Chapter 291： Spice diplomacy

This time, Marin was very aggrieved. Obviously he had occupied West Frisian, but under the intervention of several major powers, he had to vomit.

Alas, Marin will not spit it out in vain. Groningen had been ransacked by him, and Leeuwarden had no time to pick it up. However, Marin sent someone to the beach.

Originally, Marin sent people to the seaside, but just wanted to manage those West Frisian fishermen in advance and recruit some young and strong sailing teams from it.

However, after the results of the negotiations came out, Marin immediately changed his approach and directly sent a notice to his men who went to the seaside to let them forcibly migrate the fishermen to East Friesland.

This time, Marin planned to relocate 10,000 to 20,000 West Frisian fishermen to East Friesland. Anyway, West Friesland has a total population of more than 200,000 people.

Moreover, before the Duke of Saxony paid the ransom and the population, Marin decided to stay in Groningen and return only to Leeuwarden.

In fact, after the news of the defeat of the Duke of Saxony spread in the southwestern part of West Frisian, the 9 nobles of West Frisian had already led the army to begin the raid.

Now, West Frisian is in a period of vacuum. Before the Duke of Saxony redeemed the army, no one had the time to suppress the army of the nine nobles of West Frisian. Even those nobles found Marin naively and wanted to take over the entire Friesland.

Marlin certainly wasn't willing to return it to the Duke of Saxony for a ransom. Give these 9 poor ghosts, he will get nothing. However, he hinted that the nine fools are now in the half of Friesland West during the period of vacuum, only one Saxony garrison in Leeuwarden, and other areas are basically blank ...

As a result, these 9 idiot nobles, Pasigavag, with more than a thousand people, began the great cause of "restoration." But Marin was not optimistic about them, because their army's combat effectiveness was just that. Although, the hundreds of people Marin put back had a good combat effectiveness. However, the batch of Frisian soldiers who had been trained by Marin were all melee units.

An army like this has nothing to do with the Saxony infantry. However, if the Saxons used the plate knights to charge, they could not resist. After all, Silvag only learned strict military discipline and training methods, but did not learn the Spanish side that professionally opposed the Cavaliers. Of course, even if Sivag learned it, he couldn't afford it. The Spanish Phalanx consumes too much gunpowder. Now that the 9 nobles have no funding source, where can they afford guns?

However, letting them do it in the west of Friesland can also make the Duke of Saxony anxious. Without the army, the Saxons would not be able to drive the troubled former Frisian army. Therefore, desperately, the Saxons must be anxious to redeem their elite army. That way, Marin could get the ransom sooner ...

Uh ...

This time the peace talk taught Marin a profound lesson-that is, in Europe, allies are important ...

There are many European countries, and no country is too big or too strong. Even better than France, it is just a fighter in a small country. Therefore, in the European nobility circle, there must be enough and strong enough allies.

To give two very simple examples, France of Napoleon's period was extremely powerful in Europe. Its national strength far surpassed that of other countries and it could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, the ambition of taking a dwarf is too big and too confident-he chose to head all-Europe ...

The final result is that Napoleon, who was not alive, was eventually destroyed by the powerful European powers as the ultimate boss.

Similarly, in the 19th century, Germany, under the leadership of diplomatic master Bismarck, made good relations with Russia and Austria. After resolving the worries, he focused on beating France, achieved brilliant results, and established the German Empire.

Contrary to this, later William II and Hitler were too arrogant and chose to fight with several European powers. Then, as a result, everyone knows-both were beaten to death ...

After thinking clearly, Marin finally understood his shortcomings-that is, too few allies ...

Although, Marin now has two allies of the Teutonic Order and the Principality of Clifford, as well as the temporary allies of the Duchy of Gerdes. However, the Duchy of Gerdes was unreliable, and Duke Charlie was an ambitious man. The Teutonic Knights is too far away to help. As for the Principality of Cliff, the relationship with Marin is not bad, but it is not so close. It can only be said that the Principality of Rivers can only be regarded as a partner in Marin's trade, and it is not at the level of the Allies.

