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Chapter 212 Rewards and new titles

After the passionate speech, Malin temporarily went to the backstage to drink a glass of water and breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he also asked the audience members to digest the content of his speech.

What Marin didn't know was that among the audience today, there were several minstrels. The professions of these people were to tell stories, tell books, attract listeners, and get rewards. The stories that Marin told were too legendary and inspirational. Therefore, these minstrels secretly wrote down the stories that Marin told and planned to use them for their future speeches and stories. You must know that the stories that those who do their jobs also need to be updated continuously. Everyone has heard the legendary legends of the knights they usually tell. Now, a legendary version of the real story is in front of them and is not used for use. I am simply sorry for their profession...

Later, when these minstrels were wandering in Germany, they spread Marin's story, causing a huge sensation...

Many years later, the haystack behind the monastery in the town called Cassel, where Marin once slept, became the holy land in the hearts of all wandering knights in Germany. Because it was here that Marin, the great mercenary king, was blessed by God and finally rose up.

Therefore, many wandering knights later ran to the haystack behind Cassel Monastery to spend the night. For nothing else, just to find the illusory opportunity, hoping that like Marin, he could also be given wisdom by God to become a great military strategist, and preferably a good life as a king...

Cassel Monastery also smelled business opportunities and copied 19 and 20 haystacks that Marin slept with, lined up behind the monastery to open together. Each haystack is sleeping for one night, and costs 1 shilling...

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Without further ado, after Marin had enough rest, he immediately presided over the reward ceremony to reward the meritorious soldiers who had helped him seize East Friesland before.

However, the first person he rewarded was not any meritorious soldier, but Adler, who signed the document and announced that he would give up his inheritance rights.

Strictly speaking, although Adler had no military achievements, he took the initiative to give up the right of inheritance, which made Marin have the meaning of sending troops. Otherwise, Marin would have no legal support.

Everyone understands this very well. Because, in the Middle Ages and until modern times, they were very orthodox, and even stricter than in ancient China.

In China, because Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were so arrogant and shouted the famous saying "Is there any king, prince, general, and minister?", the change of the Chinese dynasty depends entirely on strength.

Unlike Europe, there has never been a successful serf uprising in Europe. Therefore, in Europe, there will be wars of annexation among the nobles, but rarely will a civilian rise up and become kings.

Therefore, in Europe, the concept of aristocratic bloodline is deeply rooted in people's hearts. If a person without aristocratic bloodline wants to be a king, there is a great chance that he will be beaten to death by a group of people.

Therefore, the throne in Europe is often obtained through inheritance and marriage. Of course, emperors, popes and kings are also qualified to enthrone someone as princes. However, this situation is relatively rare, because if you want to enthrone others as dukes and counts, you will pay a lot of territory. Generally speaking, emperors, popes and kings are reluctant to leave.

The canonization of Adler was agreed before. Therefore, without any hesitation, Marin directly issued an order to canonize Adler as the baron, with a fief of 5,000 Yugrams, just outside the county town of Lyle. Among them, 2,000 Yugrams are cultivated land, and they are all very fertile arable land. The other 3,000 Yugrams are composed of grasslands, woods and lakes.

Such a fiefdom may not be much in terms of arable land. However, considering that they are all good fat fields, Adler's fiefdom is still quite good.

Adler stepped forward happily, intending to kneel down, stroke the Bible and swear allegiance to Marin and receive the documents. But Marin stopped him and announced in public that Adler could not kneel down and swear and allow him to stand and swear. This is a special favor, limited to Adler's generation, and his descendants cannot enjoy this honor. Moreover, Adler does not need to kneel down to Marin no matter what occasion in the future. This is mainly because Marin's soul is from China after all. The eldest brother is like a father, and Marin was taken care of by his brother when he was a child in his previous life. Even after traveling through time, he believed that there was no reason for his brother to kneel down to his younger brother. In addition, Adler was willing to give up the right of inheritance, Marin gave Adler the privilege, which was valid for life.

Adler was very grateful for the courtesy Marin gave him, so he stood up sincerely and swore allegiance to Marin. After the allegiance, Marin announced that he would invest in the construction of a castle for Adler outside of Lair County, in his fiefdom.

This is also extremely generous treatment, because it costs a lot of money to build a castle. Even if you build an ordinary castle, it costs tens of thousands of gold coins, and an ordinary baron leader needs to accumulate for many years.

Once the castle is built, it is when Adler goes to Lair. Aside, Adler's wife Liv is so happy that she can't stop. Although she was not satisfied with Marin robbing Adler's inheritance before. However, after listening to Marin's magical story just now, she understood that Marin's adventures and magical skills were not something her husband Adler could have.

She was already very satisfied with the fertile arable land of 2,000 Yugra. As for the other 3,000 Yugra's meadows, woods and lakes, it was purely a surprise.

The biggest surprise is that castle, which costs thousands or even tens or 20,000 gold coins. It can be saved, don't be too happy.

Moreover, what made Liv most happy was that old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary would live in Orich with her brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Then, the castle in Lair County was Liv who was the hostess, not Mrs. Mary.

