King of Mercenaries Chapter 72

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:28:52 AM

Chapter 72: Renown
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In the Middle Ages, message transmission was very slow, because this was a backward era in which “traffic basically depends on traffic, communication depends on howling, and heating depends on shaking”.

几个月 After a few months, Marin's "huge name" on the Italian battlefield spread to the northern part of the Holy Roman Empire. At this point, Marin finally became the number one "big star" in the empire ...

The princes in the northern part of the Luo Shen Empire were basically the opposition of the emperor. Of course, these princes will not cooperate with the propaganda of the emperor. Because, advocating Marin means advocating "the benefits of serving the emperor are many." Such a propaganda is tantamount to pushing the young warriors to the emperor. As the representatives of the Imperial Parliament in Vienna saw, many young people in Austria and Swabian, following Marin, joined the emperor's army or sought to join. This is something that the vassals of the anti-emperor were unwilling to see. Therefore, although these princes did not explicitly oppose the propaganda of Marin, it was indispensable to secretly make trouble.

Therefore, after a few months, Marin's reputation spread throughout the Holy Roman Empire and caused a boom ...

"Awesome knight, only 17 years old can do such a great job, and was also called a baron!" Some young wandering knights, instantly took Marin as an idol in his heart.

Because, Marin and their origins are so similar, they are very “grounded” and easily resonate with them. Marin's story sounds very inspirational. For those struggling young homeless knights, hope is slim. But Marin's deeds brought them a reference-why don't I learn Marin?

They didn't know that the reason why Marin could achieve such brilliant results was based on that he was a traverser. Last time he won the French, he clearly used the strong advantage of "information not equal" to bully Charles VIII in flight.

If you face hard, can Marin 's 1,100 recruits compare with the French knights who have practiced martial arts for more than a decade?

However, it doesn't matter. People always like to ignore their weaknesses and focus on their strengths. Even without strengths, you can think of a strength you don't need (this is where the narcissist comes from).

Therefore, everyone doesn't care if Marin wins by chance. In addition, the Emperor did not specifically say that Marin had succeeded in attacking the propaganda, but said that the two armies "just happened to meet."

Therefore, young people think that-I play for the emperor, even if not as lucky as Marin, can not be mixed with the baron, mixed with the official title of the Imperial Knight can still drop ...

And this is exactly what the cunning Maximilian I wanted to see. The Habsburgs were in the Holy Roman Empire, only in Austria, which had relatively high prestige (Burgundy had a relatively low prestige because it had just taken over shortly afterwards). In other places, due to the malicious anti-propaganda of the vassals, their reputation was not very good.

Therefore, the number of German fighters willing to serve the royal family is relatively small. Marin was born in the country of Mark. Although John II, the Earl of Mark, was not against the emperor, his relationship with the emperor was definitely not good. Because the emperor has always been committed to imitating France, intending to collect a daily tax throughout the empire to supply the central needs of the empire.

However, the idea of Maximilian I was opposed by almost all independent lords. Because the emperor's general taxation throughout the empire was tantamount to moving their money bags. Moreover, the emperor has strong financial power and strength, so he should wipe them out.

Born in an area not under the control of the royal family, Marlin is an unlucky homeless knight. Such figures are very representative.

Because there are countless knight families in the whole empire. And often a knight family does not have only one boy. Therefore, there are many stray knights.

However, under the anti-propaganda of those princes, many wandering knights never thought of serving the emperor. Because in the private propaganda of the local princes, the emperor was described as a greedy, rampant bad guy. It is said that working for the emperor could not get wages, because the emperor was very poor (this is not completely talked about). Moreover, the emperor was unwilling to grant the title of nobility to those who worked for him ...

Therefore, many homeless knights who came from the local princes' ruled areas would rather be unemployed and wandering than to work part-time.

However, the emergence of Marin suddenly overthrew the malicious propaganda of those princes, making many homeless knights realize that it is also promising to serve the emperor.

The stray knights, after hearing about Marin's deeds, most probably don't believe it, because Marin's deeds are too "legendary". However, many homeless knights who were close to the Mark's country rushed to the Huffman estate in Bochum on horseback to verify the authenticity of the news from the old Huffman.

The old Huffman, as the new "baron and father", naturally swears that these are true, and with the honor of God and the knight, he swears that he is responsible for every word he says ...

Then, many homeless knights learned that what they heard was completely true and confirmed. Then, verified news spread throughout the Empire. Everyone finally believes that the emperor did not lie to anyone ...

Alas, Marlin was on fire, and the young homeless knights were excited ...

Then, many young knights who "confided not to lose in Marin" confidently at UU Reading www.uukanshu.com rushed to Vienna with dreams, asking the emperor to accept ...

The emperor is obviously "painful and happy". He is now busy with the French to ransom. Where can I pay attention to these young men?

Moreover, if the ransom is not recovered, he has no money to support so many people. Adding this period of time is temporarily an armistice period and there is no need to recruit people. Therefore, many of the homeless knights gathered in Vienna, only a few of them were particularly prominent, and were absorbed by the emperor.

Most of the rest are left stranded in Vienna ...

However, many wandering knights who have been wandering for a long time are accustomed to doing some "chivalry" behaviors, which makes the law and order in Vienna worse.

The Emperor did not dare to suppress these homeless knights, because if he sent the group of homeless knights with violence, he might make his reputation worse by promoting Marin throughout the empire.

Because these "suppressed" wandering knights will definitely say bad things when they return. The medieval knights basically controlled the discourse power of the bottom society and had a high credibility ...

So Maximilian I could only try to appease those fierce wandering knights, write some empty checks, and try to coax them back ...

But on the other hand, there can be so many wandering knights coming to join themselves, but the emperor secretly ecstatically ...

Therefore, the emperor is currently "painful and happy" ...

The "big star" Marin, which the emperor vigorously promoted, has also become a Uranus-like idol superstar that generally exists in the eyes of the young people of the Empire ...

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