In a blink of an eye, the time has arrived in November of 1495. Originally in history, Hungary and Austria had to fight again. However, because Marin donated 1,000 horses and 3,000 sets of plate armor. In addition, because of Marin's heroic story, Austria's military strength has increased a lot. And the empire's brilliant record of defeating the French in Italy made the Hungarians dare not fight Austria. As a result, a conflict that should have occurred disappeared invisible. Probably, this is the change brought about by Marin's flapping butterfly wings.
The Austrians, also because of insufficient financial resources, were unable to attack Hungary. Although Austria held 2,000 French prisoners, it was worth a lot of ransom. However, on the issue of ransom, the emperor is still waiting for the French to come and negotiate. And King Charles VIII of France, who had just returned to the country at this moment, was still in shock. First of all, he had to explain the failure to the nobles in the country. Otherwise, even the king will have no good fruit to eat. Of course, France is a country with concentrated royal power, and the royal family has relatively high prestige. If the emperor dared to fight such a big defeat, maybe the electors would want to abolish the emperor and choose another...
And when Charles VIII sent someone to Vienna to negotiate the ransom, and then pay the ransom, it is estimated that it will take several months. Therefore, the emperor currently does not have enough financial resources to support the offensive against the Hungarians. Therefore, there was a rare calm between Austria and Hungary.
At the Hoffmann Estate in the Bochum area, "Young Hero" Marin feels very miserable at the moment. He originally planned to rush to Texel earlier, but was stayed by the old Hoffman.
Why did old Hoffman keep him? Take him out to show off...
In order to show off that he is the son of a baron, the old Hoffman often entertains guests recently and invites his old friends to eat and drink. By the way, pull Marin out as a model to show off...
Old Hoffman is a veteran knight in Earl Mark's country, and the friends he knows are naturally knights. As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together, people are divided into groups", and the old Hoffman's friends are usually knights from the nearby knights. He can't climb up to the baron and the nobles with higher titles, and he can't look down on the common people. Therefore, those who intersected with the old Hoffman were the knights. Of course, there are also some children of the knight family, the ones without titles, who were friends of the old Hoffman when he was young.
Old Hoffmann had a brother named Jules. However, when Yule became an adult, he was kicked out of the house by the old Hoffman's father. Later, I heard that Jule went to the Teutonic Knights as far away as Poland and became a Teutonic Knight. However, the Teutonic Knights and Uncle Mark are far away from each other. Old Hoffman has not heard about his brother for twenty years, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead.
On Mrs. Mary's side, her relatives almost died because of the rebellion in East Frisia. Therefore, there are no relatives.
The old Hoffman and his wife had only one cousin of the old Hoffman, Renelle Knight. Therefore, the old Hoffman first invited his cousin Renell, invited him to eat and drink, and showed off his baron son by the way...
Knight Renel lives in the north of the country of Mark, while the old Hoffman lives in the south of the country of Mark (the country of Mark still has territory south of the Ruhr River). Transportation was inconvenient in the Middle Ages, so the two cousins did not come and go often. The other party will only be invited for major events such as weddings and funerals.
Renell still didn't know that Marin was made a baron, when Marin was wearing a baronial robe made of Huali silk, with a newly designed family crest-a square black cross printed on a white shield (it's a bit like The coat of arms of the Bishop of Cologne, but the black cross of the Bishop of Cologne is elongated, while the black cross of Marin is square, which is the same shape as the red cross of the Red Cross).
Lenel didn't know it and thought Marin was playing cosplay, so he joked:
"Little Marin, why are you wearing this costume? You want to be a baron? But you have to be a knight first!" Renel knew that the old Hoffman's knight collar must have been inherited by Adler , 17-year-old Marin, after turning 18, has to leave home to find opportunities on his own.
"Uncle Renelle, this is my own robe, it was a gift from the emperor!" Marin said depressingly. It was clearly my own robe and badge, but this uncle used it as a costume for acting...
"Hahahaha, little Marin, you sang very well in this play, and I will reward you with a one-handed sword later." Renell obviously took Marin as a joke.
"Haha, Renelle, don't you know? Our family, Marin, participated in the war in Italy and led troops to defeat the French. So, he was really made a baron by the emperor!" Hoffman laughed happily.
"Cousin, are you here to tease me too? Do you all like acting?"
"Hey, have you seen the camp on the west side of the manor?" Knowing that Renell didn't believe it, the old Hoffman decided to show him some "dry goods"...
"What's the matter?" Renel curiously followed the old Hoffman to the camp where Marin's 400 men were stationed...
Seeing old Hoffman and Marin approaching, the 400 men who were still resting and eating stood up one after another, raised their right hands, and gave a Roman military salute:
"Hi, Lord Baron!"
Marin also reservedly replied with a raised hand:
"Relax, soldiers! Don't worry about us, we're just here to take a look, you continue to eat."
"Yes, my lord!" Lieutenant General Schwartz replied immediately.
Although, in private, everyone calls Marin the boss, but in front of others, he still has to be called "adult".
Looking at the 400 soldiers moving neatly, Lenel opened his mouth in surprise:
"Cousin, are you going to rebel? Gathering so many soldiers..."
"Lenell, I told you that this is Marin's subordinate. These people all accompanied him to the Italian battlefield, and they are all meritorious soldiers."
"real?"
"Nonsense, when have I ever lied to someone?" Old Hoffman was a little unhappy.
Knight Renel thought about it. His cousin has always been a rigid person, and he has never deceived anyone...
Then, his tiger body shook, shook again, and then shook wildly...
"Little Marin, you... you... are you really a Baron?"
"Is that still false?" Marin said helplessly.
Then, Renelle started to surround Marin, looking up and down, left and right... as if he was watching a giant panda, or looking at a mascot... Those eyes made Marin feel uncomfortable...
Old Hoffman, on the other hand, raised his head and hummed triumphantly...
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Not only this time, after Renel left, the old Hoffman invited many knights who had made good friends with him. Even some knights who just nodded acquaintances were invited. The purpose, of course, is to show off...
Then, the sad Marin had to come out again and again to act as a mascot, and was watched by the group of muscular German knights. What's even more tragic is that sometimes these guys will pinch Marin with their hands to feel what it's like to pinch the Baron...