The Rise of the European Emperor

What's the big move? Of course it's fooling Adler! Marin approached Kohler and asked him to help with a play. In order to act, Marin specially forged a fake request letter...

The next day, Adler was negotiating with Marin about sending troops again, and his attitude was very firm - if Marin didn't help, he would bring his No. 100 men to Lithuania to join the war.

While the two sides were arguing, "Actor" Kohler suddenly ran into Marin's office with a letter in a panic, saying:

"No, Your Majesty, Master Simon is in distress in America, and he sent a letter asking for help!"

"What?" Marin and Adler said in unison and stood up together. Of course, Marin is pretending, and Adler is real.

Then, Adler, who had no scheming, fell into the pit. In this "letter for help", Simon stated that the soldiers and horses he originally brought to Savannah were attacked by the enemy and suffered heavy losses, and Savannah was also surrounded. Therefore, I hope that Marin will send reinforcements as soon as possible...

After Marin recounted the contents of the letter, he looked directly at Adler. Adler really volunteered:

"Let me save brother Simon!"

Then, the boss was also tricked into going to America...

Marin finally breathed a sigh of relief after sending away Adler, who was full of fighting spirit. As for whether Adler will settle the score with him after he finds out that he has been cheated, Marin doesn't care. At most, he would be beaten, what else could he do? Better than watching him die. Moreover, if the old Hoffman was called, Adler would not dare to make a mistake.

Adler and Simon didn't have any scheming or bad intentions. In addition, everyone has their own fiefs now, and Marin is not wary of them. Moreover, Caesar has gradually grown up, so there is no need to worry about any problems.

Speaking of which, the Hoffman family is also wonderful. The four sons, Adler and Simon, belong to the macho faction with great strength and no brains. They have inherited the characteristics of the old Hoffman, and their looks are relatively rough. Marin and Albert, on the other hand, are handsome in appearance, more like Mrs. Mary, and more intelligent.

Compared with Adler and Simon, two rough guys who don't like to use their brains, Marin is actually more worried about Albert, who is biased towards civil servants. After all, Adler and Simon have already been paid out to be lords, and they are not good at maneuvering, so they pose no threat to Caesar. And Albert, although not sophisticated enough, is not bad at all. If Marin unfortunately died early, and Albert took control of the military and political power, something might happen. As Richard III did to his nephew Edward V.

Of course, the premise for this to happen is that Marin died early. If Marin can persist until Caesar reaches adulthood, and successfully allows Caesar to form his own team, and does not give his uncles a chance to be regent, there will be no problem.

...

Emden Harbor,

Adler was full of doubts:

"Marin, why only give me 2,000 infantry? Besides, these people don't seem to be elite...Simon is in danger, so he should send more troops and more elite troops to support him!"

Marin, who came to see him off, was full of embarrassment—could he tell Adler that this was just a militia unit that was just put together to distract him?

Of course, as an old politician, Marin also opened his mouth:

"Ahem, it's like this. There are actually not many enemies on Savannah's side. It's just that Simon failed because of greed, entered the depths of the jungle, and was ambushed. Otherwise, the three people he brought before More than a thousand people are sure to win. You are actually going to solve the besieged Simon. According to intelligence, there are only 3,000 barbarians besieging Savannah. With your bravery, big brother, plus these 2,000 people, and Simon's cooperation is enough..."

Marin Balabala said a lot, and Adler was a little too late to understand. Although something felt wrong, he boarded the expedition anyway. After all, saving Simon is also very important...

...

Marin also heaved a sigh of relief after fooling away the boss Adler. However, before leaving Emden, Marin rolled his eyes and beckoned to Kohler:

"Spread out the false information that 'Simon is in danger, Adler leads the army to rescue', mainly from Poland..."

After a pause, Marin continued:

"Also, send someone to the Netherlands to see what happened to Prince Philip? His father has already sent three batches of immigrants, why hasn't he sent one batch?"

The Netherlands also has a population of millions, and with Marin’s tricks, he bewitched the nobles of the Netherlands to engage in the land enclosure movement. At this moment, there should be many farmers who have been deprived of their land and become refugees. Why haven’t they? send someone...

The Netherlands is very close to the Friesland area, within two days, Kohler's information was sent over...

It turned out that it wasn't that Prince Philip didn't engage in the land enclosure movement, but because he engaged in "outsourcing" with the nobles of the Netherlands, and arranged layer by layer... There are too many steps, and it is a waste of time...

It's different in Austria. In Austria, the Habsburg family has a strong control and stronger execution. In the Netherlands, because Prince Philip is the "young lord", the local nobles in the Netherlands have great power. If Philip wanted to do things, he had to cooperate with nobles from all over the country, and he couldn't arrange them directly.

Therefore, with layers of arrangements and various outsourcing procedures, the work efficiency will be low...

The price Marin gave Prince Philip was 30 gold coins per household, and Prince Philip outsourced it to the lords of various places with 20 gold coins per household, and the lords from various places subcontracted to the following people, 10 gold coins per household...

Basically, this forms a three-tier structure. It seems to be well-organized, but it is actually procrastinating. In addition, the merger of land also requires means.

For example, tricking poor farmers into borrowing usury or something. The problem is that the usury will not show its power within a few months, and it will take at least a year before the interest rate increases...to the point of despair...

Therefore, although the Netherlands took action earlier, in the end, it was not as efficient as the emperor's side. On the side of the emperor, the impoverished people in Austria were mobilized and organized simply and rudely. As for the Netherlands, because they are all plains, there are not as many poor people as there are in Austria, which has many mountains. It still takes a little time to seize the land that deceives the peasants.

Fortunately, the first batch of loan sharks finally started to show their power. Then, about half a month after Marin sent someone to inquire, Prince Philip finally sent someone to send 10,000 immigrants over. Before, Philip had actually sent thousands of families over here and there. However, it was collected from the poor and beggars of the Netherlands. There are not as many desperate poor people in the Netherlands as there are in Austria, so the next step is inefficiency.

But with the participation of lords from all over the world, the usury scam gradually began to show its power. No, Prince Philip immediately collected 10,000 families from the Netherlands to immigrate here.

In order to get the money quickly, Prince Philip even personally escorted the immigration team.

The Netherlands and West Friesland are very close, as long as you pass through a section of the road of the Archbishop of Utrecht, you can enter West Friesland. The archbishop of Utrecht obviously did not dare to offend the two powerful neighbors of the North Sea and the Netherlands. Therefore, the immigration delivery went smoothly.

Marin didn't procrastinate, and settled the accounts on the spot. Prince Philip was also very happy to see the pile of coins. Then, without Marin's urging, he rushed back excitedly, urging the people below to quickly arrange the second batch of immigrants...