Chapter 725: Selling drinks at the wedding (Happy New Year everyone)
The advantages of not wearing plate armor pants are huge. If you wear plate armor pants, the defense of the lower body is greatly improved, but the action will become very inconvenient. If nothing else, the servant often needs to be supported by the attendant.
Instead of wearing plate armor pants, the knight only wears half-length plate armor. When Marin was a wandering knight outside, he didn't have plate armor pants. Because of poverty, there is no servant or even a pack horse, only Karl is a horse. When Karl was tired, Marin also dismounted to rest. Wait for the war horse to rest, and then ride the horse to continue on.
Of course, Marlin ’s Lancers have not completely abandoned the defense of the lower body. So, in accordance with the style of the oriental armor, Marin made the wooden cavalry skirt with iron pieces attached to the cavalry. This skirt is not very stab-proof, but it has a certain protection ability against arrows and a certain protection against knife cutting.
In addition, Marin also asked the soldiers to wrap their calf with wood chip armor with iron pieces as leggings, and the upper of the shoes was also protected. In this way, the armor of the lower body has been improved to a certain extent, but the weight is not large. The most important thing is that this does not affect the cavalry on and off alone.
In this way, when the situation is urgent, the Lancers can carry the two horses alone for a long-distance attack without having to bring a few attendants. Even if the situation is not urgent, the Lancers do not need to bring too many servants, as long as they bring a helping man. And this function, many civil husbands are competent, as long as they can ride horses. Even if the time is not urgent, the men serving the cavalrymen do not necessarily need to ride a packhorse, just like a mule. Or, driving a light mule with two wheels, the supply function is stronger. Mules eat less, tolerate rough feeding, and use more mules, which can save a lot of food and concentrate, and reduce logistical pressure.
In fact, the reason why the plate armor knight needs to bring four or five servants is not only to help the knight to mount the horse, but also to help the knight carry a lance. The plate armoured knight uses a bulky hollow oak lance, which often breaks after a single collision, and the lance needs to be replaced. Therefore, knights usually take five lances to prepare for battle. When he was on his way, the old knight wouldn't hold a heavy lance, but he would leave it to the attendant to carry it. Even the plate armor only wears a breastplate and carries a knight one-handed sword. Even the war horse, Ma Kai usually let the attendants take it.
Therefore, the knight's attendants must not only help carry the rifle, but also help keep the plate armor and horse armor. Before the battle, several attendants were divided into two groups, a group of hands and feet to help the knight master to wear plate armor, and equipped with a rifle. Another group of help horses put on horse armor. In this way, it is inevitable to need 5 attendants.
As for the cavalry made by Marin, the knight only needs to wear half-length plate armor, and the skirt and leg shields are also very light. In addition, the spring lances do not need to be replaced, and there is no need to prepare 4 spare lances. There is no need to support people to mount the horse, and the horse has no armor ...
In this way, the Lancers only need to bring a miner who catches the light mule. When not in combat, the men who drive the mules can help keep the spring lances, as long as the cavalrymen only need to wear knights light swords. Before the battle, you can launch a charge by taking a spring rifle from the hands of the people. Even during long-distance raids, the lancers can also carry the lances and drive the two horses alone. The men who drive the mules actually let the mules carry the concentrate (such as oats and soybeans) that the war horse eats.
All in all, Marin let the cavalrymen wear only half-length plate armour and use spring lances that do not need to be replaced, leaving 4 servants and the servants that these 4 servants ride on at once Need a lot of grain and grass, more than people eat), can be said to save a lot of logistics costs, very cost-effective.
For example, this time he brought soldiers to **** Anne to Krakow. Marin ’s 10,000 army only brought 10,000 civilians with him. This 10,000 civilian husband fully supported the grain and grass needs of the 10,000 army, and was also responsible for escorting the dowry of 50 carts. Among them, there are 3,000 light mules, and they have pulled a lot of grain and grass, which is very convenient.
And if it is a traditional army, only those 3000 knights, it is necessary to bring 50,000 attendants. Although these servants can also make guest appearances during wartime, their combat effectiveness is very limited. Moreover, the consumption is still large. But in any case, the general servants are not regular troops at all, at most they are stronger militias than the civilians, far worse than mercenaries. Moreover, among the ordinary knights, three or four of the five servants are usually the temporary soldiers temporarily recruited from their manor before the war, and only one or two are accompanied by the knights all the year round.
Sigmund I was not blind. When he greeted the bride, he saw the size of Marin's army in the city. Seeing that the scale of the civilian husband seemed to be similar to that of the soldiers, and there were two or three thousand "knights" among them, he not only frowned, but began to think.
Even after contacting Marin, I would like to ask carefully ...
"We will talk about this after the wedding. Now we have the wedding." Marin did not reply to him immediately, but urged Siegmont I to hurry up.
Because, Marin has other plans to participate in this wedding. For example, selling alcohol or something ...
Yes, selling drinks ...
It is clear that Slavic men in Eastern Europe like to drink hard liquor Marin, which is related to the cold winter in the local area. Although the spirit whiskey (rye Erguotou) made by Marin has also been sold in Poland and Lithuania, the sales have been good. However, it is not very common yet that this wine is not well-known and has no brand effect.
