Chapter 557： See you again

The facts were as expected by Marin. After receiving Marin's threatening letter, Charles II, the Duke of Geddes, was angry with Marin's peach-picking behavior. He wanted to raise a knife to cut Marin. .

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

Why? Because at this time the Principality of Geddes was simply unable to compete with Marin. Right now, the army of the Principality of Geddes, the local and the West Frisian combined, is no more than 10,000 people, and it can't be compared with the 40,000 army of Marin.

Moreover, in terms of combat effectiveness, Marin ’s army defeated the 50,000 elite Bossa coalition with 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. Although the army of the Principality of Geddes took the route of the Swiss mercenaries, its combat effectiveness could not keep up with the Swiss mercenaries. Therefore, they are simply unable to compete with Marin's army.

Therefore, it is inevitable to give up Friesian. Even if Charles II didn't want to let Marlin get down. Rather than doing so, it is better to withdraw their own seven thousand troops and preserve their strength.

For the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war, Marin bid for 300,000 gold coins, which is obviously far below the actual value. However, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, could not refuse. Because, while sending a letter to him, Marin had already dispatched troops to march westward, and occupied the southwest border of West Friesland, blocking the army of four thousand Geddes and more than 10,000 people who were reclaiming west of West Friesland The road south of the Saxon prisoners of war. Even if the Principality of Geddes wanted to transfer prisoners of war back to the country, the retreat was cut off by Marin's army.

Moreover, Charles II did not dare to order the killing of prisoners. Not to mention this non-compliance, it is also easy to cause Marin's anger. The 20,000 troops who entered West Friesland were not vegetarian. If they angered them, the seven thousand Geddes soldiers staying in West Friesland would have no way out ...

After thinking over and over again, Charles II could only choose to swallow his voice and pull the person back first. Anyway, barely get back 300,000 gold coins. If he started, he would have nothing, and he might be attacked by Marin.

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

Before the start of the autumn harvest in October, both parties completed the final transaction. Seven thousand troops of the Gede Division evacuated West Friesland and surrendered more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war. 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 ...

As a matter of fact, in the cultivated land of East Friesland, the growth of crops accelerated due to the use of potash fertilizers, and the autumn harvest began in mid-September.

However, in addition to the farms in East Friesland and the formerly controlled Oldenburg, Principality of Schleswig and North Münster, Marin ’s newly acquired West Friesland, Bremen and Jutland regions Most of the farmland is only harvested in October. Therefore, the autumn harvest will be busy for a long time.

Moreover, what makes Marin extremely excited is that the newly-acquired West Friesland, Bremen and Jutland will provide him with a lot of fields.

The West Friesland region already has nearly 100,000 eugrams of arable land, plus Charles II, the Duke of Geddes, who used the 10,000 or more Saxony prisoners to reclaim 110,000 eugrams of arable land. Cultivated land.

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

According to statistics, in addition to more than 10,000 Yugram belongs to the church can not move, the rest of the land close to 100,000 Yugram, has been seized by the Gedesi people 80,000 Yugram . But now, all the 80,000 Ugram's arable land belongs to Marin ...

Of course, these lands are not all swallowed by Marin. Because, he still has to use a part of the land as a military merit, rewarding the meritorious soldiers. However, because Marin grabbed too much land this time, only a small part can complete the reward. The remaining big head is still Marin ...

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

Despite the vast land area of ​​Jutland, the Danes have a tradition of developing animal husbandry. On such a large land, the cultivated land is only 90,000 Ugram, and it is not comparable to West Friesland, which has more than 5,000 square kilometers. . However, there are many grasslands on the Jutland Peninsula, which is very suitable for grazing. The most important thing is that the land in Jutland, except for the land belonging to the ten thousand Yugram of the church, cannot be moved, the rest belongs to Marin ...

As for Bremen, the situation here is a bit more complicated. Although Archbishop Johann Wald of Bremen accepted the land replacement plan out of interest, and took away the owners of the Wal family (because they could occupy better and more land in the Stendal region). Other accompanying bishops of the Archbishop of Bremen also took away many tribes and left a lot of uncultivated arable land. However, more than 60,000 Ugram's arable land in the Archdiocese of Bremen, and finally only 30,000 Ugram's unowned arable land.

Why? Because Archbishop John Rodval took away only the main high-level of the Archdiocese of Bremen, not all the priests. Most low-level priests still stay in Bremen.

These people and the family behind them ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and the church occupy more than 30,000 Ugram land. For these people, Marin is really not very mobile. Moreover, it is quite good to get half of the cultivated land.

Fortunately, Archbishop Bremen has a large area, and there is still a lot of land that has not yet been reclaimed. As long as Marin can recruit enough people, some Bremen provinces with an area of ​​up to 6,000 square kilometers may have land that can be reclaimed. In addition to the high development costs of those swamps, the reclamation of other wastelands is relatively convenient, as long as you have labor ... and this may be a problem for other princes, but Marin can spend a lot of money to recruit the poor and the southern regions. Drifters ... Although bringing them to their site is very expensive, Marin is not afraid of spending money. After these people came, they planted land for Marin, because of the advanced agricultural technology and fertilizers, they can quickly bring more profits to Marin ...

In order to ensure the success of the autumn harvest, Marin sent most of the army to the field to help harvest rye, leaving only a few thousand elites to ensure safety.

After all, this year, rye is harvested manually with a sickle, and the efficiency is very slow. If the harvesting speed is too slow, and it happens to rain, it will be unlucky, and the wheat may rot in the ground. Therefore, every time the autumn harvest comes, there is the word "grabbing", which means grabbing the grain before the weather changes. Otherwise, if the rain falls and the wheat rots into the ground, the loss will be great ...