After the Counties of East Frisia basically stabilized, Marin began to hold enthronement ceremonies and award meritorious soldiers. It's just that these days, the soldiers under his command, including the old Hoffmans and the Adlers, have all reported a situation, that is, the citizens of Emden look at them with unfriendly eyes.
Speaking of which, it was all the fault of Assistant Bishop Taylor. Taylor bewitched these citizens to worship and admire Edsaad I. Marin killed Edsaad I, and the local citizens would naturally not give Marin and his subordinates a good face. This is not bad. In the previous siege battle, even half of the families participated in the confrontation with the Marin army.
Although, Bishop Taylor also began to help Marin fool the people according to Marin's wishes. However, he has helped Edsard I fool for many years, and the views of many citizens have been deeply ingrained, and it will be difficult to reverse it for a while.
Moreover, the previous fall of Emden also showed that the port of Emden, which is close to the sea, is certainly suitable for the development of trade and economy, but it is really insufficient in terms of security.
With the stability of the city of Aurich, representatives of the local nobles, as well as the troubled noble families who followed the Bullock family, also petitioned, asking Marin to relocate the capital to Aurich, and promised that the entire city of Aurich, They are all of one mind with Marin, the legal successor of the Bullock family, and are willing to swear allegiance to Marin in the name of God together with the people of the city.
In the two big cities of East Frisia, the residents of one city are hostile to him, while the other city is eagerly looking forward to his passing. Marin's heart naturally tilts towards Aurich.
Moreover, after discussion, the officers agreed that it was too unsafe to set the capital at a port by the river and sea, and it was easy to face the enemy's front.
In the end, Marin decided to move the capital to Aurich. Then, strengthen the city wall of Aurich, and set up multiple blockhouses and build multiple beacon towers around Aurich. In this way, even if an enemy comes to attack in the future, he can respond quickly, unlike the unlucky Edsaad I, who was inexplicably destroyed.
In order to prevent the enemy from using tunnel warfare against the city of Aurich, Marin planned to dig a deep moat around Aurich. If the enemy wants to dig a tunnel, first ask the moat if it agrees...
However, although the capital was moved to Aurich, Emden is a good port with a very good location after all, and it cannot be abandoned. In Marin's eyes, Aurich is equivalent to Jingbei in later generations of China, while Emden should be in the same position as Shanghai, belonging to the economic center.
However, the area of East Frisia is small, and Aurich to Emden is actually only about 20 kilometers away. Therefore, the geographical location of Aurich is not remote at all, it is still a coastal area. However, because it is far away from the sea, it can be regarded as a buffer zone.
Moreover, Aurich's geographical location is in the center of East Frisia. From the perspective of national defense and security, no matter which border area is invaded, if bunkers and beacon towers are set up in advance, there is always a chance to give an early warning.
Considering that there are many princes in Germany, God knows when the war will break out suddenly. Therefore, there is absolutely nothing wrong with moving the capital from Emden in the border area to Aurich in the center.
When Marin announced his decision, there was basically no objection and it passed smoothly. Even Mrs. Mary talked about the royal palace in Aurich very excitedly.
In fact, Mrs. Mary had never been to Aurich, but since childhood, his father, who escaped the rebellion by chance, always liked to tell Mrs. Mary about his life in the palace of Aurich when he was a child. And this talk lasted for more than ten years, until Mrs. Mary's father was killed by an assassin.
However, after more than ten years of beautiful descriptions, Mrs. Mary longed for Aurich's palace, and always felt that it was the most beautiful place in the world...
However, when Mrs. Mary came to Aurich with Marin's huge migration team, she was full of disappointment. Because, Aurich's palace is not so beautiful. It was more like a castle than a palace, like the house of the Sexners in Emden. Because, one of the important purposes of the construction of this palace is to ensure safety - who called the endless wars in the Middle Ages
However, Marin was not disappointed. Because, he decided to expand the palace in the future. Around the castle, the residents’ land was bought, and the palace was expanded by three or four times. Not to mention compared with the palaces in the east that cost tens or even hundreds of hectares, or Buckingham Palace with a surface price of 180,000 square meters, but at least, It can be compared to Windsor Castle, the other courtyard of the British royal family. You know, Windsor Castle covers an area of 45,000 square meters. However, the palace of Aurich, including the courtyard, does not exceed 5,000 square meters. So, Marin decided to expand the castle 9 times, as big as Windsor Castle...
Of course, this matter is not urgent, the most urgent thing now is the enthronement ceremony and the rewards for the heroes...
On November 18, 1498, Marin, a day that seemed auspicious in Marin, Marin held a grand coronation ceremony on the square in front of the Aurich Palace. The 70-year-old old bishop Rich, tremblingly under the gaze of everyone, put the earl crown on Marin's head...
In fact, Marin really wanted to learn from Napoleon, and wanted to take the crown from old Rich and wear it for himself. However, considering that Napoleon's family can hang and beat the whole of Europe, Marin can only be hanged and beaten. Therefore, Marin still waited honestly for old man Rich to put the crown on his head...
After Old Rich put the crown on Marin, he blessed Marin, and after declaring that Marin was the only legal earl of the Counties of East Frisia, he was helped down. Because old Rich was not in good health, and it was pretty good to last that long.
Wearing a crown on his head and holding a golden scepter of real local tyrant gold, Marin felt that he was covered with a halo of cow ratio, and immediately shook...
