Chapters

# Chapter 1: Unlucky Wandering Knight

Items mentioned to have: Knight Lance, War Horse(Carl) with wooden horse armor, Gothic Breastplate & Helmet

The Huffman Family (German Knight Family) sent their second son Marin to join Holy Roman Emperor’s call for mercenaries. But unexperienced Marin gets deceived by the guards in the name of Tolls leaving him broke. In desperation he tries to hunt in his armour but for 2 days, At last the hungry Marin falls off of his horse trying catch a mare and faints to death.

This is where Li Lang, The Ultra Nationalist and Chinese Supremacist took over Marin’s body.

# Chapter 2: Survival 1

Items mentioned to have: Copper Pot

Marin eats grass roots to satiate temporary hunger and decides to Hunt.

Quest obtained : Join Mercenary band under Maximilian I.

# Chapter 3: Hunt

Items mentioned to have: Small Knife

Cutting some branches with Knife, he dug near streams for 3 Pit-traps and slept the night at back of Monastry’s Haystack with his horse. Later morning when he inspected found first 2 empty and last trap with male Red Deer.

# Chapter 4: Meat cheap wheat expensive

Brings Red Deer to nearest City of Bonn under Archdiocese of Cologne (Hermann IV of Hesse). But the Entry Tax is 2 Finneys for a person and he’s still broke, So he sought to sell his 20 Finney worth knife but only got 8 Finneys in the Peasant Market outside the city. Entering the City he had to pay 4 Finneys since Red Deer is considered big luggage. So proceeding inside the City he found a Restaurent and sold the Deer for 1,100 Finneys (800 for Meat + 300 for Head decoration)

# Chapter 5: Take a bath

Finneys : 1,100

Marin stayed in a Hotel for 10 Finneys a day and bought 2 sets of Linen clothes for 30 Finneys (15 per set). Spent 6 Fenneys for Dinner (Black bread and roast goose) and slept.

# Chapter 6: Riding and shooting is a technical job

Decides to go to Vienna which is 800km or 1,600 miles away from Bonn. With less than 1,000 Finneys and the Daily cost of himself and Horse Carl is 15 and 10 Finneys. He decided to hunt on the way but he is only familiar with English Longbow which was secret for a long time. So he bought a recurve bows and tried to hunt on the way but failed to hit anything for a week.

# Chapter 7: I received two attendants (on)

He arrived at Württemberg kingdom but still hasn’t learned horseback archery. Since hunting was not profitable, he returned to his Pit-traps instead. Bought an Iron spade shovel for 10 Shillings and dug deep traps in the Black Forest.

The day later when he returned, he found a wild boar and killed it after 6 arrows. He found 2 rabbits and a tall man in his trap. The tall man when woke up was afraid when Marin offered 10 Finneys for him accidentally falling on his trap which he rejected and started apologizing. He calmed after some coaxing and introduced himself as Kahn looking for small prey for stew for his ailing mother.

The Mother sentiment hit the spot so Marin asked him to carry the boar to Kahn’s home for wages so Kahn agreed and they eventually arrived at Kahn’s house, a wooden hut.

# Chapter 8: I received two servants (below)

It turned out that Kahn’s mother got ill recently but thanks to his father being Carpenter, they had decent savings to cure her. The illness left her weak and herding 3 other Kahn’s siblings was hard so in order to make stew for her Kahn ventured into the Black Forest but instead became a prey under Marin’s trap.

Arrving at Kahn’s house he tasked Kahn to cook the boar but realizing the crude method of this era he decided to cook himself making Stir fry out of the boar and using animal fat as alternative for oil.

Marin recruited Kahn and Kohler after a small interview of their skills.

# Chapter 9: More people and more power

With the help of Kahn’s father Zimmerman, Marin builds a wheelbarrow for kahn to carry horse armour and other items.

During their travels Marin attempted archery but this time without mounting, luckily he found a deer herd and took down a red deer albeit it was smaller than the last earning him only 800 Finneys. He also hunt down two hares which went into bellies of Kahn and Kohler.

Watching Marin’s tactic, Kahn wanting to also make a lot of money tried archery but it wasn’t for him. Instead Marin devised a strategy where he shoots while Kahn drives herd to ambush spot. It was successful and he made 1,800 Finneys.

Marin bought a Calf after this for Kohler to travel. They continued the hunting tactic till they reached Danube River. At this point Marin had made 100 marks and converted them to gold.

# Chapter 10: The emperor has not yet recruited

Marin ordered a commission from a blacksmith to make a flexible armour and a cavalry knife. Also bought spears for the brothers.

At one time Kahn slew a Boar with the spear when Marin couldn’t react from his cavalry so Marin bought a bull cart for Kahn.

Finally arriving at Vienna, Marin learns that no recruitments has been made by the Holy Roman Emperor yet and he won’t until for 3 months.

# Chapter 11: Come and talk and go

Due to 80 Fennyies a day in Vienna’s hotel, Marin returned to Black Forest to get more finance, Eventually he decided to return to Huffman Family and by the time he reached Mark County, He had amassed 500 Marks.

# Chapter 12: Huffman Estate

Marin returns to his family, Lies to them that he gave his money to a Ascetic Priest instead of the truth that he got scammed.

# Chapter 13: Disciple

Marin explains that he got enlightened by the Priest called “Einstein” and upon inquiry he gave example of the knowledge by showing Cattle taming and nose rings.

# Chapter 14: Oriental plow

The Huffman family followed Marin’s idea of spiking the bull’s drinks and taming them with nose rings. He also introduced “Oriental Plough”, an alternative to inefficient Saxon Heavy plough. Due to this introduction the family immediately sold 15 of their horses and bought 15 cows. The Huffman kept their technology as secret.

# Chapter 15: Promote bathing

Marin took bath everyday at the worry of the supersticious family. Eventually convinced all his family members to bath.

# Chapter 16: Rectify environmental sanitation

Marin made more reforms in Huffman estate, He instilled the habit of washing & changing clothes, washing hands before eating, making people to poo in the toilets instead of middle of the roads by creating penalty. He also told serfs to dump shit in pits for saltpeter.

# Chapter 17: Going to have a cat

Annoyed by rat menace, marin wants cats but they are considered evil and only available location are East Frisian fishing area so Marin goes there and catches a 5, also recruits 4 Frisian fishermen families to employ them to fish from the Ruhr river.

# Chapter 18: Turned out to be a coal mine

With help of boat-builders, Marin built 6 Tonne capacity boat and Sampan with awning for the fishermen. With inland fishing secured, Later discovers coal in Huffman’s barren hilly area.

# Chapter 19: Coal mine operation

In Cologne, they made a deal with an agent called “Wright” by bribing him 50 marks and agreed to sell coal per contract for 2 Shillings per Charteon. Marin recruited 5 skilled miners from old mines by offering 4 shillings and for rest of work force a dozen serf men were selected for mining.

News arrived that Charles VIII of France has led 37,000 troops into Italy.

# Chapter 20: Pick attendant

Marin recruited 3 strong men (Sauer,Tara & Garland) and made Kohler quartermaster. One of the selected men, Sauer told Marin of Schwartz, a bankrupt knight for recruitment. Marin recruited Schwartz after paying off his debt of 50 marks. Schwartz's father Quinnley appointed to oversee coal mining operations of Huffman Estate.

# Chapter 21: Start again

Marin equipped leather armour, iron helmet, Spear (similar to M35 steel helmet) and armoured horse for his men and started training them.

Since Kahn was unfit to use Spear, Marin equipped him with mace to train him. Huffman family gave marin 300 marks, making Marin’s finance to 800 marks. 600 marks was deposited in Hanseatic Business League. They hunted Boars for training on the way.

# Chapter 22: Lost

Marin and his group of 7 (Marin, Kahn, Kohler, Sauer, Tara, Garland & Schwartz) arrived at Vienna. But he learnt that the emperor recruits only 500 Knights and 5,000 Pikemen. And this recruuitment was made by trials and Marin lost the knight trial.

# Chapter 23: Self-organized mercenary regiment?

Marin decided to recruit 100 people for the next round of recruitments by the Emperor.

