Chapter 527: Poland-Lithuania's Proposal Team
Marin is not a fool, after going back and thinking about it a little, he understood that the other party was pretending to be dizzy. Moreover, this is also the best choice for the other party.
However, this pretense of dizziness also comes at a price. For example, Frederick III pretended to be dizzy, not only to deceive Marin, but also to deceive the princes. Otherwise, Frederick III would have been collectively despised by the princes.
Europe is still in the age of barbarism, and violence is celebrated. Therefore, it was obviously a shame to avoid a duel by pretending to be stunned in the eyes of those barbaric princes.
Therefore, Frederick III pretended to be dizzy, not only to avoid himself, but also to avoid the princes of the city. If someone sees that it is a fake fainting, it will be very embarrassing, and it will also lose a lot of powder......
According to the general situation, Marin estimated that the next day, Frederick III, who was pretending to be in a daze, would find an opportunity to announce that he had "woken up". Then, continue to stir up trouble in the city, speaking ill of yourself in front of the princes.
Therefore, Marin intends not to give the other party this chance......
How? It is to take people to challenge Frederick III every day and ask for a duel. The other party had no choice but to continue to pretend to be dizzy. And once Frederick III pretended to be dizzy, he would not be able to appear in front of the princes in the city, and he would not be able to discredit Marin in front of the princes in public.
For if the princes saw Frederick III speaking ill of Marin alive and not fighting, they would have despised him strongly.
So, early the next morning, Marin took his men and horses to challenge Frederick III.
Marin picked up yesterday's red woman's pants with an oak riding gun, shook it vigorously under the city, and then, loudly "invited" Frederick III out of the city to a duel, or put the woman's red pants on his head......
Frederick III, who had planned to "get better" and "wake up" today, was so frightened that he continued to be "sick in bed" and did not dare to come out and jump. Because, once you come out and jump, you have to face Marin's duel invitation......
As a result, the people who ate melons found that Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, who fainted yesterday, was still lying in bed today and could not come out. This is really not good news for the melon-eating masses who are looking forward to a wonderful duel.
Only a few experienced nobles saw Frederick III's plan. It stands to reason that Frederick III's handling of this matter was very clever and spicy. However, he met a Marin who didn't play his cards according to common sense. On the first day, he was dizzy, and the next day he came back, as if he would not let go of the other party if he didn't PK, so that Frederick III couldn't "wake up" now, so he could only continue to nest in bed despite the heat. If you come for a few more days, you will probably be able to cover the prickly heat......
But in the next few days, Marin was like an addiction, and he came to challenge every day, forcing Frederick III to come out and jump at all, and he couldn't plot countermeasures with everyone.
The weather in August was the most humid and hot, but Frederick III, under the pressure of Marin, could only lie in bed and pretend to be sick. He felt that he might not only be covered with prickly heat, but also with hemorrhoids......
While watching Frederick III's jokes, several treacherous and cunning nobles had to admire Marin's goblins, and it was really rare to force Frederick III, who was good at scheming, to this point. But the problem is that Frederick III is 42 years old and has a lot of experience. And Marin, who is only 27 years old, is so cunning as a fox......
How did they know that Marin counted the 28 years of age in his previous life, plus the 11 years after the crossing, he was almost 40 years old. Although he was not as gifted with intrigue as Frederick III, he had too much knowledge and stratagem in his mind in his previous life. Coupled with the insight and knowledge that was hundreds of years ahead, Frederick III did not fall behind.
It's just that Marin's background is a shortcoming, and he has always been rejected by traditional aristocratic circles. Even if Marin is really the bloodline of the Brock family, the traditional ruler family of East Frysia, the Brock family was regarded as barbarians by the German nobles back then, and was not allowed to enter the imperial princes' court, Marin, as a descendant of the Brock family, naturally did not enter the eyes of those traditional nobles. It was precisely by virtue of this that Frederick III, the representative of the traditional aristocracy, was able to suppress Marin in the Imperial Diet.
Marin also knew that his reputation and background were far inferior to Frederick III, so he desperately tried to find a way to fight the other party's reputation. For example, this time, if you duel, you will duel, and what is it to find a red pants worn by a woman? They also ask each other to wear a ...... on their heads
Frederick III was so frightened that he pretended to faint, but Marin still didn't let go, and came to challenge every day and beg for PK. In desperation, Frederick III had no choice but to lie in bed and pretend to be sick every day. In other seasons, it wouldn't be so bad to be in bed. But it's August, the hottest and wettest season. In the era when there was no air conditioning, lying in bed on a hot day was never enjoyable, but sinful......
Just as Marin was doing his usual business and begging for a duel outside the gates of Worms, a large contingent of diplomats arrived from the east, a team of proposers sent by the King of Poland and Grand Duke Alexander of Lithuania......
Leading the team was the Foreign Minister of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Beresky, which is nothing, and the princes of Worms have not met the Foreign Minister, and the emperor has seen it many times.
But the problem is that this Beressky is too pompous. He came as soon as he came, with a full three thousand plate armor knights behind Mao? Is this a visit or a war? And that's not even counting the six thousand squires brought by the three thousand plate knights. The entire team added up to more than 9,000 people in total, almost tens of thousands......
The Archbishop of Mainz personally welcomed Bereski into the city and gave him a warm reception. The banquet was solemn and attended by many princes. After all, if you don't look at Beresky's face, you have to look at Alexander's face.
Who is Alexander? That's the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania! Perhaps the King of Poland or the Grand Duke of Lithuania alone could only be considered on the same level as the Elector. But the sum of the two powerful countries is almost the same as that of His Majesty Maximilian I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, only slightly lower. But in terms of influence and real power in the country, it even surpasses that of the emperor Maximilian I.
Therefore, without looking at the face of the monk and looking at the face of the Buddha, the princes all warmly entertained Bereski. Moreover, some princes even planned to temporarily borrow the 3,000 plate knights and 6,000 knight squires brought by Beressky to counter the 10,000 troops brought by Marin to facilitate negotiations.
But after three rounds of drinking, as soon as Beressky spoke, all the princes present were stupid......
Why? Beressky engaged in such a big battle, not to show off his strength, but only to propose marriage......
That's it, but it's not good for him to propose marriage to anyone, so he has to propose marriage to Marin...... This...... Isn't that embarrassing everyone?
Moreover, this product will propose marriage, and also brought three thousand plate armor knights. Including the attendants, he brought almost 10,000 people over, didn't this give Ma Linzhuang a boost?
Marin had already brought 10,000 troops, plus nearly 10,000 horses from Beresky, how could this negotiation proceed?
As a result, the banquet, which had a harmonious atmosphere, suddenly became dull. The faces of many princes were full of sadness, and they couldn't drink any more wine......