After Americo returned, Marin began to prepare for colonization. After all, the route had been discovered and there were no hostile Indian tribes in the target area, so it was still easy to colonize.

The only problem is the ship problem. Because, in colonies, not only do they have to transport a large amount of supplies, but also a lot of people. However, the number of people carrying ships is limited. Therefore, Marin needs enough ships.

Take the Garen ship "Mayflower" in the past as an example. This ship has a displacement of 180 tons and is the limit to carrying 104 people. Even the most practical 250 model in Marin's hand will not exceed 150 people.

It is estimated that it will take more than two to three months to go from East Friesland to the Twin Islands of North America, and it will take more than a month to come back. So, counting that a 250-class armed merchant ship can only transport 150 immigrants in half a year, and only 300 people can be transported in a year.

If you want to immigrate 10,000 people, you have to run 34 boats twice... Poor Marin only has a few 250-level merchant ships in his hands, which is not enough...

Therefore, Marin felt that the research and development of the 500-ton merchant ship needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Because the 500-ton warship has been successfully developed, it is enough to reduce the amount of the ribs of the ship. After all, merchant ships are not warships and do not need to consider the anti-aircraft bombardment capabilities of the ship's side. However, if you want to mass-produce, you still have to go to the Americas to log wood. After all, North American wood is cheap. Unlike in Europe, when making a 500-ton large ship, it is difficult to find the main keel just for the large material required for the main keel, and the price is also high.

After thinking about it, Marin finally decided to buy 10 ships and make do with it first. When the ship was built, God knew it was the year of the Monkey and Horse Month. Moreover, because he had not experienced the price revolution, the price was not high. A 200-ton ready-made merchant ship cost only 3,000 gold coins. 10 ships only 30,000 gold coins. Marin's profit now reaches 400,000 gold coins per year, which is completely affordable. Although it had spent too much money to support a 10,000 army, build a new city and reclaim wasteland, the Principality of Saxony sent out a war compensation of 1 million gold coins in a blink of an eye, which made Marin's bottom-up finance immediately fill up again.

"The Duke of Saxony is such a good person!" Marin thought silently.

What Marin didn't know was that just two days before Christmas, Albresette, Duke of Saxony, passed away due to illness. Before his death, the Duke of Saxony was still cursing Marin, the "hapless little boy". However, Dresden was far away in the southeastern region of Germany, and the East Frislander State was in the northwest of Germany, and the news had not yet been heard.

Because the emperor asked for help, Marin had to send 2,500 people to Switzerland to help the emperor fight. But in this way, the regular army under Marin reduced from 10,000 to 7,500. This scale is definitely enough for the princes who are content with the status quo, and it is still too many. But who is Marin? Ambition! 7,500 people, Marin always feels that it is not enough.

Therefore, these days, Marin spent most of his time considering the expansion of the army, except for arranging people to purchase 10 merchant ships to transport colonists and supplies to the American colonies.

However, what bothers Marin was that it was not that easy to expand the army. It was not that Marin had no money to expand the army. After all, if you support a 10,000 army, aside from the cost of gunpowder, the annual salary expenditure was only 200,000 gold coins. Marin now holds the 1 million gold coins paid by the Duke of Saxony, and with hundreds of millions of pounds of grain in the granary, so there is no financial problem in expanding the army.

But diplomatically, this is unrealistic...

The German region is a very strange area. Here, if the vassal states want to survive, in addition to being strong in their own strength, diplomacy is also very important. Even if diplomacy is done well, a weak country will still be in a prosperous state.

Because there are many countries in the German region, and even the entire European region. Moreover, the German region has basically not completely crushed other countries' super powers. If such a force exists, the German region would have been unified long ago.

It is precisely because there is no such a dominant superpower that the German region has maintained a state of fragmentation. Moreover, the princes are also very smart. Once any force has signs of rising into a superpower, other forces will form a group and fight together. They will even suppress this superpower before it grows up.

