Compared with Marin's good mood, Otto III, Count of Schaumburg, was in an extremely bad mood. This Imperial Conference, originally Otto had a lot of people supporting. However, since that temporary recess, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, who had previously supported Otto III, was silent, and even a large number of Saxon nobles retreated. Then, seeing that the situation was not right, the other nobles all abandoned Schaumburg......

In this regard, Otto III had 10,000 MMPs to talk about in his heart, but he did not dare to say it. Why? Schaumburg is too weak......

As a small country with an area of just over 600 square kilometers, Schaumburg's strength is not worth mentioning. If he wanted to face Marin Gang, he would not dare to borrow a hundred dares from Otto III.

But snakes have snake paths, and rats have rat paths. In Germany, the great powers speak from strength. The survival of small countries mainly depends on hugging thighs and hugging groups.

The strength of a small country alone is not enough to protect itself. Therefore, clinging to a powerful country, or forming an alliance with a bunch of effects to protect themselves, has become their way of survival. But generally speaking, it is more popular to find a reliable powerhouse to hug your thighs. Because, if a group of small countries form a group to protect themselves, they may not be very strong. Even, some alliances of small countries may not be able to defeat a strong country. Therefore, relying on powerful princes is the mainstream way for small countries to survive.

But whose thighs are you hugging? Obviously, the seven electors are all big thick legs. Therefore, behind every elector, there is a group of small princes who beg to hug their thighs. Then, factions were formed. For example, Saxony. The countries of these princes were close to the Saxony territory, and the Elector of Saxony had always looked to the horse; Three Religious Electors, each with a group of bishops of the episcopal state standing behind them; Behind the Elector of Palatine stood a group of princes of small states in the middle reaches of the Rhine; The Elector of Brandenburg reigned supreme in the northeastern part of Germany...... Only the Kingdom of Bohemia, because of its remote location in the southeast of the HRE, was also blocked by Saxon and Bavarian powers, and did not have much border with other small countries. Thus, the King of Bohemia was the least junior among the Seven Electors, but there was also a small group......

In addition, the Habsburgs, as a royal family, were also accompanied by a group of younger brothers, such as many princes of the Swabian League, and George, Duke of Saxony, who had a bad relationship with Frederick III. It can be said that this small group of the Habsburgs was no weaker than any other small group in Germany. Unfortunately, the other small groups formed a larger group, the Princes' Union, because of Maximilian I's ambition to unify Germany. Then the small group of the Habsburgs is not worth mentioning......

In addition to this, some powerful dukes also had their own small groups. The Duchy of Bavaria, for example, did not need to be attached to any group, and it also gathered a group of small princes, which were self-contained. Marin's old friend, John II, Duke of Cleaver, also did not need to be attached to any elector. Because he had already formed a marriage alliance with Wilhelm IV, Duke of Hulich-Berg. The Duchy of Hulich, the Duchy of Berg, the Duchy of Cleaver and the Kingdom of Macbeth are not very strong, but the gathering of the four vassal states is also a force to be reckoned with, and there is no need to hug other people's thighs at all. Of course, John II was not stupid, he made friends with Marin, Germany's number one thug, and was not afraid to use force with others......

Speaking of which, the Shell of Schaumburg is on the edge of the Duchy of Lüneburg, and it hugs the thigh of the Duchy of Lüneburg. However, the Duchy of Lüneburg itself hugged the thigh of the Elector of Saxony. Therefore, the Schaumburg Count is also the younger brother of the Saxon line, no, the younger brother of the younger brother.

(Note: The kingdom of Schaumburg, on the 1648 map of the Shinra dialect, is the kingdom of Lipper.) However, it was the Lipber Kingdom after the merger of the Schaumburg and Lipber Counties, probably due to the lack of heirs and marriages. The original kingdoms of Schaumburg and Lipber were not that large. This picture is in the map of the rise of the European emperor, and you can go to a certain degree of the post bar to take a look. ）

Originally, Otto III also counted on Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, as the "boss of the bosses", to help him save Recklinghausen. After all, although Frederick III's Electorate of Saxony was not good in combat (that also depends on who it compares with, it is certainly not good with Marin), but he himself has a very high reputation among the German princes. It is still very convincing.

Sure enough, although the situation was not good at first, Otto III finally saw some hope. However, when the boss abandoned him, he had to accept the loss of the Recklinghausen area in despair. Therefore, as a country, iron still needs to be hard. It is not safe to count on strong allies. What if your allies abandon you? Leaving one's fate to someone else is ultimately inappropriate. Just like the March and a half of the later generations, why are you desperate to develop an atomic bomb? Not to be in control of your own destiny? Although its neighbors are uneasy, North Korea is emboldened. With the atomic bomb, if you go to talk about peace with people in March and a half, they will treat him as a green onion. If there were no atomic bombs, people would have been slapped in the face if they were begging for peace with others......

Therefore, in the exchanges and wrestling between countries, the big fist of oneself is the last word. If the fist is not big, you can only be a dog. In later generations, even Japan, the world's top rich country, can only be a dog for Lao Mei because it has no fists. Even fighters among local tyrants like Saudi Arabia must kneel and lick the United States......

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Before the crossing, Ma Lin felt very funny about the constant appearance in the media because China's economic aggregate ranks second in the world, and always expresses the feeling of "it is amazing for my country".

If the economy is up, it will still not be able to compete for the position of the boss. Unless, there is a strong force to match. But even in the later generations, even if there was a big explosion of information, many people still didn't understand this truth, and they were always there with emotion and admiration. Of course, this may also be a kind of public opinion guidance.

But in fact, until Marin crossed, Huaxia's army had not been able to become world-class. Even if there is an aircraft carrier, it is second-hand goods from the last century. The J20 that was blown into the sky, the engine turbofan 15 is a joke...... Let's put it this way, J20 is a martial arts master with a heart condition......

Therefore, until Marin crossed, Huaxia was still scolded by Lao Mei, and the treasure island was still divided......

Therefore, after the crossing, in this life, Marin developed the military frantically, and was not even willing to abolish serfdom or engage in parliamentary cooking. Why? Because that would affect the country's combat power. In these dangerous times, there's nothing more reassuring than having a sword in hand...... The Prussian route is the preferred choice of Marin, what dish to boil and nourish oil, first step aside......

The ancients said that "the poor are rich in martial arts", why should the rich learn martial arts? It's very simple, no matter how rich you are if you don't learn martial arts, it's easy to be robbed...... The poor have nothing to worry about, so they can study literature with peace of mind......

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Coincidentally, both Marin and Otto III returned from the north. In a small town, the two teams happened to meet. Otto III glared at Marin with an expression of longing to eat Marin. But Marin didn't care, and proudly measured his fist at Otto III - look, a fist the size of a casserole, are you afraid?

Of course, Otto III was afraid, so in the end he couldn't help but didn't dare to turn his face, who called Schaumburg's fist too small......