The Rise of the European Emperor

After receiving the letter from the emperor, Marin rolled his eyes - you are a loyal minister, and your whole family is a loyal minister!

Anyone who has watched the TV series knows that the loyal ministers generally do not end well, either they die unjustly in prison, or their whole family is wiped out. Therefore, Marin is more taboo about the term "great loyal minister". It's okay for ordinary loyal ministers to say that adding a big character is a bit of a reminder.

Therefore, Marin wrote back to the emperor - I am not a loyal minister, but I just don't forget the kindness of your majesty's promotion back then. In addition, I am timid, please do not disclose the real price of the armor to the outside world. If you are found out, you can say 75 gold coins for a set... Otherwise, I dare not sell it...

In fact, the cost of this full set of armor is about 13 gold coins, and the profit is almost 100%. But Marin will not reveal this secret either. In fact, this secret is a bit scary, and it is easy to make people jealous and crazy.

In order to keep secret and mislead other countries, Marin even set up a fake military factory near Emden to attract the attention of the outside world. In this military factory, all the old blacksmiths hired from Italy were used, and they also brought many apprentices. They all use old craftsmanship, but the iron materials they use are different.

At the beginning, the emperor, accompanied by Marin, visited this open military factory. The old blacksmiths have excellent craftsmanship, because the iron materials used are good and the products are of high quality. At least, the exterior looks beautiful, and the carvings on the steel pipes are also beautiful. Of course, practicality is not bad either. After all, high-quality steel is used. Therefore, the emperor with this memory thought that the production technology of the North Sea country was not far behind that of other countries, at most a little better...

After receiving Marin's reply, the emperor also respected Marin's request for secrecy. In fact, it wasn't that the emperor didn't want to reveal it, which made Marin cut off his retreat. Rather, this kind of high-quality steel plate inserts still needs a large supply from Beihai. Because the production cost in Austria is too high, it is not cost-effective, and the quality is not as good as the plugboards from the North Sea country.

In addition, the emperor was surprised to find that if the steel plates from the Beihai Kingdom were melted and made into weapon armor, it would be better than the self-produced weapon armor.

"No, we all use the iron ore from Luxembourg. Why is the quality of the steel in the North Sea country better? Could it be that their blacksmiths are better than ours?" The emperor fell into deep doubt. After reacting, the emperor did not hesitate to pay a high price, and sent people to Italy to search for skilled blacksmiths. As far as the emperor knew, there were no craftsmen in Beihai at first, and Marin later went to Italy and England to collect them.

However, England is a poor country in Europe at this time. What kind of powerful craftsmen can it produce? The development of Italian handicrafts is well-known throughout Europe. Therefore, the emperor intends to recruit senior craftsmen in Italy to improve the skill level of the Innsbruck military factory in Austria...

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"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?" The main character who hasn't appeared in hundreds of chapters, the original king of mercenaries in history, Frunzberg, finally appeared, with lines...

"Well, George (Frundsberg's name is George von Frundsberg), let me ask you, were the craftsmen in the North Sea country hired from Italy?" the emperor asked.

Frundsberg was taken aback for a moment, he thought the emperor had a battle plan at first. In the end, just for this...

"Yes, Your Majesty, I am very clear that at the beginning, most of the craftsmen in the North Sea Kingdom did come from Italy. In particular, there were very many from the Duchy of Milan."

At that time, Milan was also considered one of the European handicraft centers and a well-known wealthy city in Europe. Once upon a time, Milanese plate armor was the most famous type of plate armor in the Middle Ages, and Gothic plate armor became two major brands in the knight world. Before the Maximilian plate armor designed by Emperor Maximilian I came out, these two plate armors were the most mainstream plate armor in the knight world. However, Charles VIII provoked the Italian war and on his way to the Kingdom of Naples, he destroyed the Duchy of Milan and ransacked the city of Milan with 100,000 people. This also led to the fact that many originally wealthy craftsmen of Milan City University became impoverished.

But the French are not clever,

Only grab wealth, not those big craftsmen. Then, Marin, who made a lot of money by selling captives, war horses, and armor, took the opportunity to pick up the leak and recruited many great craftsmen in Milan. The very important screw press machine in Beihai country is based on the screw press oil press made by craftsmen in Milan.

