This era is the age of the aristocracy after all, and when the nobles are united, even if the Duke of Württemberg Ulrich is the monarch, it will be difficult to parry.

Coincidentally, at this time, Marin arrived in Württemberg with a large group of men and horses and a large amount of food, ready to receive the population......

In the previous rebellion, the Duchy of Württemberg captured a total of 27,000 intact peasants, plus more than 3,000 wounded. Later, thousands of high-ranking members of the rebel army were hanged in public. Also, Chapman and four others took another 500 people. In addition, only half of the more than 3,000 wounded survived, but only a little more than 1,000 were still in good health...... In other words, now in the hands of the Duke of Ulrich, there are only 26,500 healthy prisoners of war of the peasant army.

In fact, if there were no 5,000 Beihai soldiers in the army of this suppression, it is estimated that most of the 3,000 wounded would have died. After all, there were no military doctors in the army at all in this era, and there were no first aid means. It was with 5,000 Beihai soldiers and three medical teams sent with the army to help, that half of the wounded peasant army were recovered. But nearly 500 of them were seriously injured and could only save their lives, not recover their health. Among them, the most classic injury is a gunshot wound caused by lead bullets. This kind of damage has a wide range of damage, and it also carries lead poison, which is very difficult to treat. Many unlucky people who were shot in their limbs had no choice but amputation. And these lead bullets are basically caused by 1,500 musketeers in Mali, 5,000 people in the North Sea Country...... Therefore, of the 1,500 wounded who recovered, only those in their early 1,000s could fully recover, and many of those who could not fully recover were missing arms and legs......

Although the Duke of Ulrich was quarreling with the nobility in the country and fighting for the inheritance of the dead nobles, the disposal of those prisoners of war did not stop. Because, Duke Ulrich arranged all these matters to be handled by low-ranking officers who were not nobles. Although these people are also children of nobles or descendants of nobles, they have lost their aristocratic status. The competing interests between the upper echelons have nothing to do with them. So, they can do things with peace of mind. Anyway, they also have leftovers to share afterwards......

Marin's fleet first arrived at Karlsruhe, an important river terminal on the Rhine in the north of the Duchy of Württemberg, in the north of Badenberg, where it landed. Marin left part of the army to guard the food supplies on the ship, and he set out from Karlsruhe with some cavalry to Stuttgart, the capital of Württemberg. At this time, Karlsruhe was not the capital of Baden, and the capital of the Metropolitan Republic of Baden was Baden-Baden. Moreover, Karlsruhe did not even build a city. The city was only built in the 18th century. Later, because of the excellent transportation conditions, it replaced Baden-Baden as the capital of Baden.

But Marin, as a traverser, naturally knows the importance of Karlsruhe. It is the edge of the famous Black Forest in southern Germany, and from there you can reach the Duchy of Württemberg by crossing a Black Forest to the east.

Therefore, although the Baden people had not yet discovered the superior conditions here, Marin chose to dock the fleet here, and built a number of temporary long bridge piers here to facilitate transportation.

Baden had objections, but Marin sent a bag of gold coins to Christopher I, who was short of money at this time, and then Baden ignored Marin. Anyway, Karlsruhe at this time was still a poor country, and Marin was not losing money by building infrastructure there in order to receive the population of the Duchy of Württemberg. Not only can you receive a benefit fee, but you can also use it as a trade point in the future.

However, unlike Karlsruhe, which was closer to the Black Forest in later generations, Karlsruhe on Marin Lane was completely a pier on the Rhine, which was convenient for transportation.

Subsequently, Marin led part of the cavalry from Karlsruhe into the Black Forest, through the forest, to Stuttgart.

As he walked through the Black Forest, Marin was filled with emotion. Because, the Black Forest is the place where he secretly hunted and made a fortune. At that time, he took Karn and Kohler all the way through the Black Forest to poach, firing a shot to change places, making it difficult for the lords who wanted to drive him away and confiscate their prey to catch up with him. It was the poaching experience in the Black Forest that allowed Marin, who had nothing, to obtain a start-up capital of a few hundred marks, and later, with this money, he recruited a group of mercenaries and opened the road to the king of mercenaries. Without poaching experience in the Black Forest, it would have been difficult for Marin to quickly stand out as a general. Perhaps, which prince's account is still under the tent at this time, and it will be a middle-level officer if he dies......

