King of Mercenaries Chapter 228

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:19:41 AM

Hunchun is about to start and Marin is ready. The only problem is the problem of fertilizer blocks, because the time is short, the fertilizer from the sun and the wind, the smell of feces, there are still a lot of residues, the taste is very bad, and it is difficult to cover up.

Alas, Marin sent someone to the marshland to dig a lot of peat soil, mixed with these fertilizer blocks to cover the smell. However, the smell of feces still cannot be covered.

When Marin was furious, he decided to complete the fertilization by all the serfs in his own control, and not leave it to unrelated people. In this way, the risk of leaks is greatly reduced.

While Marin was preparing for spring ploughing, the Principality of Cliff suddenly sent a messenger ...

Nominally, the messenger of the Principality of Cleveland came to congratulate Marin on becoming the Count of East Frisian, and brought many gifts. But those gifts made Marin roll his eyes. The reason is nothing, because these "heavy gifts" are mainly spices such as pepper, cinnamon and cloves.

It stands to reason that John II gave these precious gifts with sincerity. But where did he know that Marin had four ships returning from India and was dressed with spices ...

Moreover, Marin does not have the habit of dipping pepper to eat. Therefore, the consumption of spices is actually small. However, Marin's cheap dad, Huffman, is very heavy-handed, and he is very sought after for the spices consumed by the big aristocracy. Therefore, when eating, Old Huffman often likes to eat braised pork with pepper, cinnamon and cloves ...

Fortunately, the old Huffman did not sprinkle a large amount of pepper into the dish, otherwise, Marin could not eat it at all. In fact, the old Huffman really planned that. However, not only Marin, Mrs. Mary did not like to eat directly with spices. That's why it's all up.

Cleveland's ambassador Lannett, in addition to congratulating Marin on becoming Earl of East Frisian, has another mission-to ask Marin to return those 28 wandering knights ...

After all, John II distressed his brother. He knew that the structure of the Teutonic Knights was very complicated. Even if Philip became the head of the regiment, it would take at least two or three years of grooming to truly control the Teutonic Knights. This is pretty good. After all, Prince Philip was well educated and smart. If they were to be stupid, they would probably be overpowered by their real knights.

So, John II is the 28 probation knight who hoped to have participated in the Marin Conquest East Frisian battle, and could help his brother. After all, these people have seen blood, and they are different from ordinary wandering knights who have not fought. Moreover, these people have also participated in the training of the Marin army and have experience in military training. This is highly valued by John II.

John II admired Marin's military commanding ability and military training ability very much, so he hoped that he could send these 28 trainee knights who had experienced war and had been trained by Marin to help his brother. With these trainee knights who have participated in the war and learned training, it is also convenient for Philip to quickly control the troops of the Teutonic Knights. At least, a lot of cronies can be placed in the army.

But where is Marin willing? He has very few officers with culture. These 28 trainee wandering knights, he is a treasure. At least, these officers can understand the military order, and there is nothing wrong with it. Unlike before, Marin promoted many illiterate officers, resulting in difficulties in communicating military orders. At first, in order to accurately convey the order, Marin even sent someone to confirm even after ordering to make sure that the first commanders did not transmit the wrong order.

Now, with these 28 people, Marin can write a military order directly, and just let a soldier ride a horse and give it to the officer. Moreover, these wandering knights are basically eighteen or nineteen years old. They are more obedient and can resolutely execute Marin's orders. Those wandering knights of the old fritters are more experienced, but they also have many ideas, and it is easy to be smart and modify Marin's orders without permission.

Like Flenzberg, Marin found that he had more ideas. At first, the two didn't work well together. The main reason was that sometimes Frentzberger insisted on his opinions and didn't trust Marin's guidance. But with the development of time, coupled with Marin's many times to prove his correctness, Flenzberger completely convinced Marin and fully implemented Marin's orders.

However, Flenzberg is a knight of old churros after all, and he still has many ideas. For example, the last time Marin treated the women and children in a horrible manner, he caused strong dissatisfaction with Fronzberg. Although Frentzberg didn't express it face to face, he still had a deep interest in that matter.

This also made Marin realize that recruiting off-the-shelf officers, although quick to get started, but not as obedient as those homeless knights who had just been kicked out of their homes.

The wandering knights who have just been kicked out have basically zero social experience, and they must learn a lot from scratch. This wine left Marin a lot of room for renovation. As long as the training is good, these young wandering knights can be easily cultivated as Marin's diehards.

