Chapter 1367: Negotiated terms

Although he promised to discuss the matter of Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Malinton would not be unshakable in his plans for the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Frederick III proposed that most of the land of the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg could be ceded, but the capital of Lüneburg should be retained as the last self-made territory of the Welf family, which is also a shame. Similarly, it is also the shame of Frederick III's face.

But Marin directly rejected this proposal, why? Because the most valuable thing in the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg is the salt mines of Lüneburg. If you don't get the salt-producing capital of Lüneburg, you will have failed halfway.

Therefore, Marin proposed to choose another city as the settlement of the Henrys of the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Marin can recognize its autonomy, but the territory should not be too large, so as not to threaten Marin.

After that, the two sides had a heated debate about where to place them. Frederick III proposed that the Henry family, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, be placed in the city of Braunschweig, the "Longxing Land" of the Welf family, and it would be considered a return to the ancestral land.

Originally, the Welf family started in Brunswick. Later, two powerful branches of the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfen-Bitter and the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg were also separated.

It's just that the salt mines in Lüneburg are too profitable for others to worry about. So, later, the Duke moved the capital to the city of Lüneburg producing "white gold" table salt. In this way, the wealthy salt mine was controlled by the Duke himself, so as not to be greedy for his men.

Then, the original ancestral home of the Welf family was abandoned. However, both branches of the Welf family began with the title of Braunschweig as a knight, indicating their origin.

Therefore, Brunswick City is very important for the Welf family. This is like Fengyang, the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang. Although the Ming dynasty never considered Fengyang as a capital city, Fengyang was the spiritual capital of the Daming Empire and had a very special status. When Zhang Xianzhong broke through Fengyang and dug the ancestral tomb of the Zhu family, Emperor Chongzhen almost cried to death. The Ming dynasty was also considered to be "exhausted" ...

Because of this, Marin did not want to give Brunswick, the spiritual capital of the Welf family, to Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, for fear that the Welf family would have the idea of ​​coming back from scratch.

Moreover, according to reports from the engineers of the Chamber of Commerce, there are potash mines near Brunswick. That gadget is the lifeblood of agriculture. It is very important for the North Sea country. How can it be handed over to the Welf family?

Then, Marin began thinking about Hanover City. Hanover is very famous in later generations, because this is the "Longxing Land" of the Hanover dynasty that once dominated the world. Hanover is now humble, but as the Welf family moved to Hanover in the 17th century and became an elector, Hanover became the family name of the Welf family. Later, George of the Hanover family inherited the British throne after the death of Queen Anne. Then, the British and Hanoverian electorate maintained a co-ownership for more than a hundred years until Queen Victoria ascended the throne. Only because the Germans rejected women as kings did the two countries officially "break up" ...

However, after viewing the map, Marin did not want to give Hanover to the Duke of Henry—because Hanover was located at the intersection of the North German Plain and the Sino-German mountains. South of Hanover is the Harz Mountains.

If Hanover was given to the Duke of Henry, it would never be given to only one city, but it must also bring hundreds of square kilometers of land. As a result, the Harz Mountains will inevitably be circled in many places. If you go around some important mineral deposits ...

Malin thought about it and denied the plan ...

But where is the Duke Henry placed? Marin turned the map and suddenly turned his eyes to the west side of the map ...

"With that, I know where to put the Duke Henry!" Marin said happily.

"Oh, where?" Frederick III also came up and looked at the picture curiously.

Marin pointed to the west of the map and said:

"Well, this is it!"

"Girdenbo ..." Frederick III frowned.

"Very good! Gelden used to be the capital of the Principality of Geddes after all. It was a small city. Moreover, the area of ​​Upper Geddes around Gelderbos also has six or seven hundred square kilometers ..." Ma Lin suddenly remembered that it seemed that Frederick III did not understand the concept of "square kilometers". So he changed his mouth:

"The Upper Geddes region used to be the core area of ​​the principality of Geddes after all. Agriculture is very developed and food is sufficient. Moreover, because Gelden is on the Maas River, the shipping industry is developed ..."

Frederick III frowned and looked at the map, tangled:

"This place is pretty good, but the Gelden region is after all the country. Is it possible to reduce Henry to Earl? The person I covered not only lost the whole country, but also fell from the Duke to the Earl ... It was a great blow to me so big……"

Hearing Frederick III say this, Marin laughed:

"You do n’t have to worry about it. The duel book makes it clear-even if they lose, the original noble title is still retained, but they have lost control of their own fiefdoms, just like the Duke of France. Duke of Lenneck-Lüneburg. It is just that it is no longer an independent duke, but a duke of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. "

"So, in the future, Duke Henry will not only directly govern the entire Kingdom of Gelden, but also retain the title of Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Of course, he has no jurisdiction over the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg He can only keep the royal palace in Lüneburg as a private house. When it is fine, he can also live in the royal palace in Lüneburg ... "

After hearing this, Frederick III nodded and said:

"That's okay. I have an actual territory of the Berkshire and still retain the title of the original duke ... Well, I can be worthy of my sister ... But if you only keep the benefits of your brother-in-law, you don't care about the other seven princes It's easy to get criticized ... "But he is the leader of the princes, he can't just care about his family. Otherwise, you will be accused of being unfair ...

Marin looked at him silently, but he also had to admit that Frederick III was right. He ran alone to negotiate with himself, only to reserve a certain autonomous territory for his brother-in-law, it would indeed be criticized unfairly ...

After thinking about it, Marin suggested:

"Well, my plan to annex the eight princely states remains unchanged. Then, you openly stated that you would buy 300,000 gold coins to buy the younger brother and sister-in-law of Geldenberg ..."

"I have no money ..." Frederick III waved his hands again and again ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ A few years ago, he was extorted by Marin and took millions of gold coins, and was looted by Marin's army. And this time he sent troops to fight against the Habsburg family, he also invested a lot of money, the treasury is empty, where can I get 300,000 gold coins?

Marin laughed:

"I just said that I didn't really want you to take out 300,000 gold coins. You advertise this to the outside world, but you don't need to give money. In this way, the outside world will not question your fairness. After all, it is you who spend your money in Gelden "Buy away" for the younger sister and brother-in-law, others can't ask you to buy land for the other 7 princes, right? "

After thinking of Frederick III, he said:

"Pretend to spend money to buy territories for my sister and brother-in-law. This is a way to make people unable to accuse me of being unfair. However, without helping the other seven princes, it is impossible to show the justice of my leader ..."

Marin is like spraying him out-where are you so many broken things? But at the thought of asking him to help contain the emperor, he had to calm down and help him find a way ...

"In this way, during the collective bargaining, you pretend to fight for your reason. Then, I agreed to allocate a large sum of money to the seven princes captured every day as their daily expenses ..."

In fact, this money was planned by Marin. After all, he could not bear the notoriety of abusing the big nobility. However, Frederick III wanted to keep his reputation. Marin simply acted as a lover, pretending to be harsh, and letting Frederick III fight for something before giving it. In this way, Frederick III can save face. With face, we can continue to take everyone to the trouble of the Habsburg family as the "big brother" ...

In this way, the two sides finally negotiated the conditions. However, there is only one last step, and you need to act ...

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