The Rise of the European Emperor

Dürer wanted to say something, but Kahn next to Marin was already gearing up. As long as Dürer dared to say no, he would be knocked unconscious and taken away... No, he was knocked unconscious...

In desperation, Dürer had to agree to stay and play for Marin. Then, at Marin's suggestion, Dürer had no choice but to write a letter to his family, asking the family to move from Nuremberg to Aurich.

It should be pointed out that Dürer and his wife Agnes did not seem to be in harmony. Agnes was heard to be a shrew, and Dürer did not like her. Their marriage was also arranged by the family. It seems that this marriage was arranged by Dürer's father, and the woman was the daughter of a friend of Dürer's father.

After marriage, Dürer was not satisfied with his wife, so he didn't want to stay at home very much. Instead, he ran around, often went to Italy to study, and also traveled to many big German cities. Dürer and his wife had no children because the husband and wife were often separated.

However, because of a bad relationship with his wife and having no children, some people once suspected that Dürer was gay. Or, be bisexual.

In fact, Dürer just couldn't stand his shrew wife, not really gay. Of course, it might be because of his shrew wife that he was disappointed in women.

In this day and age, ordinary people are unable to divorce. Because divorce requires the approval of the Holy See, or even the consent of the Pope himself. Therefore, Dürer, in desperation, had no choice but to escape from his fierce shrew wife.

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In order to attract Dürer, Marin proposed that as long as Dürer was willing, he could help ask the Pope to allow Dürer to divorce.

Of course, divorce is a big deal, and he doesn't recommend it. Therefore, Marin gave Dürer two years to consider as a cooling-off period. If he still could not accept his wife, then Marin would ask the Pope to allow Dürer to divorce.

It may be difficult for others to ask the Pope for a divorce, but for Marin, it is just a matter of one sentence. And Marin's ability was confirmed by Da Vinci on the sidelines. After all, after staying in Marin for so long, Da Vinci still saw the close relationship between Marin and the current pope.

Moreover, Da Vinci had long suspected that Angela or Felice, one of them was related to the Pope. Because these two women spoke Italian. Even if he speaks German, he has an Italian accent. Others may not be able to hear it, but how can Da Vinci, an Italian old man, not be able to hear it?

When Dürer heard that the divorce was possible, he was ecstatic at first, but then hesitated. After all, divorce is no small matter. Therefore, he decided to give his wife another chance to observe her performance.

Before, Dürer was unable to divorce because he was determined, and his wife Agnes was very arrogant.

He often used violence against Dürer, a frail man.

But now, with Marin who can help with the divorce, Dürer believes that Agnes should be able to restrain herself...

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In order to win over Dürer, Marin directly gave a noble title of Jazz and appointed Dürer as court painter.

Although this title of jazz is not hereditary, Dürer is about to follow Marin to the Ming Dynasty, so credit can be counted. Therefore, it is not difficult to be promoted to a hereditary knight.

The reason why Dürer was chosen was because in his previous life Marin was too impressed with Dürer's paintings of his hands and feet that looked like black and white photos. With his writing, the portraits of Emperor Zhengde and eunuch Liu Jin must be lifelike.

Ma Lin also has a bold idea-to use Liu Jin's downfall before he plans to ask Dürer to draw a collective picture of Liu Jin, Gu Dayong, Ma Yongcheng, Gao Feng, Luo Xiang and other "Eight Tigers of Zhengde". Oil painting, paint all the "eight tigers".

In this way, when talking about the "Eight Tigers of Zhengde" in the future, the history teacher can point to the oil painting painted by Dürer and say-look, this is the "Eight Tigers of Zhengde", lifelike...

If these oil paintings are treasured, they will be stored for hundreds of years. In the future, even if the Hoffman family loses their throne, these treasured oil paintings can be exchanged for a lot of money-not to mention the preciousness of its historical video data, but based on the "painting by Master Dürer", the future value is at least 100%. It is in the tens of millions of dollars, or even hundreds of millions...

