Marin was actually very frustrated in this negotiation. He had obviously occupied West Friesland, but under the interference of several major powers, he had to vomit it out.

However, Marin would not spit it out in vain. Groningen had been looted by him, and Leeuwarden had no time to get it for the time being. However, Marin still sent someone to the beach.

Originally, Marin sent people to the beach, just to manage the West Friesian fishermen in advance, and recruit some young and strong people from it to enrich his sailing team.

However, after the negotiation results came out, Marin immediately changed his approach and sent people to inform his subordinates who went to the beach, asking them to forcibly migrate the fishermen to East Friesland.

This time, Marin planned to migrate 10,000 to 20,000 West Friesian fishermen to East Friesland. Anyway, West Friesland has a total population of more than 200,000, and it’s nothing to lose 10,000 or 20,000.

Moreover, before the Duke of Saxony paid the ransom and population, Marin decided not to leave in Groningen and only returned it to Leeuwarden.

In fact, in the southwest part of West Friesland, after the news of the Duke of Saxony's defeat spread, the nine nobles of West Friesland had already led their army to start the strategy.

Now, West Friesland is in a period of vacuum of troops. Before the Duke of Saxony redeems the army, no one had time to suppress the army of the nine nobles in West Friesland. Even those nobles naively found Marin and wanted to take over the entire Friesland.

Of course Marin could not be happy. He could get a ransom when he handed it back to the Duke of Saxony. He could get nothing to hand it over to these 9 poor people. However, he implied that the nine fools were now in the midst of the western half of Friesland in a period of military force vacuum, and only one Saxony garrison in the city of Leeuwarden, and the rest of the area was basically blank...

So, these nine fool nobles, Siewage, led more than a thousand people to start the great cause of "restoring the country". But Marin was not optimistic about them because their army's combat effectiveness was just that. Although the hundreds of people Marin put back were good at fighting power. However, the group of Friesian soldiers who had trained under Marin were all melee troops.

Such an army is nothing to fight the Saxon infantry. However, if the Saxons use plate-armored knights to charge, they cannot resist. After all, Sivague only learned strict military discipline and training methods, but did not learn the Spanish phalanx professionally against the knights. Of course, even if Sivague learned it, it would not be able to use it. The Spanish phalanx consumes too much gunpowder. Now that the nine nobles have no source of funds, how can they afford guns and cannons?

However, letting them do something in western Friesland now will make the Duke of Saxony anxious. Without an army, the Saxony people would not be able to drive away the original Friesian army that was causing trouble. Therefore, in desperation, the Saxony people would definitely be in a hurry to redeem their elite army. In that way, Marin could get the ransom earlier...

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This peace talks gave Marin a profound lesson - that is, in Europe, allies are very important...

There are many European countries, and no country is too big or too strong. Even if it is as strong as France, it is just a fighter in a small country. Therefore, in the European aristocratic circle, there must be enough and strong enough allies.

Let me give two very simple examples. France during Napoleon's period was extremely powerful in Europe, with a far greater national strength than other countries, and was able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.

However, the ambition to fight the dwarf was too great and too confident - he chose to fight the whole of Europe alone...

The final result was that the arrogant Napoleon was eventually destroyed by powerful countries in Europe as the ultimate boss.

Similarly, in the 19th century, under the leadership of the diplomatic master Bismarck, Germany had a good relationship with Tsarist Russia and Austria. After solving its worries, it focused on beating France, achieved brilliant results, and established the German Empire.

On the contrary, William II and Hitler were too arrogant and chose to go to war with many European powers. Then, everyone knew that both were beaten to death by a group...

After thinking it through, Marin finally understood his shortcomings - that is, there were too few allies...

Although Marin now has two allies, the Teutonic Knights and the Principal of Clifford, as well as the temporary ally of the Principal of Gedes. However, the Principal of Gedes is unreliable, and the Duke of Charles is a very ambitious person. The Teutonic Knights are too far away and cannot help. As for the Principal of Clifford, their relationship with Marin is not bad, but they are not that close. It can only be said that the Principal of Clifford can only be regarded as a partner in Marin's trade, and it is not at the level of the ally.

