King of German Mercenaries

A few days later, Marin welcomed a boat carrying the family at the dock in Thorencher. Marin prepared the carriage and horses, and then the family rushed to Den Burg.

Denburg's castle was repaired at great expense by Marin. Originally, the small castle, which was not much larger than a larger courtyard, was doubled by Marin. At the same time, the city walls of Denburg also cost a lot of money. Of course, building walls and expanding castles is expensive. Otherwise, Marin wouldn't have spent that much money. Still, it's all worth it. Had Marin not built strong walls, Denburg would have been difficult to hold the last time the Friesian army invaded.

Moreover, in order to solve the problem of poor lighting in the castle, Marin opened a lot of windows in the extension of the castle, and painted the whole castle with white lime, which made the whole castle look much brighter.

Not only that, Marin also specially selected 100 guards to guard the castle day and night in shifts. The 100 guards were dressed in uniforms similar to those of the British Royal Guard in later generations, and they looked very neat.

Of course, the bearskin hat of the red shirts, that is not there. Because, bearskin hats are not suitable for wearing in summer, and they will kill people. In the Royal Guard, there have been more than one cases where the guards fainted from heat stroke.

Therefore, instead of letting the castle guards wear bearskin hats, Marin directly wore the three-cornered hats that were very popular in the eighteenth century. The top is red and the pants are white. Then there are riding boots on the feet...

This set up makes Marin's Guards look very handsome. Of course, when going to the battlefield, this set will all be replaced. The red shirt army uniform, in Malin's opinion, is very flat. On the battlefield, it is the target that attracts firepower. On the battlefield, low-key is king.

Therefore, Marin just forced 100 guards to wear this set of uniforms. When they went to the battlefield, they had to wear steel helmets on their heads and three-quarter breastplates on their bodies to enhance their protection. Also, Marin has no plans to equip other soldiers with the uniform. For now, ordinary soldiers still wear a white black cross vest on the outside, a three-cornered hat on their head, and straw sandals on their feet... elite soldiers are allowed to wear steel helmets on their heads and three-quarter chests on their bodies. First. But outside the breastplate, a white and black cross vest was put on as a neat military uniform.

A few little guys looked at a group of guards wearing cool red shirts and thought they were handsome, and then pestered Marin to make a suit for them too. Even Adler thinks this suit is very handsome...

Marin also understands this. If he is not handsome, the British will let the Royal TV wear this uniform in the 21st century?

After entering the castle, the whole family is also very envious of the high-end decoration of the castle. In fact, Marin had a plan to fill the walls of the castle with paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. However, this old boy is not very cooperative at the moment. He just eats and drinks in the villa allocated by Mary in Den Burg, and learns Frisian and German.

Regarding the Da Vinci thing, Marin plans to put it aside first, but just keep it delicious and delicious. After he has dealt with some more urgent matters, he will have a good talk with this guy.

However, when the old man returns to his heart, Marin will definitely let him paint more high-quality oil paintings and hang them on the walls of the castle...

The family visited the entire castle with great interest. Among them, the old Hoffman and his wife also met Angela, the little beauty raised by Marin. Angela is smarter, and her German is now relatively smooth. Then, Angela shyly greeted the Hoffman family and gave a ladylike salute.

However, the old Hoffmans were very enthusiastic about little Angela on the surface, but they were a little unhappy in their hearts. Mainly because, Marin told them, Angela was a girl from a down-and-out knight family.

In the hearts of the old Hoffmans, Marin, who has become a baron, should marry a daughter of a baron's family. No matter how bad it is, I have to marry the daughter of a very powerful knight family.

The daughter of a troubled knight family, who doesn't seem to be worthy of their son...

Although Angela was well-behaved and beautiful, both Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary believed that it would be a pity to give up such a girl, but it was indeed not suitable for Marin. However, being a lover can be...

If Marin knew what they were thinking, he would have laughed. Would an important figure in the papal family in the future not be worthy of a mere baron? just kidding...

You know, the current Pope, Alexander VI, turned both of his sons into dukes and fiefs. Even if the son-in-law of the Pope is not as favored as the Pope's son, it is not a big problem to help get an earl. After all, the emperor has not been officially crowned, and there are many places to ask the pope.

If Marin knew that Angela was actually the most favored daughter of the future Pope Julius II, he would be crazy. You know, the Pope doesn't actually like his youngest illegitimate daughter Felice. Because Ferris has a wild temperament and doesn't look good.