# Chapter 24: Pull people

Marin used his family crest to recruit 80 civilians to formally form the Huffman Mercenary Regiment.

# Chapter 25: "Artifact" straw shoes

After getting Legal recognition of his Regiment, He started training his army north of Alps to small town called Robach. Noticing barefeet of 20 people under his regiment, taught everyone how to make straw shoes but oh them only 8 learnt properly including Kohler. Marin assigned these 8 people to make straw shoes for everyone.

# Chapter 26: Quenching training

Trained his troop to distinguish right and left by using shoe on one foot and bare feet on other. He also trained them using spear stabbing.

# Chapter 27: Recruit a batch of archers

Recruited 20 Archers outside Vienna.

Year : 1495

# Chapter 28: Stubble

Trained his army for emergency gathering to face night attacks. He also bought 40 engineering spades for digging trenches and earthen defences.

# Chapter 29: Nasty Allegiance Pledge

Uses fake name of Marin “Von” Huffman and equips 100 men army with uniform made of white cloth and black cross. He made his regiment make swear of allegiance of SS soldiers of Hitler.

# Chapter 30: Make a telescope

Made Telescope with inferior green glass since clear glass haven’t been invented yet. He made one of his serfmen Sauer to train as scout with Telescope.

# Chapter 31: Apply again

Charles VIII has invaded Naples, Venice and Papal states sought the help of Maximilian I. Second round of recruiting has started.

# Chapter 32: One more time, I like to listen

At the arrival of Maximilian I, Marin eager to impress, cut the lines and showed the Emperor fruits of his months long training of modern military discipline. With the same discipline, he also swore oath of allegiance in unison which definitely impressed the Emperor to the point he asked to do it again.

# Chapter 33: Officially become a knight

After Marin literally kissed Emperor’s Boots and much more praise followed, Much to the surprise to marin, the impressed Maximilian I knighted Marin on spot.

# Chapter 34: Raging Spear Infantry

Marin’s Regiment and Swiss Lancers had a trial battle.

# Chapter 35: Acting square chief

Emperor made Marin acting chief of 1,000 men troop.

# Chapter 36: Personnel arrangements

Assigning responsibilities for his Phalanx.

Total Men : 1,100 (1,000 Spearmen, 100 Archers)

 Schwartz Lange

First company under Schwartz while rest under Knights of Count Hohenzollern.

# Chapter 37: The establishment of the Holy Alliance

The Holy Roman Emperor gathered 1,000 heavy cavalry and 10,000 Infantry to prepare against the French

# Chapter 38: League

Coalition formed to defeat the french, Maximilian I appointed as commander of the coalition.

# Chapter 39: Night battle training

Knowing of french retreat, Marin trained night battles.

# Chapter 40: Charles 8 withdraws north

Charles VIII learning of Coalition and already infested Syphilis in Italy decided retreat.

# Chapter 41: Seek to act alone

Maximilian I was stuck in imperial parliament and Count Alfred who was leading the interception army of 15,000 (11,000 Germans + 4,000 Italians) didn’t march south after arriving at Italy. Since the French would be leaving, anxious Marin bribed the count by robbing local venitian border marched alone to ambush French Army.

# Chapter 42: Ready to work

Marin arrving at Parma bought 500 engineering spades in nearby town to dig trenches blocking the French retreat. Hearing Fornovo headed northwest

# Chapter 43: Battle begins

Learning that the Italians and French are near, Marin prepared the ambush site, Kohler used his hundred men to force 1,000 people in nearby village to move stones uphill at the ambush site. Marin used the same villagers to dig the river bank to flood the road, they initially unwilling since flood will also consume their manor but were forced nevertheless

# Chapter 44: Ambush (Part 1)

After the battle of Kosovo, Abandoning their swiss allies, The French escaped.

# Chapter 45: Ambush (middle)

Marin made the villagers carry 2 torch each to fake the numerical strength.

# Chapter 46: Ambush (Part 2)

Charles VIII’s army took the mountain path which was barely 10 cavalry wide. Their movement was slow and it took midnight for them to reach the ambush point. Marin’s army launched attack, fist by barrage of arrows, stones rolled from the mountain to prevent their escape. Count Flare (Fryer) of French Army marched uphill to fight the ambushing party but were attacked by rocks and stones thrown by Marin’s men from uphill. Count Fryer himself miraculously survived with a broken leg. Under Charles VIII’s order Count Matthews (Tour) investigated the front and found that there are no enemies blocking but bunch of traps.

# Chapter 47: Charlie 8 runs away

Under Charles VIII’s order Matthews opened a path in front. With enough space for one horse, eventually 2,000 cavalry including Charles VIII and his friends got to the otherside. But when they heard Marin’s Artillery signal (Typical way to signal due to loud noice) they were afraid and let Count Flare (Fryer) to hold the back and promised to redeem upon capture by surrender.

The weakened Fryer already ailing from broken leg lost rest of his confidence when he say torchlights carried by the villagers.

# Chapter 48: Make a fortune!

Upon Marin’s promise that French will not be hurt if surrendered peacefully, French without their King surrendered.

French Casuality : 2,000 Warhorses, 4,000 regular Horses

Spoils of War : 2,000 Warhorses, 3,600 regular Horses.6,000, Plate Armour

Surrendered : 4,000 French

The Nobles were treated with care, The loot were hidden in a secret location before 1,000 men under Marin and 1,000 villagers carrying loot left directly to the North.

# Chapter 49: Temporary "Expand"

Marin forced more Italian villagers to act as his expanded Army, a thousand rioted and left leaving Marin with 3,000 Italians including original 1,000.

# Chapter 50: private trade

Marin sold 2,000 French for 1 million gold coins, 1,000 war horses with horse armour for 1,00,000 gold coins and 3,000 Armour sets for 1,50,000 gold coins (50 ducat each) to Venitian government.

The Knights of Count Hohenzollern were bribed to keep it secret and made to lie as if Venetians came to the aid. Of the 1.25 million gold coins, 500,000 received in cash and rest were in the bank of Venice.

# Chapter 51: Stunned emperor

Marin returned to the coalition under Count Alfred same time as Maximilian retuned from his court in Worms. Told of the fake story of venetian joint ambush on the French.

# Chapter 52: Baron Texel

Where the Holy Roman Emperor makes Marin Baron of the Island of Texel

# Chapter 53: The team is gone

Of the 1,100, 700 left leaving only 400 with Marin.

# Chapter 54: Syphilis Report

Marin informs of Syphilis to Maximilian who makes a declaration prohibiting use of prostitutes.

# Chapter 55: Typified by trees

Maximilian spreads Marin’s deeds to attract soldiers.

# Chapter 59: Desolate castle

Coming to Donborg. Texel, Marin meet with Priest and inquired about the land before claiming the Castle

# Chapter 60: Adobe house

Marin went with 400 troops and bought the 800 ugrams of land owned by other nobles with 15,000 gold coins.

# Chapter 62: Briquettes

Teaches to make Briquettes out of pulverized coals from the coal mines.

# Chapter 63: I pack the briquettes!

Wiggins Chamber of Commerce refused to buy Briquettes so Marin decided to bought them, He rented a transport ship from Wiggins Commerce for transport of said briquettes to Texel. But it was also a probing by Marin to find dissatisfied sailors and to rope them to himself.

Year : 1496

# Chapter 65: Firewood stove

Marin goes to german region to recruit serfs. Later ships 500 (1,900) families to Texel.

# Chapter 66: Cooperation

Stuck a deal with Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to sell 3 shillings per quart.

# Chapter 67: One thousand quarts of refined salt per day

Cooks first batch of salt with 20 Cauldrons. Brings and settles blacksmith families to make tools and tills 800 Eugrams + spreads shit on fields despite protests of peasants.

# Chapter 68: Fentian

Marin reclaimed 2,200 Eugrams of arable land. Distributed 2,000 Eugrams to his soldiers (5 Eugrams each).

# Chapter 72: Renown

Hearing Marin’s story many knights arrived at Vienna but returned since he couldn’t afford to recruit them.

# Chapter 73: Trade sanctions

Charles VIII of France announces Trade ban with Barony of Texel. Marin sent an apology letter and included information on Syphilis.

