On the way back home, the army passed the Diet Marshen region that nominally surrendered to Marin. At the mouth of the Elbe River, the place where Brunsbuttle was at the mouth of the Kiel Canal in later generations, Marin was surprised to find that there were many swamps here...
At this time, Marin suddenly remembered a message he had read on someone's Weibo in his later years. It said that before the excavation of the Kiel Canal, it was close to the North Sea, and there was a large swamp area with a lot of water. After the Kiel Canal was opened, the water in the swamp flowed into the estuary of the Elbe River and entered the North Sea. In this way, the land near the estuary of the Kiel Canal was opened into fertile fields...
In other words, there is no river connecting the Elbe River in Brunsbetle at present and in the nearby areas. In this way, many nearby areas are swampy areas, which is very unfavorable for development.
Marin didn't care about that much, and directly drew a circle on the map of the location of later Bruns Bitel...
Then, this place was determined to be the location of Las Vegas City...
Later generations of third-rate singers sang:
“In 1503, it was a summer,
There is an old...an old driver on the North Sea in Germany...
Draw a circle!
A casino has risen in a fabulous way,
The gold and silver of taxes sank the silver ship..."
...
Regarding the serious problem of water accumulation in local swamps, Marin directly planned to arrange for people to dig a small river to connect the Elbe River. It was just drainage, and there was no need to dig a large canal or an irrigation canal, which was enough to achieve the drainage function.
Moreover, because it is close to the North Sea, the Dietmarshen area is also suitable for using Dutch windmills. As long as you dig a ditch to the sea and build a few more Dutch windmills, drainage is not a problem.
You know, in a travel notes of the Kiel Canal published by someone in his later generations, they mentioned that there are large areas of farmland near the Kiel Canal...
Moreover, in later generations, the Kiel Canal was naturally the natural dividing line between Dietmarshen County and Stanburg County. Marin planned to dig out this section of the river, which could be used to drain the swamp or directly as a dividing line.
After borrowing the Hamburger merchant ship to build a pontoon bridge and successfully cross the Elbe River, Marin led the army and peacefully passed through the Archbishop of Bremen with the trembling gaze of the whole country.
To be honest, Marin, the Archbishop of Bremen, was very coveted. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to pass by to "fake the way to attack Guo". However, the Archbishop was protected by the Holy See and the Bishop Elector. Before his father-in-law became the pope, Marin did not dare to attack a bishop at will. You must know that Emperor Henry IV of Shenluo was expelled from the papal and issued a church. As a result, His Majesty the Emperor was abandoned by the princes and subjects. As a last resort, Henry IV ran to Italy and braved the blizzard at the gate of the Pope's Castle, barefoot for three days before he was forgiven by the Pope.
Marin didn't think his face was bigger than Emperor Shenluo. If he dared to touch Archbishop Bremen, causing Pope Alexander VI to get angry and give himself a punishment, then he might not even have the chance to repent in Rome, and he would be put into a group by the princes. The most important thing is that because the authority of the Holy See was too high at this time, the soldiers under his command might be betray him and refuse to fight for him...
Therefore, Marin could only salivate at the Archbishop of Bremen, which is as high as 6,000 square kilometers, wiped his saliva dry, and left without looking back, entering the Oldenburg country, which was already controlled by himself...
At this time, the Oldenburg Kingdom was controlled by 2,000 East Friesian militia led by Adler. After Marin arrived at Oldenburg City, Adler naturally welcomed him warmly and made a request to go home.
However, Marin really lacks a general in his hands now, so he can only aggrieved Adler for a few more months.
The nobles of the Oldenburg Kingdom were not so honest. After Marin's army left, some local nobles learned that the garrison led by Adler was not a regular army, but an Eastern Friesian militia. So, after Marin left, the local nobles launched several rebellions.
However, the 2,000 militias led by Adler were also formally trained. Moreover, Adler himself was also a powerful general.
As a result, several small rebellions were successfully suppressed by Adler. At present, more than 30 nobles suspected of rebellion were all locked in the prison of Oldenburg City.
