Chapter 1372： reach the goal

The German princes in the city of Basel knew very well that if there were wall barriers, they still had hope against Marin. After all, there are 37,000 people in their hands. Although they can't fight the Beihai army in the wild, they can survive the city wall reliably.

However, once the city is broken, then the role of the city wall is gone. At that time, it is up to the actual combat effectiveness. At this point, the coalition princes knew that the coalition was definitely not an opponent. What's more, there are 20,000 Habsburg family troops in the south of the city.

In desperation, Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, had to take all the princes out of the city from the bombed north gate, and came to Marin again to request peace talks. Of course, speaking of peace talks is actually peace.

Looking at the dozens of princes present, Marin had an urge to bind these people as meat tickets. However, he still suppressed this idea.

If he really did, those church princes would n’t want to turn their heads. In addition, the French will definitely stop the Italian plan to solve him first.

At this time, Marin had no ability to fight against the union of French and German princes. Even if Marin survived the crazy counterattack of the enemy, I am afraid that he could not eat those princely states. At that time, the Habsburg family may be cheaper. After all, Maximilian I held the emperor's place and had an advantage over Marin. In addition, Frensberg also learned the training methods of the North Sea country. Once there is enough money to expand the army, the Habsburg family can become a rival of Marin ...

Therefore, Marin strongly suppressed the ambition in his heart and politely greeted the princes in the spring breeze ...

"Alas, it's such a peerless genius! It's a pity that it's not our people ..." Frederick III was moved with emotion when he looked at Marin with a smile on his face.

After the two sides settled down, Brandenburg Elector Joachim I suddenly asked:

"Duke Marin, I want to know, how did you destroy the North Gate. We were covered with tinplate on the gate, and the shelling was difficult to solve. Also, how could the gate be burned so easily?"

The Hohenzollern family has always been a warrior, and Chokim I was so puzzled that North Gate was so fast that he asked directly before the negotiation began.

Marin rolled his eyes when he heard it-you are a second-hand, this secret, I will tell you?

So, Marin gave a fake answer ...

"Well ... It's probably that the tinplate covering the north gate is too thin. I sent someone under the cover of a car with a metal roof to the gate of the city, and used a mine pick to chisel the metal sheet out of the gate. Then, use flammable weeds, oil, and ... "

"Sulfur, right? We all smell it!" Joakim I said firmly. After all, sulfur smells a lot when it burns. Standing on the city head, Lao Yuan could smell it.

Marin nodded, but his heart blossomed with joy-this "assistance" is good, I just want you to notice sulfur and ignore the "oil" variety. Of course, I won't tell the truth ... As for the nonsense "cutting the iron skin with a mine pick", Marin is not worried about being exposed. Because, after the city gate was destroyed by the fire, the tinplates had been deformed by high temperature burning, and it was impossible to see how they were destroyed before. Even if the princes want to verify, it is difficult to do ...

Later, in order to further fooling the princes, Marin said with a lucky look:

"Maybe it's luck, you know, it's winter, it's relatively dry. After the iron sheet on the city gate was cut, because of the fire, the city gate was burnt out. Actually, I didn't think it was true It can burn the city gate. Maybe, the wood quality of this city gate is not good ... Originally, I planned to use a cannon to bombard the city gate after a while. When the hole is blown out, the gunpowder barrel is used to explode the gate. think……"

The dozens of princes who were present suddenly had their noses crooked-paralyzed, we were really unlucky ...

Then they thought again-it seems that they would make the iron cover thicker for the city gate in the future, otherwise, it would not be easy to be easily chiseled ... They did not know that the thick iron cover was useless, and the pure iron door was useless. In front of Wang Shui, all metals are floating clouds ...

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Next, the negotiations are much easier. Because they were afraid of being wiped out by Marin, the princes did not dare to compare. For Marin wanted to annex the eight princely states, they only protested symbolically, and then disappeared. After all, "dead friends don't die poor" is common in Europe.

Of course, Marin promised that he would not abolish the titles of the eight princes and retain their identity as great aristocrats. However, in the future, their feudal state has nothing to do with them.

Then, it's time to get treatment. According to the agreement, Marin initially gave only a small amount of money to feed those nobles. That little money is probably not enough for the baron family.

At this time, Frederick III, who was the leader of the princes, "came forward" and argued with Marin. In the end, Marin was subdued by Frederick III's "noble righteousness" and agreed to increase the treatment tenfold, so that the eight princes who lost their rights can continue to spend their lives in the future. Of course, the scope of their activities will certainly be limited, so as not to engage them in the future.

There is only one exception-that is Frederick III's brother-in-law Brunswick-Duke Henry of Lüneburg.

After the consultation of the treatment of the eight princes, Frederick III suddenly proposed that 200,000 gold coins should be used to buy the land of the former Geldenberg to relocate the brother-in-law who lost the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg Duke Henry's family. Moreover, it is the Geldenbog State that is not under the control of Marin's North Sea State ...

At first, Marin pretended to be very unhappy, but with the persuasion of Frederick III's "sorrowful mother-in-law", he finally agreed to give the Duke of Henry the control of Geldenberg for 300,000 gold coins.

Some other princes originally wanted to intercede with the other seven captive princes. After all, the nobles were married to each other, and the other seven princes also had many in-law princes. But when they saw so much money, they all flinched. It should be known that the reason why Frederick III became the prince leader is that, in addition to his status as an electorate, Saxony ’s electorate has developed business and is relatively rich, which is also an important reason. They don't have so much money to help their relatives buy land, they can only secretly bless their unlucky relatives ... Of course, they don't know that Marlin will not collect Frederick III money in private ...

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After the two sides negotiated, Marin left the army, took a group of nobles, and under the protection of 1,000 cavalrymen, rode north to Worms and participated in the imperial conference held by Archbishop Urie of Mainz ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Discuss the annexation of the eight vassals by the North Sea State. Of course, because Frederick III helped his brother-in-law to buy the Gelden State, now Marin annexed the 7 countries ...

Because everything has been discussed, this meeting naturally has little trouble. Even the secular princes who oppose Marin have compromised, what can the neutral church princes say? As for the Empire Free City Consortium, which belongs to third-party forces (the main one is the Hanseatic League), its main and deputy allies are allies of the North Sea, how can it object? Even if there are a few Hanseatic cities such as Bremen opposed, most imperial cities support Marin ...

Then, at this imperial meeting held in the winter of 1512, the princes approved Marlin ’s closure of the seven princes except Geldenberg with more than two-thirds of the votes (7 8 princes, 8 kingdoms. Because Count Antonios owns both Schaumburg and Ravensburg). Moreover, the Duke Henry, who won the Gelden State, was also paid 300,000 gold coins by Frederick III, the elector of Saxony ...

With the approval of the Imperial Parliament, Marin truly considered the annexation of the eight vassals of the seven princes. In the future, if someone finds something else, Marin can take a written document recognized by the Imperial Parliament.

After the goal was achieved, Marin was no nonsense, and began to withdraw his troops after returning to Basel. Next, Marin ’s first task is to complete the digestion and absorption of the eight vassals, making it an inseparable part of the North Sea State.

And the retreat at the same time with the Beihai army, there are 20,000 people from the Habsburg family in the south of Basel-without the Beihai army, these people can't beat the 37,000 princely coalition forces anyway. ...

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