Chapter 818： Old Hoffman wants to return home to show off

While John II, Duke of Cliff, "woke up" with great enthusiasm and took over the Geddes region, Charles II, the former Duke of Gedds in Gelden, finally received the official document from the Imperial Parliament. Along with the official documents of the Imperial Parliament, there was also the bad news that the army of the Gede Division expedition to the Principality of Brabant was overwhelmed.

Sauer estimated that he should be able to keep his secrets for a while, so he withdrew his surveillance of the direction of Upper Geddes and stopped the interception of the enemy sentry. Therefore, the sentry sent by Gelden finally heard the specific news. When they brought back the news of the defeat, the official document of the Imperial Parliament also arrived ...

"How can this be? How can this be? How can this be? How can this be ..." Charles II muttered to himself, and the whole person was bad ...

In the end, Charles II spit out an old blood, and passed out gloriously .... Unlike John II, Duke of Cliff, who was faint, they were really faint, and they were anxious ...

Originally, Charles II also had the dream of "taking the Netherlands and becoming king of the kingdom". Moreover, Charles II was still confident. Now, once the dream is broken, Charles II can't take this heavy blow, and he faints. Moreover, he is no longer called Charles II, but should be called Charles I. Moreover, it was downgraded from Duke of Geddes to Earl of Gelden ...

In fact, Charlie's fortune calculation is good. That is, in the Holy Roman Empire, a country with imperial powers, he can retain the identity of a great aristocracy after colluding with foreign countries. Although the territory was deprived for the most part, and his status was reduced from the Duke to the Earl, is it still a great aristocracy?

If you rest in ancient China, the result of Litong foreign countries will definitely be a slash. The men in the family are all decapitated, and the women are all sold to the teacher's office to engage in special services ...

Even in France, even if you can save your life, you will not be able to run away without being deprived of your nobility and all the land. There is only such a wonderful country as the Holy Roman Empire. The imperial power is weakened, and the princes have too much power. Under the protection of the princes, Charlie could continue to be an earl, and he still kept a few hundred square kilometers of land. Resting in later generations, hundreds of square kilometers are worth a small county. Being able to sit in a small county as a fief is absolutely impossible. You know, many Earls of Germany, the land is not so big. Some counts have only one castle in the fief, much worse than him ...

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At this time, the news finally came out, and the princes suddenly realized-oh, it turned out that the Principality of Cliff employed the army of the North Sea. It is no wonder that the powerful army of the Principality of Geddes can be defeated ...

But then, everyone was angry-Male Gobi, Malin, the kid still going to make trouble? Do you want to be beaten up by a group?

Therefore, many princes sent envoys to the North Sea State, strongly condemned the North Sea State's behavior everywhere, and jointly threatened to do this-next time, be careful to be united against the German princes to fight against ...

However, their condemnation was useless. No matter how they condemned, the Principality of Geddes, the powerful princely state that had contained a lot of the energy of the Habsburgs, had vanished. With only a few hundred square kilometers and two or three small towns in Geldenburg, there is no longer the ability to make waves.

The North Sea State is also a bachelor. The old Hoffman, who is responsible for staying behind, faced all the envoys who came to question, all smiled and said vowedly-this is because the North Sea State ’s highest military chief Schwartz privately met old Mason. Well, it caused Schwartz to accept the old Mason ’s employment without authorization ... so, when Marin came back, he must let him punish Schwartz, the unauthorized general ...

The messengers and the old Hoffman couldn't tell the story, they had no choice but to hold their stomachs ...

As for the old Huffman, at this time my heart was already blooming. Why? Because he decided to return to his hometown of Bochum after Marin returned, and to show his father and fellow villagers and acquaintances ...

Marin said that "the rich and the rich do not return to their hometowns, such as Jinyi night travel, who knows" is just a pretext. But for a layman like Old Huffman, it is really a cool thing to look forward to the wealth and return of the hometown. It's just that his former homeland belongs to Mark's country, not theirs, and he's not good at fitting others' territories. Today, his hometown has become his own territory. He, the old lady of the North Sea country, went back to show the pretense. It is really justified ...

Therefore, while following the instructions of Marin, the old man apologized to the emissaries of various countries, while already planning how to return to his hometown to pretend to show his friends ...

After receiving the foreign envoys, the old Hoffman returned to the east mansion where he lived and happily said to Mrs. Mary:

"My dear, now Markbo belongs to our family! My Frings Hoffman background is not high, but I did not expect to be old, and still have such a beautiful opportunity! Now, Markbo is our family. , I can finally return home and show off in front of my old friends! Haha! "

Mrs. Mary smiled and said:

"Look at your pride, if my son Marin received the favor of God and worked hard for many years, can you have the opportunity to return to your hometown now?"

Old Huffman didn't care about Mrs. Mary's stinging words, but said proudly:

"Marin is your son and not my son? He is even more powerful, and he is favored and blessed by God, and it is also my son. The old man tempered and dared to beat him, he was not good to beat back. He is strong, too Laozi's kind. We are older, and now we can show it. It is not ourselves anymore, but children. The stronger the children, the more face we have. When I return to my hometown, I will feast my father and the knights every day. Friends, show them our ability ... well, the ability to have a good son ... haha ​​... "

"Look at your smug look!" Mrs. Mary gave him a blank look. However, Mrs. Mary suddenly looked down and pondered ...

After a while, Mrs. Mary looked up and said to old Hoffman:

"My dear, you say go back and show off to the folks I believe. But, you want to show off to your old friends, I am afraid it is not so easy ..."

"Why?" Old Huffman didn't understand.

Mrs. Mary explained patiently:

"The ordinary fathers and fellow folks will naturally not leave their hometown casually, but your old friends are different. They are all knights and vassals of John II, Earl of Mark. Now, John II is going to replace Markus with Marko However, he also needs to be guarded after obtaining the Lower Gedsi Region. Those old men of the Macbeth Kingdom are the best candidates to take over the Lower Gedsi Region. Therefore, there may be many knights Will follow to go to the Geddes area ~ www.novelhall.com ~ to help John II manage there. "

Old Huffman nodded, but soon shook his head again:

"My dear, you do n’t know. I was in the country of Mark, and I did n’t appreciate the above. Even Earl Mark did n’t know that I was the person. And when I was in close contact with me, almost all of them were not. Marginal knights valued by Mark Burke. Therefore, John II, Earl of Mark, may take away a group of knights this time, but he will definitely take priority. Those marginal knights who have been close to me may not necessarily follow along. . "

Mrs. Mary nodded, but said:

"What you said makes sense, but in the end, no one is sure. I heard that John II has sent people to persuade the local nobles to leave with him. So, it is difficult to guarantee that your old friends will stay Come down. If you ca n’t bear your old friends, send someone back to persuade them. They are not the people that Earl Mark values, as long as you promise to take care of them, they should stay. Of course, do n’t make random promises. How To treat those people, Marin has to make up his mind! "

Old Huffman nodded and said:

"Understood, I will send people back home to persuade them to stay. Seriously, I return home to show the glory of the Hoffman family. I really need these old friends to support them. They are nobles anyway. I Dagong, his father, can't always show up with a group of folks who are not even nobles, or show up in front of his former colleagues ... hehe ... "

When he had finished speaking, he arranged for his men to return to their hometown to persuade those old friends to stay. At the same time, he also sent people to prepare luxury carriages and various ceremonies. When Marin came back, he took the team with the name of "returning to his hometown to visit his relatives", and showed a wave in front of his father and former knight colleagues ...