"What should we do with those rebels?" Adler asked Marin.
"Is this a question? I'll beheaded in front of the people of the city tomorrow morning!"
"Then their family?"
"Punish all serfs and supervise them!" Marin said coldly.
In fact, Marin originally planned to say "cut it together". However, considering that he still needed to stabilize the people of the Oldenburg Kingdom, he could not be too bloodthirsty. In the end, Marin let down the families of the rebels. However, Marin would not let them go, but would concentrate them in a certain manor to take care of them. In name, they were punished as serfs, but in fact, they might not need to do much work. Because these noble families of nobles might not be able to do much work. Marin's real plan was to limit their freedom, so that they would not be taken away by those who were interested and become the new force to resist themselves.
The next morning, Marin led the army with a murderous intent to control the main streets of Oldenburg City, and brought all the local nobles, including all members of the Oldenburg royal family, to the side of the square, so that everyone could "appreciate" the bloody scene of the rebels being beheaded.
The reason for this is to shock these people. Marin knew that although these people surrendered, they might not have any other thoughts in their hearts. Therefore, letting them visit the bloody scene of the rebels being beheaded can also shock them from the bottom of their hearts. Let them clearly realize that the rebels' fate is only a dead end...
The heads were rolling and blood flowed, which really scared many nobles who were escorted to visit. They were used to being pampered, and with some unspoken rules, they never felt that they were too dangerous.
However, Marin used a bloody and violent death penalty method than hang, which greatly impacted their hearts... That night, many nobles who visited the death penalty were scared to death...
A few days later, when the frightened nobles recovered, Marin organized these people and announced the specific methods to trust the manor under their names.
If they hadn't seen the horror scene of the execution a few days ago, these nobles might have quarreled with Marin. However, after experiencing the horror scene a few days ago, none of the nobles in Oldenburg dared to publicly question the custody plan.
Moreover, Marin did not steal their territory. Those manors belonged to them in name only. Moreover, in the past, Marin would pay them as much food as they collected every year, without missing them. At most, they could not show off their noble status in front of their own leaders.
However, now in front of the God of Killing Marin, they dare not have any other ideas. It would be good to be able to save their lives. What is that little privilege? Moreover, from a financial point of view, they did not suffer any losses.
Even in order to appease the hearts of these nobles who were deprived of the management of the territory manor, Marin also announced that while entrusting their estate, he would also take over the debts they owed.
This made many nobles happy...
You should know that in this era, because the grain output in Europe was pitifully low. Therefore, the economic conditions of those nobles whose territory was not particularly large were often very poor. Usually, it is normal for everyone to owe some debts. Aristocrats who do not owe debts are rare. Unless this nobleman has a developed commercial city and can provide a lot of commercial taxes. Otherwise, 9 of the 10 nobles who produce territorial manors are in debt. Even most of the princes, dukes, earls, etc. are in debt.
Marin announced that he would take over the debts of these people and promised to take out no less than the amount of grain obtained in previous years from the manor output every year and send it to them. In this way, the debts of these nobles were gone and the returns were not reduced, which would greatly relieve these nobles who had poor finances.
But what they didn't know was that Marin had already planned to build a casino called "Las Vegas" on Diet Marshen. Once the city of Las Vegas is built, the local nobles of the Oldenburg country, except those who are capable of staying to be officials, will be sent to Las Vegas and will be "corroded"...
Due to insufficient manpower, Marin had to arrange for Adler to continue to lead the militia to station here. At the same time, Marin wrote a letter to the Justice of the East Frieslander, Haider, asking him to come to Oldenburg to serve as the new palace prime minister and be responsible for the government affairs of Oldenburg.
Haider has been studying with Jeffrey for several years and should be familiar with how to be a palace minister. It is just right to let him come over to serve as the palace minister of Oldenburg. At the same time, Marin allowed Haider to go back to his alma mater, Cologne University, to recruit several juniors to help him handle the government affairs of Oldenburg.
Chapter completed!