"Poof—what did you say? Duke Charles is willing to give me the division of the Duchy of Guedes? Nothing else? After listening to the conditions proposed by Charles II's envoy, Marin directly squirted out a mouthful of milk tea, almost in disbelief.

"Yes, there are no other conditions, as long as Lord Marin does not send troops to help the Habsburgs after the war begins. Then, the Dutile part of the Duchy of God's Territory will be offered with both hands! ”

Hearing that he could obtain the coveted Dutch part of the Duchy of Gedes without sending troops to fight, Marin almost wanted to agree on the spot. However, after calming down, Marin suddenly found that the "Swiss mercenaries" in the camp that the Duchy of Gedes wanted to rob were fake, or they were sent by themselves.

In other words, even if he agreed to the request of the Duchy of God, the Duchy of Godes would not be able to grab those Swiss mercenaries. Therefore, the Duchy of Gedes will certainly not succeed. Moreover, if he really cooperated with the Duchy of Godes, although he did what those German princes wanted, he would also be saddled with the notoriety of "betraying the master" and would be ridiculed forever.

Therefore, cooperation with the Duchy of Guedes is unlikely. But after a blink of an eye, Marin suddenly decided to fool the Duchy of Gedes so that they would lose their vigilance against him. So he solemnly said to the messenger of the Duchy of Godes:

"Well, I can be neutral, and swear in the name of God that I will never declare war on Lord Charles after this happens. But how can you guarantee that I will get the Netherlands part of the Duchy of Godus? ”

"So, you agree?" The envoy of the Duchy of Gedes was overjoyed. As long as Marin did not participate in the war, and the main army of the Habsburgs was pinned down in the Swiss battlefield, as long as those Swiss mercenaries were rescued, the Duchy of Gedes would almost win.

"Well, I agreed, let's sign an agreement......" Marin said calmly.

In fact, Marin is playing with words again. In the secret treaty signed with the Duchy of God, Marin promised that he would never declare war on the Duchy of God's Faith if it attacked the Habsburg territory, but would remain neutral...... The premise is that the Duchy of Guedes will give him a large piece of land in the Netherlands......

That's fine, but Marin had already figured out a way to circumvent this promise - accept the mercenary in the name of mercenaries, accept the mercenary of John II, Duke of Cleaver, and then attack Guedes......

In this way, Marin is not in breach of contract - you see, I didn't declare war on you myself, did I? I'm really neutral...... But Duke Cleaver is my ally, and he hires my army to fight, and I don't know they're fighting you. Duke Cleaver did this, not me. At least, I didn't declare war on the Duchy of Godes, and I strictly followed the treaty......

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However, it was not so easy to convince Charles II. After all, Marin had already cheated Charles II on the West Frisian issue before. Therefore, Marin must try to convince Charles II of his sincerity.

But how to convince Charles II of his sincerity? You know, although Charles II, Duke of Guedes, is not a suspicious person by nature, he is definitely not a fool. So, plan well.

While eating fried peanuts, Marin thought about countermeasures......

Marin is not a man of great intellect, but he has an advantage, one that all travelers (except those who don't understand history) have - that is, he has a wide range of knowledge, especially about history......

If the knowledge of history is rich enough, the solution of many problems (except for modern scientific and technological problems) can actually find similar cases in history. For example, how to dispel the suspicions of suspicious people......

After brainstorming, Marin finally found a reference after eating two plates of fried peanuts......

That is, the story between Wang Jian and Qin Shi Huang. In fact, Marin had thought of this thing before because it was so famous.

Qin Shi Huang handed over the 600,000 troops of Qin to Wang Jian and asked him to go to a decisive battle with Chu. However, handing over the entire country's troops to Wang Qian, a general, made Qin Shi Huang very insecure. Wang Jian is also very aware of the suspicious character of his master, if he does not dispel Qin Shi Huang's doubts, it is easy to be a moth in wartime. Even if you win, you may not be able to win the favor. After all, you scared Qin Shi Huang and it was easy to be liquidated by the time. It's enough to be bullish, right? Wasn't he killed by King Qin Zhao?

So, before Wang Jian set out on the expedition, he shamelessly asked Qin Shi Huang for a lot of manor land, looking like he was thinking about retirement and pension. At the same time, it is equivalent to sending a signal to Qin Shi Huang in disguise - I have no dissent, I just want to get rich, don't worry about it......

Sure enough, after listening to Wang Qian's request, Qin Shi Huang laughed heartily, and really gave Wang Jian a lot of manor land, and he was also at ease. After that, Wang Jian was still reused and became the biggest blade of Qin Shi Huang's unification of the six kingdoms......

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Of course, this is not the only reference. In fact, Xiao He, the founding minister of the Han Dynasty, also did something similar. Xiao He is very capable, Liu Bang can compete with Xiang Yu for the world with peace of mind, and Xiao He is in Guanzhong, and it is inseparable from raising a lot of money, food and soldiers for him. It can be said that without Xiao He, there would be no achievements of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty.

However, Xiao He is too capable. Moreover, the fame is too high, which arouses Liu Bang's suspicion. Even, he casually found an excuse and sent Xiao He to prison for a few days. Although he didn't say anything about Xiao He, it was a warning.

Later, Xiao He finally understood - how can a courtier be more prestigious than the monarch? What do you want? Want to replace it?

Therefore, Xiao He deliberately embezzled and stigmatized his reputation later, so as not to surpass his reputation over the boss Liu Bang. Then, Xiao He was able to die a good death and became a famous minister of the early Han Dynasty who went down in history.

In stark contrast to Xiao He, Han Xin's prestige in the army is too high, and even Liu Bang's cronies like Fan Xu dare not compare with him.

It was because Han Xin's prestige in the army was too high that it caused Liu Bang to be seriously uneasy. If Han Xin ascended to the top and shouted against Liu Bang, the consequences would be unimaginable. Later, Liu Bang simply pretended to be the hand of Empress Lu and got rid of Han Xin......

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All in all, in order to dispel the doubts of a person who is suspicious of you, Marin came to the conclusion that you must deliberately sell flaws to the other party and make the other party believe that your flaws are your life. When the other party thinks that he has your life, he will be more relieved......

And how do you convince Charles II, Duke of Guedes, that he will keep the agreement? Marin thought for a long time......

Finally, before dark, Marin came up with a solution, and that was to convince Charles II that he was particularly interested in the Duchy of God's Netherlands......

In fact, Marin was indeed very interested in the Netherlands part of the Duchy of Guedes, and even planned to seize it in conjunction with the Duchy of Cleaver. Even, this time, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, opened the conditions, and Marin was almost tempted.

Therefore, if you want to express your interest in the Netherlands part of the Duchy of Guedes, you can't completely deceive Charles II, Duke of Guedes.

And how do you eagerly express your interest in that land? Marin thought about it, and definitely sent a group of subordinates to the Duchy of Gedes, found the official of the Duchy of Gedes, and after obtaining permission, measured and liquidated the area of cultivated land and the financial and tax accounts on this land of thousands of square kilometers......

In doing so, it was made clear that Marin was ready to take over the Netherlands part of the Duchy of Guedes. Since he is so attentive to the conditions offered by the other party, the possibility of breaking the contract is not very great......

At the same time, when sending men to prepare to take over the Netherlands part of the Duchy of Guedes, Marin would also send someone to tell Charles II, Duke of Guedes, that I was going to pretend to be sick in the next year, to pretend to be bedridden, and that I was going to pretend to be bedridden for a few months. In this way, it was reasonable to avoid the conscription of Emperor Maximilian I......