In the evening, when everyone had finished setting up camp, Sauer came back and brought back a news that shocked Marin—tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the morning, the emperor visited the recruiting point at the south gate to inspect the recruiting situation.
Marin was instantly excited, the emperor, although he is a poor emperor and cannot give you money, it is a matter of one sentence to give you your identity. Moreover, if you are recruited by the emperor, you can actually be given money, although it is only a low salary.
Early the next morning, Marin set off with the whole team and went to the south gate of Vienna to guard the emperor. However, because the emperor is going on a tour. When they arrived outside the south gate, even though Marin presented the legal certificate of the Hoffman Mercenary Corps, their weapons were temporarily confiscated.
Because, unlike those stragglers, there are hundreds of people in Marin's group. If they continued to hold weapons, they might have been able to assassinate the emperor.
Not only that, the Vienna garrison also mobilized 50 heavily armed cavalry to monitor the Hoffmann mercenary regiment and prevent them from attacking the emperor.
Marin didn't care about this, anyway, he didn't really come to assassinate the emperor, but to please the emperor. He ordered all members of the Hoffman Mercenary Group to line up neatly on the side of the avenue. And beside him, there are 50 Viennese cavalrymen who are eyeing.
At this time, it was already around 9 o'clock in the morning. The "pocket watch" that Marin carried on his body, which was about the size of an alarm clock, also told him that it was 9 o'clock in the morning.
Speaking of which, these days, pocket watches are really bad. Marin happily went to buy a pocket watch, but in the end he bought a "pocket watch" that was about the same size as the alarm clock that woke him up when he was a child in his previous life. In other words, it is more appropriate to call it a pocket clock. Although clockwork has begun to be applied, it is still not possible to make it very small due to technical conditions. It is said that some skilled craftsmen can make the "Huaizhong" smaller. But obviously, there are no such craftsmen in Austria. It seems, powerful craftsmen, in Nuremberg and Cologne. As for Switzerland, the origin of famous watches in later generations, the watch industry has not yet developed. It seems that until Calvin, the founder of Christian Calvinism, banned the wearing of jewelry in Switzerland, the Swiss were thinking about how to make watches and clocks into exquisite accessories. Then came the famous Swiss watch. However, that was decades away.
Marin chose a better location, next to the avenue on the edge of the Recruitment Square outside the South Gate of Vienna. When the emperor entered the recruiting square, he had to pass through here. Such a good position, of course many people want to occupy it. However, Marin has 100 fierce thugs in his hands, and those stragglers can't afford to provoke them if they want to. However, it was precisely because they occupied such a good position that they aroused the suspicion of the recruiting officer. Therefore, the recruiting office put 50 cavalry here, on the one hand to protect the safety of the emperor when he passed, and on the other hand, to monitor Marin and his group.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the emperor's traveling team really appeared outside the south gate. The emperor came in a carriage, but all around the carriage he was riding in were tall German knights, all wearing plate armor. Even if you want to assassinate the emperor, you have to go through the surrounding Iron Man Wall first.
When the emperor arrived at the square, the square immediately boiled. Thousands of people present were all agitated. Many people started yelling, trying to get the emperor's attention:
"Long live, His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Long live the Holy Roman Empire!"
"I'm Joel!"
"I'm Hansen!"
"I… "
…
When the emperor's convoy passed near Marin, Marin suddenly raised his right hand forward and performed an ancient Roman military salute similar to the Nazi military salute (the Nazi military salute was learned from the ancient Roman military salute). Then he yelled:
"Hi Holy Rome!"
As soon as they saw that the leader was moving, more than 100 young men in white vests immediately stretched out their right hands in unison, performed the ancient Roman military salute, and shouted together:
"Hi Holy Rome!"
The movement of Hoffman's mercenary group startled the 50 cavalrymen on the side, and they drew their sabers one after another, as if they were facing an enemy. Even the knights guarding the emperor drew out their knight swords one after another, wanting to protect him.
But they soon discovered that it was just a group of young men in white vests saluting to His Majesty the Emperor. So, they breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the movements and voices of more than 100 people like Marin are really eye-catching. Even Emperor Maximilian I in the carriage looked curiously through the window of the carriage at the more than 100 guys standing upright and still marching in the military salute...
"What a neat military appearance, which army is this? It looks very elite!" Maximilian I asked Count Frederick II of Hohenzollern who was riding with him in the same car.
Of course Count Frederick didn't know, so he shrugged:
"Who knows, I have never seen or heard of it."
…
After a while, the emperor came to the platform in the middle of the square, climbed on it, and delivered a few grandiose speeches. Then, Earl Hohenzollern announced that the selection had officially started (the selection started today after the emperor came).
Then, the whole square erupted in commotion. Everyone lined up as required.