# Chapter 74: Recruiting Frisian fishermen

Marin sent local Frisians to recruit mainland Frisians.

# Chapter 75: Franz Berg

Several young Knights came to learn from Marin, Many left but few stayed including Heidel Lehmann who was made into Mayor of Donborg. He also met with George Flenzburg, Father of German Mercenaries and tried to recruit him.

# Chapter 76: Recruit cattle

Giving Noble’s respect Marin changed mind of George to work for him.

# Chapter 77: Preparation for the Spanish Pentagon

Prepares to find smiths to make armour of Spanish square matrix.

# Chapter 78: Set up a nitrate officer

Present population in Texel : 6,000

Sets up Nitrate collectors from centralized public Toilets to produce Nitrate for Gunpowder.

# Chapter 79: Harvest season

Harvest was better than germany’s average thanks to all the BS bragging by the Author.

# Chapter 81: Fish scraps

Marin announced that all fish scrap be collected for Phosphate content.

# Chapter 82: Formal formation

Where Jewish merchant helps assign Italian buisness to get Spanish Musket.

# Chapter 83: Coast Guard

Marin who sent out sources of atillery found a Artillery Caster in Sussex called Johnson whose Iron cannons are known in history so Marin quickly recruited them with high wages.

# Chapter 84: To build a shipyard

Immediately after Johnson family’s arrival, he built cannon workshop and imported Sussex pig Iron for Production.

Later sent Jewish merchants to find shipbuilders Portugal.

# Chapter 85: The emperor was blackmailed

Maximilian I who received 1 million ducat had to pay half to his relatives.

# Chapter 86: Edict of the pope

Pope announces prevention of Syphilis after informed by Maximilian I.

# Chapter 87: Unlucky columbus

Columbus was targeted for the Syphilis.

Year : 1497

# Chapter 89: News of Competition

Simon Huffman learns of a Knight match for a Knight’s daughter as prize, tells this to family.

# Chapter 90: Liv Hamler

Adler who saw the daughter was completely infatuated.

# Chapter 92: Be stung

Alder lost a duel in a bar against an experienced Knight called Mavis.

# Chapter 93: Plot competitors

Convincing his brother, Marin sets up plot to disable or ruin performance of Mavis for the Competition.

# Chapter 94: Desired

Adler wins the tournament again weakened Mavis.

# Chapter 95: conspiracy

Charles VIII plans to kill Marin by turning Frisian nobles against Texel.

# Chapter 96: Borrow a knife

Frisian Nobles were asked by the French to attack Marin.

# Chapter 97: Wedding preparation

After Alder’s wedding date is set, Marin was interested in Bituminous coal in Hamler’s estate.

# Chapter 98: Texel attacked

Invading Frisian forces :

3,000 men (200 Heavy Cavalry + 400 Heavy infantry and rest are infantry)

6 War ships (3 with 100+ tonnage remaining 3 less than 100 tonnage)

Artillery : 80 guns (six pounder) and 40 Fran Bronze

Texel Forces :

400 Infantry

Defence Artillery : 8 12-pounders

Initial Stage at Tholencher

Bombardment of Artillery exchange between the Port and the warships

Frisian Losses : 41 men

Texel Losses : 3 men.

The Frisians temporarily stopped their advance and looking for other openings such as Oudeschild port.

# Chapter 99: Hard fight (on)

The Frisians attempted a force landing ignoring the bombardment. Of which 180 succeeded in landing. But they faced a row of 100 Musketeers from defensive positions and lost.

# Chapter 100: Struggling (Part 2)

In Oudeschild realizing the absense of bombardment, Frisians successfully landed 2,700 troops.

After reinforcements, the original garrison of Oudeschild soared from 250 to 700 and formed a Tercio.

The initial charge by 100 heavy cavalry were crushed by musket volleys but the light rain that followed prevent further musket shots giving courage to 200 heavy infantry to attack the Texel forces but still thwarted. The Texel forces without musket fire could only defend.

Overnight Franzburg gave musket captain Steindoof to go to Denborg and save the 1,000 war horses. He also instructed him to move the salt cookers and the cauldrons to Tholencher port.

The next day the Texel army held on against onslaught of Frisians who were thinning the Texel forces with javelins. And the next day Franzburg ordered retreat early in the morning.

# Chapter 101: Confrontation and looting

The Frisian Army waking to find missing Texel army marches forward into Texel. They try to seize Denborg but their artillery was unusable and the muskets could fire them.

The Frisian army looted the grainery, ransacked the villages and abducted frisian families back to Frisia.

# Chapter 102: Where is the reinforcement?

Marin when received the news of invasion proceeded the marriage nevertheless.

# Chapter 103: Go to Switzerland

Marin hired 3,000 Swiss mercenaries for twice their prices.

# Chapter 104: "Wei Wei saves Zhao"

Marin decides to siege the capital of Fresian aristocratic republic, Groningen.

# Chapter 105: Friesland retreats

Surrounding Groningen, Marin lets first messenger to pass but intercepts all further messengers making the Fresian nobles anxious.

# Chapter 106: Hansa Messenger

Hanseatic envoy threathened Marin of trade sanctions so Marin made concession to not siege Groningen.

# Chapter 107: Where is the ambush?

Marin is looking for a spot to ambush Fresian army. Decided Mahlam town to be the spot.

# Chapter 109: Long Street Ambush (Part 2)

The Fresian commander realized something wrong with the town so Marin had to prematurely start the ambush even before the Nobles’ carriage made into the city which gave them time to escape.

1,000 surrendered, 500 died

# Chapter 110: Night Attack Harlingen

120 cavalry and 800 light infantry escaped with the Nobles.

Marin learning of ships rest at Harlingen sent night ambush troops. During night ambush one of the ships which was being repaired escaped during the night attack.

# Chapter 111: Enclose Leeuwarden

Schwartz let the 5 war ships to bring abducted and original Frisian to Texel. In return he ships were used to bring 1,000 troops under Franzburg from Texel to join the battle against Frisians. Since there is no second army, Only 200 men were let to guard Texel.

Franz took off ship artillery and took it to Leeuwarden and started bombarding the gates.

# Chapter 112: French shot

Denier the French Envoy unknown about the drastic change in Frisuan side arrived at Frisia and met one of the escaped Knight who told him of the situation. Stunned at the french involvement, he decided to talk with the Swiss directly to persuade them.

# Chapter 113: The Swiss are gone

The Swiss relented after strong negotiations by Denier and with the promise of double pay left the battle.

# Chapter 114: Cede

Marin and the Nobles dragged time in the name of negotiations offered by Baron Denier. Finally they agreed on giving Ameland and Schiermonnikog islands to Marin plus 10,000 gold compensation while Marin will return prisoners after Spring Plowing.

# Chapter 115: Buy Island and Baron Walden

Marin and the Frisian Aristocrats signed the Armistice, Marin can recruit fishermen, Since some families resisted, Marin sent his troops to abduct 3,000 fishermen back to firisia.

Marin went to Vienna and bought Vlieland and Terschelling for 10,000 gold coins from Emperor.

# Chapter 116: Pensions and shows

Marin went to Stuttgart, Wuttenburg to visit the families of the dead, issuing them Hero certificates and giving them 20 gold coins as compensation to their families.

# Chapter 117: Picked peaches

While Marin was recruiting mercenaries in Wuttemburg, Duke of Saxony made agreement with Maximilian to claim Friesland.

# Chapter 118: Development islands

Marin recruited 1,250 mercenaries for new phalanx from Wuttemburg and Alcase. He recruited 2,000 more serfs in Ruhr area. Bought 500 cattles to reclaim 1,000 acres of land in Teschelling.

Due to sudden increase in population, Marin faced food shortage so in desperation he allocated 20,000 to help fishermen buy boats so that they could fish to feed the population.

He bought alfalfa seeds to be planted for pasture for horses. Since the Frisians ate the british sheep Marin bought, he sent to buy some again.

# Chapter 119: Get money in Venice

Due to lack of liquidity, Marin goes to Venice to withdraw his money.

# Chapter 120: The venetian

Venetians tried to exchange goods beyond 2,50,000, so Marin bought 50 glass workers, 200 shipbuilders and 10,000 gold worth of stained glass.

