In fact, the representatives of Lubeck and Hamburg first came out and swearing Bremen was negotiated in advance by Marin and the two Hanseatic cities. The representatives of Bremen came to Oldenburg with anger. If the negotiations were started directly, it would be difficult for the other party to calm down.
So, Marin first let Lübeck and Hamburg take action, seize Bremen's violation of the law of the alliance, and slam the opponent's spirit. Then, he will take action...
Sure enough, after Lubeck and Hamburg squirted Bremen’s representatives speechless, Marin changed into a kind face with a smile and appeared:
"What's wrong? Two adults? Are you having an unpleasant conversation?"
Then he turned his gaze to Bremen Speaker Hector and said:
"Mr. Hector, you Bremen stabbed the back in the crisis in the North Sea. If I don't attack you, it will be difficult to explain to the country. So, Bremen will definitely be eliminated. However, for the sake of the two great speakers of Lubeck and Hamburg, I can allow you to leave with all your wealth. Anyway, you are both businessmen, so there should be no plot of "unable to leave your hometown", right? Isn't it just to do business in another place? Hamburg and Lubeck are also the two most prosperous commercial cities in Germany. If you go there to do business, don't you still make money?"
Hector snorted coldly and said:
"You said it is lightweight, take all the property away? The gold, silver, treasures and goods can naturally be taken away easily. But what about our real estate and real estate? Those accounts for a very high proportion and cannot be taken away. If we move away like this, the wealth of real estate that will be lost will be a lot of money!"
Speaking of this, several other Bremen representatives also nodded - this is the core reason why the Hanseatic merchants in Bremen are unwilling to leave easily...
For a businessman, although the proportion of real estate is much smaller than that of land-based land, it also accounts for a considerable proportion. Most merchants usually build luxury houses when they have money. This is also common in China. For example, the super rich salt merchants in Yangzhou built luxury gardens such as Heyuan in Yangzhou City for their own enjoyment. Although Shanxi merchants are a little stingy, they have also built many large houses similar to the Qiao family courtyard.
In Europe, the Hanseatic merchants were similar. After the big Hanseatic merchants became rich, they also built many luxury houses. Of course, their luxury houses were mainly villas and buildings made of stone.
In Europe, most wealthy people live in exquisite large houses built by stone. The poor people usually live in simple wooden houses and even in straw sheds.
Maybe people in later generations think that wood is more expensive and stone is less expensive...
But in this era, Europe was full of forests, so wood was cheaper. Stone was much more expensive because it took stone masons' labor to polish and process it. Moreover, it was much more difficult to build a house with polished stone than building a house with wood, so it was naturally more expensive.
Of course, the middle class among the rich and the poor likes to build houses with bricks and wood. However, bricks are less solid than wood, and the color is not as good as stones.
Therefore, in European cities, only churches and rich dwellings generally use full stone structures; middle-class houses are more complicated, including stone, brick, and wood. But more, the three are mixed... As for the poor, they live in simple wooden houses...
In addition, it should be pointed out that the houses of the rich are not only built with stones. On the outside of the house, the rich will also hire carving craftsmen to carve many stone carvings on it, making the house look more artistic. This is also very costly. These stone houses full of stone carvings still stand tall after hundreds of years, becoming famous European cultural relics attractions...
Therefore, these Hanseatic merchants were also unhappy to give up the artistic houses full of stone sculptures that had spent a lot of money to build. After all, these houses cannot be taken away...
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At this moment, Marin finally understood why these profit-oriented Bremen businessmen were unhappy to move. It was not that they could not leave their hometown, but that they were reluctant to abandon those stone mansions that cost a lot of money...
After knowing the concerns of these Hanseatic merchants, it would be easier. After thinking about it, Marin asked:
"What if I paid for your home?"
Hector and several Bremen MPs were stunned...
"You want to buy my house? My house cost 5,000 Goulden gold coins..." Hector said.
"5,000 gold coins?" Marin's eyelids twitched. Then, he remembered something and asked:
"How many more is the value of your house in Bremen?"
Hector thought for a while and said:
"In addition to large buildings such as churches and town halls, there are about dozens of luxury houses of the same level as my house..."
Marin immediately took a breath - the house of one family is worth 5,000 gold coins, and aren't dozens worth 200,000 to 300,000 gold coins? No wonder they refused to leave. It turned out that the house was so valuable... You know, he built a castle for Adler, but only spent 10,000 gold coins. These 5,000 gold coins were equivalent to half the cost of a castle...
Moreover, this is just the residences of one of the top Hanseatic merchants in Bremen. If you include the residences of those medium-sized Hanseatic merchants... the demolition fee seems to be a bit high...
According to Hector and others' estimates, the total construction cost of Hanseatic merchants in the entire city of Bremen is estimated to exceed 1 million gold coins...
Marin suddenly stopped talking...
If he had bought all the real estate of Hanseatic merchants in Bremen at this price... the money would have been so much...
It’s not that Marin couldn’t afford the money, but if he did, he would catch the elbow. After all, he had just won eight vassal states and needed money everywhere. At this time, he spent millions of gold coins to buy Bremen’s property...
Marin turned his attention to the speaker of Hamburg, Bernard, and the speaker of Lübeck, Heinrich - Lao Tie, do you guys also have something to do?
As a result, the two directly avoided Marin's gaze. Obviously, they were not willing to pay for the huge expenses. It was not that they could not afford the money, but that their parliament was responsible to the citizens. Spending so much money to buy a house in Bremen... The parliament was sure that it would not be tried...
This is just the residence of the Hanseatic merchants in Bremen. If the housing of the Bremen citizens is included, the total value of the property in the entire Bremen City is estimated to be two or three million...
Marin, who was originally confident and wanted to spend money to solve the problem, suddenly felt guilty...
Chapter completed!