Chapter 117: Peace for Teutonic

After all, Marin remembered the matter of helping the head of his ally Philip and Poland-Lithuania and began to think about how to speak ...

At present, the Teutonic Knights are very miserable. Under the joint attack of Poland and Lithuania, the Teutonic Knights, which once covered an area of ​​up to 100,000 square kilometers and a population of one million, have only 38,000 square kilometers of land left. And a population of 300,000. Although the Livonia Knights is larger and has a larger population, with the support of Lithuania, it is also out of the control of the Teutonic Knights.

Moreover, the Teutonic Knights are not stable now. With the support of Poland-Lithuania, the local Prussian aristocrats of the Teutonic Knights and the Teutonic Knights fought openly for the control of the Teutonic kingdom. For now, the four major Hanseatic cities-Konigsberg, Elbin, Ton and Mermel, are under the control of more than 800 official Teutonic knights and thousands of reserve Teutonic knights. These four cities are also the wealthiest places in Teutonic Kingdom, and they can get a lot of business tax.

However, in the rural areas of the Teutonic Kingdom, the local Prussian nobles prevailed. Only in the surrounding areas of the four major Hanseatic cities can the Teutonic Knights suppress the nobles of the Prussian countryside.

Speaking of these nobles of Prussian land, they had no ability to confront the Teutonic Knights. However, they have Lithuanians behind to support them. Therefore, although there is no money for the Teutonic Knights, the Prussian nobles in the countryside, with the support of Lithuania and Poland, have obtained a lot of money and military support, and have enough strength to confront the Teutonic Knights. Even in the struggle, it has disturbed the Teutonic Knights' control of the rural areas outside the four Hanseatic cities.

The Teutonic Knights have a superior financial and military strength, but they cannot destroy the local Prussian aristocracy. Because whenever the Teutonic Knights rectify the army and intend to destroy those Prussian nobles in the countryside, Poland and Lithuania will also gather troops, threaten the borders of the Teutonic Knights, and prevent the Knights from destroying the Provincial Protestant who oppose the Knights. Noble ...

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When Marin took advantage of the chance that Grand Duke Alexander had won a large list of hundreds of thousands of gold coins a year, Marin made a request for reconciliation between Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights.

"Count Marin, why did you make peace for the Knights of Teutonic Order?" Alexander the Great asked curiously.

"Because the current head of the Teutonic Congress, Philip, is my ally."

"Ally?"

"Yes, when I first became the Earl of East Frisian Lambert, the Principality of Cliff, where the head of the Teutonic Kingdom and Philippe first recognized my status and also formed an alliance with me. So, I am very grateful He. "This statement is not completely true. In fact, the reason why Marin supported Prince Philip to become the head of the group and to form an alliance with it was purely to destroy the good of Friedrich, the third son of Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, and to prevent the Principality of Saxony from having the Teutonic Kingdom as an ally. It is too powerful.

Grand Duke Alexander didn't make a decision immediately, but started talking with his brother Prince Sigmund in a Lithuanian dialect in a quiet voice. The discussions took a long time, and disputes also occurred, and there seemed to be great differences.

Marin does not understand the Lithuanian dialect, so he can only stare. However, the debate there was fierce and it seemed that the situation was not good ...

So, Marin rolled his eyes and decided to put some pressure on ...

"Duke, when I came, passing Konigsberg, it seemed that I saw the messenger of the Grand Duchy of Moscow went to Konigsberg, and I don't know what it was. Did the Moscow people want to form an alliance with the Teutonic people, and they were attacked by things ..."

In fact, when Marin came, the emissaries of the Grand Duchy of Moscow did go to the Teutonic Kingdom, but they did not discuss alliances, but dealt with a trade dispute. Because the Hansa merchants of the Knights of Livonia and the merchants of the Grand Duchy of Moscow had conflicts because of a huge commercial dispute that occurred in the Knights of Livonia. The Moscow people thought that the Teutonic State was the sovereign state of the Livonia Knights and had the power to adjudicate, so they ran to Königsberg for arbitration. But in fact, the Livonia Knights have long been independent in fact, only nominally recognizing the Teutonic Kingdom as the sovereign state. In other words, the Maozi messenger made a trip this time.

So, Marin simply sent the Maozi messenger to visit Konigsberg, and took it out to bluff the Lithuanians ...

Although the Teutonic Kingdom has declined, it can also make up tens of thousands of troops, and the proportion of heavy cavalry is very high. To really form an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Moscow is also a huge problem for Lithuania.

Both Duke Alexander and Prince Sigmund's face changed, and Duke Alexander asked:

"Then they have reached an agreement?"

"It doesn't seem to be ..." Malin pretended to think about it and replied. The reason why he said this is just to tell the Lithuanians that if the Teutonic State falls to Moscow, it will cause great trouble to the Lithuanians, not to tell them that the Teutonic State is really allied with Moscow. Just press it.

Grand Duke Alexander was relieved, and he discussed with his brother Siri in Lithuanian dialect for a while ...

Marin said:

"Chief Philip is also my trading partner. Every year, he also makes a lot of profits in salt sales ..." This message is to suggest that Duke Alexander-Philip is also rich and capable Recruiting more troops ... In fact, the head of Philippe did indeed recruit 10,000 new troops, intending to rely on this new army to control Teutonic countries and suppress the Prussian nobles.

Duke Alexander and Prince Sigmund seemed to be shaken. After a while, Duke Alexander and Prince Sigmund seemed to negotiate the result. So Duke Alexander said to Marin:

"Lithuania agrees in principle to reconcile with the Teutonic State and promises not to interfere in Teutonic internal affairs. However, that is limited to the locality of the Teutonic State ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ For the Knights of Livonia, we would not like Until it is again under the influence and control of the Teutonic Kingdom ... "

Obviously, this is the bottom line of the Lithuanians. Malin thought about it and thought it was already very good for Teutonic. Indeed, if the Teutonic Kingdom and the Livonia Knights merge, they will definitely become a powerful force. Switching to Marin himself would not tolerate such a powerful country beside him. Therefore, Lithuania ’s demands are not excessive.

Therefore, Marin intends to bring this condition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to Philip, head of the Teutonic leader. As long as Philip agreed and signed a settlement agreement with Lithuania, he had the opportunity to deal with the opposition nobles in Teutonic. Because Grand Duke Alexander is not only the Grand Duke of Lithuania, but also the king of the Kingdom of Poland. As long as Grand Duke Alexander promised not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Teutonic Kingdom, the Teutonic Knights will be free to deal with the domestic nobles that the Knights do not deal with, and will not be subject to armed interference by Poland and Lithuania. What the Teutonic State needs to do is just promise not to align with the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Marin believes that as long as the head of Philip is not mentally disabled, he will definitely accept this favorable condition for the Teutonic state. Although it is impossible to regain control of the Livonia Knights, in fact, the Livonia Knights have long been out of Teutonic control. Promised not to agree to this condition, in fact, nothing. As long as the Prussian aristocracy in the country is settled, the Teutonic Kingdom can truly be regarded as a knighthood country, and it can develop more steadily. Unlike now, the city and the surrounding city are of the Teutonic Knights, while the other rural areas of the Teutonic country are mostly Prussian nobles ...

With Alexander's greatly disclosed conditions, Marin continued on his way home, and by the way, conveyed this condition to the head of Philip ...