# Chapter 121: Stunned and taken away!

Venturing to Milan Marin abducted Da Vinci.

# Chapter 122: Lemon leaves

On the neighbouring Genoa, Marin bought lemon leaves to make lemon tea.

# Chapter 123: Zorro? Columbus?

Marin met drunk Columbus and recruited him to tail Vasco da gama

# Chapter 124: Raiders of Rome

Columbus reminds Marin of the treaty with pope and suggest buying permit from Borgia family.

# Chapter 125: Caesar Borgia the Greed

Marin bought trade right from Caesar Borgia at overpriced rate.

# Chapter 126: Xiaomi cannot recruit, brother has not graduated

Marin tried to recruit Michelangelo but he serves Holy See of Rome so that he refused. In University of Bogna Marin met copernicus who wanted to decide after graduating.

# Chapter 127: Saved a beautiful girl

Marin encounters Angela Rovere from Borgia murderers.

# **Chapter 129:** Karak sailing ships arrive

2 Karaks arrived, Colombus about to leave and pursue Vasco da gama.

# Chapter 130: set sail

Marin gave solar cooker, lemon leaves and Telescope with clear glass before columbus left.

# Chapter 133: Frisian changes master (on)

Duke Albrecht of Saxony besieged Groningen with 10,000 troops

# Chapter 134: Frisian changes master (below)

Saxon merchants and a merchant named “Meyer” used their guards (260) to open East gate for the Saxon Army but the frisian aristocrats escaped using the west gate. With Groningen captured Saxon duke proceeded to go west and sieged Leeuwarden.

Frisians made calls to Lubeck, Hanseatic capital but their calls were ignored.

# Chapter 135: Angry Marin

Marin sent messenger to Frisian nobles to pursue the help of Duke of Gerdeland who also had interests in Friesland.

# Chapter 138: Thunder

Kohler found a family who could act as Angela’s family. A bankrupt Knight family, The Nelsons agreed only after paying his 60 gold debt and to make their daughter Tess as Marin’s maid (Mistress). Marin paid 50 gold above Nelson’s debt.

# Chapter 139: Pick up family for vacation

Marin returned to Huffman Estate and invited their family to Texel, When leaving Marin stole his mother’s documents in relating to her hereditry of East Frisian lord.

# Chapter 140: Showdown (on)

Inviting to Texel and introduced Angela, Marin then forged his mother’s documents.

# Chapter 141: Showdown (medium)

Marin exposes his willingness to claim East frisia to his family.

# Chapter 142: Showdown (below)

Family accepts and Adler waives his inheritence on East Frisia in exchange for a Barony in Lyle County.

# Chapter 143: Go to Spain

Goes to spain by land, first goes to Italy.

# Chapter 144: Everything is ready, only the sick

After arriving Naples, takes a boat to spain and after learning Prince is not in Barcelona. He gathers ingredients for Broncholis.

# Chapter 145: Bet

Marin who was not allowed to meet the prince secretly met with the princess to cure the princess. When the prince’s father arrived Marin made a contract to get America’s colonies in-exchange for saving the prince.

# Chapter 148: Prince Philip

After returning to Mark County, he met with John II to suggest his brother Philip to be appointed as head of Teutonic Knights.

# Chapter 149: Waving around 100,000 gold rides "Crane" under Eastern Europe

Withdrewing 100,000 gold coins and taking 300 elite soldiers for protection, Marin went to Teutonic Order. He also brought 2 chefs with knowledge to cook chinese dishes with him.

Arriving threre he realized that his entourage taking all the lime light, changed his army’s black cross to Lamark Family symbol.

# Chapter 150: Everyone eats and drinks!

Where he prepares feast for Teutonic aristocrats.

# Chapter 152: My uncle Jule (below)

Uncle Jule said that he was buying medicine for his wife Tana.

# Chapter 153: Almost be a liar

Uncle Yule’s financial conditions are worse.

# Chapter 154: Hulle's home

Marin meets Uncles’s child Peter and his wife Tana.

# Chapter 155: Real money vs. short promises

Marin bribed and held descent banquets more often while Prince Frederick’s side gave promises and short banquets.

# Chapter 156: Secretly weaken the opponent

Marin supported to vote Prince William of Austria to reduce Frederick’s vote bank.

# Chapter 157: Election Program

Election will be held in Konisberg where policies and military positions of each candidates will be expressed.

# Chapter 158: Dust settled

Philip won the Election. Marin totally spent 80,000 gold coins for the whole election.

# Chapter 159: Open business roads

Marin and Philip signed treaty, As per this treaty Marin gets a salt permit and sales will be made by a commercial company under the name of Philip but managed by Marin, Upto 90,000 gold recovered, the profit sharing ratio will be 80 : 20 (Marin : Philip) after which it will be 60 : 40.

# Chapter 160: Enclosure recommendations

Before leaving Philip asked suggestions for developing Teutonic Order’s economy, Marin suggested wool industry.

Year 1498

# Chapter 162: Send a message

Marin asked Philip to hire mongol doctors from golden horde and in returm Philip asked Marin to ask his brothers to hire german mercenaries for the Teutonic Order.

# Chapter 163: Meet the emperor

Marin went to Lubeck and ordered 2 Kirk ships of 200 tonnages. Later visited Principality of Cleves to see John II, there was also Maximilian who investigated about his handlings in the Teutonic Order.

# Chapter 164: Return and good news

Marin returned and read report from Heidel Lehmann, Mayor of Donberg.

Total Wadden Islands (5 Islands) population : 16,000 (6,000 on Texel, 4,300 Fishermen, 1,000 frisian Prisoners, 1,250 soldiers, Serfmen 3,450)

Of the 5,000 Eugrams Rye planted yielded 250 pounds per mu, Total output : 16 million pounds

2,80,000 pounds oats from last year reserve.

163 Ponies born and 200 mares became pregnant.

Total arable land after claiming new land : 10,000 Eugrams

# Chapter 166: Ready to expand again

Started hiring 4,500 mercenaries out of 7,000 invasion army.

# Chapter 167: Send a spy

Plans to send people to dig underground tunnel into Emden for the invasion.

# Chapter 168: Difficult Da Vinci

Where Marin tries to force Leaonardo into doing something he doesn’t want to.

# Chapter 170: Shi Geng finally

Since they failed Marin also sent porn novels to Leonardo and later changed to make revealing clothes to Prostitutes. Finally he succumbed to Nun cosplay.

# Chapter 171: Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo finally accepted to work for Marin.

# Chapter 172: Make a runner firing gun?

After signing a 30 year contract, Marin asked clockwork expertice, Leonardo suggested a watchmaker called “Miller”. He asked Leonardo to make precise clock (Marine clock) and flintlock.

# Chapter 173: New weights and measures

Marin seeing Leonardo work decided to introduce standard measurement and made Leonardo to make vernier caliper.

# Chapter 174: Adler is to be sealed

Adler was admitted as official Knight by John II.

# Chapter 176: Successfully booked

John II issued officialy that Adler is a Knight after ceremony. Also provided additional land to Huffman of their choice.

# Chapter 177: Select mine

In terms to choice of land, Marin requested he needed coal so they chose that instead of arable land. Marin brought prospectors from Dortmund to analyse. After half month of survey they finally found a large anthracite coal mine southwest of Bochum. The owner was knight descended immediately exchanged his land for more arable land.

# Chapter 178: Failed solicitation

Marin tried to recruit from famous colleages but failed.

# Chapter 179: Purification and use of potassium salts

Through Kohler Marin found Bitter salt mine but it didn’t had the potassium he needed so he sent to find another. This time it had potassium but also lot of impurities like sodium contained in it. He boiled the salt to separate sodium content.

# Chapter 182: planting alfalfa

Marin sent men to find Alfalfa, found in Luxemburg, Buying few he quickly cleared an area of 100 acres to plant them.

# Chapter 183: Mombasa parting

Due to Columbus’s words Malindi had changed his prespective towards Vasco da gama and prevented him from docking while columbus proceeded to India. Columbus gave solar cooker to Malindi.

# Chapter 184: Morgen and Battle

Philip recruited 10 mongolian doctors’ family to Marin. A small background of these mongol doctors.