The reason why Maximilian I was hostile to most of the German princes was because Maximilian I revealed the ambition to unify Germany. Moreover, after taking over the Principality of Burgundy through marriage, the strength of the Habsburg family did greatly improve. If the Habsburg family had only Austria, it would be similar to other electorate. However, because of Burgundy, especially the Netherlands region with good financial resources (mainly the Flanders region with developed textile industry)

Later, the Habsburg family had already had the strength to surpass other electorate emperors. Therefore, this caused the situation of the princes targeting the Habsburg family in the Imperial Parliament. When Maximilian I sent troops to Italy, the princes tried their best to drag the emperor down, but they did not approve the taxation, which made the emperor lack military expenditure. When the Italian coalition was working with the French in Forowo, the emperor was still quarreling with the princes in the Wolms Empire Parliament, which made the emperor's army missed the battle.

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Therefore, if Malin wants to expand his army, he also needs to ask the princes around him whether he agrees. If the princes arouse the rebound, Malin is very likely to be beaten by the princes in groups.

Therefore, it is very risky to expand the army blatantly. You should know that the neighbors around Marin are not good at it. For example, although Oldenburg is a battle with the five scumbags, they have the Nordic overlord Denmark as the backstage; the Bishop of Munster is also the Archbishop of Cologne, one of the seven electoral states, and they are also very powerful; as for Saxony in the west, there is no need to mention, the Saxony system... only the Archbishop of Udrecht in the southwest, which has no background, but it is also a power of the Holy See, and cannot be offended easily...

In other words, if Marin wants to forcibly expand his army, it may attract the rebound of the Nordic overlord Denmark, the two general election emperors, their subordinate forces, and the Archbishop of Utrecht, whose power is not weak.

Although they are all four forces, each force is a group, and there is no more than one country. If they offend them, the four major forces can call on at least twenty or thirty vassal states to fight East Friesland together.

Therefore, Marin did not dare to expand his army directly and blatantly...

However, Marin urgently needs to expand its army now. Why? Because Marin's father-in-law Archbishop Rovere needs it...

Although, according to history, Archbishop Rovere became the pope after the death of Alexander VI. However, the existence of Marin has changed history.

For example, the Spanish prince Juan, who was supposed to die of illness, survived because of Marin's actions and gave birth to a little prince with Princess Margaret. What made Marin speechless was that Prince Juan's son was named Marin. As for why this was so, it was said that Prince Juan was grateful for Marin's life-saving grace. If Marin did not save him, the little prince would not have been born. In this way, the Spanish prince's grandson also named Marin...

Similarly, Prince Juan's eldest sister Princess Isabel, the queen of Portugal, did not die of dying due to the "flapping" of Marin's "butterfly wings", but successfully gave birth to the little prince...

Marin's greater influence lies in the use of the Holy See's hands to curb the spread of syphilis. In Europe, syphilis has been controlled due to the Pope's ban. Although it has not been completely eliminated, it is rare.

Marin could not guarantee whether his father-in-law would safely ascend to the Pope in the future. You should know that Caesar, the illegitimate son of the current Pope Alexander VI, is a cruel man who dares to kill his brothers. He will never show mercy to his political enemy Archbishop Rovere.

Moreover, Caesar is now the highest military commander of the Pope. Originally, in history, Caesar and Alexander VI were poisoned by "Cantrera", causing him to lose his ability to move for a long time and could only lie on the hospital bed, so he failed to stop Archbishop Rovere from taking office.

The situation has changed now. If Caesar was still alive when Alexander VI was dead, he would definitely use the Pope's army to intercept Archbishop Rovere.

Therefore, Marin needed to prepare a large army, and after Alexander VI's death, he escorted Archbishop Rovere to Rome to avoid accidents.

As for the size of this army, Marin believes that at least 5,000 people are needed, and 10,000 people are best. In this way, with the protection of this army, Archbishop Rovere will not be afraid of any threats or changes.

However, Marin is in trouble now, and he cannot expand his army openly. Moreover, he did not dare to send all his troops to Rome with Archbishop Rovere. Because the Eastern Friesland itself also needs defense. There are jackals and hungry tigers around him. If the army leaves, Marin may be taken to his nest...

