The millions of coins and goods from the auction arrived in Emden and were transshipped overland to Aurich. At this time, Simon came over with a salivating face.

"Brother, I want to go to Ukraine to take office!"

Marin glanced at Simon and said speechlessly:

"What? So eager to fight? ”

At this time, the voice of old Hoffman suddenly came from the door:

"It's not that he is eager to fight, it's that we ask him to become a Ukrainian count sooner rather than later. In this way, it will be convenient for us to find him a princess wife! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw old Hoffman and Lady Mary come in.

Simon is not young anymore, he is already 31 years old, and the old Hoffman couple are dying in a hurry. A few years ago, news came from New York, the Americas, that Albert's wife, Maria. Gust had already given birth to a daughter for him. At present, the young couple is already planning a second child. However, Simon, the third brother who is two years older than Albert, is not married yet, can the old Hoffmans not be in a hurry?

Speaking of which, this is also the pot of the old couple. Who told them to make Simon marry a princess? If the standard was low, find a young lady from the baron's family, and it would have been done a long time ago.

However, this is the obsession of old Hoffman, and there is no way. After all, marrying a princess is a very long-faced thing. The Hoffman family belonged to the nouveau riche and was looked down upon by many old nobles. Of course, if Marin, a genuine prince, wants to marry, some princesses are willing to marry. But the problem is, Marin is already married! So, the old couple can only count on Simon and Albert. But in order to be the governor, Albert chose a young lady from the baron's family as his wife early. So, in the end, the burden fell on Simon's shoulders......

But although Simon is Marin's younger brother, his identity is not very noble. If you are a baron, it is not uncommon for the princess of the vassal states to marry. Nothing else, the drop is ......

In this era, it was not easy for European princes to marry princesses. Why? The mortality rate is too high......

As for how he died? As mentioned above, dystocia and death ......

In this era, when a woman gives birth to a child, it is a gamble, and the mortality rate is as high as 30 percent...... Oh no, sorry, that's the mortality rate in medically developed China, and in Europe it's a little higher, close to forty percent......

And the princesses of Europe generally marry in their teens and get pregnant when they are minors. Then, have a baby...... How dangerous is it for a little girl to have a baby? That mortality rate naturally went up......

But the kings and nobles of Europe could not be widowed, and they must continue to be widowed. Then, they'll renew a princess as queen or duchess or something...... This is a big nobleman with the right to inherit, and those princes who have no right to inherit are more miserable, and they have to wait for these heirs to be selected......

Why? Other princesses also have pursuits. Don't go to be a queen and duchess, and give you a prince with no real power as a wife? Dreaming, right? Only if there are no suitable kings and princes to marry, will those princes who have no inheritance rights be considered. Moreover, it has to be a prince who has mixed up with a good fiefdom...... Even if it is to be a successor to an elderly king and prince, it is better than a wife to a prince who has no inheritance rights......

Therefore, the princes of Europe who have no inheritance rights are generally embarrassed. It stands to reason that they should also marry the princesses. However, the princesses don't look down on them......

Originally, there were not many princesses, but because the mortality rate of dystocia was too high, many dukes would fill the throne as queens or duchesses. As a result, there are few options left for princes who do not have the right to inherit.

Many poor princes, because their younger sons could not find a suitable princess to be a wife, or could not afford to pay for a wife, simply let their younger sons, who had no inheritance rights, become priests. Of course, because of his status as a prince, he can generally mix with a little bishop or something.

Hoffman Sr. was not so religious and only wanted his sons to marry and have children. Therefore, Simon avoided the fate of becoming a monk. However, the family expectation of "marrying a princess" must be carried......

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Originally, the old Hoffmans were desperate for Simon marrying the princess. After all, this year, the princess is not worried about getting married. Moreover, the Hoffman family is a nouveau riche, and it is not uncommon for many old nobles to marry the Hoffman family.

But Marin wanted Simon to go to Ukraine to be a count, which suddenly greatly increased Simon's hope of marrying a princess......

The reason is very simple - Simon has become an earl, that is, a great nobleman, no longer a prince with no future and no inheritance. Even if the Hoffman family is an upstart, people will recognize it. Not the Hoffman family, but the count's crown that Simon will wear on his head......

Although it is more dangerous to go to Ukraine to be a count, who is Simon? Marin's brother! And who is Marin? German military upstart, a strongman whose military strength ranks among the top in Germany. If Simon goes to Ukraine, can Marin not give military support? So, safety is guaranteed.

In this way, Simon's marriage problem opens up the situation. Recently, there have been great nobles willing to negotiate Simon's marriage, and there is more than one. Mainly, they heard that Marin was going to make Simon a Ukrainian count. When her daughter marries, she is a countess, and she has face when she says it.

However, the object of the negotiation was put forward - I hope that Simon can get the title of Count of Ukraine as soon as possible, and preferably, when his own girl marries, his identity will immediately be a countess......

After all, marrying Simon before he became an earl is completely different from marrying after becoming an earl. married Simon before he became an earl, and the wife of the prince can only be regarded as marrying the second generation as a wife, which is not very glorious. The point is, there is no title halo on the head......

But if you wait for Simon to become an earl and marry again, as soon as he marries, he will have the halo of "countess" on his head, how much face will he have when he says it?

Among them, there is one of the most sincere that makes Marin just want to say one thing about MMP...... Why? Because the most sincere of this family is John II, Duke Cliffor of the Lamarck family......

John II had a daughter named Anna, which is not the most important. The most important thing is that this Anna was born in 1495 and is only ...... this year Hey, I'm 18 years old......

You know, this Anna is 7 years older than Caesar. The last time I visited the Duchy of Cleaver, Anna called herself "Uncle Marin", and in the blink of an eye, Anna became her younger brother and sister? This huge shift made Marin just want to say a few more MMPs......

However, the old Hoffmans were most satisfied with this Anna. Why? First, the Lamarck family is Marin's allies and belongs to "their own people"; Secondly, Anna is 18 years old this year, and she is in the best years of a girl, not too big or too small; In the end, it is Hoffman's own problem......

What is Hoffman's own problem? This starts with the origin of Hoffman Sr......

Previously, Hoffman the Elder was a knight of the Counts of Mark, and a vassal of John II, Count of Mark. According to the Manchu dynasty, the elder Hoffman was originally a coated servant of the Lamarck family......

As a result, it's good now, the "master" of the year actually wants to marry the eldest lady to his stupid third son...... Old Hoffman felt like he was being smashed by a huge pie falling from the sky. Can you think about the situation when the son of a "clothed minion" can marry the eldest lady of the master's family? Right now, that's how Hoffman Sr. feels in his heart......

Therefore, even if the princesses of other families are not bad at all, or even better, they can't shake the determination of old Hoffman, the former "coated" knight, to make the eldest lady of the original master family his daughter-in-law......

No, in order to let Simon marry the eldest lady of the Lamarck family as soon as possible, the old Hoffmans accompanied Simon to put pressure on Marin......