# Chapter 185: Growing herbs in glasshouse

The only proper way to translate with the mongol doctors is through chinese which is known by Marin. The doctors revealed that they had seeds of Astragalus, Bupleurum, Chinese Elm, Parsnip, Ephedra, Licorice, Gentiana etc... . He realized that they aren’t suitable to climate so he wanted glass greenhouse.

# Chapter 186: Prepare for training

Marin decides to train 2,500 recruits and 1,000 prisoners of war together. He also set up Military Law Department. So in total he now has 4 squares/phallanx for east frisian invasion.

# Chapter 187: Reduced Armor

For the 1,000 prisoners of wars, Marin equipped them with spaniard style front only armor with iron plate and closable helmet of later generations.

# Chapter 188: Lessee

Marin faced a shortfall of qualified knights as leading captains so he borrowed from Principality of Cleves 28 in exchange for salt supply to let John II to make his region’s salt monopoly.

# Chapter 189: Merchant ship in place

Two Kirk boats ordered from Luberk arrived at Tholencher. Marin also uses british flag on the ships traveling to Koningsberg to avoid pirate raid.

# Chapter 190: Charlie 8 died

Charle VIII who had his 7th child who is a boy instead of girl as per history. Charles named him Henry but he died that evening. On June 20, 1498, Charles VIII died at Louvre.

# Chapter 191: Indian trade

Columbus landed in Calicut 2 months before Vasco da gama landed in Surat. Columbus bought spice, copper, soybeans, copper, gems and Saltpeter, sold 10,000 gold worth stained glass from Venice.

# Chapter 192: Return of some prisoners of war

The 9 Nobles of Frisian Aristocrats asked Marin to return their 1,000 Prisoners of war, But since Marin needed the heavy swordsmen for his frisian invasion, he only gave 300 infantory to the nobles who are now exhausting Saxony.

# Chapter 193: Landing exercise

Marin conducted landing exercises in his own shores and adjusted as needed.

# Chapter 194: Flicker young

Marin lies to the Teutonic Knights that they were landing on Ireland.

# Chapter 195: What? Empty City 1?

Marin sent his Frisian prisoner Captain Kidd to scout an Irish port called Cork and found as a joke to hide his east frisian invasion. But Marin learned from Kidd that the city had became empty due to a french buisnessman pretending to be Duke Richard of York, but when French and Scotts testified against him, He along with the Mayor of Cork, young men were all killed, hence only sick and elderly left behind the once busy port, Barely have anything to eat.

# Chapter 196: Don't give up

Marin orders 4 more war ships from Lubeck.

# Chapter 197: Alternative Siege

Marin launched various fishing ships with 1,000 of his men towards Cork of Ireland. While passing through Calais (British occupied) he switched to french flag. When they finally landed, they were seen and the city closed its gates, ignoring that Marin first sent 100 cavalry to ensure that no message had been passed towards North for Morris.

Then Marin just camped outside the city and cooked infront of the hungry thin populus. This continued for days until 4th day where he threw brown bread with catapult and shouted that he is good guy. Obviously people didn’t believe until the 6th day people were hungry and were ready to negotiate.

Lockce, Mayor of sorts, a member of McLaren family, one of the 15 big faimilies of Cork city agreed for Marin to secretly control the city, with new tax system and defence forces of 500 lead by Buckman Knight.

# Chapter 198: Forged documents again

Marin asked the documents that were given previously to certify Cork’s autonomous status and using them as materials he made new document that confirms Cork’s autonomous status. He asked Cork city people to send it to Desmond to officially resume the trade with Cork.

# Chapter 199: To get another money

Marin sent 200 war ships to withdraw money from the Venetian bank and to buy immediate goods such as soda and Halfnium ore (which contains Magnesium), Marin needs magnesium for both clockwork and revolver rifle.

# Chapter 200: Which is the best mining technology?

The secret tunnel to inside of Emden city is completed after two failures, first due to water seepage and second due to depth issues. Marin also built docking faclilites in Krumhern, Northwest of Emden for the landing of the army.

# Chapter 201: Early autumn harvest

Bought 2 second hand Kirk boats for invasion of East Frisia before Autumn Harvest. Since Marin used fertilizers for his crops, they were matured before autumn harvest, To capitalize this advantage, Marin used 6,000 of his troops except for 28 buckman knights to harvest the produce.

# Chapter 202: send troops

Marin suggested the Frisian nobles in exile to plunder the harvest while he could invade East Friesland without worry.

# Chapter 203: Break into the city

At midnight Marin’s 6,000 strong army landed in Krumhern village, He sent quicly surrounded the village from information leaking and surrounded the Emden city roads as well. Using the secret tunnel, he opened the gates of Emden city and surrounded the port as well.

# Chapter 204: Brutal street fighting

Unlike most citizens of any town where they shut their doors and stay away from violence, The Emden people fought zealously and Marin had to order kill civilians who stand in their way.

# Chapter 205: Victory in the Scarlet

Since the movement of soldiers are very slow and resistense is high, Marin decided to use other gates, North, South and West gates were swarmed in by other 1,000 men square. By the evening the east streets where the fierce ressistance was cleared, 100 straw hat men of east frisian army were captured.

The palace is hasn’t been captured due to its sturdy defences and the 500 garrison retreated within.

# Chapter 206: Edsad I captured

On the 3rd day of capture of Emden city, Marin gathered the Town’s council and priests to authenticate his documents and they did it.

Edsad I decided to escape to the nearest town Aurich with his wife using the secret tunnel, But Marin’s cavalry who were guarding information leak caught them and identified who they were.

# Chapter 207: Reasons for citizen resistance

Immediately after capture of Edsad I was known, the Palace garrison of 500 also surrendered.

Later it was known that the reason for civilian ressistance was due to religious brainwashing by ambitious assitant Bishop Taylor in order for him to official full-time Bishop. The current Bishop was Bishop Rich who could die anytime.

# Chapter 208: Black city

Marin hired Bishop Taylor and assured his position of Bishop. Later a message arrived about missing food supply after autumn harvest. Marin used this as excuse to disguise his 500 men to transport food and capture next to cities of Aurich and Lyle (Leer?).

# Chapter 209: Liquidation and tax exemption for 3 years

Marin was busy with finding people who supported Bullock family and those who rebelled. He appointed the supported while relinquished the titles of rebel area. He also had to suppress the coalition of 70 Nobles gathering 2,000 men in Leer county.

He also announed 3 years of no taxation except for port tax, This was publicised using the Bishop.

# Chapter 210: Weeding and rooting

All the captured Nobles were deprived of their rights sentenced to death, they children killed and their women turned into prostitutes by Marin.

# Chapter 211: Move capital, ascend the throne, and flicker

After crowned Earl of East Frisia, Marin gave a emotional speech of his rise from a wandering knight with religious guidance from an ascetic monk called “Einstein” upto his french ambush.

# Chapter 212: Awards and new titles

The crowned Earl Marin gave Adler 5,000 Eugrams (2,000 arable) of land just outside Leer county sealing him as a Baron honoring their previous agreement for sacrificing his right.

Kahn, Schwartz and Franzberg were given 2,000 eugrams with half arable and sealed Barons. Secretly gave 1,000 Eugrams to Kohler.

New Hierarchy created by Marin:

 Sub Baron – 1,000 Eugrams

He also introduced hereditary Knights

# Chapter 213: Western Front confrontation

Prince George of Saxony who chased for Frisian aristocrats who were plundering the food harvest escaped to Principality of Gelderland. He was waiting at the border after sending request for permission to hunt the bandits, At that time he heard that East Frisia had changed hands. Curious he wanted to see the capability so he arrived with 2,000 troops to test the waters at East Frisian border.

Marin learning this mobilized 6,000 forces and sent it to the border, half of them are conscripts. Following days he brought more elite soldiers swelling the numbers to 9,000 which scared George and he retreaded.

# Chapter 214: Jaffle problem

Set centralized system in East Friesland.

Marin can’t annex Barony of Jever since he’s married to daughter of Oldenburg who is brother of Danish King. So annexing Jever = Danish Navy visiting.

