The Rise of the European Emperor

When Marin was in a dilemma, he suddenly remembered that before, he seemed to have exchanged the Dittmarschen area located at the mouth of the Elbe and the east coast of the North Sea with Hamburg, the southern commercial city of Schleswig, Rendsburg. , that is, the later Dietmarschen County.

Ditmarschen County occupies the western estuary of the Principality of Holstein. It stands to reason that it should be a very important place, and Hamburg will not give up so easily.

However, there is a group of fierce residents in Ditmarschen County, who can crush the Danish army of more than 10,000 and almost drown the Danish King Hans...

Therefore, Hamburg, whose army has always been weak, is a little apprehensive about this place... Hamburgers never feel that their army is stronger than that of the Kingdom of Denmark...

In fact, although Marin found out the specific process of the Battle of Hemingstedt that year, others may not be clear. Marin knew very well that at the time of the Battle of Hemmingstedt, Dietmarschen's resistance commander, Woolf Esbrand, had clearly drowned the Danish army by breaking the embankment.

Such a strategy was used many times in ancient China. But in Europe, it is very new. Moreover, in this era, because of the power of the Holy See, Europeans are still very superstitious.

When Marin sent people to investigate the matter, someone said that it was God's will that Hans could not get Dittmarschen's control.

What surprised Marin is that there are still many supporters of this dog P theory...

In fact, this fallacy is basically a rumor spread by Woolf Esbrand. However, this rumor is very marketable. why? Because this thing is amazing. When a thousand militiamen of Dietmarschen fought against the Danish army of more than 10,000, a sudden flash flood broke out and washed away the Danish army, but the defenders of Dietmarschen suffered no losses... This is not God helping Dietmarschen, what is it?

In order to deter the Danes from re-invading, the Dietmarschen never mentioned that they sent 3,000 people to block the upper reaches of the river and dig dikes. They put all the credit to God, just to frighten the Danes.

After the Danes failed, they had to make excuses for themselves. After all, if 10,000 troops attacked 1,000 militiamen, and most of them were killed or injured, there must be a suitable excuse. You can't tell others - King Hans, who leads the army personally, is a pig, right?

So, for the Danes, "God prevented Denmark from getting Dietmarschen" is also a very acceptable statement. At least, the face of King Hans will not be lost...

The reason why Marin was able to quickly judge from the intelligence that the Dietmarschen defeated Denmark was because he had seen too many similar battles in ancient China in his previous life, and he could tell at a glance. The Europeans of this era had never seen such a war case, and the Dithmarschen people were confused and spread rumors, and they were fooled all of a sudden.

Therefore, Hamburgers are very reluctant to be assigned to the Dittmarschen area. They are also afraid of Ditmarshen's "magical body protection", and if they forcibly attack, they will bring huge losses to themselves.

Therefore, after a discussion by the Hamburg parliament, the Dietmarschen area was simply exchanged with Marin for the important commercial city Rendsburg that had been beaten down.

Although it is said that the area of ​​Rendsburg is much smaller than that of the Dietmarschen area, there is a developed business there, and it is the junction and the center of goods circulation between the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig.

Therefore, acquiring Rendsburg will largely gain the opportunity to open the market of the Duchy of Schleswig. Moreover, Hamburgers started out in business and are not good at farming. Obtaining Rendsburg, which is conducive to war business, is obviously more in line with the appetite of Hamburgers who are good at business.

As for Marin, he is extremely happy to have acquired the Dietmarschen County area. Of course, on the surface, you have to put on a "I lost a lot of money" expression to the Hamburgers.

Although it is said that in the short term, the Dietmarschen area, a place about the size of a county,

Taxes are not necessarily as high as Rendsburg. However, that is a temporary situation.

Marin has always looked at problems from a developmental perspective. Therefore, he does not care about the temporary backwardness of the Dittmarschen area. After all, the Dittmarschen area is lagging behind, but its location is too good...

The Dittmarschen area not only has all the coastal areas of the North Sea in the Principality of Holstein, with an area of ​​up to 1,400 square kilometers, but also occupies the north bank of the Elbe River mouth, which is a key area for water and land transportation.

As long as Malin is willing to invest, build a port here and build convenient roads... This kind of convenient transportation area is very fast...

In fact, inside the burger, it's not that no one sees this. However, the dominant player in Hamburg is a group of businessmen. An important feature of businessmen is that they pay more attention to short-term gains.

Therefore, even if someone in the city of Hamburg sees the long-term interest prospects of the Dietmarschen area, they cannot persuade other Hamburg parliamentarians from businessmen.

In fact, one cannot blame those MPs for being short-sighted. It is because the office of a member of parliament is not hereditary. The councillors in Hamburg were paid a lot of money to get councillors, and their terms were only a few years. During this term of office, these members of course have to work hard to obtain enough benefits for the family and the Chamber of Commerce, as fast as they can. As for long-term benefits, that risk is too great and the wait is too long. Therefore, they prefer short-term benefits. After all, this one is more stable and less risky...

At the same time, in this day and age, the city and the countryside were strictly separated. The city was the domain of merchants and craftsmen, while the countryside was the domain of the feudal nobles.

Even if Hamburg wins the Dittmarschen area, there is no interest in farming. Because Hamburgers are mainly commercial and handicrafts, no one wants to farm. Combined with the current low agricultural production in Europe, farming is not profitable at all. Moreover, the collection of agricultural taxes was not popular in Europe in this era, and no matter how large the Ditmarschen region was, it could not provide stable taxation.

Under such circumstances, the Hamburg Council will naturally choose Rendsburg, a commercial city that is geographically important and can provide tax revenue, and abandons the Dittmarschen area, which is large but has no stable tax revenue...

Marin had been worried that building the city of Las Vegas on the mainland would corrupt local aristocrats, officials and military officers. However, if it is placed in the Principality of Schleswig, I am not at ease. Because, the Principality of Schleswig is the home of the Schleswig nobles who are to be "enclosed". It's easy to get out of control when you put it there.

After thinking about it, Marin suddenly found out that the Dietmarschen area is a very good area to build Las Vegas City...

First, the Dithmarschen region is neither in the territory of the Marin-ruled region nor in the newly controlled Duchy of Schleswig. Also, the location here is excellent. If the new Las Vegas city is built on the north bank of the Elbe Estuary, there is also a huge advantage of convenient transportation.

Because the city of Las Vegas can not only be used to confine those nobles from the Principality of Schleswig and the Earl of Oldenburg, and let them enjoy themselves. At the same time, the city can also open to the outside world, attracting big businessmen from Hamburg to come to "Happy". So many entertainment items, and Mao Mei... I don't believe that those rich burger businessmen won't throw money...

At the same time, not only businessmen from Hamburg, but also businessmen from nearby Lübeck and Bremen will also be attracted to such a place. Of course, some nobles nearby are also indispensable...

As long as these people come, Marin can completely make the service staff of the newly built Las Vegas City take on the posture of receiving God, and make these rich people happy, and they are not afraid that there will be no repeat customers...

At that time, Las Vegas City will not only become a place to confine and corrode those untrusted surrendering nobles, but also be used for external business and earn a lot of profits.

Thinking of this, Marin immediately made a decision - immediately take the Ditmarschen area. Then, on the north bank of the Elbe estuary, Brunsbüttel at the estuary of the Kiel Canal in the future, the city of Las Vegas was built and made into a famous entertainment center in the North German region, attracting the nearby big businessmen and nobles to come. Spend a lot of money to prosper the local economy, and at the same time, it also brings a lot of profits to Marin...