The Rise of the European Emperor

The issue of territorial sovereignty has always been a major issue since ancient times. Therefore, the money to be spent this time is definitely not a matter of thousands of gold coins or tens of thousands of gold coins. If you want to settle this matter, the sea of ​​money you want is gone.

Not to mention the Cologne Archbishop who has a great appetite, the Metropolitan and Diocese bishops who have the right to speak in the Cologne Archbishopric also need bribes. Because of this, their vote is needed.

In addition, the Bishopric of Munster itself also needs to spend money to manage it. The best outcome is a peaceful occupation of the Bishopric of Münster. Although Marin was not afraid of war, it would be best if he could avoid it.

Therefore, there are too many people to buy this time, and the money needed is also a large number, estimated to be hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

However, Marin now has little cash in hand. Although, every year, just by boiling salt, Marin has a profit of 300,000 to 400,000 gold coins. Even before, he signed a large order of 500,000 gold coins with Lithuania before.

However, the huge salt order signed with Lithuania has not been fulfilled. The most shameful thing is that the Archduke Alexander actually demanded that the salt be sold to settle the payment. Although it is said that there is a contract, the Grand Duke of Alexander, as a great noble, will not default on his contract. However, the 500,000 gold coins will not be settled until the second half of next year...

As for the property and coins worth millions of dollars stolen from Denmark, part of it was used as a reward for the soldiers. The rest, most of them were used for the construction of the Duchy of Schleswig and the construction of the Earl of Oldenburg. The rest was also used by Marin to bribe various princes to gain recognition.

In other words, now Marin has less cash in his hands. Probably, there are only 100,000 gold coins in cash...

This money is obviously not enough for bribes. Therefore, after Marin and his knights rushed back to Aurich, he immediately began to arrange the sale of food...

Yes, sell food!

Before, Marin had stockpiled a lot of food to meet the needs. Mainly, Marin intended to recruit immigrants on a large scale to the Duchy of Schleswig and the Earl of Oldenburg after being recognized.

In addition, if the vast bishopric of Münster is obtained, a large number of immigrants are also required to fully develop these places. Marin hasn't sold much food. In fact, it is intended to feed hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

Yes, hundreds of thousands of immigrants...

The three vassal states controlled by Marin currently have a total population of only 380,000. However, the total area has reached 17,100 square kilometers.

What is the concept of such a large area? future Israel,

The control area is only 25,000 square kilometers, but the population is as high as 8.5 million...

Of course, that was the population of the industrial age. This is the age of agriculture, and the population density is certainly not that great. However, most of the 17,100 square kilometers of land under Marin's control are plain areas, with no mountainous areas, only some hilly areas, and not much.

Where, on these plains, feeding millions of people is not a problem at all. In other words, Marin's goal is to make the total population in his control area exceed one million.

Moreover, in the German region now, because of the low agricultural output in other regions, there are actually many "surplus populations". What Marin has to do is to recruit those "rich" Germans into his own territory, to farm for himself, and to fight for his own service...

Taking into account the food consumption of millions of people, Marin has not sold much food in recent years, resulting in too much food in the granary. If it was taken out in public, it would probably scare the princes of various countries to death.

Right now, Marin's granaries are estimated to have about a billion pounds of rye piling up. With so much rye, even if 1 million people eat it openly, each one eats a pound a day, it will take three years to eat. However, under Marin's rule, there is no one million population, only 380,000 people.

In general, an extra year or two of grain stored in the granary is actually quite enough. This is without considering foreign exchanges. If you consider buying grain from foreign countries, it is fine if the granary does not stock up on grain.

Since the grain reserves in the granary are enough for all the people to eat for seven or eight years, and a population of one million cannot be recruited in a short period of time. Therefore, Marin made a decision - to sell grain to raise money...

As for how much to sell, Marin thought about it and planned to sell 100 million pounds of rye...

In North Germany, a pound of rye costs 1 pfennig. If it is shipped in large quantities, the selling price is only 0.7 to 0.8 pfennig. Because, to leave enough profit to the seller, but also to deduct the cost of transportation and so on.

However, Marin never thought of selling rye in the German region. Because, the price here is a bit low. His plan is to go to England, France, and Spain, where food prices are higher, to sell.

Now, Marin has a shipping company composed of 60 Kirk sailboats that have been grabbed, with sufficient capacity. Marin is fully capable of selling the 100 million pounds of last year's aged rye that he intends to sell to those high-priced countries.

In the UK, a pound of rye costs 1.5 pfennig. Low on the French side, because French agriculture is well developed, but also 1.2 pfennig per pound. As for Spain, that's even higher, up to 2 pfennig per pound. Even in the Italian region, because of the war, the price of food at this time is not much lower than that of the West.

So Marin planned to sell rye mainly to England and Spain. Moreover, the key sales place is Spain - who said that the food price is the highest there...

So, Marin found Amerigo, the general manager of the "Hoffman Shipping Company", and asked him to preside over the grain sales.

However, Amerigo refused:

"My lord, although I am in the shipping company, the actual manager is not me. I usually teach at the captain's school. The shipping company is mainly managed by my deputy, Cesani..."

"Chesani? Who is that?" Marin was a little puzzled.

Ameligo rubbed her hands awkwardly:

"That's my cousin, born in a Genoa sailing family, and still has some ability."

In fact, Amerigo developed himself, and did not forget to support his relatives. Although, Amerigo also has siblings. However, not many are keen on sailing. On the other hand, his cousin, Cesani, was keen on sailing. Therefore, Amerigo appointed him as the deputy manager of the shipping company and let it be escrow. This time, Marin asked, and Amerigo simply recommended him to Marin.

"Your cousin? You won't make a mistake, right?" Marin frowned, worried that his relationship would screw things up.

"It will never be a mistake, my cousin, who used to be a captain in Genoa. Later, when I made a name for myself here, I called him over to help me."

"Okay, I'll trust you. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you do badly, you will be punished."

In this way, under the command of Amerigo's cousin Cesani, the rye that was quietly transported from the huge granary in the north of the city of Aurich was loaded on ships in batches and shipped to Spain and the United Kingdom. However, the name of East Frisian was not used, but the names of several chambers of commerce registered in various countries. In this way, everyone will not know that these grains are produced in East Friesland...