The Rise of the European Emperor

In fact, the Margaret County Lord didn't know that the Marin classmate he was thinking about had long been thinking about that corner of England.

Right now, the war in Germany has come to an end, and Marin is planning to go to England. It's just that he needs a suitable excuse to send troops.

He hadn't confessed to Edward that he was "Edison, the big boss of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce", and he was thinking about how to confess to Edward. Only when the words are spoken can we cooperate well.

But the problem is that he is not too active. No one else is in a hurry, what are you in a hurry, an outsider? Therefore, Marin is also thinking about how to propose to help Edward fight Henry VII.

It can be said that this letter from Princess Margaret was actually given to the Marin steps. If Edward willingly invited him to send troops, it would be all the better. In this way, he can also fully cover up his ambitions for England... If he is too proactive, Edward may doubt his motives...

Of course, that's for later. Right now, Marin is preparing to withdraw his troops and return to the DPRK...

The imperial meeting in Worms was over, and Malin respectfully sent off his old husband who had come from a long distance to help him, and then visited each other with a group of princes before ending his visit to Worms.

Next, Marin will rush to Hamburg with an army of 10,000 troops to join other troops. Then, after the three parties divide up the benefits, they go back to their own homes and find their own mothers...

In fact, the three companies have already reached an agreement on the division of interests - because the battles were basically fought by Marin's army, all the land was ceded to Marin. The property and indemnity obtained will be divided equally among the three.

Previously, Marin had seized more than 2 million gold coins worth of Gulden in Wittenberg, which had been shipped to Hamburg and Lübeck for auction. In addition to the 2.5 million gold coins that the other party needs to compensate in the later agreement, the total income is almost 4.5 million gold coins. If the three families are divided equally, each family looks like 1.5 million.

However, Marin privately reduced the reparations of 500,000 gold coins from the electorate of Brandenburg, plus the 1 million gold coins that the electorate of Saxony needed to compensate was also transferred by Marin to George, Duke of Saxony, for the purchase of West Frisian . So, in the end, Marin has used up his share...

In other words, the remaining property worth more than 2 million gold coins of Gulden, and the compensation of 500,000 gold coins from Denmark and Brandenburg, have nothing to do with him.

After arriving in Hamburg, the three families divided their interests - the property worth more than 2 million Gulden gold coins was divided equally between Hamburg and Lubeck. As for the indemnity, the Danish 500,000 gold coins were collected by Lübeck. And the indemnity of 500,000 gold coins from the electorate of Brandenburg was collected by Hamburg...

As for Marlin,

Getting so much land is already the biggest gain. Moreover, when the "demolition-style" looting of Wittenberg was carried out, gold and silver coins and gold and silver jewelry worth millions of gold coins were also hidden, and the purse was also very rich. Therefore, he doesn't care too much about the next division of property that has nothing to do with him.

However, Marin was a little nervous about the rewards of his soldiers...

Originally, Marin planned to reward the entire army with the property worth 400,000 Gulden gold coins looted from Wittenberg. However, after Marin divided the meeting, he didn't get any property. So, Marin needs to have a headache now about what to reward the soldiers...

Marin was a little reluctant to ask him to reward the soldiers with the cash and gold and silver jewelry he had stolen. Moreover, he felt that this hole could not be opened.

why? If the soldiers are used to being rewarded with a lot of gold and silver coins, and if the monarch runs out of cash one day and has no cash to reward the soldiers, will it have a bad influence or even shake the military’s heart?

Therefore, Marin's point of view is that it is not that he can't afford cash, but that he can't open this hole. If the soldiers are allowed to develop the bad habit of "do not fight without cash", it will be difficult for the army to manage in the future.

Therefore, Marin's rewards are generally distributed in a centralized manner after the war, and are generally not given in cash, but are converted into property and land as much as possible.

But this problem was quickly solved by the quartermaster who came to report to work...

How to solve it? It turned out that the quartermaster came to report to Marin and pointed out that a large number of captured weapons and armors were piled up in the warehouse...

