King of German Mercenaries

Marin is engaged in construction in the Wadden Islands, and of course the benefits are huge. But when it comes to earnings, it's at least a few months away. Before that, it was a net investment, and the investment was huge.

That is, Marin got millions of gold coins from the Venetians in Italy, if not for the more than 300,000 gold coins that Marin brought back from Venice. Just like Marin's character who wants to build everything and put everything into action, the money is not enough to spend.

Even the boiled salt in Yancheng requires the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to sell the salt, and the payment is only settled once every six months. So, Marin paid the price for his extravagance - he's out of money now...

Originally, during the war with Friesland, Den Burg had saved tens of thousands of gold coins. But after the war, the whole island of Texel needs to be rebuilt, and a lot of money will be invested in spring ploughing. In addition, Marin caught a lot of fishermen and recruited a lot of mercenaries and serfs, and it cost money everywhere, and it cost a lot.

In particular, to support the development of fishermen on the island requires the purchase of many fishing boats, which are very expensive. At this time, European fishing boats were still relatively expensive. For a medium-sized fishing boat of dozens of tons, the asking price is as high as several hundred gold coins.

Originally, those fishermen could use cheap small fishing boats with a displacement of only a dozen tons. However, this kind of boat has poor ability to resist wind and waves. When encountering strong winds and waves at sea, it is easy to die.

Therefore, Marin, who has a high vision, asked the fishermen to cooperate with two or three companies, and they all used medium-sized fishing boats of 50 tons. In this era, a ship with more than 200 tons is definitely a big ship, and a ship with more than 100 tons is not small. As far as merchant ships and warships are concerned, it is medium-sized when it reaches 100 tons. But for a fishing boat, a displacement of 50 tons is considered medium. Because, fishermen are generally poor and cannot afford big ones. A 100-ton fishing boat can be considered a giant.

Marin is not sensitive to money. For the "recruited" fishermen, the policy to promote medium-sized fishing boats over 50 tons has resulted in huge expenses. Of course, the fishermen did not have the money to buy large boats, so Marin paid out of his own pocket and gave the fishermen a low-interest loan to buy medium-sized fishing boats. To this end, Deng Bo spent 20,000 gold coins, which made Kohler feel bad.

Add in the purchase of cattle, sheep, and farmland and villages on several other large islands, and the cost of everything is huge. Thanks to Marin's vigorous promotion of grass-reinforced adobe houses, the construction cost of houses has become very low. If there are stone or wooden houses built for tens of thousands of people, the money is simply not enough.

When Kohler handed over the financial report to Marin with red eyes, Marin was also taken aback:

"What! Kohler, we're out of money?"

"Yes, Master, you have a lot of ideas. Every time you have an idea, your subordinates will spend a lot of money. The more ideas you have, the faster we will spend. No, there is no money..."

"Ah... Fortunately, we still have money in Venice..." Marin said in fear.

"Yeah, my subordinates also know that Venice still has a lot of savings, so they didn't stop the young master from doing those things before. Otherwise, they would have raised a different opinion!"

"Hehe..." Marin smiled awkwardly...

"Master, we have no money now. Shall we go to Venice to get some money back? Otherwise, the mercenary salaries will not be able to be paid..."

"Okay, I'll take someone to Venice to withdraw money... Mad, Venice is so far away, why isn't there an ATM in Denburg for me to withdraw directly..." At the end, Marin muttered.

Taking hundreds of thousands of gold coins is no small matter. For safety, Marin selected 200 veterans who had moved from home to accompany him under the command of Schwartz. And Frenzberg, still responsible for guarding the island of Texel, and responsible for recruit training.

Right now, there are not many troops in Marin, and so many troops can no longer be stationed on each island. Therefore, Marin's request is to fully protect the core island of Texel. As for the other islands, the farmland has not been reclaimed, so let's put it aside.

Then, Schwartz selected 200 veterans who were proficient in horseback riding, one was assigned two horses, and followed Marin to cross the sea to Den Helder.

And went directly to Venice, Italy, intending to withdraw money...

In the previous battle for Texel, Marin recruited 400 veterans, because each of them wore breastplates and helmets. Therefore, there were no casualties when attacked by the Frisian javelins on the battlefield. Moreover, the families of these people are holding hostages on Texel Island, and Marin is not worried about what they find or betray him.

And this time to Venice, Marin intends to take hundreds of thousands of gold coins to escort back, not a reliable person, Marin dare not take it. Marin felt that now that he was bigger, there would inevitably be someone else's undercover among the newly recruited mercenaries. If something as big as withdrawing money is discovered by an undercover agent... With hundreds of thousands of gold coins ahead, even the emperor would inevitably send troops to rob him. Therefore, the person who escorts the gold coins can only be an old brother whom he can trust. In addition to being reliable for these people, their families are also important constraints on the island. Even if they are greedy for money, consider the parents and family on the island...

There were more than 200 people on two horses, and they did not wear a full set of cumbersome plate armor. They only wore three-quarter chest plate armor and iron helmets. Therefore, the team hurried very fast, all the way to the south, all the way to Venice.

On the way, Marin didn't bother to say hello to the local nobles. Because the horses roared past without stopping. And there are many German princes, if they exchange customs clearance documents every time they go to a country like Tang Seng, the ghost knows that the year of the monkey and the month of the horse can only arrive in Venice.

Moreover, even if some local lords felt that Marin's group was a threat, it was too late to react. Because, the group of Marin riding two horses is no slower than those who reported the news. By the time the local lord received the news, before he could react, Marin had already brought people across the border. Just want to chase, but can't catch up.

What's more, Marin's team, although not fully armed, can be considered well-armed. How can ordinary people dare to provoke them?

So, Marin doesn't need to say hello to anyone, just quickly cross the border and go straight to Venice...

In fact, Marin could choose to use the warship to go to Venice to load the gold coins. However, Marin now lacks reliable sailors. As for the captured sailors, Marin still didn't quite trust them. So, even though warships were more convenient, Marin chose to travel overland to avoid being sold at sea.

To withdraw money, Marin had to go out in person. Because, the existence of this money, most people do not know. Even if Schwartz, Kohler and the others knew something, Marin didn't dare to hand over the procedures for hundreds of thousands of gold coins to them.

You know, 750,000 gold coins, if put into later generations, is almost equivalent to several billions. Marin can't worry about handing over billions of dollars to just one of his subordinates. If his subordinates run away with money, he has nowhere to cry. Because, in this era, there is no online wanted, not even the regular police. Those who take the money can easily get away with it. Therefore, this time to withdraw money, he must go out in person.

In addition, he still has a very important thing to do - that is, by the way, go to Italy to recruit the all-round genius of this era, Da Vinci...

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