Although he felt a little sympathized with the unlucky guy Jokeem I, Marin would not let the other party go easily. After all, if he fails, the other party will not let him live a good life.
However, there are priorities. For Marin, Jokeem I was not his own big concern, but Frederick III was.
Moreover, the negotiation was held in Walms, and Frederick III also brought a large number of princes to help. Marin thought with his toes that he knew the difficulty of negotiation.
In addition, after the negotiations began, King Hans and Jockim I, as the defeated side, would definitely hope to pay less. Therefore, at that time, there will be a battle of no less than war. Therefore, Marin hopes to divide the alliance between Frederick III and Jockim I and avoid the other party from tying together to ensure that they are determined.
Just so happened that after hearing Jokiem I's lament, Marlin's heart moved...
Marin knew that Jokeem I did not have much money. The reason why Frederick III was brought together in this war was that in addition to their good relationship and their marriage with Denmark, he was jealous of the wealth of Lubeck and Hamburg, which was an important driving force for Jokeem I to send troops. In order to win and make huge profits, Jokeem I made a desperate bet and brought almost all the regular troops of the Brandenburg Electorate to the front line.
Marin can conclude that Jokeem I was still very eager for money when he could speak out his financial difficulties in front of Marin.
Of course, as a nobleman, he would not directly say that he likes money. Therefore, like Jokiem I, he lamented that he would eat black bread in the future, is the correct way to speak.
But the truly arrogant nobles are ashamed of their power. Jokeem I was able to sigh at the damage to interests in front of an enemy like Marin, which proves that this is a noble who values ​​interests, not a noble noble.
So Marin's eyes turned and suddenly had an idea. So he said to Jokim I:
"Mr. Jokeem, in fact, you want to reduce your losses, but there is no way..." At this point, Marin suddenly stopped and smiled mysteriously at Jokeem I...
If Jokiem I was a truly noble noble, I would definitely be disdainful. And if Jokiem I was a very practical noble, I would definitely not miss this opportunity...
Sure enough, Jokiem's ​​eyes lit up and asked:
"What's the solution?"
"Cooperate with me..." Marin replied leisurely.
"Working with you? Could you still share the ransom for extortion? You know, I am also the target of your extortion..." Jockim said dissatisfiedly.
"Although it's not a good thing like dividing the ransom, it's not much different in nature..." Marin took a sip of tea and said slowly.
"What do you mean?" Jokeem I didn't quite understand.
"I mean, as long as you cooperate with me well in Wolms' negotiations, I can significantly reduce your ransom amount..."
"How much is the reduction?" Jokim I asked with some temptation.
"How come there are hundreds of thousands of gold coins..." Marin is not short of money now, but political issues are a lot of trouble. If Jokiem I was willing to help him, he would not mind giving him some benefits.
"Hundreds of thousands of gold coins... can we... cede less land?" Jockim asked with a thrift.
"Don't think too much, Lord Jokiem, if you ask you to pay less, others will not see it. Anyway, I have the final say in whether you have received your money, but others don't know. If you ceded less, the whole of Germany will know it? By then, it will be difficult for you to be a human being in the aristocratic circle." Marin rolled his eyes and said.
Jokeem I thought about it, it was really...
Money transactions will not be carried out under the public's current situation. How much compensation is given to Marin by Brandenburg's Electoral State, it will definitely not be delivered under everyone's witness. In the end, it is not clear how much compensation to Marin by Brandenburg.
But if the electoral land of Brandenburg was cedeed to Marin, that would not escape the eyes of others. Because as long as you know who sent the officials on the relevant land involved in the cedent, you will know.
Jokim I was defeated and captured in war was already embarrassing. If someone knew about it and hooked up with Marin in private, it would be shameless. His former allies would also alienate him.
Therefore, Jokeem I said to Marin with a serious face:
"It's okay for me to work with you, but how do you ensure that the news is not leaked?" This is also the biggest concern for Jokeem I and Marin to cooperate.
Marin thought about it, borrowed a Bible from the priest of the army, and then stroked the Bible in front of Jokiem I, and vowed to keep the secret. If it was leaked, run in the square in front of the palace of Orich...
