"But if the southern Sweden and the Falonian copper mine are all given to Denmark, what are we left?" Eric Johnson said angrily.
"That's it..." Marin pretended to ponder for a while and said:
"Then give the Ferylun copper mine to Sweden... With a super-large copper mine like the Ferylun copper mine, I believe the finances of the Swedish Kingdom will be enviable..."
Marin's words are true. After all, the price of copper in Europe is so expensive now, and the Ferylun copper mine is a super rich mine, which can provide a large amount of stable fiscal and taxation for the Swedish kingdom every year. This is envied by most European monarchs. Because most European monarchs are currently in a bad financial situation. There is no money to rely on agriculture alone.
"But... half of your shares..." Eric Johnson meant - you always own half of the shares, can we still make a P?
If the Fayilun Copper Mine produces 100 tons of copper per year, it will be worth 156,000 gold coins. Excluding the cost of mining and smelting, it will only make 70,000 to 80,000 gold coins. Even if the output is tripled, it will only be a profit of more than 200,000 gold coins. If half of it is taken away by Marin, and there are many families in Sweden who want to divide it up and fall into the hands of the Swedish court, there will be not many...
Marin also wanted to support Sweden and restrain Denmark, so he decided to increase his support for Sweden. So he made this decision:
"Let me do this. Although I take back half of the shares of the Failun copper mine, I will pay out of my own pocket and increase investment in the Failun copper mine to make its copper output reach the level of 600 tons of copper annually. In this way, Sweden will have more fiscal revenue." At present, the annual output of the Failun copper mine will not exceed 300 tons, and it will increase to a high annual output of 600 tons, and the income will definitely double or even more.
Originally, Marin planned to reduce his share of copper mines. However, as a mediator, his interests were damaged, which was inappropriate. So Marin decided to compensate the Swedes by increasing production. After all, the Swedes are too weak now.
Moreover, the Swedes are now dying of poverty and have no capital to invest in copper mines to expand production and increase returns. Therefore, this requires the rich man Marin to invest money.
Of course, Marin is not a waste of investment. If the copper output of copper ore increases to 600 tons per year, Marin's income will more than double. 100 tons of copper is worth 156,000 gold coins, and 300 tons is 468,000 gold coins. Of course, this is the value. In addition to the cost of mining and smelting, it is probably 200,000 tonnes of gold coins.
As for Sweden, its revenue also increased due to its expansion of scale. Although the shares did not increase, its profits doubled, so it was naturally happy.
You should know that the profit of 200,000 to 300,000 gold coins per year will definitely envy most of the monarchs of small European countries. Moreover, Marin said that he was willing to pay out of his own pocket to expand copper mineral production, and they were sitting and waiting for the fruits of victory. Therefore, there was no reason not to agree. Moreover, the situation is critical now, and they dared not refuse to agree...
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After learning that he could save the Ferylen copper mine and get more profits, Eric John breathed a sigh of relief. Moreover, Marin was willing to take the initiative to invest in helping Sweden expand production, which gave him a step forward. After all, on the surface, Sweden took advantage of the negotiations and the profits would increase...
Next, Denmark and Sweden have the biggest differences...
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The Swedes also understood in their hearts that the Danes dispatched large troops to occupy southern Sweden and surrounded Stockholm this time, and obviously had great ambitions.
Before this negotiation, the noble Senate also gave a bottom line - to win independent sovereignty and protect the Fayilun copper mine... In the end, we should try to cede as little as possible...
After all, everyone knows that it is impossible not to cede the land this time. The Danes' army did not come to Sweden to travel, they came to grab the land...
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So, next, King Hans of Denmark and King Eric Johnson of Sweden started a long-lasting quarrel over the new border issue...
The Swedish side believes that the Danes can occupy the southernmost coastal areas of Sweden and also obtain the southwest coastal areas. However, that's all. As for the inland coastline in the southern part of the inner south, don't covet it...
But the Denmark King Hans was very determined - he divided the transit by the current front line. In other words, the Swedish area south of Stockholm was allocated to Denmark...
Sweden is only willing to give the southernmost coastal areas, while Denmark wants all areas south of Stockholm. Therefore, the differences between the two countries are naturally huge.
Then, the two new and old kings had a fierce verbal conflict and almost staged a full martial arts campaign. Fortunately, Lübeck was well prepared and did not allow the two to fight successfully.
Finally, Denmark made a harsh statement - it was a kind of letting the Swedish army defeat us... Then, Eric Johnson burst into tears - if I can defeat you, will I still use someone to mediate?
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In the following time, Marin rarely participated and often watched the show without saying a word. But the host, Speaker of Tagfaht, could not, so he began to persuade both sides to make concessions...
