Chapter 250: Expansion 5000

I was willing to throw money, and Mona Lisa's affairs were easy to handle. Marin is also not sure. In his changed timeline, Da Vinci will draw another "Mona Lisa" will still be the world's first oil painting.
However, he knew that the girl was completely mixed with him now. At that time, this girl will have time to be a model for Ada. Big deal, let this girl be a model for Ada professionally, draw him a hundred and ten Zhang Yi, there is always one that can become a classic. After all, Ada's painting skills are there, which is world-class.
Moreover, Marin found that the Mona Lisa in front of her, although similar to the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, looked younger. The more Marin thought, the more she felt that this Mona Lisa was like the more beautiful the Mona Lisa in London, England.
According to rumors, the "Mona Lisa" in the Louvre in France was actually a woman named La Joconda. It is said that Da Vinci had previously painted an oil painting for Mona Lisa, and this painting was left in the home of "Mona Lisa". Later, another nobleman asked him to paint pictures for his lover. Coincidentally, the aristocratic lover Rajo Conda, looks very similar to Mona Lisa, but is 19 years older. So, Da Vinci was lazy, and applied the style of the "Mona Lisa" directly, and repainted it, but fine-tuned his face. However, the aristocrat later abandoned his lover Raja Conda, and then he did not pay to buy the painting. So Da Vinci kept the painting himself and brought it to France, then he stayed in the Louvre.
Marlin thinks about it and feels right. In this era, artists usually painted without painting. Because women's portraits cannot be reserved for others at will. After all, this is the conservative Middle Ages. The story of Rajo Conda, Marin makes sense. Only if the employer did not pay to buy the painting, Da Vinci could keep the painting.
Lisa Giocondo, her face is younger and fairer than the Louvre version of the Mona Lisa. It looks more like the woman on the famous version of "Elves Mona Lisa". In the Louvre version of "Mona Lisa", the skin appears darker and more sloppy, more like a middle-aged woman, not to mention beautiful. However, the smile of the Louvre version of "Mona Lisa" is really vivid. What is really famous is the smiling version of Mona Lisa. Marin thought about it and decided to make Lisa Giocondo more smiles and smiles when she became a model. She could even guide her and laugh at the Louvre version ...
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At Lisa Giocondo's house, the proposal for Marin was a headache. His father believes that it may be Marin who has liked Lisa Giocondo's beauty and wants to be a lover. Therefore, he has a very rebellious mentality to take refuge in Marin.
However, everyone in the family knows that because of Mr. Giocondo's illness, the family has become financially difficult. If there is not enough money to buy medicine to maintain, Mr. Giocondo may not be saved.
Instead, marrying Lisa Giocondo to a Florentine businessman who is one year older than Mr Giocondo, may not be better than lover Marin. After all, the Florentine businessman, regardless of his age, was so fat that he had to help his hand while walking. Maybe one day he will die. By then, her daughter will be widow at an early age.
In the end, after a night of intense discussion, everyone still tends to let Lisa Giocondo be a lover to Marin. Because, being an lover of an earl can not only afford Mr. Giocondo's medical expenses easily, but also be very beneficial to the future of Lisa's brothers and sisters. After all, Marin is an earl, and casually bringing Lisa's siblings can make them live without worries and live a prosperous life.
In the end, the family of Jiao Kongduo, with a clear mind, promised the family to follow Marin north ...
马 Marin didn't know, this beautiful version of "Mona Lisa" was ready to be her lover ...
In fact, Marin just wanted to get a collection of world famous paintings, but didn't think much. He already had Angela, and his beauty was above Lisa, and there was no need to find a lover. It's just that the family of Jiao Kongdu has misunderstood it.
After doing well in Italy, Marin felt that he should go back. Because, he still has to prepare for the battle against the Duke of Saxony.
To this end, he divided the team into three lanes-he left 50 cavalry to help the clockwork and screw press craftsmen and their families that the digging team dug in Milan. "Mona Lisa"-Lisa Giocondo's family also followed the team northward. This team must not be able to walk fast because of the delay. And Marin are both one-horse cavalry teams, and are not willing to go with such teams.
In addition, Marin also separated 50 people and sent them to mountainous areas such as Württemberg to recruit mountain people there and join Marin's mercenaries.
Today, the number of Marin's regular troops is only over 5,000. It is not enough for this person to collide with the army of Saxony. Moreover, this time, Marin did not plan to rely on the city and the Saxon army to fight, but decided to head-to-head and defeat the Saxon army.
