It is related to the issue of territorial sovereignty, and it has been a big deal from ancient times to the present. Therefore, the money spent this time is definitely not a matter of thousands of gold coins or tens of thousands of gold coins. If you want to settle this matter, you will have to go there.
Not to mention the Archbishop of Cologne with a big appetite, the bishops and bishops of the Archbishop of Cologne who have the right to speak, they also need bribes. Because this matter requires their vote.
In addition, the Bishop of Munster itself also needs to be paid for it. The best result is to be able to peacefully occupy the Bishop of Munster. Although Marin is not afraid of war, it is the best if it can be avoided.
Therefore, there are too many people who need to buy this time, and the money needed is also a big number, which is estimated to be as huge as hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
However, Marin now doesn’t have much cash in hand. Although Marin earns 300,000 to 400,000 gold coins every year just by cooking salt. She even signed a large order of 500,000 gold coins with Lithuania.
However, the super salt order signed with Lithuania has not been fulfilled yet. The most shameful thing is that Grand Duke Alexander actually asked the salt to be sold out and settle the payment. Although, with the contract, Grand Duke Alexander, as a great noble, would not be able to pay the debt. However, the 500,000 gold coins will not be settled until the second half of next year...
As for the millions of property and coins stolen from Denmark, part of them was used to reward the soldiers. Most of the rest was used to build the Duchy of Schleswig and the construction of the Oldenburg State. The rest was also used by Marin to bribe the princes of various lords to gain recognition.
In other words, Marin has not had that much cash in his hands now. It is probably only 100,000 gold coins in cash...
This money was obviously not enough for bribery. Therefore, after Marin and his knights rushed back to Orich without stopping, they immediately began to arrange the sale of grain...
Yes, sell food!
Previously, Marin had reserved a lot of food to cope with his needs. Mainly, Marin planned to recruit immigrants on a large scale to the Principality of Schleswig and Oldenburg after it was recognized.
In addition, if the Bishop of Münster is obtained, a large number of immigrants will be needed to fully develop these places. Marin has not sold much food, but in fact it is intended to support hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
Yes, hundreds of thousands of immigrants...
The three vassal states controlled by Marin currently have a total population of only 380,000. However, the total area has reached 17,100 square kilometers.
What is the concept of such a large area? Israel in later generations controlled an area of ​​only 25,000 square kilometers, but its population was as high as 8.5 million...
Of course, that was the population in the industrial age. Now it is the agricultural age, and the population density is definitely not that large. However, most of the 17,100 square kilometers of land controlled by Marin are plains, with no mountainous areas, only some hilly areas, and not much.
Wherever it is, feeding millions of people in these plain areas is not a problem at all. In other words, Marin’s goal is to make the total population in his controlled area exceed one million.
Moreover, in the German region, because of the low agricultural output in other regions, there are actually many "surplus population". What Marin needs to do is to recruit those "surplus" Germans into their own territory, farm for themselves, and serve for themselves to fight...
Considering the food consumption of millions of people, Malin has not sold much food in recent years, resulting in too much food stored in the granary. If it was taken out publicly, it would probably scare the princes of various countries to death.
At present, there are estimated that about 1 billion pounds of rye piled up in Marin's granary. Even if 1 million people eat openly, each person will eat one pound a day, which will take three years. However, under Marin's rule, there is no population of 1 million, only 380,000.
According to general circumstances, it is actually enough to reserve more grain for one or two years in the granary. This is still the case without considering exchanges with foreign countries. If you consider purchasing grain from abroad, it is okay not to store grain in the granary.
Since the grain reserves in the granary are enough for all the people to eat for seven or eight years, and the 1 million people can not be solicited in a short period of time. Therefore, Marin made a decision - to sell grain and raise money...
As for how much to sell, Marin thought about it and planned to sell 100 million pounds of rye...
In North Germany, the price of a pound of rye is 1 Finney. If it is shipped in large quantities, the selling price is only 0.7 to 0.8 Finney. Because, to leave enough profits for the seller, transportation costs must be deducted.
However, Marin never thought of selling rye in Germany. Because the price here is a bit low. His plan is to go to the UK, France, and Spain, where food prices are higher.
Now, Marin has a shipping company composed of 60 snatched Kirk sailing ships, with sufficient capacity. Marin is fully capable of selling the 100 million pounds of last year's rye to those countries with high prices.
In the UK, the price of a pound of rye is 1.5 Finney. The low point in France is because France has developed agriculture, but there is also 1.2 Finney per pound. As for Spain, it is even higher, up to 2 Finney per pound. Even in Italy, due to the war, the food price at this time is not much lower than that in Western Toddler.
So Marin planned to sell rye mainly to the United Kingdom and Spain. Moreover, the key sales place was Spain - who said that the food prices were the highest there...
So Marin found Yamerico, the general manager of "Hoffman Shipping", and asked him to take charge of grain sales.
But Americo refused:
"Sir, although I am a name for the shipping company, the actual manager is not me. I usually teach at the captain's school. The shipping company is mainly supervised by my deputy Chesani..."
"Cesani? Who is that?" Marin was a little confused.
Americo rubbed his hands awkwardly:
"That's my cousin, who comes from the sailing family of Genea and still has some ability."
In fact, Americo was developed and did not forget to support his relatives. Although Americo also had brothers and sisters, not many people were keen on sailing. However, his cousin Chesani was keen on sailing. So Americo appointed him as the deputy manager of the shipping company and asked him to take charge of the management. This time, when Marin asked, Americo simply recommended him to Marin.
"Your cousin? You won't miss the situation, right?" Marin frowned, worried that the relatives would mess up the matter.
"It will never be a mistake. My cousin once became a captain in Genea. Later, I made a name for myself here and called him to help me."
"Okay, I believe in you. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you do not do well, you will be punished."
Chapter completed!