In the blink of an eye, 20 years have passed. At that time, Marin was only 16 years old. Today, 36 years old......

Halfway through, Marin bought a bow from Orion's house at a high price, intending to look back on the fun of hunting. And Karn, the head of the bodyguards who accompanied him, also dismounted like a fool and went on foot to drive the prey to the place where Marin was ambushed......

But the end result made Marin very depressed - a large herd of red deer, and Marin only shot two......

This is also a very helpless thing, Marin has not touched a bow and arrow for almost 20 years. Since becoming the leader of the mercenaries, he has never hunted with a bow and arrow, and his archery skills have dropped several notches. Moreover, the hunting bow used by hunters is not of good quality, and Marlin is not used to it......

Either way, this imperfect hunt was a great pleasure for both Marin and Karn......

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By the time he arrived in Stuttgart, the Duke of Ulrich had been forced to frown by the alliance of nobles. Originally, he wanted to swallow most of it, leaving only some soup for the nobles. But as a result, now that the nobles are united, they actually plan to leave only a small part for him......

Seeing Marin, the Duke of Ulrich almost burst into tears:

"Grand Duke Marin, they all say that you are scheming...... No, it's resourceful, help me figure it out! ”

Marin suddenly had black lines on his head - you are scheming, your whole family is scheming......

But he still suppressed his anger and helped Duke Ulrich find a way......

After thinking about it for a while, Marin suggested:

"In this case, you first tell me how many of the hundreds of nobles who were killed, how many were barons, how many were other titles, and how many were knights......"

After listening to Duke Ulrich's explanation, Marin was shocked and said:

"Lord Ulrich, of these hundreds of nobles, only 13 are barons?"

Seeing the Duke of Ulrich nodding, Marin was speechless;

"In that case, then still talk about Mao? You don't have hereditary knights in your country, do you? Let's take over the 87 knights' manors to the principality. A knight is not a hereditary title, and you don't have to say hello if you take back those estates! ”

Duke Ulrich hesitated:

"However, under normal circumstances, if the next generation of knights can pass the knight assessment, they can also inherit the knight's fiefdom!" This is the rule of the European continent, as long as the next generation of knights can appear knights who have passed the knight assessment, the general manor can be inherited. However, this is not protected by law. Because, in general, the knighthood in Europe is not automatically hereditary, and needs to be confirmed by the feudal lord.

Marin rolled his eyes and said:

"That's just convention, but now that the children of those knights are dead, and they still inherit an egg? You speak directly to the nobles - there is no legal saying that a knighthood can be inherited by a relative other than a son. So, those 87 knights' manors, you take them back first! ”

Duke Ulrich slapped his head suddenly, he had been confused by the nobles before. The baronial title is protected by the inheritance law, but the knighthood has no inheritance law to rely on, it is completely up to him! It's a shame that he still quarrels with the nobles for those knights' manors, it's really stupid......

Later, Marin helped him analyze the issue of the baron's succession. Marin found a problem, that is, the 13 barons who were killed had more than 130 manors under their names, and the average number of manors in each baron's family was more than 10...... The knight's manor is basically one for each family.

In other words, these more than 200 aristocratic estates, the real big heads, are still the manors of the baron's family.

At present, the most joyful nobles are actually only more than 30 barons in existence. As for the other hundreds of knights, they are basically their supporters.

Marin thought about it for a while, and directly asked the Duke of Ulrich to send the hundreds of knights to the mission in the name of suppressing bandits. Those knights were nominally thugs of the principality, and it was only natural that Chapman's rebel army was resurrected at this time, and it was only natural to send them to pursue them. If they disobeyed, the Duke of Ulrich could simply depose them as knights. There are only more than thirty barons, which is a little more difficult to deal with. Because, the baron cannot be easily deposed unless most of the nobles agree......