Being suspected of being the leader of a gang of liars made Prince Philip very depressed. Fortunately, this time they came out to solicit votes and carried their ID cards with them. Otherwise, Yu Le might really be arrested by the "Call Police".
But after believing the identity of Prince Philip, Yu Lekuang was shocked—what's going on? How did my nephew become a baron? And the fief
But as the younger brother of a duke, Prince Philip will not tease him for nothing. So, Marin briefly introduced how he participated in the Italian War and slandered the French King Charles VIII.
"What? That young hero Marin is you?" At this time, Yu Le also realized.
As the political secretary of Mermel City, he had indeed heard about Marin's deeds. Even, Königsberg sent a written message for the reference of each branch leader. At the beginning, Yu Le also read this document. However, in that document, only Marin's name was mentioned, not his surname.
Therefore, Yu Le would never associate that magical Marin with his nephew...
People always have this kind of mentality. People who have nothing to do with them have achieved earth-shattering achievements, and they will only sigh. But if someone they are familiar with suddenly does something earth-shattering, they often don't believe it at the beginning. Because the suddenly famous person dangled in front of their eyes before, and they didn't think he was so powerful. But if this person suddenly does something big, not only can they not believe it all of a sudden, they may even have complex emotions of envy, jealousy and hatred. If it is an irrelevant person, they don't have so many ideas.
Yule didn't have any jealousy or hatred towards Marin, but he couldn't believe it was true. Because Marin also came from the ordinary Hoffman family. Like himself, he is also the second son and has no inheritance rights.
If it is said that Marin became famous in the first battle and was named an official knight, he can still accept it. But he became famous in the first battle and was suddenly made a baron with a fief, he couldn't accept it. Because, this is beyond his imagination...
It took a long time, and it was still under the proof of Prince Philip who had already proved his identity, that Jule was willing to believe that his nephew was really promising. Even, Marin's achievements surpassed the ancestors of the Hoffman family, and officially became a hereditary nobleman.
"Come on, Marin, go to your uncle's house. Our uncle and nephew have a few drinks to celebrate our family's grand event!" Excited, Jule forgot about Prince Philip.
Prince Philip didn't think it was disobedient, so he simply canceled today's visit plan and went back to the hotel first. Marin, on the other hand, went to Yule's house with Kahn, Kohler, Sauer and several other cronies.
Yule led Marin and the others, turning around, before stopping in front of a dilapidated small house in the slum area of Mermel City.
Yule also seemed to see Marin's surprise in the face of the dilapidated small house, so he explained:
"Uncle originally lived in the big house near the city hall, but since your cousin John and your aunt got sick, the family expenses were too high, so I sold the original big house and lived here it's..."
Marin was also silent. This situation is also very common in later generations. When someone gets a serious illness like leukemia, the treatment costs hundreds of thousands. In desperation, the family had to sell the house to raise medical expenses...
In the same way, Aunt Tana is expensive because herbal medicines are "imported". Therefore, even a high-income civil servant, Uncle Yule couldn't bear it, so he had to sell his house to raise medical expenses...
The house was a bit crowded, so Marin asked the others to stay outside, and he took Kohler and walked in with his uncle...
The house is very small, with only three small rooms. Entering the main entrance is a small living room. To the west is the kitchen, while to the east is a bedroom. There is no furniture in the house, and it is extremely simple.
When Uncle Jule opened the door and went in, a shabby little boy walked out of the bedroom on the east side, probably the cousin Peter mentioned by Uncle Jule.
Peter's cousin is young, looks about 10 years old, and is about the same age as Marin's younger brother Albert. But when Yule told him that Peter was 12 years old, Marin was still surprised.
"12 years old? Isn't that about the same age as Simon? But, much shorter than Simon..."
"Simon? Brother's other son?"
"Well." Marin introduced the family situation to Yule.
"Peter, this child, because the family has spent too much on medicines in the past few years, and there is no money left to buy him delicious food. Therefore, he does not eat well, and he looks a little thin. I also feel very sorry for him. , but there is no way..."
"This is not a problem. With me here, I will not miss my cousin." Marin said confidently.