No, now that Marin has colonized the Americas, there may not be the strongest old beauty in the world in the future, and there may not be a dollar as the world's common currency...

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Dürer was also very excited when he heard that he was going to the Eastern Daming. He is used to making waves outside, and he does not reject going abroad. Moreover, going to the distant and mysterious Ming Empire was indeed very attractive to Dürer, a prodigal son.

So, Dürer was so easily tricked by Marin into the pirate ship...

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In order to facilitate Dürer's painting in the Ming Dynasty, Marin immediately sent people to collect a large number of paints, brushes, brackets and other tools needed for oil painting, and let 10 warships bring them on board, so as not to be enough for the Ming Dynasty. I didn't bring much paper, because there is no shortage of such things in the Ming Dynasty...

In addition to the painting materials, Marin is very particular about the people and goods carried by the fleet this time.

For example, Marin plans to bring a thousand soldiers and horses there this time. Of course, it is not for fighting with anyone, but for use as a guard of honor. A thousand men and horses wearing bright clothes and kicking in a neat goose step will surely blind the little emperor Zhengde's eyes.

And in order to facilitate the soldiers' actions, the plate armor worn by these thousand soldiers is all fake. That is, the kind of thin iron "plate armor" cut out of white iron... Wearing this fake plate armor cut out of white iron, the actions of soldiers will not be affected. They can freely walk in the queue wearing iron armor, showing off. If they wore real 50-jin plate armor, it is estimated that the soldiers would not be able to walk very far before they would get tired and fall down.

Of course, the real plate armor Marlin will also be brought. Moreover, I will bring hundreds more sets, full size.

The extra ones were given to Emperor Zhengde by Marin. Marin didn't know the height of Emperor Zhengde, so he simply asked someone to make a full-size plate armor from 1.6 meters to 1.85 meters. In this way, Zhengde can always choose the one that suits him. Marin didn't believe that Emperor Zhengde's height would jump out of this range...

In addition to the plate armor, Marin also asked the fleet to bring 100 knight horses, specially equipped with plate armor. Of course, the lance is also equipped.

For 10 large ships of 500 tons, it is no problem to bring 100 horses, and each ship has 10 horses, all of which are kept on the top deck. There is horse manure, it is very convenient to sweep it directly into the sea.

In addition, in order to test the adaptability of these horses to sailing, Marin had already been selected by people. Those flatterers who are not suitable for rough sailing on the sea were all eliminated. The rest are all war horses that can adapt to long-term sea voyages.

The shoulder height of these war horses is about 1.7 meters, which are typical heavy war horses. Only such a heavy horse can carry a knight in plate armor.

Moreover, in China, there are very few tall horses. Mongolian horses with a shoulder height of 1.35 meters can be considered "tall horses" in the Central Plains. Like Marin bringing 100 horses with a shoulder height of 1.7 meters, it is estimated that it will shock the Ming Dynasty. In particular, this is not one or two horses, but a hundred horses.

The literati in the Ming Dynasty were accustomed to sitting in sedan chairs and did not know much about horses. And Marin intends to use this "tall horse" in the absolute sense to bluff those Ming Dynasty officials. Because this kind of tall horse is mighty and majestic... As for the really powerful Arabian horse, Marin didn't bring any of them. After all, he was going to fool the literati to win the favor of the Ming Dynasty. As for those warriors who really understand horses, who cares what they think? Moreover, these horses are indeed war horses, so they are not very fooling...

In addition, the most important gift to the Ming Dynasty is probably the sweet potato. This is an absolutely high-yield crop, and it must be very attractive to the agricultural country of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the sweet potato Malin decided to bring it from Panama. Sweet potatoes have been planted on a large scale over there now, and it is very convenient to get goods there.

In addition to sweet potatoes, Marin also planned to bring peanuts and corn. These are available in Panama, and when the fleet is moored there, they can be taken directly from the local area.

But the most important thing is the high-yielding sweet potato. Because this is the ultimate weapon used by Marin to bargain with the Ming Dynasty, which values ​​agriculture...