Chapter 711: Get paid
After Edward's enthronement ceremony was completed, it was time to reward the heroes. Among them, the biggest hero is naturally Marin. Now, taking advantage of Edward's enthronement ceremony, it happened to coincide with the registration ceremony of Marin.
"Marin von Hoffman!" Edward said seriously.
"Senior is here!" Marin stood in front of Edward. He knew that the closing ceremony began. And he has arrived at the moment of harvest.
"Given the great contribution you made in the war of eliminating treason in England, I decided to enshrine you as Earl of Northumberland, the entirety of Northumberland, and the Isle of Wight! At the same time, you are appointed as the Northern Border Guard of England Commander-in-Chief of the Army, responsible for guarding the northern border of England! "
"Yes, my majesty!" Marin knelt on one knee facing Edward. At the same time, he touched the Bible and vowed to be loyal to Edward ...
But when swearing, Marin felt a little guilty. Because, he planned to get rid of Edward in a few years. Now swear to God, will there be retribution in the future? Although Marin was an atheist in the past, he has even experienced it, and now he is not sure whether God really exists ...
Of course, as a ten-year-old aristocrat, the most important thing is to have a thick skin. Therefore, although Marin felt guilty, he still completed the oath without changing his face.
In the end, Edward took out the king's sword and nodded on Marin's shoulder, which was regarded as the completion of the oath of loyalty ceremony.
However, before Marin and Edward had another agreement. It was mainly when Edward asked Marin to go north to attack the Scottish army and promised an Irish county. So, Marin hadn't had time to stand up, and was to be sealed for the second time ...
"In view of the great merits of Malin von Hoffman in the fight against the invasion of the Scottish army and the capture of King James IV of Scotland, I specifically named him Earl of Wicklow, Ireland, including the county of Wicklow south of Dublin And Cork Harbour and its surrounding areas on the southern tip of the island of Ireland ... "
So, Marin continued to kneel, took care of the Bible again, and took the second oath ...
After two oaths were completed, Marin's knees were a little numb. However, the process still has to go. Only after completing these processes can Marin get the two counts legally ...
To be honest, Marin knelt on the ground and disgusted his knees, but everyone on the side was envious of death-it was a two-county land!
Generally speaking, only the older Earl's Collar would sit on a whole county as a fief. For example, the great aristocracy during the Norman invasion was basically divided into enough sites.
But afterwards, in addition to the king's son having the power to actually seal a county, the other big nobles were basically fake. For example, the Duke of Norfolk, listening to fame, thought that the entire Norfolk County was his enclave. But in fact, the Duke of Norfolk's enclave was near Arundel Castle in Sussex, far from a county. This is still the Duke! If you change to Earl, the territory may be smaller.
For example, Edward ’s sister Sister Margaret, as a close relative of the royal family, was named the Countess of Salisbury. However, the territory is only a small town in Salisbury, and the surrounding countryside. No matter how big it is, it's gone. Only the king ’s biological son can own an entire county. In recent years, all the nobles that were confined were all false seals, and the actual land was not large. Earl's collar is usually a small town and nearby manor. The duke collar is bigger, but it is also a few small towns. Only the old dukes and counts who were hereditary hundreds of years ago, the territory is full of a county.
However, after decades of brutal "Red and White Rose War" and the war led by Edward and Marin, the traditional great aristocracy in England was killed by Henry VII and Edward's two generations of kings. Therefore, Marin can now be regarded as the only great aristocrat who can obtain the entire territory of the county. Moreover, it is still the actual seal of the two counties, which makes people jealous.
Of course, seriously speaking, Marin's achievements for Edward are fully worthy of his gains. You know, without Marin's help, Edward could never beat Henry VII. What's more, while cleaning up Henry VII, Marin also accidentally wiped out the 10,000 Scottish army led by the King of Scotland, and smoothly caught James IV ... This is basically equivalent to Marin alone. , With the army, wiped out two countries on Great Britain ...
Such amazing achievements are not a big deal for the two counties. Moreover, Edward is not stupid, not for two England counties, but also an Irish counties. In fact, County Wicklow is the McMurray dynasty established by the indigenous people of Ireland before and belongs to the continuation of the Kingdom of Gulenster. It is not a good thing to get this county. Because this place has not yet been fully focused, if you want to control it, you have to suppress a few waves of resistance ...
