King of German Mercenaries

This negotiation, Marin is actually very aggrieved. Obviously he has occupied West Frisian, but under the interference of several major powers, he has to spit it out.

However, Marin will not spit out in vain. Groningen has already been looted by him, and Leeuwarden has no time to get it for the time being. However, Marin still sent someone to the beach.

Originally, Marin sent people to the seaside, just to manage those West Frisian fishermen in advance, and recruit some young men from them to enrich his sailing team.

However, after the negotiation results came out, Marin immediately changed his approach and directly sent people to inform his men who went to the seaside to forcibly relocate the fishermen to East Frisian territory.

This time, Marin intends to migrate 10,000 or 20,000 West Frisian fishermen to East Frisian. Anyway, West Frisian has a total population of more than 200,000, and it is nothing to be less than 10,000 or 20,000.

Moreover, before the Duke of Saxony paid the ransom and the population, Marin decided to stay in Groningen and not leave, only to return Leeuwarden.

In fact, in the southwestern part of West Frisland, after the news of the defeat of the Duke of Saxony spread, the nine nobles of West Frisland had already led the army to start the attack.

Now, West Frisian is in a period of a military vacuum. Before the Duke of Saxony redeemed the army, no one had time to suppress the army of the original nine nobles of West Frisian. Even those nobles naively found Marin and wanted to take over the entire Friesland.

Of course Marin couldn't be happy, and returning it to the Duke of Saxony would still get a ransom. Give it to these 9 poor ghosts, and he will get nothing. However, he hinted that the nine idiots, now the western half of Friesland is in a period of military vacuum, only there is a Saxon garrison in the city of Leeuwarden, and other areas are basically blank...

So, these nine idiot nobles, Pai Shivag, with more than a thousand people, began the great cause of "recovering the country". But Marin is not optimistic about them, because their army's combat effectiveness is just like that. Although, the fighting strength of the hundreds of people Marin put back was good. However, the group of Frisian soldiers who had been trained under Marin were all melee arms.

Such an army has nothing to do with the Saxon infantry one-on-one. However, if the Saxons used plate knights to charge, they could not resist. After all, Siwager only learned strict military discipline and training methods, but not the Spanish phalanx that professionally fought against the knights. Of course, even if Sivag learned it, it wouldn't work. The Spanish phalanx used too much gunpowder. Now that the nine nobles have no source of funds, where can they afford guns?

However, letting them do things in western Friesland now can also make the Duke of Saxony anxious. Without an army, the Saxons would not be able to drive off the troubled former Frisian army. So, in desperation, the Saxons must be eager to redeem their elite army. That way, Marin can also get the ransom sooner...

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This time, the peace talks taught Marin a very profound lesson - that is, in Europe, allies are very important...

There are many countries in Europe, and any country is not too big or too strong. Even if it is stronger than France, it is just a fighter in a small country. Therefore, in the European aristocratic circle, there must be enough and strong enough allies.

To give two very simple examples, France during the Napoleonic period was extremely tyrannical in Europe, its national strength far surpassed that of other countries, and it was able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, the ambition to take the dwarf is too big, and he is too confident - he chose to fight all over Europe...

The final result is that the mighty Napoleon was eventually destroyed by the powerful countries all over Europe, forming a group as the ultimate BOSS.

Similarly, Germany in the 19th century, under the leadership of the diplomatic master Bismarck, made good relations with Tsarist Russia and Austria, and after solving its worries, concentrated on beating France, achieved brilliant results, and established the German Empire.

On the contrary, the later Wilhelm II and Hitler were too arrogant,

Choose to go to war with multiple European powers. Then, as everyone knows - both of them were beaten to death by the group...

After thinking about it clearly, Marin finally understood his shortcoming - that is, there are too few allies...

Although, Marin now has two allies, the Teutonic Knights and the Duchy of Clifford, as well as the temporary ally of the Duchy of Geddes. However, the duchy of Geddes was unreliable, and Duke Charles was an ambitious man. And the Teutonic Knights were too far away to be of much help. As for the Principality of Clifford, the relationship with Marin wasn't bad, but it wasn't that close either. It can only be said that the Principality of Clifford can only be regarded as a partner in Marin's trade, not to the level of an allied country.

