The Rise of the European Emperor

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No matter what George thinks, he's bound to be unlucky in the end. Otherwise, in the original history, he would not have finally sold West Frisian to Charles V.

Charles V is sincere, and his strength is boundless. In the end, the Principality of Gedes was easily cleaned up by Charles V. In the end, the Principality of Gedes was not only lost to West Frisian, but also destroyed by Charles V. Then, the company of Geddes ceased to exist...

You said to find a backer in France? I'm sorry, the French King François I was captured by Charles V, and it was no use to find France...

In other words, the current Principality of Saxony is really bad luck. Before, the Duke of Albrecht attacked East Friesland, and he not only lost the battle, but also lost millions of gold coins in indemnity, causing his finances to almost collapse. If it wasn't for the old brand name and high reputation of the Principality of Saxony, and the ability to borrow money, perhaps the finances of the Principality of Saxony would have gone bankrupt long ago.

So, don't look at George, Duke of Saxony, who fought two consecutive battles with the Principality of Gede (including the activities of the West Frisian Resistance Army, there must be three battles), but they were all indebted to war. Of course, the deficit was not too serious before, and the Duchy of Saxony could afford it.

However, this time it was serious. Of the more than 10,000 people captured, most of them were reinforcements from allies. These people must be redeemed.

However, the ransom of more than 10,000 people, totaling more than one million Gulden gold coins, is absolutely unaffordable for the Duchy of Saxony, which is already in debt.

In addition, Marin spread some unfavorable news, telling George's allies that George couldn't beat the French-backed Gedde company, so there were not many people willing to borrow money. Even people who originally intended to borrow money will be scared off.

After all, borrowing money at this time is basically a waste of water...

If George couldn't borrow money or get an army, there would be no chance for a counter-offensive plan. Moreover, the more than 10,000 prisoners of war had to be redeemed. After all, that's not someone from the Duchy of Saxony, but an ally...

At that time, George will be exhausted, and he will have no money to redeem his allies. Then, there is only one way to go to sell West Frisian. Anyway, I can't get it back, so I might as well sell it and get back one million gold coins. If Marin could help him get back the prisoners of war, the ransom of more than one million gold coins would also be saved. At that time, although George loses his land, his finances will improve immediately. Not only will he be able to pay off his debts, but he will also have a lot of surplus...

Moreover, in this era, there are very few princes who can afford millions of gold coins. As for why Marin has so much money? It's a good explanation - wouldn't the Duchy of Saxony pay Marin 1 million gold coins? In addition, Marin captured Denmark before, and he must have collected a lot of money...you know,

Denmark is a maritime trade power that can compete with the Hanseatic League...

In fact, in the original history, when George sold West Frisian to Charles V, he only sold 100,000 gold coins, which was basically a cheap sale. The biggest problem is that George's Saxony Principality was dragged down by the war with the Gerd Company. Moreover, selling West Frisian to Charles V also had the intention of letting Charles V avenge himself. That's why it's so cheap.

But now it was different. Marin offered 1 million gold coins, which was very affordable, and promised to help bring back the prisoners of war. In this day and age, there is hardly a higher bid than Marin. Besides, other countries either can't afford it, or they can't take back the prisoners of war, and they simply can't meet this condition.

If there is no prisoner of war worth more than one million gold coins, George does not have much pressure, and it depends on his mood. But with this huge pressure, it must be carefully considered...

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Not to mention George, Duke of Saxony, who left worriedly, after Marin entertained George, he immediately began to approve the copywriting accumulated during this period.

These copies, all carefully selected by Jeffrey, are important matters that need Marin to decide. However, these things are not very urgent. The urgent matter had already been passed to Rome through the inn post system, so Marin quickly made up his mind.

As for those ordinary things, Jeffrey handled them directly. If Marin takes care of all the bigger things, Marin himself will collapse. He didn't want to handle hundreds of pounds of documents every day like Qin Shi Huang did...

Besides, Marin is actually a modern person in later generations. His vision may be much more advanced than that of people of this era, but he is not as good as an indigenous politician like Jeffrey when it comes to handling small specific matters. So, basically, he decides major events and directions, and general government affairs, or leave it to Jeffrey and others to handle. Only issues related to the use of large amounts of funds, the appointment and removal of important positions and the military must go through his instructions.

