Frederick III did not expect Marin to be so disrespectful in public, and what he said was so silly and was stunned for a moment.

However, as a veteran in politics, Frederick III quickly adjusted his mindset and said loudly:

"Well, I'll assume you don't help His Majesty the Emperor unify Germany, but where did your 40,000 army come from? Why do you hire so many troops? Do you want to unify Germany yourself? You know, even the army in the Emperor, Austria and the Netherlands, has only more than 20,000 people. It can be said that Germany is not as many as yours."

"What is even more unsettling is that your 40,000 army is all strong in combat, and there are almost no weak soldiers who make up for the numbers. With the most powerful army in Germany, Marin Hoffman, what do you want to do? Do you want to leave the emperor alone and be the overlord alone?"

Suddenly, the scene became turbulent. Although he knew the result, Frederick III said it on the spot again, and everyone was still shocked. You know, many of the princes present had hundreds of troops under their command and thousands of troops under their command, which were all considered powerful princes. Marin's 40,000 army and a powerful 40,000 army with strong combat power, really scares people.

This is also the main reason why many princes agreed to stand on Frederick III's side and jointly suppress Marin's upward momentum. Everyone's military strength is very weak. You are so strong alone, what do you want to do?

Even those religious princes, with the suppression of the Holy See, they hoped to suppress Marin. After all, his military strength was too strong. The Bohemia King Vladislas II was actually not very happy to see Marin as powerful. However, he did not care much about these things and had been busy giving birth to a son over the years. Otherwise, as the leader of the secular electorate, the only king among the princes would not have let the Saxony electorate take over the leadership of the secular princes. In addition, the relationship between Marin and the Jagelon dynasty has always been good, so Vladislas II stood on Marin's side with ambivalence. At least, he would not suppress Marin. But in fact, he was also worried about Marin's strength.

Frederick III pointed out the fact that Marin's military was powerful. Not only did the secular princes look bad, but the religious princes were also filled with sorrow.

At this time, the religious war had not yet broken out, and the authority of the Holy See was still very strong. Therefore, these religious princes dared not not give the Holy See face. However, from an inner perspective, they also hoped to suppress Marin's momentum. After all, most of these religious princes also came from secular prince families. No one wanted their family to be destroyed by Marin's strong expansion.

Seeing that everyone's faces changed, Frederick III was very proud. However, he knew that this was not enough. After all, the religious princes stood by, including Vladislas II, the Bohemia King who was slightly higher than him in terms of law, did not oppose Marin.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Frederick III continued:

"You not only have strong and terrifying military strength, but also ambitious. I heard that this time, you plan to let Denmark ced the Jutland Peninsula and the Kingdom of Norway...what? Little Knight Marin, you have only been an earl for a few years, so you want to be a king?"

"King of Norway! That is an existence that can be on par with His Majesty the Emperor. A monarch of an independent and sovereign kingdom is half a level higher than His Majesty Vladislas. Why, Little Knight Marin, do you want us all German nobles to salute you first when we see you? How many years have you been a noble? You actually want to climb onto the heads of all German nobles?"

The aristocratic people were even more disturbed. For these noble princes, their noble origins were their capital for pride. Moreover, as vested interests, they were the most staunch supporters of the theory of bloodline.

However, now a knight's son is going to climb onto their heads, how can they not be jealous? If they are on an equal footing with them, they may still be able to accept it. However, if Marin is one level higher than them and becomes the king of an independent kingdom, it will be quite difficult to accept. You must know that even if you are guarding against Emperor Maximilian I to unify Germany, they must be the monarch Maximilian I must be the first to be honest. Even if they oppose Maximilian I, they will secretly make trouble. On the contrary, they must respect the monarch who is superior to them.

Who is Marin? 11 years ago, Marin was just a wandering knight who was driven out of his house. He was not even a nobleman and had no right to inherit. How long has it been? Not only did he become an earl, but he later became a duke. Now he is even more awesome, he actually wants to be a king... Do you want to go to heaven?

Aristocrats are all animals that want face. To put it nicely, it is called focusing on glory. To put it bluntly, they want face. Many aristocrats have poor finances and are almost unable to get rid of the blame. However, for the sake of face, they still pay attention to pomp. If they have no money, they will borrow usury and continue to maintain the aristocrat's pomp. If they can't afford to pay back the money, they will sell the privileges to those merchants who borrow their money.

