From the incident in Friesland, Marin saw the presence of the French. He could conclude that the French wanted to use someone else's hand to get rid of themselves. Therefore, Marin was a lot more careful when he was on his way.
Just to go home, he brought 100 cavalry guards. And, non-stop along the way. Even if they stay, they choose a safe place where they can get on the horse and escape.
After all, Marin couldn't guarantee whether the nobles along the way would be bought by the King of France. If any nobleman gets hotheaded and brings thousands of soldiers to surround him, he will be unable to fly.
Fortunately, Marin's team is equipped with one man and two horses, which can be relatively non-stop. Generally, even if his whereabouts were discovered, it would be too late for the other party to gather troops to intercept him.
Moreover, Marin also brought Sauer equipped with a telescope. When encountering complex terrain, just ask Sauer to climb to a high place and use the telescope to see if there is an ambush.
In fact, Marin was too careful. In fact, Charles VIII had no intention of finding fault with Marin at this time. Because Francis, the sixth child of him and Anne of Brittany, was born a few days ago (July 1497), but died a few hours after birth.
In fact, five children had already been born to Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany, but all of them died young. The longest lived was only 3 years old.
Charles VIII was hit hard, and even temporarily lost interest in expanding to Italy, and temporarily lost interest in revenge on Marin.
Because, in the Valois dynasty of France, there is only one direct descendant of Charles VIII left. If Charles VIII had no heirs, the throne would have to pass to a collateral line of the Valois dynasty.
Therefore, Charles VIII is currently putting all his energy into making future generations. Not long after Queen Anne gave birth, Charles VIII savagely asked to continue creating humans, completely disregarding that Queen Anne's body hadn't recovered yet...
In fact, it was Charles VIII who did not understand medicine. Queen Anne gave birth many times, but she didn't get a good cultivation, and her body was already very weak. Therefore, the children after the eldest son were born very weak and could not survive.
If Charles VIII knew a little bit about Chinese medicine, he would have stopped having intercourse with Anne, and he would first take care of Queen Anne's body before attempting to create offspring.
But Charles VIII was in a hurry at this time. Not long after Queen Anne gave birth, the wound below him had not fully healed, so he had sex with Queen Anne again. It seems that as long as the number of times is high, offspring will be born, regardless of Queen Anne's body.
In fact, Queen Anne was indeed pregnant again this time, but she died after giving birth...
When his subordinates told Charles VIII about the Duke of Saxony's occupation of Friesland, Charles VIII got angry for a while. But immediately, he temporarily forgot Friesland and even Marin. Because, in his opinion, giving birth to a surviving heir is the most important thing at present.
But Marin didn't know, like a frightened bird, every night when he went to bed, he arranged a dozen secret whistles to take turns to guard against being surrounded by night raids.
In this way, two days later, Marin led the team back to the Hoffman Manor on the Ruhr River and met his family...
"Ha, Marin is back!" Adler, who had just finished his swordsmanship training, wanted to hug Marin regardless of his sweaty body. Marin immediately got out of the way and let Kahn go up to the top, the wild bear to the wild bear, and let the two big wild bears hug each other.
The two muscular men hugged each other in disgust, and then separated immediately...
Then, the old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary, who pretended to be reserved, came out...
Old Hoffman put his hands behind his back, and said to Marin with the style of "pointing out the country":
"Well, boy, you did a good job. To be able to defeat a vassal state with a baron, it is very demeanor when I was young..."
"Pfft—" Adler couldn't help laughing, and Marin also held back.
Then, Adler got a hard kick in the ass...
In fact, the whole family admired Marin's original decision. Because, at that time, Texel Island, which had only a thousand recruits, was unlikely to win the Frisian Noble Republic. The best result is to surrender and sum up, and then lose a sum of money.
But Marin was very decisive. In a short period of time, he thought of a way to hire Swiss mercenaries, and led a group of Swiss mercenaries to quickly return to help, and defeated the main force of the Friesian Noble Republic in the first battle. Then, the Friesian Noble Republic was forced to cede several islands, which more than doubled the territory of Marin.
But what puzzled the outside world was that the Swiss mercenaries, who had always been creditworthy, suddenly withdrew their troops and no longer helped Marin fight. Otherwise, Marin could even wipe out the small country of Friesland.
"Hey, it's a pity. If those Swiss guys don't break the contract, I might have occupied the entire territory of Friesland by now. You know, it's a land of no man. If I occupy that place, maybe I can still be a Earl..." Marin was also a little emotional.
As everyone knows, his emotion, in the eyes of others, is extremely pretentious. Although the actual situation is the same as what Marin said, in the eyes of others, it is God's blessing that Marin can defeat Friesland and obtain several islands. Even members of the Hoffman family didn't dare to think that Marin could get the whole of Friesland. In their view, Marin's victory is already a manifestation of God.
Hearing that Marin was back, the two leather monkeys, Simon and Albert, immediately jumped over. Then, Annie also came to join in the fun...
"Brother Marin is back? Where's the gift?" The three little ghosts stretched out their little hands together...
Marin's head was full of black lines, and he was very depressed. Feelings, these three little ghosts didn't welcome him home at all, but welcomed gifts...
But Marin didn't think of preparing a gift. In desperation, Ma Tuhao had to take out a handful of gold coins and give them to his younger siblings...
Then, Marin solemnly invited the whole family to go on vacation at Den Burg Castle on the island of Texel...
It was midsummer, and the inland areas of Germany were still a little hot. Although it is not like Huaxia, which has a high temperature of more than 30 degrees in midsummer, the highest temperature is also 30 degrees.
And Texel in Marin, because it is an island, the highest temperature is only 267 degrees, and there is sea breeze blowing, very comfortable, it is an ideal place for summer.
Marin described to his family in detail the pleasant climate on Texel in summer, and then recommended all kinds of fresh seafood to his younger siblings...
Under Marin's description, the three little guys began to drool unstoppably. Usually, they have also eaten seafood, but they are basically salty sea fish with a bit of a smell. It is impossible for the family to taste fresh seafood.
Therefore, for Marin's description, not to mention the three little guys, even the adults are more yearning. Think about holding up a parasol on the beach of Texel in the hot summer, enjoying the sea breeze, and eating fresh seafood...
Well, the three little ones started dancing, clamoring to go to Marin's castle for the summer. Adler and his new wife Liv immediately nodded in agreement. Mrs. Mary also wanted to see where her second son lived, and she nodded in agreement. Only the old Hoffman, out of face, pretended to think about it for a while, and then "reluctantly" nodded and agreed, as if he agreed to give Marin great face...
The family then started packing up and heading out to Texel.
However, Marin considered that among the family members, Marin, the Adlers and the old Hoffman had no problem riding on horseback, but Mrs. Mary and the three little guys were not suitable for riding. And if you choose a carriage, the roads of this era will kill you. For Mrs. Mary and the three little ones, it's really no fun.
After thinking about it again and again, Marin decided to send someone to the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to hire a boat and take his family to Texel Island. And he himself rode back the same way with his men. In addition, Marin will also leave 30 guards on board to protect the safety of his family.
The next morning, when the Wiggins Chamber ship arrived at the Hoffman Family Coal Terminal, the family began boarding. And Marin secretly returned to the manor while the whole family was on board, entered the bedroom of the old Hoffmans, opened the secret compartment behind the fireplace, took out Mrs. Mary's treasure chest, and opened the chest with the key he had prepared earlier. , took out those ancient parchment documents, and put them into animal skin bags...