King of German Mercenaries

In the evening, when everyone had set up camp, Saul came back and brought back a piece of news that shocked Marin. At 10:00 tomorrow morning, the emperor will visit the recruitment point at the South Gate to inspect the recruitment situation.

Marin was instantly excited, Emperor, although he is a poor emperor, he can't give you money, but giving you identity is a matter of words. Moreover, if you are recruited by the emperor, they can actually give you money, although it is only a meager salary.

Early the next morning, Marin set off with the whole team and went to the south gate of Vienna, where he stayed to guard the emperor. However, because the emperor is going on a tour. When he arrived outside the South Gate, even though Marin showed the legal certificate of the Hoffman mercenary group, their weapons were temporarily confiscated.

Because, unlike those skirmishers, Marin's group were hundreds of people. If they continued to hold weapons, they might be able to assassinate the emperor.

Not only that, the Vienna garrison also mobilized 50 heavily armed cavalry to monitor the Hoffmann mercenary regiment in case they attacked the emperor.

It doesn't matter to Malin, anyway, he didn't really come to assassinate the emperor, but to please the emperor. He ordered all the members of the Hoffman mercenary regiment to line up on the edge of the avenue. And beside him, there are 50 Viennese cavalry coveting.

At this time, it was already around 9 o'clock in the morning. Marin was carrying a "pocket watch" about the size of an alarm clock, and told him it was 9 in the morning.

Speaking of which, pocket watches are really pitiful these days. Marin happily went to buy a pocket watch, but he ended up buying a "pocket watch" about the size of the alarm clock he used to wake up when he was a child in his previous life. Although the clockwork has been applied, it cannot be made small due to technical conditions. It is said that some skilled craftsmen can make the "Huaizhong" smaller. But apparently, there are no such artisans in Austria. It seems that the great craftsmen are in Nuremberg and Cologne. As for Switzerland, the origin of later famous watches, the clock watch industry has not yet developed. It seems that after Calvin, the founder of Christian Calvinism, banned the wearing of jewelry in Switzerland, the Swiss pondered how to make watches into exquisite accessories. Then, there were the famous Swiss timepieces. However, that was decades later.

Marin chose a better location, next to the boulevard on the edge of the recruitment square outside the South Gate of Vienna. The emperor entered the recruitment square and had to pass through here. Of course, many people want to occupy such a good position. However, Marin has 100 fierce thugs in his hands, and those stragglers can't be provoked if they want to. However, it was precisely because they occupied such a good position that the recruiting officers were suspicious. Therefore, 50 cavalrymen were placed here at the recruiting office. On the one hand, they protected the emperor's safety when passing through, and on the other hand, they also monitored the group of Marin.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the emperor's travel team appeared outside the south gate. The emperor came in a carriage, but the carriage he was riding was surrounded by tall German knights, all wearing plate armor. Even if you want to assassinate the Emperor, you must first pass through the surrounding Iron Man Wall.

When the emperor arrived at the square, the square was immediately boiling. Thousands of people present were all agitated. Many people started shouting, trying to get the emperor's attention:

"Long live, His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Long live the Holy Roman Empire!"

"I'm Joel!"

"I'm Hansen!"

"I……"

...

When the emperor's motorcade passed near Marin, Marin suddenly raised his right hand forward and performed an ancient Roman military salute similar to the Nazi military salute (the Nazi military salute was learned from the ancient Roman military salute). Then he shouted:

"Hi Holy Rome!"

As soon as he saw the boss moving, the more than 100 little brothers in white vests immediately stretched out their right hands in unison, performed the ancient Roman military salute, and shouted together:

"Hi Holy Rome!"

The movement of the Hoffman mercenary regiment,

The 50 cavalry soldiers on the side were startled, and they pulled out their sabers one after another, as if they were facing a big enemy. Even the knights guarding the emperor drew out their knight swords and wanted to escort them.

But they soon discovered that it was just a group of young men in white vests on the roadside salute to the Emperor. So, they were relieved.

However, the movements and voices of more than 100 people in Marin were really eye-catching. Even the emperor Maximilian I in the carriage looked curiously through the carriage window and looked at the more than 100 guys standing upright on the side of the road, still salute...

"Nice tidy army, which army is this? It looks very elite!" Maximilian I asked Frederick II, Earl of Hohenzollern, who was in the same car with him.

Of course Count Frederick didn't know, so he shrugged:

"Who knows, I have never seen or heard of it."

...

After a while, the emperor came to the platform in the middle of the square, got on it, and delivered a few high-sounding speeches. Then, the Earl of Hohenzollern announced that the selection had officially begun (the selection was specially started today when the emperor came).

Then, the whole square was in commotion. Everyone lined up as required.

Marlin takes a look:

"Come on, we're a little far from the queue..."