In fact, many imperial cities and Hanseatic commercial cities can obtain autonomy by spending money to buy them from the emperors and lords.

Such a group of people who are desperate for face sometimes care more about Marin, a guy who was still a homeless wandering knight 11 years ago, climbed onto their heads and forced them to salute him first. In their eyes, who thinks they are noble in their blood, this is a shame, and a great humiliation...

Seeing that the nobles were mobilized, Frederick III was proud, while Marin secretly shouted that it was not good. Because Marin saw that many religious princes also changed their expressions...

If those religious princes were guided by this public opinion and turned to their camps against them, the situation would be unfavorable to them. So Marin decided to change the topic—

"Everyone, don't listen to him talking nonsense. How can I have a 40,000 army? To be precise, I only have 30,000 main force. The other 10,000 army was borrowed from the UK, and all the soldiers were Englishmen! If you don't believe it, after the negotiations are over, you can go to our army to verify it!"

"I can borrow 10,000 powerful soldiers from my hands? If you have such a good thing, please give me a 30,000 army, and I will borrow it too!" Frederick III said sarcastically.

Marin shook his head and said:

"What I said is inaccurate. Strictly speaking, it was the one I hired. The price of employment is to give them a large part of the compensation I received after defeating Saxony!"

"Who believes?" Frederick III said with his eyes slanted and troubled.

"I swear to God that 10,000 of my army was hired from England!" Marin was a fool here. Those ten thousand people were indeed mercenaries he hired from England, and he was right. However, he concealed that the owner of this army was himself. To outsiders, they thought he was 10,000 English mercenaries hired from the leader of the English mercenary. Even if everyone found out that something was wrong afterwards, Marin's oath had no problem.

Seeing that Marin swore in the name of God, everyone believed it. After all, no one dared to blaspheme God in this day and age. The power of the divine was higher than that of secular rule before religious wars.

But Frederick III remains unyielding:

"I remember that your Third Legion is still stationed in the local area, right? In this way, you still have an army of 40,000!"

Ma Lin immediately replied:

"That's a fake Third Legion, the real Third Legion, has always been with me. The Third Legion stationed at the local area is all temporary recruitment militia!"

"Are you not afraid of land falling and homeless?" Frederick III said in surprise.

"What am I afraid of? I have a main army of 30,000 and a 10,000 army hired from England. With 40,000 troops in hand, who dares to attack my local area? Besides, even the militia recruited can support it for a long time with the strong city walls. Moreover, who dares to attack my rear? Are you not afraid of my 40,000 army resolutely taking revenge?"

"The decisive battle with your 50,000 army directly determines my life and death. If I lose, with your shamelessness, I will definitely steal all my territory and make me lose everything. Therefore, the battle with you is the most important thing. If you win, you can save everything and get a lot of compensation. If you lose, you will lose everything and become a stray dog. So, I brought all the local elites. In the end, I won the bet!"

"I have no intention of depriving you of everything after winning. At least, you are still the earl of East Friesland!" Frederick III quickly denied it. But in fact, he really had the intention to steal all the territory of Marin... Well, just leave Texel Island for Marin, which was originally Marin's fief. Besides, Frederick III didn't take it seriously. However, he would never admit it in such an occasion now.

"Don't admit it yet? I bought the information at a high price, saying that you once said that you would steal the East Friesland!" Marin said angrily. In fact, he was also pretending to be a fraud, just a fraud in Frederick III.

Unexpectedly, Frederick III really said this, and it was more than once. So, Frederick III turned red... Although he disappeared quickly, many people still saw it. Frederick III denied it again, but he was not confident no matter how he looked at it.

Seeing this, Marin immediately followed her and said:

"Look at him, look at his face! How cruel is our Lord Frederick? I, Marin, fought in a war, just let others ced some of the territory. But he was better, and he wanted to deprive all the territory of the other party! Do you still believe such a greedy and vicious person?"

The princes were stunned and didn't know what to say.

Marin struck while it was hot and said:
Chapter completed!