is heavy, and I'm not as strong as Adler..."

"Huh?" Old Hoffman was so angry, this brat dared to talk back. When his temper came up, old Hoffman was about to beat Marin. But thinking that this child is already a baron, and finally thinking about it, I decided to give the child a face...

"By the way, Marin, you said you wanted to send the war horses to Simon and Albert, when will they be sent back?" Old Hoffman changed the subject.

"In two years, they will still have several years of adulthood. It just so happens that my batch of war horses are being bred and cannot be separated for the time being. After two years, I will choose two good horses for them. By the way, I will also choose two stronger horses. Pack horses, transfer them."

"Alright..."

"Actually...Father, Simon and Albert don't necessarily need to continue to be knights to fight. Adler and I have become knights. The two of them can actually do something else, not necessarily going to the battlefield to take risks..."

"How about that? The Hoffman family, there are no cowards who are afraid of war. Besides, what can they do if they don't fight?" Old Hoffman stared.

"You can transfer to a civilian job..." Marin suggested.

"Clerical? His father is a rude who can only fight. They can do it?" Old Hoffman didn't believe that his children had the ability to be a civil servant.

"Dad, have you forgotten your mother? She's a smart woman. It's no problem for her to teach her two younger brothers and train them to become civil servants. When they're older, I'm going to send them to Cologne to go to university." When Mrs. Mary heard this, she immediately gave Marin a look of "you have a good eye".

"But...they are going to be civil servants, who will accept them..." Old Hoffman hesitated.

"I...Dad, there is a shortage of civil servants in my baronies. I am full of rude men who command fights and fight to the death, and there are few civilian officials who manage politics."

"Not bad, but can you wait until they grow up? By the time they grow up, your baronial officers will be full already?"

"That's not necessarily true. Who said I'll only be a baron in the future? When the emperor has a new war to fight in the future, if I make a few more contributions, it may be a viscount (deputy earl) or an earl..."

"Count..." Everyone was silent. For a family of knights, the count is simply unattainable.

"Marin... next time you fight, can you take me with you, and let me... give me some credit..." Adler stammered.

For Marin's success, he is very envious. Adler is 21 years old, but he has yet to become a titled Cavalier. As for the future, Adler didn't have much ambition. He thought that if he could become an imperial knight, he would be very satisfied. At the very least, the Imperial Knights were one level higher than the Earl Kingdom Knights of Mark County.

"No, you son of a bitch, I won't allow you to go to war until you give birth to your eldest son!" Old Hoffman was unhappy. When the second son went to the battlefield, he had no fief and was forced to make a helpless choice, which was equivalent to exchanging his life for his future. But the eldest son, he obviously has a manor and a coal mine to inherit, so why go all out? If you accidentally die on the battlefield, that's bad. Old Hoffman knew very well that although Adler was good at martial arts, his brain was far worse than Marin's. Such a heartless guy can easily become cannon fodder on the battlefield. Unlike Marin, the monkey spirit, the monkey spirit, also has the ability to calculate the king of France...

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