He thought about it for a while and decided to cut the queue... Moreover, it was the overall cut...

Then, he waved his hand and began to instruct the team to jump in together. However, they lined up neatly to cut the queue, and they were often arrogant...

"Step by step, 1-1-121, 1-1-121..."

Then, all the members of the Hoffman mercenary regiment walked in a neat pace from the side to the front of the team. Marin gave a death order at the beginning - without his order, if you don't stop, you will continue to move forward with the mountains of swords and flames in front of you...

Then, Marin's 105 subordinates, under Marin's command, marched arrogantly to the front of the queuing crowd, following a very neat pace in the eyes of outsiders...

"Where did this guy come from? He doesn't understand the rules so much?" Count Hohenzollern was a little displeased, and planned to send someone to drive out the Marin gang. But the emperor seemed interested in them and stopped the count.

Those who had been lining up and filming well were naturally unwilling to be squeezed away. However, Marin, number 100, looked straight ahead as if he hadn't seen them, and was kicking straight ahead.

In the end, under the strong momentum of Marin, the number 100, they chose to back down...

After entering the front of the team, Marin shouted:

"Stand still!"

Then, with a sound of "Shuh", Person No. 100 suddenly stopped neatly. Then, Marin shouted again:

"turn right!"

All the members of the Hoffman mercenary regiment turned to the right neatly, facing forward, with no expressions on their faces and no distractions.

"This...the discipline is so strict!"

"If you are disciplined, you won't be able to cut in the queue, or you will cut the queue as a whole..." Count Frederick was speechless. Do you really use a neat queue to jump in line to show that your team is disciplined? Strict discipline, you still cut the queue? The Earl of Hohenzollern didn't want to say anything at this time...

"By the way, Frederick, this team is here to apply? Why didn't such a strong team contact you directly, but came to participate in the selection?"

"Maybe their leader can't get in touch with me..." Frederick was also very uncertain. Although he was a little angry at the team's unruly behavior, he also had to admit that from a discipline perspective, this small team was definitely top notch. At least, stronger than most of the German army.

What the emperor and the count did not expect was that Marin had not finished his toss. After he grabbed someone else's registration position, he didn't sign up immediately, but started to show. He raised his hand again, made a Roman military salute, faced the high platform where the emperor was, and shouted:

"All members of the Hoffman mercenary regiment serve His Majesty the Emperor. May my great Holy Roman Empire be invincible and invincible! Hi, Holy Rome!"

Then, like a conditioned reflex, the 105 subordinates also stretched out their right hands in unison, gave a Roman military salute, and shouted:

"Hi Holy Rome!"

"Hi Holy Rome!"

Then, regardless of the fact that the recruiter had not recruited himself, Marin began to swear allegiance to the emperor on his own. I saw him facing the high platform where the emperor was, raised his right hand, and began to swear:

"I honor my life as a brave and loyal soldier of the Holy Roman Empire..."

After that, all members of the Hoffman mercenary group had normal conditioned reflexes, raised their right hands in unison, palms forward, and swore in unison:

"I honor my life as a brave and loyal soldier of the Holy Roman Empire,

Every comrade-in-arms is my sibling, regardless of background or status,

Swear allegiance to the emperor!

The will of the emperor is above all else! "

Marin quickly picks up:

"The emperor's order—"

"Above all truth and law! Hi Holy Rome!" the soldiers shouted in unison.

...

For a time, the people in the square were stunned and stunned—where did this group of emperor’s brainless fans come from?

On the high platform, Emperor Maximilian I was stunned for a while, and then suddenly became excited:

"It's very well said, the emperor's orders are higher than all truths and laws... My heart is so happy, my heart is so happy!" Which emperor doesn't want his own words...

Count Frederick, although he despised the shameless flattery of Marin's group, but, as the emperor's favorite minister, he could not demolish the emperor's platform. So, he had to go along.

Suddenly, the emperor said convulsively:

"Frederick, tell them that I like to hear this oath. Let them take the oath again, and I accept their allegiance!"

"do it again?"

"Yes! Do it again!"

"Why don't you check it out?"

"Is it useful? Look at their formation and the appearance of the team, and you know that this is a strong army!"

"Okay!" As the emperor's favorite, Frederick understood that Marin's group had the right kind of flattery. His Majesty the Emperor seems to be very fond of this set, and also likes such an oath.

Then, Marin led 105 men (except Kohler, who was looking at the supplies and weapons), his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he swore an oath to the emperor again in front of tens of thousands of people. The most exaggerated thing is that Malin looked at the emperor with a frenzy, just like a super loyal minister who dared to die for the emperor...

Most of the bystanders were shocked, and a big man like Count Frederick murmured in his heart:

"This kid is so good, he's not as good as this old man!"

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