He was even more happy to learn that Marin's "death" was Frederick III, the former Duke of Gedes, who had been demoted to Earl of Golden and had only the territory of Gedes.
After all, Frederick III was only stolen from a small part of the land, and the Duchy of Gedes was not only stolen from most of the land, but also his title was reduced, so naturally he hated Marin. Therefore, after learning about Marin's "death", Charles II, the former Duke of Gedes, ordered a big banquet to celebrate the whole country. Of course, he did not say that Marin had died, otherwise he would be taught a lesson.
Jokiem I, the Elector of Brandenburg, was also very happy. After all, he was also very painful when he ceded the Stendal area.
As for the Denmark King Hans, that mood is a bit contradictory...
He was beaten by Marin's army and abandoned the Jutland Peninsula, the Principality of Holstein and Schleswig, so he naturally wanted Marin to die.
However, Denmark is currently in a difficult situation and is still in a confrontation with Sweden. At present, Denmark, which is financially difficult, is still counting on Marin to acquire timber produced in the forests of southern Norway and southern Sweden.
So, King Hans's idea was that Marin died, but the North Sea country stopped purchasing Denmark's wood...
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In short, the princes and kings who were defeated by Marin at the time all celebrated Marin's "death".
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On the contrary, Marin's allies were more uncomfortable. Maximilian I was more uncomfortable because he was a little bit alone after losing a powerful allies like Marin, and some were unable to defeat the union of the Alliance of the Princes and France.
Originally, the Habsburg family faced the alliance of princes in Germany alone and the powerful France. Later, with the rise of Marin, the alliance of princes did not dare to confront the Habsburg family head-on. Because the powerful Marin was eyeing him. With Marin restraining the alliance of princes, the Habsburg family had the confidence to argue with the French in Switzerland.
Now, Marin is "dead" and the alliance of princes has lost its restraint. Will it join forces with France to force the Habsburg family to withdraw from Switzerland...
Maximilian I was really thinking it right. As the boss of the alliance of princes and the main "brain", Saxony Elector Frederick III was really considering the issue of coercing the Habsburg family to give up Switzerland.
Why? Because Switzerland is so important. Of course, what matters to Switzerland is not its broken land. To be honest, most of the broken places in Switzerland are mountains, deep inland Europe, with standard poor mountains and bad waters. If there were no watch industry and financial industry in the future, Switzerland would have been nothing surprising. At least, in this era where agriculture was dominated, Switzerland was the standard poor valley.
However, the mountain people in Switzerland are fierce. Although they only have a population of 740,000, there may be tens of thousands of mercenaries who have brought out wars.
Once the Habsburg family completes its occupation and digestion of Switzerland, it will be equivalent to sending tens of thousands of war soldiers to the Habsburg family. At that time, the Habsburg family will have no problem fighting against all the German princes. Even if the German princes alliance and France unite, they may only have defense. After all, the strength of the Swiss mercenaries is not a joke.
Therefore, the German princes would never want to see the Habsburg family successfully annex Switzerland. However, the North Sea Kingdom had restrained them before, and the princes had no confidence to join the French to confront the Habsburg family.
Now, Marin's sudden accident made Frederick III realize that this was a very good opportunity to deal with the Habsburg family.
As for the Beihai Kingdom, Frederick III believed that after losing the "insidious" "evil commander" Marin, the tens of thousands of troops of the Beihai Kingdom would inevitably be disintegrated and they would not be willing to fight.
At that time, just wait for Beihai Kingdom to decline and collapse. Then, after cleaning up the Habsburg family, it is just right to deal with Beihai Kingdom...
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Marin didn't expect that after all his painstaking death, the alliance of princes had the idea of ​​dealing with the emperor... Anyway, Maximilian I was quite unlucky...
However, it is not without people's attention to the North Sea Kingdom. For example, the duke of a powerful principality close to the North Sea Kingdom summoned a knight in the secret room:
"Tell me, Menzel, have your brother got the secret of high agricultural yields in Beihai?"
The half-kneeling knight shook his head and said:
"My Duke, I haven't. My younger brother is not valued in the Beihai National Army. I don't know much. I only know that the secret of the high yield of agriculture in Beihai National is fertilizers. All fertilizers come from a place called a fertilizer processing farm. Even when fertilizing in spring every year, the person responsible for fertilizing the land assigned to my younger brother is also the serfs sent from the fertilizer processing farm, so that they do not let the serfs in my younger brother's manor come into contact with..."
"Then your brother didn't find out anything?" The duke's face looked ugly.
"This is not the case. My younger brother has found out that there are three types of fertilizers. But what exactly is it? You need to mix it into the fertilizer processing site to figure it out."
"Previously, the fertilizer processing plant was under high alert, and my brother did not find a chance. However, recently, news of the death of the great duke of Beihai Kingdom. My subordinates estimated that Beihai Kingdom would be in chaos for a while. After all, Marin's son Caesar is still very young. Taking advantage of this chaos, my brother should have the opportunity to get useful news from the fertilizer processing plant."
"Hmph, what if I can't do it?" The Duke's face was gloomy.
"It really doesn't work. During the period of civil turmoil in the North Sea, the Duke can send a team of elite cavalry to raid one of the fertilizer processing sites and seize the confidentiality of the fertilizer."
The Duke hesitated and said:
"It's better not to do it. The Beihai Kingdom's troops are still there, and there are 30,000 to 40,000 troops in the local area. We can only gather more than 10,000 people at most, and we are not opponents."
"Sir, you can contact a few more princes to jointly put pressure on the Beihai Kingdom..."
"Idiot! If we unite with other princes, we must share this secret with them. At that time, others will also learn about the agricultural secrets and the food prices will plummet. Only when we take them alone can we get the greatest benefits!" The duke roared angrily.
"Yes, it's a villain who doesn't think well!"
"Listen, if this mission is completed, you and your brother can be awarded the title of hereditary baron and have corresponding fiefs! If I join forces with other princes to rob, your contribution will be gone!"
"Yes, the villain understands!" said the half-kneeling knight quickly.
But the duke didn't know that if he joined forces with other princes to seize it, there might be some chance. He wanted to take it alone, but he caused a big disaster for himself...
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In addition to this powerful duke, Charles Earl of Golden is also trying to seize this secret. As a person who once formed an alliance with Marin, Charles Earl of Golden knows that the North Sea Kingdom can afford tens of thousands of troops, and there must be a special way to make money.
Therefore, after being defeated and surrendered, Charlie reflected deeply and decided to learn from Marin to make a comeback. In his opinion, Marin was able to grow up with a mere Baron Tserl to become a big boss who controls the huge Principal of the North Sea.
First of all, military strength is certain. For this reason, Charlie, the Earl of Golden, has begun to imitate the North Sea military system, reorganize the army, and start recruiting mercenaries.
However, if you want to support tens of thousands of troops, you cannot afford to lose the financial level of the Goldenberg country in the Xiagudes region.
Chapter completed!