Chapter 520： Private agreement

Although some sympathy for the bad luck of Joakim I, but Marin will not easily let go of each other. After all, if they fail, they will not make themselves better.

However, there are always priorities. For Marin, Joachim I was not a serious trouble for him, Frederick III was.

Moreover, this negotiation was held in Worms, Frederick III also received a large vote of princes to help out. Marin thought with his toes, knowing the difficulty of negotiations.

In addition, after the negotiations began, King Hans and Joachim I, as the defeated party, certainly hoped to pay less. Therefore, at that time, it will be a dragon and a tiger fighting no less than war. Therefore, Marin hopes to be able to divide the alliance between Frederick III and Joachim I, so as to avoid each other holding their own.

It happened that after hearing the lamentation of Jokim I, Marin moved ...

Marin knew that Joachim I really had little money. And this war, the reason why Frederick III was brought together, in addition to the good relationship between the two and the marriage relationship with Denmark, greedy Lübeck and the wealth of Hamburg, is an important driving force for Chokim I to send troops. In order to win and profiteering, Joakim I desperately took almost all the regular troops of the Brandenburg Electorate to the front.

Being able to speak out economically in embarrassment in front of Marin, Marin can conclude that Joachim I was still eager for money.

Of course, as an aristocrat, you would not directly say that you like money. So, like Joachim I, lamenting that he would eat dark bread in the future is the correct way of speaking.

But the truly arrogant nobleman was ashamed of profit, and the loss of interest that Joakim I could feel in front of an enemy like Marin proved that this was a nobleman who valued profits rather than a noble nobleman.

So, Marin's eyes rolled, and suddenly an idea sprouted. So, he said to Joakim I:

"Master Chokem, in fact, you want to reduce the loss, there is no way ..." Speaking of this, Marin suddenly stopped and then smiled mysteriously at Chokem I ...

If Joachim I was a true noble, he would definitely disdain. And if Joakim I was a very real nobleman, he would certainly not miss this opportunity ...

Sure enough, Joakim I's eyes lit up, and then asked:

"any solution?"

"Cooperate with me ..." Marin answered leisurely.

"Cooperate with you? Is it possible that you will share the ransom from the blackmail? You know, I am also the object of blackmail by you ..." Jokim said dissatisfiedly.

"Although it is not such a good thing to share the ransom with you, but in nature, it is not too much ..." Marin said without a hurry.

"What do you mean?" Joakim I didn't quite understand.

"I mean, as long as Lord Joakim cooperates with me well in the negotiations at Worms, I can substantially reduce your ransom amount ..."

"How much is the relief?" Joakim I asked somewhat eagerly.

"There are hundreds of thousands of gold coins anyway ..." Marin is not short of money now, but political matters are a lot of trouble. If Joakim I was willing to help himself, he didn't mind giving a little benefit to the other party.

"Hundreds of thousands of gold coins ... then ... can you cede some land less?" Joakim I asked in full measure.

"Do n’t think about it, Master Joakim, if you let you lose a little bit of money, others will not see it. Anyway, I have no idea if I have received your money. Others do n’t know. If you do n’t cede the land, you may not All Germans know that when you are in the aristocracy, it will be difficult to be a man. "Marin rolled his eyes.

Joakim I thought about it, really ...

This kind of money exchange will not happen in the eyes of the public. How much Marin will be compensated by the electorate of Brandenburg will certainly not be paid in the presence of everyone. In the end, it was unclear how much Brandenburg paid Marin.

But if the Brandenburg electorate ceded the land to Marin, that would not escape the eyes of others. Because everyone knows who dispatched the officials on the land involved in the cession.

Joakim I was defeated and captured, which was shameful enough. If it is known that it is hooked up with Marin in private, it is really shameless. His former allies will also alienate him.

Therefore, Joakim I said to Marin with a serious face:

"I have no problem cooperating with you, but how can you ensure that the information will not be leaked?" This is also the biggest concern for Chokim I and Marin.

Marin thought about it, borrowed a Bible from the army priest, and then, in the presence of Joakim I, touched the Bible and vowed to keep the secret. If it leaks out, go to the square in front of Aurich ’s palace ...

"Go Ben ..." Joakim I was taken aback by Marin's oath. But think about it, in the square outside the palace, the large crowd of people rushes to the ground, and it is really ashamed and ashamed, it is as good as death ...

