Chapter 232: Selling grain (below)
The issue of territorial sovereignty has been a big issue from ancient times to the present. Therefore, the money to be spent this time is by no means a few thousand gold coins or tens of thousands of gold coins. Wanting to settle this matter, the money is gone.
Not to mention the Archbishop of Cologne, who has a great appetite, the bishops and bishops of the Archbishop of Cologne who have the right to speak need bribes. Because of this, their vote is needed.
In addition, the Bishop of Muenster itself also needs to spend money to lay it down. The best result is the peaceful occupation of the Bishop of Münster. Although Marin is not afraid of war, it is best if it can be avoided.
Therefore, there are too many people who need to buy this time, and the money needed is also a big number. It is estimated that it is hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
However, Marin now has little cash in hand. Although, just boiled salt every year, Marin has a profit of 300,000 to 400,000 coins. Even, before, signed a large order of 500,000 gold coins with Lithuania.
However, the super large table of salt signed with Lithuania has not yet been fulfilled. The most shameful thing is that Dagong Alexander actually demanded that the salt be sold out and settled. Although it is said that there is a contract, Grand Duke Alexander, a great aristocrat, will not be dismissed. However, the 500,000 gold coins will not be settled until the second half of next year ...
As for the millions of dollars worth of money and coins robbed from Denmark, part of it was used to reward the soldiers. Most of the rest is used for the construction of the Principality of Schleswig and the construction of the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg. The remaining part was also used by Marin to bribe various princes to gain recognition.
In other words, now Marin has less cash. Probably, there are only one hundred thousand gold coins in cash ...
This money is obviously not enough to bribe. Therefore, Marin and his knights rushed back to Aurich non-stop, and immediately began to arrange the sale of grain ...
Yes, sell food!
In the past, in order to meet the needs, Marin had stored a lot of food. Mainly, after receiving recognition, Marin intends to recruit immigrants to the Principality of Schleswig and Burg of Oldenburg on a large scale.
In addition, if a large area of the Bishop of Münster is acquired, a large number of immigrants are required to fully develop these places. Marin hasn't sold much food, but it was actually intended to feed hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
Yes, hundreds of thousands of immigrants ...
The three vassals controlled by Marin now have a total population of only 380,000. However, the total area has reached 17,100 square kilometers.
What is the concept of such a large area? In later generations, Israel controlled only 25,000 square kilometers, but its population was as high as 8.5 million ...
Of course, that was the population of the industrial age. This is the age of agriculture, and the population density is certainly not that great. However, most of the 17,100 square kilometers of land controlled by Marin are plain areas, and there are no mountain areas, only some hilly areas, and not many.
Where, in these plain areas, feeding millions of people is not a problem at all. In other words, Marin's goal is to make the total population in his controlled area exceed one million.
Moreover, in the German region, because of the low agricultural output in other regions, there are actually many "surplus people". What Marin has to do is to recruit those "surplus" Germans into their own territory, to farm for themselves, to fight for their own service ...
Considering the food consumption of millions of people, Marin has not sold much food in recent years, resulting in too much food stored in the granary. If it is publicly released, it is estimated that the princes of all countries will be scared to death.
Right now, Marin's granary is estimated to have accumulated about 1 billion pounds of rye. With so much rye, even if one million people eat openly, each person will eat three pounds a day. However, under Marin's rule, there is not one million people, only 380,000 people.
According to the general situation, it is actually sufficient to store more grain for one or two years in the granary. This is still without considering exchanges with foreign countries. If you consider buying grain from a foreign country, there is no problem if the granary does not store grain.
Since the grain storage in the granary is enough for the entire population to eat for seven or eight years, and the population of 1 million is not available in a short time. Therefore, Marin made a decision to sell grain to raise money ...
As for how much to sell, Marin thought about it and planned to sell 100 million pounds of rye ...
In North Germany, the price of a pound of rye is 1 Finney. If it is a large shipment, the selling price is only 0.7 to 0.8 Finney. Because, in order to leave sufficient profits to the seller, the transportation cost must be deducted.
However, Marin never thought of selling rye in the German region. Because, the price here is a bit low. His plan is to go to Britain, France, and Spain, where food prices are higher, to sell.
At present, Marin has a shipping company consisting of 60 robbed Kirk sailing ships with sufficient capacity. Marin is fully capable of selling the 100 million pounds of rye rye intended to be sold last year to those high-priced countries.
In the UK, the price of a pound of rye is 1.5 fenny. France's low point, because French agriculture is developed, but also 1.2 fenny per pound. As for Spain, it is even higher, up to 2 Finneys per pound. Even in Italy, because of the war, the food price at this time was not much lower than that of Western extraction.
So, Marin intends-mainly to sell rye to Britain and Spain. Moreover, the key sales place is Spain-who is calling for the highest food prices there ...
As a result, Marin approached the American general manager of "Hoffman Shipping Company" and asked him to preside over food sales.
However, Amerigo refused:
"Adult, although I am named in the shipping company, the actual manager is not me. I usually mainly teach at the captain's school. The shipping company is mainly supervised by my deputy Cesani ..."
"Cesani? Who is that?" Marin wondered.
Amerigo rubbed his hands awkwardly:
"That's my cousin ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ was born in the nautical family of Genoa and still has some abilities."
As a matter of fact, Amerigo has developed itself and does not forget to support relatives. Although, Americo also has siblings. However, not many are keen on sailing. Instead, his cousin Cesani is keen on sailing. As a result, Americano appointed him as the deputy manager of the shipping company and let him take charge of it. This time, Marin asked, and Americano simply recommended him to Marin.
"Your cousin? Wouldn't it be a mistake?" Marin frowned, worrying that the affiliate would mess things up.
"It's definitely not a mistake. My cousin, who used to be a captain in Genoa. Later, I got out of here and called him to help me."
"Okay, I believe you. Well done, there are rewards. Not good, but punished."
In this way, under the command of Americo's cousin Cesani, the rye that was quietly transported from the huge granary north of Aurich was shipped in batches and shipped to Spain and the United Kingdom. However, instead of using the East Frisian name, the names of several chambers of commerce registered in multiple countries were used. In this way, everyone will not know that these grains are produced in East Friesland ...