"Guo Ben..." Jokiem I was shocked by Marin's oath. But thinking about it, in the square outside the palace, Guo Ben was indeed very embarrassed in public. It was better to die than to die...
In the end, Jokiem I believed in Marin. But he didn't know that Marin did not believe in Christianity at all. He believed in the time traveling god (who told him to traveling through time)...
Of course, Marin is also a trustworthy person. As long as Jokiem I cooperates with him well, he will not be so mean that he will reveal the secret.
In the end, Marin and Jokim I reached a private agreement - during the negotiations, Jokim I did not work with Frederick III to create obstacles, and tried to cooperate with Marin to make trouble for the anti-Marin alliance, making the negotiations more beneficial to Marin. The reward given by Marin was that Jokim I only needed to pay half of the compensation stipulated in the negotiations...
It was half said, but this was not a small number. Brandenburg was defeated this time and was arrested with nearly 15,000 prisoners of war, plus Jockim I himself, the most valuable super prisoner of war.
Therefore, the ransom alone will exceed one million gold coins. If you add some more... the Brandenburg Electoral State, the agricultural country, cannot be given...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Marin agreed to let the other party pay only half, which is equivalent to reducing the compensation of more than 500,000 gold coins! Faced with such a huge exchange of interests, Jokiem I agreed without thinking. Besides, if Brandenburg really wants to take out more than one million gold coins, he can't get it even if he kills him... If it's hundreds of thousands, he can still get it...
And Marin seemed to have collected hundreds of thousands of gold coins less, but in fact she couldn't lose much. Why?
First of all, Marin is not short of money. But the money he grabbed from Wittenberg, the capital of Saxony, was enough to make a lot of money. As for the hundreds of thousands of gold coins he had saved Brandenburg to be equal to Lubeck and Hamburg? Marin was not worried. Just take out the 2 million gold coins worth of his own from the 2 million gold coins he snatched from Wittenberg to the hamburger auction and give it to two cities to settle the accounts. Most of those things are luxury goods, and Marin doesn't need them. They just happen to be given to people from the two cities to play, and it's okay to auction them.
Secondly, naturally, Marin was worried that the negotiation would suffer. The other party was already crowded, and if they were united, he would definitely be very sad. Even the pressure was very high. After all, Marin was not ready to turn against many German princes. Marin was very worried that he would suffer a great loss in this negotiation. Therefore, he did not want to see a united opponent. If Jokiem I did not cooperate with the princes during the negotiation and actively agreed to his own conditions, the other party would be very passive. Even the power they had finally concentrated would be punched in the empty space - one of the parties involved would not care about it, you are an outsider, you are a p-sit?
At that time, the Anti-Marlin Alliance will be very passive and it will be difficult to unite against Marlin. In addition, Marlin will ask his Pope Father-in-law to send heavyweight representatives to suppress those religious princes, Marlin will be much better in the negotiations. At least, it will not be completely suppressed by his opponents... This is also an important reason why Marlin is willing to use hundreds of thousands of gold coins to exchange for Jokiem I's rebellion.
Moreover, the price of these hundreds of thousands of gold coins does not require Marin to take out real money and silver. Even if the part distributed to Lübeck and the hamburger, it only needs to be divided from the auctioned property worth 2 million gold coins. Those property may not be auctioned in one day or two, or even for several months. Just so happen, Marin gave it to two cities to auction it slowly. And he reaped political benefits.
In any case, the biggest threat Marin faces now is that he is politically suppressed by his opponents. Because this kind of suppression may force Marin to harvest very little ceased land. For example, Marin originally wanted 10,000 square kilometers of land to be ceased, but under the suppression of the other party, he only got 1,000 square kilometers... That would definitely be a huge loss...
If we can solve the problem of the other party's group in negotiations, resolve this problem, and protect our negotiating interests, it is not a big deal to make a mere hundred thousand dollars. After all, the land is forever and can be passed down from generation to generation. With Malin's knowledge beyond the times, it is not difficult to earn back...
Chapter completed!