Chapter 143: Mass Wedding
After publicly signing a treaty that allowed Dietmarshin autonomy, Marin was finally freed. www.biquge.info It's just that this freedom didn't make Marin too happy. Because, in front of 15,000 subordinates, he lost face once, which greatly reduced his prestige.
Previously, Marin had the impression of being invincible. However, this time, he was actually captured by life, which was too much of a blow to his prestige......
In order to find himself under the stairs, Marin ceremoniously introduced his brother Cage to his subordinates, and instigated Cage to compete with his generals.
As long as Cage defeats his own men and makes everyone realize that "it's not that he is incompetent, but that the enemy is too strong", then Marin's face will look better.
Cage was smart enough to seem to be able to think of Marlin's thoughts. However, when he first joined the Marin Army, he also needed to establish his prestige so as not to be underestimated. Therefore, he does not reject this kind of competition, and even plans to play it well.
Then the officers under Marin were cupped......
Sauer and Cage went head-to-head, but they didn't react, they were subdued by Cage's move and were skillfully knocked unconscious......
Marin hurriedly explained to his subordinates:
"See? This guy is so fast, it's so fast that I don't have time to draw a gun......"
Stader stepped forward, but he couldn't survive a single move, and was subdued and knocked unconscious by Cage using the same technique......
Schwartz, under full attention, managed to make two more moves, but was still knocked unconscious by the subdu......
It was Karn's turn, who was also a fierce general, that the fight became exciting......
Karn was a power-type master, not very fast, but he was not satisfied. At least, much faster than Marlin. Cage's fast break, although it made Karn a little embarrassed, resisted it.
Cage's strength is not comparable to Karn's, but it is very agile in his movements. He swirled around Karn, whether he had a cold. Karn was so engrossed in it that he was able to block it.
However, Marin had also practiced, and he could see that Cage was fighting around Karn like this, and his physical consumption was much greater than Karn's. After a long time, Cage will eventually lose at the hands of Karn due to his lack of physical strength.
But this time, Marin asked Cage to challenge his generals in order to help him find the stairs. If Cage had been defeated by Karn, he wouldn't have a good look on his face. So, Marin hurriedly came forward to play a round and said that the two sides were tied.
After the challenge ended, the little disdain that the onlookers had for Marin dissipated. Because, they saw Cage's metamorphosis with their own eyes. If you change it to yourself, it's also a trick to be knocked unconscious......
Moreover, Cage was able to draw with Kahn, which really shocked those martial arts enthusiasts in the East Friesian army. You know, Karn is a pervert who has never lost to anyone in a heads-up fight. Even, some people can't do it if they want to draw with it. Cage can fight Karn to a draw, and he can definitely be called a pervert. It doesn't seem to be a shame to be caught by a pervert......
Marin was very happy to see that his goal had been achieved. However, he intends to further distract everyone, so that everyone will not always talk about the disgraceful history of his "capture".
After much thought, Marin decided to immediately fulfill his promise and give about 16,000 singles to the army a mass wedding in the city of Schleswig.
These over-energetic big-headed soldiers, if they go to their wives, where will they still focus on themselves? When the time comes, they'll be busy making villains......
In order to hold the wedding smoothly, Marin sent more than 3,000 soldiers who had been married to the northern border and replaced them with those single soldiers. Then, in the barracks outside the city of Schleswig, those single soldiers began to look for the Danish girl they had stolen according to the marks on their vests......
It was a very complicated job, and those big soldiers, who were basically illiterate, went to find their daughters-in-law, and had to bring the clerks to help, and check the camp divisions according to the roster.
Marin was a lazy man, too lazy to build new houses and ceremonies for his men. So he simply had people outside the north gate of Schleswig tear down some of the houses that were in the way and build a huge square.
At the same time, the women of the Duchy of Schleswig were arranged to create 16,000 sets of wedding dresses using the white cloth in Marin's hands. As for the flowers in the bride's hand...... Roses are not enough, so replace them with wildflowers......
It's summer, and wild flowers are everywhere, so just pick some of them and tie them together with rope to become a bouquet of flowers. Of course, it can also be tied into garlands......
As for wedding rings, Marin organized silversmiths from all over the Principality of Shileswig to crack open some silver coins and begin to create the simplest silver wedding rings. Although it is said that the silver content of silver coins is not high. However, those big-headed soldiers still dare to find fault with gold and silver? It's nice to have a wedding ring. Only those officers would take out some of their personal possessions and ask silversmiths to help them make gold wedding rings.
However, the sewing of wedding dresses and the creation of wedding rings are so slow. It can be difficult to equip every couple with a wedding dress and a wedding ring.
After about 10 days of work and a lot of manpower, everyone only managed to make up 5,000 wedding dresses and 4,500 simple wedding rings......
In desperation, Marin gave up the plan to let the 16,000 newlyweds swear to get married together, but divided the 16,000 couples into three waves and swore to marry together in the square.
When the first wave of couples gets married, they take off their wedding dresses and rings and give them to the next group of people......
The clergy of the whole Duchy of Schleswig were invited to the square and led the newlyweds in the reading of the oath......
Of course, the group wedding organized by Marin was not a purely religious wedding, but mixed with a lot of private goods......
Ma Lin remembered that in that special era, young people got married and did not worship heaven and earth, high halls, or gods and Buddhas...... Rather, he swore an oath to the portrait of Taejo...... Tie the knot......
For medieval Europeans with a low level of education, Marin thought this trick was quite good, so he applied it......
In the square, his portrait was hung high......
Of course, Marin didn't dare to steal the limelight from God. Although, newcomers need to swear allegiance to themselves. However, it is only after the oath to God that the newcomers are allowed to swear allegiance to their image......
On the day of the group wedding, Marin suddenly felt extremely painful when he saw thousands of couples swearing allegiance to the portrait of themselves hanging high in the square after swearing an oath to God......
In fact, Marin himself stood behind the high platform. Is it better to swear allegiance to himself than to look at a portrait? But Marin was not so confident after all, and dared to run to the stage to accept the pledge of allegiance of thousands of new couples...... So, let them swear allegiance to the portrait...... When you come to the stage yourself, it seems that you will be shy...... After all, he is a little thin-skinned, and he is not a qualified politician......