When Marin was flipping through the documents, he quickly found a proposal that Saqqara had sent from Newcastle, England. For Saqqara's use of the problem of eating meat to successfully stimulate the bloody means of the English farmers who lacked the will to fight, Marin greatly appreciated it, feeling that he had found a treasure. Just a guard who loves to learn has such great ability.

Regarding Saqqara's suggestion, after careful consideration, Marin felt that there was a lot to do. However, when it comes to gang fight training, Marin thinks it's better to use sticks. In this way, it is closer to actual combat.

After all, no matter how well you practice your bare-handed skills, it is useless to go to the battlefield. On the battlefield, it is a battle of weapons. No matter how strong your bare-handed combat effectiveness is, if you can't reach others, and you are stabbed to death with a spear from far away, that's all for nothing. Unless, you can train to the realm of a martial arts master with your bare hands, and you can grab a bare blade with your bare hands...

However, while training with sticks is indeed closer to actual combat, it is also a big problem that it is more prone to injury. After all, the blow of a stick is much more ferocious than a fist.

Moreover, according to Marin's vision, stick training is not for smashing, but for stabbing. Specifically, it is to simulate the combat training method of spears on the battlefield.

In this way, if everyone often uses sticks to simulate spears for group fighting training, the actual combat level will be greatly improved. However, if you poke with a wooden stick, even if there is no gun head, it is very easy to be injured.

You know, ordinary people fight, even if their fists hit the chest, especially the lower abdomen, it is easy to have trouble. Being stabbed in the stomach by a hard wooden stick is even more incredible. If you are stabbed in the face with a wooden stick, it will never be better...

If you do this, there will be a lot of casualties during training. Who is willing to train? That's why Saqqara chose to let his subordinates fight with bare hands, and did not dare to let them copy the guy...

Marin thought for a while and thought Saqqara's concerns were justified. Moreover, the equipment that he distributed to Saqqara is also very simple. It's not that Marin didn't have the money to pay Saqqara good weapons and equipment. But because Saqqara is a mercenary of a little-known small chamber of commerce called "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" as a public identity. Since it is a chamber of commerce guard, it must not be well equipped. Otherwise, it will be suspected. Therefore, Marin did not give Saqqara very good equipment.

The local army under Marin's command was different. In Marin's local army, the infantry in the first three rows were all equipped with chest plate armor and helmets with face shields.

If you put on a chest plate and a helmet with a face shield, and practice stabbing each other with wooden sticks, the safety is very high.

Moreover, in order to increase safety, Marin also decided that when training, the wooden sticks used are wrapped in layers of burlap to make the sticks softer. Even if it is stabbed, the damage ability is greatly reduced.

As for how to decide the winner, this is easy...

Marin decided that during the group fight training, all those who participated in the group fight training, in addition to the chest plate on the ship, wore a helmet with a face shield, and outside the chest plate, they would also wear a black cloth vest.

Why wear a black cloth vest? Because the head of the opponent's stick, which acts as the "tip of the gun", is also smeared with lime powder...

Where the head of the stick covered with lime powder is wrapped with linen, if it is on the black cloth vest of the passage, it will leave very conspicuous white spots. It is clear at a glance where the opponent is stabbed.

When the results were counted, the referee observed from the side, whoever had a white spot on the heart would be pronounced dead and out...

This method was also seen by Marin from "Water Margin". When the green-faced beast Yang Zhifa was assigned to the Daming Mansion, when he served under the prefect of Liang Zhongshu, he often used this method to compete with others, and he often won.

When I was a child, I liked watching the TV series "Water Margin" very much. How could Marin, who often shouted "the river flows east", didn't know this training method?

This training method is much better than that of the warriors in the Middle Ages in Europe who often stabbed in the air or attacked the dummy.

After all, no opponent, whether it is a dummy in the air, or a dummy made of wood or grass, will fight back. If you punch, kick, and assassinate the wooden or grass figurines again, it will be related to accuracy and proficiency at most, but it cannot be compared with real training.

Everyone wears protective gear and real pk. After practicing for a long time, they will not be afraid when they are on the battlefield, and they will have rich experience. In later generations, when emphasising on practicing assassination in the early years, they wore protective gear and used wooden sticks to connect with this way of fighting. The first time Malin saw such a scene was in the TV series "Blood Romance", in which Zhong Yuemin put on a helmet and chest protector, held a wooden stick and assassinated Wu Mantun.

The chest plate armor and the iron helmet with the movable face mask worn by him have much higher protection ability than the training protective gear, and the natural effect of training is better...