"Sweden will never accept the Danes' proposal. If Stockholm is the border, then the capital of our Swedish kingdom will be threatened by the Danish army at any time. Therefore, the Danes' conditions are not enough to think about! Therefore, it is better to follow the Swedish plan!" Eric Johnson yelled angrily.
"According to Sweden's plan, when will the Swedes have the confidence to decide all this? Do you have a strong army that suppresses Denmark enough, or do you have powerful allies to speak for you? Obviously, you have nothing!" said the Danish king excitedly.
"If Grand Duke Marin and the two noble speakers were not willing to mediate, do you think Sweden has any chance? As long as you besiege Stockholm for a few more months, you Swedish native nobles would starve to death in the city. What else would you talk about? To be honest, I suffered a great loss in this negotiation! If there is no negotiation, I can wait for you bastards to starve to death, and then the whole Sweden will return to my hands!" Hans said excitedly.
In fact, King Hans said something right. If Marin hadn't drawn a line for him and refused to allow him to continue to go north, he would have really probably conquered Stockholm at all costs and then annexed the Kingdom of Sweden (including Finland).
So, Hans was actually very wronged in this negotiation - I was obviously very strong and could completely kill the other party, but in the end I had to negotiate with the enemy... Taking advantage of the negotiation opportunity, King Hans vented his emotions...
When Hans yelled out his inner dissatisfaction, Eric Johnson suddenly realized that yes, Denmark is now the dominant one... Moreover, it seems that the North Sea Kingdom, Lübeck and Hamburg are not partial to Sweden...
But Eric Johnson did not have the final decision either. After all, he was not an arbitrary monarch and needed to discuss with the Senate...
So, Eric Johnson, on the pretext that he needed to discuss with the Senate, sent a Clippers back to China and asked the Senate how to divide the border...
After all, it is better for everyone to take the blame for such a cowardly thing as selling the land. If you take the blame alone, you will definitely become a scapegoat. At that time...
A few days later, Stockholm responded that the bottom line of the Senate was that the border line had to move south to North Kopin, an important Swedish port city.
The future border is best to start from North Koping City in the east (the city belongs to Sweden), and to the west, Lake Wetern and Lake Vinern are bounded. Both sides are divided into two large lakes, Denmark in the south, and Sweden in the north...
In this way, the border line moved 170 kilometers south from the south of Stockholm, which Denmark advocated. Moreover, the western half of the area moved further south.
Of course the Danes were not happy, because once the border line moved south, Denmark lost nearly 10,000 square kilometers of land. Moreover, it also lost a bustling port city like North Kopin.
However, the Swedes were willing to take out the island of Gotland, which had been recaptured from the Danes as compensation for the southward movement of the border, which immediately moved Denmark...
After all, the more than 10,000 square kilometers of inland that the two sides competed for actually have a rugged terrain and relatively cold, and its value was not high. The real value was that of several important towns such as Beikeping Port.
Unlike Gotland, Gotland is a pearl on the Baltic Sea. Among them, Visby, the port city on Gotland, is one of the most important Hanseatic port cities on the Baltic Sea. It is located in the center of the Baltic Sea and is an important transit station for trade in the Baltic Sea. It can obtain a lot of taxes...
In addition, Lubeck and Hamburg, which have obtained Denmark's authorization and have obtained all the port transportation management rights for Denmark, also strongly suggest that Denmark take the island of Cotland. After all, Denmark now abandons its maritime rights and takes Visby, which is equivalent to giving Visby's shipping management to Lubeck and Hamburg. For this reason, the two cities also put pressure on Denmark to make them agree to this condition...
Finally, as a compensation for the Danish army's dispatch, Sweden agreed to pay Denmark a war fee of 400,000 gold coins. Of course, Sweden did not have to pay cash. Denmark decided to send troops to continue to occupy the French copper mine and take away the income of the part of Sweden until it had enough value of 400,000 gold coins...
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In this way, Denmark and Sweden finally reached a package of land for sovereignty. Sweden was helpless at this time and could only accept these conditions. Of course, while paying these prices, they finally successfully obtained the sovereignty they had always dreamed of - recognized by all Europe...
Since the dean king Hans, the victim, admitted that Sweden had independence (Hans: I was forced, Marin forced me), there was no need for others to continue not to admit it. As for the Holy See, Marin promised to make it clear to Sweden and let the Holy See also recognize the sovereign state status of the Swedish kingdom.
In addition, the North Sea Kingdom, Lübeck and Hamburg also signed the peace agreement, saying that the three companies will supervise the peace process of the two countries and use force to urge both sides to abide by the treaty when necessary... In this way, this can also be regarded as an excuse for the three companies to openly balance the strength of both sides.
Chapter completed!