Duke George was not surprised that Marin had come forward, because Marin had proposed it before. Moreover, the price was proposed by Marin.
In fact, according to the market price, West Friesland is not worth so much. According to normal circumstances, it is considered a high price to be worth 600,000 gold coins.
However, things are not calculated like this. There are so many nobles in Germany, but the land is very limited. Therefore, if you have money, you may not be able to buy such a large place. Moreover, if you have money, you cannot buy such a large place. According to regulations, you must be a great noble with corresponding titles to be qualified to buy a large territory. Therefore, in such a large place as West Friesland, only the earls and dukes are qualified to buy. Ordinary civilians, even the richest merchants, are not allowed to buy such a large territory.
However, those traditional hereditary nobles often squandered their money and didn't save much money. If George offered 600,000 gold coins, some nobles might grit their teeth and borrowed money to buy it. But George offered 1 million cash and helped get back prisoners of war worth millions of gold coins. No one could afford this price.
Even if you can bear it, no one is willing to be this sucker because it is not worth it...
What's even more terrifying is that even if you buy Sifriesland, you may not be able to get it. Because, everyone knows, Sifriesland is now occupied by the French-backed Principality of Guedes. If you want to get Sifriesland, you must first defeat the powerful Principality of Guedes...
However, the powerful Duchy of Saxony was defeated, and most princes were not confident that they could beat the Duchy of Gedes. After all, I heard that there were many powerful Swiss mercenaries in the Duchy of Gedes.
When Marin stood up and said she wanted to be the sucker, everyone was surprised first, and then suddenly realized...
Why? Because Marin is not afraid of the Principality of Gedes...
No matter how strong the Gedes Principality is, it is only tens of thousands of elites. Even if the local elites are added, he will be able to survive by 20,000 elite soldiers. Such power is enough to be the dominant one in front of most German princes, but facing Marin is really not enough...
Because Marin has defeated the strong men of the 50,000 Bossa coalition, including 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. No matter how strong the Guedes Principality is, it is not as strong as the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, right? Marin can settle the 20,000 authentic Swiss mercenaries, so he is not afraid of the Guedes Principality's army in West Friesland.
However, many princes were very dissatisfied. Why? Malin had just obtained almost 2.5 square kilometers of land, and they wanted to add a large area of ​​land here. They were very jealous. So some princes blocked:
"Why do you want to get Westfriesland? Are you too greedy?"
Marin didn't get angry, but said the extremely confident bold words of Balotelli:
"Because, I can!"
This is very domineering, but it is also an explanation of a fact...
Why do you say that? Because Marin can afford the sky-high price George demanded - according to the agreement, Denmark, Brandenburg Electoral and Saxony Electoral not only had to ced large tracts of land, but also had to pay 1 million gold coins each (Denmark later cut it by half). Although he had to share the accounts with Lubeck and Hamburg, it was still okay to take out a million gold coins.
As for the Saxon prisoners of war worth millions of gold coins, this matter is easy to solve. Marin has an army of 40,000, and his combat power is strong. He can grab it back without spending money! Moreover, he also took down Sifriesland...
So, what Marin said "I can" is not wrong at all.
"It's so arrogant, we oppose it!" Faced with Ma Lin's arrogant speech, some princes were unhappy and opposed it.
But Malin did not argue with them, but smiled slightly at the man who quarreled the most fiercely among the opposing princes:
"Your Excellency, if you can take out 1 million gold coins and help Duke George get those prisoners of war back, then I am willing to give this opportunity to you!"
At this moment, those who opposed it suddenly became silent... The princes who were clamoring were mostly middle-class princes, neither strong nor weak, and liked to make excuses at the imperial meeting. However, it would be too embarrassing for them to take out real money and silver. Not to mention 1 million gold coins, people like to take out 100,000 gold coins.
At this time, Frederick III, who was originally depressed by cede land compensation, suddenly his eyes lit up. He asked Marin:
"Master Marin, can we use the compensation of 1 million gold coins owed by the Saxony Elector to pay for your purchase of West Friesland?" In fact, the original compensation that the Saxony Elector needed to pay was more than 1 million gold coins. But with the mediation of the princes, Marin, Lübeck and Hamburg had to agree to "embol the fraction", as long as each company had an integer of 1 million (in the end, Denmark only had to compensate 500,000 gold coins because it was willing to accept and resettle the Oldenburg family). According to the agreement, the three companies needed to pay the huge sum within 5 years.
What Frederick III thought was that if the 1 million gold coins that the Saxony Elector needed to pay was transferred to the Principality of Saxony, with the relationship between the two families, there was no need to rush to repay the 1 million gold coins within 5 years. Perhaps, it would be fine to pay it back in 20 years. It could even be delayed longer... Anyway, George is easier to fool...
This is like buying a house in later generations and taking out 1 million yuan at once, which ordinary people can't do. However, if it is divided into 20 years and repaid in 30 years, then many people can afford it.
Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, made this idea, hoping that after passing the compensation to Duke George, he would use the relationship between the two families to try to make the repayment time longer. In this way, the economic pressure of the Elector of Saxony would be much smaller and the recovery would be much faster. Of course, although the time was extended, Frederick III did not intend to pay more interest to Duke George, but still repay it in the original amount, and it would take about 20 years...
Marin was a little indifferent, but George Duke of Saxony was a little unhappy. Because, he vaguely guessed that his cousin might be cheating him...
But Frederick III threatened:
"If Grand Duke Marin agrees to my proposal, I will help you persuade everyone to agree to your purchase of West Friesland..."
The subtext of this sentence is - if you don't agree, I will find a way to ruin the transaction. On the other hand, I can help to make this happen...
Duke George was very reluctant, but Marin didn't care. In the end, Duke George and Frederick III reached an agreement - Frederick III had to pay 300,000 gold coins in the first three years, and the repayment time for the 700,000 gold coins was discussed later... In this way, George could also get 300,000 gold coins quickly and make the turnover to financial difficulties. Frederick III didn't have to hurry to pay back the 700,000 gold coins, which was also good news...
The agreement reached by the two brothers is similar to the buyer's loan in later generations - first paying a 30% down payment, and then paying the rest slowly. The only difference is that Frederick III intends to lose the interest... You know, those benefits add up to a lot...
Chapter completed!