For example, after 28 trainee stray knights, after staying with Marin for a few months, most of them became Marin's most staunch supporters, only a few people, because it was too smooth and not easy to fool. Coupled with its limited capabilities and its inability to fully implement military orders, it has not been reused by Marin, so he is not attentive to Marin.

Sure enough, after asking the opinions of these 28 people, Marin had 22 people who agreed with and admired Marin and was reused here. He did not hesitate to express his willingness to stay. The other six were willing to go to the Teutonic Knights because of their many ideas and their unusability.

Speaking of which, the 6 people who are going to leave are actually not bad and smarter. Marin's training, they learned okay. However, they have an important disadvantage, that is, they are not obedient and think too much ...

There are many ideas, which is a great thing for a scientist. But for a mid-level officer, it can sometimes be a bit fatal.

Whether it is the modern army or the modern army, a very important requirement for grass-roots officers is to "resolutely obey orders."

Marin is not afraid of having ideas, usually he can put forward ideas for discussion. However, as long as the superior's order is issued, no matter whether the superior's order is right or wrong, the officer who received the order must strictly implement it. Even if that order was to send the officer to death.

Therefore, Marin is not very eye-catching for the six seemingly clever, but not very observant apprentice wandering knights. Such people, in the most difficult stages of desperation, may have their own ideas, such as "preserving strength." In that case, it would be fatal.

After understanding the thoughts of these 28 people, Marin decided to find a way to leave the 22 apprentice wandering knights who were willing to work for themselves. In fact, 15 of these 22 people have been named official knights because of their previous achievements. There was even one (Acting Fourth Party Chief Stade) who was named hereditary knight.

For Marin, 22 stray knights will be left. Of course, the Principality of Clifford Lannett will not agree. He wanted 28 people, and Marin only gave six, which was too unreasonable. Earlier, Lannett and John II thought that there might be several homeless knights willing to stay with Marin. However, he did not expect 22 people to stay. Therefore, he is naturally unwilling.

Alas, Marin decided to exchange something ...

Originally, Marin was going to smash money. However, Marin's eyes were suddenly attracted by a report on his desk about the former Emden citizen who was detained ...

These detained Emden citizens were the family members of the Emden citizens who fought desperately with Marin on the day they invaded Emden, and even many Emden citizens who resisted Marin that day were still alive and taken together Imprisoned.

For these people, Marin has a headache and doesn't know what to do. If you do n't want to suffer later, you should kill them. However, the total number of these people is as high as 1,600, and they are all civilians. If they are killed, Marin's reputation will be stinky.

Before he died, Marin killed the rebellious nobles for another reason. After all, those aristocrats, because their ancestors participated in the rebellion that year, got wrong positions, and were legally justified.

But these detained citizens are just ordinary people. In accordance with Knight's ethics, it is not appropriate to raise a butcher knife to civilians. Of course, like the day of Marin's siege, civilians blocked his army with a chopper, except in that case.

However, Marin is not good at killing civilians in detention. Because the other party is now defenseless. Moreover, there are many old and weak women and children.

Originally, Marin planned to exile these people to North America in the future. However, considering how the United States came later, Marin was a little hesitant. You know, the earliest American immigrants were actually Puritans who rebelled against the king, and some exile criminals.

Because of this, the American culture of later generations advocated individuality (their ancestors were criminals and rebels, could they have no personality?) And the supremacy of interests.

Marlin doesn't want the future colony to get out of control, so exile criminals and opponents to North America is not a good idea. Exile these people to a place as rich as North America is not punishing them, but rewarding them.

Therefore, if you want to exile criminals and rebels, exile them to Africa, and deal with Uncle Black, it is the real exile and punishment.

的 Rich places like North America, Australia, and Argentina should be given to immigrants who are loyal to themselves, so as to ensure that those colonies will not become independent in the future.

Only places like the African rainforest, Sahara desert, and harsh environment, where the residents are fierce, are good places for criminals and opponents ...

This group of citizens basically have blood feuds with Marin. Therefore, it is impossible for these people to return to their hearts. Therefore, it is only right to send them away. But now, due to the lack of ships and marine talents, Marin wants to send these people overseas without conditions.

It happened that when the Principality of Rivers came over to ask for people, Marin instantly decided-to give these people to John II, Duke of Rivers ...

This group of people, Marin feels very sorry. Because there are many artisans in it. After all, in the Middle Ages, the people who could live in the city were either craftsmen or merchants, except for the nobles who were above the highest and the hardest labor.