Because, most of Marin's previous battles used tricks, making others think that Marin had to use tricks to win because of insufficient strength.
Therefore, although Marin is famous, everyone thinks Marin is not strong enough. Because of this, Saxons think Marin is a soft persimmon. As long as they are prepared, they should be able to win ...
This time, Marin wanted to defeat the Saxon army in an upright manner and tell everyone that East Frisian Land was very powerful. You can defeat the powerful Principality of Saxony without conspiracy!
As long as I win this time, in the future, some small countries around will no longer have 觊觎 East Friesland's mind. Because in the German region, there are really few vassal states that are stronger than Saxony, very few. Sax has been defeated, others dare to make trouble?
Therefore, this battle is not only a defense of East Frisian Land, but also a battle for prestige. This battle will not only defeat the Saxony army, but also show prestige and grandeur, so that neighboring neighboring countries will be frightened and dare not easily sting East Frisian's tiger whiskers.
For this reason, Marin decided to increase troops by 5,000 and expand the regular army to more than 10,000!
This is a very important decision because the 10,000 army is a standing army, not an ad hoc army. The cost of supporting the standing army is very high.
Generally speaking, the salary of a standing soldier is 3 Finneys per day. For 10,000 troops, only 30,000 fennies, or 500 gold coins, are needed for daily salary expenses. Over the course of a year, salaries alone cost 182,500 gold coins, which is a very huge expense.
In fact, the cost of salary is more than 182,500 gold coins at all. Because the salaries of officers, cavalry, and artillery are more than 3 Finneys per day. Therefore, the salary expenditure of a 10,000 army for a year may be close to 200,000 gold coins.
This expenditure, even local tycoon Marin, is very strenuous. Because although he earns more than 200,000 gold coins a year, he needs more money. Roads need to be repaired, and farmland needs to be reclaimed. Industry and commerce need to develop, ships need to be built, artillery has to be cast ... In short, money is used everywhere.
Moreover, Marin's army actually spent more than 200,000 gold coins. Because Marin let his army use a large number of guns and artillery, and the daily expenditure of gunpowder is also an astronomical figure.
Also, the construction of barracks requires money, the cost of supporting war horses and horses, and the various military supplies also require a lot of expenses ... In short, to support a 10,000 standing army, the annual expenditure is at least 200,000 gold coins, and can even reach 30 Ten thousand gold coins.
Therefore, few German states have a standing army of 10,000. Even the powerful Emperor Maximilian I had a standing army of only 10,000 or 10,000. Other vassal states, only a few powerful vassal states, such as Saxony, can support tens of thousands of standing troops. Even if it is as strong as France, it usually maintains a standing army of more than 20,000 people. Of course, people have a strong mobilization ability in wartime, and can recruit another 20,000 or 30,000 people at any time.
East Friesland can't use 10,000 standing troops, but Marin hopes to make a name for himself this time and make a name for himself ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Therefore, he decided to devote himself to recruiting 10,000 standing troops.
As long as the training is completed, training in accordance with the modern army method, and the full use of muskets and guns, even if only 10,000 people, to defeat 20,000 Saxony head on, there is nothing wrong.
As for the conscripts in East Friesland, Marin does not want to trust them, but these people usually need to farm, and if they are consumed on the battlefield, it will easily lead to the waste of farmland. Marin is now the largest serf owner in East Friesland and naturally does not want the farmland to be deserted. At that time, farmers will still need to be recruited from other places, and many orphans and widows in China will also be confronted. Therefore, Marigan used mercenaries recruited from outside. In this way, even if the soldier is killed in battle, as long as Marin pays the pension, the rest is irrelevant.
Moreover, the soldiers of the standing army are usually training all the time, and when they are at war, they can have enough professional level to fight. Unlike those recruiters, because they usually plant land and lack training, even if they are brave, but because they are not as disciplined as the modern army, their overall combat effectiveness is not strong.
So Marin planned to recruit 5,000 mountain people in Wurttemberg and other places, join his army, and fight for himself. At that time, Marin will take the 10,000 regular army and the Saxon army to the front. While guarding the city, Marin intended to enlist the conscripts. Of course, the generals recruited must be those who are loyal to Marin, or even a close friend whom Marin has drawn from the army. In this way, conscription will not cause trouble.
Umarin arranged 50 cavalrymen, who were led by Sauer to recruit mercenaries in Wurttemberg and other places. He himself, with the remaining 200 black shirt knights, went all the way north and returned to East Friesland. After all, East Frisian is now alive and ready to fight, and things are a lot. Therefore, he hastily hurried back to deal with various matters ...