The Rise of the European Emperor

Coins and goods worth millions at the auction arrived in Emden one after another and were transported to Aurich by land. At this time, Simon came over with a salivating face.

"Brother, I want to go to Ukraine to take office!"

Marin glanced at Simon, speechless:

"Why? Are you so eager to fight?"

At this moment, old Hoffman's voice suddenly came from the door:

"It's not that he is eager to fight, but we ask him to become the count of Ukraine as soon as possible. In this way, it will be convenient for us to find him a princess wife!"

As soon as the words were finished, old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary also came in.

Simon is not young anymore, he is already 31, and the old Hoffmans are dying of anxiety. Years ago, news came from New York, America——Albert's wife, Maria Gust, had given birth to a daughter for him. Right now, the young couple are already planning a second child. However, Simon, the third brother who is two years older than Albert, is not married yet. Can the old Huffmans be in a hurry?

Speaking of it, this is also the fault of the old couple. Who told them to let Simon marry a princess as his wife? If the standard is low, find a lady from the baron's family, and the job will be over long ago.

However, this is the old Hoffman's obsession, there is no way. After all, marrying a princess is a very long-sighted thing. The Hoffman family belonged to the upstarts of the nobility, and was looked down upon by many established nobles. Of course, if Marin, a genuine prince, wants to marry, some princesses are willing to marry. But the problem is, Marin is already married! Therefore, the old couple can only count on Simon and Albert. But in order to be the governor, Albert chose a young lady from a baron's family as his wife early on. So, in the end, the burden fell on Simon's shoulders...

But although Simon is Marin's younger brother, his status is not very noble. If you are named a baron, the princesses of other vassal states will not be uncommon to marry. Nothing else, downgrade...

In this era, it was not easy for princes in Europe to marry princesses. why? The total death rate is too high...

As for how he died? As I said before, those who die in childbirth...

In this era, a woman is gambling with her life to give birth, and the death rate is as high as 30%... Oh no, sorry, that is the death rate in China, where medicine is advanced, and it is a little higher in Europe, close to 40%...

European princesses generally get married in their teens and get pregnant when they are underage. Then, having a baby... How dangerous is it for a little girl to have a baby? The death rate will naturally rise...

But European kings and nobles cannot be widows,

Definitely going to continue. Then, they will continue to have a princess as a queen or duchess... This is a big noble with the right to inherit, and those princes without the right to inherit are more miserable, and they have to wait until the selection of those with the right to inherit is finished...

why? Other princesses also have pursuits. Instead of being a queen and duchess, give you a prince who has no real power as a wife? dreaming? Only when there are no suitable kings and princes to marry, will those princes who have no inheritance rights be considered. Moreover, it must be a prince who has been mixed into a very good fiefdom... Even if he is a successor to an aging king or prince, it is better than being a wife to a prince who has no inheritance rights...

Therefore, those princes in Europe who have no inheritance rights are generally embarrassed. It stands to reason that they should also marry the princesses. However, the princesses look down on them...

Originally, there were not many princesses, but because of the high death rate due to dystocia, many princesses wanted to replace their thrones as queens or duchesses. Therefore, there are few options left for princes who have no inheritance rights.

Many poor princes simply let their youngest sons who have no inheritance rights become priests because they could not find a suitable princess to be his wife, or they had no money to pay for the marriage fee. Of course, because of his status as a prince, he can usually get mixed up with a little bishop or something.

Old Hoffman was not so devout about religion, and only hoped that his sons could marry wives and have children. Therefore, Simon avoided the fate of becoming a monk as a foreign monk. However, you must bear the family expectation of "marrying a princess"...

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Originally, the old Hoffmans were desperate for Simon to marry the princess. After all, in this year, the princess has no worries about getting married. Moreover, the Hoffman family belongs to the nouveau riche, and it is not uncommon for many veteran nobles to marry the Hoffman family.

But Marin wanted Simon to go to Ukraine to be an earl, and the hope of Simon marrying the princess was greatly increased...

The reason is simple - Simon became an earl, that is a great nobleman, no longer a prince with no future and no inheritance rights. Even if the Hoffman family is an upstart, people will recognize it. Not to recognize the Hoffman family, but to recognize the earl crown that Simon will wear on his head...

Although it is more dangerous to go to the corner of Ukraine to be an earl, but who is Simon? Marlin's brother! Who is Marlin? A German military upstart, a strongman whose military strength ranks among the top in Germany. If Simon goes to Ukraine, can Marin not give military support? Therefore, safety is guaranteed.

In this way, the issue of Simon's marriage opened up. Recently, some nobles have been willing to negotiate on Simon's marriage, and there are more than one of them. Mainly, they heard that Marin wanted Simon to be the Earl of Ukraine. If the daughter is married, she will be the countess, and she will have face if she speaks out.

However, the object of the discussion was brought up—I hope that Simon can obtain the title of Earl of Ukraine as soon as possible, and it is best that when his girl marries, she will be the Countess immediately...

After all, marrying before Simon became an earl is completely different from marrying after becoming an earl. Married before Simon became the earl, the wife of the prince can only be regarded as a wife of the second generation, which is not very glorious. The point is, there is no title halo on his head...

But if Simon became an earl and married again, he would have the halo of "Countess" on his head as soon as he married, how much face would it be to say it?

Among them, one of the most sincere ones made Marin just say MMP...why? Because the most sincere person in this family is John II, Duke of Cleaver of the Lamarck family...

John II had a daughter named Anna, which is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this Anna was born in 1495, and this year is just... Hey, she is actually 18 years old...

You know, this Anna is only 7 years older than Caesar. The last time I visited the Principality of Cleaver, Anna still called herself "Uncle Marin". In the blink of an eye, Anna became her younger brother and sister? This huge change made Marin just want to say a few more words about MMP...

However, the old Hoffmans were most satisfied with this Anna. why? First, the Lamarck family is Marin's ally and belongs to "one of our own"; second, Anna is 18 years old this year, which is the best time for a girl, neither too old nor too young; finally, the old Hoffman himself problem...

What's wrong with old Hoffman himself? This starts with the origin of old Hoffman...

Before, the old Hoffman was a fief knight of Earl Mark. Speaking of which, he was a vassal of Earl Mark John II. According to the Qing Dynasty, the old Hoffman was the Lamarck family's coated slave...

As it turns out, it's a good thing now that the "Master" back then actually wanted to marry the eldest daughter to his stupid third son... Old Hoffman felt as if he had been stunned by a huge pie falling from the sky. Can you imagine a situation where the son of a "coated slave" can marry the eldest lady of the master's family? Right now, old Hoffman is feeling this way...

Therefore, even if the princesses of other families are not bad at all, and may even be better, it will not shake the determination of old Hoffman, the former "coated" knight, to make the original eldest lady of the main family his daughter-in-law...

No, in order for Simon to marry the eldest lady of the Lamarck family as soon as possible, the old Hoffmans accompanied Simon to put pressure on Marin...