Regarding what to do in the next few months, Marin lay in bed at a Vienna hotel for the whole night. Vienna's consumption was very high. In a clean hotel, the accommodation fee for three people included the cost of parking animals, which cost 40 Finneys a day. And Marin's three people, plus the meals of Macar, were as high as 40 Finneys a day. Even if two cows eat grass, they also had to charge for them. After all, this is Vienna, not a country town, nor was there grass to eat anywhere, so they had to ask for food, which was also charged.

More than 80 Finneys per day made Marin feel unbearable. So Marin decided to leave Vienna temporarily and go to a place with a low consumption point. If he could hunt and make some money, it would be even more perfect...

After making up his mind, Marin asked Kahn and Kohler to start packing their luggage the next morning. After packing up, Marin went to the hotel owner to check out the bill. Then, he took two servants to a trip that was about to leave...

As for where to go, Marin also thought about it - they returned to the Black Forest...

There are many animal resources in the Black Forest, and Marin's archery skills are very good. With Kahn's cooperation, they can make money by hunting. Moreover, it seems that the lords near the Black Forest are not strictly arresting poaching, which is very suitable for Marin to "conduct crimes".

Marin's plan was to raise a large amount of money by hunting first. With money, he could change his equipment and equip himself, Kahn and Kohler. In addition, after the Italian war ended, he would buy himself a small manor and be the owner of the manor.

As for status, it still depends on following the emperor to fight. He knew the result of the war. In the first Italian war, the Shenluo Empire was considered a victorious country and had great military achievements. As long as he saved his life on the battlefield and used his foresight to gain some military achievements, he could at least exchange the lowest-level aristocratic status such as the official knight with the emperor. If he is lucky, he might be able to become a baron or something. If he takes advantage of the chaos and catches the escaped Charles VIII, then his contribution will be great...

Also, Marin needs to recruit 3 more knight minions. Ordinary poor knights also have 5 or more knight attendants. He only has two of them, which makes him look particularly shabby.

But raising five knight attendants is a considerable expense. Some knights have poor character and go to block the road when they have no money. But Marin is a moral person and will not do such unethical things. Therefore, he decided to save enough money by hunting first. After saving enough money, he not only had to recruit five servants, but also bought a pack horse for each attendant, and equipped with weapons and equipment such as leather armor and spears.

He thought about it and found that Kahn could be considered a good combat power, but Kohler was a little thin and could only play a role like a quartermaster and a dog-headed military advisor. Then, if you recruit three more people, it is naturally best to recruit those who can fight and those who must be loyal.

The attendant is the most trusted partner and subordinate of the Knight. Therefore, besides ability, reliability is the most important thing. The reason why Marin chose Kahn and Kohler was that he was interested in Kahn's honesty. As for Kohler, it was actually a favor. Moreover, Malin knew where Kahn's family was. If they dared to betray him, he could go to their house to settle the score.

Nowadays, the economy in Germany is very bad, and there are many refugees. However, Marin dared not recruit servants casually from these refugees. Because most of the refugees have unknown origins and are not so reassuring. It is okay to recruit them to be ordinary soldiers, but it is not appropriate to recruit them to be servants. You must know that knights basically leave their backs to servants, and they are not careless.

After thinking about it, Marin decided to return to Hoffman Manor and recruit servants from the serf family of Hoffman Manor. There are more than 20 serfs in Hoffman Manor. Marin "remember" there are still some great guys here. His "big brother" Adler Hoffman has long picked 5 knight servants. In fact, there are still many good guys in the manor. After all, not each of these serf families has only one child. Some families have several children. Because the manor produces insufficient production, some families with many children even have to send their children to the city as coolies. Otherwise, Hoffman Manor would not support so many people. After all, Hoffman Manor only has 1,200 acres of thin land.

Of course, before returning home, Marin felt that it was absolutely right to save more money by hunting. In fact, Old Hoffman is now worried about the future armor and horses of his third and fourth sons. After all, as a father, his son is old, and even if he is driven out of the house, he will have to prepare war horses, armor and rifles for him. In addition, he will also have to pay a lot of travel expenses.

Marin's plan was to subsidize the Hoffmans and his wife some money after returning home so that the estate would be in a better position. By the way, he also wanted to give some advice on the family's agricultural technology so that the estate would produce more land.

