It was not only Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, who was happy to learn of Marin's "death", but also Charles II, the former Duke of Geddes, who had been demoted to Earl of Gordon and had only a little territory left.

After all, Frederick III was only cut off a small part of the land, and the Duchy of Godes was not only cut off most of the land, but also demoted to the title, so naturally he hated Marin even more. Therefore, after learning of Marin's "death", Charles II, the former Duke of Guedes, ordered a feast to be celebrated throughout the country. Of course, I didn't say that I was celebrating Marin hanging up, otherwise I would have been taught a lesson.

Elector Joakim I of Brandenburg was also very happy, after all, he was also very painful when he ceded the Stendal region in the first place.

As for King Hans of Denmark, that mood was a bit contradictory......

He was beaten by Marin's army and abandoned Jutland, the Duchy of Holstein and the Duchy of Schleswig, and he naturally wished that Marin would die.

However, Denmark is currently in a difficult situation and is still in a standoff with Sweden. At present, Denmark, which is struggling financially, is also counting on Marin to buy timber from the forests of southern Norway and southern Sweden.

So, King Hans's idea was that Marin would die if he died, but the North Sea countries should stop buying timber from Denmark......

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All in all, the princes and kings who had been defeated by Marin in the first place all celebrated Marin's "death".

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Marin's allies, on the other hand, were more uncomfortable. Maximilian I was more uncomfortable, because, without such a powerful ally as Marin, he was also somewhat unable to support himself, and some could not do anything in the alliance of princes and the French federation.

Originally, the Habsburgs were alone against the princely alliance in Germany and the powerful France. Later, with the rise of Marin, the princely alliance did not dare to confront the Habsburgs at will. Because, the powerful Marin is eyeing the side. With Marin in containing the alliance of princes, the Habsburgs had the confidence to fight each other with the French in Switzerland.

Now that Marin is "dead" and the alliance of princes has lost its containment, will it unite with France to force the Habsburgs to withdraw from Switzerland......

Maximilian I really thought right, as the boss of the alliance of princes and the main "brain", Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, was really thinking about coercing the Habsburgs to give up Switzerland.

Why? Because Switzerland is too important. Of course, it's not the broken land that matters to Switzerland. To be honest, most of the broken places in Switzerland are mountains, and they are also deep in the interior of Europe, and the standard poor mountains and bad waters. If it weren't for the watch industry and the financial industry, Switzerland would not be surprising. At least, in this predominantly agrarian era, Switzerland was the standard poor ravine.

But the mountain people of Switzerland are fierce. Although it has a population of only 740,000, there are tens of thousands of mercenaries who may be pulled out to fight.

Once the Habsburgs completed the occupation and digestion of Switzerland, it would be equivalent to sending tens of thousands of soldiers to the Habsburgs. When the time comes, the Habsburgs will have no problem single-handedly taking on all the German princes. Even if the German princes' alliance were to unite with France, I am afraid that it would only be a defensive part. After all, the toughness of Swiss mercenaries is no joke.

Therefore, the German princes did not want to see the Habsburgs successfully annex Switzerland. It's just that in the past, there was the Beihai State to contain it, and the princes did not have the confidence to unite with the French to fight the Habsburgs.

Now, Marin's sudden accident made Frederick III realize that this was a very good opportunity to deal with the Habsburgs.

As for the Beihai Kingdom, Frederick III believed that after the loss of the "insidious and cunning" "evil commander" Marin, the tens of thousands of troops in the Beihai Kingdom would inevitably be disheartened and unwilling to fight.

When the time comes, just sit back and wait for the Beihai State to decline and collapse on its own. Then, after cleaning up the Habsburgs, it is just right to deal with the North Sea State......

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Ma Lin didn't expect that his painstaking fake death would actually give birth to the idea of cleaning up the emperor in the alliance of princes...... Maximilian I was unlucky anyway......

However, it is not that no one pays attention to the North Sea State. For example, the Duke of a powerful principality near the North Sea Kingdom summons a knight in a secret room:

"Tell me, Menzel, has your brother obtained the secret of the high agricultural yield of the North Sea Country?"

The knight, who was half-kneeling on the ground, shook his head and said:

"Not yet, Lord Duke. The younger brother of his subordinates is not reused in the Beihai Army, and he doesn't know much, only that the secret of the high agricultural yield of the Beihai State lies in fertilizer. And all the fertilizer comes from a place called a fertilizer processing plant. Even, every year during spring ploughing and fertilization, the serfs who are responsible for fertilizing the land assigned to my brother are also sent by the fertilizer processing plant, and the serfs on my brother's estate are not allowed to come into contact with ......."

"Then your brother didn't find out anything?" The duke's face was ugly.

"No, my brother has already found out that there are three kinds of fertilizers. But what exactly it is, you need to mix it into a fertilizer processing plant to figure it out. ”

"Previously, the fertilizer processing plant was heavily guarded, and my brother didn't find a chance. However, recently there was news that the Grand Duke of the North Sea Kingdom, Marin, had been killed. The subordinates estimated that the Beihai Kingdom would definitely be in chaos for a while. After all, Marin's son, Caesar, was still very young. Taking advantage of this chaos, my brother should have a chance to get useful information from the fertilizer mill. ”

"Hmph, what if I can't get it?" The Duke's face was gloomy.

"It's really not possible, taking advantage of the civil strife in Beihai, the Duke can send a team of elite cavalry to raid one of the fertilizer processing plants and seize the secrets of fertilizer."

The Duke hesitated and said:

"It's better not to, the soldiers and horses of the Beihai Country are still there, and there are thirty or forty thousand troops on the mainland. We can only muster more than 10,000 people at most, not opponents. ”

"My lord, you can contact a few more princes to jointly put pressure on the Beihai Kingdom......"

"Stupid! If you unite with other princes, you have to share this secret with them. When the time comes, others will also learn about this agricultural secret, and the price of grain will plummet. Only when we monopolize can we get the greatest benefit! The Duke roared angrily.

"Yes, it's the villain who doesn't think it through!"

"Listen, if this mission is completed, you and your brother will be given the title of hereditary baron, and a fief of the corresponding size! If I join the other princes to rob it, your credit will be lost! ”

"Yes, villain understands!" The half-kneeling knight hurriedly said.

The duke didn't know that if he joined forces with other princes to conquer it, he might still have a chance. I wanted to eat it for myself, but I caused a big disaster for myself......

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In addition to this powerful duke, Charlie, Earl of Golden, is also plotting to seize this secret. As a person who had formed an alliance with Marin, Charlie, Earl of Golden, knew that the Beihai Kingdom could afford to raise tens of thousands of troops, and there must be a special way to make money.

Therefore, after the defeat and demotion to the knighthood, Charlie reflected deeply and decided to learn from Marin in order to make a comeback. In his opinion, there must be some secrets that Marin was able to grow from a mere Barony of Texel to a big man who controlled the huge Grand Duchy of the North Sea.

First of all, militarily strong is for sure. For this reason, Charlie, the current Earl of Golden, has begun to imitate the military system of the North Sea State, reorganize the army, and begin to recruit mercenaries.

However, it is impossible to feed an army of tens of thousands at the level of the financial situation of the Gordon Earl, which has now lost the region of the Lower Guedes.

Therefore, Count Charles is also doing everything possible to find out the secret of Marin's fortune. He had already heard the news of the high agricultural yield of the Beihai State, and began to win over several unsatisfactory lower-level officers of the Beihai State. But like a certain duke, Count Charles also wanted to keep the secret to himself, which laid the foundation for their later liquidation......