In fact, parents also have some respect for their children. If it is an only child, it must be a collection of thousands of pets. But there are many children, and there will be a distinction between closeness and distance when there is a comparison. Angela is beautiful and well-behaved, and Julius II has no reason not to like this daughter. On the other hand, Felice has an ordinary appearance, a wild personality, and is very self-willed. How can she be favored?

Originally, in history, the reason why the Pope had to plan for Felice to remarry the son of the Duke was impossible. Because, the first two daughters of the Pope died, and only Ferris was left. But if the beautiful and well-behaved Angela was still there, Julius II would definitely not take Felice too seriously.

In fact, it's no wonder that in the history of China, there has been a famous incident of mothers looking at their children's looks--Zheng Zhuanggong's mother Wu Jiang is handsome because his younger son Gongshu Duan is handsome, and his eldest son Zhuanggong is ugly, and Prefer the younger son. In the end, Wu Jiang encouraged his younger son, Gongshu Duan, to rebel, intending to replace Zheng Zhuanggong...

Therefore, when there are more children, and there are comparisons, appearance and personality, they will also become an important basis for not being favored by their parents...

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Over the next few days, Marin accompanied his family on a comprehensive and detailed tour of Texel Island. Marin personally acts as a guide, taking the whole family on a tour around the island. The family also visited the economic core areas of Marin like Yancheng. Under normal circumstances, Yancheng, as the most important economic core area on the island, is strictly forbidden for ordinary people to approach. But for his family, Marin did not hide it, and took them to see it. Of course, this is also because the family has long known the existence of Yancheng. Because the briquettes consumed in Yancheng are all produced by Hoffman Manor. It's just that the family doesn't know the huge profits that Yancheng produces. Marin also did not elaborate on Yancheng's salt production and profits, so as not to scare his family.

Speaking of which, Yancheng's output has now doubled, reaching the level of 2,000 quarts per day. Of these, 1,800 quarters were sold to Wright of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce. The remaining 200 quarts were mainly supplied to the Wadden Islands controlled by Marin. If there is any excess, Marin will be stored directly first. Anyway, salt is not easy to spoil.

At the fishing port of Odeshilde, Marin invites the whole family to eat live seafood. To this end, Marin transferred all the chefs in the castle to Odesilde. Along with the chef, there are also iron pots and various seasonings and spices.

The chefs diligently followed Marin's instructions and cooked various seafood products in sweet and sour braised, steamed, and deep-fried dishes, making the family very enjoyable to eat. Especially the three little guys, they strongly demand to live in Odesilde and eat seafood every day...

Marin smiled, but did not object. He knew that seafood would definitely taste delicious after eating it a few times every now and then. But if you really want to eat it every day, in less than a month, you will definitely feel nauseous...

Anyway, it is rare for my younger siblings to come to Texel Island, so Marin vacated a villa in Odesilde, let the three little guys live here, and let them eat seafood here every day. Moreover, Odesilde is a seaside port, and the sea breeze blows every day. It's quite comfortable here in summer.

Marin arranged for the family to live in Odesschild, and arrange for the family to drink beer and eat seafood every day. In a short period of time, the whole family felt really cool...

And Marin himself, quietly returned to the castle at night, took out the parchment paper stolen from Madame Mary's treasure chest, and began to imitate the paper that the old Earl Bullock awarded the old Baron of Savannah...

After several nights of fighting, Marin finally made the forged paperwork look like it. Then, Marin took out the old blank parchment that he had sent Kohler to purchase, and started the great business of counterfeiting...

Marin's ability to imitate handwriting is very strong, when he was in school. When many students fail in the test, they will be asked by the teacher to bring the report card back to the parents to sign. But in this case, students who do not pass well will definitely be beaten. So they turned to Marin one after another and asked Marin to help them imitate their parents' handwriting to sign. In this way, from elementary school to high school graduation, Marin's ability to imitate handwriting has reached a state of perfection. So Marin felt no pressure to imitate the old Earl Bullock's handwriting. The only trouble is the ink problem. After all, the same handwriting, if the ink color is different, will also make people suspicious. To this end, Marin spent a lot of time preparing different colors of ink, so that the ink color of the handwriting looks the same as the genuine document...

Things went very smoothly, Marin quickly forged the relevant documents, and sent his henchmen to roll the parchment and put it into a specific room for high temperature aging. Then, use saltpeter to make ice cubes, put them in the ice cellar, and then put the documents in the ice cellar for low-temperature treatment...

After finishing the paperwork, Marin began to travel with his family again, taking them to the islands of Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiemonek.

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