# Chapter 215: Diplomatic dilemma

Asked approval of legality to neighbouring parties and emperor, got mixed reactions.

Marin recruited 3,000 more mercenaries, increasing his army to 9,000.

It was time to return the rest of Frisian army to the nobles, The original 700 reduced to 500, before they left Marin suggested to the Frisian army Captain Siwag to steal disguised saxon army and help as frisian army.

# Chapter 216: Emperor's ambiguous attitude

When receiving Marin’s request for legal status, Emperor was glad to add another vote for him in Worms but subsequently message from Saxony to make his status illegal, Emperor cannot lose saxon vote as well so decided to be ambiguous as a compromise.

# Chapter 217: Allied with Gerdes

Marin met with Charlie of Gerdeland and allianced with him.

# Chapter 218: Marin

The bards spreading Marin’s fabricated story and made up their own shit calling him names god’s this, god’s that.

# Chapter 219: Treasures of the Brock family?

Maximilian I who came to visit his son also met with Marin to ask suggestion on the swiss v Swabian issue, Marin told emperor to occupy Grisons/Graubünden, they are unaffiliated with nether swiss nor hasburgs.

# Chapter 220: False road cutting

Marin gave the idea of marching to Rome and when unexpected occupy Grisons in the name of attempted assasination.

# Chapter 221: Letter from Archbishop Rovere

Archbishop Rovere sent a letter from France advising Angela to marry a Earl instead of Baron Marin, Marin forged the letter and made it as if his father suggested to marry Marin and apologizing for unable to arrive to their wedding.

# Chapter 222: Want to get married early?

To continue this Lolicon’s plot, he uses this as excuse to marry early.

# Chapter 223: Create fertilizer processing plant

Angela accepted Marin’s informal proposal through Archbishop’s forged letter, Since the marriage is within 3 months, he started preparing diamond from portugal, Silk from Lyon and gold encrusted luxury carriage for his marriage.

Marin setup 6 fertilizer processing plants, each have 10 collection points, everyone are confidential.

# Chapter 224: Qu Qu Plowing and Cattle Problems

Introduces oriental plow to Texel, sets up bus carriages for small cost and other horses for postal systm.

# Chapter 225: East Friesland Fisheries

Seeing statistics marin found that of 60,000 east frisian population, 20,000 are fishermen, 2,000 sailors could be drawn. To do this he gave arable inland for the coastal lords who gladly accepted since they couldn’t develop agriculture in the coast. He exchanged 5,000 Eugrams inlandarable lands for 30,000 Eugrams new lands in the coast but he had to develop them.

Marin demanded that no fish is thrown or wasted to produce potash component of Fertilizer.

# Chapter 226: Lots of swamps and peat

Marin found that East Frisia is 40% swamp and those swamp contain fertilizer rich Peat.

# Chapter 227: Dutch windmill

Marin decides to hire dutch windmill makers to build lot of windmills.

# Chapter 228: Population exchange

John II wanted his 28 knights back but Marin decided to give only 6 back whild adding his 1,600 rebellious civilians including craftsmen to him as compensation.

# Chapter 229: Spring ploughing

Spring plow is completed in all of Marin’s territories, He sent his own men to use fertilizer blocks on East Frisian farms.

# Chapter 230: Future father-in-law hits the door

Archbishop Rovere in absense of reply from his daughter arrived at East Frisia with French official documents, He disguised himself as Juliano. He found out about Marin’s marriage and figured out he’s marrying his daughter so he arrived exactly the day before his marriage.

# Chapter 231: House arrest father-in-law

Marin put Archbishop Rovere in house arrest to avoid him stopping his marriage.

# Chapter 234: Weng Zheng reconciliation (below)

Marin convinced Rovere to kill Pope with Cantrella to become Pope.

# Chapter 235: Come quietly and walk away

After changing pope’s mood he let him meet Angela.

# Chapter 236: Emperor's actions

Maximilian prepared for spring ploughing.

# Chapter 237: Ada's runner rifle

Leonardo completed Revolver Rifle for Marin’s cavalry.

# Chapter 238: Gun Control Act

Abolition of private gun ownership + Leonardo had a smaller version of gun for Marin.

# Chapter 239: Form Black Knight

After few trials, Boren Steindorff became captain for the new “Black Shirt Knight”, 200 people of musket regiment were chosen for this cavalry rifle team.

# Chapter 240: Big show opening

With 12,000 troops Maximilian I started his march to Rome. Hearing this Louis XII send 20,000 troops in support for the Holy See.

# Chapter 241: Assassination farce

Just as planned, Maximilian I invited the Nobles, During the banquet the arranged assassin stabbed the Emperor, but at the same time one of the drunk Nobles assisted the fake assassin to wound Emperor's left arm.

# Chapter 242: Go south to "rescue"

Marin hearing Emperor’s situation set out with 300 cavalry (200 of which is black Knight) and 2 mongolian doctors.

# Chapter 243: Graubunden changes hands

By the time the Swiss learned, Graubünden changed hands.

# Chapter 244: Rough treatment

Arriving at Graubünden, Marin realized that the Empire was actually hurt and used his mongolian doctors to use the gunpowder method of eliminating infection.

# Chapter 245: Conflict is unavoidable

The emperor recognises Marin as the Count but will not stop Saxon army from attacking East Frisia.

# Chapter 246: Warning in Milan

Royal Guard Tranmere informed that Louis XII was gathering 10,000 more swiss in supporting of pope. But Marin realizes that he wants to occupy Milan warning the Emperor. Since Marin also had to hire clockwork craftsmen, Emperor Commissioned him to inform of French invasion to Ludovico Sforza.

# Chapter 247: Talk simple

Marin warned Ludovico Sforza of French’s plot and also warned him of historically surrendering generals.

# Chapter 248: Screw press

Marin went to hire clockwork craftsmen, he also looked around other craftsmen and found an oil press us using Spiral/screw press technology.

# Chapter 249: Mona Lisa

Marin meets Mona Lisa, hears of her terrible financial conditions.

# Chapter 250: Expansion 5000

Wants to increase army size to 10,000, sents Sauer to Wuttemburg to recruit.

# Chapter 251: Buy horse

Marin had to buy war horse anonymously due to not dishonor Saxony.

# Chapter 252: 3 pound gun

Marin plans to produce 50 front-mounted artillery from bronze.

# Chapter 254: Training militia

Literally the Title + trash talk nothing happens

# Chapter 255: Easy to obtain, hard to find

Marin recruited 5,000 men from Wuttemburg and Alsace but hiring commanders was hard. Without any other option Marin increased burden of existing officers and offered 10,000 Eugrams of land.

# Chapter 256: British coal imports

One of his coal transport ships caught by Principality of Gelderland, In order to avoid showing his coal import quantity, Marin sends traders to buy copper on behalf of other countries and transfer it to him, Kohler was sent to kill the officer who found Marin’s ship.

# Chapter 257: Columbus arrangement

Sends war ships to canary islands to inform returning Columbus to not send all ships to Spain.

# Chapter 258: Partial relocation of the cooking base

Relocates part of salt production to Baltrum Island calling it as new salt city.

# Chapter 259: New shipyard

Marin wanted British Galleon but his Portugese shipbuilders aren’t following Marin’s guidelines.

# Chapter 260: Go south with the ship

Remodelled the spanish Galleon and installed 12 pounder iron cast guns. Wants to buy saltpeter from Spain since gunpowder usage is large.

# Chapter 261: Encounter pirates

250 tonne ships named 2501 & 2502, Kidd was made commander of these ships to sail through english strait, but when they left portugese waters they faced Moorish pirate ships from Morocco.

# Chapter 262: Artillery Age (1)

Marin prepared to attack with his 2501 ship.

# Chapter 264: Artillery era (below)

After a small chasing game Marin got angry and let the pirates get closer and fired them with musket and artillery destroying 1 of the ship but the res fled with their captain.

# Chapter 265: Where's the count?

Marin arrived at Canary Islands. There waiting for Columbus Marin played baseball, football.

# Chapter 266: Prince john

Prince John arrived at canary islands met with Marin, who told exagerated stories of himself.

# Chapter 267: Columbus Returns

After columbus’s return Marin made him Sub-Baron and sealed his son as hereditary Knight.

