The affairs of the Count of Oldenburg were also satisfactorily settled, and before the signing, Julius II lightly mentioned the affairs of the Count of Oldenburg. Originally, some of the princes were still opposed to Marin's annexation of the Earl of Oldenburg. Julius II, however, said that Marin had given up half of the Kingdom of Norway and Brandenburg and Saxony, and that the question of the Count of Oldenburg seemed to be no big deal.

However, there are still many traditional nobles who disagree - they believe that the title of nobility should not be easily abolished, and the Oldenburg family should not be stripped of the title because of its defeat.

In this regard, Julius II naturally proposed a plan that had been prepared long ago - to change the fiefdom of the Oldenburg family to the Kingdom of Norway......

Since the Kingdom of Denmark has avoided ceding the Kingdom of Norway, it should be nothing to accept a count who has lost his land, right? Anyway, the Kingdom of Norway is more than land. What's more, Johann, Count of Oldenburg, was also a cousin of King Hans of Denmark.

But King Hans of Denmark said that even if he had taken over his cousin Johan, he would not be able to give him the same fertile fief as the Count of Oldenburg. Because, the more valuable fiefs of the Kingdom of Norway are all in the south, but they have long been divided by the traditional old aristocratic families, and it is impossible to have the same fertile land for the cousin. Norway is large, but most of it is uncultivateable. Even if the land was given to John's cousin, the cousin's family would not get any tax revenue, and they would live in poverty......

In this regard, Marin naturally prepared a countermeasure for a long time - he said that the manor that originally belonged to the Oldenburg family that he took over from Count John was still supplied to Count John's family every year in the same amount as before. In this way, even if Earl John was allocated barren land, he did not have to worry about the family's expenses. Moreover, as long as Count John was the heir, Oldenburg under the rule of Marin and Marin's descendants would insist on providing a considerable amount of food to Count John and his descendants every year......

That is, in terms of economic interests, John, Count of Oldenburg, did not suffer anything. Then, what King Hans had to do was to give Count John a fief at random to ensure his noble status. In this way, things are easier to handle. Because, the last thing the Kingdom of Norway lacks is land.

Thus, King Hans did canonize Count John as Count of Iceland......

O Iceland! It was a very large country, 100,000 square kilometers...... However, Iceland cannot engage in agriculture at all. In later generations, Icelandic agriculture could only grow hardy potatoes, or build some vegetable greenhouses (vegetable greenhouses are not popular in Europe, glass greenhouses are popular) or something. Because of the lack of light, there is often a polar night phenomenon, and later Icelandic vegetable greenhouses often use fluorescent lamps to provide light to vegetable greenhouses, which consumes a lot of electricity every year. However, fortunately, there is cheap geothermal power generation in Iceland, and the price of electricity is low, so it can be done.

Because there are no potatoes grown in Europe yet, and there is no ability to build vegetable greenhouses. Therefore, when Count John's family went to Iceland, they could only let the people under his rule raise reindeer, sheep, Icelandic horses, etc., and engage in animal husbandry. Of course, fisheries can also be developed......

Fortunately, Marin was willing to provide the same amount of grain as he had harvested, and the Earl John's family had nothing to lose in terms of profits. It's just that in the future, he will stay away from the mainstream of European society. After all, Iceland is too far from the European continent......

However, Marin also promised to allow the family of Earl John to live in Las Vegas, a casino city at the mouth of the Elbe. As for the Icelandic counties, it is entirely possible to send someone to take care of it. In this way, the Earl's family can also avoid going to the bitter cold of Iceland. However, there are many fun projects in Las Vegas, and the temptation is also great, as for whether the grain harvested by the Earl's family will be spent in Las Vegas after being exchanged for money, it is not something that Marin can guarantee......

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Of course, since Johan, Count of Oldenburg, has been renamed Count of Iceland, although the princes of the original Count of Oldenburg agreed to Marin to occupy it, they firmly disagreed with Marin to occupy the seat of the Count of Oldenburg in the Imperial Court of Princes. As a result, the Earl of Oldenburg, after a vote of the princes, was officially removed from the Imperial Court of Princes. In other words, Marin got the land, but he didn't get the corresponding title. Of course, if Marin himself wants to make an earldom under his rule, that's no problem. However, that kind of earl does not belong to the imperial earl sequence and is not eligible to enter the imperial princes' court.

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In this way, the matter of the Earl of Oldenburg was satisfactorily settled. Just when everyone thought it was over, after the signing was over, Pope Julius II suddenly proposed a surprising proposal - a land exchange plan.

As for who will exchange with whom, it is specifically - Marin will take out the Stendal and Salzwedel regions (about 4,700 square kilometers in total) ceded from the Electoral State of Brandenburg and make a land exchange with the Archbishopric of Bremen.

From then on, the Archbishopric of Bremen moved its capital from Bremerfurd to Stendal. The former territory of the Archbishopric of Bremen became the territory of Marin......

At first glance, the average person thinks that the exchange of the Archbishopric of Bremen for the Stendal and Salzwedel regions seems to be a bit of a loss. After all, the Archbishopric of Bremen covers an area of around 6,000 square kilometres. The Stendal and Salzwedel regions combined are just over 4,700 square kilometres.

However, this is not the case at all......

