Both parties to the negotiation have their own requirements and bottom lines. Frederick III proposed that he could pay compensation. In addition to the ransom of about one million Goulden gold coins of the captured 15,000 Saxon army, he was also willing to compensate hundreds of thousands of gold coins and raise 2 million Goulden gold coins to redeem Vitenberg, as well as the great nobles of his younger brother's family and Saxon's electorate.
As for the cedes, Frederick III was absolutely unwilling to do so. Saxony had already been divided into two parts after the Leipzig division. If the territory was cedes to Marin, there would be no more places left. Now, the territory of the Saxony Electoral State is less than 10,000 square kilometers. When cedes of territory, there is no difference between the Saxony Electoral State and the ordinary Principal State.
Therefore, Frederick III's attitude was that it is okay to lose money, but it cannot cede the territory...
Besides, there are more than 20 cities in the Saxony Electoral State, all of which have developed industry and commerce. The 2 million Goulden gold coins look very scary, and the general principality cannot produce it even if it is killed. But the Saxony Electoral State is different. The industry and commerce of the Saxony Electoral State can be regarded as the most developed part of the German region. Moreover, Saxony industry and commerce are supporting. It is not pure commerce, but a combination of developed handicrafts and commerce. With the convenient water transportation of the Elbe River, it is not surprising that it is developed here.
Although he despises Frederick III, Marin also had to admit that without the support of modern knowledge, the Saxony region was considered the most important area to pay attention to industry and commerce. Frederick III was also one of the few monarchs of the German princes who valued business very much.
The German princes were generally poor and only knew how to find food on barren land. Therefore, they were generally poor. It would be very difficult for ordinary dukes to take out 200,000 gold coins.
But the Saxony Election State was different. When Ernst's Election State split the family, he specially selected the most fertile and flat north and most of the prosperous cities. The Saxony Principality, which was left to the Duke of Albresit, had many mountains and relatively few cities.
Therefore, the Saxony Electoral State not only developed industry and commerce, but also had a very rich country. Frederick III was able to become the leader of the princes, in addition to his wisdom, it also had a lot to do with his wealth.
Just like later generations, Wang Wanda and Ma Taobao were very rich, and they said whatever they wanted, they were regarded as a classic. Even if they might not get money from the rich rich man Frederick III, the princes usually please him very much.
From the harvest of looting Vittenberg alone, Marin knew that losing money was nothing to Frederick III. Because Frederick III was one of the few tyrants and nobles in the German region in this era.
But the problem is, Marin is not short of money either...
As a time traveler who masters modern agricultural technology and uses low-cost and high-reward coal salt cooking technology, Marin is neither short of money nor food. What he lacks is only land and status.
Therefore, Marin naturally did not agree with Frederick III's plan to lose money but not cede land.
The plan proposed by Marin was to pay the money, mainly ransom, and compensation according to the market price. In addition, the Saxony Electoral State needed to ced the territory equivalent to an ordinary Begun State. It was about two or three thousand square kilometers. Anyway, Marin made the requirement according to the area standard of the East Friesland State...
Frederick III was immediately furious. The Saxony Electoral State is currently only 8,000 to 9,000 square kilometers. If you want to cut off 3,000 square kilometers of land, isn’t that equivalent to cutting off one-third of the land of the Saxony Electoral State?
You know, when Elector Ernst selected land, he specially selected many cities, with flat terrain and fertile land, leaving only the second-class area for his younger brother Albresit. Therefore, none of the Saxony Electoral State is desolate and barren, and there are prosperous and fertile places everywhere. Marin asked for one-third of the land of the Saxony Electoral State as soon as he opened his mouth, which simply cost the life of the Saxony Electoral State! Moreover, with such a large area, several cities will inevitably be cut off. The city's business prosperity has a lot of taxes, and no one is willing to ced to others!
So, Frederick III jumped out quickly and loudly opposed Marin's request to cede the territory. But unexpectedly, Marin now had the Pope to support him on the spot, and was full of confidence and was a little proud, and did not take Frederick III seriously at all. So, like a kindergarten teacher yelling for naughty children, he loudly accused and scolded Frederick III.
Only an old fox like Frederick III could endure it. If it were another prince, he might have to draw his sword at Marin. Of course, Frederick III wanted to kill Marin at this time. But he knew that whether it was a one-on-one fight or a group fight, he was no match for Marin. So he endured it.
However, at this moment, Frederick III accidentally caught the anger on the faces of the princes around him-apparently, they were also dissatisfied with Marin's arrogant behavior...
So, the clever Frederick III suddenly thought of a very good way - pretend to be pitiful and compassionate...
Frederick III knew deeply that in Germany, a country that advocated knights, although the princes and nobles were decaying, they still had a sense of honor and responsibility as knights. This was passed down from the noble family for generations. Because, most of the ancestors of all the princes and nobles present were developed from knights or knight lords.
And the Knight's Delhi has a very important quality, that is - pity...
What is mercy? It means sympathy for the weak. Although the cunning nobles have weak mercy, there is still a little bit.
Moreover, Malin had long been criticized by him to become a villain at the level of the Great Demon King. With preconceived thinking, most of the princes present, especially the secular princes, were not interested in Malin.
Nowadays, with the support of the Pope, Marin is too confident and even a little arrogant and domineering.
Frederick III understood that if he argued with Marin at this time, his aura would be overwhelmed by the other party, and it would be almost impossible to suppress the other party.
Therefore, he decided to do the opposite - pretend to be pitiful and win the sympathy and mercy of the princes... At the same time, he also confirmed the identity of the villain Marin...
After communicating this, Frederick III pretended to be frightened and took several steps back, and almost fell down...
Seeing Frederick III's look of horror, Marin, who had just finished squirting the other party, was stunned - what is this situation? Is this so lethal?
Immediately afterwards, a situation that subverted his perception emerged—
Frederick III was full of horror, and then turned into sorrow. He bent down to salute Marin and said in a pleading tone:
"Please, don't cede Saxony's land! It's my fault to take the initiative to provoke war. I was just moved by my sister's crying and helped Denmark send troops after a fever. If the land left by our ancestors was ceded, how can I face the heroic spirits of the Weiting family's ancestors after I die?"
"All mistakes are my fault. Please do not take away the fief of the Weiting family! If you don't relieve your hatred, I can sacrifice my life to calm your anger! But please do not deprive our Weiting family of hereditary land!"
Chapter completed!