# Chapter 268: Shock of prince john

Marin tells Prince John that Columbus found real India.

# Chapter 269: Successful pan dump (on)

Made a deal with Prince John to sell 100,000 pounds of spice.

# Chapter 270: Successful pan dump (below)

Marin exchanged Indian trade route for colonial rights in Americas.

# Chapter 271: Early autumn harvest

Too much harvest, Marin doesn’t have money to buy them from Nobles and hence used spice as guarantee to pay after sales. Sells excess rye to English.

# Chapter 272: Tricks of the Duke of Saxony

Saxon duke had found a relative of East frisian Noble to legitimize his claim over East Frisland. Marin trains muskets for war practicality and uses ship artillery men to train his new artillery regiment.

# Chapter 272: Tricks of the Duke of Saxony

Wants to support Margaret, Countess of Salisbury to prevent britain from becoming naval hegemon.

# Chapter 274: Dissatisfied

Marin sent a provocative message to Saxon Duke to battle on Leer county which was accepted.

# Chapter 275: Vicious Warhammer

Duke of Saxony has 5,000 heavy cavalry, recruited ,15,000 infantry.

# Chapter 276: Substitution success

Margaret bribed 1,000 gold to a family with a dying man Burt who is similar to Edward and bribed 30,000 to Bishop Frier of Westminster Abbey to switch Edward IV. After the success both priest and Burt died of poison administered by Margaret. Marin’s agents who helped this happen also died of poison, this given by Kohler.

# Chapter 277: Fake miracles

Using sky lanterns to spell “SIEG” (victory in german) Marin showed it as miracle to increase morale.

# Chapter 278: Weird heads-up heads-up

On the chosen date, both armies gathered. Saxon Duke assessing the situation asked for duel of knights from both sides. Duke sent Mavis while Marin sent Kahn.

# Chapter 279: Scolding

Kahn won by hitting Mavis’s horse. When Duke wanted to evaporate the demoral with time, Marin started insulting him in unison.

# Chapter 281: Charge is equal to death

Both artilleries started firing, Marin’s 50 iron artillery using iron shells vs Duke’s copper artillery using stone shells. Soon Duke couldn’t handle so he sent heavy cavalry to disable Marin’s artillery. But the 1,000 Elite Saxon cavalry met with muskets and got crushed.

# Chapter 282: Black shirt knight strikes

Duke sent auxillary light cavalry to recover surviving knights. He sent Mavis with 500 cavalry to scout enemy’s flanks and found trench traps with spikes. Marin sent Steindorf with 800 black shirt knights to use hit and run tactics on them. Mavis found difficult to repel them so he retreated.

# Chapter 283: Desperately

Duke of Saxony lost 400 heavy cavalry chasing Black shirt Knights, so he sent 500 light cavalry but without offensive way against them, they also lost a 200 light cavalry.

One of the generals, Dunnitz suggested filling trenches and clearing obstacles with cheap dispensable infantry so that the Knights could properly charge, but Marin scouted this with his telescope.

# Chapter 284: Decided (on)

Realizing his situation Marin made signal smoke for Captain Kidd to bring 3 war ships hidden for ambush. As 5,000 militia men try to fill up the trench died either to musket fire or spear from infantry men of Saxons preventing their retreat.

# Chapter 285: Decisive (middle)

Marin shouted “Run to sides”, the despaired militia men ran to the sides. Without 5,000 militia cannon fodders, regular infantry had to do the job. After sacrificing 600, they filled 2 layer of trenches and the dismounted knights ran behing the stakes and started hacking musketeers. The musketeers in return used halberds to keep them at bay, at this point a stale mate is reached.

# Chapter 286: Decided to win (below)

Captain Kidd arriving at the battlefield, destroyed the wooden bridge on the Emes and started shelling the Saxon army from their rear. The Saxon army pinched front and back started to collapse but was controlled by the knights. But one of the stray shots hit the wooden tower where the Duke uses to oversee the battle, it collapsed and the flag of Saxony was ruined but the duke survived with the help of Dunnitz.

Marin seeing this with his telescope took the opportunity and started shouting “Duke is dead”. The far front of the army hearing this and seeing the collapsed tower and missing flag they started the run away or surrendered. Seeing his shouts doesnt work, Duke of Saxony retreated eastwards with his knights, Infront of shallow river freshly dug, He discarded knight armour and crossed quickly.

Marin captured 2,000 knihgts during this time but he also received news that Emden was being Beseiged, so he took half of his men towards Emden.

# Chapter 287: Run away the old, go catch the small!

Marin casualities 5-600, Saxon : 1,400 heavy cavalry, 2,900 infantry , 2,000 heavy cavalry surrendered, 15,000 infantry surrendered.

George’s 4,000 was besieging Emden, Marin rushed not to save Emden but to cut George’s retreat and capture him.

Marin eith 6,000 men captured temperory Dock of west Frisians with 100 ships big and small.

# Chapter 288: Grab one

The besieging saxon army shocked by sudden reversal surrendered with little resistance. Letting Adler to take care of the captives, he brought George to Groningen and made the garrison to open the gate by threathening to kill george. After seizing Groningen, he commited “elegant looting” and also captured Kanu. The illegitimate son of Seckner family and hanged him right after.

# Chapter 289: Lion opening

Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg came to negotiate on behalf of Albrecht, Duke of Saxony. It was decided 1.64 million ducats be the ransom (Prince = 300,000, Knight 500 per head (1980), regular 50 per head(7,000)). They both completely ignored 8,000 militia and 10,000 civilians. Marin also wanted Duke of Saxony to cede west friesland.

# Chapter 290: Interference

Henry I was scared when he heard about cessation and was worried his territory not far from Friesland and asked help of other electors, bringing this case to Maximilian I. Marin and Duke of Saxony negotiated in Papenburg of Bishopric of Münster. Marin agreed to reduce ransom to 1 million in exchange for families of captured to be sent.

# Chapter 291: Spice diplomacy

Marin wants allies so sends spices. 80,000 pounds to Emperor's son Philip, 50,000 pounds to Teutonic Order and Principality of Cleves, 25,000 pounds to Bishopric of Munster and Utrecht and finally 10,000 pounds to principality of Gelderland. He himself kept 60,000 pounds near Emden.

# Chapter 292: Marin Square?

Philip, the head of Teutonic Order sent 20 men to study military tactic and even Ferdinand II of Spain sent 20 officers to study his strategy, The lead man is Gonzalo Cordaba, The man who invented Tercio (Spanish square). They recognized it as “Marin Square”.

# Chapter 293: "Improved" dark bread

Marin turned 18,000 Saxons into construction teams, He even used 7,000 regular army for construct. He adulterated bread fed to Saxons, gave credit to Kohler but Kohler got famous for his cheap brown bread and made Marin jealous WTF?.

# Chapter 294: Grenada Colonial Plan

To open indian route, Columbus was lead with local spanish navigator Alonso de Ojeda, Spain also sent 10 war ships to deter portugese prodding. Marin sent 2 250 tonn ships under Columbus. To ensure morale, Marin made Columbus’s son guard and in future would become lead fleet commander.

# Chapter 295: One more spring plough

Marin gave 10,000 Eugrams of land to accomplished soldiers during the war and promoted Schwartz and Franzburg into Vice Barons. Everyone earned tonnes of gold from harvest bla-bla. Spring Ploughing happened with cattles, sent saxons to dig trenches in order to not seen by them.

Year 1500

# Chapter 296: Amerigo brought to your door

Under Venetian shipbuilder “Bovani”, a separate ship yard was made to separate from portugese builders to build british Galleon with 500 tonnages. Amerigo Vespucci whom Marin wanted to call for came to his door step. He agreed to explore Grenada on his behalf in exchange for land and title.

# Chapter 297: Milan changed hands

After a year of protracted siege by Louis XII, Milan’s morale crumbled as food shortage, Ludovico Sforza escaped with 2,000 hussars as break through but 500 were blocked by Swiss so Ludovico escaped with only 1,500 to Telina Valley. During the time of war he built Fortress in Telina valley, moved money there, stationed 4,000 troops and his own son is also safe there.

