The Second Thousand and Sixty-Six Chapters Use and Defense Against the Old Nobles

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It can be said that Marin was extremely exhausted in order to send troops to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Moreover, he was still full of uneasiness. The reason for the uneasiness is that after he sends troops, the German princes and France will stab in the back and attack the mainland of Beihai.

Therefore, when planning to attack the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Marin must also arrange the rear to avoid fire in the backyard. As for defense, several of Marin's generals are still competent. Veterans such as Schwartz, Stadt, and Steindorff will sit in the country, command the domestic army, and guard against enemy attacks. The request Marin gave him was to defend the Friesland region at the core of the country. As for the newly acquired areas such as the Ruhr area and the Lüneburg area, they can be temporarily abandoned. Anyway, as long as you come back by yourself, you can get it back.

But the problem is, if you can avoid being attacked, that is the best ending. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to rebuild the country if it is destroyed. The most fearful thing is that the population will be robbed or even killed by the enemy. This is the most terrible thing.

You know, Marin tried his best to send troops to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and what he sought was the population. If the homeland is attacked and the population is slaughtered and robbed, that will be a real disaster. Even, it may cause Marin a huge loss.

Therefore, it is necessary to be prepared not only to attack Moscow, but also to avoid attacks on the mainland.

However, how to avoid the mainland being attacked by the enemy after sending troops? Relying on force seems to be intimidating. Because Marin was too stubborn before, and his deterrence was insufficient. But if you are too arrogant, you may die faster. Because, others will fight in groups...

Others don't know, but Marin at least knows that the exterminated princes who were sent to Bremen Province must be unwilling. When they leave their homeland and go to Eastern Europe, they have a high chance of making trouble. Or rebel, or run away.

Therefore, Marin made up his mind-once he left the mainland, he would send a group of soldiers to directly guard these people. They are not arrested, but temporarily placed under house arrest, and they are not allowed to have any contact with the outside world. In other words, it is equivalent to house arrest during wartime, restricting them from going out. Wait until you come back, and then lift the ban.

In addition to these vassals, their generals with combat effectiveness and command ability will also be temporarily monitored. Marin will ask people to send them two trays, one tray is filled with gold, as a sign of comfort; on the other tray, a bloody noose is placed... That is to say, they are given two choices, either cooperate to get money, or die...

In addition, Marin will add a condition-afterwards, the annual salary of each prince will increase by 1 million pounds of rye!

This is a means of appeasement, and at the same time, it is also a means of grain clearance. You must know that there are now 12 million mu of rye fields in Beihai, which produce billions of pounds of rye every year. The 6 million mu of rye land under Marin's name alone has an annual output of about 2.4 billion pounds of rye. Even if it takes a lot of rye to accept hundreds of thousands of Maozi immigrants this time, it is still enough. After all, Marin stopped making wine from rye.

Since there is a large surplus of rye, in addition to feeding the immigrants, there must also be consumption channels. Marin was reluctant to give money directly to those princes who surrendered. Because the North Sea country itself lacks gold and silver.

However, the North Sea country has no shortage of food. Therefore, instead of rewarding money, reward food instead. In this way, not only can save a lot of money, but also very sincere. After all, 1 million pounds of wheat is equivalent to 1 million Finneys, and when converted into gold coins, there are also 1.67 million gold coins. 8 princes, each with 1 million pounds, only 8 million pounds. Compared with the annual output of 2.4 billion pounds of fields under Marin's name, it is not worth mentioning. Even counting their former generals, these people rewarded a lower standard of food, which increased to a maximum of 10 million pounds. Compared with 2.4 billion, more than 10 million is really nothing, not even one percent. When the colonies in North America open up more grain fields, it will be a drop in the bucket.

However, this is only the case of the North Sea State. In other countries a salary of a million pounds of rye,

It's just scary. You know, in this year, many German principalities may not have a fiscal revenue of 50,000 gold coins a year. One million pounds of rye, worth 1.67 million gold coins, is worth one-third of a principality's annual fiscal revenue.

However, it cannot be compared like this. why? An independent principality's annual financial income is 50,000 gold coins, but it also has many places to spend money. First of all, it takes more than half to feed so many troops and officials. Only a small part actually fell into the hands of the Duke himself. Therefore, in this era, many vassal states minimize their standing armies in order to save money. When it's time to fight, go directly to the mercenary group to fight for them.

But now, these princes who surrendered to Marin have no country and do not need to pay a lot of salaries and food expenses for the army and officials. Now they only need to bear the expenses of the servants and guards in the mansion, and the expenses of their own family. Such expenses are limited in number. Therefore, most of the treatment Marin gives them now can be used on themselves.

