The Rise of the European Emperor

Since he is the "funder", the first thing Marin thinks of is the Siena Bank in his hand. However, he immediately denied it. why? Because many people know that he has shares in Siena Bank.

Although not many people in Germany know that Marin is a major shareholder in Bank of Siena, many people know that Marin and Bank of Siena have a good relationship and should be shareholders.

On the bright side, the Bank of Siena is managed by the Medici family, which has a good relationship with Marin, and seems to have little relationship with Marin. However, Marin had promoted loans to His Majesty the Emperor at the beginning, and it was two large-scale loans.

If this happened in the tightly controlled North Sea country, there would naturally be no risk of leaking the secret. But the problem is that the party involved in this loan is Maximilian I. His Majesty's Habsburg family has been emperor for several generations, and Austria has long been the focus of the attention of the German princes. In Austria, there are also many princes' eyeliners and spies. These eyeliners and spies may not be as professional as the professional spies in Beihai. However, it is enough to investigate some news in Austria.

Therefore, the problem is not with Marin, but with Austria. The unusual relationship between Marin and the Bank of Siena had been leaked in Austria. If the Bank of Siena is allowed to come forward to become the "gold master", there will definitely be princes who suspect that it is Marin's handwriting. At that time, it must be jointly blocked.

Then, the situation becomes clear. The beneficiary to be "created" cannot be related to the Bank of Siena. Even, it cannot be related to the Medici family in Florence. Because everyone knows that Marin has a close relationship with Bishop Giovanni of the Medici family (that is, Leo X). If the patron of the Florentine faction came forward, the general princes might not be able to guess it, but Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, would definitely be able to guess it.

Even the financial institutions in Venice couldn't move out. Because the relationship between Venice and the North Sea country is also very good. The Venetian came forward, and it was easy to be regarded as Marin's ally.

In addition, the Fugger family cannot come forward. Because the Fugger family has a close relationship with the Habsburg family, and has a very good relationship with Marin. If the Fugger family came forward to fund Shiber's recruitment of soldiers, the princes would not only worry that these soldiers were wanted by Marin, but also worry that it was His Majesty the emperor who recruited soldiers. Therefore, it is not advisable.

So, there is only one option left - the bank of Genoa...

Although the Republic of Genoa was looted by France in the Italian War, it was still suppressed by Venice at sea. But a lean camel is bigger than a horse. After hundreds of years, the accumulation of Genoese people is still very rich. Although the French looted Genoa, the ancient merchants were good at burying gold and silver, and most of them must have not been searched.

Historically, financial merchants in Genoa went bankrupt mainly because Spain, which owed debts, declared national bankruptcy and defaulted on its debts, which caused heavy losses to the bankers in Genoa. Moreover, the most deceitful thing is that Spain went bankrupt eight times from the mid-16th century to the mid-17th century!

This kind of blatant repudiation made the Genoese bankers who were on the side of the Spaniard lose everything,

In the end, a large number of people fell. The financial industry in Genoa has also suffered a devastating blow. Of course, the eight bankruptcies of the Spanish Habsburg royal family did not stop Genoese bankers. The Fugger family, the richest family in Germany, was also forced to go bankrupt because of eight repudiations, and withdrew from the stage of history.

But the Fugger family's bankruptcy also had its own reasons, mainly because they lost their bet on investing in copper mines. If it's just that the Habsburg family's loan cannot be recovered, it will not make their family bankrupt. But the Fugger family hoarded copper mines to death, and bought copper wares on a large scale, preparing to drive up copper prices and make huge profits.

But the problem is that the Fugger family miscalculated and forgot about overseas markets. The Dutch brought back a large amount of Japanese copper from Japan, coupled with the explosion of the production of the Falun Copper Mine in Sweden, the copper price collapsed. Then, the Fugger family, which was counting on manipulating copper prices to make a comeback, was completely finished...

Of course, these are the original history. In this time and space, Marin took the lead in purchasing a large amount of copper ingots in India, and then instructed the Spaniards to go to northern Zimbabwe (later Zambia) to find copper mines. The Fugger family saw that the future output of copper mines would be huge, so they stopped hoarding copper mines. They have also begun to develop the copper mines they had hoarded before.

In the same way, because history was changed by Marin, the Spanish Habsburg dynasty will no longer appear, and there will be no eight subsequent national bankruptcies. And the Genoese bankers can avoid becoming nothing.

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However, the life and death of the bankers in Genoa has nothing to do with Marin. What Marin cares about is only to establish a shell bank in Genoa. Then, use it as a cover to fund Scheber's recruitment.

No, it shouldn't be a bank. Banks are profit-making institutions, which is clearly a money-losing business. Therefore, a public welfare fund should be set up. The purpose, of course, is to defend religion.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Malin decided to name this institution the "Apologetics Fund", and publicize it to protect the interests of Catholicism and Catholics.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow defeated Lithuania, and it was the Orthodox country that defeated the Catholic country. In addition, the Muscovites definitely demanded to seize the Smolensk region, which obviously violated the interests of the Catholic Church. It is very reasonable for an organization called the "Protection Fund" to allocate funds for this purpose and recruit warriors to Lithuania to "defend the teaching".

The Republic of Genoa has never had anything to do with Marin, and it doesn't even deal with it well (after all, Marin has a good relationship with Genoa's mortal enemy Venice), and the institutions here, the German princes will not think of Marin.

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In addition, the existence of this institution has another advantage. It is possible to solicit donations from people from all walks of life in Italy to reduce Marin's financial pressure. After all, this matter is to protect the interests of the Catholic Church, and there is no reason to let Marin carry it alone. Because of the existence of the Holy See, Italy is the most devout Catholic region in Europe. Moreover, there are many Italian businessmen who have money to donate.

At that time, once the news of Lithuania's defeat comes. In the name of defending the interests of the Catholic Church, the "Apology Fund" went out for alms, and more or less could raise some money, which could reduce Marin's burden.

But the mercenaries recruited by the "Guardian Fund" will end up cheaper for Marin. Therefore, Marin made a lot of money in the end. It is equivalent to crowdfunding to recruit soldiers for himself. Although he is still the big head, but in the end he took all the benefits...

"Spend other people's money and recruit your own soldiers...it's so cool!" Thinking of this, Marin became happy.

Shi Beier was confused, but Marin would not tell him the truth. Shi Beier has not yet gained the trust of Marin, so these secrets will definitely not be told to him.

Marin only told him that he would find a way to help him get funds at that time...

And what Shi Beier has to do is to take his men back from the Poland-Bohemia road. Moreover, you have to pretend that you haven't seen Marin. Specifically, there was a disagreement with the grassroots officials of Beihai State, and then the whole group was expelled...

For these processes, Marin will order his subordinates to cooperate with the play. Then, on the bright side, Schieber became unlucky, and led his men back to the Württemberg Mountains in desperation.

After that, Marin will arrange for someone to provide funding in the name of the Italians, allowing him to build the shelf first. When the news of Lithuania's defeat comes, the "Apology Fund" will publicly fund them, let them recruit mercenaries, and go to Lithuania to participate in the apology war...