Chapter 835： Cost and goal achievement (Part 2)

John II laughed, indeed, even if Marin wanted Duisburg, he would not give it. After all, Duisburg is located at the angle between the Ruhr and the Rhine, and its geographical location is very important. In addition to the economic development of the city itself, it is also an important taxation point on the Rhine. All ships coming from the upper reaches of the Rhine and those who want to go upstream from downstream have to pay tolls.

Speaking of which, even if the section of the Rhine channel between the Ruhr and Liper rivers is let out, John II will not lose much. Because, what he lost was at most the toll for the passage from the Ruhr to the Lipper.

There are few countries on the Ruhr River, only a few countries such as Markberg and the Principality of Berg. On the Lipper River too, there are only a few countries such as the Bishop of Munster, Recklinghausen and Lipperber.

In fact, on the two rivers, the Ruhr and the Lipper, the two major imperial cities in Essen and Dortmund are the ones that really account for the bulk of the shipping tax. That is to say, these two commercial imperial cities have so many ships to sail. Switching to the agricultural princes such as Macbeth, there are basically no ships at all, only the grain transport ships are more after the autumn harvest. Usually, it is rare to see some coal-drawn ships. Therefore, the traffic of the two tributaries of the Rhine is far less than that of Duisburg. After all, Duisburg can levy taxes on ships from many upstream countries.

Moreover, no matter whether it is a boat coming out of the Ruhr River or Lipper River, if you want to go upstream or downstream, you will inevitably be levied by the Principality of Cliff. Because, leaving the Ruhr and Liper rivers, there is Duisburg, a tax point that cannot be avoided to the south. To the northwest, the main territory of the Principality of Cliff is there, and there is absolutely no shortage of taxation points. As soon as we came out of the Lipper River to the northwest, we passed the tax point of Wessel. It should be noted that Wessel is also an important commercial city in the Principality of Cliff. Its economic status in the Principality of Cliff is second only to Duisburg and higher than the capital of Cliff City.

However, because the Minster Canal was dug, John II felt a crisis. Because, if you take the Munster Canal into the Ames, and then reach the North Sea, the journey is much closer than bypassing the Rhine. In particular, ships from the Rhine to Hamburg and Bremen are important port cities in Hanse, which can save a lot of distance and save time. Therefore, John II was worried that ships going to the northern coastal areas of Germany such as Hamburg or Bremen would change to the Canal of Münster in the future. In this case, he will have a lot less toll tax.

He didn't really care about Marin's desire to buy the land on the east bank of the Rhine. Because the amount of land on the land on the east bank of the Lamarck family is actually not much.

However, John II knew that there were two barons and five knights in the Principality of Cliff. Moreover, these two barons have always been important veteran families in the Principality of Cliff. Even John II usually respects their opinions. As for the five knights, they are also important members of the army.

Therefore, although the land on the east bank of the Rhine is not as important as Duisburg and Wessel, John II cannot easily give up.

In fact, before exchanging Marko's country, John II almost encountered rebellion. Because this has touched the interests of many nobles in the Macbeth kingdom. But in the end, because the land that John II gave them to the Lower Geddes region was more fertile, and they knew they could not beat the North Sea army. Therefore, the nobles of the original Markbo finally compromised.

To be honest, John II did not have any feelings for Macbeth. Because, most of his time, he stayed here on the Principality of Cliff. For Macbeth, he usually sent representatives to manage, and rarely asked. Therefore, he didn't feel distressed at all when he changed out.

But the Principality of Cliff is different, this is his fundamental place. John II did not want to lead to a civil war because of his reckless decision.

Moreover, to be honest, Marin put forward the land at the western end of the southern region of the Bishop of Münster, not to mention the issue of the development of inland water transportation, but the land is completely incomparable.

why? The reason is as Marin noticed earlier-irrigation technology is not developed in this era, and nobles are not willing to spend huge costs to dig trenches. Therefore, the characteristic of German agriculture in this era is that agricultural irrigation mainly depends on natural rivers ...

Therefore, the land on the banks of the Rhine, Ruhr, and Lipper rivers is authentic and well-watered-the river is next to it, and irrigation is extremely convenient ...

The land that Marin wanted to exchange was no longer a river, and it wasn't nearly a star's throw away from the natural irrigation water by the big river. The two barons and five knights on the east bank of the Rhine will not agree to change the ground unless their heads are kicked by a donkey.

After all, it is possible to grow wheat in the watered fields by the big river. And those inland areas without natural rivers can only grow rye as strong as grass ...

What's more, the land provided by Marin is still under the control of the church. Even if it changed hands, John II did not have the guts to challenge the authority of the church to grab the ground ...

In addition, John II was also worried that after the land on the east bank of the Rhine was exchanged for Marin, then the ownership of the Rhine would not belong to the Principality of Cliff. In this way, the ships going between the core area of ​​the Principality of Cliff and Duisburg will be taxed?

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John II spoke out all these worries, and said-these problems are not solved, it is difficult for him to exchange the land to Marin.

After listening to Marin, it felt very tricky. At least, it's more complicated than he thought.

But Marin knew that once the industrialization started, this waterway would definitely become a very busy traffic hub. Not to mention, within these hundreds of square kilometers, there are also several large coal mines.

Therefore, Marin finally decided to continue this transaction. As for the problems raised by John II, he solved them one by one ...

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First, there is the issue of waterway traffic.

John II worried that after exchanging this land for Marin, the section of the Rhine would no longer belong to the Principality of Cliff, affecting Duisburg's connection with the mainland.

