After returning to Orich, Marin had a good time with his family, and the next day he went to the blacksmith shop to build fake plate armor...

Under the surprise gaze of old Hoffman, Marin directed the blacksmiths to put the thin iron sheet into the zinc liquid and rolled it a few times. Then, the white iron sheets were freshly released.

Then, it was to "create" plate armor. But Marin's "create" method was a bit weird - he was not made with a hammer, but cut with scissors...

Marin directly found large scissors and started cutting the tin. After cutting, the craftsmen asked the cut tin to bind the cut tin with nails. For the breastplate, an extra layer of tin is used to make it look more like plate armor.

In this way, in just one hour, Marin brought a set of silver-shining "plate armor" with a few craftsmen...

The old Hoffman, who came to watch, was shocked - Damn, there is such a way to do plate armor? People use pounding, do you use tailoring? Make cloth robes? And, the most nonsense is that this set of plate armor is really like that...

Marin specially called a few black-shirt knights and asked them to wear them. As a result, the black-shirt knights said that the full set of "plate armor" weighed about the same weight as the breastplate and helmet on their bodies. However, the appearance was much better...

"That's good, all you want is to show off!" Marin nodded, and found more craftsmen to ask them to cut out 2,000 sets of "plate armor" as soon as possible to catch up with Annie's wedding...

As for horse armor, Marin did not allow it to be made in the end. Because Marin actually planned to instill the concept of "winged cavalry" in Zigmont I, and his lancers did not wear armor. This made it seem more unified.

In addition, in order to maintain the unity of the cavalry's armor, Marin also asked the 1,000 cavalrymen to take the plate armor and galvanized it. As a result, everyone was shining brightly and there were no more differences. As for outsiders who were curious about why it shining brightly? Marin ordered everyone to make a unified statement - the surface of the plate armor is tinned...

Tinplate is not a secret, and it is not original by Marin. In fact, craftsmen in the Bohemia region knew how to make tinplate as early as the 14th century to prevent rust. Many plate armors in the Bohemia Kingdom were indeed plated with tin to better prevent rust. However, this type of tin-plated plate armor is often expensive and belongs to the finest.

Marin also felt that the three shiny guys were really too sexy, so he ordered the cavalry, like infantry, to put on white black cross vests to cover the upper breastplate, and to cover the lower body with skirt hem to avoid too much wind...

You know, people in this era are so stupid. If they saw so many cavalry under Malin’s command wearing silver-white armor, they might be made of silver. They are brave enough to come to the military camp to steal “silver armor”...

Another is the cavalry formation problem...

Marin asked the black-shirt knights to disguise the plate armored knights, so naturally they could not let them expose themselves. Therefore, Marin planned to mix the lancers and the black-shirt knights. One thousand lancers were mainly arranged in the front and the periphery, while the lancers wearing white iron fake plate armor were mainly in the inner circle... In this way, it would be much more difficult for outsiders to identify them...

...

Just as Marin was busy cutting fake plate armor and fooling Polish nobles, the autumn harvest in East Friesland quietly kicked off...

Because of the large amount of potassium salt fertilizer, the rye in the East Friesland matured half a month earlier than other regions. Therefore, in mid-September, the rye in the East Friesland began to harvest autumn. In other areas of the Grand Duchy of North Sea, only Oldenburg, Schleswig, and Normmunster, because they were under the control of Marin, they also used potassium fertilizers, so the autumn harvest was more synchronized with the East Friesland. As for the newly included territory such as Bremen, West Friesland and Jutland, because the fertilizer farms were not yet built during the spring plowing, they did not use potassium fertilizers, and the autumn harvest had to wait until October.

However, at this time, the Saxony Electoral State and Brandenburg Electoral State, including Switzerland, sent envoys to demand that Marin return the tens of thousands of prisoners of war... Because these three regions are also going to have autumn harvests, and there is a lack of young and strong labor in the country...

Moreover, the canal in southern Münster has been dug almost all, and it is estimated that it will be completed after the autumn harvest. Therefore, the three forces discussed with Marin - can they let people go back soon? After all, the autumn harvest of these three countries also requires labor...

Of course, the only ones who need labor are Saxony's Electionary and Brandenburg's Electionary. As for Switzerland, it is purely for those mercenaries to go back and help fight against Emperor Maximilian I. After all, there were 18,000 captured mercenaries in Switzerland, which were the main forces. Now, the total force of the emperor's troops is only about 10,000. Facing Maximilian I's 20,000 troops (the emperor has increased its troops), it is a bit unbearable.

If these 18,000 captured Swiss mercenaries are released back to the country, the situation will be very different immediately. By then, the Swiss army will increase by 28,000 from about 10,000, which will form a huge advantage in military strength and combat effectiveness for the Austrian army. Even if the Marin phalanx used by Emperor Maximilian I is currently reused by Emperor Maximilian I, it is equally close to the combat effectiveness of the Swiss mercenaries. If the Swiss have the 18,000 veterans returning, they will definitely be able to repel the Austrian army and even regain many areas. Unlike now, Swiss mercenaries are compressed so that they can only defend several provinces close to France in the west.

However, Marin was not happy to see the Swiss defeat the emperor. The victory of the Swiss was equivalent to the victory of France. If the emperor was defeated by the Swiss, it would be like the magic demons to be stronger. Now, the Swiss did not part ways with France because of Marin's invasion. The two are ally relationships, and Switzerland is strong, it is equal to France. For this reason, Marin will suppress Switzerland no matter what, no matter what, Marin will.

What's more, Marin has always been afraid of the future Calvinist Protestantism in Switzerland - a violent sect that specializes in rebelling and killing kings. For this reason, Marin planned to let Emperor Maximilian I defeat the Swiss and rule Switzerland. With the Habsburg family's piety towards Catholicism, it is impossible for any Calvinist to appear in Switzerland again.

In addition, even if the Habsburg family ruled Switzerland, they would not be able to live in peace. Because the Swiss people are fierce and will definitely not be able to withstand the riots and uprisings and resist the rule of the Habsburg family. In addition, France is next to them. Under their fanning of the flames, Switzerland will definitely continue to revolt in the future, consuming the energy of the Habsburg family... In short, eating Switzerland is not necessarily a good thing. Unless Maximilian I had the courage to massacre all 600,000 Swiss mountain people... But if they really did that, no matter who it was, they would be considered a demon by all Europeans...

Since he planned to suppress Switzerland, Marin immediately sent people to Austria to inform Maximilian I that I would release Swiss mercenaries prisoners of war, so you should lead the troops to prepare...

When the Swiss prisoners of war were released, they would definitely not be allowed to bring weapons. As long as Austria sent a large number of cavalry to ambush, it would definitely be possible to seize these 18,000 unarmed Swiss prisoners of war.
Chapter completed!