Marin's guess was right. Yule's family is indeed destitute now. He, a knight with a title in the Teutonic Knights (not a Teutonic knight, just an ordinary knight), was forced to sell his horses and weapons because his wife was sick.
Of course, his current job has nothing to do with war. Because of his good reading skills, Yule was arranged to enter the city hall of the local branch of Mermel and became a municipal secretary, responsible for the administrative affairs of the local branch of the Knights.
Speaking of which, although the knights have basically read books. However, most knights are keen on fighting and killing, and their academic performance is very poor. Just like those athletes in later generations, although they are physically strong, most of them can't read. Even those sports students from prestigious universities are mostly recruited with lower scores.
Although Yule and old Hoffman are brothers, they are similar to Adler and Marin. Old Hoffman is physically strong, but he is not a student. And Yule, smarter than the old Hoffman, read well, but his body is a bit thin. Therefore, after coming to the country of the Teutonic Knights, Yule could not compete with other knights in force, but because of his good study, he was hired as a clerk by Amshao, the head of Mermel's branch.
Of course, when Yule was taken in by Amshao, Amshao was not the head of the branch of Mermel, but a sheriff in the Mermel area. When Yule came here and had no place to stay, he began to help Amshao with various documents. Amshao himself is a scumbag, so he naturally doesn't know how to handle government affairs. However, he comes from a wealthy family. So, he hired Yule and another wandering knight who was good at studying to help him with the paperwork. Yule and another wandering knight who was good at studying, Kisling, became Amsau's right-hand man.
It's just that Kisling is more tactful than Yule. The level of the two people handling government affairs is similar, but Kisling is better at flattering. Therefore, Amsau reused Kisling more. When Amsau became the branch leader of Mermel, Kisling became the political officer of Mermel, and Yule was a political secretary who took orders from Kisling.
Of course, Yule is not a fool, and he was going to fight Kisling. Unfortunately, it happened that his wife and children were sick.
Jules had two children—the elder son John and the younger son Peter. When Yule was about to compete with Kisling, his eldest son John fell ill. Then, the invited quack doctor bled John, bled, and bled again... So John lost too much blood and died...
Yu Le's wife, Tana, couldn't bear the blow, and also fell ill, her body and will collapsed...
After learning from the pain, Yu Le no longer seeks those murderous doctors who let bloodletting, but seeks those Mongolian doctors from the Golden Horde to treat his wife...
However, Yule didn't know that this Mongolian doctor who came from the Golden Horde to the Teutonic Knights was not very good at medicine. He just came from the Teutonic Knights.
Therefore, the Mongolian doctor in Mermel is actually only at the level of two knives. However, even though they only had the veterinary level of two knives, these low-level Mongolian doctors still used oriental herbal medicine to suppress Tana's condition and did not make Tana's condition worse. This alone is much better than those bloodletting doctors.
It's just that Tana hasn't gotten better since then, and needs to use herbal medicine for a long time. And some herbal medicines are not available in Prussia, and need to be purchased from the Golden Horde. Moreover, these herbs were not produced in the Golden Horde, but were sold by merchants from Central Asia. Although these herbs are very common on the Central Asian steppes, when they are transported from thousands of miles to Eastern Europe, the price has doubled by N times...
Therefore, these herbs are very expensive. Even if Yule's daily salary is as high as 10 pfennigs, it is very difficult to face those expensive "imported herbal medicines". For this reason, Yule even had to sell his beloved war horse in exchange for medical expenses...
Marin and Yule chatted while walking, and after learning about these situations, they were overwhelmed with embarrassment. So Marin asked:
"Uncle, since you are in such a difficult situation, why don't you write home and borrow some money from my father?"
"No, Marin, I'm also from Hoffman Manor, and I know what's going on at home. There is only 100 Ugrams of arable land at home, and there is not much output at all. Plus, the eldest brother has to feed you, so there is no extra Money? So, these years, I never thought about talking to my brother... "
Marlin paused, feeling very good about Uncle Le. Because, a person who thinks about others is definitely not a bad person, and he deserves to be taken seriously. So he whispered to Prince Philip:
"Your Highness, what do you think of my uncle's character?"
"Well, not bad!" Prince Philip nodded approvingly. It is obvious that Jules is an upright and strong knight. A bit pedantic, but good quality. The point is, he can also handle government affairs, and has more than ten years of work experience...
"Then... if you become the head of the group, you can use it again..."
"No problem, I happen to be short of manpower too. Such honest and reliable people who can handle official documents are exactly what I need..."
After negotiating the conditions, Marin said to Le:
"Uncle, those memories of yours are useless now. The Hoffman family is taking off now!"
"Oh? How did you take off?" Yu Le was also a little puzzled. Seeing that Marin was neither humble nor overbearing in front of Prince Philip, and seemed to be very pushy, he was already puzzled in his heart. It's just that Prince Philip is on the side, so it's not easy for him to ask Marin.
"Ahem... Knight Jules, this nephew of yours is now a baron... And, a baron with a lot of land..." Prince Philip interjected at this time.
"What?" Yu Le staggered, thinking he had heard wrong.
"Yes, uncle, I am already a baron!"
"Child, what are you lying about? Have you ever seen a knight's son become a baron at the age of 19? I haven't studied for you as an uncle? Also, this Prince Philip, wouldn't he lie to me with Marin? Right? Are you Prince Philip?"
Unexpectedly, when Marin revealed his identity, Yu Le was not only not happy, but became angry. For Marin, he will not admit his mistake. Because Marin looks more like Mrs. Mary. Yule had been with Madam Mary for several years, so he naturally knew Madam Mary's appearance. Therefore, he has no doubts about Marin's identity.
However, Marin said he was a baron, but he doubted it... Even the authenticity of Prince Philip's identity began to be doubted by the way.
Because, the Hoffman family is just a bottom-level knight family. His eldest brother, old Hoffman, is just a knight, his son, and he is still the second son, so why can he become a baron? Isn't this a joke
Now, Yule strongly suspects that Prince Philip, who is also very young, may be a wandering knight with Marin. As for the group of guys who looked like bodyguards behind them, they might belong to the same gang of wandering knights as Prince Philip.
You know, it's not easy for wandering knights to survive. Therefore, it is very common for some wandering knights to form a team and conspire to survive and develop together. Even some wandering knights will form gangs of robbers or fraud gangs due to their livelihood.
Apparently, Jules took Prince Philip as the leader of a fraud gang...
Prince Philip's guard knight captain couldn't see it now. As the custodian of the prince's documents and seals, he dragged and showed Yule Prince Philip's identification documents and silver seals - these are Prince Philip Proof of identity with you. Because, if Prince Philip wanted to win over those Teutonic knights, he had to make people believe his identity first...
Yu Le is also an old clerk. He checked Prince Philip's documents and seals, and found nothing wrong. As a result, Jules no longer suspected that Prince Philip was a fraud gang. Otherwise, he would definitely report to the knight order and send out security knights to capture him. (There are too many wandering knights who come to the Teutonic Knights, and the sheriff can rely on the recruited wandering knights to maintain law and order, which is very luxurious)