The estate has improved economic conditions, and his cheap brothers Simon and Albert can also be equipped with horses, armor and weapons when they are driven out of the family. So as he is, he doesn't even have any plate armor pants when he leaves the house, let alone bring a servant. Moreover, with sufficient funds, his cheap sister Anne will be easier to get married. After all, more dowry is more likely to marry a good family.

In order to bring enough money home, Marin took Kahn and Kohler and plunged into the Black Forest again and started a crazy hunting...

The Black Forest was very large, much larger than the Black Forest in later generations. After all, Germany had a high degree of development in later generations. In the Middle Ages, due to its limited population and many undeveloped areas, the Black Forest still maintained a very large area.

In order not to get lost, Malin specially bought a compass to avoid getting lost in the lush black forest. Spring is also a season for all things to revive, and the animals in the forest are very active. There are also many adult animals, in broad daylight, doing shameful things in the forest to "transfer family traditions". In this case, the wretched Malin will not bless them, but will give them two arrows "swish". Then, a pair of miserable "mandarin ducks" become Malin's spoils, and then exchanged for a lot of money...

The black forest in the Middle Ages was too big and there were too many preys inside. This also led to the trouble of transporting the prey back to the small town of Linbian. As a last resort, Marin untied the tie of the big black bull "Li Chen" and put a saddle on it, so that it could also enter the forest to carry its prey. Because the four-wheeled ox cart could not enter the depths of the forest with no roads.

In some places, because the three Marin hunted too much prey, the price of meat even dropped. At the most, Marin hunted 6 red deer from the forest in one day, causing the local venison price to fall. In a short period of time, it dropped from 5 Finney per pound (retail price) to 4 Finney per pound, and the purchase price also dropped from 4 Finney to 3 Finney. Of course, after the three Marin left, the price of venison here returned to normal.

For this reason, some local lords sent people to drive Marin and his party away. Because in the eyes of those lords, the prey hunted by Marin belonged to their private property. However, the lords who were enfeoffed on the edge of the Black Forest were generally small lords. The lords with powerful lords were mostly in those areas with developed farming. Only small lords with weak strength were enfeoffed to the Black Forest. These small lords generally did not dare to offend the wandering knights easily. Even if Marin hunted wildly, they just sent people to drive them away. Marin was also very conscious. After basically staying in a certain area for a day or two, they sold their prey and immediately flashed their lives, and did not give others the chance to catch them on the spot. When the medieval communication was backward, when the local lords learned that Marin and his party had hunted a large amount of prey and sent people to "enforce the law", Marin and the other two had already gone away.

On average, Marin and the other three could reach two to three red deer every day, as well as hares and foxes of varying numbers. However, Marin did not dare to provoke the wild boars in the forest. Because he was not sure to shoot through the hard hair and thick skin of the boar with a 60-pound bow. As for Kahn who could fight the boars alone, Marin thought it was accidental. Because the last time the boar was not for Kahn, but for war horses, Kahn killed the boars while the boar was unprepared. Unless Kahn could wear a full set of plate armor, he could challenge the boars head-on with confidence. But it was too luxurious to have a follower wearing a full set of plate armor. And Kahn could not wear Marin's plate armor. Because Kahn was much taller than Marin.

The three of them were hunting leisurely along the way to make money, and enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Black Forest, and they were free and easy. When they entered the territory of Markber, when they counted it, Marin was surprised to find that his personal assets had reached more than 500 marks. This data was almost close to the year-on-year income of Hoffman Manor...

"Hunting is so promising!" Marin sighed infinitely.

However, Marin also knew very well that the reason why he was able to successfully get back the assets of more than 500 marks was because others were looking at him as a knight who was not a title. Otherwise, if an ordinary hunter, when entering and leaving the city, he would be extorted by the city guard soldiers, and the lord would be seized by most of the profits. Even if he could hunt down prey worth 500 marks, at least 400 marks would be extorted by the lord, tax officers, and city guard soldiers.

Moreover, it is impossible for ordinary hunters to have horses. This leads to walking hunters not being able to go too deep into the Black Forest. If you stay in the Black Forest overnight, you will basically be eaten by wolves as a midnight snack. Not only that, they do not have the shooting skills like Marin and the cooperation of the best partners like Kahn.

Therefore, it is difficult for hunters to replicate Marin's success. People who truly have knight status generally do not practice archery. They are usually used to hand-to-hand combat, so few of them can shoot archery... Besides, who would put down their figure and become a hunter in a position?
Chapter completed!