Marin has calculated that out of these 1,600 people, there are actually 300 artisans. Inside, there are carpenters, tanners, tailors, shoemakers, blacksmiths, stonemasons, masons, bakers, etc ... all are medieval technical talents. With them, the economy can be quite active.

It's a pity that they had vengeance with Marin, and Marin was afraid to use them.

He happened to be John II running for someone, so Marin decided to exchange these people with John II ...

Although these people are hostile to Marin, they are not hostile to John II. When they arrived at the site of John II, they still asked for life. What's more, they can produce a lot of goods and promote the economic development of the Principality of Clifford.

"Master, Marin, this condition sounds good, but these people are ordinary citizens and demanding. If you take it to the Principality of Cleveland, it will cost a lot of money just for resettlement ..."

"What ordinary citizens? They are all prisoners of war. Now, I punish them all as slaves and transfer them to your Duke Lord!"

The citizens of the Middle Ages were very rampant. They did not have to bear heavy taxes like serfs but enjoyed various preferential policies. If the mayor's policy is not what they want, dare to run and point at the mayor's nose. Because even in the Middle Ages, the mayors and councillors were elected by these citizens.

Therefore, the citizens are uncles. Because they have the right to vote, even the mayor and mayor are afraid to mess with them.

Therefore, Lannett was very impressed with Marin's proposal to give 1,600 people, including 300 artisans, to the Duke of John. Because 300 artisans can produce a lot of goods and bring a lot of taxes to John II.

Alas, because Prince Philip became the head of the Teutonic Order, John II had a way to ship a large number of goods to the Teutonic Order.

But there are channels, and producers are needed to help produce low-cost goods ...

300 craftsmen can definitely help John II produce many goods that can be traded. The only question is, in what capacity did these artisans be introduced ...

引进 If it was introduced as a citizen, it would be equivalent to hiring 300 uncles ... You know, the medieval citizens were very rampant, and the craftsmen were high-end people among the citizens. Therefore, asking 300 uncles to go back will bring a lot of trouble.

马 As soon as Marin spoke, he was willing to punish these craftsmen as slaves and give them to John II. Lannett almost wanted to promise on the spot. Because he knew that John II was unlikely to refuse such a good condition.

John II is now recruiting artisans privately in order to obtain enough goods for trade. However, it is still difficult to recruit. Because the medieval artisans were uncles, with high treatment and many conditions. John II didn't want Marin to be so big, he could use money to smash the craftsman directly. He could only use preferential policies to solicit those artisans. However, preferential policies are more difficult to impress those artisans. After all, this gadget doesn't see any benefits in a short time, and only long-term people can discover the benefits. Unlike the gold coins thrown out by Marin, they are dazzled by looking at them, and are more easily accepted by craftsmen.

As for the 22 stray wandering knights, they are nothing to John II. Dozens of homeless knights are kicked out of the Principality of Cliffs and Markborough every year. Therefore, the wandering knight is not lacking in John II.

Only ~ www.novelhall.com ~ John II was anxious to support his brother, so he wanted to send these wandering knights to the Teutonic Order. The conditions you gave Marin were exactly the appetite of John II.

Moreover, these artisans were given to him by Marin as slaves, which is really rare. The craftsman who is a citizen is an uncle and can't afford to offend. But slave craftsmen are purely money-making machines for their masters. As long as the master fills these craftsmen, as for other treatment, dare to mention it? Want to be drawn?

Polanit was certain that John II would agree to this condition. However, he did not dare to take the initiative and decided to return to John II for instructions.

As for Marin, it is also very painful to let go of 300 craftsmen. However, these artisans have a deep hatred against themselves, and even if they are enslaved, they are easy to resist.

It was not the same for John II. John II was not the culprit who killed their families. There was no reason for them to die with John II. Therefore, for John II, these artisans can still rest assured to engage in production. If they stay in their own hands, even if they are forced to engage in production, they will probably be bad. For example, deliberately making the product rotten, wasting Marin's raw materials ...

Moreover, with this group of people, in exchange for 22 well-educated and martial arts officers, even if Marin loses, he does not lose much. What's more, he also eliminated Emden's instability. Including social stability factors, Marin is actually not too bad ...

At this stage, Marin's first need is to ensure the safety of East Friesland, and the second is economic construction. Therefore, 22 cultural officers are what Marin needs most. As for craftsmen, they are secondary. Besides, as long as you have money, are you afraid of not being recruited? What's more, Marin also plans to set up a technical school in the future to specifically cultivate cultured artisans ...

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