Then, Yule took Marin and said hello to his aunt Tana who was lying in the east room. Aunt Tana was lying on the bed with a pale face and a sickly look. When Marin greeted her, she could only blink and hum weakly, even if she had greeted her. After saying hello, Yu Le went to the kitchen to cook medicine...
Marin looked at the medicinal materials, except that he knew the licorice, but he didn't know anything else. This is also normal. Marin was from the southern part of China in his previous life. The herbal medicines prescribed by the Mongolian doctors of the Golden Horde are basically adapted to local conditions, and are produced in the North Central Asian prairie and Eastern European prairie. The geographical location is different, the climate is different, and the species are also very different. Therefore, it is normal for Marin not to know herbs from Eastern Europe and North Central Asia.
While boiling the medicine, Yu Le was talking with Marin. Yule said to Marin:
"These medicines are relatively cheap. Such a pack only costs 30 pfennigs. Do you know, Marin, there is a medicine that looks like a long radish with many roots. That's called Expensive. The lowest grade costs a few gold coins."
"In fact, the Mongolian doctor who prescribed the medicine for me suggested that I give your aunt the kind of radish with roots every day, but the medicine is too expensive, and we can't afford it at all. For a slightly higher grade, one will cost Dozens of gold coins are worth my annual salary."
"You mean ginseng?" For the long radish with many roots that Yule described, Marin thought it sounded like ginseng.
"renshen (ginseng)? Yes, the Mongolian doctor's pronunciation seems to be very similar to this, it should be ginseng. It is said that the medicine called ginseng was transported from the distant hometown of Mongolia, and the transportation cost was extremely high. Moreover, this also It is not from the original Mongolian land. I heard that it was collected by the barbarians (Jurchens) in the forest east of the ancient Mongolian land. It is relatively rare. It is extremely rare in Europe, so it is very expensive... "
"The Mongolian doctor said that your aunt is in poor health and needs to use a lot of radishes called ginseng for nourishment, but the price is extremely high. Moreover, it needs to be eaten for a whole year. After one year, the cost of buying ginseng radishes alone is estimated to Thousands of gold coins, your uncle and my salary are so high, but I can't afford that kind of carrot..."
"Is it okay to eat ginseng for a year?" Marin asked.
"Probably yes..." Yule was not sure.
"That's it. In a few days, I will send people to the Golden Horde and invite a few Mongolian doctors at the court doctor level to diagnose my aunt again and prescribe the medicine again. If I need so much ginseng, it will cost me Packed."
"How is this possible? Uncle knows that you are a baron. If it is one or two hundred gold coins, I might ask you. But thousands of gold coins, the amount is too big, uncle can't ask you for it!"
"What are you talking about? Your nephew and I are not short of money, just a thousand gold coins, nothing!" Marin said domineeringly.
"But… "
"Don't worry, auntie's life is important!"
After Marin said this, Yu Le didn't say anything more. Because, he really wanted his wife to get well.
"Well, uncle can't live too poorly until he finds a reliable Mongolian doctor, or he will lose face to Marin. Kohler, come here, bring some gold coins..."
Then, Marin grabbed a lot of gold coins, about a hundred or so, and stuffed them into Yule's hands:
"Here, buy some more meat for brother Peter, otherwise it won't be good if you don't grow up tall. Also, I will leave you a horse. You are the secretary of state affairs in Mermel City. You don't have a horse to ride. What do you mean? ?”
"No, Marin, I can't ask for your things anymore. Uncle knows that you are rich, but that's not how you spend your money. You don't get rewarded for nothing, this is the knight's code of conduct!"
"I know, uncle, this money is not for free. In the future, I may start business in the Teutonic Knights, and I need my uncle to take care of it..."
"Oh... that's it... By the way, what business do you want to do in Teutonic?"
"Salt..."
"Hiss—this is a big business! In Prussia, without a strong backer, you can't do this business stably. Uncle, I'm soft-spoken, but I can't be your backer..."
"I know, so, I came with Prince Philip..."
"Prince Philip? What is he here for?"
"Come to run for Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights..."
"Hiss—" Yu Le was petrified...