In fact, what Marin doesn’t know about metallurgy is that the general spring steel is added with chromium and nickel components to prevent the spring from rusting. Therefore, the spring performance produced by Marin’s craftsmen is average, but it is actually because the heat treatment process is not well controlled and needs improvement.

As an important metal workpiece, springs cannot be rusted easily. Once rusted, they will easily deform and break. Therefore, in order to prevent rust, people have added chromium and nickel, the main components of stainless steel.

Therefore, the springs used by Marin need to be replaced regularly and oiled frequently. However, springs with chromium-nickel components are not that troublesome.

Fortunately, Marin is not short of whale oil in his hands now, so he can use it open. As for others, he can also use butter, lamb oil and olive oil as protective oil.

Marin made a shock-absorbing carriage and naturally wanted to show off. Anyway, even if others knew the structure, they could not imitate it. Because ordinary iron cannot be used to make springs. Even if it is made, the performance is far inferior.

Since they were all sent to their subordinates, Marin also prepared several vehicles for his good allies, such as John II, Duke of Cliff, Philip, the leader of Teutonic, and Maximilian I, the current political backer in Marin.

So several shock-absorbing carriages and some sealed spare springs were sent to these three places together... In addition, Marin also gave one to his uncle Yule.

In fact, Philip, the commander of the Teutonic regiment, was only in his early 30s and was in his prime. Moreover, as the leader of the Teutonic Knights, he usually rode horses and did not use carriages.

However, Maximilian I and John II, Duke of Cliver, were both older and did not ride much horses and often rode in horse-drawn carriages. It was best to give them shock-absorbing carriages.

However, what Marin did not expect was that this time he kindly sent the carriage, but he fell into a big pit...

The thing was like this. Marin sent shock-absorbing carriages to the head of the Teutonic National Congress, his uncles Yule, Duke of Cliffer John II and Maximilian I respectively.

Originally, several forces were very grateful to Marin for the gifts they sent. But when he was sending the carriage to Maximilian I, he encountered big trouble...

Of course, Maximilian I was not dissatisfied with the carriage. Instead, the poor Emperor was currently being beaten by the Swiss mercenaries so hard that he could not raise his head and could only hide in the fortress to defend the death.

Moreover, Maximilian I also heard about the release of King Louis XII of France and 5,000 elite Swiss mercenaries to fight against him, and was anxious about it.

It was so dying. Marin sent a shock-absorbing carriage at this time. Maximilian I suddenly remembered - isn't Marin just a very powerful thug? You have reinforcements, so do I! Moreover, Marin's record is so brilliant? 10,000 torture more than 20,000 Saxon troops!

You should know that the combat effectiveness of the Saxon army is one of the best in the entire German region, not under the Habsburg family army. Of course, it cannot be compared with the Swiss.

But even if the Swiss take action, they cannot use 10,000 people to wipe out more than 20,000 Saxon troops. At most, they can only defeat and repel...

In fact, it was because Marin chose the battlefield position. If it weren't for the pontoon bridge where the Saxony army crossed the river was destroyed by warships, the Saxony army would have run away.

Thinking of this, His Majesty the Emperor finally got excited. So he asked the knight who came to deliver the carriage to bring a letter back and handed it to Marin. The letter was not the emperor's order, but a request.

Marin is now full of wings and is no longer the little person he used to be. After defeating the Saxony army, Marin became a bad star that no one dared to provoke. Therefore, when the emperor communicated with Marin, he could not be as domineering as before - this is the benefit of holding heavy troops.

When Maximilian I's letter of help was delivered to Marin, Marin felt that it was not a letter, but an extremely hot potato...

He began to regret why he loved to show off so much. Now, because of the carriage, the emperor thought of him and asked him to send troops...

Now Marin is in a dilemma. Send troops. If enemies are surrounded by them, they will easily be taken to the lair. If they don’t send troops, their relationship with the emperor will definitely be broken.

Now that Marin originally had few allies, and if his relationship with the emperor breaks down, he will really have no friends. In the future, if he fights with others, he will easily be beaten up by groups.

You know, although the emperor is cowardly, he is the emperor after all. With the halo of the emperor, others want to beat Marin to some face. Only those who are very strong like Duke Saxony and even make the emperor owe him too much favor can dare to ignore the emperor's face.

If those ordinary nobles dared to join the group beating of Marin, the emperor would give his fiefdom to the nobles in his neighbor's house, and they would suddenly collapse their alliance. Because, in the face of the temptation of territory, some people would take risks. Just like the Duke of Saxony, they took risks for the territory of the East Frieslander.

However, the emperor himself was a pure European and not that vulgar. If it were the Emperor of China, he would have been able to provoke the great nobles to kill each other long ago.

After all, the emperor's edicts are sometimes useless, but sometimes very useful. For example, there is a gold mine near the border between Country A and Country B, which currently belongs to Country B, but Country A is very envious.

At this time, if Country B and the emperor have conflicts, the emperor can give Country A an edict to Country A and clearly give the gold mine of Country B to Country A. In this way, with the edict that is beneficial to him, Country A will take risks and fight fiercely with Country B.

Generally speaking, Country A can ignore the emperor who has no power. However, when the emperor sends an edict that is beneficial to him, Country A will not help but accept it and follow the edict's instructions to seize huge benefits. After all, this edict is very beneficial to Country A.

The so-called princes are separatist forces with heavy troops. When facing the emperor's edict, they usually choose to accept what is beneficial to them and ignore what is unfavorable to them. But as long as they make good use of the conflicts and disputes within the princes, the emperor without power can also transfer the princes to fight each other.

Of course, Marin would not give Maximilian I such a bad idea. Because he himself is now a great prince. If the emperor uses this method, he greatly weakens the strength of each prince and allows the Habsburg family to unify Germany, he will suffer.

After all, Malin himself has always been used to being the boss and is unwilling to be inferior to others. Thinking of the unified China and those great nobles were raised in the capital like pigs, Malin shivered and felt that it would be better to maintain the status quo...

However, the Swiss cannot defeat the emperor. If the emperor loses, the consequences will be serious. Perhaps, the Imperial Parliament will take the opportunity to abolish Maximilian I.

It may not be beneficial to Marin to become an emperor. If Marin's opponents become emperors, they would call on all the princes of Germany to beat him up, that would be miserable.
Chapter completed!