Chapter 2070 Actor's Cultivation
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Because of the lag in news transmission, it was difficult for Marin to receive news about what happened on Cuba in a short time. After all, it will take several months for the sailing ship to transmit the news to the mainland.
Right now, what Marin has to do is to go to Rome in person to discuss with the Pope's father-in-law about carrying the banner of religion. Ordinarily, Marin could have written a superstition. But this matter is too big, and if the news leaks out, not to mention failure, it is also easy to be attacked by the crowd. Therefore, in order to keep it secret, Marin planned to go to Rome in person. At the same time, he also took his son Robert to Rome to develop interpersonal relationships.
Marin wanted to put Robert on the throne of the future pope, so he also attached great importance to the relationship circle in Rome. Of course, he couldn't openly bring Robert out. After all, Robert's public identity is still a branch of the Rovere family. However, it's still possible to help Qi's relationship in private. For example, take Robert to visit the next Pope's Medici family. Then, throw some gold coins or something.
In addition, Marin plans to take the heir Caesar to experience along the way. How to practice? It is to practice with the army, teach him the common sense of marching, how to set up camp at night and how to guard against enemy sneak attacks.
And this time, the number of troops accompanying the army was as high as 2,000. Among them, half are dragoons, and half are young black shirt knights. Of course, there are dozens of experienced scouts in addition. After all, these old scouts are experienced. With them in charge, it is not easy to go wrong.
In addition to the more than 2,000 people accompanying him, Marin also arranged several teams on the way to act as the "Blue Army". Sneak attack and harassment against this marching team.
Fortunately, it was not the first time for the accompanying teenagers to undergo a drill of being attacked at night, and the bombing of the camp would not happen. But where did the 14-year-old Caesar see such a battle? A few days ago, I was always frightened in the middle of the night. Fortunately, Marin was with him and explained that it was an exercise, so he wasn't frightened.
Then, the team went all the way south. After being attacked many times at night, Caesar was no longer afraid of this sneak attack. Even before leaving the Beihai border, he had learned how to command the soldiers to deal with various night attacks.
And Robert, the future Pope, also became a melon eater all the way. He was very envious of Caesar being able to get Marin's hand-in-hand education, but he also knew that he was an illegitimate child, and Marin was willing to support him as the Pope, which was considered extremely high treatment among illegitimate children in this era. After all, being the pope is as majestic as the emperor.
Traveling to the Bavarian Plateau area, Marin even asked Caesar to personally command a battle to exterminate the bandits, and wiped out a bandit with a scale of more than 200 people who occupied the mountain as king. Because they were so well equipped (all with rhinoceros leather armor), the more than two hundred bandits had almost no power to fight back against the 500 dragoons led by Caesar. As for our own soldiers, only one person was slightly injured because he fell from his horse. The swords and arrows of the bandits did not hurt Caesar and the 500 young dragoons under his command at all.
But when facing a group of bandits with matchlock guns, Marin stopped Caesar's plan to go up rashly, and instead let him command his men to attack at night. Caesar was puzzled, but Marin told him solemnly—the arrow can be stopped, but the bullet cannot be stopped. Even if you are wearing plate armor, you will be seriously injured if you are shot. Therefore, when encountering a team with muskets, it is best not to force the most valuable troops.
Afterwards, Marin threw money on the spot, hired a team of local mercenaries, let them rush to the front, and took a round of shots. The 500 dragoons and black-shirted knights commanded by Caesar rushed forward and wiped out the bandits before they could reload after shooting a round.
Afterwards, Marin pointed to several mercenaries who were beaten to death and maimed on the spot as cannon fodder to educate Caesar—no matter how good the martial arts are, they will be shot down! If you don't have to, try not to harden muskets and artillery...
The bloody facts were before his eyes, and Caesar learned a lesson deeply. Moreover, he also understood why Marin controlled guns in Beihai...
My dear, the mercenary captain who was hired as cannon fodder,
Wearing a full set of Maximilian plate armor, Austria sent troops, excellent plate armor made by stacking forging. However, I still can't withstand a shot...
No, this guy got shot twice. They were all hit on the chest. Although they didn't penetrate, they broke several ribs... Looking at the tragedy, even if this guy can survive in the future, he probably won't be able to continue working as a mercenary.
Fortunately, as a classic example of Marin's godson, this guy is still lucky. Marin asked the military doctor accompanying the army to help him set bones and treat wounds. The technique of bone setting was passed down from the Mongolian doctor Mo Zhigen, who is always top notch. After the bone setting, the wound was cleaned up. In short, it is impossible to die. Afterwards, Marin also gave him a big bag of gold coins, even if he couldn't fight in the future, he could be a stable rich man. When you encounter a poorer vassal state, you may be able to buy a piece of territory and play as a low-level nobleman. It is said that Emperor Maximilian I is now very keen to sell land and estates. As long as the money is in place, manors in Switzerland are easy to buy.
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When passing by Innsbruck, I happened to meet that Emperor Maximilian I was taking his grandson Charles, the future Charles V, on vacation at the Innsbruck Palace.
Now that they met, Marin couldn't pretend not to see it, so he took his son to visit. Of course, Robert didn't show up, it was Caesar who did.
Before meeting the emperor's grandson, Malin specifically told Caesar to express a friendly attitude towards Prince Charlie. Even, to faintly reveal support for him as the future emperor.
"But father, didn't you say that you will be the emperor in the future?" Caesar remembered Marin's "crazy talk" before.
"You little idiot! Even if I really want to be emperor, I can't tell the emperor's grandfather and grandson! Moreover, the throne I want is the title of Byzantium, not the throne of Shinra. The throne of Shinra is a pit , has no real power, but makes enemies on all sides. Let the Habsburg family take this kind of thankless throne. We must hide behind them..."
"So, this is the obscene development you often talk about?" Caesar asked suspiciously. This word was said by Marin inadvertently when chatting with Marin before.
Marin blushed, but quickly disappeared. I saw him straight
"As a king, how can we be obscene? At least, on the surface, we are very serious..." Then, a serious face appeared in front of Caesar.
But Marin added
"You can think about it in your heart about obscene development or something. But, you can't show it on your face, understand?"
Caesar nodded ignorantly, and Malindo pointed for a while, finally allowing Caesar to lie with a calm expression...
"Hey, it seems that I still have to teach this kid "The Actor's Self-cultivation"... As a monarch, if you don't have enough acting skills, you will suffer..." Emperor or something, half depends on beating, and the other half depends on pretending...
Of course, Marin was too impatient. How old is Caesar, and it is not realistic to want him to become sophisticated. Unless, this child was taken away by a middle-aged and elderly person...
Therefore, Marin can only slowly cultivate his acting skills. For example, meeting the emperor's grandfather and grandson this time is a test of acting skills...