At the beginning, Marin invited Old John, a craftsman who knew how to cast iron cannons in England, because Marin deliberately kept it secret, and Frundsberg didn't know it. However, Frundsberg knew that Marin personally took Kahn to Milan, knocked Da Vinci unconscious, kidnapped him and took him away. After all, Da Vinci often came and went to Marin's office, and it was difficult to keep it secret when he came to Beihai. It was Old John, because it was done secretly at the beginning, and the place where the cannon was cast was also hidden in a hidden place, which was not known to people.

Frundsberg introduced the "brilliant deeds" of Marin leading people like kidnappers, knocking Da Vinci unconscious and taking away, and Maximilian I, which left His Majesty stunned. He never thought that Marin, who looked fair and well-bred, had such a rough and savage side.

However, His Majesty the Emperor has seen many such people. It's just that Marin looks clean and gentle, and his behavior is a little different. And people who usually do this usually look like Li Kui and Zhang Fei... Well, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know who Li Kui and Zhang Fei are, but it is roughly that image...

"Master Marin attached great importance to highly skilled craftsmen at the beginning, and even personally invited... and kidnapped... So, I have no doubts about the excellent weapons and armor of Beihai Kingdom..."

Frundsberg recalled his experience under Marin, but his time with Marin was still too short, and he only learned some military skills. There is still too little understanding of Marin's shameless and shady methods, as well as the industrialized production he engaged in later.

Changing to Kahn, I would feel like this—probably, only someone with such a dark and dirty heart like the young master is suitable to be a monarch... Well, I am not dirty enough, I should just be a happy bodyguard and thug...

"Oh, I said why the weapons and armor of the North Sea State are so easy to use. It turns out that Marin attaches so much importance to craftsmen!" Maximilian I realized it, as if he had gotten some "cheats"...

In fact, His Majesty the Emperor still attaches great importance to craftsmanship. For example, the "Maximilian plate armor" he personally designed and produced at the military factory in Innsbruck is very well-made and very popular among knights. Even the knights of arch-rival France like to order. Although His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like the French, the French knights have a lot of land and money. In front of gold coins, His Majesty the Emperor does not stick to his principles...

However, His Majesty's emphasis on craftsmen is still incomparable to that of Marin. As emperor, Maximilian I was proud. Most of those craftsmen took the initiative to work. After all, the Habsburg family still has a high reputation among the people in the German region. For powerful craftsmen, the emperor just didn't refuse. However, it is far from being able to come to invite or even kidnap like Marin...

"George, I also decided to learn from Marin and send people to Italy to invite skilled blacksmiths!" The emperor thought he had found the "password" for the excellent weapons and armor of the Beihai Kingdom, and immediately said in high spirits.

"There are also watchmakers. I heard from Master Marin that watchmakers are craftsmen with the finest craftsmanship, and they are most suitable for making spring irons and triggers for muskets. That's why the quality of clockwork flintlocks in Beihai is so good... "

"Oh, I said that the quality of the clockwork muskets produced in Beihai is so good, and they look so sophisticated. It turns out that the watchmaker made the firing mechanism! I learned it, I learned it!" Maximilian I was amazed.

"Your Majesty, it takes a lot of money to go to Italy to hire high-level craftsmen with high salaries..." Frundsberg reminded tactfully, and he almost pointed at the emperor's nose and said, "You are poor"...

But the emperor didn't care, and knew what Frenzberg was thinking. He waved his hand and said:

"It's nothing, Marin is short of population, and Austria has a large population..." Obviously, His Majesty the Emperor felt that exchanging population with Marin for money... Well, the labor force transaction is very expensive. At least, the money comes quickly...

In order to exchange money, His Majesty the Emperor decided to personally escort another 10,000 Austrian poor families to the north, and exchange money with Marin, so that he could go to Italy to hire blacksmiths and watchmakers. His Majesty the Emperor seemed to have seen the beautiful scene of the Austrian cavalry holding sophisticated clockwork guns and defeating the French knights...

His Majesty the Emperor felt that it was not enough to develop guns by himself. However, don't you know how to copy Marin's "homework"? You, Marin, know how to recruit a watchmaker to make a clockwork bolt for a wind-up pistol, and so will I...

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