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Seemingly inspired, Marin decided that in the future, the treatment given to those princes who surrendered and the nobles under them would no longer give money directly, but food and supplies. In this way, I don't have to bother to send someone to exchange coins for them.

Of course, if these nobles are willing to accept the brass coins circulating in the North Sea, they can also give money. However, most of these nobles were very conservative and refused to accept copper coins, only gold and silver. But the gold and silver Marin are short of themselves, so in the future, they will be converted into food and goods for them.

For example, in addition to directly giving food, Marin can also give them salt. According to the market price, these noble families have a large number of people, and the demand for salt is not small. And it was calculated to them according to the market price, and the middlemen were skipped, and all the profits were given to their own salt factory.

In addition, in the future, when more sucrose will be produced in Cuba, it can also be rewarded directly as a reward to encourage them to eat more sugar. As for whether he will get diabetes...Marin can't wait...

There are also milk powder, tea, and tobacco, all of which are standard equipment for nobles. Not to mention these nobles who surrendered, even Marin and a bunch of new nobles under his command consume these things daily. Among other things, the Earl Gray milk tea that was made at the beginning alone consumes a lot of milk powder (or milk), tea and sucrose.

These things are Marin's industry. According to the usual practice, they are usually wholesaled to merchants from all over the world, and then sold to various places by middlemen. These old nobles who were trapped in the Bremen area also bought these goods from middlemen. Even, many middlemen are themselves members of the chamber of commerce under the name of these old nobles. Marin directly sent goods to these old nobles, which actually exploited the profits of some of the old nobles' chambers of commerce.

However, these veteran nobles also have certain connections in other German states. If the goods are given to them, even if they are sold at the market price of the North Sea country, they will still be profitable if they are taken to other vassal states.

Because most of the German vassal states resisted Marin and the emperor's faction, the Chamber of Commerce under Marin's name was actually subject to various restrictions in each vassal state. In many cases, the chambers of commerce under Marin had to change their appearance and pretend to be chambers of commerce in other countries in order to obtain normal trade opportunities in various vassal states.

But when it comes to problems, whether ancient or modern, Chinese or Western, collusion between officials and businessmen is common. Without the protection of the nobles, the Chamber of Commerce under Marin's command was often suppressed and made things difficult, and spent a lot of money.

And these original princes and veteran nobles who were defeated by Marin and trapped in Bremen, don't look at them being miserably politically, they were raised by Marin as pigs. However, after going out of the Beihai Kingdom, they are better than Marin in the various vassal states...

There is no way, the family is a veteran aristocrat with a "noble" lineage and a complicated network of relationships. Like the same commodity, the Chamber of Commerce under Marin has to pay a business tax (and bribe) of 10 gold coins in each vassal state. The chambers of commerce of these old nobles only need to pay two or three gold coins, up to 5 gold coins... …

Therefore, Marin simply gave the goods to these old nobles at the market price, and asked their chambers of commerce to sell them in various vassal states. Don't look at the fact that they didn't give wholesale prices, but they will make no less than sending people to sell them if they sell them.

Of course, the goods that Marin provided them were only the amount within their treatment, and they would not give more. Otherwise, if these guys earn a lot and have the capital to fight against themselves, it will be bad.

In other words, Marin converted the treatment originally given to them into goods, saving the trouble of selling for money. And the value of the goods given to them does not exceed the treatment promised before. Even if they can make some profits, it will not be too exaggerated.

In this way, Marin cleared some goods, and the old nobles could make more money, so both parties were happy. Moreover, these old nobles took the goods to the vassal states to exchange them for gold and silver, and then brought them back to the North Sea State, which can be regarded as increasing the total amount of money in the North Sea State. After all, these old nobles cannot leave Beihai Kingdom, and their money still has to be spent in Beihai Kingdom. In this way, it will be double beneficial to Marin and the North Sea State—it saves trouble and increases the amount of precious metal currency...

The only trouble is probably that those old nobles will take advantage of the opportunity of sending a caravan to leave the North Sea country, and make some connections. Even secretly rebelling or something. But Marin doesn't have to worry, because he has already arranged for Kohler to send spies to monitor those people continuously. Even the chambers of commerce of those old aristocrats had spies from the North Sea country mixed in. As long as there is any change in those people, the spies will send back the information as soon as possible, so that Marin can send troops to suppress it.

Of course, changing the treatment of those old nobles to the method of physical goods must wait until after Marin's expedition to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Otherwise, let them send caravans to various vassal states now, wouldn't it give them a chance to collude with those vassals?

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