King of German Mercenaries

In this way, Marin marched all the way to Vienna, practicing riding and shooting all the way, hoping to hit the prey. But he still failed to practice horse archery until he reached the territory of the county of Württemberg (Württemberg would not be promoted to the duchy until 1495).

In desperation, Marin had to give up the idea of ​​riding and shooting to get prey. In fact, he can also dismount and shoot. However, after dismounting, he had to sneak up on the prey and sneak up on it. But the problem is that his horse is not quiet, it always sniffles, and even kicks its hooves a few times, making loud noises. The prey heard the sound and was scared away.

If you don't take your horse out, you can leave it in an inn. However, the prey is basically deep in the forest. In the area of ​​the town near the edge of the forest, there is basically no prey. Because the prey on the edge of the forest was basically killed by the local hunters.

And from a small town near the forest to the depths of the forest, you must ride a horse. But after riding past, Marin didn't worry about tying the horse where he couldn't see it. When the horse is tied close, it will make noises to scare off prey. But the horse was far away, and Marin worried that the horse would be stolen.

After all, in the Middle Ages, war horses were very valuable possessions. Marin hunted a hundred times and harvested a good harvest, but he might not be able to get a warhorse. You know, an ordinary warhorse, like Karl, costs dozens of marks (1 mark = 160 pfennig, 1 pound = 1.5 marks). Even the most common workhorses cost around ten marks.

If Carl is stolen, Marin not only loses his means of transportation, but also loses his qualifications as a knight. Therefore, Marin will never neglect to take care of his warhorse for the sake of a few prey.

These days, he has met several knights in the middle of the night. However, the knights of the people are all in front of each other. Generally speaking, except for the down-and-out wandering knights (he has seen a few), knights with real estate will take 5 knights with them when they go out. Among them, two followers help the knight to transport armor and lance. And the other three, there are pathfinders, and even help with cooking. In general, among these 5 attendants, there will be one or more that can be played. This one who can fight is generally responsible for night duty, protecting the knight from sneak attacks by others in his sleep. After all, knights are combative, and it is inevitable that there will be several enemies.

"Well, if I had a squire to help me watch the horses, I would be able to go hunting in the forest with peace of mind!" Marin couldn't help sighing.

However, when he thinks that he has hundreds of Finneys on his body, and he doesn't even have any property, how can there be attendants to follow him? You must know that the knight's attendants are generally selected from the serfs in their own manor out of loyalty. After all, if the attendant defected and his family stayed in the knight's manor, he would not be able to escape.

Marin now has less than 800 Finneys left, and it is possible to hire a squire temporarily. It's just that it's hard to guarantee that the person who is hired temporarily will hand over the war horse to this person, and whether this person will ride the war horse and run away because of greed. After all, a war horse is worth about six or seven thousand pfennigs, enough to make an ordinary person live a good life for a long time. You know, the salary of an ordinary person is only two pfennig a day.

After thinking about it, Marin felt that it was more reliable to dig traps for hunting. After all, he couldn't ride and shoot himself, and he was reluctant to abandon the war horse. Only digging traps is the most suitable.

Then, he went to the blacksmith shop to buy a shovel to dig traps. The last time I used a wooden pickaxe to dig a hole, I almost exhausted myself. This time, he is going to use professional equipment.

What surprised him was that there was no such thing as a shovel in Europe at this time. Only hoes, hammers, pickaxes, etc...

And digging soil, obviously, the shovel is the most labor-saving and easy-to-use. Therefore, Marin had to customize a short-handled shovel from the blacksmith according to the style of the shovel used for digging trenches in later generations. Of course, without folding and other functions, just a wooden handle with a shovel head, dedicated to digging.

The next day, Marin paid 10 shillings, and got what he wanted for a very practical sapphire shovel.

You must know that in future trench warfare, if the troops are not equipped with sappers, they will not be able to make trenches, and then they will definitely be killed by the cannons and machine guns on the opposite side.

In his previous life, when Marin went hunting in the back mountain, he also brought an online-purchased engineer shovel to dig traps and prey in the woods. He was very skilled in using it.

Sure enough, after getting the engineer shovel, Marin felt like a duck to water, and quickly dug seven or eight traps in one go by the river deep in the forest. Moreover, these traps are dug deep, not afraid that the prey can jump up.

After covering the dead branches and turf, Marin rode his horse leisurely and returned to the small town where he stayed. On the way, Marin encountered some running prey, and took an arrow and opened a bow - sure enough, he missed...

After recovering the arrows, Marin was not discouraged, but happily went back to the hotel...

...

The next morning, Marin rode with anticipation to the pit where the pit was dug yesterday to check the harvest. Sure enough, the fourth trap was found, and Jean found a wild boar...

Then Marin got tangled. Wild boars are very ferocious animals. If they were allowed to come up, they might kill him—the wild boars have fangs. So, Marin had to make a decision - kill the wild boar and drag it back...

After making up his mind, Marin stood on top of the pit, took an arrow, opened a bow, and shot arrows into the pit...

