Chapter 833： Cost and goal achievement (Part 1)

After taking the land of Mülheim, then, the only remaining target is the land of the Principality of Cliff.

However, this land is very difficult to get. Why? Because this land is the core area of ​​the Principality of Cliff ...

The Principality of Cliff is not large, only about 2200 square kilometers, much smaller than East Frisian Lambert. However, its territory is on both sides of the Rhine and belongs to a rich agricultural area. Moreover, there is no swamp area, the land utilization rate is high.

The areas east of the Rhine, south of the Lipper, and north of the Ruhr, which Marin seeks, are about 4,500 square kilometers, almost occupying a quarter of the Principality of the Principality of Cliff. There are also many feudal vassals on the territory, which is very troublesome to deal with.

Previously, although Marin used the Geddes region to exchange the Macbeth, that was also a special case. Why? Because the land of Macbeth is far less prosperous than the lower Geddes region. Of course, this refers to agriculture. However, in this era, there is no industry, naturally agriculture is king.

In the Lower Geddes region, the local feudal aristocracy was slaughtered for the most part when the bold Duke of Burgundy destroyed the Principality of Geddes decades ago. Therefore, even if Charles II returned to the country in 1492, there were not many feudal aristocrats in the country.

There are no feudal nobles, what will happen? Naturally, most of the arable land and manor in Lower Geddes are owned by Charles II, Duke of Geddes.

And what are the consequences of having more royal territory? Naturally, Charles II was very rich. After all, there was no universal taxation in this era. The standard for measuring whether the princes are wealthy is not only the number of cities in the enclosure, but also the amount of land under the name.

The more land under the name, the greater the natural income. Charles II took the chance of being shuffled by the bold Charles to destroy the country and took most of the land of the Principality of Geddes into his own hands. As a result, Charles II naturally became a very wealthy prince. Otherwise, he did not have so much money to feed a large army and compete with the Principality of Saxony for West Friesland.

What needs to be explained here is that although the princes are nominally the owners of all lands in the princely country, in fact, many lands are divided. After all, there are many barons and knights under the Duke and Earl. The longer the vassal kingdom passed down, the less land the princes had under their name. Because each generation of princes will seal some land out. The recovery of land is very difficult, unless the vassals ruled by the heirs can take advantage of the opportunity to recover the land ...

Therefore, the longer the vassal state, the less the prince's own land. For princes like Marin who beat the world, the land under the name is the most. Because he is the first generation of princes, how much land has not been divided out. As for the original vassal of the land he had laid down, he was mostly cleared or driven away by him. Therefore, he has so much land.

The reason why John II was willing to exchange Macbeth for the Lower Geddes region is also because there is a lot of cultivated land directly under the Duke of Geddes in the Lower Geddes region, which is much more than the land under John II in the name of Macbeth.

The exchange of Marin to Macbeth, if it does not calculate the value of coal, it is a loss. Because, this is the exchange of territory, not the destruction of the country. Therefore, Marin cannot arbitrarily move the original little feudal nobles. Therefore, except for those who are willing to follow John II to the manor left by the feudal aristocracy in the Lower Geddes region, Marin can receive it, and those small feudal nobles who are willing to stay, Marin cannot move them. Of course, those little feudal nobles must also be loyal to Marin.

Therefore, from an agricultural point of view, Marin's land ownership is concentrated in the lower Geddes region in the hands of the princes themselves in exchange for the more decentralized land ownership of the Markber country.

But Marin's own goal is not those cultivated land, but coal. Therefore, he doesn't actually think how to suffer. When the industrial age comes, Marin will make a lot of money. Because the mineral resources in the territory are owned by the princes.

(Note: During the feudal era, the minerals of European countries belonged to the royal family. Of course, the divided Germany and the mineral resources of the vassal state belonged to the princes. All miners must obtain permits and pay heavy taxes. For example, Spain develops gold and silver mines in the Americas. It is stipulated that one-fifth of the gold and silver mine's income belongs to the Spanish royal family. Here it refers to income, not profit.)

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Unlike Macbeth, John II was resident in the Principality of Cliff. Earl Marc is only the title he concurrently leads, and Duke Cliff is his main title. The foundation of the Lamarck family is also in the Principality of Cliff.

Therefore, the territorial changes of the Principality of Cliff have a great influence on the Lamarck family. Therefore, for Marin, the difficulty of exchanging the land on the east of the Rhine is more difficult than that of Macbeth. Moreover, Marin now does not have high-quality plots with land ownership concentrated in the hands of the princes like the Lower Geddes region can be exchanged.

At present, what Marin can exchange in his hands is mainly the area south of the Ruhr River in Markberland ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and the western area of ​​the South Münster area.

However, whether it is the area south of the Ruhr River in Markberland or the west area of ​​South Münster, the land is not as fertile as the land east of the Rhine River in the Principality of Cliff. Moreover, the convenience of transportation is far less.

Not only that, land ownership on the two plots is also more complicated. The area south of the Ruhr River in Mark's Kingdom was originally a land under the name of John II. How could John II not know the situation there? Anyway, it couldn't keep up with the land on the east bank of the Rhine in the Principality of Cliff. Moreover, there is no border with the Principality of Cliff, and management is more troublesome.

As for the land in the west of South Münster, it borders the Principality of Cliff. However, the land there is not as fertile as the land on the east bank of the Rhine River. Needless to say, land ownership is also very troublesome. Because the land ownership in the South Münster area is mainly in the hands of the church ...

Even if John II, Duke of Cliff, was willing to exchange land, he did not dare to ask the church for land ...

This year, Protestantism has not yet come out of rebellion. Catholicism in Europe is more tyrannical than later generations. Even if Marin exchanged the land for John II, John II would not dare to grab the land in the hands of the local church ...

Therefore, it is very difficult to change to the land on the east bank of the Rhine ...

But in any case, Marin is reluctant to give up the land. Because the land not only has abundant coal resources, but also has unparalleled advantages of water transportation.

Therefore, Marin decided to give it a try. I haven't tried it. How do I know whether it will succeed or not? Just like a sentence from later generations-ideals are always necessary, in case they are realized ...

Moreover, Marin did not go with a fluke. He went to the land on the east bank of the Rhine with the ambition to get it. In order to obtain that land, he is willing to pay a huge price ...