Marin thought of Hei Water Company and the big companies in later generations...

"Company...Company...Branch...Oh!" Ma Lin suddenly slapped his head and thought of a good idea...

In his previous life, Marin worked in a large company. Of course, he worked in a branch. Marin remembered this part and happened to think of Hei Water Company. So an idea formed in his mind...

"Since I can't expand my army in East Friesland, why can't I expand my army overseas in the name of the Blackwater Company branch?" Marin thought excitedly.

At present, if Marin wants to add 10,000 troops to the territory of East Friesland, it will scare the surrounding countries. However, if the army is brought far away from the territory of East Friesland, the surrounding neighbors will be less sensitive.

So, where to open the "branch"? Marin began to think...

At first, Marin wanted to bring people to North America. However, when transporting 10,000 troops to North America, Marin obviously did not have that kind of transportation capacity. Moreover, in that case, the logistics pressure was also extremely high. After all, the North American colonies were not yet developed and did not have the capacity for food production. If all the food was transported from Europe, the cost would be too high.

Then, Marin thought of Cork in Ireland. Now, it is also secretly controlled by Marin. However, if there is a 10,000 army, it will scare the princes on the Ireland. After all, the Ireland Island is now divided, and everyone has few troops. Generally, the small princes have only one or two thousand troops. If you let 10,000 army over, those small princes will be scared to death?

They were scared and Marin was not worried. But they were afraid that they would report the matter to Henry VII...

When Henry VII heard that a 10,000 army emerged on the Ireland Island, wasn’t he nervous to die? Perhaps Henry VII would directly attack first. Marin was not afraid of Henry VII, but he was also the king of England and could still use an army of 10,000 or 20,000. Even if the 10,000 people under Marin did not fail, they would have a huge loss. At that time, Edward would have made him get a bargain for no reason. Therefore, it is unrealistic to place the 10,000 army on the Ireland Island.

Then, in the end, only the Teutonic Kingdom was the most suitable... Marin thought...

The Teutonic Kingdom is also a considerable country with an area of ​​about 30,000 to 40,000 square kilometers, which is more than ten times the size of East Friesland. Moreover, the Teutonic Kingdom is now the boss of Marin's ally Philip, and Marin still has the opportunity to secretly place an army there.

In fact, Marin also heard that Prince Philip is now integrating the power of the Teutonic Kingdom. Philip did not trust the original army. Because the Teutonic Kingdom's army was still a feudal army. The knights usually operate their own industries and only brought private troops to concentrate when fighting. However, Prince Philip did not have much control over such an army. Therefore, Prince Philip had previously sent 20 trustworthy young knights to learn from Marin's experience of the "Marin square".

In other words, Prince Philip planned to establish his own army to achieve control of the Teutonic Kingdom. At this time, Marin could completely place the 10,000 troops in the Teutonic Kingdom through Philip.

As for the price to pay, it is very simple. Marin planned to directly send officers such as Schwartz and a large number of grassroots officers to train these 10,000 people. At the same time, he also helped Philip train the new army. With the help of Schwartz and other experienced soldiers, it was easier for Philip's new army to train.

As for the name of these 10,000 people? Marin planned to open a new company directly, called "Baishui Company". The legal representative appeared to let his uncle Yu Le take over.

Yule himself is a senior official of the Teutonic Kingdom. When he set up an army, people thought it was Philip's power, and no one would be reluctant to give face. After all, Yule is now the number one celebrity under Philip's command.

Moreover, the situation in Teutonic Kingdom is quite special. It is now facing joint oppression by the Poles and Lithuanians. Even the knight lords will not object too much. Because Teutonic Kingdom may fight Poland and Lithuania at any time.

Even Marin had thought about it. Not only did he train mercenaries in Teutonic, he also planned to let Sweden rule Old Sten Stein Sturay come over to train with the new army and learn the "Marin square". When Old Sten Stein Sturay launches an independence uprising, these officers can also command the army to use advanced Spanish square to fight the Danes' suppression.
Chapter completed!