Therefore, this time Marin intends to personally enter the battle and advertise this wine so that the nobles of all Poland and Lithuania will know. Most of these noble lords are cavaliers, they are very drinkable, and their status is distinguished. As long as the sales are opened from them, there will be no worries in the future.
The wedding of the newly enthroned Siegmont I must have brought together the nobles of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Therefore, at this noble event in Poland and Lithuania, it is a rare opportunity to advertise whiskey!
To this end, Marin is now a bartender, full of ideas for selling drinks. Even, because of the idea of selling drinks, Marin seemed a little absent-minded at Anne's grand wedding.
The old Hoffman, who came together, was the opposite. The old man was very vain, and he pretended to be hypocritical with a large group of dukes and counts from Poland and Lithuania. Faced with the compliments of the Duke and Earl, the old man was blatant, his bones lightened a few or two ...
In Kraków ’s beautiful Gothic building, St. Mary ’s Basilica, the old Hoffman handed Annie with a shy face into the hands of Sigmund I, and with Mrs. Mary, she watched her daughter with joy The high platform, under the witness of the Archbishop of Krakow, married Siegmont I and became Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. The Adlers who followed the ceremony together also applauded and congratulated. Only Marin's mind is about selling alcohol, and he seems a little absent ...
When the grand ceremony ended and the banquet in the palace began, Marin seemed to use the resurrection cross, and he was full of spirit ...
Sigmund I had originally invited Marin to help the platform, so Marin naturally needed to be with him. But Marin not only accompanied Siegmont I by himself, but also brought a man with him-a businessman named Loranzo.
Marin knew very well that although the whisky business was his, he could not go shirtless and sell the wine himself, otherwise the price would be too low. Therefore, it is the best choice to bring Lorenzo, the general distributor of whiskey in Poland and Lithuania.
As a result, when Siegmont I pulled Marin and the nobles of Poland and Lithuania, Marin smiled and talked to each other. By the way, introduce your own whisky dealer Loranzo.
The drinks at the banquet were mainly whiskey at the strong request of Marin. Only those ladies will drink wine. And those nobles in Poland and Lithuania happened to entertain them with whiskies (rye Ertou) brought by Marin.
Whenever drinking with the Polish and Lithuanian nobles at that table, Marin always praised the whiskey after drinking, and then introduced Lorenzo to those nobles. Then, Loranzo would bend down with a smile on his face, holding his business cards in Latin and giving them to the nobles on the table. The business card bears the address of the point of sale of Krakow and Vilnius whiskey. Whether it is a duke, an earl, or a baron and a knight, Loranzo will give a business card in his hands with a smile on his face ...
This kind of sales model of the bad street in the future generations. After receiving the business card, the future generations may turn their heads and throw them into the trash. But in this era, business cards have not yet appeared, and everyone is very curious after getting the business cards, looking left and right. In addition, the whisky taste is really suitable for these nobles of Poland and Lithuania who are full of muscles. Therefore, a lot of people are very face-to-face-will definitely buy whiskey in the future. As long as these people show purchase intentions, Loranzo will immediately pat on the chest and say-if you come to buy whiskey, lord, as long as the number exceeds 100 bottles, a discount of 10% off the noble price ...
Such marketing methods, coupled with Marin's help on the platform, quickly attracted a large number of potential customers. And Loranzo, the whole face smiled into a chrysanthemum ... Marlin on the edge, although a look of a gentleman with a breezy face, in fact, he was very happy ...
Sigmund I, on the side, was extremely depressed-Lao Tzu asked you to help the platform, but why did you come here to sell drinks ... No, I score a slice of soup ...
So, after the banquet, Siegmont I pulled Marin aside, and it was a benefit ...
As for why you said that the two have drank so much wine, why are they sober? It's not a good thing that Marin has done yet-this fellow learned how to poison the wine by those people on TV and made a spinning pot. There are two containers in the rotating pot, one is 40 degrees whiskey spirits, the other is poisonous ... No, it is water ... Of course, it is water mixed with black sugar and other colors ...
In order to increase the taste of Marin's whisky ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ specially added black granulated sugar. Therefore, the color of the wine is a bit gray. When "fighting wine" with the nobles of Poland and Lithuania, the color of the "wine" you poured out is naturally similar to that of others. Therefore, Marin made his men use honey (slightly yellowed) and brown sugar to make a relatively clear wine with a little yellowish gray, which looks very similar to real whiskey.
When pouring the wine, the attendants naturally turned the pot when pouring the wine to Marin and Sigmund I. The honey and sugar water was poured, and the guests were the authentic whiskey with brown sugar. Moreover, Marin had prepared for this, and had made several rotating pots to allow his followers to change at any time. So, after the whole banquet, Marin and Ziegmont I were not drunk. Only at the beginning, the two people drank a few glasses of real wine, so that they could be full of alcohol, so that they would not be suspected. Therefore, the banquet is over, and the two still have the energy to discuss the division of interests ...
In order to sell the wine, Marin took Sigmund I, not only respected the round table where the big nobles were, but also went to the palace courtyard to greet the little nobles and made the little nobles flattered.
As a result, Marin's men Loranzo has gained a lot of ordering intentions. But at the same time, Sigmund I, who had been by the side, also became jealous-the benefits here must be huge, I must take a bite ...
