The Rise of the European Emperor

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Sure enough, Hamburg is very supportive of Marin's military operations. After all, the people of Hamburg also hold a grudge for the actions of Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, who wanted to destroy Lübeck and Hamburg.

As the deputy leader of the Hanseatic League, Hamburg is actually not very happy with the Saxony business district in the second echelon of the Hanseatic League. Hanseatic cities in other business circles will give Lübeck and Hamburg the face of the two leaders. The Saxony business district, because it is under the covert control of the Wetting family, does not pay much attention to Lübeck and Hamburg. After all, they are the most honorable electors behind them, and naturally they would not put a group of Hanseatic merchants in Lübeck and Hamburg in their eyes.

Therefore, the Hamburgers also hope that Marin can seriously damage the Electoral State of Saxony in this military operation, and it is best to destroy the business there. In this way, the Saxons are honest. Otherwise, the Saxons, who are the second largest Hanseatic business district, always want to compete with Lübeck and Hamburg in the Wende business district for the status of the boss...

As the deputy leader of the Hanseatic League, Hamburg's influence on the German interior is stronger than that of Lübeck. Why? The reason why Lübeck was able to become the most powerful allied leader was because Lübeck was close to the Baltic Sea and held a huge share of Eastern Europe's cheap goods and the Baltic Sea salt trade. And selling salt in the Baltic Sea, as well as selling cheap Baltic commodities such as wood, furs, grain, wine, ash, beeswax, livestock, etc...

Lübeck became the most powerful city in the Hanseatic League because it monopolized the lucrative Baltic salt trade and the supply of cheap Eastern European goods.

Hamburg, on the other hand, is different from Lübeck. Their trade is more inclined to become a middleman in Germany, shipping herring from the North Sea, mineral salt from the Lüneburg region, and cheap Eastern European goods from Lübeck. The developed Elbe and related rivers spread to many areas in northern Germany.

Therefore, the basic plate of Lübeck is the Baltic Sea, while the basic plate of Hamburg is the Elbe and the North Sea. Even the Elbe River is more important to Hamburg than the North Sea.

Therefore, there are also many inland merchant ships owned by Hamburg. Even the total amount of its merchant ships, in terms of number, is no less than that of Lübeck. However, the tonnage of inland merchant ships cannot be compared with sea ships.

Moreover, the commercial activities that Hamburg is engaged in have not made much profit from monopolizing the salt trade in the Baltic Sea region and controlling cheap goods in Eastern Europe. In terms of commercial scale, Hamburg is no smaller than Lübeck. It was only because the profit was a little lower that he fell below Lübeck and became the second child of the Hanseatic League.

Of course, Hamburg controls trade in the lower reaches of the Elbe, but the middle reaches of the Saxony business district. This time Marin entered the electorate of Saxony, and the Hamburgers also hoped that Marin could damage the interests of Saxony and Hanseatic merchants as much as possible, so as to withdraw some of the trade shares on the Elbe and let Hamburg merchants take it.

Therefore, the people of Hamburg proposed that river boats could be provided free of charge to help Marin transport ships. However, after Wittenberg was taken, the quays along the river in Wittenberg, as well as the ships on the quays, were to be given to Hamburg.

The Elbe River is not Marin's sphere of influence, and Marin will naturally refuse to give it. Therefore, Marin directly agreed to the demands of the Hamburgers and said that when the armistice was signed, he would strive for the right to operate normally in the business district of Saxony. In addition, Marin will not only help the Hamburg merchants to capture the merchant ships of the Saxony electorate along the river, but also help them take the sailors of the Saxony electorate away and send them to Hamburg. There are no boats to buy, and no skilled sailors, but it takes a long time to develop. This move will definitely affect the shipping industry of the electorate of Saxony for several years.