The Archbishopric of Bremen appears to be a vast area and bears the name of the famous Hanseatic city of Bremen. But in fact, Bremen City has long since become independent from the Archbishopric of Bremen, and no matter how rich Bremen City is, it has nothing to do with the Archbishopric of Bremen. From 1219 onwards, the Archbishop of Bremen moved from the city of Bremen to the small town of Bremerford. Moreover, Cuxhamn, the outer port of Hamburg City, although it is also on the edge of the Archbishop-State of Bremen, was also sold to Hamburg by the Archbishop-State of Bremen, and has nothing to do with the Archbishop-State of Bremen......

The current Archbishopric of Bremen, although it is located by the sea, is actually an agricultural country with an underdeveloped economy at all. Moreover, because of its location by the sea, there are many swamps in the territory of the Archdiocese of Bremen, and the rate of land development is not very high. In fact, the economy of the Stendal region alone exceeds that of the Archbishopric of Bremen. Agriculturally, the Stendal and Salzwedel regions also have more arable land than the Archbishopric of Bremen, as do their populations.

So, when Pope Julius II proposed this land exchange plan, the Archbishop of Bremen, John Murmen. Rod. Val didn't resist anything. He had only one request—that the Electorate of Brandenburg bring back the nobility of the two regions to the east coast. In this way, the arable land and estates of the nobles in these two regions were empty, just in time for him to divide up with the protagonists of the Archbishopric of Bremen......

As for the land of the Archbishopric of Bremen itself? Because there are too many swamps, there is less arable land than in the Stendal and Salzwedel regions. What's more, Stendal is a very prosperous commercial city and inland port on the Elbe. When they moved their residence from Bremerfurd to Stendal, all the commercial taxes here went to the bishops of the Archdiocese of Bremen......

The only one who was depressed was the Elector of Brandenburg, Joakim I. After all, if you take away all the nobles and nobles in these two regions, you will have to take the place to resettle......

Because after the signing, the Stendal and Salzwedel regions already belonged to Marin. So, what to do with that piece of land is Marin's own business. Of course, if you swap places, it becomes Marin and Archbishop John of Bremen. Rod. Things between the Vaal and the Bad. As long as the Archbishopric of Bremen agrees, it is difficult for others to interfere. Moreover, in terms of economic interests, Marin is actually the one who suffers. After all, the Stendal and Salzwedel regions combined are better than the Archbishopric of Bremen in all respects, except that they are smaller than the Archbishopric of Bremen. As long as Marin does not take advantage, the princes are happy to see it.

As for why Julius II proposed it at the Imperial Council, it was actually for the princes to testify, and in addition, Julius II proposed that since Marin's territory was basically on the North Sea, he proposed that all the territories of Marin be merged into a vassal state, the Grand Duchy of the North Sea. And Marin was also renamed the Grand Duke of Beihai......

There was no opinion on Marin's desire to merge the territory. Moreover, the territorial merger would mean that Marin would lose a seat in the Imperial Council of Princes (Marin had previously had two seats: the East Friesian Counties and the Schleswig Duchy). However, when it was promoted to a grand duchy, everyone was immediately unhappy......

Why? The Grand Duke is above the Duke...... If Marin succeeds in being promoted to the Grand Duke, everyone will salute him first in the future. This is a little unbearable for the nobles who are very face-conscious......

Now, in the entire Holy Roman Empire, there is only one Grand Duchy, the Grand Duchy of Austria. Moreover, the Habsburgs are royalty, and there is a title of Grand Duke to highlight the dignity. You Marin also want to be the Grand Duke? What about dreaming?

In the end, Marin retreated, promising that even if he was promoted to the rank of Grand Duke, the dukes and protagonists of Germany would not have to meet their superiors first when they saw him. In other words, this is just a name, and within the empire, the status is equal to that of a duke.

Of course, in return, Marin was willing to give up one seat and keep only one seat in the Imperial Court of Princes......

When the princes heard this, they felt that Marin didn't take advantage of it. Although they were called Grand Duchy, they were equal to the Duke in the Imperial Council, and they did not suppress them. As a result, they passed Marin's proposal, agreeing that Marin would consolidate the territory under his rule into the Grand Duchy of Beihai, and also agreed that Marin would become the Grand Duke of Beihai. However, the Imperial Parliament invented a document stipulating that Marin still had the same rights and interests as the duke......

In this way, Marin became the Grand Duke of Beihai, and the territory under his rule was also integrated into the Grand Duchy of Beihai. As for why it is called the Grand Duchy of the North Sea? That's because, the last man who dominated the North Sea was named Canute......

Who is Canute? It was the founder of the Danish North Sea Empire, known as "Canute the Great". Marin consolidated the lands under his rule into the Grand Duchy of the North Sea, which actually meant that Fakanut wanted to dominate the North Sea......

In fact, Marin was also secretly sending a signal to the German princes - Lao Tzu did not want to participate in the land hegemony, but only wanted to dominate the sea......

And the German princes, although vaguely aware of Marin's ambitions, were also happy to see it happen. Anyway, their interests are not above the ocean, and it is none of their business for Marin to make the wind and rain in the North Sea. Even, they were happy that Marin, a guy who could fight, turned his eyes to the North Sea.

The only unhappy person at the scene is probably the Danish King Hans - Nima, you want to be Canute the Great and dominate the North Sea, so what about Denmark? You know, the North Sea has always been Denmark's base. Moreover, Canute the Great was a Dane himself...... It's a pity that now he doesn't have the ability to argue with Marin, so he can only endure it first......