In this regard, Marin ’s solution is that even if the exchange is completed, the two parties will sign a formal treaty, proclaiming the Rhine channel (mainly the eastern half and the western half of the Archbishop of Cologne) as the North Sea and Kerry The Principality of Ephesus. In this way, the ships of the Principality of Cliff will pass through this channel in the future, so there is no need to pay tolls.

At the same time, Marin also promised that the Münster Canal will not be open to ships of other countries, except for the ships of important strategic partners of the North Sea country.

John II was very satisfied with the promise given by Marin. In particular, the treatment method of the Münster Canal can allow the collection of tolls on the lower Rhine without any influence. In this way, John II was naturally satisfied.

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Secondly, there is the issue of land ownership in the west of South Münster. At present, the cultivated land there is mainly in the hands of the church. If the church is not settled, even the nobles on the east bank of the Rhine will not be able to get the land. Therefore, Marin needs to grab the land from those local monasteries.

For this, Marin feels that although it is difficult, it can still be solved. For others, the church is a huge existence that cannot be challenged. However, for Marin, the priests in the South Munster area were nothing more than the men of his pope's father-in-law. Moreover, it is still a junior.

Therefore, to solve the problem of local land ownership is actually very simple-just transfer the local monastery elsewhere through the relationship of the Holy See.

There are monasteries everywhere in Europe, and every year a large number of old abbeys die and many new abbeys take office. As long as Marin said to move the Pope's father-in-law, use the relationship of the Holy See, and transfer those local monasteries to other monasteries, and continue to be monasteries, it can be solved.

The western region of South Münster is not fertile, where natural rivers are lacking and the development rate is not high. Therefore, as long as they choose a monastery who has just died of the old dean and has a very rich jurisdiction, and let them continue to be dean, these people will be very happy.

Those ordinary priests under the abbey need not be so troublesome. As long as Marin offers some benefits, Bishop Conrad, who currently controls the South Munster area, can arrange general missionaries. After all, the identity of the bishop of the parish is not given in vain. Bishop Conrad may have some scruples against those monasteries equivalent to local gangsters. But for those ordinary priests, Conrad is a godlike existence and can easily determine their destiny.

After the monasteries and priests were separated, Marin and Bishop Conrad could change the ownership of the cultivated land on the land.

In fact, Marin and Bishop Conrad had also agreed long ago that once Bishop Conrad died, the South Münster area would be owned by Marin. Moreover, most of the cultivated land in the South Münster area that originally belonged to the church will also belong to Marin. The local church only keeps the cultivated land near the church, enough for the local priests to live a prosperous life. Proportionally, when Marin controls the South Münster area, he will get three-quarters of the land of the original church ...

When Marin told John II that he could get three-quarters of the cultivated land in the area to compensate for the replacement of the nobles of the Clever Principality, John II was also surprised:

"What? Can you get three-quarters of the land from the local church? Really?"

John II apparently did not believe that the church was like Zhou Paipi. Only they have taken advantage of others, or have they taken advantage of others?

Marin shrugged and said indifferently:

"Is Lord John forgetting? The Holy See gave me the Bishop of Münster before. Moreover, the Pope and the Cardinals of Rome also tacitly allowed me to take most of the land from the Church of Münster. After all, Mins The land of the Archbishopric is basically in the hands of the church. If I do n’t ask for land from them, what am I going to do in the Bishop of Munster? Looking at the church to get rich? "

"It turns out that ..." John II realized. At the same time, he also admired the fact that Marin was able to take most of the cultivated land from the church.

Marin laughed in his heart-if you also have a father-in-law who is a pope, you can do it ...

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Finally, there is the issue of farmland irrigation that seven vassals and nobles on the east bank of the Rhine River are concerned about ...

After thinking over and over again, Marin made a decision-to send someone to help the nobles dig a river on the new enclosure ...

As it happens, the 15,000 people who were sent to the Parson Concentration Camp in the Principality of Brabant, posing as Swiss mercenary prisoners of war, will also be here. These people were originally the soldiers and men who were captured by Marin in Lubeck in the electoral countries of Saxony and Brandenburg. But after the war, Saxony and Brandenburg simply gave them to Marin because they couldn't afford the ransom of these people. He even agreed to send the spouses and family members of these prosperous people.

So, they are now Marin's people. Originally, Marin planned to arrange for these people to return home. After all, West Friesland and North Münster and other places ~ www.novelhall.com ~ still lack a large amount of labor.

But now, in order to satisfy the nobles of the Cliffs. In particular, the two barons should be satisfied. Marin decided to continue to send the 15,000 people to the exchanged territories in the west of South Munster to dig irrigation rivers. At the very least, let the two barons have new watering areas on the newly sealed grounds. As soon as the grounds are dug for the two barons, the five knights will continue to be dug when the irrigation river is dug out …

This project is not large, because the purpose of the irrigation river is to divert water, and it does not need to be wide and deep. Therefore, its engineering volume is far less than the Munster Canal. Marin sent 15,000 people to help dig the river, which can definitely solve the problem within a year.

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After solving these three major problems, Marin also proposed that a large amount of compensation can be given. For example, you can give John II food worth 100,000 gold coins as compensation. As for the two barons and the five knights, compensation will also be given. Of course, certainly not much for John II. But they must add up to a sum of money.

As for why they should be compensated, it is because Marin needs to buy the real estate such as the castles and houses they left behind. They can't take them away, but it's a loss if they don't take them away. After all, it was expensive to build before. Moreover, they have to build a new enclosure. Therefore, Marin needs to buy these real estate to compensate for their losses. At the same time, it also gives them the money to build new houses in the new enclosure.

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After paying such a large price, Marin believed that this transaction was almost completed. John II has promised, and things have been half successful. Next, as long as the two barons and five knights are settled, everything will be done.

And Marin ’s goal of coming to Cliff this time was basically achieved ...