"Marin, I support your choice. But what about Adler's interests? He gave up his inheritance rights in writing, so what can he get?" Mrs. Mary asked Marin after thinking for a long time.
In fact, this is what Mrs. Mary wanted for Adler's benefit. She also understood that without Marin, it would be impossible for the Counties of East Frisia to regain it. However, for Adler, the boss who should have the first inheritance right, Mrs. Mary still has to maintain some. Although her favorite son is Marin, it does not prevent her from fighting for the interests of the boss.
Marin was right after thinking about it. It really took some effort for him to let Adler give up his inheritance rights. Otherwise, let Adler give up his inheritance rights for nothing, and he must have thorns in his heart. Moreover, if Adler insists on not giving up, he really has nothing to do.
So, after thinking about it, he said:
"If Adler is willing to renounce the right of inheritance in writing, once I take East Frisia, I will make Adler a hereditary baron and give him a barony!"
"The conditions are okay, but you can't give that kind of barren land, it has to be fertile land..." Mrs. Mary nodded and continued to bargain.
"Okay, okay, Mom, what do you think of Lyell County in the south? It's on the banks of the Ems River, and the land is fertile. I gave Adler 2,000 Ugrams of arable land there..."
"Well, very good..." Mrs. Mary nodded, feeling very satisfied. As she grew up in East Frisia, she is very aware of the geographical location of Lyle County. Because, for a long time, she and her father hid in Lyle County.
"Is it good over there? Mother." Adler asked suspiciously.
"Of course it's fine, silly boy. Your brother has taken good care of you. Mom has stayed in Lyle County and knows the situation there. It can be said that it is the most fertile place in East Frisia. Because , Lyle County is on the bank of the Ems River, with convenient irrigation and fertile land. It is the most developed agricultural place in East Frisia. Your brother said that the arable land of 2,000 Ugrams is not the total area. It is arable land. You know, our family’s ancestral territory is said to have a fief of 500 yograms (not counting the place bought later), but the arable land is only 100 yograms. Marin said that I will give you 2000 yograms of arable land , which is equivalent to 20 times the area of our family’s arable land before!” Madam Mary said with a smile.
The conditions offered by Marin are indeed very generous. You know, one Ugram is equal to 12 acres. According to the Eastern calculation, 2000 Yugram is 24,000 mu of arable land. You know, Liu Wencai, a famous landowner in Sichuan before the liberation, had only a little more than 10,000 mu of arable land in his family.
The territory of the East Frisian County is full of swamps, and there is not much arable land. Therefore, Ma Lincoln is indeed very sincere in offering 24,000 mu of arable land, and it is also the most fertile area of arable land.
Even though agriculture in Europe was underdeveloped at this time, there were 24,000 mu of land, which was always worth the income of several thousand mu of land in the contemporary Ming Dynasty. Anyway, with so many lands, Adler must have a good life in the future.
Therefore, Adler felt very satisfied with this condition, not to mention the old Hoffmans. After all, he doesn't need to pay anything, as long as he signs, he can get so many benefits in the future. Even the preoccupied Liv stopped talking at this time. Thinking about how she will become the landlady of 2,000 Ugrams of fertile farmland in the future, Liv feels happy thinking about it. In fact, she also knew that her husband was far less capable than Marin. The argument between her and Marin just now was due to her personality on the one hand, and on the other hand, she also meant to fight for the benefits of her husband. In this kind of matter, it is not suitable for a husband to come forward, it is better for a woman to come forward, and at the same time, it will not hurt the brother's peace.
"Your siblings..." Old Hoffman said at this moment...
"I..." Marin was really powerless to complain. Adler gave him a baron because he gave up his right of inheritance in writing and cleared the obstacles for himself, which is considered a contribution. But what did the brothers and sisters pay? Could it be that the old man still wants to make his younger brothers and sisters a baron
Even Mrs. Mary felt that the old man had done too much, so she secretly pulled old Hoffman's clothes.
"When I conquer East Frisia, two younger brothers, each with a manor as big as ours, will be knighted separately. When my sister gets married, I will pay the dowry..." Marin said speechlessly.
It's no wonder that Marin's treatment for his younger brothers was reduced, because, in aristocratic families, non-eldest sons did not receive much treatment, and they were completely incomparable with eldest sons. Therefore, Marin gave Adler a baron, and for his younger brothers and sisters, he could only give ordinary knight or knight treatment. Even so, it was Marin, the elder brother, who took special care of his younger siblings. After all, Marin has no obligation to support his younger siblings. After all, he didn't inherit everything from old Hoffman, but earned it by himself.
"Well, very good!" In fact, old Hoffman didn't mean to ask Marin to make his two youngest sons barons. The wandering knight went out to wander and work hard.
In fact, even if the old Hoffman didn't say anything, Marin would say something. After all, he is not a stingy person.
