This era is the age of nobles after all. When the nobles unite, even if Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, was the monarch, it would be difficult to resist.

It happened that Marin brought a large group of men and a large amount of food to Wurtemburg, preparing to accept the population...

In the previous quelling, the Duchy of Württemberg captured a total of 27,000 intact peasants, plus more than 3,000 wounded. Later, thousands of senior officials of the rebel army were hanged in public. Chapman and four others took away another 500. In addition, only half of the more than 3,000 wounded people survived, but only a little more than 1,000 intact... In other words, there are only 26,500 healthy peasant soldiers prisoners in their hands.

In fact, if there were no 5,000 soldiers from the Beihai Kingdom in the army suppressed this time, most of the three thousand wounded soldiers would probably die. After all, there were no military doctors and no first aid methods in the army in this era. It was to use 5,000 soldiers from Beihai Kingdom to send three medical teams to help, and half of the wounded soldiers of the peasant army were saved. However, nearly 500 of them were seriously injured that were difficult to recover, and could only save their lives and not recover their health. Among them, the most classic injury was the gunshot wound caused by lead bullets. This kind of injury range was large and it was also lead poison, which was very difficult to treat. Many unlucky guys who were shot in the limbs had no choice but to choose to amputate. These lead bullets were basically caused by 1,500 musketeers from 5,000 people from the Beihai Kingdom... Therefore, only 1,500 wounded people who recovered could fully recover, so many of them were missing arms and legs...

Although Duke Ulrich was quarreling with the aristocratic groups in China and fighting for the inheritance of the nobles, the handling of the prisoners of war did not stop. Because Duke Ulrich arranged all these things to those low-level officers who were not nobles. Although these people were children of nobles or descendants of nobles, they had no aristocratic status. The competition for interests between the upper classes had nothing to do with them. Therefore, they could do things with peace of mind. Anyway, they had leftovers afterwards...

Marin's fleet first arrived at Karlsruhe, an important inland dock on the Rhine River in the north of Badenberg, to the west of the Principal of Württemberg, and then landed there. Marin left some troops to guard the food and food on the ship, and he took some cavalry from Karlsruhe to Stuttgart, the capital of Württemberg. At this time, Karlsruhe was not the capital of Baden, and the capital of Badenberg was Baden Baden. Moreover, Karlsruhe did not even establish a city. This city was built only in the 18th century. Later, because of the superior transportation conditions, Baden Baden became the capital of Baden.

But as a traveler, Marin naturally knew the importance of Karlsruhe. This is the edge of the famous Black Forest in southern Germany. From then on, you can reach the Principality of Württemberg by passing through a black forest eastward.

Therefore, although the Badens have not yet discovered the superior conditions here, Marin still chose to dock the fleet here and built several temporary long bridge docks here to facilitate transportation.

The Badenberg had some objections at first, but Marin sent someone to send a bag of gold coins to Christopher I, who was short of money at this time. Then, Baden ignored Marin. Anyway, Karlsruhe was just a remote area at this time. In order to receive the population of the Duchy of Württemberg, they did not lose money. Not only could they receive benefits, they could also use them as a trade point in the future.

However, unlike later Karlsruhe, which is closer to the Black Forest, Karlsruhe in Marin is completely a dock on the Rhine River, which is convenient for transportation.

Then, Marin took some of the cavalry and entered the Black Forest from Karlsruhe, passed through the forest and headed to Stuttgart.

When passing through the Black Forest, Marin was filled with emotion. Because the Black Forest was the place where he had secretly hunted and made money. At that time, he took Kahn and Kohler to poach the Black Forest, shooting and changing places, making it difficult for those lords who wanted to drive him away and confiscate their prey to catch up with him. It was the poaching experience in the Black Forest that Marin, who had nothing, obtained hundreds of marks of startup funds. Later, with this money, he recruited a group of mercenaries and opened the path of the King of Mercenaries. Without the experience of poaching in the Black Forest, Marin would have difficulty standing out quickly and becoming a general. Maybe, he would still be under the tent of a prince at this time, and if he had to die, he would only be a middle-level officer...

In the blink of an eye, 20 years have passed. At that time, Marin was only 16 years old. Now, he is 36...

On the way, Marin "I was talking about a teenager's crazy guy" and bought a bow from the hunter's house at a high price, intending to review the fun of hunting back then. Kahn, the bodyguard leader who accompanied him, also dismounted like a fool, and walked to drive the prey to the ambush of Marin...

But the final result made Marin very depressed - a large group of red deer, Marin only shot two of them...

This is also a helpless thing. Marin has not touched bows and arrows for almost 20 years. Since becoming the leader of a mercenary, he has never used bows and arrows to hunt again, and his shooting skills have dropped by several levels. Moreover, the quality of hunting bows used by hunters is not good, and Marin is not used to it...

But no matter what, this imperfect hunting made both Marin and Kahn enjoy...

...

By the time he arrived in Stuttgart, Duke Ulrich was already frowning by the alliance of the nobles. Originally, he wanted to swallow most of them and leave only some soup for the nobles. But as a result, now the nobles are united and are actually planning to leave only a small part for him...

Seeing Marin, Duke Ulrich almost cried:

"Ma Lin, everyone says you have many tricks... Ah, you are resourceful, please help me think of a solution!"

Marlin suddenly had a black line - you are very scheming, your whole family is very scheming...

But he still suppressed his anger and helped Duke Ulrich think of a solution...

After thinking for a while, Marin suggested:

"Let me do this, first tell me how many of the hundreds of nobles killed were barons, how many other titles were knights..."

After hearing Duke Ulrich's explanation, Marin was shocked and said:

"Mr. Ulrich, only 13 of these hundreds of nobles are barons?"

Seeing Duke Ulrich nodding, Marin said speechlessly, "Since that's the case, then you still say Mao? There are no hereditary knights in your country, right? Then take those 87 knight manors into the principality first. Knights are not hereditary knights. You can take back those manors without saying hello!"

Duke Ulrich hesitated:

"However, under normal circumstances, if the next generation of fief knights can pass the knight's assessment, they can also inherit the knight's fief!" This is the rule of the European continent. As long as the next generation of knights can appear knights who pass the knight's assessment, ordinary estates can inherit it. However, this is not protected by law. Because generally, European knights are not automatically hereditary, and the monarch needs to be confirmed.

Marin rolled her eyes and said:

"That's just a convention, but now the knights are dead, and they still inherit a egg? You directly told the group of nobles that there is no knight title in law and that relatives other than their sons can inherit it. So, you can take back those 87 knight estates first!"

Duke Ulrich immediately slapped his head. He was confused by the nobles before. The baron's title is protected by the inheritance law, and the knight's title has no inheritance law to base. It's just him who has the final say! He even argued with the nobles for those knight's estates. He was so stupid...

Later, Marin helped him analyze the Baron's inheritance problem. Marin discovered a problem, that is, the 13 killed Barons had more than 130 manors under their name, and on average, each baron's manor has more than 10 manors... and the Knight's manors are basically one per manor.

In other words, the real big head of these more than 200 noble manors is still the baron's manor.

At present, the most popular aristocrats are actually only more than 30 existing barons. As for the other hundreds of knights, they are basically their supporters.
Chapter completed!