After two days in Oldenburg, Marin returned to Aurich with Adler. And the sister-in-law Liv, because she was pregnant, did not follow the large army, but waited for the spring carriage to be ready, took the shock-absorbing spring carriage, and slowly rushed back to Aurich, so that she could find the two imperial doctors Mozhigen and Battle to diagnose, and then raise the fetus in Aurich for childbirth.

Along the way, Marin and Adler talked and laughed, and they looked like brothers, friends, and brothers...... Abu ...... It's like a brother and a brother. After all, now that Marin is the king and Adler is the minister, it is natural that Adler is respectful to Marin.

Adler is almost 30 years old and much more sensible than before. He understood that his brother, from the moment he became Baron Texel, threw him off from afar. Moreover, everything he has now is given by his younger brother. Otherwise, with his ability, he will become an official knight in the country of Mark at most, serving the Count of Mark. However, John, Count of Mark, who is also the Duke of Clifford, usually lives in the Principality of Clifford and basically does not come to Count Clifford. Adler just wanted to be appreciated, but he didn't necessarily see the monarch himself.

The older he gets, the more clear Adler is that his younger brother Marin is much better than him...... This strength refers to the mind, not the body and martial arts. In terms of martial arts, Adler can finish abusing Marin. But in terms of mind, ten Adlers can't catch up with Marin......

Adler had complained before, saying that why he didn't inherit the wisdom of his mother, Lady Mary, and only inherited his father's body, like Marin, which seemed to be useless...... Then, he was beaten up by the angry old Hoffman......

Of course, Adler, while not smart, was not a fool either. Although his wife Liv is also very arrogant and has no scheming, her father-in-law, Knight Hamler, is not stupid.

As an old knight who has lived for decades, every time Knight Hamler visits his daughter, he will warn Adler to respect his younger brother Marin in the future. After all, Marin is the king, and Adler is the minister. Over the years, Adler has remembered this.

So, along the way, although the brothers rode side by side, talking and laughing, Adler became much more respectful. Even on horseback, he was a little behind Marin.

Marin was also keenly aware of this, but didn't say anything. This kind of thing, he is not easy to speak, it is better to go with the flow. Now, the eldest brother himself realizes it, and he is happy to see it. In the future, there will always be a difference between the monarch and the minister. The boss could have realized it early, and it saved him from hinting and reminding.

The distance between Oldenburg and Aurich was not far, and the next day the army reached the east gate of Aurich.

Here, Angela, as the hostess, personally took the lead and opened the gates of the city to welcome Marin's triumph. Standing next to Angela were the old Hoffmans and East Friesian Prime Minister Jeffrey.

Everyone's faces were beaming, as Marin's family and subordinates, Marin was good, and they naturally followed suit. If Marin is defeated, maybe they will be unlucky. So, the happiness and laughter on their faces, it is all real and natural.

In addition, it was naturally the families of those officers who came to greet Marin and the soldiers together. When a husband or son is away on an expedition, the most worrying thing is naturally their relatives. They flocked to the gates of the city, craned their necks to look, hoping to see their husbands or sons alive. And what they fear most is the bad news that their husbands or sons have been killed.

Fortunately, Marin's expedition ended in a complete victory, although the total casualties were several thousand, but under the advanced medical means, most of them survived, and in the end, less than 1,000 people unfortunately died. Of course, it was mainly ordinary non-commissioned officers who died, and the officers basically survived, and only one company commander had a broken left arm and had to retire later. And the family members who are qualified to stand at the gate of the city today are naturally the families of the officers. Except for the family member of the company commander who had a crippled left arm, who was crying and grieving, everyone else was full of laughter.

You must know that in this era of war, it is really not easy to survive many battles. Therefore, mercenaries also like to follow the victorious generals and like to win battles. Because, winning a battle means having a better chance of surviving. And the last thing the mercenaries want to fight is the harshest urban offensive and defensive battles. That kind of battle is basically to fill the ...... with your life

Of course, the soldiers under Marin, although they served under Marin in the early days in the name of mercenaries. However, it is clear that Marin trained them as regular soldiers and raised them as regular soldiers. In addition, many people's families were brought to East Friesland. So, they were all mercenaries at first, but now they are all regular troops under Marin.

As a soldier under Marin, their families live very well under Marin's rule. Not to mention the officers, in addition to the salary, there are also some grange distributions. With Marin's fertilizer supply, although the fields of the Grange were not much, they were abundant, so that the officers' families could live at the level of moderate prosperity in this era.

As for the ordinary soldiers, if they brought their families to East Friesland, Marin would also arrange for the families of those soldiers to be in his own manor. Although the identity is still a serf, he has the identity of a military dependent, and his status is very different from that of ordinary serfs.

What's the difference? The treatment given by ordinary serf estates was to give them enough food, and then they were given a small amount of clothing, that is, enough to eat and wear. Of course, this kind of treatment, in the eyes of serfs in other countries, is already considered very good. Many serfs in Germany were generally only half-fed. Being able to eat enough is definitely considered happiness. As for the clothes, the serfs must have been dressed in tatters.

But in East Friesland, Marin is more like a hired farm. Those serfs, as long as they work hard, will definitely be able to feed the whole family. Moreover, all the bread they eat is brown. Although Kohler bread is mixed with a small amount of grass bran, the taste does not affect too much. At least, it's much better than that grinching baguette mixed with dirt and stones.

The treatment of ordinary serfs is good to look at. And the families of soldiers on active duty are treated better - as military dependents, the families of soldiers are eligible to receive a certain amount of salted fish for free from the steward of the manor every holiday. At the same time, every time the season changes, the whole family can receive a set of clothes. Although it is simple, it also envies ordinary serfs to the point that it is not good. Because, ordinary serfs were only issued two or three sets of clothes a year. As for the children's clothes, ordinary serf families basically wore them after changing their clothes from adults to wear them in tatters, and there were many patches.

In military families, not only adults often have new clothes, but also children. Therefore, in ordinary estates, apart from the children of the stewards, the children of military families are the widest - they have new clothes to wear......

In addition, Marin is also vigorously developing the cattle industry and intends to engage in dairy farming. If it reaches a certain size, all the children of military families will be supplied with milk. Of course, because the number of white cows is still small, they can only supply the children of the nobility. But with the development of the dairy farming industry, sooner or later it will be able to supply the children of military families.

In addition, in civil disputes within the estate. Those in charge will also obviously favor military families. Unless, the military family has done too much. Under normal circumstances, those civil disputes are the fault of both parties. In this case, the steward directly stood on the side of the military family, which made ordinary serfs envious, jealous and hateful......

Of course, as a price, those soldiers need to die for Marin. This time, there will be thousands of military families who have lost their loved ones.

However, the preferential treatment system established by Marin for military dependents is very perfect. Military family members whose husbands or sons have died in battle are still treated as military dependents. Even, better than ordinary military families. The families of those who died in battle, like those who were judged to be martyrs in later generations, were treated preferentially. Children are also raised on the estate, and priority educational opportunities are also provided......

So, in East Friesland (oh no, it should be called the Grand Duchy of the North Sea now), being a soldier was definitely a profession that ordinary serfs envied.

It's a pity that Marin has requirements for the soldiers - don't be brave if you don't ...... Therefore, most people can only envy it......

But in fact, they were also the envy of serfs in other countries - it was definitely a heavenly day to be fed and clothed......