Because of the lag in message delivery, it is difficult for Marin to receive messages in a short time for what happened on Cuba. After all, it will take several months for sailboats to deliver messages to their homeland.
At present, what Marin had to do was to go to Rome in person to discuss the matter of carrying the religious banner with the Pope's father-in-law. In theory, Marin could have written a superstition. But this matter was too big. If the news was leaked, it would not be said to fail, and it would be easily attacked by the crowd. Therefore, in order to keep it secret, Marin planned to go to Rome in person. At the same time, he also brought his son Robert to Rome and developed interpersonal relationships.
Marin wanted to help Robert as the throne of the future pope, so he also attached great importance to the relationship circle of Rome. Of course, he could not openly bring Robert to appear. After all, Robert's public identity is still a side branch of the Rovere family. However, it is still possible to help him privately. For example, take Robert to the next Pope Medici family to be a guest. Then, sprinkle some gold coins or something.
In addition, Marin planned to take his heir, Caesar, and practice along the way. How to practice? He was to practice with the army, teach him common sense of marching, and set up camps at night and how to prevent enemy attacks.
This time, the number of troops in the army was as high as 2,000. Among them, half were the Dragoons and half were young versions of the black-shirted knights. Of course, there were dozens of experienced scouts. After all, these old scouts were experienced. With them in their hands, it would be difficult to have problems.
In addition to the more than 2,000 people accompanying him, Malin also arranged several teams halfway to play the role of the "Blue Army" and carried out sneak attacks and harassment on this marching force.
Fortunately, it was not the first time that the teenagers who accompanied him had undergone a night attack, and the camp bombing would not have happened. But 14-year-old Caesar had never seen this scene? He was scared in the middle of the night club a few days ago. Fortunately, Marin was with him and explained that it was an exercise, so he was not scared.
Then, the team went south. After many night attacks, Caesar was no longer afraid of such sneak attacks. Even before leaving the North Sea border, he learned how to command the soldiers to deal with various night attacks.
Robert, the future pope, also became a melon-eating crowd. He envied Caesar for receiving Marin's step-by-step education, but he also knew that he was an illegitimate son, and Marin was willing to support him as a pope, which was already considered extremely high among the illegitimate sons of this era. After all, being a pope is no less powerful than an emperor.
When he arrived at the Bavarian Plateau, Marin even asked Caesar to personally command a battle to wipe out the bandits, and eliminated a bandit who occupied the mountain with more than 200 people. Because they were very well equipped (each with rhino leather armor), the more than 200 bandits had almost no power to fight back against the 500 dragoons led by Caesar. Only one of his soldiers was slightly injured because they fell from the horse's back. The bandits' swords and arrows did not hurt Caesar and the 500 young dragoons commanded by him at all.
But when facing a group of bandits with a clamp gun, Marin stopped Caesar's plan to move up, but asked his subordinates to attack at night. Caesar was puzzled, Marin told him seriously that arrows could be blocked, but bullets could not be blocked. Even if he was wearing plate armor, he would be seriously injured. Therefore, when encountering a team with muskets, it is best not to let the most precious troops come to force him.
Then, Marin threw money on the spot, hired a team of local mercenaries, and let them rush in front and get a round of guns. The 500 dragon cavalry and black-shirted knights commanded by Caesar rushed forward and eliminated the bandits before they could load them.
Afterwards, Marin pointed to several mercenaries who were killed and crippled on the spot as cannon fodder and taught Caesar that no matter how good his martial arts are, he would be knocked down with one shot! If it is not necessary, try not to force the muskets and artillery...
The bloody facts were in front of us, and Caesar learned a profound lesson. Moreover, he also understood why Marin controlled guns in the Beihai National Bureau of Control...
The mercenary captain who was hired as cannon fodder was wearing a full set of Maximilian plate armor. Austria sent troops to create excellent plate armor with stacking forging. However, he still couldn't stand a shot...
No, this guy was shot twice. They were all shot in front of his chest. Although they were not penetrated, they broke several ribs... Looking at the tragic situation, even if this guy survives in the future, he may not be able to continue to be a mercenary.
Fortunately, as a classic example of Marin's education of children, this guy was lucky. Marin asked the military doctor who accompanied him to help him collect bones and treat wounds. The bone collection technique was passed down from the Mongolian doctor Morigen, and the gray was very high. After the bone collection, the wounds were cleaned up. In short, they could not die. Afterwards, Marin also gave him a large bag of gold coins. Even if he could not fight in the future, he could still be a stable and rich mansion. When encountering a poorer vassal state, he might even buy a piece of territory and a low-level nobleman to play with it. It is said that Emperor Maximilian I is now very keen on selling land and manors. As long as the money is in place, the manors in Switzerland are easy to buy.
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When I passed by Innsbruck, I happened to meet Emperor Maximilian I, who was taking a vacation in Innsbruck's Palace with his eldest grandson Charlie, the future Charlie V.
Since he met, Marin couldn't pretend not to see him, so he took his son to visit. Of course, Robert did not show up, but Caesar was the one who showed up.
Before paying homage to the emperor's grandson, Marin specifically instructed Caesar to express a friendly attitude towards Prince Charles, and even to vaguely reveal his support for him as the future emperor.
"But father, didn't you say that you would become emperor in the future?" Caesar remembered Marin's "crazy words" before.
"You little fool! Even if I really want to be an emperor, I can't tell you to the emperor's grandparents and grandchildren! Moreover, the throne I want is the title of Byzantine, not the throne of Shenluo. Shenluo's throne is a pit, without real power, but it makes enemies on all sides. If you want this thankless throne, let the Habsburg family take over. We must hide behind them..."
"So, is this what you often call a lewd development?" Caesar asked in confusion. This word was said by Marin accidentally when he was chatting with Marin.
Marin's face turned red, but he quickly disappeared. He only saw him say seriously:
"How can we be a king? At least, on the surface, we seem to be extremely serious..." Then, a serious face appeared in front of Caesar.
But Marin added:
"It's okay to think about the despicable development or something. But it can't be revealed on your face, do you understand?"
Caesar nodded in ignorance, Marind gave advice for a while, and finally allowed Caesar to lie with a free expression...
"Hey, it seems that we still have to teach this child "Actor's Self-cultivation"... As a monarch, if you don't have enough acting skills, you will suffer..." The emperor and others rely on fighting, while the other half rely on pretending...
Of course, Marin was too anxious. How old is Caesar? It is not realistic to want him to become scheming and conceited. Unless this child is taken over by middle-aged and elderly people...
Chapter completed!