The Rise of the European Emperor

With the signing of this peace treaty, Denmark is quite full. You must know that the territory that Denmark has cut off from Sweden this time is roughly equivalent to Sweden's later provinces of Kalmar, Skåne, Halland, Jonkoping, Kronenberg, Blekinge, Gotland, as well as most of West Gotland and parts of East Gotland. It has to add up to about 70,000 square kilometers.

You know, before the Kingdom of Denmark, the area was more than 40,000 square kilometers. This 70,000 square kilometers of land, although there is a large Smolan hilly area in the middle, but most of the terrain is relatively flat. Best of all, this is the warmest part of Sweden for farming...

In this way, although more than half of the country was lost in the war with Marin, everything was gained by extorting Sweden this time.

Moreover, the southern part of Sweden and Copenhagen, the most central capital of Denmark, are only separated by the Øresund Strait, and it is more convenient to manage. Unlike the Kingdom of Norway, although it is also affiliated to Denmark, it is too far from the Danish capital Copenhagen. It is difficult to manage.

Not only that, because of the capture of southern Sweden, Denmark also narrowly escaped a political crisis - the Kingdom of Norway wanted to stand on its own after seeing the decline of the Kingdom of Denmark...

After all, after the defeat of Denmark, not only Sweden but also most of the mainland was lost, leaving only a few islands such as Zealand. In terms of strength, the Kingdom of Denmark can hardly catch up with the Kingdom of Norway. The master is weak and the minister is strong. Norway, as a submissive, naturally has ideas and wants to learn from Sweden. Unexpectedly, this time Denmark took advantage of the fact that it still had some wealth and seized southern Sweden, which not only strengthened its strength, but also deterred the opposition within the Kingdom of Norway.

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Sweden, on the other hand, was more unlucky. Not to mention the loss of the most essential 70,000 square kilometers of the southern region, it had to pay 400,000 gold coins.

Fortunately, Marin is willing to invest in increasing the development and utilization of the Fayilun copper mine, which can slow down Sweden's finances. However, it's not so beautiful...

Why? Because, after all, mineral resources are limited. No matter how large the reserves of Fayilun Copper Mine are, there will be a day when it will be mined...

Marin remembers that the most prosperous era of the Fayilun copper mine was in the middle and late 17th century. At that time, the Fayilun Copper Mine produced an average of 3,500 tons of copper per year, which was the largest copper-producing super-rich mine in the world at that time.

What is the concept of 3500 tons of copper? At the current ratio of 1:15 between silver and copper, that is equivalent to 233.3 tons of silver! Then convert it into gold according to 12 to 1, that is 19.4 tons of gold...

Of course, copper prices are not static. Before the Dutch introduced Japanese copper, Sweden was the richest country in Europe. Anyone who has played the P Club situation knows that Sweden in the 17th century was so open - a lot of money...

In the era of high copper prices,

The Kingdom of Sweden doesn't need a big voyage, so I dig copper mines, and my income is no worse than others...

Copper mines are not endless, though. After entering the 18th century, the copper mines in Sweden became less and less. Coupled with the introduction of cheap copper from Japan by the Dutch Red Hair, it hit Sweden's finances. At the same time, there was also a Peter the Great on the side of the bear, which flattened Sweden on the ground. And then, Sweden fell...

Marin estimated that although the Fayilun copper mine is a rich ore with large reserves, it can maintain high-intensity mining for hundreds of years. If you continue to harvest, there will be no profit. After all, the mines were already dug very deep at that time, the mining was extremely difficult, and the cost was naturally high. It's not like it's just developed now, it's all mined at the surface, so don't take it too easy.

Moreover, now at the surface mining, it can be mined by blasting. Get a powder keg and bury it, and pick up the ore after it explodes... But when you get to the deep well, why don't you blast one? A landslide will kill a lot of people...