However, fortunately, the population of County Wicklow is not large, and the fighting power of the indigenous people of Ireland is very scum. It should not be difficult to control the combat effectiveness of Emalin ’s army ...
Marlin's "big head" book is finished, and the rest is the little head. French knight Francois also dared to come to London to participate in the enthronement ceremony. He was sealed by Edward as Earl of Calais, the territory was Calais Fortress, and "custodial" Channel Islands. In fact, this is equivalent to ceding the Calais Fortress and the Channel Islands to the French in disguise. After all, the Francois Knight was a decent Frenchman, loyal to Louis XII. But at least on the surface, England has not lost these two regions ...
Next, there was another wave of book rewards for war merit. But what makes Edward depressed is that these censored, all-special men are under Marin, and none of them belong to his own heart ...
However, Edward is also very clear that this is inevitable-he was subject to France before, and he mainly relied on Marin in the later period. Where can he find time to train himself? The only credible sister, Margaret, died in front of the city slope, and he was so depressed that he was dying ...
So, Edward has not had his own big-hearted general yet ... Fortunately, Marin is not an Englishman and will return to Germany sooner or later. Otherwise, he may really be elevated by Marin. But in the current stance, Edward must rely on Marin for a long time after he became king, and can only rely on Marin. Otherwise, just by cutting off the blood debt owed by thousands of nobles the day before yesterday, it would be enough for the remnant forces of those killed nobles to counterattack and kill him.
In view of this, Edward can only pinch his nose and give Marin's men a wave of rewards. For example, Marin's deputy Schwartz was listed as the Baron of Southampton. Southampton harbour and nearby estates are Schwarz's enclosure ...
The reason why Schwartz is sealed here is also strongly demanded by Marin. Previously, Marin asked the Isle of Wight as the home port of the convoy fleet on the English Channel. However, the Isle of Wight is surrounded by oceans or straits, and there is no good freshwater port. In recent years, in order to prevent the bottom of the ship from being eroded by sea maggots, sea ships generally dock at ports near the mouth of the Danshui River. Once the sea boat enters the freshwater port, the maggots will fall off the bottom of the boat and run away because they cannot adapt to the freshwater environment.
Therefore, the Southampton Bay on the south side of Southampton Port is a more suitable port in this era.
It's just that Marin had chosen Isle of Wight before. And Schwartz and others just made Edward's achievements and needed rewards. So Marin simply asked Edward to seal Southampton Port to Schwartz.
The reason why Southampton is needed is because Southampton ’s port is not only an excellent freshwater harbour, but also a city on the main island of England. It is convenient to obtain various supplies from the local. Unlike the Isle of Wight, it's lonely overseas. Even the most common goods need to be transported by sea to the island from England. Therefore, it is necessary to obtain the Port of Southampton.
In addition, because Kahn has acted as a pioneer many times and broke through the enemy line ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ and made outstanding achievements, he was also registered as a baron. Kahn ’s enclave was also selected in Portsmouth near Southampton. It is also an excellent harbor, but the area of Tamsui is relatively small. In the age of wooden boats, it is not as good as the conditions in Southampton Bay. It's just that it is closer to the sea and the location advantage is better.
Seeing Marin like to be close to the sea so much, Edward simply sealed the land that Marin's men should reward to the land opposite the Isle of Wight. In addition to Southampton and Portsmouth, Poole Harbour and Bournemouth, not far west of the Isle of Wight, were also conferred to the highly successful Saqqara and Sivag, respectively. They are called Baron Poole and Baron Bournemouth. As for Maric, who captured James IV, he was also named Baron Toton under the pseudonym of Tom Hanks. And Totten, right next to Southampton ...
As a result, Marin and his men almost controlled the large area of land on the main island of England opposite the Isle of Wight, and were fully qualified to build a large integrated port here, affecting the English Channel.
Of course, Southampton is not far from London. For the safety of London, Edward requested that the number of regular troops on Marlin ’s men ’s grounds on England ’s islands should not exceed that. If civilian riots occur in the territory, London can send troops to help suppress ... so Edward can be at ease ...
Marin agreed to the copper block. Anyway, he never thought of violently seizing Edward's regime. Why not take advantage of the marriage relationship between your son and Margaret and control England gently?
Anyway, he wanted the Isle of Wight and asked his men to Southampton, Portsmouth, Poole and Bournemouth, just to build a solid naval base in the English Channel to protect their fleet on the English Channel It's just safe. So, it doesn't matter if you are stationing a large army on land ...
