The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin was not familiar with this Hungarian peasant uprising. In his previous life, he only read the historical materials of the German Peasant Wars, but did not notice the materials of the Hungarian Peasant Uprising. After all, Hungary is not part of the German region. In fact, he didn't know that this peasant uprising was also written in the book by the two bearded men, Ma and En.

Moreover, in this peasant uprising, more than 80,000 peasant uprising troops were executed by the noble army, and 50,000 people were executed, almost killing Hungary to the point of blood.

But it's different now, because Marin has taken a fancy to these prisoners of war...

Why did Marin take a fancy to these prisoners of war? This starts with the origin of the Hungarians. In this era, Hungarians were not called Hungarians, but Magyars.

(The Hungarian nation only appeared after the European Revolution in 1848. There were no Hungarians before. The Hungarians after that are actually a new nation created by Hungarian nationalists with the theme of the Magyars.)

The Magyars are not native Europeans, but nomads who migrated from Asia. In the middle and early Middle Ages, the Magyars, as fierce nomads, brought great disaster to the people in the southern border of Germany.

The Magyars in the early years were all good players on horseback, and they could become warriors on horseback, very similar to the nomads in northern China. But after the Magyars were defeated by Otto the Great in 955, the Magyars began to settle down on the Hungarian Great Plains, turned to farming, and converted to Catholicism.

Of course, although the Magyars have switched to farming, not all of them are farming. After all, the descendants of this nomadic people still retain many nomadic habits. Therefore, there are still many militants in this nation. They are skilled riders and are good at fighting on horseback with sabers. And even in the war period, the Hungarian hussars (hsar) have always been a model of European light cavalry, and they are the most effective group of Western European light cavalry.

Because the people are militant and good at fighting, the church easily recruited 40,000 crusaders here. But because of the destruction of the nobles, these crusaders turned into peasant rebels.

Marin doesn't care whether the Hungarian nobles are doing the right thing, he only knows that these Hungarian peasant rebels will eventually fail. Once the peasant uprising fails, there will inevitably be a large number of prisoners of war. And these prisoners of war who are proficient in riding and even horse warfare are excellent thugs. Rather than letting them be killed by the coalition forces of the Hungarian nobles, they might as well be their own thugs.

Of course, Marin also knew that the German nobles would never allow themselves to recruit tens of thousands of Hungarian hussars. Therefore, he had to find a suitable excuse...

On the way, Marin thought of an excuse—one excuse was that the development of the Rammelsberg silver mine in Goslar required a large number of miners; the second excuse was that he needed a large number of immigrants with the ability to protect themselves , while reclaiming the wild continent, while resisting the brutal local barbarians...

These two excuses can fool the princes of Germany. After all, whether it is going to the mine to dig or go to the fabled dangerous barbaric continent to cultivate wasteland, it is a narrow escape. Therefore, the princes should not rebound much.

If he dared to say that he was trying to get tens of thousands of hussars, he would probably be beaten by groups in an instant...

Of course, even if he could get tens of thousands of prisoners of war, not all of them would be suitable for Hungarian hussars. After all, over the past few hundred years, the Magyars have been influenced by the German region, and many people have become real farmers. Only the people in the southern region, because they border Turkey, they still have strong fighting power in order to protect themselves.

Therefore, even if Marin got tens of thousands of Magyar prisoners of war, it is estimated that there will not be too many people who are suitable to be Hungarian hussars, at most ten thousand.

However, even if there are only ten thousand people, it is still a very scary force. Marin planned that if he could get enough Magyars suitable for light cavalry, he would hide them secretly in America, let them print Indians while carrying out German education, and eventually become his reliable thugs.

Thinking of Germanized education,

Marin ordered Kohler to send someone to the northern part of Hungary to find young priests who knew both German and Magyar, abducted them to the theology department of Aurich University, and let the old fool Bishop Taylor teach them, and then followed In North America, brainwash and educate those Hungarians every day, and eventually turn these people into their own loyal troops...

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However, considering that buying prisoners of war requires a lot of money, Marin is running out of cash. Therefore, before going to Hungary, Marin went to Augsburg first, and found Jacob Fugger, the leader of the Fugger family again, and asked for a loan...

"What? You want to buy Hungarian mob prisoners of war as miners and pioneers of the wild continent?" Jacob Fugger was surprised at first when he heard Marin's words, then, with a flash of his eyes, he asked:

"I don't know, can I buy some too..."

Marin was taken aback, and waved his hands again and again:

"No, you have to think about it. Your silver mine in Tyrol is located at the foot of the Alps. Once those Magyars escape into the mountains, it will be difficult for your men to find them. Moreover, as long as those Magyars escape into the Alps Mountains, all the way to the east. As long as you pass the Alps, you can escape back to Hungary. If that's the case, you will lose more than you gain..."

"But those Russians are different. They were transported from far away Eastern Europe. They have nowhere to escape and can only stay in the mine. Unlike those Hungarians, they can return to their hometown as long as they go over the mountains... But if they come to my Goslar silver mine, it will be different. There is the hinterland of Germany, and they can't escape if they want to, and my cavalry can easily catch them!"

In fact, these are all fools. The point is that Marin doesn't want the Fugger family to rob the Magyar hussars from him! Of course, it's not all nonsense.

Jacob Fugger thought about it and felt that what Marin said made sense. The Tyrol region is indeed not far from Hungary. As long as you are good at hiking and crossing the Alps, it is not difficult to reach Hungary. Moreover, in the Alps, his people are also difficult to hunt down. However, he always felt that what Marin said was not true...

Seeing his suspicious gaze, Marin didn't intend to hide it completely:

"Okay, Earl Jacob, please do me a favor. I need these Magyar prisoners of war to go to the barbarian continent to fight barbarians. As you know, there are many barbarians on the barbaric continent, and they are very brave and good at fighting. And the Magyars It is a brave and warlike nation, and I plan to take some people to the wild continent to fight against the barbarians. After beating the barbarians, they can still farm for me!" Marin explained half-truthfully.

Seeing that Marin was so "frank", Jacob Fugger was not easy to rob Marin. Marin said so, and if he made another horizontal move, he would turn his face against Marin. Besides, buying Russian slaves is indeed safer than buying Magyars. After all, the Rus far from home are much easier to control than the Magyars closer to home.

So, he agreed to provide a loan for Marin to buy Magyar prisoners of war. As for the interest, he gave a standard of 15, which is neither high nor low...

After negotiating the loan agreement, Marin left Augsburg with his men and went straight to Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia in the northeast, to find Vladislas II, who also served as King of Hungary. After all, he is the official monarch of the Kingdom of Hungary, and he will definitely take the lead in suppressing the peasant uprising army when the time comes. It was the right person to talk to him about the purchase of Magyar prisoners of war.

Moreover, it is too dangerous to go to Hungary at this time. If he encounters tens of thousands of peasant troops, the cavalry around him may not be able to protect him. Instead of taking risks in Hungary, why not go to the Kingdom of Bohemia to discuss cooperation with the official boss Vladislas II...