Although the old Hoffman's posture has been lowered very low, the princes are still unwilling to let go of the Grand Duchy of Beihai easily. Why? Your special meow's combat effectiveness is so strong, and destroying other vassal states at will is simply destroying social order! The most important thing is that Marin is also the horse boy of Emperor Maximilian I......

Actually, the latter reason is the most important. As for the destruction of the country, it was not unusual for the princes, who themselves had done such things. However, if you have the strength to destroy the country easily, or the horse boy of Maximilian I, who intends to unify Germany, this is a big problem. What if Maximilian I's Habsburgs completely unified Switzerland and left their hands free to unify all of Germany?

Therefore, most of the anti-imperial princes, after discussion, came to the unanimous conclusion that: first, the Habsburgs must not be allowed to completely occupy Switzerland; Second, it is absolutely necessary to suppress the North Sea State, and not let it fight for the Habsburgs. Therefore, the princes sent a second group of emissaries, demanding that Marin swear in the name of God that he would never help the Habsburgs in a war to unify Germany. At the same time, the army of the Grand Duchy of Beihai was required to be regularized, and it was no longer allowed to accept foreign employment at will. If you really need to accept an employment, you need to get the approval of the Imperial Diet...... If the Beihai Kingdom does not agree to these two conditions, the countries may form a coalition to jointly crusade against the Beihai State......

Old Hoffmann was taken aback, he was attacked by the whole of Germany, and that was not for fun. Even if the North Sea Country is strong, it may be planted. What's more, there are now 20,000 troops in the North Sea on the side of England.

In desperation, the elder Hoffman had no choice but to say that the Beihai countries must carefully consider the opinions of various countries. It's just that it's useless for him to swear, he needs to wait for Marin himself to come back and personally reach an agreement with the countries.

In addition, in order to give an explanation to the countries, the elder Hoffman imprisoned Schwartz, who had just returned home with the army. Of course, this is for all countries to see, and Schwartz also knows it and cooperates. Moreover, Schwartz's loyal subordinates were also greeted without making a fuss.

Of course, this is only one aspect. Old Hoffman is not stupid, he imprisoned Schwartz only to gag the mouths of the countries. However, it is useless to show weakness by light. If it is merely a show of weakness, it will only encourage the arrogance of the enemy. Therefore, while the elder Hoffman imprisoned Schwartz, he let more than 10,000 people who had returned home (and several thousand more go to take over the country of Mackbo), and the original Third Army Corps, left the camp outside the city, stationed in several important cities, and began to build temporary fortifications......

That's not all, the 20,000 people selected by Marin from the serfs before were almost trained at this time. They also received orders to put on white and black cross vests and enter several major cities with tools...... The reason they came to the city was that the city was dilapidated and they had come to repair the walls......

Among them, 20,000 people were directly stationed in the capital Aurich, assuming a posture of going to fight a defensive war......

The envoys of various countries looked at it - mother, Aurich alone, the Beihai country has poured in twenty or thirty thousand people, and countless grains have been transported. It seems that the other side is ready to fight a protracted defensive war......

Beihai Kingdom's behavior of showing off his muscles while admitting cowardice made many princes have scruples after all. So, they just continued to shout and did not take further action. Eventually, the princes came together again to deliberate, and the result was that if Marin returned he would swear in the name of God not to help the Habsburgs unite Germany, and promise not to lend troops and horses again (they were actually worried that Marin would lend troops to the Habsburgs by the same means). However, this cannot be said explicitly), and they renounce the use of force; If Marin refused, they said that they would not be able to form an alliance to fight the North Sea State......

In fact, the princely leaders, including Frederick III, also knew that the vassal states present were indeed able to gather an army large enough to defeat the Grand Duchy of Beihai. However, they may not really be able to win against each other......

Why? Because the alliance of princes can win the Beihai Kingdom, but theoretically. But in reality, everyone has their own ghosts. If the armies of the vassal states are all brave and not afraid of the excessive losses of their own troops, it can be said that the defeat of the Beihai State is certain. But the bad thing is that everyone may not be willing to work hard...... After all, none of the princes here are fools. If your own army is exhausted, your vassal states will have to be slaughtered by others......

Therefore, it is theoretically possible for the alliance of princes to defeat the Grand Duchy of Beihai. But in fact, because of the disunity of the people, they may not really be able to defeat the Beihai Kingdom.

If it really forms its coalition and fights the Beihai Kingdom, it will be fine if it wins. If you lose because of the disunity of the people, it will be terrible. At that time, the Beihai Kingdom will be a great power and become the absolute leader of Germany. And at that time, the defeated coalition will be completely scattered. If Marin takes the opportunity to expand, everyone will have no ability to resist...... Perhaps, a more formidable power than the Habsburgs will emerge in Germany......

Moreover, looking at the posture of the Beihai Kingdom, it seems that the other side has long been prepared for a long-term siege. However, the vassal states were not prepared at all, and if they sent troops casually, they might not be able to win......

Therefore, Frederick III and several other princes' leaders deliberated that as long as Marin was forced to swear, it would be fine. After all, in this era when Protestantism has not yet risen, no one dares to break the oath taken in the name of God casually......

Moreover, several princely leaders believed that Marin, who was now a great prince himself, had no reason to help the Habsburgs unify Germany. Because, if the others are finished, Marin will follow in their footsteps......

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And just when the whole of Germany was discussing Marin, Marin, the protagonist, had already arrived in the Americas and landed in Sydney Harbour on Cape Breton Island......

In Sydney Harbour, Marin was warmly welcomed by all the officials and citizens of Cape Breton Island. In addition to the governor Garand and a group of colonists sent by Marin himself, the English immigrants who emigrated here were also grateful to Marin. After all, when they were dying of starvation, it was Marin who reached out to them in their most desperate moments, immigrated them to Cape Breton Island, and provided them with shelter and food, so that they all survived. And now they're doing well......

Of course, it is also these English people who are relatively simple. If they knew that the civil war in England was secretly provoked by Marin, and even the ransacking of the northern counties of England was the idea of King James IV of Scotland under the pseudonym, these Englishmen would probably be eager to break it to pieces......

However, the news that "the English Civil War was provoked by Marin" is not known to many people in the world. And those who know are all Marin's absolute henchmen. Therefore, Marin did not have to worry about being torn to shreds by the angry English......

In the face of the warm welcome crowd, Marin learned the posture of the leaders on TV in later generations, smiling and waving his right hand to everyone, attracting loud praise from the people. You know, in this era, the nobles didn't bother to look at the commoners at all. But Marin was able to wave at them, even if it was pretending, it was enough to make the people very excited......

In fact, the masses present did not know that this was just the most ordinary routine. is like what a star said privately in later generations - when they see fans, they will reflexively smile and wave their hands...... But in reality, he didn't pay attention to any specific fan at all......

However, those fans don't think so. They'll be wishful thinking — oops, idols smile at me, it's so kind...... But in fact, "the idol smiled at me" or "the leader smiled at me" is just a big illusion in life, just like "he (she) likes me", one of the three major illusions in life...... People's smiles are just professional habits, or even a conditioned reflex......