After wasting 5 arrows, Marin shot the wild boar with difficulty. The thickness of the wild boar's skin was not blown out. At such a close distance, Marin shot 6 arrows before killing the wild boar. If I met him in the wild—killed Marin, I wouldn’t choose to hunt wild boars. Nima, if you can't kill him with one hit, you might be the one who's finished. I'm afraid, only a professional heavy-armor musket can threaten the wild boar...

Instead of dragging the boar away immediately, Marin put it in the pit first. Then he mounted his horse and went to check the remaining traps. In addition to harvesting prey, it also means destroying traps.

why? Traps can not only trap prey, but also trap people. Day is the time of human activity, and there is a chance that hunters will enter the depths of the forest. It would be a sin to trap a certain hunter. Therefore, after checking whether the trap has prey, Marin usually removes the cover on the trap, and then sets up a wooden stick on the side to remind others that there is a trap.

After a few traps, Marin harvested two more rabbits. But at the last trap, Marin froze...

why? In this trap, there seems to be a person lying...

Moreover, it is a tall and strong young man. However, judging from the posture of lying in the trap, it seems that the brain hits the ground first. So, this guy seems to be dizzy.

Of course, it's definitely not life-threatening. Because, after all, the inside of the trap is not the bottom of masonry, but relatively soft soil. The reason this guy is dizzy must have been hit on the head.

After trying to breathe, Marin exclaimed that he was lucky, this guy was breathing smoothly...

Soon, this tall young man woke up leisurely, with a blank expression on his face...

"This... what's going on?" The tall young man scratched his head, as if he couldn't understand. It seems that this guy is not smart enough...

"Sorry, sir, you fell into the trap I dug for hunting. It's all my fault, you take this money, I hope it will help you." Marin took out 10 Finneys and handed them to this young man. Ordinarily, 10 pfennig is not too small, it can be worth 5 days of wages for ordinary people. Moreover, the young man didn't seem to be hurt.

However, what surprised Marin was that when the tall and strong young man got up and saw what Marin was wearing, he began to panic. I saw him bowing to Marin and saying:

"Dear Knight, it was the villain who accidentally destroyed your trap, please forgive me!" After that, he didn't go to pick up the silver coins that Marin handed over.

Marin was stunned for a moment, and then reacted. This era was the era of aristocrats, and the commoners were like ants. Originally, it was Marin's trap that hurt the young man. However, after seeing the armor on Marin's body and the war horse beside him, the young man realized that there was a knight in front of him. So, he was terrified.

You know, in chaotic Germany, the nobility is the law. If the noble man in front of him killed him in a fit of rage, no one would avenge him. Although this tall young man was taller and stronger than Marin, he did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. Because, as everyone knows, knights have been practicing martial arts since childhood. Even if ordinary people are strong, they may not be able to fight knights who have learned combat skills. Moreover, even if you win, not only is it not a good thing, but it will bring disaster to your family. Therefore, after seeing clearly that Marin was a knight, the tall young man resolutely confessed.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not malicious. By the way, what's your name? What are you doing in the depths of the forest so early in the morning?"

"Go back to the knight, the kid's name is Kahn. The kid came to the forest in the morning because he wanted to catch some prey and go back to making soup to make up for my mother's body."

"Kahn..." Marin was a bit spartan, looking at the guy in front of him, he was very ugly, and he did have a bit of "Kahn the Lion" style...

Then, Marin burst out laughing...

"Hahaha, Kahn, it's too appropriate..."

"Ah?" Kahn wondered, is his name so funny?

After laughing enough, Marin asked angrily:

"Kahn, you said you came to hunt, where's your weapon?"

"It's this javelin..." Kahn looked embarrassed.

Marin looked at it, and it was just a sharpened wooden stick... But, can this thing be used for hunting? Marin is deeply skeptical...

"This thing can also be used for hunting?"

"This... the first time the villain came out to hunt. In fact, my mother is too weak, and there is no food at home. So, I want to get some prey back to make soup for my mother to drink..." Kahn scratched his head and said- —I am the first brother of the hunting world...

"Mother..." Kahn's words evoked Malin's memory. In his memory, the pictures of the mother in the future and the mother in this life kept flashing in his mind...

After a long time, Marin sighed and said to Kahn:

"Kahn, come with me, help me move something, I'll pay you!"

"Okay!" Kahn became happy when he heard it. He did not dare to accept Marin's compensation, but it did not mean that he did not dare to accept Marin's employment. Having employment means having wages!

Then, when he came to the pit of the wild boar, Marin pointed to the dead wild boar and said to Kahn:

"Kahn, help me bring the wild boar up!"

"Yes, sir!" Kahn, who was about 185 in height, jumped down happily and lifted the wild boar weighing about 200 pounds out of the trap. By the way, he also pulled out six of Marin's arrows.

After that, under the command of Marin, Kahn dragged the wild boar and walked towards his house...

Soon, Marin and Kahn came to Kahn's house - a cottage by the woods...

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