King of Mercenaries

Chapter 140: Showdown (top)

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A few days later, Marin welcomed a boat with a family on the pier in Te Horenche. Marin prepared the carriage and horses, and then the family rushed to Tenburg together.

Marin spent a lot of money repairing the castle of Den Burg. Originally, the small castle, which was not much larger than a larger courtyard, was doubled by Marin. At the same time, the walls of Den Burg also cost a lot of money. Of course, building walls and expanding castles cost a lot of money. Otherwise, Marin wouldn't have spent so much money. Still, it's all worth it. If Marin hadn't built a strong city wall, it would have been difficult for Denburg to defend the last time the Frisian army invaded.

Moreover, in order to solve the problem of poor lighting in the castle, Marin opened a lot of windows in the expanded part of the castle, and painted the whole castle with white lime, making the whole castle look much brighter.

Not only that, Marin also specially selected 100 guards to guard the castle in shifts day and night. The clothes worn by these 100 guards are similar to the uniforms of the later British Royal Guards, and they look very neat.

Of course, the bearskin hats of the red shirts, that is not there. Because, bearskin hats are not suitable for wearing in summer, because they suffocate people to death. In the British Royal Guards, there have been more than one occasions when guards fainted from heat stroke.

Therefore, Marin did not let the castle guards wear bearskin hats, but directly wore the three-cornered hats that were very popular in the eighteenth century. The top is red and the trousers are white. Then I wear riding boots on my feet...

After doing this, Marin's pro-guard team looks very handsome. Of course, when going to the battlefield, all of this set will be replaced. In Marin's view, the uniform of the Red Shirt Army is very underwhelming. On the battlefield, it is properly a target that attracts firepower. On the battlefield, keeping a low profile is king.

Therefore, Marin just asked the 100 guards to wear this uniform at ordinary times, and when they went to the battlefield, they had to wear steel helmets on their heads and a three-quarter breastplate on their bodies to enhance their protection. Moreover, Marin has no plans to equip other soldiers with this uniform. For now, ordinary soldiers are still wearing a white black cross vest, a three-cornered hat on their heads, and straw sandals on their feet... Elite soldiers are allowed to wear steel helmets on their heads and three-quarters of a breastplate on their bodies. . But outside the breastplate, a white and black cross vest was put on as a neat military uniform.

The little guys looked at a group of guards wearing very cool red shirts, and thought they were very handsome, and then pestered Marin to make a set for them as well. Even Adler thinks this suit is very handsome...

Marin also expressed his understanding of this. If he was not handsome, would the Briton still let his Royal TV wear this uniform in the 21st century

After entering the castle, the whole family was very envious of the high-end and elegant decoration of the castle. In fact, Marin has a plan to hang Da Vinci's paintings on the walls of the castle. However, the old boy is not very cooperative so far, just eating and drinking in the villa allocated by Mary in Den Burg, and learning Frisian and German.

Regarding Da Vinci's matter, Marin plans to put it aside first, but just feed it first. Come and have a good talk with this guy after he finishes dealing with some urgent matters.

However, when the old boy returns home, Marin will definitely ask him to paint more high-quality oil paintings and hang them all over the walls of the castle...

The whole family visited the whole castle with great interest. Among them, the old Hoffman couple also met Angela, the little beauty raised by Marin. Angela is smarter, and she has learned German fluently now. Then, Angela shyly greeted the Hoffman family and made a ladylike salute.

However, the old Hoffmans were very enthusiastic about little Angela on the surface, but they were not very happy in their hearts. Mainly because Marin told them that Angela was a girl from a down-and-out knight family.

In the hearts of the old Hoffmans, Marin, who had become a baron, should marry a daughter of a baron. No matter how bad it is, I have to marry the daughter of a very powerful knight family. The daughter of a family of knights in trouble, seems a bit unworthy of their son...

Although Angela was well-behaved and beautiful, both Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary believed that it was a pity to give up such a girl, but it was indeed not suitable for Marin. However, being a lover can be...

If Marin knew what they were thinking, he would definitely laugh. Will an important figure in the pope's family in the future not be worthy of a mere baron? Just kidding...

You know, the current pope, Alexander VI, has made his two sons dukes and fiefdoms. Even if the son-in-law of the pope's family is not as favored as the pope's son, it is not a big problem to help him find an earl. After all, the emperor has not yet been officially crowned, and there are many places to ask the Pope.

If Marin knew that Angela was actually the favorite daughter of the future Pope Julius II, he would be crazy. You know, the Pope actually doesn't like his youngest illegitimate daughter, Felice. Because Felice has a wild temper and is not good-looking.