In addition, Marin is naturally considered to be the emperor. Therefore, it is very important to establish good relations with the emperor's faction. As for neighboring countries, Friesland in Saxony must be the enemy of Marin. As for Erdenburg in the east, he must not be able to deal with Marin because he was trying to seize Yevre. Therefore, there are only two countries, the Bishops of Münster in the south and the Archbishops of Udrecht in the south, which are worthy of Marin's friendship.

Moreover, under the current situation, the Bishops of Münster and the Archbishops of Utrecht will definitely not refuse to be close to Marin after seeing Marin's strong military strength.

But how to develop diplomacy? Marin graduated from time to time from time to time and never even studied international trade. So he could only think about the answer by himself...

Suddenly, Malin remembered the famous "ping-pong diplomacy" of Taizu during the "Ice Breaking" period in the later generations... Then, Malin came up with a good idea...

Just so happened that after the 300,000 pounds of spices were shipped back to Emden, they were still in the warehouse and there was no time to deal with them. Because, some time ago, Marin was preparing for the war with Saxony.

Now, when I have time, Marin has time to deal with the mountains of spices...

"Taizu can play 'ping-pong diplomacy', why can't I play 'spice diplomacy' once?" Ma Lin thought of this...

Moreover, unlike "Table-Ping Pong Diplomacy", "Spice Diplomacy" directly involves great interests and is more attractive than "Table-Ping Pong Diplomacy"...

After thinking about it, Marin sent envoys to visit Ghent, Cliver City, Münster City, Utrecht and Cornisburg, respectively, and strengthened relations with these countries or established friendly diplomatic relations.

Of course, Marin also brought a large number of spice contracts to these five countries, allowing them to share some spice profits...

Originally, Marin planned to share some spice benefits with the emperor. However, Austria, where the emperor is located, is far in the south, and communication is inconvenient. Therefore, Marin finally chose to take out 80,000 pounds of spices and hand them over to the emperor's heir, the handsome king Philip, for distribution. Although it was not handed over to the emperor directly, it was almost the same. Because the emperor only had a son... and it was very convenient to transport the spices to the Netherlands...

Then, Marin provided 50,000 pounds of wholesale to the Principality of Clifford and the Teutonic Knights, allowing Duke Clifford and Chief Philip to make a fortune.

Afterwards, Marin provided Bishop Munster and Archbishop Utrecht with 25,000 pounds of spices, so that the two bishops could make a profit from it.

Finally, Marin remembered Charlie, the Duke of Gedes, whom he had not trusted... After thinking for a while, Marin still gave him 10,000 pounds of spices, which made him make a small profit...

In fact, although Marin did this, it gave up some benefits, but it also accelerated the sales of spices. After all, Marin himself had no way to sell all 300,000 pounds of spices. However, these great nobles are different. Their families or forces are deeply rooted and have their own powerful relationships and commercial networks. In addition, spices are also in short supply in Europe, so it is not difficult for them to sell them all.

As for Marin himself, he only left 60,000 pounds of spices, which were sold directly in Emden. After all, the sales of spices can also attract many merchants and merchant ships to come to Emden to engage in business activities. This will help increase Emden's business reputation and prosperity.

For example, the reason why Antwerp in the Netherlands developed into a top commercial port in Europe in history was that Portuguese merchants chose to establish a spice wholesale market in Antwerp in 1500 to attract merchants from Northwest Europe to gather in Antwerp to do business... Then, Antwerp became one of the most prosperous commercial ports at that time...

Marin also plans to take this route in the future, striving to develop Emden into an important trader port in Northwest Germany. In this way, Marin can also charge more commercial taxes and tariffs...

After sprinkling a large amount of spices, Marin indeed gained favor and recognition from several countries. East Friesland and these countries conducted friendly and friendly high-level visits and signed various friendly agreements... Then, these countries all publicly issued a formal statement to recognize the legal status of Marin's Earl of East Friesland... Even after learning that his son had received great benefits, the emperor also issued a statement for the second time, announcing his public recognition of Marin's legal status...
Chapter completed!