Chapter 2079： "Reserve price" to provide weapons

"The price?" Marin frowned. After a while, he said seriously to Prince Philip:

"I hope that the Habsburg family can take over Switzerland and attract the attention of the German princes and the French. In this way, the pressure on the North Sea country will be greatly reduced. Your Highness, this is what I really think!"

Marin didn't cover up, but spoke out openly.

After hearing this, Prince Philip nodded in agreement. But he asked again:

"But, why should our Habsburg family help you share the pressure? Give me a reason..."

Marin shook his head and smiled:

"His Royal Highness, this doesn't need a reason. To seize this land of Switzerland is the wish of the leaders of the Habsburg family of generations. Without me, you would plan to do the same. Just like now, your army is still in Switzerland. My joining , Just let you grasp bigger."

Having said this, Prince Philip nodded and agreed:

"That's right, winning Switzerland is indeed our Habsburg family's long-term goal. However, even if we Habsburg family, it is difficult for us to stand alone against the combined pressure from France and the princes."

Obviously, Prince Philip wants to advance by retreating, so he wants more benefits...

Malin saw that it was worth it, and treated me as a triumphant? So he stood up and wanted to say goodbye...

Prince Philip suddenly lost his temper. After all, Marin was right. Without Marin, they wanted to annex Switzerland.

"Well, Marin, tell me, how can I cooperate with you? But I really don't have any money right now!"

Retaining a huge army in Switzerland also drained the financial resources of the Habsburg family. Prince Philip was fine here, and Emperor Maximilian I was even more miserable. He was already in debt. It would have been enough bankruptcy to change to half of the nobleman. Originally in history, Maximilian I also died in 1519 on the road to avoiding debts.

It's not that I'm worried about what the creditors will do to him, but it's the emperor at any rate, and he wants face. Besieged by creditors every day, very shameless. Therefore, the emperors in the original history used the name of "inspecting various places" and ran around at an old age, in fact, to avoid the creditors. As a result, the disease died on the way.

At the moment, because of investing a lot of money on the Swiss battlefield, the emperor at this time owes more debts than at the same period in the original history. If the original historical debt was a debt, the current emperor basically owes two debts. …

However, the emperor also found a way. Inspired by Marin, the emperor thought of selling the newly acquired Swiss land as a manor and fief, and wholesale low-level titles and territorial fiefdoms, but obtained a lot of funds.

But the problem is that although many people are rich, they are not sure that the Habsburg family can hold onto the Swiss region. Therefore, most of the wealthy people are actually on the sidelines, and only a few people start.

If the Habsburg family can really take all of Switzerland and give customers confidence, the funds obtained from the sale of Swiss land will be extremely abundant, at least allowing the Habsburg family to pay off most of the debt. This is definitely super good news for the Habsburg family, whose debts have been owed in millions of gold coins.

As the undisputed heir of the Habsburg family, Prince Philip obviously also knows the importance of taking over Switzerland to the family. Therefore, he could not bargain with Marin. But, he really has no money now...

Marin nodded, he was very aware of the poor financial situation of the Habsburg family. However, he was not meant to ask for money.

"Well, your Highness, didn't I talk to you about raising sheep in enclosures before? Remember?"

Of course Philip remembers, and now in the Netherlands, he and some big nobles are already enclosing the land. But so far, the land they have enclosed is mainly public land. And those public lands, in name, belonged to him, the lord of the Netherlands. The public land has not yet been circled, and naturally it has not yet developed to the stage of "sheep eating people".

What Marin wants is for Prince Philip to speed up the process, start annexing the land of poor farmers as soon as possible, and drive the farmers out of their land. Then, let Marin recruit these landless farmers.

"It's not so good, it has a bad reputation..."

Prince Philip hesitated a bit. As the heir to the Habsburg family, although he was greedy and not too smart, he also knew the truth that his reputation should not be too bad.

&nnbsp;"I didn’t let you get off the court personally. You can let the nobles in the greedy places do it... Just tell them that you can help me get a farmer and I will give them the benefit of 30 gold coins. Or, use Compensation of materials of equal value."

"That..." Prince Philip's eyes suddenly lit up.

Marin saw what he wanted to say, gave him a relieved look and said:

"Relax, Your Highness. Even if you don't do it yourself, those nobles will send people over to me. I will convert them into benefits and compensate you for the price of weapons. Moreover, I give 30 gold coins per household, so you can give them 20 gold coins."

