The Rise of the European Emperor

On their way home, the army passed through the Ditmarschen region, which was nominally subject to Marin. At the mouth of the Elbe, the estuary of the Kiel Canal in the future, at Brunsbütte, Marin was surprised to find that there are many swamps here...

At this time, Marin suddenly remembered a message he had read on someone's Weibo in his later life. It is said that before the construction of the Kiel Canal, near the North Sea, it was a large swamp area with a lot of water. After the opening of the Kiel Canal, the water in the swamp flows through the Kiel Canal into the mouth of the Elbe and into the North Sea. In this way, the land near the mouth of the Kiel Canal has been developed into fertile land...

That is to say, at present Brunsbüttel, and the surrounding area, do not have a river connected to the Elbe. As a result, many nearby areas are swampy areas, which are not conducive to development.

Marin didn't care so much, and drew a circle directly on the map where the future Brunsbüttel was located...

Then, it was determined to be the location of Las Vegas City...

Later generations have third-rate singers who sang:

"It was a summer in 1503,

There is an old... old driver on the North Sea in Germany...

Draw a circle!

A mythical rise of a casino city,

The gold and silver of the tax sank the silver-carrying ships..."

...

Regarding the serious problem of water accumulation in the local swamp, Marin directly planned to arrange for someone to dig a small river to connect the Elbe River. It's just drainage, there is no need to dig a large canal, an irrigation canal, which is enough to achieve the function of drainage.

And, because of its proximity to the North Sea, the Dittmarschen region is also ideal for using Dutch windmills. As long as the ditch to the sea is dug, and a few more Dutch windmills are set up, drainage is not a problem.

You know, someone later mentioned in the travel notes of the Kiel Canal published on Weibo that there are large tracts of farmland near the Kiel Canal...

Moreover, in later generations, the Kiel Canal was naturally the natural dividing line between Dietmarschen and Steinburg counties. Marin intends to simply dig this section of the river, which can be used to drain the swamp or directly use it as a dividing line.

After borrowing the merchant ships of the Hamburg people to build a pontoon bridge and allowing the army to successfully cross the Elbe River, Marin led the army and passed the Archbishopric of Bremen peacefully under the trembling watch of the whole country.

To tell the truth, the Archbishop of Bremen, Marin, is very coveted, and he really wants to take advantage of this opportunity to "fake the road". However, the archbishopric is protected by the Holy See and the bishop-elector. Even when his father-in-law had not yet become the Pope, Marin did not dare to attack a bishopric at will. You must know that when Henry IV, Emperor of Shinra, was excommunicated and excommunicated by the Pope, as a result, His Majesty the Emperor was collectively abandoned by the princes and subjects. As a last resort, Henry IV ran to Italy, at the gate of the Canossa Castle where the Pope was, braved a blizzard, and occupied his bare feet for three days before being forgiven by the Pope.

Marin doesn't think his face is bigger than that of Emperor Shinra. If he dares to touch the Archbishopric of Bremen, angering Pope Alexander VI and excommunicating himself, then he may even go to Rome to repent. There is no chance, and the princes will form a group to give the round. The most important thing is that because the authority of the Holy See is too high at this time, those soldiers under his command may betray him and refuse to fight for him...

Therefore, Marin could only face the Archbishopric of Bremen, which covers an area of ​​6,000 square kilometers. After drooling, he wiped his saliva and left without looking back, entering Oldenburg, which was already under his control. Country...

At this time, the county of Oldenburg was controlled by the 2000 East Frisian militia led by Adler. After Marin arrived in Oldenburg, Adler naturally welcomed him warmly and made a request to go home.

However, Marin really lacks generals now, so he can only grieve Adler for staying here for a few more months.

The nobles of Oldenburg County are not so honest. After Marin's army left, some local nobles learned that the garrison led by Adler was not a regular army, but an East Frisian militia. So, after Marin left, the local nobles launched several rebellions.

However, the 2,000 militiamen led by Adler were also formally trained. Moreover, Adler himself is also a fierce brother.

As a result, several small rebellions were successfully suppressed by Adler. Right now, those more than 30 nobles who were suspected of rebellion are all locked up in the prison of Oldenburg City.

