After the impassioned speech, Marin temporarily went to the backstage to drink a glass of water and breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, let the audience in the audience digest the content of their speech.
What Marin didn't know was that among the audience present today, several of them were bards. The profession of these people is to tell stories, tell stories, attract audiences, and exchange for rewards. The story Marin told about himself is too legendary and inspirational. Therefore, these bards secretly recorded the stories told by Marin, and planned to use them in their future speeches and storytelling. You know, in their line of business, the story also needs to be constantly updated. Everyone has heard the knight legends they usually tell. Now, a legendary version of the real story is in front of them, if they don't use it, they will be sorry for their profession...
Later, when these bards were wandering in Germany, they spread the story of Marin, which caused a huge sensation...
Many years later, the haystack behind the monastery in the small town of Kassel where Marin once slept became a sacred place in the hearts of all wandering knights in the German region. Because, Marin, the great mercenary king, was blessed by God here, and finally rose up.
Therefore, many wandering knights went to spend the night in the haystack behind Cashel Abbey. Not for anything else, just to find that illusory opportunity. I hope that, like Marin, he can also be given wisdom by God to become a great military strategist. It is best to have a good life as a king...
The Cashel Abbey, also smelling business opportunities, copied 19 or 20 haystacks where Marin had slept, and lined up behind the monastery for business together. 1 shilling per haystack for a night's sleep...
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Gossip aside, after Marin had enough rest, he immediately presided over the award ceremony to reward the meritorious soldiers who helped him capture East Frisia.
However, the first one he rewarded was not any meritorious soldier, but Adler who signed the document and announced his renunciation of inheritance.
Strictly speaking, although Adler did not have any military exploits, he voluntarily gave up the right of inheritance, which gave Marin the meaning of sending troops. Otherwise, Marin would not stand up legally.
Everyone understands this very well. Because, from the Middle Ages to modern times, Europe was very orthodox, even stricter than ancient China.
In Huaxia, because Chen Sheng and Wu Guang took the lead and shouted out the famous phrase "The princes and generals are better than each other", so the replacement of the Huaxia dynasty depends entirely on strength.
Unlike Europe, there has never been a successful serf uprising in Europe. Therefore, in Europe, there will be annexation wars among nobles, but it is rare for a commoner to rise up and become a prince.
Therefore, in Europe, the concept of noble blood is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If a person without noble blood wants to become a king, there is a great chance that he will be beaten to death by groups of people.
Therefore, European thrones are often obtained through inheritance and marriage. Of course, emperors, popes, and kings are also eligible to confer someone a prince. However, this kind of situation is relatively rare, because it takes a lot of territory to make others a duke or earl. Under normal circumstances, emperors, popes, and kings are also reluctant.
The canonization of Adler was negotiated before. Therefore, without the slightest hesitation, Marin directly issued an order, canonizing Adler as the baron for coming, with a fief of 5,000 Yugram, just outside Lyle County. Among them, 2,000 Ugrams are cultivated land, and all of them are very fertile. The other 3000 Ugrams are made up of grasslands, woods and lakes.
Such a fief may not be considered large in terms of cultivated land area. However, considering that they are all good fertile fields, Adler's fiefdom is still quite good.
Adler stepped forward cheerfully, planning to kneel down, stroke the "Bible" to swear allegiance to Marin, and receive the documents. But Marin stopped him and announced in public that Adler could swear without kneeling, and allowed him to swear standing. This is a special favor, which is only limited to Adler's generation, and his descendants cannot enjoy this honor. Moreover, Adler will not need to kneel to Marin no matter what the occasion is in the future. This is mainly because Marin's soul belongs to China after all. The eldest brother is like a father, and Marin was often taken care of by his elder brother when he was a child in his previous life. Even after crossing, he still thinks that there is no reason for an elder brother to kneel down to his younger brother. In addition, Adler was willing to cede the right of inheritance, so Marin gave Adler this privilege, which is valid for life.
Adler was very grateful for the courtesy Marin gave him, so he stood sincerely and swore allegiance to Marin. After the allegiance ended, Marin announced that he would fund the construction of a castle for Adler in his fief outside Lyle County.
This is also an extremely generous treatment, because it costs a lot of money to build a castle. Even building an ordinary castle would cost tens of thousands of gold coins, and it would take an ordinary baronie to accumulate for many years.
Once the castle was built, it was time for Adler to go to Lyle. Beside, Adler's wife Liv was so happy from ear to ear. Although, she was still dissatisfied with Marin for taking away Adler's inheritance rights before. However, after hearing Marin's miraculous story just now, she also understood that Marin's adventures and magical skills were not possessed by her husband Adler.
She is already very satisfied with getting 2,000 Ugrams of fertile land. As for the grasslands, woods and lakes of the other 3,000 yogurts, it was purely a surprise.
The biggest surprise was the castle, which would cost several thousand or even ten to twenty thousand gold coins. If you can save it, don't be too cool.
Moreover, what makes Liv most happy is that old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary will live in Aurich with her uncle and sister-in-law. Then, in the castle in Lyle County, it was Liv who became the hostess, not Madam Mary.
And with Adler's character of obeying Liv's orders, when it comes to Lyle, isn't Liv the overlord of the barony? If she doesn't have to pretend to be a lady and a good wife in front of her parents-in-law, Li Fu's heart is extremely beautiful...