Marin took a look:
"Damn, we're a little far from the queue..."
After thinking about it, he decided to jump in line... Moreover, he jumped in line as a whole...
Then, he waved his hand and began to direct the team to jump in line together. However, they lined up neatly to jump the queue, very arrogant...
"Let's go, 1-1-121, 1-1-121..."
Then, all the members of the Hoffman mercenary group walked from the side to the front of the team with neat steps. Marin gave the order to die at the beginning - without his order, if you don't call to stop, there will be mountains of swords and flames in front of you, and you must continue to move forward...
Then, under the command of Marin, 105 of Marin's subordinates rushed towards the front of the crowd in line at a pace that seemed very neat to outsiders...
"Where did this guy come from? So ignorant of the rules?" Earl Hohenzollern was a little displeased, and planned to send someone to drive away Marin and his gang. But the emperor seemed interested in them and stopped the count.
Those who had lined up to shoot well were naturally unwilling to be squeezed out. However, the 100th man, Marin, looked forward as if he didn't see them, and still moved forward, kicking forward.
In the end, they chose to give in under the powerful momentum of Marin, the number 100...
After entering the front of the team, Marin shouted:
"Stand!"
Then, with a sound of "shua", the people of No. 100 suddenly stopped in an orderly manner. Then, Marin yelled again:
"turn right!"
All the members of the Hoffman mercenary group turned to the right neatly, facing forward, with no expression on their faces or looking around.
"This... the discipline is so strict!"
"If you observe discipline, you won't jump in line, or jump in line as a whole..." Earl Frederick was speechless. Do you use a neat queue to jump the queue to show that your team is disciplined? Strict discipline and you still jump in line? Count Hohenzollern didn't want to say anything at this moment...
"By the way, Frederick, this team is here to apply? Such a strong team, why didn't they contact you directly, but came to participate in the selection?"
"Maybe, their leader has no way to get in touch with me..." Frederick was also very uncertain. Although he was a little angry at the team's unruly behavior, he had to admit that in terms of discipline alone, this small team was definitely top-notch. At least, stronger than most of the German army.
But the emperor and the earl didn't expect that Marin hadn't finished tossing yet. After he snatched someone else's registration position, he didn't register immediately, but started to put on a show. He raised his hand again, performed a Roman military salute, faced the high platform where the emperor was, and shouted:
"All members of the Hoffman Mercenary Group serve His Majesty the Emperor. May my great Holy Roman Empire be invincible and invincible! Hey, Holy Rome!"
Then, like a conditioned reflex, the 105 people under him also stretched out their right hands in unison, performed a Roman military salute, and shouted:
"Hi Holy Rome!"
"Hi Holy Rome!"
Then, regardless of the fact that the recruiters hadn't recruited themselves, Marin began to swear allegiance to the emperor on his own. I saw him facing the high platform where the emperor was, raised his right hand, and began to swear:
"It is my life's honor to be a brave and loyal soldier of the Holy Roman Empire..."
After that, all the members of the Hoffman mercenary group raised their right hands in unison, palms forward, and swore in unison:
"It is my life's honor to be a brave and loyal soldier of the Holy Roman Empire,
Every comrade-in-arms is my brother, regardless of origin or status,
Swear allegiance to the emperor!
The emperor's will is above all else! "
Marin quickly picked up:
"The emperor's order—"
"Above all truth and law! Hi Holy Rome!" the soldiers shouted in unison.
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For a moment, the people in the square were stunned and stunned—where did this group of emperor fans come from
Emperor Maximilian I on the high platform was stunned for a while, and then suddenly became excited:
"That's very well said, the emperor's order is above all truth and law... I am so happy, my heart is so happy!" Which emperor would not want to keep his promise...
Although Count Frederick despised the shameless flattery of Marin and his group, as the emperor's favorite minister, he could not dismantle the emperor's platform. So, he had to agree.
Suddenly, the emperor said convulsively:
"Frederick, tell them, I like to hear this oath very much, let them take the oath again, and I accept their allegiance!"
"do it again?"
"Yes! Do it again!"
"Why don't you investigate?"
"Is it worth it? Just look at their queue and the appearance of the team, you can tell that this is a strong army!"
"Okay!" As the emperor's favorite, Frederick understood that Marin and his group were right. His Majesty the Emperor seems to like this very much, and he likes such an oath very much.
Then, Marin led 105 men (except for Kohler, who was looking at supplies and weapons), and without blushing and heartbeat, he swore an oath to the emperor again in front of tens of thousands of people. The most exaggerated thing is that Marin looked at the emperor, full of fanaticism, just like a super loyal minister who dared to die for the emperor...
Most of the bystanders were shocked, but a big man like Count Frederick slandered in his heart:
"This kid is so good, his flattering skill is not inferior to this old man!"