In fact, parents also have a bit of respect for their children. If it is an only child, it must be loved by thousands of people. But if there are many children, there will be a distinction between closeness and estrangement if there is a comparison. Angela was beautiful and well-behaved, and Julius II had no reason not to love this daughter. And Felice looks ordinary, has a wild personality, and is also very willful, how can she be favored

Originally, in history, the reason why the Pope had to plan for Felice to remarry the son of the Duke was that there was no other way. Because the Pope's first two daughters died, leaving only Felice. But if the beautiful and well-behaved Angela is still there, Julius II will definitely not pay much attention to Felice.

In fact, it is no wonder that in the history of China, there have been famous incidents of mothers judging the appearance of their children-Zheng Zhuanggong's mother Wu Jiang, because the youngest son Gongshu Duan is handsome, and the eldest son Zhuanggong is ugly, she prefers younger son. Even, Wu Jiang finally encouraged his youngest son Gongshu Duan to rebel, intending to replace Zheng Zhuanggong's position...

Therefore, with more children, with comparison, appearance and personality will also become an important reliance for not being favored by parents...

In the next few days, Marin accompanied his family on a comprehensive and detailed tour on Texel Island. As a guide himself, Marin took the whole family to travel around the island. The whole family also visited the economic core areas of Marin like Yancheng. Under normal circumstances, Yancheng is the most important economic core area on the island, and ordinary people are strictly forbidden to approach it. But for his family, Marin did not hide his secrets and took them to see it. Of course, this is also because the family has long known about the existence of Yancheng. Because the briquettes consumed in Yancheng are all produced by Hoffman Manor. It's just that the family members don't know the huge profits generated by Yancheng. Marin did not elaborate on the salt production and profits of Yancheng, so as not to scare his family by speaking out.

Speaking of which, Yancheng's output has now doubled to a daily output of 2,000 quarts. Of these, 1,800 quarters were sold to Wright of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce. The remaining 200 quarters are mainly supplied to the Wadden Islands controlled by Marin. If there is any excess, Marin will store it directly first. Anyway, salt is not easy to break.

In the fishing port of Oderschild, Marin invites the whole family to eat fresh seafood products. For this reason, Marin transferred all the chefs in the castle to Odysschild. Along with the chef, there are also iron pots and various seasonings and spices.

The chefs worked hard to follow Marin's instructions, braised in sweet and sour sauce, steamed, and fried various seafood products, which made the family very enjoyable. Especially the three little ones, strongly urge to live in Oderschild and eat seafood every day...

Marin smiled and did not object. He knew that seafood must be delicious once in a while. But if you really want to eat it every day, within a month, you will definitely feel like vomiting...

Anyway, it is rare for younger brothers and sisters to come to Texel, so Marin vacated a villa in Odesschild for the three little guys to live in and let them eat seafood here every day. Moreover, Oderschild is a seaside port, with sea breeze blowing every day. In the height of summer, it is quite comfortable here.

Marin arranged for a family to live in Oderschild, and arranged for the family to drink beer and eat seafood every day. In a short period of time, the whole family really felt quite refreshed...

And Marin himself quietly returned to the castle at night, took out the parchment document stolen from Mrs. Mary's treasure chest, and began to imitate the document that the old Earl Brock awarded the title of Baron of Savannah...

After several nights of hard work, Marin finally made the forged documents very similar. Then, Marin took out the old blank parchment that he sent Kohler to purchase with great effort, and started the great cause of imitation...

Marin's ability to imitate handwriting is very strong, when he was in school. When many students do not do well in the exam, they will be asked by the teacher to take the report card back to their parents to sign. But in this case, students who fail in the exam will definitely be beaten. So, they asked Marin to help them imitate their parents' handwriting and sign. In this way, from elementary school to high school graduation, Marin's ability to imitate handwriting has reached a state of perfection. Therefore, Marin felt no pressure to imitate the handwriting of the old Earl Bullock. The only problem is the ink problem. After all, the same handwriting, if the ink color is different, it will also make people suspicious. For this reason, Marin spent a lot of time preparing inks of different colors so that the ink color of the handwriting looks the same as the genuine document...

Things went very smoothly, and Marin quickly forged the relevant documents, and sent his confidants to roll up the parchment and put it in a specific room for high-temperature aging. Then, use saltpeter to make ice cubes, put them in the ice cellar, and then put the documents in the ice cellar for low-temperature treatment...

After finishing the paperwork, Marin began to accompany his family to visit again, and took them to the islands of Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnick.