Chapter 2085: Immigrants' strategy of exchanging gold coins
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The emperor happened to miss his unfilial son, so he took Prince Charles to the Netherlands first. The North Sea State was just on the edge of the Netherlands, and it happened to be on a trip to Aurich. Of course, this is secret. The emperor himself quietly went to Aurich, while Prince Charles took the emperor's honor guard and continued to Ghent with great fanfare.
After seeing the emperor and hearing about his intention, Marin was shocked-it seems that the wisdom of the ancients cannot be underestimated!
Maximilian I was indeed poor, but the emperor's name was real. In addition, Austria was originally the top vassal in the empire. Adding the two together, there is no need to worry about the source of cavalry.
Think about yourself, very rich, but because of the humble background, coupled with the slander of the princes, Marin could not find enough knight children to serve him even if he was rich. So, he is really sour!
Originally, out of balance strategy considerations, Marin intended to reject the emperor's loan. But thinking of the big move he made afterwards, Marin suddenly felt that perhaps it would be a good choice for the Habsburg family to defeat the French once.
What Marin was afraid of was nothing more than France and the princes uniting to attack him. But if the Habsburg family took the initiative, they even defeated France. Then, all the firepower in an instant will be attracted by the Habsburg family. After all, he is just a prince, and the Habsburg family has the throne.
In an instant, Marin decided to support the emperor. However, he dare not publicly support...
If you openly support it, once the anti-Habsburg coalition is formed, it will not only be against the Habsburg family, but also against the North Sea country. Therefore, he decided to support quietly...
"Your Majesty, I may have to make a big move recently to leave the North Sea country. Therefore, I dare not support you publicly. However, I agree with your grand plan to unify Switzerland and combat France."
"So, did you agree to borrow money?" Maximilian I beamed.
But Marin shook his head:
"No, I don't have that much money now. However, I can provide you with goods. For example, food, and the steel plates needed for this armor..."
The iron and steel industry in Beihai is developed (relatively), and the cost of manufacturing high-carbon steel sheets is not high. A set of high-carbon steel plates (man and horse) for the board may cost more than a dozen gold coins in other countries. But in the North Sea country, 5 gold coins died. Moreover, the quality is much better. After all, other countries currently can only use pig iron or wrought iron, the quality is completely incomparable with high-carbon steel, and the price is still higher.
As for the food...Marin plans to sell a batch of old food, anyway, it will soon go bad if you don't eat it...
These can be provided to the emperor at market prices, and the emperor is grateful. Because this counts as borrowed, don't cash it out. Moreover, it is interest-free.
This is a great love. After all, the Habsburg family is currently owed more than 2 million gold coins in order to compete for Switzerland. That is, relying on the emperor's face, the mortgage from the mine, and the income from the sale of the Swiss estate, the Habsburg family barely supported it. Because the interest rate in this era is very high, the emperor pays more than 300,000 gold coins every year for the interest alone.
Malincon offered him an interest-free loan, which was really a shame. After all, interest is paramount here in Europe, and most allies will ask for interest. At most, you need less.
After negotiating the supply of high-carbon steel sheets and grain, the emperor rubbed his hands again and wanted to borrow another 200,000 gold coins. This money is mainly used to build a team. After all, to pull up a team of 20,000 people, not only equipment and food, but also a little cash. If you can't see the money, where are those noble children willing to die?
Marin shook his head and said:
"Your Majesty, I can't provide this money!"
"Why?"
"Your Majesty, you think, all Europe knows that the Habsburg family is poor. If you suddenly have a large number of North Sea country-style armors and you pull out tens of thousands of heavy cavalry, what will everyone think? Doubt me!"
"At that time, France and the princes who oppose you will definitely anger me. Your Switzerland and Austria are both places with steep terrain. It is difficult for them to attack, but the terrain of the North Sea country is flat, and it is easy to defend. Besieged by them!"
"I've seen your Aurich city and several big cities. They are very solidly built. They shouldn't be able to attack them?" The emperor retorted.
Marin continued to shake his head:
"Your Majesty, the cities can't be captured, but the countryside? My wealth comes mainly from the farms in the countryside. Half of the country's manors belong to me. If they are ruined by them, I will be very sad!"
The emperor suddenly realized that because of the war, Marin took the opportunity to occupy half of the country's land as his own, and he envied the destruction of the emperor. You know, for ancient families like the Habsburg family, because of the long inheritance time, many lands have been banished from generation to generation. In addition, relatives within the family also share a lot of land. Therefore, the emperor's status is noble, but the cultivated land under his name is much worse than that of Marin. Moreover, Marin also has a secret recipe for fertilizer, and the benefits are not comparable to ordinary land.
"Then what should I do?" The emperor sighed. He really has no money.
"You should go to the Fugger family to find a way!" Marin suggested.
"No, I already owe their family more than one million gold coins! Moreover, their family needs a mortgage before they are willing to give a loan, but I have already mortgaged all mines that can be mortgaged."
"Then exchange the Swiss fiefdom and knighthood? Give them a baronial. How many if one is not enough?"
The emperor shook his head:
"The baronial is attractive, but the Fugger family is also watching. They don't seem to be optimistic that I can take the whole of Switzerland. After all, the French are standing behind the Swiss Resistance."
"Is there still a fief in Austria?" Marin asked.
The emperor shook his head straight:
"No, at least the good land has been divided up. The Fugger family also looks down on mountains and barren land."
Also, the Habsburg family has existed for hundreds of years, with countless vassals and many side branches. Is there a good place to be divided up? That is to say, an emerging country such as the North Sea country has not been banned properly. Mainly, the northern region of Germany has always been sparsely populated.
In the warmer climate of southern Germany, there are more people and less land. The population is large, and the land is mainly mountainous, and good land is simply not divided.
"Huh? Large population..." Marin's eyes suddenly lit up...
"Your Majesty, I have a way..."
"What way?" Maximilian I was happy.
"You can trade the population of Austria!" Marin said excitedly.
"Austria is a densely populated area with a lot of people and little land. Your Majesty, you can organize the poor landless and mountain people of Austria to move to the North Sea country..." Ma Lin said, getting more and more excited.
"Wait..." The emperor interrupted Marin's words and said in doubt:
"I remember that many princes blocked the roads and prohibited the people from going to the North Sea country? Austria is very far from the North Sea country. One is in the southernmost part of Germany and the other is in the northernmost part. There are many vassal countries in between. I just agreed with them to move to the North Sea. China, they can't get past!"
Marin smiled and said:
"Yes, if they are allowed to immigrate by themselves, they will definitely not make it. But what if your majesty sends troops to **** them?"
The emperor stood up:
"Send soldiers to escort? What's the reason? Isn't this ridiculous?"
"It's not for you to give it away for nothing. You send a family of immigrants with young and strong men and women over. I will give you 30 gold coins for the ‘introduction fee’. If you send a young and strong one alone, it’s 15 gold coins..."
"Austria has a population of three or four million, but there is not enough land. Your Majesty, if you organize 10,000 young and strong immigrant families, I can give you 300,000 gold coins! For 20,000 households, that's 600,000 gold coins!"
"What if those princes block it? Will there be war?" the emperor hesitated.
"There is no need to go to war, Your Majesty. You just make an excuse to repay the debt of 2 million gold coins, and at the same time find a way out for the Austrian poor. If they block, you directly ask the blocker for money, and then you leave the person and leave! "
This move is very detrimental, it seems that the emperor has given in, but which prince has so much money to buy these people? You know, most of the princes now have fiscal deficits and can't spend much at all.
Moreover, the southern vassal states basically have no shortage of population, even too large a population. They prevent the rule of the people, but they don't want the North Sea country to be too strong. But asking them to spend 30 gold coins to buy a family of immigrants... A few, dozens, or even hundreds of families are no problem. Everyone can get it together. But thousands of households... hundreds of thousands of gold coins, who can afford it? The point is, they are not short of population...
When the time comes, as long as the emperor does this, they will immediately be caught in a dilemma. After all, the emperor has given in and agreed to buy the population. If you can't get the money, you have to let it go. Otherwise, the emperor has reason to find fault. There is no need to go to war, let those immigrants stay in the other side's territory, eat and drink, and they can collapse the other side. The emperor’s army escorting immigrants only needs to protect those princes from slaughtering immigrants casually...
"Good idea!" the emperor exclaimed.
In the name of repaying debts, those princes are really hard to say. Moreover, it also covered the emperor's intention to raise money to prepare for war. Originally, the two major creditors of the emperor were the Marin and Fugger families, but neither of them was in a hurry for the emperor to repay the money. Marin is out of strategic needs and personal friendship, the Fugger family is not in a hurry to collect debts because of the mines with mortgages in their hands.
At that time, the money that the emperor exchanged for immigration can be used to prepare for war. Then, it annexed Switzerland in one fell swoop and hit the French. When everyone reacted, it was too late.
What about Marin? Nor will be blamed. Why? It is a well-known thing that Beihai country lacks population and is even willing to spend money to buy population. The emperor and Marin, this is a normal transaction behavior. Moreover, Marin also offered such a price to other countries, and he did not favor anyone. It's just that everyone refused under the leadership of foresight princes such as Frederick III.
In this way, it is not considered that Marin deliberately supported the emperor. And the emperor sent immigrants to the North Sea country...After all, they are the emperor, so it's not easy to be rough at will. If they want to make money to pay off their debts, there is no reason to stop it!
Then, the two parties happily reached an agreement on immigration sales. But Marin specifically stated in the agreement-it is best not to include elderly people over 60 in immigrant families. After all, pension expenses are huge. Moreover, the elderly are not suitable for long-distance travel. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is easy to die halfway. You know, these years, there are no long-distance buses, trains, or planes. Immigrants all walk on two legs. From the south of Germany to the north, it is at least seven or eight hundred kilometers, which is one thousand five six hundred miles. If you are young and strong, you can still persist. Old people who are not very old are fine, but those over 60 can easily die halfway...
The emperor had no objection to this, because the surplus population of many Austrian manors was actually the extra children of each family. For example, a serf gave birth to several more sons, but the manor only needs one of his sons to inherit the status of a serf, and the other sons cannot be supported by the manor, so he has to let him go out to make a living! What the emperor had to do was to send the idle youths (including young women) that these manors could not afford to take to the North Sea country and exchange them for gold coins...
Originally, the emperor was worried that people would not be able to make it through, but after Marin gave him a rogue strategy of sending troops to protect and ask for money, the emperor was confident to send him tens of thousands of people to Marin, earning himself hundreds of thousands of gold coins!
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