This is equivalent to letting Philip pass a hand and take away a third of the benefits. Moreover, there is no need to do it yourself. If he gets 10,000 households, he can get the benefit of 100,000 gold coins.

…

In the end, Marin and Philip discussed the result that the nobles took the initiative to drive the farmers out of their land. Then Philip pretends and introduces them to Marin, saying that he will find a way for them to survive. Then, Marin paid Philip to sell weapons to him...

However, arms export prices are based on market prices, which is what appears to be the case. In fact, Marin only charged a preferential price...

But this preferential price is actually not very preferential, because its preferential price is compared to the market price...

Take the clockwork flintlock, for example, with the manufacturing cost of other countries, each clockwork flintlock is at least 10 gold coins for the manufacturing cost alone. Among them, the clockwork steel wheel alone costs as little as 5 gold coins or even 10 gold coins.

Why? Because their steel clockwork wheels are made by top craftsmen who slowly beat an iron rod with a hammer. Iron rods are generally pig iron rods, which contain more impurities. Through repeated heating and beating, the impurities in the iron rod will be slowly beating and squeezed out to form a steel bar. Then, it is made into an iron bar-shaped clockwork steel wheel.

But the problem is that because of the low smelting technology in this era, pig iron rods beaten into clockwork steel wheels often have too many impurities, especially, the content of sulfur and phosphorus may often exceed the standard.

Therefore, the yield rate is lower if the iron rod is beaten into a clockwork steel wheel. Not only is it very time-consuming, but if the content of sulfur and phosphorus in the iron rod exceeds the standard, it may also break, resulting in wasted effort. This is similar to forging heavy artillery, with a higher rejection rate.

As a result, the cost of the clockwork steel wheel is very high, at least 5 gold coins, and even up to 10 gold coins. Moreover, you must be a master craftsman level to be able to do it, and the output cannot keep up.

The price of a musket often ranges from 15 shillings to 20 shillings, which is like three or four gold coins. A clockwork steel wheel can be added, and each cost at least 10 gold coins. The market price is 15 gold coins to 20 gold coins, which is very expensive.

In particular, the spring steel wheel is still a consumable because it is not rust-proof and needs to be replaced after a while. Therefore, the army of the average country cannot afford it. Only a few officers will be equipped with one. As for the soldiers, use ordinary matchlock guns that cost three or four gold coins. No way, the cost is too much. Of course, if the Musketeers can buy one for their own use, UU reading is also excellent...

But the North Sea country is different, because Marin came up with quicklime slagging technology to remove the sulfur and phosphorus in the molten iron, leading the North Sea country's steel technology to lead the era from the beginning. Later, a simple carbon spring steel was developed. Later, rust-proof nickel was added...

Therefore, the manufacturing cost of the clockwork steel wheels in the North Sea country is very low, and the average cost of each clockwork steel wheel is only 1 shilling, and no more than 1 gold coin at most. Moreover, there is no need for master craftsmen to forge in person, as long as the general qualified blacksmiths are trained, they can make it. The cost is also an important reason for the low cost of the North Sea country. After all, master craftsmen have such a high salary, at least one or two shillings a day, or even a few shillings a day. As for ordinary blacksmiths, three or five pfennigs a day is enough, and less than half a shilling. This labor cost is completely different. Moreover, the use of steel bars made of stainless spring steel saves more time than other master craftsmen using pig iron rods. Because ordinary craftsmen in the North Sea country only need to beat and bend the spring steel bar into a clockwork coil, and then temper it. In other countries, it is necessary to repeatedly beat an iron rod, hammer out most of the impurities in the iron rod, then beat it into an iron bar, then beat it and bend it into a spring coil, and then temper it, which is very time-consuming. The big craftsmen with high wages are also required to do it themselves.

As a result, the cost of manufacturing clockwork flintlocks in the North Sea country is definitely not more than 5 gold coins, or even less than three gold coins. The lowest, can reach more than 1 gold coin.

But selling to Philip is calculated on the basis of the lowest "friendship price" in the market, each of 10 Gulden coins. In all, Marin's profit is at least two to three times. But in the eyes of others who are unaware of Beihai Country’s steel technology, they have sold the favor of Tianda to Prince Philip...