Before, although Marin sold 2,000 sets of full-body plate armor, 3,000 sets of breast plate armor and 10,000 spears to Emperor Maximilian I, that was a minority after all. You know, Marin's army has captured 50,000 military weapons and armor. Also, the horses of those knights.

But for some unknown reason, neither Lubeck nor Hamburg mentioned these weapons, armors and war horses when the three families divided up their belongings this time, and did not ask to participate in the division of war horses and weapons and armor.

In fact, as allies, Lübeck and Hamburg were also surprised by Marin's strong fighting power. Therefore, when dividing up the property, Lübeck and Hamburg tacitly did not mention the war horses, weapons and armor, and only discussed the visible property. After all, the two may still need to rely on Marin for safety in the future. Moreover, in this war, it was basically Marin's efforts. They could have so much money to share, which was considered a bargain. If you want to get a share of the war horses and weapons and armor, it is easy to annoy Marin, and it will not be worth the loss...

Since neither Lübeck nor Hamburg mentioned the captured warhorses and weapons and armors, Marin would naturally be welcome...

The number of horses seized this time is very large, more than 20,000. Among them, there are more than 7,000 horses used by the knights to charge. In addition, there are more than 13,000 draught horses used to transfer and pull goods.

With so many horses, Marin was a little worried. Exactly, he needs to reward his subordinates, using war horses and weapons and armors as rewards, it seems to be the best...

Anyway, those war horses and weapons and armors, Marin originally planned to discount them. However, because the amount is too large, and the weapons and armor are not new. If you want to sell, it is inevitable to sell at a discount.

But now, if you use it to reward soldiers, you don't need to discount it, but calculate it according to its market price.

For example, a set of plate armor sells for 50 gold coins in the market. If Marin concentrated on these second-hand weapons and armors, he might only be able to sell a set of twenty or thirty gold coins. However, when it is used to reward meritorious soldiers, it can be calculated according to its market price. Therefore, Marin can save a lot of money by giving those second-hand weapons and armors as a reward to the meritorious soldiers.

As for those war horses, Marin decided to give most of them to the officers who had merit and let them bring them back to breed. In peacetime, it is also used as the daily means of transportation for officers.

Then, Marin leaves only a group of excellent mares, which are placed in the breeding center to develop excellent offspring. As for the stallion? Leave it to the officers to go back to feed...

You know, European native war horses are often fed, and the cost of raising them is staggering. Rewarding most of the war horses to meritorious officers is also considered to share the cost of raising horses. Moreover, rewarding war horses seems to be very high-end and elegant, and the people who are rewarded are also grateful to Dade.

But in fact, they raised those war horses for Marin. Because, when fighting, they have to bring out the war horses they usually raise to fight for Marin?

Therefore, Marin felt that he was too talented. In a small way, the cost of raising horses was passed on to the officers under him. You must know that 7,000 war horses consume a lot of fine material every day, but it is very scary. All by Marin himself, very expensive.

And those pulling horses are not expected every day. Moreover, those draught horses can also be used to pull carts and plough fields, which is widely used. Pulled to the private market, and some people buy. What's more, Marin intends to vigorously develop the Jutland peninsula, and is in need of a large number of draught horses. Therefore, these horses, Marin can eat them all by himself.

Of course, these war horses and second-hand weapons and armor, although they are also rewards, are not all. When it comes to rewards for meritorious deeds, a large amount of land must be rewarded. And those war horses and weapons and armors can only be regarded as the addition of rewards, instead of property rewards.

However, the calculation of military exploits is very troublesome. In particular, the calculation of the military exploits of the 40,000 army is even more troublesome. It will take a long time to do all the statistics.

Therefore, before the awards are awarded, everyone can only go back first, go back to their families, find their mothers, and wait until the statistics of military exploits are over, and then hold a formal ceremony to publicly award titles and land, as well as financial rewards...

Therefore, after the split in Hamburg ended, Marin naturally planned to go back. Of course, before going back, he had to wait for the troops stationed in Wittenberg and Berlin to join him in Hamburg. After all the troops have arrived, we can officially return to the DPRK...