The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin continued to stay in Münster to pass the time, but he did not forget the remote control land and the Principality of Schleswig. Especially in the Principality of Schleswig, Marin often communicated with Mikkel, Chancellor of the Palace of Schleswig, and Military Commander Woolf Esbrand to learn about the situation there.

However, what surprised Marin was that his main force had all gone south to Münster, so why did the opponent not take this opportunity to attack the Principality of Schleswig. These days, the Danish border is silent, which makes Marin feel a little abnormal.

In fact, King Hans of Denmark has no confidence in his army of more than 10,000. At first, he had seen the combat effectiveness of Marin's army. After the city of Copenhagen was broken, the seven thousand defenders and many strong men in the city were smashed by Marin's army and retreated. Therefore, King Hans no longer believed in the combat effectiveness of his own army. In order to fight against Marin's army, King Hans chose to hire the most famous and powerful Swiss mercenaries in Europe to help him fight. At the same time, he also helped train his own army. King Hans believed that by the spring of next year, the 20,000 new Danish troops would be able to fight against Marin and defeat him.

Marin did not know what Hans was thinking, but he still strengthened the intelligence reconnaissance of the Duchy of Schleswig and the Danish border. In the border area, a situation that made Marin laugh or cry was that on the Jutland peninsula, a large number of family members of Danes whose daughters were snatched by Marin's soldiers secretly crossed the border and asked to live in the Principality of Schleswig.

It turned out that after the defeat of the Danish king Hans, he planned to take the risk and compete with Marin. But a showdown with Marin requires a lot of money to support soldiers. Therefore, King Hans of Denmark, intensified the exploitation and oppression of domestic serfs. Some people whose daughters could not stand the oppression were robbed suddenly remembered that when Marin's men were robbing the Danish girls, they once ordered the officers to issue an "invoice" to those people, and promised that if things go bad in the future, You can come to the Principality of Schleswig for help.

Some people couldn't make it, and with the mentality of trying it, they secretly crossed the border and came to the Principality of Schleswig to seek help. After hearing about it, the Prime Minister of the Mikel Palace immediately searched for the 10,000 soldiers stationed in the territory based on their invoices, found the person written on the invoice, and informed them that your father-in-law (or brother-in-law) is here, come and entertain... …

As for those daughters who "married" to East Frisian mainland, Mikel temporarily settled them, but helped to write letters and send them to the mainland to find their relatives.

According to Marin's previous instructions, these people are considered to be his Yue family members and should not be neglected. If you want, you can completely settle into the manor and become a serf.

Of course, the serfs of the Duchy of Schleswig and the Danish serfs were not the same thing at all. Since the fertilizer was used last year, the grain output of the manor in the Principality of Schleswig has also increased sharply. After these old people were sent to some "Invalids Manor" (a manor specially designed to house disabled soldiers and their families), the old people only need to do some work within their ability (such as feeding pigs and sheep, etc.), and they can still get along with Dunton. The life of bread, and the tube is full.

On the border between the Principality of Schleswig and Denmark, only the Principality of Schleswig is heavily defended, and there are not many defenders on the border in Denmark. Some people who have had a good life in "Invalids Manor" naturally want to go back to pick up their families. Also, tell your fellow villagers the good news.

So, next, the Principality of Schleswig and the Danish border formed a "father-in-law and mother-in-law smuggling fever"... A large number of the father-in-law and father-in-law of the lieutenant generals of the Marin Army, because they could not survive, chose to smuggle over and live in the Invalides Manor. Live not heavy, but can eat enough. Of course, Mikel most welcomes those "father-in-law" with children,

After all, that's a young workforce.

As long as the son-in-law is in the 10,000-strong army of the Principality of Schleswig, those families can immediately be arranged into the "Invalides Manor". As for the son-in-law who is in East Frisian territory, he will need to wait until there is a response there before he can arrange to enter the Les Invalides. However, Mikel wouldn't let them starve to death after being arranged to enter Les Invalides. Every day, there is a supply of "Kohler Bread" mixed with straw chaff. For these people, the treatment is good enough. You know, in Denmark, they are squeezed by the crazy Danish King Hans, and they may not even eat bread.

Hearing this "father-in-law and mother-in-law smuggling fever", Marin laughed for a long time. Then you, he also informed the group of veterans who came to Münster with him that if he married a Danish daughter-in-law, be ready to check the information at any time, and put their father-in-law and mother-in-law in the "Invalids Manor" as soon as possible, so that they can live on A stable life.