In addition, Marin is naturally considered an emperor. Therefore, it is also very important to have a good relationship with the emperor. As for the surrounding countries, Friesland in Saxony must be Marin's enemy. As for the er, Oldenburg on the east side, he must not have dealt with Marin because of the conquest of Jävre. Therefore, there are only two countries, the Bishop of Munster to the south and the Archbishop of Utrecht to the south, worthy of Marin's friendship.

Moreover, in the current situation, after seeing Marin's strong military strength, Bishop Munster and Archbishop Utrecht will certainly not refuse to make good relations with Marin.

But how do you start diplomacy? Marin has graduated from time to time in international relations and has not even studied international trade. So, he can only think about the answer ...

Suddenly, Marin remembered the famous "ping-pong diplomacy" of his descendants during the "icebreaking" ... Then Marin came up with a good idea ...

I happened to be. After Columbus' 300,000 pounds of spices were shipped back to Emden, they were still in the warehouse and there was no time to deal with it. Because, some time ago, Ma Linjing was preparing for a war with Saxony.

Now, there is just enough time, Marin has time to deal with the mountain of spices ...

"Taizu can play 'ping pong diplomacy', why can't I play 'spice diplomacy' once?" Marin thought ...

Moreover, unlike "ping pong diplomacy", "spice diplomacy" directly involves a lot of interests and is more attractive than "ping pong diplomacy" ...

After thinking about it, Marin sent envoys to visit Ghent, Cliff City, Münster City, Utrecht, and Konigsberg, respectively, to strengthen relations or establish friendly diplomatic relations with these countries.

Of course, Marin also brought a lot of spices contracts to these 5 countries and let them share some spices profits ...

Originally, Marin planned to share some spice benefits with the emperor. However, the emperor's Austria was far inland in the south and communication was inconvenient. Therefore, Marin finally chose to take out 80,000 pounds of spices and hand them over to the emperor's heir, the handsome king Philip. Although it was not delivered directly to the emperor, it was almost the same. Because the emperor was just such a son ... and it was very convenient to transport spices to the Netherlands ...

Then, Marin provided the Principality of Rivers and the Teutonic Order with 50,000 pounds of wholesale, so that the Duke of Rivers and the head of Philip could make a lot of money.

After the death, Marin provided 25,000 pounds of spice to Bishop Münster and Bishop Utrecht, so that the two bishops could also earn a fortune.

Finally, Marin remembered Charlie, Duke of Gerdes, an ally he didn't already trust ... After thinking about it, Marin still gave a share of 10,000 pounds of spices, making him a small profit ...

In fact, Marin did give some benefits, but also accelerated the sales of spices. After all, by Marin himself, there is no way to go ~ www.novelhall.com ~ can sell 300,000 pounds of spices. These big nobles are different. Their families or forces are deeply entrenched and have their own strong relationships and business networks. In addition, spices are also in short supply in Europe, and it is not difficult for them to sell out.

As for Marin himself, he only saved 60,000 pounds of spices and remained at Emden for direct sales. After all, the sale of spices can also attract many merchants and merchants to Emden for business activities. In this way, it is conducive to improving the commercial reputation and prosperity of Emden.

For example, Antwerp in the Netherlands originally developed into the top commercial port in Europe because Portuguese merchants chose to establish a wholesale market for spices in Antwerp in 1500, attracting businessmen from North and West Europe to gather in Antwerp to do business ... , Antwerp became one of the busiest commercial ports at the time ...

Umarin also intends to follow this route in the future, and strive to develop Emden into an important trade port in Northwest Germany. In this way, Marin can also collect a little more business taxes and duties ...

撒 After sprinkling a lot of spices, Marin really gained the favor and recognition of several countries. East Frisian and these countries have exchanged cordial and friendly high-level visits and signed various friendly agreements ... then, these countries have publicly issued official statements recognizing the legal status of Marin East Frisian ... … Even after learning that his son had obtained great benefits, the Emperor issued a second statement announcing the public recognition of Marin's legal status ...

This is just the beginning. Marin believes that, with the exception of countries that cannot be reconciled, as long as they make good use of commercial means, there will definitely be more and more countries with East Frisian relations. At that time, if another country wants to make East Frisian ideas, we must consider the "little friends" of East Frisian ...