Chapter 552： Promote the Grand Master

In September, Schwartz and Woolf Esbrand took the troops stationed in Wittenberg and Berlin to Hamburg and Marin. Then, Marin took the army class division towards.

Before leaving, Marin sent away the long-term hostage of the Brandenburg elector Joachim I, and released some of the officers of the Brandenburg electorate as his entourage. Even, in order to make the officers of the released Brandenburg constituency look a little bit, Marin also returned some weapons and equipment for free. Otherwise, if Marin did not send some weapons and equipment, Chokeem I would have to tragically take a group of people empty-handed.

In addition, Marin gave horses that Joachim I and his team could ride. Of course, they are all horses. War horses are expensive, and Marin will not return them.

In this way, Joachim I and hundreds of officers, riding a horse-drawn horse, bleak all the way to the electorate of Brandenburg. As for the majority of the soldiers captured in the electoral countries of Brandenburg and Saxony, according to the treaty, they cannot wait until the other party has paid the compensation. The same applies to prisoners of war in the electoral country of Saxony, although the compensation from the electoral country of Saxony is passed on to the Principality of Saxony. However, Marin still insisted on keeping those captured Saxon soldiers, digging a canal for him for a year before sending it. Of course, the officer must have sent it first.

Because these officers are all nobles, let them dig the canal to work hard, they may not be able to do it. Perhaps these people will help. In addition, letting the nobility dig the canal as a coolie, there are indeed some bad rules that easily cause dissatisfaction with other nobles. Of course, those ordinary knights, Marin remained to dig the canal. Only the baron and the heirs of the baron ’s family are eligible for early release. Moreover, those of the cavalier family have good physical strength and strength, and digging the canal is a good hand

In addition to these regular soldiers who were captured, those who were captured by the military, Marin had no intention of returning. Even the two countries were asked to send the families of the strong men. And this is also the condition that Marin reduced the ransom of hundreds of thousands of gold coins to the two countries. Otherwise, if there is no reduction, each family will have to pay a ransom of one to several hundred thousand gold coins

On the Danish side, Marin mainly released the nobles and the original tens of thousands of veterans, so that they could have capital against the annexation of Sweden. As for the nearly 20,000 new soldiers captured, all but the noble officers were pulled to the south of the Munster area to dig a canal. With so many strong men helping to dig the canal, Marin believes that the canal will be dug soon. At that time, East Friesland will be able to reach the Ruhr area where his hometown Bochum is located by waterway. Then, Marin took the Ruhr area again, basically, the core site was established. As for other places, we can only wait for the Protestant war to begin before making any plans.

As far as the German area is concerned, Marin believes that the most elite area is the Ruhr area. With the Ruhr District, you can engage in the Industrial Revolution. Although the time is relatively long, at least the resources are in your hands.

In addition, potash mines are also very important. After all, potassium salt is an extremely important fertilizer and guarantees a bumper harvest. Therefore, potash resources are Marin's second strategic resource that must be mastered.

Although the German area is small, potash resources are very abundant. In the later generations, Germany, with only 350,000 square kilometers, ranks the potash resources, second only to China, but higher than the United States.

Among them, an important source of potash in Germany is the Principality of Luneburg. The Harz Mountains in the south, as well as the Hanover region, are important sources of potash. Many of the mineral salts of Luneburg are actually potassium salts. If it is KcL, it tastes similar to normal salt and cannot be distinguished at all. The bitter salts, mainly sulfate salts, may be sodium sulfate sodium sulfate or potassium sulfate. It is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish, but Marin knew that using blue cobalt glass imported from Venice, a simple flame reaction could tell if the mineral salt contained potassium.

By this means, Marin has allowed Kohler to win several potash mines in the Harz Mountains in the name of an unknown chamber of commerce. In addition, there are also large-scale potash mines in the Archdiocese of Magdeburg.

However, the potash mines of the Harz Mountains and Hanover belong to the Principality of Luneburg. The Archbishop of Magdeburg is not movable by Marin.

However, Marin knew that these two vassal states, after Martin Luther initiated the Reformation, were the first vassal states to fall back to Protestantism. By that time, as long as Marin held up the banner of defending the Catholic Church, he would be able to seize the Principality of Luneburg and the Archbishop of Magdeburg. Anyway, the Principality of Lüneburg is now Marin's neighbor, and it is very convenient to send troops to occupy. The Archdiocese of Magdeburg is also close to the Principality of Luneburg, and it is very convenient to capture

When the country was in power, Marin ’s army passed by the area of ​​Oldenburg and was no longer called Borg, because the Oldenburg family was already the ruler of Iceland. In Oldenburg city, Marin met his big brother Adler who was here.

After several years of experience, Adler is no longer that ignorant boy. Seeing his younger brother Marin, Adler was also a lot more cautious, and actually saluted Marin first

Sister-in-law Liv is also here. Liv was specially sent to accompany the boss by the old Hoffmans. Because, Adler still has only one daughter Margaret, there is no heir yet. Therefore, the sister-in-law Liv was ordered to come and cooperate with Adler to make a villain

Marin didn't pay attention before, this time it was clear that Liv's belly was actually swollen. Obviously, this is a success in making a villain.

Eldest sister Liv is still so spicy. If she is not pregnant, she may wear plate armor and compete with her elder brother. Seeing Marin put on a set of outfits that only Duke could wear, she was envious of the straight-heartedness:

"Oh, Marin, you are all princes, several levels higher than Adler!"

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is interested

Marin reacted at once and it was time to give the boss a title

Before, Marin was an Earl of East Friesland, and he wanted to reward his comrades. The Viscount is already at its peak, and he cannot always reward a Earl. Moreover, the title of Viscount is not popular in the German region. It is very rare. It has only appeared in the Netherlands and the Lombardy region of northern Italy, and the power range generally does not exceed a castle and the surrounding area.

Of course, there is no official Viscount and Viscount leader in the Empire system. But in the Grand Duchy of Beihai in Marin, Marin can set up a formal Viscount.

The reason why the Viscount was established was to imitate the three-level system of Viscount, Vice Viscount and Cong Viscount according to the practice, in order to facilitate the award of the meritorious soldiers. Otherwise, if the baron has already arrived, can't you jump to the count? So it ’s best to get a Viscount to transition

For example, at the end of the war, Schwartz, the most senior official baron of the third baron, should be mentioned according to credit. If you don't realize this title, should you mention the earl? That span is a bit big, so it ’s better to be promoted to Viscount

But his elder brother Adler is very different. As the eldest son, the original first heir, according to the traditional European practice, even if the Huffman family inherited the Earl's title of the Brock family, it should be Adler first. Although Marin succeeded in making Adler willing to give up inheritance, he could not treat the other side badly. Otherwise ~ www.novelhall.com ~ will be blamed.

Just like Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the abolition of the eldest son Liu Jiang ’s crown prince without fault, he was given special privileges to allow him to serve as king of princes, but he used the emperor ’s ceremonies because this should belong to him

Although Adler didn't make much contribution to Marin becoming the earl, his pick was there. As long as Marin declared that he inherited East Frisian from his mother, Adler could not be avoided. He was the eldest son.

Therefore, Marin must give preferential treatment to Adler. For example, in this award, a hero like Schwarz must first give in, and let Adler come first. Moreover, Marin can't be stingy. Schwartz will be called a Viscount, and Adler will be a Viscount at once. This is the power of the bloodline.

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