Chapter 1560: Owe hundreds of thousands

Vladislas II froze for a moment, then suddenly said:

"Well, it should be. Let me figure it out ... you have 10,000 infantry and you pay three fennels a day, 10,000 is 30,000 fennys a day, which is equivalent to 500 Goulden coins ... The price of cavalry is light 9 fenny per day for cavalry, 1 shilling per shilling per day, 6 fennel for your heavy armor ... you have 5,000 light cavalry, the daily salary is 450,000 fenny, equivalent to 750 Goulden coins ... Expenditure is 1250 Gouldon gold coins, 37500 gold coins a month, 75000 gold coins in two months ... "Vladislas II carefully calculated.

Marin couldn't help but interrupt:

"Wait, Your Majesty, I am a veteran of a hundred battles. I can't count on the lowest 3 Finney every day!"

Vladislas II, who was calculating, looked up and smiled at Marin, saying:

"We are all real relatives. Are you sorry to ask me for a higher price? Just count as normal ..."

Marin froze for a moment, then mumbled:

"You are not short of money. Bohemian silver mine is a big silver mine!"

Hearing Marin, Vladislas II put down the pen and sighed:

"That's what you said was a thing of the past. In recent years, the Kutna Hora silver mine in Bohemia is about to dry up. I am also worried now that there is no Kutna Hora silver mine. Where does the income come from. You know, the royal family's arrogance is very large and expensive, which is really a headache! "

Suddenly, Marin remembered that the 16th-century historical material he saw in later generations mentioned the Tyrol silver mine, the Saxon silver mine, and the Goslar Rammelsberg silver. The mine is not mentioning the bohemian silver mine. The bohemian silver bar, which is famous in Germany, seems to be a medieval thing ...

In other words, in the 16th century, there really was no bohemian silver mine. Otherwise, the Habsburg family who obtained the Kingdom of Bohemia through marriage will not continue to be poor. Had it not been for Charles V, who had historically united Spain to overdraw the finances of the Spanish empire that owned the golden mountains and silver seas of the Americas, the Habsburg family would have been unable to fight even the battle.

Therefore, what Vladislas II said should be true, not cry poor.

Of course, Marin does not care whether Vladislas II has money or not. He pretended to be concerned:

"Your Majesty, since you are in financial difficulty, otherwise, I will change the payment plan?"

Vladislas II curiously said:

"Change the plan? How to pay? Do you want to postpone the payment and let me pay interest?"

Marin shook his head:

"No, I mean, we don't have to pay for it with money ..."

But Vladislas II was nervous:

"What do you mean? Do you want land? Then I'll pay for it! Although Bohemian finances are not very good, there is still money to pay for it!"

Marlin couldn't help crying and laughing:

"No, I don't want your land either. I mean, when we defeat these seven or eighty thousand rebels, there will always be tens of thousands of prisoners of war? By then, you can give me all the prisoners of war!"

"Prisoners of war? Why do you want tens of thousands of prisoners of war? Do you want to expand the army?" Vladislas II was alert. If Marin expanded his army by tens of thousands, even if he had a good relationship with Marin, he would feel uneasy. After all, he was also a great prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and he did not want to see too strong princes appear.

Marin certainly denied:

"No, you should know that last year I won the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbiter and won the Rammelsberg silver mine in Goslar. Now, I am short of money and hope to expand the silver What about mine output. If you can get tens of thousands of miners, I think you can produce a lot of silver! "

Vladislas II nodded and accepted Marin's statement. Indeed, this year, tens of thousands of people need to put tens of thousands of people on the mine if they want high yields from the gold and silver mines. Otherwise, the output will not increase without people.

However, the northern part of Germany is sparsely populated, and it is indeed not cost-effective to let the lack of farmers to mine. Generally speaking, mines in the north have to recruit miners in areas with large populations in the south. But mining is too dangerous, not forced, and no one is willing to mine. In particular, the mining of deep wells is very dangerous. The Kutna Hora silver mine in Bohemia is now being drilled deep underground. Moreover, the amount and grade of ore have also decreased dramatically.

Therefore, Vladislas II believed that Marin wanted tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war to mine silver. Because, it sounds very reasonable and there are no loopholes.

However, as an old fox in politics, Vladislas II did not want Marin too cheap. So he asked all over the sky:

"It's okay for the prisoners of war to be settled, but the prisoners of war are also valuable. So, how about you 20 Gulden gold coins? The price is quite reasonable ..."

Of course, Marin knows that the price is reasonable, but the question is, if you really follow the 20 gold coins, would n’t you have to pay millions of gold coins for the 50,000 prisoners of war? However, his 150,000 mercenaries fought for Vladislav II, only 75,000 gold coins in two months.

So he called Qu Dao:

"Your Majesty, is this too ridiculous? Those prisoners of war, if I don't want them, most of you will also be executed, and you won't get a penny. Now, use it to offset my commission for sending troops. ! "

Vladislas II smiled and said:

"That's right, but it's not a few thousand people, or ten thousand people ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ but there may be tens of thousands of prisoners! If you are all paid to pay the employment fee, it is too expensive. And, it ’s not that your family sent troops, and I can send some of the other prisoners of war to my brother Sigmund to offset the commission of the wing cavalry ... "

Malin shook his head again and again:

"It's impossible, and it's only because I'm in a hurry to develop the silver mine that I need so many people. Others, should I ask for more money?"

...

Then, the two sides came and went, and kept bargaining. After dark, the two sides finally reached an agreement-prisoners of war of less than 10,000 people do not need money. For more than 10,000 people, each person counts 10 gold coins. Of course, if the prisoners of war belonged to the Hungarian nobility, they could not sell them to Marin if they wanted to go back.

After the negotiations, Marin said with a depressed face:

"If there are 50,000 prisoners of war, excluding the 10,000 who do n’t need money to cover the cost of sending troops, would n’t I have to pay you 400,000 coins in reverse? God, it ’s clear that you hired my army to fight , But I want to owe you hundreds of thousands of gold coins! I am really losing money! "

In fact, Marin was not depressed at all. Because, if he went to buy Mao Gonggong and counted the money given to the Crimeans, as well as the freight and tolls for crossing the Turkish Strait, it would cost more than 20 gold coins. You can buy a young and strong Hungarian farmer for 10 gold coins, and Marin is also profitable. The only unhappy thing is that he failed to get to Vladislas II. After all, it is also an old fox in politics, so it is not so easy to flicker!

But in any case, to get tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war, for Marin, it is also a big profit. In particular, Marin may select more than ten thousand of these tens of thousands of prisoners of warriors suitable for hussars. Once it can pull up a team of tens of thousands of light cavalry, it will definitely be of great benefit to the strengthening of the North Maritime Force ...