At this time, an old man from the ranks of military generals and nobles asked:

"Master Ma, you said you started as a wandering knight who was driven out of your house. I believe that you have won many great victories in the past 16 years. Otherwise, you would not have grown from a wandering knight to a king. I wonder if Master Ma can tell us a little bit?"

This old man is Zhang Mao, a contemporary British Duke, who is already 70 years old. Zhang Mao is the grandson of Zhang Yu, a hero of the Jingnan Dynasty. He was the son of Zhang Fu, the second-generation British Duke who died in the "Tumu Fort Incident". Since Zhang Fu died in the battle, he has been a title of Duke of England. He has always been a big boss in the capital army. He has been in charge of the Beijing camp and the Governor's Office of the Five Army, and is the leader of the Ming Dynasty. In the army, only the Duke of Wei, who is in the Shizhen Nanjing, can surpass him. As for the Mu family and the Duke of Cheng Guo, who guarded southern Yunnan, they are comparable to the Zhang family. As for who is higher and lower, it mainly depends on the position of the contemporary head of the family.

But no matter what, Zhang Mao, who is already 70 years old, is definitely one of the top three top bosses in the Ming army. His words can basically speak as a representative of the military generals and nobles.

The eunuch beside him was afraid that Marin would not recognize him, so he specially introduced Zhang Mao’s identity. Marin was shocked - that was the British Duke...

In several novels that Marin had seen in his previous life that traveled to the Yongle Dynasty, Zhang Mao's father, Zhang Fu, were all golden supporting roles with high appearances...

Ma Lin quickly bowed and bowed, saying hello. Zhang Mao also returned the bow. After all, Ma Lin belonged to a foreign monarch and was no lower than Zhang Mao.

After the courtesy, Marin continued to tell stories...

"When I went out alone to wander, I happened to encounter a great war. At that time, King Charles VIII of France, the strongest country in Europe, personally led an army of 37,000 people to invade Italy..."

After saying that, Marin pointed to the locations of France and Italy on the map to Emperor Zhengde, who was fascinated by the story.

"But Italy belongs to our Holy Roman Kingdom in name. Therefore, our great king Maximilian I was not happy. Although he was not a monarch with real power, he ordered the princes from all sides to form a coalition force to resist the invasion of powerful enemies..."

"However, the Great King usually has more than 10,000 troops, and most of them have to keep guarding the land. Therefore, he did not have any extra troops to go south to rescue Italy. When he heard this news, he excitedly rushed to the royal capital and wanted to enlist in the army. After all, the children of our knight family all started to receive civil and military education at the age of 8. They are very good at riding and are good at riding. No matter how bad they are, they can still be employed by the Great King and become a cavalry..."

Here, Marin paused. Originally, he wanted to sleep in the haystack behind the monastery on the Rhine River, and then take out the things inspired by the great sages. However, thinking that the Confucianism of the Ming Dynasty believed in "the son did not speak of strange powers and chaos in the gods", and Zhengde did not believe in gods, so he skipped the middle section...

"At that time, the great king issued an edict to recruit warriors from all over the world to fight this war for him. On the way to the conquest, I suddenly thought that one person was weak, why not organize the warriors who went to the conquest? In this way, there would be more room for bargaining." Marin smiled at Zhengde, who was fascinated by hearing it.

"So, on the way, I first found an ugly man with great power as a servant. Then, I took this warrior to convince the conscripts. At first, those warriors were not convinced. Then, I led my warriors to defeat them..." In order to have more dramatic effects, Marin deliberately made the process more exciting. In fact, when he recruited soldiers, he used the fief knights to deceive those unlucky people into joining the group. But at this time, to make the young Emperor Zhengde happy, it would naturally make it more exciting.

"Okay!" Emperor Zhengde actually cheered like a storyteller.

"Then, I recruited more than 100 warriors, formed a mercenary group, named myself the leader, and went to the royal capital to apply for the election..."

"My teacher was in the Ming Dynasty, but as my master learned the "Sun Tzu's Art of War", the teacher also taught me. After a period of training, my 100-man team was prohibited. On the day when the king selected mercenaries, my 100-man team made a big splash. Then, I also got the position of phalanx leader, which is equivalent to the thousand households of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Then, when I was heading south to Italy for battle, I learned by chance that the French king wanted to lead troops to withdraw to the country. But coincidentally, they were dragged by the coalition forces. The French king, who was eager to return to the country, decided to take the risk of withdrawing back to the country with his main force of 8,000 cavalry in the middle of the night. Just so happened that the spy sent by me learned..."

"So I imitated Sun Bin's tactic of ambushing Pang Juan and took thousands of troops from the headquarters to ambush in the middle of the night. But there were two ways for the French king to retreat. So I sent people to dig out the main road and then concentrate the troops on the hillsides on both sides of the road."

"When the French king walked by with eight thousand iron cavalry, I gave the order, and ten thousand arrows were fired at once, and rocks rolled in. I defeated the French king's eight thousand iron cavalry, captured four thousand French knights alive, and almost captured the French king..."

"It was precisely because of this military merit that my minister was appreciated by the great king. Later, he was granted a baron and obtained a small fiefdom to become an independent lord... and then he led his troops to regain his ancestral property..."

...

"Okay, wonderful!" Emperor Zhengde excitedly slapped the handle of the dragon chaise, expressing his excitement.

In this era, applause was not popular in China. When ancient people saw wonderful performances, they often cheered loudly or applauded. Therefore, many costume TV series describe the ancients applause, all screenwriters had no historical knowledge...

The excited Emperor Zhengde, probably because of the habit he developed after hearing the storytelling, actually shouted:

"Old Liu, see the reward!"

OK, Emperor Zhengde regarded Marin as a storyteller...

The civil and military ministers in the court were so embarrassed that they covered their faces. Fortunately, Liu Jin did not really give the reward. And Malin deliberately pretended to be confused, and the jokes made by Emperor Zhengde were deliberately ignored by everyone.

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Next, another minister asked about the black turtle. Marin naturally couldn't say that it was an ordinary big turtle, but compiled a wonderful storytelling...

"As for speaking, I originally only brought guns and Venetian specialty glass as tribute, but when the fleet reached the South China Sea, a strong wind suddenly blew, causing me to deviate from the normal route..."

"At that time, I was so scared that I was at a loss and thought I was about to die. Unexpectedly, the strong wind blew the fleet to an unknown island in the South China Sea..."

"Then, I saw 9 extremely large turtles on the island..."

"At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed in my heart - could it be that this strong wind deliberately blows me to this unknown island? My teacher said that the giant turtle represents Xuanwu. Although I don't know why the descendants of Xuanwu, the divine beast in the north, appeared in the South China Sea... Perhaps, Xuanwu accidentally left behind his descendants when he visited Zhuque in the South China Sea..."

He smiled knowingly at the ministers upwards and did not dare to laugh unrestrainedly. After all, this is a black turtle, Jiarui, and laughing unrestrainedly is disrespectful.

...

Ma Lin fooled the monarchs and ministers in the dynasty and were confused, and they couldn't tell the difference between the east, south, west and north...

In view of the fact that Malin sent 9 black turtles representing top auspiciousness, the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers had a very good impression of Malin.

However, when we finally came to consider the request for Marin's tribute and trade, problems arose...

Because all the civil and military officials agreed to accepting Marin's Beihai Kingdom as a vassal state and allowing him to pay tribute. However, most officials disagree with Marin's requirement for normal trade. As for the reason, it is very simple, there is no precedent...
Chapter completed!