The Rise of the European Emperor

Although the old Hoffman's attitude has been put down very low, the princes are still reluctant to let go of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea easily. Why? Your special meow's combat effectiveness is so strong, to destroy other people's vassal states at will, it is simply to destroy the social order! The most important thing is that Marin is still the horse child of Emperor Maximilian I...

In fact, the latter reason is the most important. As for destroying a country, it is not unusual for the princes, they themselves have done such a thing. However, whether it is the strength of easily destroying the country, or the horse boy of Maximilian I, who intends to unify Germany, this problem is big. What if the Habsburgs of Maximilian I completely unified Switzerland and freed up their hands to unify the whole of Germany?

Therefore, most of the princes who opposed the emperor came to the unanimous conclusion after discussion: first, the Habsburg family must not be allowed to completely occupy Switzerland; second, the North Sea Kingdom must be suppressed, and it cannot be allowed to become Hab The Fort family fights. Therefore, the princes sent a second group of messengers to ask Marin to swear in the name of God that he would never help the Habsburg family to launch a war to unify Germany. At the same time, the army of the Grand Duchy of Beihai is required to be regularized, and it is not allowed to accept employment casually. If you really need to accept employment, you need to get the approval of the Imperial Parliament... If the North Sea Kingdom does not agree to these two conditions, the countries may form a coalition to jointly crusade the North Sea Kingdom...

Old Hoffmann was taken aback and was sacked by all Germany, that was no joke. Even if Beihai Kingdom is strong, it may fall. What's more, there are now 20,000 troops in the North Sea in England.

In desperation, the old Hoffman had no choice but to say that the North Sea country must carefully consider the opinions of various countries. However, it was useless for him to swear, and he needed to wait for Marin to come back and personally reach an agreement with the countries.

In addition, in order to give an explanation to the countries, the old Hoffman imprisoned Schwartz who had just returned home with the army. Of course, this is for all countries to see, and Schwartz knows it well and is very cooperative. Moreover, Schwartz's loyal subordinates were also greeted without making a fuss.

Of course, this is only one aspect of it. Old Hoffman is not stupid. He imprisoned Schwartz just to gag the mouths of the countries. However, showing weakness is useless. If you just show weakness, it will only fuel the arrogance of the enemy. Therefore, while the old Hoffman was detaining Schwartz, he let more than 10,000 people who returned to the country (a few thousand others went to take over the country of Mark), and the original Third Army, to leave the camp outside the city one after another. Stationed in several important cities and started building temporary fortifications...

That's not all, the 20,000 strong people Marin selected from the serfs before are almost trained at this time. They also received orders to put on white and black cross vests one after another and enter several major cities with tools... The reason they entered the city was that the city was dilapidated, and they came to repair the city wall...

Among them, 20,000 people settled directly in the capital Aurich, posing as if they were going to fight a defensive battle...

The envoys of various countries took a look - oh my god, 20,000 to 30,000 people poured into the North Sea Kingdom alone, and countless grains were transported in. It seems that the other party is ready to fight a long-lasting defensive battle...

Beihaiguo's behavior of showing his muscles while admitting counsel has finally caused many princes to have scruples. So, they just continued to clamor without taking further action. In the end, these princes got together again to discuss, and the result was that if Marin returned, he was willing to swear in the name of God not to help the Habsburgs to unify Germany, and to promise not to lend troops and horses at will (they In fact, they were worried that Marin would use the same method to lend soldiers to the Habsburg family. However, this cannot be stated clearly), they gave up the use of force; if Marin refused, they said that they must not form a coalition to fight the North Sea. one game...

In fact, the leaders of the princes, including Frederick III, are also very clear - the princes present here can indeed gather enough troops to defeat the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. but,

They may not really be able to beat each other...

Why? Because the alliance of the princes can win the Beihai Kingdom, it is only theoretically possible. But in reality, everyone has their own ghosts. If the troops of the feudal vassals are brave and not afraid of the loss of their own troops, defeating the Beihai Kingdom can be said to be certain. The bad thing is that everyone may not be willing to work hard... After all, none of the princes here are fools. If your own army is exhausted, then your vassal state will have to be slaughtered by others...

Therefore, it is theoretically possible for the alliance of princes to defeat the Grand Duchy of Beihai. But in fact, because of the discord in people's hearts, they may not really be able to defeat Beihai Kingdom.

If they really set up their coalition and hit Beihai Kingdom, it would be fine if they won. It would be terrifying to lose the battle because of discord in the hearts of the people. At that time, Beihai Kingdom will have a great reputation and become the absolute leader of Germany. At that time, the failed coalition army will completely become a mess. If Marin takes the opportunity to expand, everyone will have no ability to resist... Maybe, a more terrible force than the Habsburgs will appear in Germany...

Moreover, looking at the attitude of Beihai Kingdom, it seems that the other party has already made preparations for a long-term siege. On the other hand, the vassal states are not prepared at all. If they send troops casually, they may not be able to win...

Therefore, after deliberation, Frederick III and several other princely leaders thought that as long as he forced Marin to swear, it would be fine. After all, in this era when Protestantism has not yet risen, no one dares to break the oath in the name of God casually...

Moreover, several princely leaders believe that Marin is now a great prince himself, and there is no reason to help the Habsburg family unify Germany. Because, if the others are finished, Marin will follow in their footsteps...

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And just when all Germany was discussing Marin, Marin, the protagonist, had already arrived in America and landed in Sydney Harbour on Cape Breton Island...

In Sydney Harbour, Marin was warmly welcomed by all the officials and people of Cape Breton Island. In addition to the Governor Garland and a group of colonists sent by Marin himself, the English immigrants who immigrated here are also grateful to Marin. After all, when they were dying of starvation, it was Marin who reached out to help them at their most desperate moment, emigrated to Cape Breton Island, and provided them with shelter and food, so that they all survived. Also, they are doing just fine now...

Of course, these English people are also relatively simple. If they knew that the civil war in England was provoked by Marlin secretly, and even the looting of the northern counties of England was the idea given to King James IV of Scotland under a pseudonym, these Englishmen would probably want to tear him to pieces. part……

However, the news that "the English Civil War was provoked by Marin" is known to few people in the world. And those who knew it were all Marin's absolute confidants. So Marin doesn't have to worry about being torn to shreds by angry Englishmen...

Facing the warm welcome crowd, Marin imitated the posture of the leaders on TV of later generations, smiling all over his face, waving his right hand to everyone, attracting loud praise from the people. You know, in this era, the nobles are too lazy to look at the commoners at all. But Marin can wave at them, even if he is pretending, it is enough to make the people very excited...

In fact, the people present did not know that this was just the most common routine. As a later celebrity said privately - when they see fans, they will smile with conditioned reflexes on their faces, and then wave their hands... But in fact, he didn't pay attention to any specific fans at all. ...

However, those fans don't think so. They will think wishful thinking - oh, the idol smiled at me, so kind... But in fact, "the idol smiled at me" or "the leader smiled at me" is just a big illusion in life, like One of the three major illusions in life is "he (she) likes me"... People's smiles are just a professional habit, and even a conditioned reflex...