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The next step is to reward the soldiers who attacked East Frisia...
Kahn was the first to open the gate of Emden because of his charge, while Schwartz and Frundsberg tied for the first place because of their achievements in attacking Aurich and Lyle.
For these three people, Marin canonized them as barons, and each rewarded 2,000 Yugram land, half of which was arable land.
What happened from the Baron? This was learned by Marin and the British of later generations. The baronet appeared in 1611. It was a title newly "invented" by King James I of England in order to raise funds. It is used to raise money and can be purchased.
The British Baronet is more of an honorary status, without a real fiefdom, but a hereditary title. But Marin took out the title of baron more than a hundred years earlier. However, Marin's slave baron has a fief.
Moreover, Marin not only established the baron, but also established the title of vice baron. The specific grades are—baronet is higher than vice-baron, and vice-baron is higher than sub-baron.
In other words, Marin divided a baron into three levels. Moreover, the standards for each level are also set. For example, the baron's fief standard is 2,000 Ugrams of arable land; the deputy baron's fief standard is 1,500 Ugrams of arable land; and the baron's fief standard is 1,000 Ugrams of arable land.
In addition, Marin also added a viscount that is not common in the German region, which is also divided into three classes: viscount, deputy viscount and secondary viscount...
The reason for this setting is mainly for the convenience of rewarding generals. If according to the habits of the German region, there are only earls and barons, if this battle is over, Schwarz and Frundsberg will both be barons, next time they make meritorious service, will they be earls? But Marin himself is the earl...
Therefore, Marin thought about it, and established a 6-level noble title below the earl. Moreover, Marin also imitated some regions and established hereditary knights and jazz. Hereditary knights and hereditary knights are higher in status than non-hereditary knights and knights, but they also belong to low-level nobles, and they are distinguished from high-level nobles such as barons by castration.
The reason why Marin established hereditary knights and hereditary jazz is actually to reward those soldiers who fought bravely. Officers can be rewarded with the title of baron, but soldiers who fight bravely can't also be awarded the title of baron, right
Therefore, Marin simply divided the knight class into two levels-hereditary knights, three-generation knights and ordinary knights...
In this way, when Marin rewards the soldiers, there is a lot of leeway...
"Soldier, you are very brave in battle, aren't you? Well, I will make you an ordinary knight!"
"What? You killed the opponent's officer? The credit is greater, right? Well, I will make you a third-generation knight!"
"Ah? You killed the opponent's general? All right! You will be made a hereditary knight, and all descendants will be nobles! Are you satisfied with this?"
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In other words, Marin's Earl Country, in order to reward soldiers, has established a total of 6 high-level titles of viscount, viscount, viscount, baron, vice-baron and baron, as well as three low-level titles of hereditary knight, three-generation knight and knight . At the same time, in order to reward civil servants, three lower titles of hereditary jazz, three-generation jazz and ordinary jazz were also established.
All in all, the more titles, the easier it is to reward subordinates, and the more room for promotion. However, not all titles have corresponding fiefdoms.
Jazz are not given fiefs, and knights may not have them either. Only with enough military exploits will they be given corresponding fiefdoms.
Even if it is a high-ranking title, it may not have a fief. Marin stipulated that for all high-level titles, only titles obtained by military exploits will be matched with corresponding fiefdoms. Moreover, if the military achievements are not great enough, it may not be possible to obtain the corresponding fiefdom.
Senior titles, in addition to being exchanged for military exploits, can also be granted to civil servants. However, civil servants are not given the corresponding fiefdoms when they receive high-ranking titles.
As for the title of a civil servant, a modification will be added in front of it - "court"...
For example, the baron, the corresponding civil servants can be granted the title of court baron, court vice baron and court slave baron. However, as long as the word "court" is added, it means that there is no corresponding fief, but it can be hereditary, or you can buy the land yourself. But it is not a fiefdom, and taxes must be paid normally.
Through the newly established 6 levels of high-level titles and 3 levels of low-level titles, Marin fully met the needs of the soldiers for rewards, and used the simple division method of "rowing seats, eating fruit and fruit" to give all meritorious officers and soldiers, bestow The corresponding title and land.
However, because of the small land area of the Counties of East Frisia, Marin is relatively stingy in the fiefdom. But for the soldiers who did not give the land, Marin generally gave a lot of money compensation and let them buy the land themselves. However, the land bought by the soldiers themselves will have to pay taxes in the future. In this way, Marin tried his best to avoid the loss of tax money in the future. Because, every time Marin confiscates a piece of territory, it means that this piece of land will not have to pay taxes in the future. Therefore, Marin cares about the issue of fiefdom, and would rather give cash than easily give fiefdom...
The senior titles were conferred by Marin himself in a ceremony, and there were only a few people. In addition to Adler, Kahn, Schwartz and Frundsberg, Marin also conferred Kohler as a court baron, and also conferred Jeffrey as a court baron.
But in order to compensate Kohler, Marin privately gave Kohler a fief of 1,000 Ugrams, but it was not made public...
As for the rewards of low-level soldiers, Marin threw them to Schwartz and Frundsberg to award them. And he himself ran away to be lazy. By the way, to tease little Angela who just arrived from Den Burg...