Marin doesn't know what the situation will be in a hundred years, but taking advantage of now, taking advantage of the fact that he still has half of the shares of the Fayilun Copper Mine, to expand production, large-scale mining of the Fayilun Copper Mine is just right. As for the depletion of resources in the future, is it none of his business? He's just here to make a fortune...

Of course, this will also benefit the current Kingdom of Sweden. After all, as the output of copper mines increased, they also took more money. In this way, they can also have the capital to confront Denmark. If Denmark is too strong and Sweden too weak to reunite northern Europe, Marin will not be happy.

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Plus, this peace deal is very special. Because Marin, Lübeck and Hamburg, as mediators, also signed the contract and guaranteed peace between the two countries, which is very unusual.

Even at this time, most of the monarchs in Europe could not see the intention of the three families, thinking that they were really maintaining peace in Northern Europe. Only a few powerful monarchs such as Louis XII and Maximilian I, after thinking about it, saw the intention of the three families - to maintain the balance of power between the two Nordic countries, and to avoid the recurrence of a powerful country like the Karma Alliance. After all, the Kalmar League of Denmark had ruthlessly robbed the Hanseatic League of business in the Baltic Sea region, and it still had the upper hand. Because Denmark controls the Øresund Strait to the Baltic Sea...

Of course, these wise monarchs did not expect that this was Marin's idea. They all thought it was Lübeck and Hamburg. After all, from the ending point of view, Lübeck and Hamburg are indeed the biggest beneficiaries.

However, they ignored the benefits of Marin—half of the income of the Fayilun Copper Mine was no joke. In a previous life, Marin played Europa Universalis. During the 17th century, he always started with Sweden, and then penetrated Germany. Because Sweden started without any strong enemies, and there was strong financial support from the Fayilun Copper Mine. It is much simpler to follow the route of the second master of ancient times interfering with Germany than to use small vassal states in the German mainland.

However, it was the 17th century, and the good times in Sweden were like that for a hundred years. After that, when I met the rising fur bear, I was beaten...

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In fact, Marin worked so hard to maintain the balance of northern Europe, in addition to plotting the benefits of the Falilun copper mine, he also worried about the idea of ​​Sweden interfering in German affairs in the future.

This is also the hole that Marin dug before...

At the beginning, in order to fight against Denmark, the enemy of life and death, Marin did not hesitate to support Sweden, which was fighting for independence at the time. Not only did they attack Denmark militarily to help Sweden, but also sent people to help Sweden develop the Fayilun copper mine.

After the victory of the first war against Denmark, Marin also helped Sweden get the whole territory and Gotland...

However, when Marin won the Jutland peninsula, I remembered - it's bad, Sweden is going to get bigger...

When did Sweden become a great power? 17th century. Why become a powerful country? First, they recaptured the southern coastal areas from Denmark; second, they developed the Fayilun copper mine...

That is to say, in order to attack Denmark, Marin accidentally cultivated a Sweden with strong potential... So, this is a pit dug by Marin...

What if Marin was singling out the German princes during the religious war, and the Swedes suddenly stabbed a knife in the back... Marin's efforts may fail... Therefore, restricting Sweden becomes Marin's second An important mission after defeating Denmark... and now, this mission has finally been basically completed...

After Denmark and Sweden reached a balance, when Marin fought religious wars, neither Denmark nor Sweden had the energy to intervene. Because, as long as one party dares to send troops to Germany, the other party will definitely not mind copying the other party's hometown... In this way, Marin will not worry about Sweden sending troops to Germany like in the "Thirty Years War"... At the same time, Marin can also use Half of the equity of Fayilun Copper Mine makes big profits...

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With great satisfaction, Marin left Lübeck and returned to Aurich. Unexpectedly, just after the settlement of taking back half of the equity of Fayilun Copper Mine from Sweden, another good thing was delivered to the door.

As soon as Marin came back, good news came from the port of Emden early the next morning:

"Grand Duke, Governor Tara of Cuba ordered to bring back the news - the seeds of sisal, found!"

Marin, who was still a little sleepy at first, immediately regained his spirits:

"Where? Bring it to me to see!"

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