He stood up vigorously, waved the heavy pure gold scepter in his hand, and began to make a speech to everyone present:
"This is God's will!" Marin said coquettishly.
"God does not allow rebellion to murder the master, but he can get away with it. Therefore, God let my grandfather escape at the most critical moment of the Bullock family, and under God's blessing, an heir like my mother was born!"
"Although my mother is not a male heir, his son is the legal male heir of East Frisia!"
"Here, I would like to thank my eldest brother Adler, who gave me the throne very gentlemanly. At the same time, I also thank my 6,000 soldiers. It is God who blessed me and brought them to my side! It is also God Bless, they fought bloody battles for me, defeated the descendants of the rebels, and regained the crown that the blood of the Brock family should have!"
"The king's power is granted by God, and God is omnipotent!" Marin raised his golden scepter and shouted...
All the people present were Catholics, so naturally they shouted together:
"The power of kings is granted by God, and God is omnipotent!"
"The power of kings is granted by God, and God is omnipotent!"
"The power of kings is granted by God, and God is omnipotent!"
"The power of kings is granted by God, and God is omnipotent!"
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"God used my hand to execute the descendants of the rebels who were bewitched by the devil. They died unjustly. Because they sold their souls to the devil and destroyed the legal order set by God!"
"Then, the demons will eventually be defeated by the angels. And those rebels who sold their souls to the demons, and their descendants, will also be thrown into hell!"
"I, Marin von Hoffmann! Before I was 16 years old, I was still an ignorant teenager. At the beginning, my father kicked me out of the house according to the rules of the German region, and only gave me half a set Plate armor, a lance, and 10 gold coins for travel... "
"However, I was useless back then. In terms of martial arts, I couldn't beat my elder brother at all. In terms of wisdom, I was also average. Because I believed in liars, I was cheated out of 10 gold coins, and I couldn't afford to live in a hotel. In the haystacks in the wilderness, I shivered in the cold night, and almost died of hunger. In the end, I snatched a few pieces of grass from the mouth of my war horse and ate them, barely saving my life... "
"But even in such a miserable situation, I never thought of robbing and murdering like those depraved wandering knights. Because, I am a knight, I should not do anything to innocent people! I lay in the mess In the unbearable haystack, shivering, with the last sliver of consciousness in my dying body, I prayed devoutly to God, begging God to save my lost child... "
The people around were shocked. They really didn't expect that Marin, who is so high-spirited now, would have such a tragic past. Of course, most of this is also true. It's just that Marin didn't reveal the identity of the most important traverser, and it's also slightly fictional. And Mrs. Mary, who had never heard Marin talk about this tragedy before, was so distressed that she only shed tears. Even a man like old Hoffman's eyes turned red.
"I'm dying, but God have mercy on me, a bloodline heir of the Bullock family, who shouldn't starve to death so tragically..."
"So, God sent an ascetic monk named 'Einstein', a great sage, to come to me when I was about to starve to death..."
"When Daxian saw me, he was taken aback. He told me that I was a person with noble blood flowing through my body, and I shouldn't die like this. So he saved me and gave me a life-saving black Bread. Then, he accepted me as a disciple and taught me knowledge for a month... "
"At that time, I was very strange. In the past, I was not very smart and my learning ability was very slow. However, Daxian only taught me for one month, but I felt like I had learned it for ten years. Many things were learned quickly. Remember, this is not at all like I used to be, I used to be a slow learner... on this, my family, in the name of God, everything I say is true..."
At this time, the old Hoffmans and Adler on the viewing stand nodded desperately. Because, what Marin said was not wrong at all. Moreover, they dare to swear to the Bible that they are not lying.
"Just like that, after a month of study, I suddenly became smarter, as if shrouded in the light of wisdom..."
"In my opinion, there is only one possibility for such a miracle—that is, God's gift! Otherwise, there is no other explanation that is more reasonable than this one..."
"Because I became smarter, or I was blessed by God. Therefore, after I ran to Vienna, I was easily appreciated by His Majesty the Emperor. From a mere wandering knight, I was appointed as the acting phalanx leader..."
"Many people have probably heard the following story. I took part in the Italian war with my troops. On that day, it seemed to be God's guidance, and I was ordered to take my troops to support the Italians."
"However, in the dimness, I seemed to be guided by God. It seemed that someone told me that on the night of July 6, 1494, the French would retreat from a certain road. So, according to God's guidance, I set up an ambush there , severely damaged the French army, and almost captured the French king... "
"However, probably God felt that I should not have such good luck to catch the French king. Therefore, the French king finally ran away. However, many French knights fell into my hands. So, I became Baron..."
Marin said a lot of "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." However, in this era, Marin's experience is very legendary, countless times more exciting than novels. Therefore, everyone present listened silently to Marin's bragging, and all of them were very excited. Even the old subordinates who participated in the famous ambush with Marin at the beginning heard it with relish...
Of course, eight points of what Marin said was true, and only two points were adulterated. Therefore, no one present could hear any problems.
But Marin's experience is too magical and incredible. Therefore, the people present also agreed that this is indeed God's blessing. Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many miracles to happen to the same person.
Everyone present took down the "story" told by Marin and spread it in the future. Such a bizarre experience is like a blessing from the gods, no matter who it is, it is difficult to figure it out. In the end, they can only come down to God's preference...
Through this flickering, everyone present began to believe that Marin was the Earl of East Frisia chosen by God...