The Rise of the European Emperor

The facts are as expected by Marin. After receiving this threatening letter from Marin, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, was so enraged by Marin's peaches-picking behavior that he wanted to bring a knife to cut Marin. .

However, in the end, Charles II calmed down and chose to surrender...

Why? Because at this time, the Principality of Gede Company was unable to compete with Marin at all. At the moment, the army of the Principality of Gedes, the local army and the West Frisian army combined, is only more than 10,000 people, which is completely incomparable to the 40,000-strong army of Marin.

Moreover, in terms of combat effectiveness, Marin's army defeated the 50,000 elite Bursa coalition with 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. Although the army of the Principality of Gedes also followed the route of Swiss mercenaries, its combat effectiveness still couldn't keep up with the Swiss mercenaries. Therefore, they are simply unable to compete with Marin's army.

Therefore, giving up West Friesland is inevitable. Even if Charles II didn't want to let it go, Marin could beat it. Rather than that, it would be better to withdraw their 7,000 troops and preserve their strength.

For the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war, Marin offered 300,000 gold coins, which was obviously far lower than the actual value. However, Charles II, Duke of Geddes could not refuse. Because, while Marin was writing to him, he had already sent troops to the west quickly, and occupied the southwestern border of West Frisian, blocking the 4,000 Geddes army and more than 10,000 troops who were reclaiming the land on the west side of West Frisland. The South Road of Saxony Prisoners of War. Even if the Principality of Gedes wanted to transfer the prisoners of war back home, the retreat was cut off by Marin's army.

Moreover, Charles II did not dare to order the killing of prisoners. Not to mention that this is illegal, it is easy to cause Malin's anger. That army of 20,000 people who entered West Frisland was not a vegetarian. If they angered them, the seven thousand Geddes soldiers in West Frisian would not be able to survive...

After thinking about it again and again, Charles II could only choose to swallow his voice and withdraw people first. In any case, I can barely get back 300,000 gold coins. If the fight starts, he will have nothing, and he may be attacked by Marin.

Therefore, Charles II was very reluctant to accept the conditions proposed by Marin, and decided to voluntarily give up West Frisian and hand over the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war to Marin in exchange for a low-priced ransom of 300,000 gold coins.

The two sides completed the final deal before the fall harvest in October. Seven thousand of Geddes' army were evacuated from West Frisland and over ten thousand Saxon prisoners of war were handed over. And Marin, as agreed, paid a ransom of 300,000 gold coins to the other party.

Next, Marin turned his attention to the autumn harvest...

In fact, in East Frisian arable land, due to the use of potash fertilizers, the growth of crops has accelerated, and the autumn harvest starts in mid-September.

Only, except for the farms in East Friesland and the previously controlled Oldenburg, Schleswig and North Münster areas,

Most of Marin's newly acquired farmland in West Friesland, Bremen and Jutland does not start harvesting until October. Therefore, the autumn harvest will be busy for a long time.

Moreover, what makes Marin extremely excited is that the new arrivals of West Friesland, Bremen and Jutland will provide him with a large number of fields.

There are nearly 100,000 Eugrams of arable land in the West Frisian region. Together with the 110,000 Eugrams of arable land reclaimed by Charles II, Duke of Geddes, using the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war, the total is close to 110,000 Eugrams. arable land.

Moreover, most of these cultivated lands are unowned. why? Because the previous eight barons of West Frisian were basically killed. Most of the knights under the eight barons were also killed. Therefore, most of the 110,000 Eugram's land is actually now unclaimed. Originally, these were occupied by Charles II, Duke of Geddes, and his men. However, after the people of the Principality of Gedes withdrew from West Frisland, these lands basically fell into the hands of Marin.

According to statistics, the land of 110,000 Eugrams, except for more than 10,000 Eugrams that belong to the church and cannot be moved, the rest of the land of nearly 100,000 Eugrams has already been seized by the Gedes people. . But now, all the 80,000 Ugram arable land belongs to Marin...

Of course, these lands are not all owned by Marin. Because, he also wants to use part of the land as a war merit, and reward it to the soldiers who have merit. However, because Marin grabbed too much land this time, he only needed a small portion to complete the reward. The rest of the big head is still Marin's...

The situation in Jutland is similar to that in West Frisian. According to the agreement, King Hans of Denmark took away six or seven hundred local nobles. Therefore, about 90,000 Eugrams of the 20,000 square kilometers of land in Jutland also belonged to Marin.

Don't look at the vast land area of ​​Jutland, but the Danes have a tradition of developing animal husbandry. On such a large land, there are only 90,000 Ugrams of arable land, which is not comparable to West Frisian, which is only more than 5,000 square kilometers. . However, there are many grasslands on Jutland, which are suitable for grazing. The most important thing is that the land in the Jutland region, except for the tens of thousands of Eugram's land belonging to the church that cannot be moved, the rest belongs to Marin...

As for the province of Bremen, the situation here is a little more complicated. Although the Archbishop of Bremen, Johann Rod Wahl, accepted the land replacement plan for the sake of interests, and took away the owners of the Wahl family (because they could occupy better and more land in the Stendal area). The other bishops of the Archbishopric of Bremen who accompanied them also took away a lot of their clansmen, leaving behind a lot of unowned arable land. However, there are more than 60,000 Eugrams of arable land in the Archbishopric of Bremen, and in the end there are only 30,000 Eugrams of unowned arable land.

why? Because Archbishop John Rodwall took away only the main high-level officials of the Archbishopric of Bremen, not all the priests. Most of the middle and low-level priests still stayed in the Bremen area.

These people, the family behind them, and the church occupy the remaining 30,000-odd Ugram arable land. For these people, Marin is really not very active. Moreover, it is very good to be able to get half of the arable land.

Fortunately, the Archbishopric of Bremen has a vast area, and there is still a lot of land that has not yet been reclaimed. As long as Marin can recruit enough people, the province of Bremen, which covers an area of ​​6,000 square kilometers, has some land that can be reclaimed. In addition to the high development cost of those swamps, the reclamation of other wastelands is relatively convenient, as long as you have the labor force... And this may be a problem for other princes, but Marin can spend a lot of money to recruit poor and poor people in the south. Refugees... Although it would cost a lot to bring those Refugees to their homeland, Marin was not afraid of spending money. And after these people came, they farmed the land for Marin. Because of the advanced agricultural technology and fertilizer, they can quickly bring more profits to Marin...

In order to ensure a smooth autumn harvest, Marin sent most of the army into the fields to help harvest rye, leaving only a few thousand elites for safety.

After all, this year, the harvesting of rye is done manually with a sickle, which is very slow. If the harvesting speed is too slow and it happens to rain, it is unfortunate, and the wheat may rot in the ground. Therefore, every autumn harvest, there will be a word "rush harvest", which means to rush to harvest the grain before the weather changes. Otherwise, if it rains and the wheat rots in the ground, the loss will be huge...