After receiving this reply from Marin, Heisenberg and other Hamburg MPs jumped up with joy. Hamburg only wanted to plunder the inland merchant ships of the electorate of Saxony, but did not expect to kidnap the captains and sailors of Saxony's inland merchant ships. If there is no merchant ship, as long as you have money, you can hire them. But without the sailors, it would be difficult.

After all, skilled inland shipping sailors are treasures everywhere and will not be poached by anyone.

Moreover, in this era, sailors are still strictly controlled by their employers and have no right to change jobs and leave at will. If there are really no sailors, the Saxons can only cultivate slowly by themselves, unlike the later generations, who can be dug with money.

After all, the sailors of this era, although their status was higher than that of serfs, were only treated like servants and had no ability to decide their own destiny. As long as the employer does not agree, other people want to poach people, don't even think about it.

Sailors at sea are actually better. Because, sailing on the sea, the control of the sailboat is relatively easy. After all, the sea is so wide that the direction of the sailboat is easy to control.

The inland navigation of sailboats is much more complicated. The requirements for sailors are also higher. Because, inland rivers are narrow, and sailboats want to move forward, they often need to do "z" movements. However, the inland river is not wide. When doing this kind of exercise, you need to control the sails to avoid the boat hitting the river bank or even stranded on the river beach. Therefore, it is more difficult to control an inland sailboat than to control a sailboat at sea. In some rivers that are too narrow, the boat will lower the sails and paddle forward instead to avoid the boat from running aground.

Therefore, skilled inland sailors are even rarer than sailing sailors. Marin proposed to rob all the merchant sailors of the electorate of Saxony, which was a heavy blow to the inland trade of the electorate of Saxony, and it was very deadly to the core.

For Hamburg, this not only hits the inland trade rivals on the Elbe, but also takes advantage of the opportunity when the opponents reduce their trade share to seize more markets.

As a result, the Hamburg Parliament made a direct decision - to suspend the inland trade on the Elbe, and to pull all the inland merchant ships for the shipment of Marin's army.

In addition, Hamburg will send 2,000 troops to the south. The task of these two thousand Hamburg troops is to take the sailors of the inland merchant ships of the electorate of Saxony, including those skilled captains and first mates, back to Hamburg as much as possible, in order to weaken the competitors...

Marin also had to do the Hamburgers themselves, so that the Hamburgers could help themselves share some of the Saxon hatred. Although the Hanseatic merchants of the Saxony merchant ship did not rely solely on inland shipping. However, inland shipping costs are low, much lower than land shipping, and the volume of cargo is large. It is definitely the preferred shipping method for Hanseatic merchants in the Saxony business district. The Hamburgers stole Saxony's inland shipping talent, and the trade of the electorate of Saxony will definitely be greatly affected for a few years. After all, Marin was very interested in seeing the things that made Frederick III uncomfortable.

Although it is said that the Saxony business circle is not only Hanseatic businessmen from the electorate of Saxony, but also Hanseatic businessmen from the Duchy of Saxony. However, when the "Leipzig Treaty" was divided, Ernst was the first choice, and he must have chosen the lower Elbe River (relative to the Duchy of Saxony), which is more suitable for inland trade. Therefore, business activities on the electoral side of Saxony are more prosperous.

Moreover, because there was not enough support for Duke George before, but the main force of the whole country was dispatched to help Denmark fight, Frederick III and George actually had a big gap.

This time, after the Hamburgers stole all the shipping talents of the electorate of Saxony, it is estimated that Duke George will not be too supportive of the shipping cause of the electorate of Saxony. Because the two sides have already separated from each other.

Not only that, Marin also intends to further provoke the two branches of the Weiting family. For example, Marin intends to call on the Reichstag to strip the title of Elector from Frederick III and hand it over to George...

Although, this appeal, said and not said almost. However, it will plant a rift and rift between the two branches of the Weiting family. Originally, there was a rift between the two branches because of things in Denmark, and with further provocation by Marin, it is estimated that the two sides will be more eccentric...