With Adler's obedience to Liv's words, when it comes to Lyle, Liv is not a female overlord under the baron? How can you not pretend to be a lady and a good wife in front of your parents-in-law? Liv's heart is so beautiful...

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Next, the soldiers who attacked East Friesland were rewarded with merits...

Kahn was the first to open the Emden gate because of his charge, while Schwartz and Frenzberg tied for the first place because of their military achievements in attacking Orich and Lyle.

For these three, Marin enthroned them as subordinate barons and each rewarded 2,000 Yugram land, half of which were cultivated land.

What is the Baron? This is still learned from Marlin and later British people. The Baron appeared in 1611 and was a new title of "invented" by King James I of England to raise funds, which was used to make money and can be purchased.

The British Barons had more honorary status and had no substantial fiefdom, but could be hereditary title. However, Marin took out the title of Barons more than a hundred years earlier. However, Marin's Barons had a fiefdom.

Moreover, Marin not only established the Baron of the Subordinate, but also established the title of Deputy Baron. The specific rank is - Baron is higher than the Deputy Baron, and the Deputy Baron is higher than the Subordinate Baron.

In other words, Marin divided a baron into three levels. Moreover, the standards for each level are also set. For example, the baron's fief is 2,000 Yugram's farmland; the deputy baron's fief is 1,500 Yugram's farmland; and the baron's fief is 1,000 Yugram's farmland.

In addition, Marin also added viscounts that are not common in Germany, which are also divided into three categories: viscount, vice viscount and subordinate viscount...

The reason for this is mainly to facilitate rewarding the generals. If according to the customs of the German region, only the Earl and the Baron, if Schwartz and Frenzberg are both going to be the Baron after this battle, they will make contributions again next time, will they be the Earl? But Marin himself is the Earl...

Therefore, Marin thought about it and established a 6th-level noble title below the earl. Moreover, Marin also imitated some areas to establish hereditary knights and jazz. Hereditary knights and hereditary jazz, with higher status than non-hereditary knights and jazz, but they are also low-level nobles, and are distinguished from high-level nobles like Barons.

The reason why Marin established hereditary knights and hereditary lords was actually used to reward those brave soldiers who fought. Officers can reward the barons, but brave soldiers who fight could not also be named barons, right?

Therefore, Marin simply turned the knight class into two levels - hereditary knights, three generations of knights and ordinary knights...

In this way, when Marin rewards the soldiers, there is a lot of room for him...

"Soldier, you are very brave in fighting, right? Okay, I will give you an ordinary knight!"

"What? You cut off the opponent's officer? You have made even more contributions, right? Well, I will give you the title of the third generation of knights!"

"Ah? You killed the other general? Okay! You are named hereditary knight, and all descendants are nobles! Are you satisfied now?"

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In other words, in order to reward soldiers, the country of Marin established a total of six high-level titles: viscount, deputy viscount, subordinate viscount, baron, deputy baron and subordinate baron, as well as hereditary knights, three low-level titles: three generations of knights and knights. At the same time, in order to reward civil servants, she also established hereditary lords, three low-level titles: three generations of knights and ordinary lords.

In short, the more titles you have, the more convenient you are to reward your subordinates, and the greater the room for promotion. However, not all titles have corresponding fiefs.

The jazz does not give fiefs, and the knights may not have one. Only when the military achievements are enough will the title be given a corresponding fief.

Even high-level titles may not have a fiefdom. Marin stipulates that only the titles obtained by military merits will be given corresponding fiefdoms. Moreover, if the military merits are not great enough, they may not have obtained corresponding fiefdoms.

A high-ranking title can also be granted to civil servants in exchange for military merits. However, when a civil servant is granted a high-ranking title, it is not given to the corresponding fiefdom.

The title of civil servant will be given a modification before it - "Courtary"...

For example, the corresponding civil servants can be awarded the title of the palace baron, the deputy baron of the palace and the subordinate baron of the palace. However, as long as the word "custom" is added, it means that there is no response to the fiefdom, but it can be hereditary or you can buy land by yourself. However, it is not the fiefdom, but you have to pay taxes normally.

Through the newly established high-ranking titles of 6 levels and low-ranking titles of 3 levels, Marin fully met the soldiers' reward needs and used the simple division method of "rowing up seats and eating fruits" to give all the meritorious soldiers corresponding titles and land.

However, because the land area of ​​East Friesland is small, Marin is relatively stingy in the fiefdom. However, Marin usually gives a lot of money to compensate the soldiers who do not give the fiefdom to buy the land themselves. However, the land they buy by the soldiers will have to be taxed in the future. In this way, Marin avoids the loss of taxes in the future as much as possible. Because every time Marin enfeoffs a piece of territory, it means that the land will not need to be taxed in the future. Therefore, Marin is petty about the issue of fiefdom and would rather give cash than give the fiefdom easily...

The senior titles were enthroned by Marin personally held a ceremony, and there were only a few people. In addition to Adler, Kahn, Schwartz and Frenzberg, Marin also enthroned Kohler as the baron of the court and Jeffrey as the baron of the court.

But in order to compensate Kohler, Marin privately gave Kohler 1,000 Yugram fiefdom to Kohler, but not publicly...
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