Eventually, Joakim I believed in Marin. But where did he know that Marin did not believe in Christianity at all, and he believed in crossing the Great God (who told him to cross) ...

Of course, Marin is also a credit person. As long as Joakim I cooperated with him, he would not be so cheap as to reveal the secret.

In the end, Marin and Joachim I reached an agreement in private-Joakim I did not join forces with Frederick III to create obstacles in the negotiation, try to cooperate with Marin, and disrupt the anti-Marin alliance, making the negotiations more conducive to the horse forest. The return from Marin is that only half of the damages negotiated by Joakim I will be paid ...

It is half, but it is not a small number. Brandenburg was defeated this time, and nearly 15,000 prisoners of war were arrested, plus Joakim I himself, the most valuable super prisoner of war.

Therefore, the ransom alone exceeds one million gold coins. If I add a little more ... the agricultural country of the electoral country of Brandenburg can't come out ...

Marin agreed to let the other party pay only half, which is equivalent to reducing the other party's compensation of more than 500,000 gold coins! Faced with such a huge exchange of interests, Joachim I agreed without thinking. Besides, I really want Brandenburg to take out more than one million gold coins, and he wo n’t be able to take it out if he is killed ... If it is hundreds of thousands, you can still get it if you squeeze it and borrow it again ...

While Marin seems to have received hundreds of thousands of less gold coins, but in fact it is not where to go. Why?

First of all, Marin is not short of money. But the money snatched from the Saxony capital Wittenberg is enough for him to make a lot of money. As for the hundreds of thousands of gold coins for Brandenburg to be shared with Lubeck and Hamburg? Marin is not worried. It is enough to take out the part of his own worth of hundreds of thousands of gold coins that is worth a few hundred thousand gold coins from the goods that were robbed from Wittenberg and sold to Hamburg for auction. Closed the account. Most of those things are luxury goods, and Marin doesn't need them. It's just for the people in the two cities to play with or auction off.

The second thing is that Marin is naturally worried that the negotiations will suffer. The other party is already crowded, and if you are united, you must be very sad. Even, it can be said that the pressure is very high. After all, Marin was not ready to turn his face with many German princes. Marin is very worried that he has suffered a great loss in this negotiation. Therefore, he does not want to see a united opponent. If Joakim I did not cooperate with those princes in the negotiations and actively agreed to his own conditions, then the other party would be very passive. Even, the force they finally gathered together will punch in the empty space-one of the parties does not care about it ~ www.novelhall.com ~ You are an outsider, care about a P?

At that time, the anti-Marin alliance will be very passive, and it is difficult to unite against Marin. Coupled with the fact that Marin will invite his pope father-in-law to send heavyweight representatives to suppress those religious princes, Marin will be much better in the negotiations. At least, it will not be completely suppressed by opponents ... and this is also an important reason why Marin is willing to use a huge price of hundreds of thousands of gold coins in exchange for the rebuke of Joachim I.

Moreover, the price of these hundreds of thousands of gold coins does not require Marin to pull out the real gold and silver. Even if it is distributed to Lübeck and Hamburg, it only needs to be divided from the auction assets worth 2 million gold coins. Those things, not even two days a day, or even months, may not be auctioned. It happened that Marin gave those two cities a slow auction. And myself, reap the political benefits.

In any case, the biggest threat Marin faces now is being suppressed politically by opponents. Because this kind of repression by the regiment may force Marin to harvest little ceded land. For example, Marin originally wanted 10,000 square kilometers of land to cede, but under the suppression of the other party, he only got a thousand square kilometers ... that was definitely a big loss ...

If you can solve the problem of the other party's conglomerate during the negotiation, resolve this problem, and keep your own negotiation interests, hundreds of thousands of dollars of money is really not a big deal. After all, the land is permanent and can be passed down. And money, with Marin ’s knowledge beyond the times, is not difficult to earn back ...

Moreover, because Marin masters advanced agricultural technology, the benefits of land are great. As long as some more territory is acquired, the long-term benefits will far exceed the cost of these hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Therefore, in the short-term agreement with Joakim I, in the short term, Marin is in a loss. But if you get more territory, in the long run, Marin makes a profit ...