Chapter 1494: Duke of Pampas
If William's birth had been in the second or third year of Caesar's birth, then Marin might not have been too excited about Caesar's arrival. Just like the illegitimate Robert, Marin doesn't feel very deeply.
However, William gave birth to William 11 years after Angela gave birth to Caesar. During this time, Marin and Angela waited for 11 years. Coupled with the change of mentality before and after going to the Ming Dynasty, Marin was very happy about William's birth.
To celebrate William's birth, Marin ordered the army to fire a 21-gun salute. At the same time, Marin held feasts at various intersections of the city of Aurich, feasting the people of the city to eat and drink for free.
In addition to feasting the people of the city, Marin also ordered his brother's manor to add meals to the serfs to celebrate the birth of the second prince. Of course, adding a meal is actually just adding an extra salted fish to the serfs' meal.
Salted fish may be rare in landlocked Germany, but Marin, who plays a role in the Newfoundland fishing grounds, does not have too much in his hands. Marin has decided to add 100 medium and large fishing vessels to the Newfoundland fishing grounds, using winch trawls for fishing in the Newfoundland fishing grounds. In addition, Marin intends to add 20 whaling squads, professional whaling, to provide ample whale meat and whale oil.
It is foreseeable that there will not be too much fish in the North Sea in the future. In order to make the fish taste better, Marin plans to set up a canning factory on the island of Newfoundland to produce canned fish with sauerkraut. Sauerkraut from the North Sea and freshly caught marine fish, with ginger slices and chili peppers, are used to make canned sauerkraut fish for the local market.
This time, with the help of William's birth, Marin added a meal to the people, which can be regarded as a warm-up. When the Newfoundland fishery expands, everyone will get used to eating fish regularly.
At this time, the Newfoundland fishing grounds, except for Marin's fleet, were local Indian fishermen with very low catches, and there were no other competitors at all. Therefore, in front of Marin is an endless catch. Even after the annexation of 8 vassal states, the total population of the Beihai State was only more than 2 million. Even if three meals a day are full of fish, it is far from enough to eat the catch of Newfoundland's fishery.
In addition, Marin also took advantage of the birth of William to curry favor with the citizens of the newly annexed 8 vassal states. Although salted fish is not a rare thing, Marin can still buy some people by giving them a few meals for free. With this celebration, Marin also hopes to ease relations with the people of the eight newly annexed vassal states. For this reason, in the 8 newly conquered vassal states, Marin's salted fish was distributed not only to the estates under his own name, but all of them, in order to curry favor with the locals.
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Subsequently, Marin also gave Prince William a grand infant christening ceremony. The standard of this baptism ceremony was very high, and the Bishop Taylor of the North Sea Kingdom did not get the opportunity to baptize Prince William. Because, Marin sent a carrier pigeon to Italy, inviting his ally, the future Pope Leo X, who is now Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. Archbishop of Medici. And, Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici also promised to become William's godfather.
Now, maybe people don't realize something. But wait a few years later for Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. If the Medici becomes pope, then William will be very popular. The godson of the Pope, that's the status that can walk sideways in Europe......
In fact, William's brother Caesar was also baptized by the Pope that year. Well, Caesar was baptized by the current Pope Julius II, who was in exile that year......
However, considering that Caesar was the grandson of Julius II, Julius II did not accept Caesar as his godson. After all, the two are different. If your grandfather accepts his grandson as his godson, he will be laughed at. However, because he is the current pope's baptismist, Caesar still has his own halo.
And his younger brother William was even more awesome and recognized the future pope as his godfather. Although Caesar is the grandson of the current pope, this relationship cannot be made public. And William's godfather, the future relationship can be made public...... In the future, if there is a conflict between the second generation, William can completely shout - "My godfather is the Pope, you dare to touch me?" ”
Of course, Marin doesn't want William to grow into such a second commodity in the future. But this aura, even if William himself doesn't talk about it, others will know it. As for those who don't know, they can't stand William. Because, William must have a group of thugs around him to protect him. Unless, William, like those stupid second generations in the TV series, secretly ran out without guards. For this kind of person, Marin feels that it is not a pity to die......
The emperor's private visit to Weifu also brought thugs. Kang Mazi's private interview with the national teacher not only brought thugs, but also Yu Shilong, a big man with soldiers, nearby. When encountering danger or apportionment, Yu Shilong will appear with a large group of people. That's the right way to open it, as for the kind of ...... that deliberately dodges the guards and runs out It's normal to be dead...... Not dying counts as good luck......
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On the night of the baptism, 11-year-old Caesar lost sleep......
The next day, Caesar asked Marlin with dark eyes:
"Dad, you made such a big show for William, are you going to hand over the Beihai Kingdom to William in the future?"
Marin was stunned:
"Why do you think that?"
Caesar said aggrievedly:
"You betrothed me to Margaret, clearly to make me king of England. So, the position of Grand Duchy of the North Sea, do you plan to hand it over to William? ”
Marin laughed and touched Caesar's head. Instead of answering Caesar's question immediately, he asked rhetorically:
"So, are you reluctant to give Beihai Kingdom to your younger brother?"
Caesar squirmed for a moment, then said:
"It's a bit reluctant, after all, Beihai is where I grew up. In my eyes, Aurich is better than London...... I don't feel at home in London, but in Aurich I feel like home......"
Marin also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart - he didn't just want to kill his brother like those spoiled babies in later generations......
In the 21st century, there are many bear children in China. After their parents gave birth to a second child, they were afraid that their favor would be robbed, and some even had the idea of killing their younger brother......
Marin didn't want his son to become such a vicious bear child, and the temptation just now also made him breathe a sigh of relief. It turned out that Caesar was just reluctant to leave his lair.
Ma Lin, who breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said:
"Don't worry, my little Caesar, the North Sea Kingdom is still yours. It's just that I'm going to give a big chunk of the American colonies to your brother, are you okay? ”
Caesar shook his head again and again, and said:
"I don't mind, as long as it's not local, I have no opinion!"
Marin then brought a map and pointed it out to Caesar:
"Now, this is it, thousands of miles away in South America. I intend to make William Duke of the Pampas, and give the Pampas Steppe to William. ”
Caesar looked at the map of the Americas and blinked, and said:
"Just give such a small piece of space? Will my brother be upset? ”
Marin laughed and said:
"No, this Pampas grassland is several times the size of the North Sea Country. If it weren't for the fact that Taiyuan is far from the hometown and the management is inconvenient, I may not be willing to give it to him! ”
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