"What to do with the insurgents?" Adler asked Marin.

"Why don't you ask? Tomorrow morning, he will be pulled to the square and beheaded in front of all the people of the city!"

"Then their family?"

"All are punished as serfs and supervised!" Marin said coldly.

In fact, Marin originally intended to say "cut together". However, considering that he also needs to stabilize the hearts of the people of the Oldenburg Country, he cannot be too bloodthirsty. In the end, Marin spared the families of the rebellious nobles. However, for the families of the rebels, Marin will not let them go, but will concentrate them in a certain manor to look after them. In name they were punished as serfs, but in reality, it was not necessary for them to do much work. Because these pampered noble families may not be able to do much work. Marin's real plan is to limit their freedom, lest they be picked up by those who have a heart and become a new force against him.

Early the next morning, Marin took the army murderously and took control of the main street of Oldenburg City. Let's "appreciate" the bloody scenes where the rebels were beheaded.

The reason for this is to deter these people. Marin knows that although these people have surrendered, they may not have other ideas in their hearts. Therefore, letting them see the bloody scene of the beheading of the insurgents can also shock them from the heart. Let them clearly realize that the fate of the rebels is only a dead end...

The people's heads were rolling and the blood was flowing, which indeed frightened many nobles who were escorted to visit. They are used to being pampered, and with some unspoken rules, they never feel how dangerous they are.

However, Marin used a more bloody and violent execution method than hanging, which greatly impacted their hearts... That night, many nobles who visited the execution were frightened and sick...

A few days later, when the frightened nobles had recovered, Marin organized these people and announced the specific method of entrusting the manor under their name.

If they hadn't seen the horrific scene of the execution a few days ago, these nobles would have quarreled with Marin. However, after experiencing the terrible scene a few days ago, none of the nobles in Oldenburg dared to openly question this trusteeship plan.

Moreover, Marin is not robbing their territory. Those manors still belong to them in name. Moreover, in the past, Marin would pay them the amount of food they received every year, and would not miss them. At most, they can no longer play the prestige of aristocrats in front of their own subjects.

It's just that they didn't dare to think otherwise in front of Marin, the God of Killing. It's good to be able to save your life, so what's the point of privilege? And, financially speaking, they didn't suffer.

Even, in order to appease the hearts of these nobles who have been deprived of the management of their estates, Marin also announced that while entrusting their estates, they will also take over the debts they owe.

This time, it really made many nobles happy...

You know, in this era, because of the poor food production in Europe. Therefore, those nobles whose territories are not particularly large often have poor economic conditions. Usually, everyone owes a little debt, that's normal. Aristocrats who do not owe debts are rare. Unless, this noble owns a city with a developed business that can provide a lot of business taxes. Otherwise, 9 out of 10 nobles who rely on their estates and estates are in debt. Even most of the princes, those dukes, earls, etc., are mostly in debt.

Marin announced to take over the debts of these people, and also promised that every year, from the output of the manor, he would take out not less than the amount of food obtained in previous years and deliver it to them. In this way, the debts of these nobles are gone, and the income is not reduced, which can make these nobles with poor finances a big sigh of relief.

What they didn't know was that Marin was already planning to build a casino called "Las Vegas" on Dittmarschen's side. Once the city of Las Vegas is completed, these local nobles in the Oldenburg Country will have the ability to stay as officials. The rest will be sent to Las Vegas to be "corrupted"...

Because of the shortage of manpower, Marin could only arrange for Adler to continue to lead the militia to be stationed here. At the same time, Marin wrote to the Chancellor of East Friesland, Haider, asking him to come to Oldenburg as the new palace minister and be responsible for the government affairs of Oldenburg.

Haider has been studying with Geoffrey for several years, and should be familiar with how to be a palace minister. At this time, it is just right for him to come over to serve as the palace minister of the Oldenburg Country. At the same time, in the letter, Marin allowed Haider to return to his alma mater, Cologne University, to recruit several apprentices to help him handle the government affairs of Oldenburg.

After arranging the issue of the garrison of Oldenburg and the handling of government affairs, Marin couldn't wait to gather the army again and rush to Aurich. He hadn't seen his wife and children for several months, and he really missed...