After everything was settled, the atmosphere among the family became harmonious again. After Marin brought the parchment, ink, quill pen and inkpad, everyone happily started to sign.
Adler signed happily, expressing his renunciation of the right of succession to the Counties of East Frisia, and also pressed his fingerprints. Of course, this document also stated that after Marin took East Frisia, he must honor the 2,000 Ugrams of cultivated land and the title of baron in Lyle County.
Madam Mary also signed, indicating that the Earl title was passed directly to Marin. Then, after the signing of the document, Marin will directly plan to attack East Frisia as the Count of East Frisia.
When Marin took out the forged document that the old Earl Bullock granted the title of Baron to the old Savannah, the whole family was shocked...
Madam Mary picked up the paperwork in surprise and looked left and right. What shocked her was that this document looked like a real document no matter how it looked, and it was quite old. However, in her memory, her grandfather had never signed such a document, and her father had never said anything about it.
"Marin... this... is this true?"
"I asked a master to do it, but from today onwards, it is true and must be true!" Marin did not reveal the fact that he was the "master of forgery" because it was not honorable. If it is spread that he is a master faker, he will be laughed at by other nobles for a lifetime.
Mrs. Mary instantly understood what Marin meant, and with this document as an endorsement, her parents' marriage would no longer be a marriage of nobles and commoners. Then Mrs. Mary instantly became the legal heir of East Frisia.
"However, how should this document be interpreted?"
"It's very simple. You said that in order to protect you from being hunted down, grandpa deliberately concealed it and did not announce it..."
Marin's argument is very reasonable. When Mrs. Mary's family was hunted down, her father, as the legal heir, must have been hunted down. And Mrs. Mary, if she is also the legal heir, will be hunted down endlessly.
And if Mrs. Mary's father deliberately concealed the documents, making the outside world think that Mrs. Mary was a descendant of the intermarriage, then Mrs. Mary would no longer be the target of hunting down. Because, a child without inheritance rights cannot shake the status of the current Earl of East Frisia. The children of nobles and commoners, like illegitimate children, cannot inherit the title. Therefore, Madam Mary has lived safely until now, and no one has thought of killing her. Back then, old Hoffman was able to save Madam Mary because the assassin had no motive to kill her. Only Madam Mary's father, as the legal heir of the old Earl Bullock, was the target of the assassins.
Then, Marin and his family unified their caliber. Once he sends troops to occupy East Frisia in the future, the family will insist that this document is real, and it was only hidden for the safety of Mrs. Mary.
Moreover, even if they find an appraiser to appraise, comparing the old documents, they will not be able to tell the authenticity of the documents. Because Marin is professional in this area.
In the previous life, Marin's high school classmates had thought of pulling Marin into the gang of making false certificates, because Marin's ability to imitate handwriting was too strong. For this reason, that classmate also taught Marin to carve seals with radishes. You know, when making a fake certificate, the fake graduation certificate has the signature of the principal. Marin's ability to imitate handwriting can be used to imitate the signature of the president of the university...
But in the end, Marin still did not agree to join. Because it is a crime to give false testimony, and if it is discovered by the public security department, it will be jailed. Although Marin didn't do well, he couldn't starve to death, so there was no need to take risks.
However, although he didn't participate in forging certificates in his previous life. But Marin, who has learned a full set of forgery techniques, used it in his life to create a knighthood conferment document that benefited him endlessly.
"However, general official documents must be archived, and documents that are not archived are invalid..." Madam Mary said again hesitantly.
Indeed, no matter whether it is an imperial decree from the East or a legal document from the West, except for those issued to me, every authorized document must have an official archive. Only when the two documents are compared can they have legal effect.
However, this does not bother Marin:
"Mom, it's very simple. Just say that the archive was secretly destroyed by the Ukner family who betrayed the Brock family."
"According to what you said, if the Sexner family knew that the Savannah family had this document, they should continue to hunt down your mother." Old Hoffman interjected.
"Yes, that's right, but father, have you noticed? As I said just now, the archive of that document was destroyed by the Ukner family (the one who took the lead in betraying the Brock family). The Ukner family was in power first, By the time the Sexner family was in power, this file no longer existed. Therefore, it is normal for the Sexner family not to know that there is such a document, and of course they will not hunt down and kill their mother. As long as the heir, grandpa, is dead , they thought they could sit back and relax... Moreover, although my mother's grandfather, Mr. Savannah, was a commoner, he was also a businessman serving the Bullock family. "
"Hmm... What you said makes sense..." Old Hoffman was speechless.
After discussing for a while, everyone felt that Marin's excuse was flawless, so they made up their minds.
The family quickly unified their thinking, except that they unanimously insisted that the document was true. Moreover, it needs to be kept a secret for the time being. This document could not be produced until Marin captured East Frisia, including Adler's renunciation of succession, to prove Marin's "legal" and "orthodox" status...