Milan was looted by Louis XII and later by Trivulzio (general who marin warned to kept away, now puppet leader).

# Chapter 298: Solving the technical problems of building large ships

Marin introduced steam softening technique used to make “Gothenburg” swedish ship.

# Chapter 299: Mint bad coins

Artisan Passani under orders of Marin to make Spiral press for minting coins.

Since Frisians were invading west frisia, Duke of Saxony hurriedly sent 500,000 gold coins with mixed low quality coins. So Marin imports Bohemian silver bars to mint bad saxon coins. This way he intends to make profit and also affect Saxony’s monetary system.

# Chapter 300: Ada's Spring

After drawing Mona Lisa for too many times, Leonardo and Lisa became lovers but Leonardo is worried since he’s 2 years older than Lisa’s father.

# Chapter 301: Complete

When Leonardo told this to Marin and Angela, Angela wanted to support this to avoid Marin making mistress out of Mona Lisa due to Marin’s obsession of collecting portraits of Mona Lisa. Leonardo said he would be loyal for life if he agreed to this.

# Chapter 302: Open a school (on)

After Leonardo grumbling he doesn’t have lot of assisstants, Marin brings artisan apprentices to work for him and Leonardo would part time teach them.

Later Marin decides setting up a semi-military school.

# Chapter 303: Open a school (below)

Marin sets up Noble school, Artisan School and Miitary School

# Chapter 304: Angela's birthday

Angela’s birthday function held, Archbishop Rovere came, it appears that Louis XII aligns with Rovere’s enemy so Rovere escaped. Angela’s mother and Felice have been found and returning to East Frisia.

# Chapter 305: Writing textbooks and international phonetic symbols

Wants to make phoenetic dictionary based on low german and English-Frisian dictionary.

# Chapter 306: Training new doctors

Marin makes his mongolian doctors to teach medicine.

# Chapter 307: set off

After Sextant was made Marin gave it to Amerigo to discover Martha’s Vineyard and Nuntacket. With that he set off with 2 250 Tonn ships.

# Chapter 308: Reservoir and cement

Wanting to make trip hammers, so he builds reservoir with Portland Cement.

# Chapter 309: Arabian horse

The jewish merchants bought 50 arabian stallions to breed with local bigger mares.

# Chapter 310: Recruiting medieval college students

Marin sent Heidel to recruit students from university of Cologne.

# Chapter 312: Rabbi

A jewish student named Rabi was hired as finance expert, Marin taught double entry system.

# Chapter 313: Large flat glass

Romeni, glass craftsmen from Venice incharge of building greenhouse for growing oriental plants brought by Mongol doctors.

When Marin saw flat glass being very small, he introduced rolling method to make large flat glass.

# Chapter 314: Springs and bearings

Felice and her mother were brought home. Agela shows off by asking Marin for non bumpy carriage.

Marin made Leonardo make ball bearings to avoid creaking noise but the bumping hasn’t been resolved yet.

# Chapter 315: Preparation of Egyptian Commercial Road

Due to greenhouses built, Soda was exhausted and more Soda was needed. In order to travel to Egypt, Marin orders to build 200 tonnages paddle boat with Artillery positions.

# Chapter 316: Earl Edward

Earl Edward of Warwick is in France, with combined plot of French and Scotish King, They plan to conquer Britiain and establish York dynasty with Edward as puppet. So far they plan to prepare 20,000 troops.

# Chapter 317: Institutional reform

Marin wants to reduce his work by establishing secretary and treasury department with limited military powers. Also established Police force out of retired soldiers, equipped them with wooden shields, bats and helmet, Inteligence departmant and Revenue department.

# Chapter 318: Blackwater mercenaries

East Frisia has 10,000 active army and 7,000 reserves. Imperial Parliament wanted Marin to disolve some troops. He disolved 7,500 in name but just transfered it to Blackwater Mercenary group which Marin holds completely.

# Chapter 321: Ambitious

Planning future of Angela's and Felice’s kids.

# Chapter 322: Army spiritual civilization building

Plagiarized Romeo Juliet and Return of the King, Latter is just propaganda to solidify his legitimacy.

# Chapter 324: Grenada

Amerigo who came to Grenada found battle between Arawak natives and Carribeans, Amerigo fired artillery and sunk the boats of carribeans. The native Buca tribe welcomed and wanted him to stay in order to defend themselves, But Amerigo wanting to leave built them defences and gave them weapons before leaving.

# Chapter 325: Emperor fell

Maximilian I lost battle against Zurich in defending the Swabian League.

# Chapter 326: Shock-absorbing carriage

Leonardo under Marin’s knowledge made spring steel for suspension. This was used in their personal carriage, Family and for other Nobles.

# Chapter 327: Marin also fell

When Marin gave shock obsorbing carriage to Teutonic head and Emperor. Emperor asked for his assisstance in the war against Zurich.

# Chapter 328: Division support

Franzburg was sent by Marin with 2,500 troops (800 musketeers) to aid the Emperor.

# Chapter 329: Emperor's advice

When Emperor received Marin’s request of seat in Imperial Parliament, He gave a list of nobles to bribe, so Marin used his spice inventory to bribe the them.

# Chapter 330: Battleship completed

500 tonn ship (British Galleon) was built from separate shipyard due to arrogant portugese shipbuilder refusing to adhere to Marin’s future knowledge. They are called Huffman series, the first ship is called Huffman 1.

# Chapter 331: Good harvest

Expands rye sales to Spain and Italy. Archbishop Rovere learns of high harvests, Marin provides 100,000 gold to support his venture to become pope.

# Chapter 332: Captain School

Trains sailor children to be navigators and captains. Also builds school for fishermen children to teach them mathematics and basics of navigation. So far 5,000 fishermen children joined these schools and Marin bets that few of them would become great captains.

# Chapter 333: Formation of the Papal Guard

Sets up 100 of his soldiers as Papal guards copying style of future pope guard.

# Chapter 334: Successful trial production of cement

Marin successfully discovered fly ash cement. Built Cement plant in Baltrum.

# Chapter 335: Rebar problem

Builds small steel plant with 5 tonn per day output and buying iron ore from Luxemburg.

# Chapter 336: Catch X in bed

Angela found out Marin’s affair with Felice.

# Chapter 338: North Island Double Island

Amerigo arrived at Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. Scouting the place he returns to Europe.

# Chapter 339: Reinforcements arrived

Franzburg arrived at grosins (the grabun something) and went to frontlines repelling swiss attackers.

# Chapter 340: Sisters and wives

Setting chinese standards of Wive-Mistress rights and limits.

# Chapter 341: Ambition of Duke Gerdes

Planning to annex west frisia since news arrived that Albrecht, Duke of Saxony is ill.

# Chapter 342: Ada is married

Convinced Mona Lisa’s father. Arranged for Marriage between Leonardo and Mona Lisa.

# Chapter 343: Old Steen Stoure

Danish attack on Dietmarchen failed terrificly that Sweden were back to fight for independence. So Sweden sent message to those non aligned with Kalmar union to support their independence. Marin replied that he would only give 100,000 gold if he let the leader to be inspected by his mongolian doctors.

# Chapter 345: Amerigo Returns

Amerigo returns, he was sealed 100 eugrams with hereditary title. Nantucket is named Amerigo island and Martha’s Vineyard named Columbus.

# Chapter 346: The idea of opening a branch

Bought 10 ships for 30,000 gold coins for colonization of Amerigo (Nantucket) and Columbus (Martha’s Vineyard).

# Chapter 347: Crash Course for Junior Officers

Marin contacted Philip to establish White water with 10,000 troops in exchange to train 5,000 troops of Teutonic Order.

Due to lack of officers, Marin rushed to train with quick elimination system.

# Chapter 348: Recruit

9,000 recruits from Hessian and Baden regions while rest 1,000 heavy cavalry from Teutonic region.

# Chapter 349: Personal worship

Recruited 40 missionaries to brainwash his troops in Teutonic Order and also sent his own portraits like Mao’s picture.

# Chapter 350: Mercenary King (Small Finale)

On recruitment of troops in Hessian and Baden region, It appeared there were more people availabe so Marin recruited 2,500 more. But 40,000 people surrounded for recruitment.