In addition, Marin is naturally considered to be the emperor by everyone. Therefore, it is also very important to have a good relationship with the emperor's faction. As for the neighboring countries, Saxony's Friesland must be the enemy of Marin. As for Oldenburg in the east, because of the conspiracy of Jever, he will definitely not deal with Marin. Therefore, only two countries, the Bishopric of Münster in the south and the Archbishopric of Utrecht in the southwest, are worthy of Marin's friendship.

Moreover, under the current situation, the Bishopric of Münster and the Archbishopric of Utrecht will definitely not refuse to befriend Marin after seeing Marin's powerful military strength.

But what about diplomacy? Marin graduated from time to time with a major in international relations and never even studied international trade. So, he can only think about the answer by himself...

Suddenly, Marin remembered the famous "ping-pong diplomacy" of the later Taizu during "Breaking the Ice"... Then, Marin had a good idea...

It just so happened that after the 300,000 pounds of spices from Columbus were shipped back to Emden, they were still in the warehouse, and there was no time to process them. Because, some time ago, Marin was preparing for a war with Saxony.

Now, just in time, Marin has time to deal with that mountain of spices…

"Taizu can play 'Ping Pong Diplomacy', why can't I play 'Spice Diplomacy' once?" Marin thought...

Moreover, unlike "ping-pong diplomacy", "spice diplomacy" directly involves great interests and is more attractive than "ping-pong diplomacy"...

After thinking about it, Marin sent envoys to visit Ghent, Clifford, Münster, Utrecht and Konigsberg, respectively, to strengthen relations or establish friendly diplomatic relations with these countries.

Of course, Marin also brought a large number of spice contracts to these five countries, allowing them to share some spice profits...

Originally, Marin intended to share the benefits of some spices with the emperor. However, Austria, where the emperor was located, was far inland in the south, and communication was inconvenient. Therefore, Marin finally chose to take out 80,000 pounds of spices and hand them over to the emperor's heir, the handsome king Philip, to distribute. Although it is not directly handed over to the emperor, it is almost the same. Because, the emperor is just such a son... and it is also very convenient to transport the spices to the Netherlands...

Then, Marin provided 50,000 pounds of wholesale to the Duchy of Clifford and the Teutonic Knights, so that the Duke of Clifford and Captain Philip could also make a fortune.

After that, Marin provided 25,000 pounds of spices to the Bishop of Munster and the Archbishop of Utrecht respectively, so that the two bishops could also make a fortune from it.

In the end, Marin remembered his ally, Charles, Duke of Geddes, who he didn't trust too much... After thinking about it, Marin still gave him a share of 10,000 pounds of spices, allowing him to make a small profit...

In fact, Marin did this, although he gave up some benefits, but also accelerated the sales of spices. After all, Marin himself has no way to sell 300,000 pounds of spices. However, these big nobles are different. Their families or powers are deeply rooted, and they have their own strong network and business network. In addition, spices are also in short supply in Europe, and it is not difficult for them to sell out.

As for Marin himself, he kept only 60,000 pounds of spice for direct sales in Emden. After all, the sales of spices can also attract many merchant ships to Emden to engage in business activities. In this way, it will help to improve Emden's business reputation and prosperity.

For example, Antwerp in the Netherlands has developed into a top commercial port in Europe in the original history, because Portuguese businessmen chose to establish a wholesale spice market in Antwerp in 1500, attracting businessmen from Northwest Europe to gather in Antwerp to do business... Then , Antwerp became one of the most prosperous commercial ports at that time...

Marin also intends to follow this route in the future, striving to develop Emden into an important trading port in Northwest Germany. This way, Marin can also collect a little more business taxes and duties...

After sprinkling a lot of spices, Marin really won the favor and recognition of several countries. East Friesland and these countries have conducted cordial and friendly high-level mutual visits and signed various friendship agreements... Then, these countries have publicly issued official statements recognizing the legal status of the Earl of East Friesland of Marin... ...Even, the emperor issued a statement for the second time after learning that his son had obtained great benefits, announcing that he publicly recognized the legal status of Marin...

This is just the beginning. Marin believes that, apart from those countries that cannot be reconciled, as long as they make good use of business methods, there will be more and more countries that have good relations with East Frisian. At that time, if there is another country that wants to attack East Friesland, it is necessary to carefully consider the "little friends" of the country of East Friesland...