The Invalids Manor is not just as simple as having enough food. When people in the manor are sick, the official will reimburse the doctor's expenses, and will arrange for Mo Zhigen and Bartle's disciples to help the disabled soldiers and the families of the Invalids in the manor to see a doctor for free. . Therefore, entering Les Invalides is equivalent to entering a nursing home. Of course, unlike nursing homes, people in the manor need to do what they can.

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Just after talking to the veterans about their father-in-law and mother-in-law smuggling, the guards came to report - Mr. Columbus Jr. is here...

Who is Little Columbus? Of course, Columbus' eldest son, Diego. Columbus. At the beginning of the year, Diego Columbus, on the recommendation of his father, took the cotton cloth discovered by Columbus as an adjutant and participated in a voyage to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico to find cotton seeds.

This voyage is very simple, just follow the coordinate map drawn by Columbus to find it. Moreover, the team was led by several old assistants from Columbus, who were very experienced and would never make mistakes.

In this way, the fleet successfully arrived at the Yucatan Peninsula on the border of Cuba.

Did the devoted Diego Columbus, with a large number of glass products, land and start trading with the local indigenous people. With the help of his father's assistant who knew Indian language, Diego had a friendly exchange with the local Indians. Under the temptation of beautiful glass products, the inexperienced Indians decisively took out cotton seeds and exchanged them with Diego.

Because it is an artificially planted crop, there are plenty of cotton seeds. Diego replaced a whole sack of cotton seeds and moved back to the boat happily.

However, Diego was unwilling to take such a little credit and ran to exchange for something else. Then he exchanged bags of corn, and a bag of sisal seeds. Even some cocoa berries and cocoa berry seeds were exchanged.

In order to please Marin, Diego let people use saltpeter to make ice, frozen cocoa nuts along the way, and planned to bring them back to Marin to taste.

When Diego brought the cocoa fruit to Marin again, Marin recognized it at a glance:

"Cocoa fruit?"

In fact, the pronunciation of Cocoa Indians is transliterated, and the pronunciation of Marin is of course similar to that of Indians.

Little Columbus Diego was taken aback, because, this thing has never been seen in Europe, how did Marin know?

After being stunned for a while, Diego immediately flattered, saying that Marin's eyes were burning. Marin ignored it, but smashed open the shell of the cocoa nut, picked it up and tasted it, and found that it really tasted like chocolate. It would be nice to promote cultivation and make chocolate.

However, this plant can only be grown in the tropics and is not suitable for growing in Europe.

But in the end, this kind of food is optional. Marin is most concerned about, or cotton. Diego quickly took out the sack of cotton seeds. Marin grabbed it and saw that it was exactly the same as the cotton seeds he had seen in his previous life.

Next, Diego took out sisal seeds and corn...

For corn, Marin's mood is very complicated. Of course he knew the benefits of corn. In modern times, corn is one of the three major staple foods in the world.

However, Marin has no plans to introduce corn to Europe now. why? He is afraid that corn will impact his grain market. Likewise, Marin would never allow the introduction of potatoes to Europe. Otherwise, his wheat would not be sold.

Therefore, Marin resolutely ordered people to destroy all the corn...

As for sisal, Marin didn't recognize the seed. But under Diego's explanation, after learning the shape of sisal, Marin suddenly realized - it turned out to be sisal... Then, Marin was overjoyed...

You know, sisal is a very good material for navigation cables in later generations. Sisal fiber has high elasticity, strong tensile force, and corrosion resistance, and can be soaked in seawater for a long time. At the same time, it is also very resistant to friction.

Therefore, in later generations, sisal was widely used to make cables for warships, conveyor belts for machines, and fishing nets for marine fishing. Of course, it can also be used to make sacks and weave rain cloth. Can also be used to weave canvas, sisal woven canvas is very strong and rarely needs to be replaced.

Therefore, sisal is a crop that is extremely beneficial to great sailing. Even, it can be regarded as a baby...

Diego found this kind of treasure, and naturally he should be rewarded. In addition, he successfully obtained a lot of cotton seeds, so Marin waved his hand and directly rewarded Diego with 10,000 gold coins. Then, he was also promoted to the deputy chief of guards and the captain of the naval fleet, which is regarded as a layer of local tyrant gold for Comrade Columbus's resume... 8)